Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-28
GOOD ROADS MEET
GETS INTERESTING
Yesterdays Session Brings Out
Good Papers and Lively
Discussion.
TO MEET EARLIER HEREAFTER
Conventions to he Held In the Future
When Actual Road Building May
Be Demonstrated.

Preparatory to the selection OF per-
maDent officers for the Good Roads AS
sociation OF Utah, the various counties
OF the state Thursday afternoon NAM
ed committeeman who should have the
power to select these officers. COM
prisinS president, secretary and an
executive comrpittee. The selections will
be presented to the convention this
afternoon and voted upon There are as
many vice presidents of the association
as there are counties represented, and
each county delegation viii also select
its own vice president
III Is entirely probable that the or
gaDization Will be extended TO include
the surrounding states. as the dele
gates here from Idaho and Wyoming
especially nre anxious to secure tho
benefit OF organized effort in the propa-
ganda for good roads In their respec-
tive states, and are willing to give
what assistance they can to make the
movement an unqualified success.
The committee on permanent organ
ization was selected as follows: Beay-
er. Henry Hall; Boxelder, P. n. Peirce;
Cache, John Quayle; Carbon. B.. r.
Mcdonald Davis, Melvin H Randall;
Iron. Lehi w. Jones: Juab, r. H. Bur-
ton; Kane. Charles r. Pugh: Millard,
J. r. Bennett; Morgan, George e.
Carter: Piute. Edward E. Sprague;
Richs Thomas j. jenkins; Salt Lake,
J. w. McHenry; Sanpete. C. R. Alfred;
Sewer H. c. Larsen; Summit, George
Smith; Tooeie. James c. Brown:
Uintah, John K. Bullock; Washington,
r G. McQuarrie; Wayne, George A
Chappel Weber. John C. Child.
PROF. PARKERS PAPER.
Drof TT Darlrar 4Lo r-..l
Agricultural college. read a paper on
Earth Roads," which was listened
to with great attention by the as
sembled delegates. Prof. Parker said
that 1t was necessary for road-builders
TO understand the history of the under
taking, In order to gain q clear idea or
sense of the relationship of the roads
TO the typographical and climatlcal
conditions of the country. THE great
hope of the good roads enthusiast is to
get away from the so called earth
road. One of the greatest hindrances
TO American progress is our common
roads, by that meaning the ordinary
earth road met In cross-country trav-
el,' said Prof. Parker. Considerable
stress was laid on the advisability of
economically planned grades, which,
he said. was a big item to the farmer.
Slight grades. said the speaker were
preferable. While they naturally cost
the farmer and user obtained the ben
eft. Enormous sums, he said, arc an
nually wasted on impossible highways,
and it Is feasible to protect ourselves
against these losses
In the discussion which followed the
paper by Prof. Parker, John C.
Mackey, chairman of the board of
Salt Lake county commissioners, told
how roads were built in Salt Lake
county. Commissioner Mackey said tho
wide streets of Salt Lake are the
pride of the community and should
be maintained.
Mayor William Glasmann, delegate
from Ogden, offered the following re-
solution, which was unanimously
carried:
Resolved, That the annual meet
ing of the good roads convention shall
hereafter be held during the sum-
mer or fall months, when practical
road building may be demonstrated by
actual work. and that the United
States government director and con-
structor be invited to build sec
ton of road in the presence of the
delegates at that time"
ADDITIONAL DELEGATES.
M. H. Randall, Centerville; ].
Ford, Centerville; James Devine, Salt
Lake; Paul Carbon, Logan; George A.
Ellsworth, Payson. William Pilking-
ton, Smithfield; ]. H. Bearrup. AL
buquerque. n. NJ; C. A. Mace, Kanab;
J. C. McFarlane, st. George; Lorenzo
Stohl. Brigham City; George NJ. Len
ard. Pennington; George o. Chaney,
Salt Lake; Hyrum Baird, Salt Lake; r.
A. Holley. Central; J. B. Weiner.
SEWER: L. r. Pack, Salt Lake: ].
Turmoil. Salt Lake; T. S. Peat, Salt
Lake: Harry Haynes, Murray; A. o.
H Fowkes, Murray; r. r. Lyman,
Salt Lake.