The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-10
|fLP|NC CAUSE
|DF GOOD ROADS
s,nthern Railroad to Send Out
sDeciaI With Exhibits and
Working Models.
|u1IL TOUR THE SOUTH
DURING MONTH OF MAY
Game Novel Features in Con
,petion With Road Improve
ment Train.

h = ~ the most interesting methoos
W. ,,r,rcinG The cause OF good roads
.ahovt the south is TO be undertaken
,n Nav by the Southern Railway
srpany, working in conjunction with
J RATED States office Of public roads.
|'a.t,,c from some point In the south
%. aetornlned upon, special road
.,,ment train consisting of three
-'.,ss-one provided with lantern slides,
Srsopticon and screen, another with ex-
M and working models. and a third
u, reserved for the men who are to
-, wifi the train-wlll tour the south,
..,,c at all the large cities and most
\ he small ones.
Il -Ao pIan for a road improvement train
4 :, ,dop,ed by the railroad company
~, consultation with officials of the
r.,,sd States Office OF public roads and
. 4. American Association for Highway
.-,,Ncment. President Finley entered
4. ihe scheme heartily. He is a MEM
/ 1, AZ the executive committee OF the
,-.,ican Association for Highway I'M
-,rrment, and the Southern Railway
nam. recognizing the vast economic
k,v,ance of the movement for good
~ has been doing all in its power TO
<-ssd the idea throughout the south.
4 ,ycry possible way the Southern Rail-
r,r company wishes 10 aid In road i'm
-.ssment that Will make for the pros
| r-ty OF the south and President Finley
rs5s II possloe for the United States
I |-gke OF public roads 10 make arrange
|r1,s for a spectacular and instructive
In
Views Of Good and Bad Roads.
II The coach provided with stcrcopti-
I ao couipmeni will be views showing all
|h Advantages OF good roads and dis
I,sanlagcs OF bad ones. There Will be
|fczr for instance. the manner in which
Itr,ors are caught In the ruts Of bad
IL, while on their way To patients:
|1.uiakcrs' wagons delayed on the way
In Ne cemeteries: automohilists thrown
|p 10 road by a boulder in bad road !;
IL. tao loads Of cotton. one from a
1 n road territory. and the other from
u lcd road territory. the difference IN
tesi showing the profits and losses
i1., come from good and bad roads
A h the second car there will he en-
\ ifs1l photographs showing some OF the
-'il roads in the world including the
InE.ngh perfect roads OF France. These
'phsraphs will illustrate nearly every
.Is1.. OF the good roads moy ycment. For
'|H farmers and experts there will be
|ssking models In tins ear. showing ma
Iaak HAT make the best roads: the
IE a s0ggv clay road can be improved
Iue mixing Of sand; the way macadam
|Asla aher hard roads are built, and prac-
~ sUggostions which will be OF benefit
ihe case of each individual. ii the
|1zes has been at a loss how TO i'm
&c his road. he can find out all about
tT attending the train exhibit. Ar
lE7sments may even be made so that
i PRISONS IN each town along the rouse
1Eersed may send in specific questions
z.sie the train arrives, they being an
|au1l In the lectures that will be given
y aim OF the Southern Railway COM
||eg and Inc government is 10 aid each
/,NlaOel case AS much as TO stimulate
|f-sFsl interest in the good roads move
III Lecturers Aboard Train.
is'e Will be two lecturers from the
- o. public roads on the road i'm
v'shent Train. and the Southern Rail
,ss o,mpany Will carry It's land and in
>;,'-SsnhI representative along. These men
E prepared 10 lecture, explain and
K'' 40 70 tDe thousands OF persons who
H, stpecied TO attend the lectures in
wpn. The agricultural official OF
ns'e VIII also be asked to accom-
ae train while Il is In his terri
lis. olher officials Will be notified from
she ana the county supervisors
PROBABLY find the exhibit decidedly
|S All the associations whose
N, ~, ~ 10 build. improve and main :
H. msnways will bc invited to take
l N the meetings.
stated above, President Finley is a
OF the executive committee OF
american Associa ton for Highway
IL" NJ iii -
III ,,l.,so eo states office of public roads.
II. "ea,aenl ea,a1 OF the association. so that
, -. n. ..!lncnt, the railroad company
tsrsd association are working whole
fSy toward the same end.
hoped by the hackers OF the pres
-, "',,ement that the road improve
Kr nam Will stimulate the interest
, ~ south, bring about the enactment
Is sv'm mn laws and uniform methods in
; |h-tsnrnulhg OF the improvement and
4 La ae ot roads and give the whole
srsnla opportunity To realize the full
.-,sras ,aiue ot complete system OF
= ""ea highways
III knowledge to Be Gained.
4 - Irnom rom lis educational interest the
y se,anspio'cment train will! he an at
y Ir,,ts,o1o people who are not actively
= - ~ III such movements. drawing
!, Ir!,S,, seascn Of the novel exhibit ana
, Bsr.5- sending them away with q
sHsn thai after all the good roads
4 Ilis, concerns each Individual. III
n Issn. VI What walk of life.
;" -. az, he exact Itinerary has not beer
D. ~ IL is planned 10 have the trair
k ., sSvst .i IN such manner that II
ba birmingham. Ala, where there
convention. May 1926. 1911
~ I. .oI. In Richmond. Va. where an.
I,y"iehtion /, is 10 be held in Octo'
- m,h certain, therefore, that tht
-, srrpIpnofemcnt train will be on tn,
Of i noal early IN May until the mid
IDsa.Jj .Jj''g.oer ..r Within this period VI |.
mat the whole OF the souLl
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