The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-19
GOOD ROADS ARE /
GIVEN BIG BOOa|
Impetus Given Movement ii
System of Highways in K,vs s'i
vile Meeting. ~
DAVIS FAyORS BUILDING
of MORE GOOD ROAM
Section of Model Highway fl p.l
Constructed for Demonst~r, ~ "
ton Purposes.

Good roads were given l.
meeting held in Kaysville | Thg ~ :
between orson II. Hewlett % ISl'dal ,S
ccutlvc committee Of the GOos '1e q
association and several ro,..1 hoaas
business men of Davis n~pieseAIaiirs
fEISions haIi @ were held IN the Kaysy;i,. u
Tho,an Tg,i anu pE;1, W?re presided over by T.eu eu
lhUlnas NTn fhllilps of that place -ualo'
ME' hewlett was ibc FIRST CO.,
uIninE Dcen delegated bv' Gapass'
;;2pry 10 VISIT the people of Davis lvssins' n'as
IN IN regard to the good roads conraa youliy
lG nc held IN this city the laf,aee seau'1
" c,l,1 January. iI lie explained br;erl,. ar
good that has been done as o',elly 'h
inc iast convention bel dhere 'u! .;
me sentiment which had bcen @ aid q
IN IaVof OF better roads by The T.ousid rasasd
ol eieht oilis pertaining 10 gond dglsaias
by inc last Legislature. TIessso soJu L;,l roats
SAID, had paved the way for o"c, =
maize good roads system far tsa yas
state, and he declared that 'fs 81. elils ,i
is now ripe to begin practical ,.O. Sue uss
asked the hearty co.opcrat;on "Vis- he
people Of Davis county. fha; ,b vi ias
may be pushed TO Succcssfn, 'ae W., Eo'k
ton. vi culmilz,
Continuing, Mr.. Hcwlett s,;a 49,
2 meeting of the good roads cman:t. ,nat !,
1t was thought good plan ~ o"linllIles l
small piece of model road NJ Nave lave !
OF Utah materials, under ibe "%w "a
ton OF the government, state .5S ISd'salt
~ experts, and he asked fLosa aHu u .0ut
II they would be willing 70 g,e.s.'
work IN Davis county and nnrm;. ,Il
members Of the coming couycni;o,
visit 1T and have explained 10 vI ~. =
What materials would he best 70 ,so wa
the making OF roads in thc diffcyoo, Us
tIons Of the state. He docIorsJ ~ ~
another reason why This meetinn ~. ~,
he held III Davis county ia 10 a.vue
Il sentiment for better roads na.,;s %,Ses
larJy IN the northern portion p1t'Ts 81 Is
county. SC there wouJd bc 'm nnoJ u y,
built through Davis county ~ S'Uo ou,a ~,
WIN ogden on the north and Salt III.
City oil the south. "'' Aiu
Other speakers were Henry II Bo,l
Jonn Il. Barnes, II, j. Sheffield. h
,: Gleason, County Commissioner WbH"
SIDES and Senator Chris Burton m
these heartily favored the plan S.s'
Tor Burton introduced the folloTir,
set OF resolutions, which wero nu,ai.
mously adopted;
Resolved. That We favor III. nl,r
PplIildlnE section of model road ni,rr
Nl!SFlltc Ciiy at the earliest possI6,
datei that We Invite the county comni,-
sioncrS 10 select section OF road gih,
The city 10 make such demonstTstIon /,
IS contemplated by the Good Reads a..
ISOLATION ''''' =
Resolved, That we invite the msubeH
OF the Good Roads convention Ia rLst
haysvillr at some time In the forthco-.
ing Good Roads convention. to insnti
the model road and TO hold a session Y
the convention iu this city.
Resolved. That we favor the holding
tho convention ut some date not earn,
than February 20, in order that the rsi
may he more properly constructed.
The matter of postponinc lac toz
yention until February was laid befat
Governor Spry and the executive ms
mittec by Mr.. Hewlett That bcdy =
cldcd that II was impossible 10 edess
postponement, as invitations have i
ready been sent to the governors n
delegates of Idaho, Nevada, ColoTah 4
and Wyoming, as we'll rs 10 the dif
ferent sections of this state. II Ms
suggested, however. that in ease "
weather conditions would not permit 4
the Davis county road beng bull 2,
excursion would be nun TO Provo ior 4
the delegates TO see the cxccllent rr,s
recently built in that section under II
supervision of government experts;
Tho good roads convention sill =
held in this city. as originally planral
January %.
Those attending the KnysyiIc 1f
ing were; Orson II. Hewlett. ) a'i
Christopher Burton, Jr.: Mayor Iief
II. Phillips. DR.. S. Gleason, Heb! 4
Sheffield, Horny II Blood, Samuel 4
Rushforth. Robert Blamires. Johl Il
Linford, John Il. Barnes. Waite, Y;
trell and County Commissioner W. Z