The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24
ny JOHN n. MAGiNNls.

Tho proposition tlint transportation In
its evolution will bring us back to tho
stngccoach seems paradoxichl. Yet 1t
ia not unlikely that tho jamestown Tx.
position Will give promincncoto this idea,
nor does this mean thatEin It's educn-
ttonnl motive the exposition, in taking
one back by It's exhibits through tho
various stages of progress will show you
tho old.timc coach, though It will. 1T
will do more than that. II Will show tho
automobile fiji all It's stages Of advance
anu phases OF development. There will
bo the ordinary roadster, nnd the tour
ing car. the racer and the dcltvcry
wagon; the lightcst vehicle for city use
and tho heaviest draft wagon.
1t was the bicycle us Il pleasure stccd
that first called attention to the need OF
n good roads propaganda and 1t WAS
The pleasure automobile that gave sus-5
talncd effort to the fight This was not
because Legislatures and town anu coun-
~ governments ami Individual nsricul-
turists were disposed to 30 down Into
n,,blic ana private pockctbooks to pro-
vide casy-golng for the pleasure seeker.
II WAS because the shouts of the pleas
,,re-scckcrs awakened from lethnrgy. a
1,ip-Van-Winlle inertia, and threw thcir
headlights on every nudpoc, rock ana
rut that made country life miserable
and exposed the folly Of road system
that swallowed In ats mircs miIiions OF
dollars annually to no purpose, 7" o.
costly IN maintenance. both as TO road
,yay and vehicle. and deprived tho farmer
of the benefits-upon which city people
inslst-of safe, comfortable and rapid
transit.
Road.makng Will be illustrated at the
jamestown Exposition, not only BY PIC
tures and literature, but the work VIII
be seen In progress as well. New Jersey,
for example, will show n sample OF her
road-mnking. The War and Post-O e,
Departments are also TO experiment WIN WIN
automobiles on the new Douie ....,, ",
tween Norfolk and the Exposition
Grounds, being built at a cost of $l5o,oOo
TO determine which, II any OF the num-
CIRQUE makes are suitable for use In these
departments. ~,
The annual good roads convention VIII
ne held March 9th to 18th In Pittsburg
pa, and its members are TO DC lnVi ,,
to hold supplementary meeting AT t','
jamestown Exposition, and to take au'
vantage there of giving the WIDEST pup
1icity possible where people are gatheree
Trnm tho four corners OF the country
Not only will visitors sec how GOD 70 a u
are made and how they should be main
famed. but they will learn what ha
been accomplished along this inc IN tn
last ion years, which State government
have given aid. how it Is given, wha
the results have been and what has bee
tauEht by the results They will be toll
az Inc benefits of good roads. OF tn
great possibilities Of county that ma
been '.opened up by such roads, an
why Federal contribution y the expens
e Of good roads Is justified as prope
function OF the general government.
The states which have thus far don
most along these lines ere Massachusetts
Connecticut. New York and New Jerse'
In the West, also, mach has been a.
complished.
While no one Hdvoeates bad road
many do not see their way clear to W
dertake the expense OF goel roads. The
do not see the extent of the benefits an
do not realize how far thu money no
spent would go towards building goo