The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-11-01


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81 fighWaE Improve rielk NeEtss
SIX county road oclations have
been formed IN the. state each con
tanning in It's membership some Of
tie leading businesa men. turner's
and professional men in each coun-.
ty. While Mr.. Light has been or
ganizing road improvement soci-.
cites throughout the country. his
work in the south in matter OF los
cal pride since he was formerly
highway commissioner Of West
Virginia.
The trip OF the Southern Railway
Company's .sGood Road Special" was
concluded SO recently that interest,"
in the Improvement OF roads and
the modern devices for constructinsj
roads to meet the demands of the
modern vehicles Is still at fever
pitch. incidentally. the Atlantic
Coast Line railway viii start its
good roads train November 24,l
from Richmond, the day on which
the big congress of the American
Association for Highway Improve
ment in that city is brought to al
close.
with the people of the state
aroused to realization of the great |
commercial advantages of a system
of improved roads. the proclamation !
of Governor Mann, unique among
all state papers, Will strike popu-
lar chord.
Governors of all the other states
in the Union will be requested to
issue similar proclamations SO that
the entire country may be alive with 4
The activity of farmers actually en-
gased in the improvement OF thelI
public highways during tnat week A
1t is intended to make the week the
most notable in the history OF the
road movement in America. AT thel
present time over 81 100000 day
is being spent on the Improvement
and maintenance of roads in thel
United States In the week be-
ginning November 10, it is expected
that $1O,OOO,O6O will be invested I'M
the Improvement or roads from all
the various states, counties, boroughs
ana road organizations. In add
ton, thousands of farmers in
sections OF the country win
donate their service to the aetuat
work of improving the nearby roads
in order to demonstrate just what
- he done by concentrated work.
Logan Waller Page, the president
Of the American Association for
Highway Improvement, whose cor
yertton is to be held at Richmond,
November 20 to % inclusive, says
that the proclamation of Governor
Mann will result in capitalization
OF the sentiment for good roads
virginia and, when fol-
lowed by similar proclamatiOns in
other states, will produce the same
enect throughout the country. J.
e. Pennybacker. Jr., the executive
secretary of the association, and
Charles p. Light, the chief field rep
resentative and organizer, have been
travelling through the country and
report that everything is in readi-
ness for the Good Roads. Week
throughout the country. Immedi-
ateely following the general demon
stration, the congress of the Amer
lean Association for Highway I'm
provement and its allied organiza-
tons will be held at Richmond. The
tours. good road trains
and other features of the congress
haze already been arranged and
Richmond will hold the greatest
crowd in its history
After calling attention to the fact
that the American Association for
Highway Improvement is to hold its
arst annual road congress in Rich
mond, November 90 to 90, "for the
purpose of bringing to the solution
of the many difficult problems con-
pected with the Improvement OF the
public roads the combined knowledge
and experience of the men who have
devoted themselves to study OF
this important question, Governor
Mann's proclamation says:
Whereas, the President of the
United States will be our honoredI
guest and will address the con-
gress upon that important occa-
pipT,