The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-26
ROADS CONVENTION
BEGINS WEDNESDAY
Preparations Are Complete for
Enthusiasts, Who Will Talk
About Highways.
FIVE HUNDRED DELEGATES
TO MEET IN ARM0RY HALL
Programme for Three Days
Sessions Is One of Interest
and Wide in Scope.

The greatest state or interstate roads
convention ever held IN the United
States will begin It's sessions at 10
O'Clock Wednesday forenoon in tho
Armory hall. in tho Commercial club
building, Fully 500 delegates will be
in attendance. There VIII be addresses
of welcome by the governor and by
Mayor John 5. Bransford- The CON
vcution will organize, and in the after
noon a paper will be read by Robert
c. Skclton Of this city on 1.-The Ad-
vantage Of Good Roads in tho Eastern
States as Compared With the Poor
Roads Of the West. -
There will be reports Of The various
vlccp presidents of tho Goods Roads as
sociation representing the various
counties Of tho state. These reports
Will be largely along the lines of the
operation of the new road laws, the
need of further legislation. and in gen
cral. tho icc-prcsidenls Will report on
the conditions in their counties as they
affect the roads.
Convention of Interest
The convention will be interesting,
because there will bc discussion of the
good roads movements from every
possible point of view. An expert road
builder. j. II. Hodge, Will he here
from Washington 10 tell about the IN
tcresting things the government is do,
ing in connection with systematic road
Improvement in every part of the cou1;
try This expert doubtless will
touch on the bill recently introduced
in the congress by Representative
Howell OF this state. providing for the
expenditure of $l0,000.000 annually in
the establishment of national high
WAYS. with an especial view 10 CON
structing u great highway from ocean
to ocean and from Canada 10 the Gulf.
utah,s state engineer. Caleb Tanner,
will tell about the workings of the new
laws. Gov. Brady Of Idaho will talk
about what that state is doing in
the way of road building. Wyoming
will send a hnc representation. Colo
RADIO and Nevada will also be on hand.
In short, the four states comprising the
group of which Utah is tho center,
will he represented by complete dclcga-
tious
Programme Wide in Scope.
Tho programme that has been ar
ranged for the three DAYS is filed with
good things for the advocates of good
roads. The programme for the opening
day follows:
'OONCn1lDn VIII nc CaIIcU 10 OruCT DN
Gov. William Spry.
Invocation bv Rev. r. / Goshen.
Naming Of permanent chairman and
secretary,
Address of welcome by Mayor John
5. Bransford,
The adoption of rules governing the
convention.
Reports of the vicc-prcsidenis Of the
Good Roads association.
Paper by Robert {, shelton. ''The
Advantage OF Good Roads in the East
crn States as Compared with the Poor
Roads of the West. -
Open discussion.
Report Of The vice. presidents Of the
Good Roads association.
Other Delegates Named.
Additional lists of delegates have
been received by the executive commit
tee Of the association. These follow:
Utah Society of Engineers William
Alston, Louis C. Kelsey. George NJ.
Bacon, George O. Kenney, l. T.. Nc
Caldwell. all of this city.
State Schools Of Lands-Joseph S.
Merrill. Richard r. Lyman, T. H.
Beckstrand, r. p. Kctchum, Fred j.
Pack. all of this city.
Washington County-Frsncis L. Dag
gett. ST. George; Samuel Tsom, Hurri-
cane; Reuben Gardner, Pine Valley:
Isaac c. McFarlano, ST. George; Leo A
Snow, st. George; Edward II. Snow.
st. George, d. II. Morris, ST George
4. W. WINS. formerly ST. George, now
Salt Lake City; Ashby Snow, formerly
st. George, now Salt Lake City: John
NJ. McFarlane, formerly ST. George,
now Salt Lake City.
Juab County-John J.. Ellertsou,
Mona; Martin Nelson, Lcvan; George
Jones, Robinson; George McCune. Eu-
rcka.