The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-20
GOOD ROADS
CONVICTION
Things Of Interest Being
Brought out at Meeting
LAST SESSION TONIGHT
There Ought To be a Big Crowd
To Hear The Speakers This
Evening.

The Good Roads Convention that
assembled in the opera house this
morning had about 90 persons in at
tendance, including those from the
parent society who were here. There
we're many notices suspended around
the auditorium, among them being
welcome National Good Roads Con-
vention," "Good Roads Bring Town
and County Close Together" Good
Roads Means Good Business and
Good Cities" "Good Roads lead to
Prosperity" "Work for Good
Roads" and several others.
The convention was called to order
by w. b. Sheldon as chairman, and
A. }. Cooper as secretary.
Rev G. w. kowley offered the Invo-
cation and Village President Cooper
gave short but decidedly proper adj
dress OF welcome. That for the county
was delayed until this afternoon SEES.
sion.
In calling the convention to order
the chairman called attention to the
fact that the gathering was not OF any
religious, or political faith but was at.
tended and participated in by repre-
sentatives of reli gious and political
denominations and closed introducing
Col. W. II. Moore president of "The
National Good Roads Associ alton"
Mr. Moore is pleasing speaker com
mands the attention of his audiences,
and was attentively listened to. Those
who attend the convention this even.
ing and hear his talk, illustrated by
views from different places in this
country and Europe will be we'll repaid.
His subject was "Na.ional Good
Roads Movement" In opening he
said that the members OF the Associ-
alton who were here had travelled 700
miles to attend this convention which
was the first one ever held in the state,
although the governors and lieuten-
ant governors in 40 states were con.
nected with local advisory committees
1t had been II years in reaching ver-
mont but he believed that the best
of results would come from this the
pioneer gathering in the state.
The association has 2400 sub ascot
atoms out of 5000 counties in the coun
try. 1t has built roads in 80 of the
states. and during the past year its Of
ficials have travelled $1,000 miles, most
OF it west of the Rocky mts. 1t was
born in 1890 in convention of 1900
delegates from 30 states, and had the
hearty support of the late President
Mckinley and at one of its recent con-
ventions it was addressed by President
Roosevelt who is much interested in
its work.
Referring to this village he said that
there was no place where better mater
ial for making good roads could be
found than in Bennington, there was
no reasonable excuse why the village
should not save thousands of dollars
in its work on the streets and roads
which should be OF the best kind. -
advocated the employ of a civil g
neer at a salary of $1,000 a year and
said that it would be money saved to
do so. He referred specially to the
manner of laying curbing here, the
way it was put in, and stated that
should be laid below the frost line,
and stated incidentally that limestone
was out of date and that all first class
places are using concrete now. From
what he had seen of the village the
improvement Of the streets and roads
of the village was what it needed the
most There we're many other good
points made by Mr. Moore and those
who attend the convention this evening
may expect to hear something good.
He also spoke this afternoon.
A committee of five on resolutions
was appointed during the noon re-
cess and also one of the same number
on organization, who will report this
afternoon.
During the morning session the sec
rotary read a letter from NJ. j. Hap.
good of Perd expressing his sympathy
and cooperation in the work and as
a manifestation of his good will en-
closing a check for IS towards expens
IS,
During his talk this morning, Mr.
Moore called attention to the fact that
during the year 10000 tourists made
pleasure trips to Europe mostly be-
cause the roads there are SO much bet
Ter than in this country. The scenery
IS no better than is found In the vicin-
ty OF Bennington and thousands of
dollars could be brought into this sec.
lion If the same care in the construc-
lion of roads and their maintenance
we're expended here as there is in for
eigu countries.
The ladies are especially invited to-
attend the evenings session.
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