The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-18
TALK GOOD ROADS
Monday Evening Dinner at Com
mercial Club.
Preliminary Step to Improve
Incoming Highways.
PEOPLE TO WAKE Up
>Must Appreciate the Importance
of Action.
Now an Important Problem Be-
fore the City.
PEOPLE TO WAKE Up

The $50 dinner Monday evening which
VIII be given al the Commercial club
II the interests Of good roads VIII be
one Of the most important business
meetings that the club has held Il
months The president o the Law renee
Commercial club and some OF the busl-
ness men of that city viii be here. and
there VIII 81 a delegation present from
Burling4rue- This afternoon Secretary
J VIII Kelley. OF the Commercial CLUB.
went u Lawrence for the purpose OF
stirring up interest in the meeting 50
that the representation from La vvrrTlee
Viii pc even larger than has been *
spected-
This VIII be a preliminary meeting
for the purpose OF taking steps towards
improving the roads that lead in and
out from Topeka. said Secretary J.
VIII Kelley. this morning There Is
= publleatlcn l. ChicaSo--a tray e4ers
guide b00k-used extensively by auto
mobile tourists showing the best roads
on which TO travel. ana strange to say
there are no roads shown in this book
that are IN the state OF Kansas and
very few in Nebraska Il contains no
map of good roads west OF the Mis-
souri, river
The impression now prevails that the
western states are far behind the east
ern states n the matter Of good roads
While this : not true. il i important
that the citizens OF the capital city o.
- =
general inFrose nl-nt Of the roads and
take the necessary steps 70 get these
roads placed before the travelling pub
lie IN order that We may get our
share OF the advertising when good
roads give
Also the people Of Shawnee county
generally would be rrucn better served
# they would improve the roads BY
grading them up 50 that they VIII G-i1ll
easily and keeiEE them dragged
Around Topeka We have been more
careless about dragging the ROADS than
they have around the small towns Of
nc county Owing TO the peculiar char
acter OF our soil il Is not a difficult
matter 10 nave good dirt roads ten
months in the year II simply requires
a little attention after each rain
4 40 not know OF q subject that the
Commercial club can take up at the
present -iIIc that IS more important 10
rs ana can be worked out vita less ex-
rs1,ss than this question. and for that
-asson he meeting 1I9EGaS night
should be attended py al the mem oers
OF the Club and the citizens e1 Topeka
who arr Interested IN the saaFi Il9eInerI
.of the city We should Ike 70 have
those who wish TO attend advise Us be
fore Monday noon 50 that plates nay
be reserved-
I311t- Book Publishing company which
gets out the book OF which Mr. Kelley
speaks has written u tle secretary
- The Commercial club n a manner
-
re Kansas roads included n me routes
gwen in the guide. The letter reads
in part.
Regarding the route situation RI
course. this is something that we are
most vitality interested in as our pro
reas5rior Is primarily q route guide and /
a such we wish 10 keep II what il has
always been. the standard guide OF the .
Tinted states Up 10 this year prac- f
ricallv every bit Of our material has +
been covered by our own cars and this +
vii still hold true for the major part &
Or our work this year.
although We are going TO show
some material west OF Omaha and +
Kansas CITY that we have been una bic +
- send our own representative over s
re,-ar4heless you viii be glad 10 learn f
that our car gathered among other 3
ro,rrss in your territory. the Kansas +
r,sf- Denver route via Topeka. Salina. +
f-olrx- and Iiuon. We have also sent F
= preventative over the Santa I9e f
T~aT BY way of Ottawa Emporia-
Hutchinson. etc
..Tt has always seemed 10 me there .
sh,17r5 be a connection from Topeka
~ some point ike Eiawatha- where =
would meet cur direct route from
kansas City to Omaha also a cOnnee-
ton to AtchiSon meeting our route
5a+a into St Joseph and from there !
direct to Des Moines.