The Glenwood post., 1906-12-01
MORE GOOD
ROADS PLANS
Thomas Walsh Announces That He
will Bring Noted Road Expert
TO Denver Convention
Dec. (, 5 !dRd 6
GOOD NEWS FOR THE FARMERS

lHe Soou rOduS convention IN Den
yer next week promises to be one OF
great benefit to Colorado and every
day new plans are made for the sue
cess pf the event. The Denver Repub
lican of Thursday has this to say:
The stamp of government approval
will be placed upon the good roads
convention to be held in Denver next
week, as Logan Waller Hage, director
of the United States Office of public
roads, is coming here for the especial
purpose of speaking in favor of good
roads in the state.
Mr.. Hage's presence will be due
directly to the influence of Thomas
F. Walsh. who will bring the govern
ment official and also Sam Huston, di-
rector of the Ohio public roads, with
him next Monday night.
Information to this effect was re.
ceived by W. F. r. Mills at the
chamber of commerce yesterday in Il
telegram from MI Walsh. Just be,
fore going East. Mr. Walsh, who is
the prime mover for the good roads
movement in Colorado and unfiagging
in his interest, said that no speakers
were too good for Denver. and prom
ised to bring with him to boost the
movement the best authorities on the
subject. His telegram has carried
JOY to the workers for the movement
in Denver, and both visitors as we'll
as Mr.. Walsh will be given the most
prominent places on the programme.
The presence of Mr.. Hage is an
honor rarely secured by even good
roads meetings back East. where the
journey is not so long and the move
ment farther advanced. Mr.. Walsh
is to be personally credited for the
chance Denver will have to listen to
one of the foremost authorities in the
country on good roads The commit.
tee in charge of the good roads move
ment will begin Immediately to out
line the programme of speakers for
the three days, Dec. 4, and 6 when
the delegates will respond to the
chamber of commerce call.
The committee has been waiting on
Mr.. Walsh before getting up the
programme. 1t has already been de-
cided that Gov. Elect Buchtel and
Gov. Mcdonald will speak, the latter
opening the session. j. A. Hayes
of Colorado Springs, president of the
Colorado Good Roads association, will
preside and make an address and the
citizens of Boulder have asked that a
place be made on the programme for a
speaker from that town. This request
will be granted
The committee has collected the
bills passed by all state legislatures
on good roads and accumulated much
literature on the subject This will
be used when the bill that is 20 be
presented to the Colorado legislature
when it meets is drawn up A special
committee will be appointed at the
convention and it will act upon all
the information collected and the ad
vice of the speakers. The state will
be asked to make an annual appropri
alton for the betterment of country
roads, giving each county an annual
amount to spend in improving the
roads in its limits. The convention
is more for the Improvement of count, /,
roads than city streets. The immense
amount of travel done over county
roads in a year makes good roads a
grea. necessity.
The farmers of northern Colorado
especially feel the need for good roads
since the beet industry was taken up
there. AS an inducement for tourist
travel, and pleasure parties through
the mountains in automobil les, good
roads are also worth the attention of
the state as a whole. The automopile lie
interests, the farmers, the boosters in
country and town. are all after good
roads and it is expected that the call
of the chamber of commerce will result
in Colorado's being put upon the same
standard of excellence in this growing
question as the Eastern states whi ch
have taken up the question as one of
great public Importance during the
last five years.