The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-29
TEACHER STILL
 TALKS GOOD ROADS Wants Boulevard Before Pana-
 ma Exposition BRING MILLIONS SOUTH Good Roads Apostle Is Also Going to Work on Boulevard Project
 Between New York and
 Chicago
BRING MILLIONS SOUTH

Charles w. Thacher, the apostle of good roads, who has been working up interest in a bond issue affecting Cullman and Morgan counties, was in Birmingham yesterday. He is en route to Nashville, where he will meet some good roads people and discuss the work of connecting the boulevard between Nashville, Birmingham, Cincinnati and New Orleans. He said:
 "As is> generally known, am very much interested in securing boule- yard from Cincinnati to New Orleans before the Panama canal opens. To do this I have started work in Gin. cinnati, Nashville, Cullman and Nor gan counties and in Mississippi.
 "The work has progressed very fla vorably so far. l have two counties engaged in discussing the bond issue. They are Morgan and Cullman. l be- N1ieve when the issue Is put before the people good roads will win. The con struction of the good roads in these two counties will connect Birmingham with Nashville.
 "The people of Oneonta are now building a road from that place to Huloca, which is 35 miles. When this work is completed Birmingham will have a new route to Decatur
 Tn Mississippi four counties have is- sued bonds and are to issue more. The entire state is worked up to a bet ter understanding of better roadways and the entire country is watching this work in the south. l feel positive that by the time the canal Is opened the boulevard to New Orleans through Birmingham will be completed. This will bring hundreds and tn ousands of automobile tourists to Birmingham from the north en route to the expo sition in New Orleans. It will mean thousands of dollars to this city in- dividually, to say nothing of the hund- reds of other ways it will help the south.
 "I will be in New York now pretty soon. l am doing this work free, as I do not receive one penny for It. How ever I am backed by some of the best people of New York. They wish me to start a plan to connect New York and Chicago with a boulevard. We will start that campaign soon. and while I am away from the south trying to accomplish this work I appeal to the southern people not to lose single opportunity to get better roads. We have been somewhat lax in this re- spect but the time is now ripe for us to get wide awake and show the peo- pie that we are in earnest in our ef- forts to secure better roadways.
 The boulevard that I hope to build from Now York to Chicago will be the first lap in the one to San Francisco. I will visit the Pacific coast next spring and will make a tour of the states along the coast. l hope to in- terest the people of San Francisco in this work as well as the people of Seattle and Los Angeles. And during it all, please remember that Thatcher is not receiving a cent for his trouble and pains.
 Birmingham has attracted the at tention of the world and engaged the eye of every thinking American by reason of the stupendous gain shown in the census returns. l hope that in all this jubilation Birmingham and the people of this state will not neglect to embrace any plan looking to the betterment of the highways.
 "Everyone is. assisted by better roads and it is a duty we owe the forth coming generations.
 Let us be up and stirring"