The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-16
PUBLIC MEETING
FOR GOOD ROADS
United States Highway Official
TO speak--Working on Tide
water Road Proposition.

= i've 70 tho need for and the inter-
est in good roads, he Richmond Cham
Der Of Commerce has arranged for and
mas secured the presence OF Logan
| Waller Page. United states Director Of
Public Roads. 20 address q meeting or
| the members OF the chunbar, to be-
neld next Monday afternoon at 4.SO
o'clock. Every person iii the oit1- If
Richmond interested III good roads is
| invited 10 attend.
Mr.. Page. formerly of Richmond.
who has given 4 number or years II
The consideration and study OF road
! conditions in various sections Of the
United States Is probably the great
est living authority OH ROAD building.
lie has travelled from coast 10 coast in
| prosecuting the campaign for good
roads; There is not a single section
lis not familiar. He has learned OF tha
| great sand wastes which lie In the
/. southwestern States, and he has seen
the clay stretches with which Virginia
| Ronds and Profita.
Al OF this manifold information he
WI tell TO the PEOPLE who gather at
| the meeting to hear his talk IN ad :
| citizen TO the practical work Of road
l building, Mr.. Page is qualified 10 deal
! <h me question from an economic
{ s'andpoint He can tell TO the frac-
! ton OF :. penny how much it costs the
I farmer to haul produce over 4 bad
/ road and he can tell also just how
i ,',.ds can be saved II the road is i'm
| OF weather. lie knows what farm land
/ Is worth lying along bad roads and
/! re Will be able to give information as
10 the probahle increase in value.
the lines he Will suggest
The people of Richmond and Of Viz
s!nla nave been aWai:ena ed, or rather
| reawakened. within the recent past to
| the actual need for road Improvement.
| Always they have known that there.
! We're many. roads in the State which
We; Were real disgrace TO the people OF
| reason or other they have been rather
! Gerellct IL improving conditions. Al
last this iSl the opinion OF some OF
trouble TO Investigate. With the ac-
tsvity, Of the Richmond Automobiie
Association, and the organization OF
Inc T, Richmond Gordonsville Louisa
Richmond are now fully alive to the
pressing needs for road Improvement
= The organlsation Of the virgini.
Tidewater Highway Association has
also lent impetus to the work. In
/ fact only yesterday Frank Darjinc
president of the last named organiza
ton, and NJ. c. Armstrong. member
were here TO see about raising $4,000.
70 be applied wherever most needed
toward the construction OF the hish-
way from Richmond to the coast cities.
Little doubt Is entertained that the
money asked for will be speedilv-sul,
scribed y
Henrico has .signif1ed its intention OF
taking care Of all Of the ROAD within
counties are rapidly falling into line.
! Good roads are no longer a hope OF the
future. but real and positive need of
which the business men Of the stata
OF Virginia are instilling, or trying 10
instill, into the minds of some who
! have failed TO grasp tho situation
1t is hoped that the meeting mex
Monday afternoon Will be largely at.
| tended AS stated before, all arc in
| vited to attend. The lecture will be
interesting, and will disclose many in,
/! portant facts not known by the aver
age person. who is willing to let we'll
enough alone and who fails TO realize
! the necessity for good roads