The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-03
GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION
MEETING OF ORGANIZATION TO
BE HELD IN ARDmoRE DUR.
ING JANUARY.

A. II spauldlng. secretary OF the
Commercial club OF this city, is
busy sending the following letter
o!er the state:
"Col sidney suggs, president OF
the Oklahoma Good Roads associa'
ton. has decided TO call meeting
OF the organization tor this city In
January at a date to be announced
later. The county commissioners OF
the state will be asked 70 meet at
the same time and participate In the
proceedings as officers OF the national
association and government experts
I'm road building will be present and
make addresses. In no part OF the
new state Is more varieties OF nat
ural road building material 20 be
found than In the section about
Ardmore where rock asphalt and
other materials are to be found IN
inexhaustible quantities. The Ard
more Commercial club will join in
the Invitation to the county commits
sioncrs and citizens OF the state and
IL Is anticipated that the meeting
will be one Of great Importance,
determining as 1t will in many In
stances. the course 10 be pursued
In building country roads In the
new state. especially In the eastern
district where they never have been
rural districts OF the country now
policy to be advocated al this time
Is not the building Of strip OF
road here and there or the patching
nm OF old ones but the building OF
permanent roads for a certain dis
lance each year from the leading
cities of each county, to which
policy there can be no objection
"a the cities for a long time VIII
bear the greater part OF the burden
OF taxation.
Improvement of the public Grads oil
the state IL work OF so great
magnitude and involves the solution
OF 80 many problems OF economic
Importance that It demands attei''
tion from every unit Of government,
from the township to the national
government. At The present time the
township. the county, the state are
providing for the construction ana
maintenance of roads to he extent
Of $4,000. 900 annually. according to
government statistics. 1t Is unfort1'
natcly true, however, that the ex-
ponditurc of the greater portion OF
this large sum Is entrusted to men
who have practically no knowledge
OF road building and who are acting
under systems Of road administra-
ton and management that are obso-
lcte and totally inadequate And 1t Is
only within recent years that high
way engineering has received any
attention I'm the engineering schools
OF the country, the supply OF men
properly equipped for this bra lch of
engineering has not been equal TO
the demand. The highways In the
rural districts OF thecountry now
exceed two and one-half million miles
IN extent and as the country Is
opening up this Is increasing 20
that IL becomes an absolute neccs-
sity to place road construction and
administration on Il correct basis.
II Is with this object In view that
the good roads meeting will be call
ed for Ardmore next month as there
Is no one feature OF internal i'm
proyemont which has more to do
with the upbuIlidng OF the country
or community than good roads.
Col. w H. Moore. president OF
the National Good Roads association,
has already significd his desire 10
be- at the meeting, and an effort
will also be made To secure the at.
tendance of NJ. q. EldridCe. chief
Of records, office OF public roads.
Washington, u. C., as he is one of
the best posted men In the country
on the science OF road building"
W. receive fresh oysters three