The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-30
NEED OF GOOD ROADS
prsfiita' eem ,nsirSileas OF easd bsii<-
inc 10 Be given at Jamesfosa.

for greater speed and heavier haul
ing the present mammoth locnmo-
tigeR. with their great traction pow
or became a necessity to meet the re-
auiremsn,s OF land traffic road beds,
rars and bridges we're renewed 10
meet the new demands upon them
when horse ear gave place 10 troi-
ley and the 1rolleys hrauehed out
into the open country not only new
mechanical devices were essential |
but laws were required TO give this
class of public carrier the rights and
privileges necessary to their profit
able operation
The most material factor that
transportation will next have 10 deal
with. and certain 1t is that before
this new self-propellng machine
can be brought TO its full useful
ness II must be provided with suit
able roads. The bicycle and the au-
romobile have brought about a prop
aganda for good roads which the
farmer with his old fashioned We
hicle ought 10 have insisted on haV-
ing long ago. His awakening TO the
material advantages OF good roads
promises now, indeed 10 be the
principal influence that will give 10
the automobile its opportunity
The jamestown Exposition Is GO
ing to do something for the farmer,
the roads and the automobile. The
auto can push itself but ii doesn I
lay It's own track though self-traek
LAYING machine was invented once
and described and illustrated in the
papers. The exposition is going TO
show what a good road is-~many
kinds of good roads-how they are
made and what an automobile can
do on them. A very fine boulevard
is being laid and drawing near com
pletion between Norfolk and the ex-
position grounds at Sewell's POINT
and regular automobile service Is
/ to be maintained The war depart
ment and the post office department
! are to experiment on this road for
purposes each relating to It's own
service.
/ New Jersey Is to have among 9th
er exhibits. q specimen bit OF roat
such as has been built in that state
under state aid and Ias been f0afa1
to be an economical construction
while in so far as good road building
has advanced. it has fully raallze'i
all promises of great benefit, IN
/ creasing the va!uc IF coun. : lands,
drawing pop,ilaLcns from city into
suburb and making a material say
| ing in the cost of agricultural dray-
age.
Massachusetts, Connecticut and
| New York with New Jersey have
taken the lead in state aid and IN
! the last ten years their efforts have
resulted in proving not only the val
! ne of good roads bur the expediency
of state appropriations, and in other
states in which the movement has
made any headway. the results have
justified the Inauguration of the
state aid idea and proved an IN
/ centive TO further effort.
The south is awake to the needs
of good roads and some of her SEN
/ ators have been among the leaders
| in advocating national appropria-
! tions for good roads, urging that 1t
! is a question of expediency and as
much a function of the general gov
ernment as is the dredging of chan
nels and creeks and the giving OF
/ public lands to encourage railroad
! building in the west
Pittsburg got the Good Roads con-
; Vcntiou this year but It's members
I are invited 70 the jamestown expo
sitiou and the question that VIII
/ find full discussion among experts
and the prediction is made that the
! Exposition viii give PRONUNCIATION 90
some advanced ideas as 10 the place
/ uf the automobile iu the transporta-
/ tiou world of the no distant future.
The automobile ia all its shapes
Lass roadster. racer. delivery wagon
/ and heavy dfay will he shown az the
/ exposition and It's full Develop
m.nt will he found to await only
I the dav 81 the eood roads