The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-09
A GOOD ROADS
TRAIN To MAKE
TOUR Of SOUTH
SOUTHERN RAILWAY TO SEND
ONE. THROUGH THIS SECTION
DURING THE SUMMER.
Road cc-operates With the Govern.
r1ent in Work For Better Roads
Train Will Probably Make a Stop at
All Points On tie Road.

To advance the cause of good roads
throughout the Soutn. the Southern
Railway Company, working in con-
junction with tee United States Office
OF public roads, will, during the COM
ing summer, run over it's lines a spe-
cial road improvement train" stop
ping at all the large cities and most
OF the small ones. The train will
start from some point in the South
not yet determined upon. 1t will con
sist Of three coac1es-one provided
with lantern slides, stereopt;con and
screen, another wifi exhibits and
working models, and a third being
reserved for the men who are to
travel with tie train
The plan for d road improvement
train was, adopted 10y the railroad
company after consultation with Of
ficials OF the United States office of
public roads and the American AS
sociation of Highway Improvement
President Finley entered into the
scheme heartily. He is a member Of
the executive committee of the Amer
lean Association for Highway Improve
nent, and the Southern Railway com
pany, recognizing the vast economic
Importance of the movement for good
roads, has been doing all in it's
power to spread tire idea throughout
the South. In every possible way, the
southern Railway company wishes to
aid in road improvement that will
make for the prosperity of the South,
and President Finley made it possible
for the United States Office of public
roads to make arrangements for a
spectacular and instructive trip.
In the coach provided with stere.
opticon equipment, will be views,
showing all the advantages of good
roads and disadvantages of bad ones.
There will be shown, for instance, the
manner in which doctors are caught
in the ruts of bad roads while on
their way to patients; undertakers
wagons delayed on the way to the
cemeteries; automobilists thrown on
the road by boulder in a bad road,
and two loads of cotton, one from
a good road territory, the difference
a god road territory, the difference
in weight showing the profits and
losses that come from good and bad
roads.
In the second car, there will be
enlarged photographs showing some
of the finest roads in the world, in
cluding the wellnigh perfect roads of
France. These photographs will Illus
trate nearly every phase of the good
roads movement. For the farmers
and experts. there will be working
models in this car, showing materials
that make the best roads; the way
a sosgy clay road can he mprov.
by the mixing Of sand; the way ma
cadam and other Flard roads are built,
and practical suggestions which will
be of benefit in the case of each in
diyidual If the farmer has been at a
loss how to improve his road, he can
flint out all about it by attending the
train exhibit. Arrangements may
even be made so that the persons in
each town along the route to be trav-
ersed may send in specific questions
before the train arrives, they being
answered in the lectures that will be
given. The aim of the Southern Rail.
way company and TIE government is
to aid each individual case as much
as to stimulate general interest in the
good roads movement.
There will be two lecturers from
the Office of public roads on the road
improvement train, and the Southern
Railway company will carry a land
and industrial representative along.
These men will be prepared to lec-
ture, explain and give aid to the thou
sands of persons who are expected
to attend the lectures in each town.
The agricultural official of each state
will also be asked to accompany the
train while it is in his territory.
Other officials will be notified from
time to time, and the county super.
visors will probably find the exhibit
decidedly instructive. All the asso-
Citations whose aim it is to build, i'm.
prove and maintain highways will be
invited to take part the meetings.
AS stated above, President Finley
is member of the executive commit.
tee of the American association, so
that the government, the railroad
company and the association are
working whole heartedly toward the