Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-11-04
STATES ARE ALIVE TO
THE NEED OF GOOD ROADS
crdden Tourists Noticed Signs OF
Activity on Every Hand--The
South is Active.

When two governors, one from the
North and the other from the South.
national senator second to none IN
romineDce, and senior state sena-
tor. participate in dinner given by
leading officers Of the American Auto
mobile Association, which function
resolved itself into a general discus-
sion of good roads, some substantial
results are assured in the fairly i'm
mediate future
During the overnight stop of the A.
A. A. reliability tour in Philadelphia,
President Robert p Hooper. Chairman
Howard Iongstreth of the Touring In
formation Board and Powell Evans
Philadelphia, gave dinner at the
! Union League, with list of guests
which included Governor Tener, OF
Pennsylvania. Governor Smith oil
Georgia. United States Senator Boies
penrose. and State Senator Sproul
On the same day, in the ride across
New Jersey Governor Wilson had
been the guest of Governor Smith,
who was contestant in the A. A. A.
tour. The next day, Governor Tener
IN his own car carried Governor Smith
20 historic Gettysburg. When the
tour entered West Virginia, Governor
Glasscock became the companion of
Georgias chief executive.
1t was a source of disappointment
that Governor Mann of Virginia could
got find it convenient to accompany
the motor cavalcade through the Shen-
andoah Valley, especially on the moul-
famous Journey from Stanton to Roa-
roke and then over the Blue Ridge
into North Carolina. The "Old Do
-rinion' governor. through personal
experience, would have realized the
great need and value of frst-class
interstate highway through scenery
remarkable for grandeur and beauty.
But Governor Smith has a remedy
which he will undoubtedly seek to APP
ply when he takes his seat in the sem
ate at Washington, for he believes
that large part of the mountainous
sections of Virginia and North Caro-
lima should be included in the extern
sion of the conservation work of the
federal government. This would mean
up-to-date roads with provision for
their very essential maintenance
which must follow.
In the talk at Philadelphia. it de-
veloped that Pennsylvania is greatly
concerned in the building of roads
that will make Gettysburg more ac-
cessible, though there is a pronounced
FEELING that the Lincoln Memorial
Highway should be built from the ma
tional capital under federal supervi-
son. This gradual linking of North
and South by roads deserving of the
name unques tionably received a de-
cided impetus at the Philadelphia
gathering which in time may come to
De looked upon as having been of
momeltous weight in the progress of
highway Improvement
One thing which greatly impressed
the A. A. A. tourists. as they went
farther southwark, was the widespread
employment of convicts in road build
ing North Carolina Is more than
awake to the worth Of roads; South
Carolina is equally alive in adding to
it's improved mileage; Georgia has
used convicts in over hundred coun-
ties; and Florida is on the verge of
statewide roads AGITATION and better
ment. President Hooper Of the A. A.
A. believes that the South will out
strip many sections of country in Sc
curing comprehensive state road sys-
TENS, mainly because of the employ
ment of the convicts and the fact that
the cotton farmers are buying auto
mobiles in generous quantities and
are considering motor trucks.