Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-30
CUNN|NSCO.OP[RAIES
Issues Proclamation Asking
Counties to Send Delegates
to Roads Meeting
PREPARED
PROGRAM
Several Valuable Papers and Practical
Demonstrations in Road Making
Government Road Makers to Be in
Attendance-The Program and Par.
Elephants.
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Special to imes-Republican.
Council Bluffs, Aug. 3o.-Governor
Cummins' services have been enlisted
in behalf of good roads movement, and
he has issued a proclamation calling
attention to the goods roads school ana
the meeting of the Iowa highway COM
mission TO be held in this city Sept
3. a. and g. In the proclamation the
governor says:
THE subject of the betterment
Of our highways increases in import
ance with every year. If the actual loss
suffered by the people of this state
from bad roads could be measured and
stated, the amount would be startling
in its magnitude. The state has at
tempted, thru its highway commission,
to provide instruction in the science or
road making, and it IS very desirable
that the township and county officers
led for road purposes are expended
should receive the benefit OF the knoWl-
edge collected by the commission.
Il therefore earnestly ask the county
and township officers, in SO far AS they
possibly can, to appoint and send dele
gates to the meeting at Council Bluffs,
assuring them that there is no one
thing that they can do for the welfare
of their counties and townships that
will return richer rewards than few
days spent in promoting the cause OF
good roads,"
The program as announced by Pro-
fessor Macdonald is as follows:
$500 a. m.-The Pottawattan1ie coun-
ty road gang will commence building
one-half mile of earth road with the
blade grader on Twenty-ninth avenue.
Tuesday, September 8.
10: 90 a. injecting called to order
by President H. H. Harlow. =
Address of welcome-Hon. Walter j.
Smith, Council Bluffs
'Iowa's Rank as Regards Measures
Taken and Work Done for Road I'M
provement by the stes"-Logan Wal
ter Page director office of public roads,
U. S. department of agriculture.
Appointment Of committees.
200 p. m.-'The City's Responsibility
in Road improvements LATE
Young. Des Moines.
THE States Responsibility in Road
Improvement and the Measures Taken
Toward This End"-Prof. A. Marston,
director Iowa highway commission.
Demonstration work in culvert con-
struction will begin Tuesday morning
and be carried on without interruption.
"Wednesday, September q.
$3.50 a. m..Report of secretary.
Report Of committees.
THE Work of the Illinois Highway
Commission"-Mr. N. A. Johnson, state
highway engineer, Springfield, Ill.
"The determination of Weeds Along
the Public Highways"-Ex-G Governor
S. B. Packard.
Inspection trip over roads around
Council Bluffs.
200 p. m.-"The Necessity of the
Use of Wide Tires and a Law Govern
ing Same"-Col. w. F. Baker, Coun-
Gil Bluffs.
THE Road Problem as Affecting the
ExtensionTand the Continuance of the
R. F. D. Service"-Mr. w. L. spillman,
superintendent division R. F. D., U. S.
postoffice department.
Thursday, September 5.
80 a. m.-"Concrete Bridges and
Culverts"-Mr A. n. Johnson.
Masonry Abutments and Founda-
tions"-M. E. Bannon, G. E., Ft. Mad
ison.
Question box relative to bridges and
culverts.
loo p. m.-Culvert demonstrations.
Friday, September 6.
$3.50 a. m.-"Road Dragging - What
One Township Has Accomplished
L.. Reeder, Upton Iowa.
"The County Grading Gangs of Dali
las County"-B. Stanton, Perry, Iowa.