The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-15

izing the part of the State where the
weather is warmer than IN the west
and there is also less trouble from
snow and mud. and where road build
ing can be done SO much cheaper than
elsewhere. The directors are to con-
duet the affairs of the ASSOCIATION,
there being three from each State ana
from these directors and the VICE
president, President Tufts is to ap-
point not less than three members
who with the president, the secretary
and the treasurer will form the execu-
tive committee which is vested with
full authority to manage the business
of the association between the meet
ings of the board. The executive com
mittee shall have power to fill Vacan-
cies in the board of directors and also
to decide upon the location OF the
route.
MI. Tufts upon taking h chair
made a very interesting little talk
about the work to be done and told OF
how automobile tourists had developed
New England and of the great amount
Of money spent. Mr.. TUFTS was very
heartily applauded and made a partl-
cularly fine impression upon the meet
ing in every way The convention cN-
pressed its thanks to the New York
Herald and Atlanta Journal for their
great work in the interest of the IN
terstate Automobile highway.
The convention dispatched its bust
ness rapidly and systematically II
adjourned and the delegates were
photographed on the steps of the Cap
itol, directly after taking automobiles,
furnished in great numbers DV the
Columbia Automobile Club, and going
out four miles to the R~idgewood Cub
which is Columbia's Country Club, a
very attractive place, and with golf
links, tennis courts and other outdoor
sports provided. Luncheon was served
there and the delegates met each
other in q social way and soon after
wards left for a trip over nine miles
of the sand-clay roads, with them be-
ing Mr.. Owens, the admirable super
visor of road for Richland county.
The visitors saw the building of the
sand-clay roads at a cost of from 5000
to $24O per mile and tested these in
some rapid runs on automobiles. They
were simply delighted with the roads
which had been lately studied by Mr..
w. L. Spoon, the United States expert.
who pronounces them admirable in
VERY respect.
Among the delegates from North
Carolina We're: Hon. A. w. Graham
and Mr.. Lassiter, the latter the chair
man of the board of county commits
siOners of Granville county. They
had men sent by their county and the
Oxford Chamber of Commerce to see
the work of constructing roads, Gran
Vile county having recently decided to
issue over 100000 in bonds for good
q and sand is to be used to temper
the clay there. This sand will prob
ably be hauled on the cars from
Moore county. Messrs. Graham and
Lassiter were simply astonished at
what they saw done and their visit
Will be worth no end of money to their
county. The cOnvicts were tax
ing clay from a pit alongside the road.
The proportion of clay is prescribed by
Mr.. Owen who knows exactly what
to do and who has been building these
roads for about ten years. Mr.. Lassi-
ter will procure from him one of his
to go to Granville county TO
lay off and build roads. Thus it will
be seen that in every way the conven-
ton was a success as was also every
thing which attended it.
Next Monday h New York Herald
and Atlanta Journal scout automobiles
leave Atlanta for their p~ath-finding
trip and will come along his capital
route. Last week Secretary lids took
specially with the automobile coun-
Gus OF 10Th parties the importance Of
trylng out this route by Columbia, Raj
elgh, Richmond, etc, on to Washing
ton and thence to New York and is
very much gratified by the success
which has attended the presentation
of this matter by Mr.. Tufts and others
and himself. He wrote yesterday let
ters to the mayor Of Rockingham
urging that cOu automobiles be sent
out to get all sorts of information
about the route from Cheraw to that
place and from Rockingham to Pine
hurst and 50 on towards Raleigh. Pres
ldent Johnson, of the Raleigh Garage
md Machine Company, has put 1T the |
disposal of the committee of which Mr..
Josephus Daniels is chairman, all the |
automobiles it may need, free Of any
Scout trips will be mado /