Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-09
Automobile Clubs viii loln WIN
County Commissioners In
Needed Improvement.
MASS MEETING A SUCCESS
Nearly Hundred Machines N''
Prominent Citizens Norih"aro 10
Good Ronds Gathering

''RpHiltifll. bunny
what stretch from salt Lake 10 i-ae''ii
via Davis county, and from ogdeh 10
Lagoon via Weber and Davis eoph-
tics according to the testimony of
great force of good roads enthusiasts
who Yesterday launched good roads
boom at the Davis county resort.
The descriptive phrase was that APP
piled by Col. T.. $. Ferry and 1t was
raugbt mn with applause by the
throny that was listened TO his speech
and became at once slogan of the
Good roads in Utah from now on are
10 he demanded with vigor heretofore
little known, Instead of Just an ora
torical sentiment. every county COM
missioner is to have filed before him
a map showing exactly where the bad
bumps are and the deep chuck holes,
and the poorly built stretches of high
way with a boulder bottom and cob
blestone top.
And the county commissioners are
not to be left alone in their road work.
The good roads mass meeting voted
that il be the sense OF the meeting
that the mayor and city council of Salt
Lake appoint one representative, the
county commissioners of Weber and
Davis counties one each, and another
two to come from the automobile clubs
of these two towns, the commission
thus formed to work In improving
roads between Salt Lake City and Og-
den. Another commission was sug-
gested to work between Salt Lake
City and Provo, and it win be appoint
ed this week.
DUMPING THE BUMPS.
Not all the preaching for good roads
was done by the speakers on the plat
form. AS guests of the automobile
clubs of Salt Lake and Ogden. We're the
mayors or many small cities with the
road supervisors and members of town
councils. They We're shown that to the
automobile a bumpy boulevard is what
plowed field would be to buggy
driver. Moments of delight with the
smooth going were interrupted by
sharp decisive jolts such as wagon
never feels and this object lesson in
itself has probably done much for good
roads.
ENTHUSIASTIC BEGINNING.
Today the good roads cause is in the
hands of enthusiastic supporters, great
y elated at the success of yesterdays
meet The automobilists were out in
force to the number of 60 machines
from Salt Lake and half as many from
ogden. They ran into the baseball
park at Lagoon where a picture was
taken of both machines and drivers.
a 4:3O o'clock the crowd assembled
IN the dancing pavilion, where an
hours mass meeting was held. Orson
II. Hewlett. president of the Automo-
bile club of Salt Lake, presided. He
introduced first Gov. ,Jonn C. Cutler
who endorsed the good roads move
ment. and expressed the hope that the
next legislature would pass a good roads
law free from defects which might cause
IL to be vetoed as the last one was.
He expressed the hope that uniform
method of road building would be
adopted for the state thus doing away
with the piecemeal efforts of various
county commissioners. new COM
missioner often undoing the work of
predecessor.
SPEECHES FROM OFFICIALS.
Following Gov. Cutler there were
short speeches from Il dozen or more
guests of Weber, Davis, Salt lake and
Utah counties. Acting Mayor Dixon
of ogden assured the movement the
hearty support OF the Ogden citizens
Mayor j. T. Gardner OF American Fork
declared that the benefits of good
roads more directly reached the farmer
than the automobilist, John G. Mac
key, county commissioner of Salt Lake
county, spoke of the available Stag for
road building, and of the need for roads
in Salt Lake county also for the
bumps installed that automobilists
might not scorch in uninterrupted in
tervals.
John r. Barnes of Davis county
pledged the farmers OF Davis to DO
their part with the assistance of the
people of the two big cities on either
side. Il. s. Ferry spoke foi Salt Lake,
and declared that the beautiful bunny
boulevards We're q joy except In some
particulars. He condemned the
scorcher as the red devil" of the auto
mobile fraternity and wished him
speedy elimination.
Mayor c. f. Wcstfall of Pleasant
Grove spoke In favor of good roads.
and referred to the bill In the last leg
islature which had been vetoed because
of defects.
RESOLUTION.
The following resolution was passed
at the close OF the mass meeting as a
means by which 10 launch permanent
good roads work.
Resolved. That 1t be the sense Il
TINS meeting that committee of dyo
be appointed to act as road commits.
sioners, TO improve the condition an,
70 maintain In good order the road,
between Salt Lake and ogden. ON,
member of the committee 10 be an
pointed by the mayor and civ coinrI
or Salt Lake. one by the county coun.
inissloners Of Davis county. one nv IN,
county commissioners OF Weber COW
~ and one each by the autonohil,
clubs of salt Lake ana ogden. ("