Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-05

aaFxeFtoa of Capka1m William Brad
: burn. of hoastan. Texm@. the expert
eagfmeeE of The National Good Rnaax
association. A hAafmGle ef read LEAD.
ang asat "s The city swwaHd fusf Oh
son wtil be- maesaamssea With u top
dressing of all. The material msea Il
native river gravel. witch IL saga
Ia have peFtect eemeaaang qualities
A plan has heen evolved As \
Haskell. of this city. suggesting sAa,
Andrew Carnegie BALD 1Aao miles af
good roads In the territory as q per.
nanent memorial. and the present
demonstration wiil show the steel ma.
nate that the peopae ale In earnest
about the matter. The proposed Car
lnegte road from Mmskogee to Fort
Gibson runs from the eity limits 20
past the Indian missson sehnal. thence
through Hyde park. at the junction
of the Grand. verdleFis and Arkansas
rivers, 10 Fort Gibson and the Sasioa-
.al eemteery. Fort Gihson was for
many years the franaier nost of cayll.
iSation and has been visited by many
famous men. Including James a.
Biaine. The ''piumad knight" was
taken seriously I'M while ut the post
and for many days lay nj the point Of
death.
Owing 10 restrictions placed upon
the people Of the eastern half Of the
new state. the task Of evolving q
road system out of the mare Of wind.
ing trails win be difficult one. lit
tie money will be available for the
purpose for many years. unless some
public benefaetor comes 20 the rescue.
There are now no roads or bridges,
except such rs have been bniit with
private capital or by commercial or
CARNATIONS Of the cities. There has
never been any fund available for road
building in Indian Territory. and such
highways M have been built have been
entirely without system or general
plan. To bring order ont OF this chaos
In one Of the tasks assumed by the
present convention. and N was I'm.
dian Territory's great need Of good
roads that caused the national officials
to hold the meeting In this city. The
members OF the constitutional conyer.
tion have been invited 10 attend the
convention and witness the practical
demonstration Of road building.
The reports Of President w. II,
Moore and Secretary ]. q. Bradburn,
Of the national association. show that
all the good roads movement II being
doomed throughout the conntry. Two
thirds Of all the states Of the union
now have kpod rosds lseisistion sni
are active IN building permanent high.
ways. Within the las, two months
thirty'five states have published speci.
flcations for bids on extensive road
improvements. State good roads con.
ventions have been held In Alabama.
Colorado. California. Arkansas, Texas,
Pennsylvania. Missouri. Virginia. ver.
mont. Indiana and other states.
Throughout the country the farmers
are taking great interest In the sub.
ject and many state fairs and agricul.
tural societies have Offered large prig-
es for the best samples Of good road
building. During the Ohio state fair
demonstrations OF road building were
feature. and throughout Wisconsin
women are holding carnivals for the
purpose of securing funds for road
building. one town raising $1,000.
The Massachusetts highway commits.
sion during the year has planted 1000
trees along the public roads. A loan
of s1.000.000 has been authorized
by the Porto Rican legislature for I'm.
proving the roads on the island. In
twenty states convict labor In used on
the public highways. In Colorado O
good roads convention Ia now being
held.
The National Good Roads associa.
tion was organized I'm 1900 and now
has members I'm every state In the
union. The representation at the pres.
ent convention includes, besides mem.
bers Of the national and territorial as.
sociations, delegates from commercial
industrial, educational and civic bod.
les and automobile and bicycle clubs.
Several women are among the dele.
gates.