The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-19
FINE OUTLOOK FOR
ROADS CONVENTION
Believed That the Forthcoming
Meeting viii Prove of In
caIcuIable Benefit.
EXCELLENT PROGRAMME Is
ARRANGED BY COMMITTEE
Practical Results of Operation
of New Laws Will BE
Shown.

The programme for the Good Hoad'
convention. which will bc held in sal
Lake. January 26, % aud rs. has beor
completed All Of The speakers have no
yet been named. but the programme Is
complete so far as the numbers arc con
cerned.
An enthusiastic meeting was held IN
The Office Of Governor Spry. Tuesday aft
crnoon. at which important matters III
connection with the convention were dis
cussed. Those who attended The meeting
were O. r, Madscn, county commission
CT of Weber county; Caleb Tanner, state
engineer James f. jennings and y, II:
Hewlett OF the executive committee oi
/ the Good Roads association The iol-
lowing programme WAS DECIDED upoh'
JANUARY 2G, Ia \. NJ
. Convention will he called 10 order by
invocation by Roy. T. '. Goshen.
Naming of permanent h"ir:an nd
Address Of welcome by -laynr Erans-
ford
The adoption of rules governing the
convention.
Reports of the vice presidents Of the
Good Roads association.
AFTERNOON SESSION, . L. NJ
Paper by Robert c. Skolton: "Tho ad-
vantage of Good Roads In tho Eastern
States as Compared with the Poor Roads
OF tho West
Omen discussion.
Report of tho vice presidents OF the
Good Roads associat ton.
SECOND DAY: January -. 10 \. NJ
Paper by +. IL. BocRstrand: THE Best
Material for Utah Road Building
Open discussion,
Paper by Caleb Tanner, state engineer:
"The Good Roads Bills Passed by the
Last Legislature. Their Benefits 10 the
State. and How 10 Garry Them ont.
open discussion.
AFTERNOON SESSION, +. NJ.
paper by Prof. John \. Widtsoe: The
Earth Road
Reports of the Vice presidents ot the
Good Roads association.
THIRD DAY, JANUARY IS 10 y. NJ
Representative of the public roads Of
turs, Washington, r. c.
Open discussion.
'What H. Idaho Doing for the Better
mcnt OF It's uiEhways?'
AFTERNOON SESSION, > y. NJ.
Report OF committee on resolutions.
Election of permanent officers.
Unfinished business.
Reports Are Favorable.
Reports OF the various committees were
favora bic. IL WAS shown that the re
sponscs as 10 the appointment OF dele
gales from Utah. Idaho and other states
are gratifying 10 the last degree. The
delegation from Idaho will bc complete.
This il made certain by reason of the
fact That Governor Grady OF that state
has named double the number OF dele
Satcs asked Tor, the governor saving. I'm
explanation, that hc wanted 10 bc Slrc
that the state should he well repre-
scntc1
rhe convention viii be held in tho
Arnory hall, Badges arc being made FOR
The use % the delegates, and the print
ranged for. The Hammer Jones .\d-
vertising company was given authority
TO print the progrninmes and TO solicit
20 toward covering the expense eutallcd
By the conN cuiion.
Railroads Make Rites.
The railroads have announced cscur-
sion rates for the Good Roads convcn-
lion. The rio Graudc offers n round trip
rate OF a single laro, and the oregon
y round trip rate oi fare and q third.
The rates from points moro remote from
Salt Lake Will become effective .lanu-
AIRY -, and fromt Utah points and other
nearby points they viii become effective
January %. The liini, lor return will
be January 81.
The committees feel dat al towns and
cities and communities in the state
should be represented al The convention.
The request is made ihai those places
which have not yet named delegates
make their selections aL once as the
time grows brief.
Work Of Last Convention.
-Four hundred delegates cons stiluted the
convention OF the good roads advocates
last year. This number, 1t is confidently
expected VIII be extended at the coming
convention for tho reason that people
have had time 10 study the benefits that
will accri" 10 them all with the build
ing Of bell"r roads, and the establish
Inent In this state OF sySteula tic Schcns
of highways. Tho convention held last
year was declared by Logan W. Page.
the governments road expert, 10 he the
most largely attended OF any similar
gathering ne had ever ATTENDED.
At Inc last convention nine good roads
bills were drafted and committee con
sistinc nj O. ~. Hewlett of Salt Lake and
u. L. Roberts OF Logan was appointed