The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-15
GOOD ROADS MEN
ARRIVE IN CITY
Director Logan Waller Page
Awaits Opening of Big
Convention
CANADA TO SEND
SPECIAL DELEGATES
President Taft to Address
Congress on National
Highways Here
Next Monday

Logan Waller Page, director OF
United States Once OF Public Roads
and president OF the American Assoc
citation for Highway Improvement -
In this city prepared to stay until the
national good roads invention adj
journs next Thursday night.
With Mr.. Page il Mr.. Charles p.
Light. who IL representing Secretary
]. e. Pennybacker, Jr.. Of the High
wav Association Secretary Penny
hacker Is expected to arrive next week
with the presidential party. for Presi-
dent Taft will open the convention
with an address on Good Roads. and
what they mean toward the prosperity
Of the nation.
Another OF the presidential party
will be Secretary OF Agriculture James
oohleon. who Will speak at the Monday
"eht session. Before the four days
of the convention are over other cele-
brated speakers will be heard, includ-
ing the two Senators from Virginia.
Mr.. Thomas S. Martin and Mr.. Claude
a. Swanson, General T. Coleman Du-
Pont. Representative J. Hampton
Moore. president Of the Atlantic Deep
Waterways Association: Representa-
tive Oscar w. Underwood. OF Ala
bana: President W. w. Finley, OF the
southern Railway; Governor Mann. or
Virginia. and other dignitaries ana
celebrities.
Ambassadors From Canada.
Canada Will send several represen-
tatives and tho province of Quebec
two special ambassadors. Quebec II
especially interested in the convention
for the great International highway
from Maint. Fla. to Quebec. will come
UP for considerable discussion.
President Page, who Is stopping at
the Jefferson. received this telegram
last evening:
L. w. Page.
Jefferson Hotel.
Richmond, Va
Hon. Mr.. CAron. Minister OF Agri-
culture. and Hon. ]. T.. kaine. will
represent the province OF Quebec at
the American Road Congress TO he
held In Richmond, Va, from the 10th
to the gard Of November, instant
LOMER GOUIN, Prime Minister
Prime Minister Gouin speaks OF the
convention as the American Road
Congress. but the official title 10 the
American Association for Highway
Improvement II Is the first national
convention OF its kind In America, and
marks a new era in American road
building. 1t In the first national at
tempt toward the building. OF good
highways and to Richmond falls the
honor Of starting this epochal work.
Good Roads Week
This week. just preceding the con-
Sentton. Is known as Good Roads
Week in Virginia when, according to
the proclamation of Governor Mann.
all the citizens of the State will add
their mite toward improving road
conditions. No matter how small it
may be every one along 4 main tr2~-
eled thoroughfa~e Is called upon TO
aid In the work of filling In. grading
and ditching and the result should be
u big Improvement in the roads OF
the State, even in the most remote dis
tricts.
Along the Richmond highway to
Louisa a special force has been busy
under the direction OF Supervisor
Saunders. Motorists from the North,
a. well as those from the vicinity OF
Roanoke and Stanton. are expected
to use this highway In coming to
Richmond for the convention.
Supervisor Saunders has been busy
since the summer on this thorough |
fare. He has leveled the Hill at
Ground Squirrel Bridge. filled In tho |
.ravine that made II menace to mo- !
florists, laid out a new road along tho |
ridge at Mineral. Allied in pockets and |
graded and dttched the entire thor |
oughfare until II presents almost an |
ideal highway. This week he is putting |
on the finishing touches to his work |
and visiting motorists will have no |
reason to complain OF this Virginia |
road, .,.,,..aa..,
On Peninsula Highway.
The same IL true OF the Peninsula |
Highway over which Mr.. Manville |
keeps = watchful eye. Mr.. Manville has |
DO arranged matters that the entire |
highway can be repaired in a few |
hours after storm, no matter how
disastrous It may be. The road Ia d.
vided into sections. Immediately after |
a storm the road force In the particu-
lar section affected II ordered out to |
work by telephone. Consequently the
lent shape. and the party OF motor |
The road from Richmond to Peters,
burg and thence through Emporia to
the North Carolina line Ia in excel-
lists from the South should experience
no difnculty. But even on this high
way Good Roads Week IL being OBJ
served.
Children In all the schools Of vir-
ginia and West Virginia are cole
brating Good Roads Week." by en-
gazing In general competition to
write the best essay on the subject
Of lettering the condition OF
Hupnc hA6"WoSS ., s4au Lay chcSe VI SuCn
Improvement on the happiness and
prosperity Of q community.
Probably no such novel idea for ac-
centuatinE the benefits of improved
public highways was ever fostered In
the United States.
The children are asked to tell of the
effects Of good roads on education;
how country children are kept from
school by reason Of muddy roads;
how the public health Ii affected byI
poor drainage Of roads: and how Inn
proved highways make for increased
commerce. greater social intercourse
n the country, and increased wealth
and happiness everywhere.
ooerotaey Wiloon'e Address.
The presencs OF. Secretary OF Agri-
lulture Wilson at the convention In
a1soatinued On firth PaxeA -