The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1906-12-27
For Good Roads and for Bet
Ter Highways In Potter
County.
CONVENTION AT WACO
Prominent Amarillo Men VIII Attend 10 Lis.
Ten and Learn Proficient Methods
D'lhs Desired End,

on the second aud third days of
January, a Texas Good Roads con
ycnton will assemble at Waco, Tex
as. Delegates from all over the
Lone Star state are to gather and
discuss ways and means by which
Texas roads may be improved and
bettcrde Representatives from an
The large cities and many OF the
smaller ones, members or CONNER
clal bodies aud boards OF trade,
county judges and county commits
sioners, mayors, city engineers and
public officials all will be there to
help along the move.
Amarillo will be represented The
Commercial club has appointed May
or Miller, JEFF d. Bartlett Thomas
+. Turner, Judge Gustavus, r. w.
zimmerman, j. II. Gouldy and Dr.
b., Il, Magnenat TO represent the
Queen City Of the plains at this
meeting. All may not be able to at
tend but a majority are planning on
ending their aid and incidentally
learning all they can about the man
nor Of improving the highways Of
Potter county.
The good road movement is rap
idly becoming a general one. Over
a large number Of states, during the
past few months, conventions for
this purpose have been called, meet
ing at some principal town. The
delegates talked and listened and o
definite plan was usually adopted
whereby great. benefit resulted. OFT
en- a bill was drafted, to be present.
ed to the legislature, asking help
along the lines mentioned.
But the great good was accom-
plished by the actual interchange of
suggestions INDUCED IN by men who
were experts in the art Of maintain
ing and building highways. The
delegates returned to their homes
and told Of what they knew and
were thereafter made a special COM
mittee to further the work and en-
thuse the citizens with the far-reach-
ing and necessary application Of the
work.
& Potter county, as one Of the most
progressive and faster settling coun-
tiesiof Texas, is in dire need Of bet
ter roadways. Farmers are re-
quired to use the roads to haul their
produce into the city. They are re-
CURED to use the roads to so to and
from their homes while reaching
trading point The roads are used
While showing the country and maxi
ing the endeayor to settle up fhe
lapd The roads are used by Wis
itorsato the larger cities in viewing
the country for a day Of pleasure.
In fact the roads are vital. Their
means as much for good
or for bad as does the existence OF
an ability to grow crops on the
ground over which they arc laid out !
the business mon and residents Of
Amarillo to lend their aid in this I'M
dertaking. Are you going to do Il? |
Do you realize or have you realized !
the magnitude OF the necessity and
the opportunity to draw trade to
the city, to faster induce homeseok-
ors and altogether create a better /
impression OF things generally? The I
bridge is nearly completed.
It will be the means of bringing in
10 this city a world of trade. This
.rade viii increase very fast. Good .
'oads o.and from the bridge should
.xist as an inducemcnt for those who
viii drive By team or automobile.
Everybody wants to divert this COM
nunity in q body toward Amarillo
So bear this all In mind Boost
he Commercial club along in its UNI
lertaking Just launched and do ey-
'vrythlng you can by word and by
Iced to further the ultimate end Of
)etter roads and more improved |
a greater Amarillo and 9
greater Potter county