The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-22
GOOD ROADS PILOT
 CAR FINISHES WORK
ALONG PROPOSED ROUTE OF FOUR HUNDRED MILES.

Practically All the Chambers of Com merce, Business Mems Associations and Automobile Clubs Enrolled or Pronaised-Members List Grow ing = Association Greatest Suc-
 cess of Recent Years.
 The pilot car of the Connecticut Good Roads association practically finished Monday it's tour of the four hundred miles of road that it is pro- posing to cover with permanent pave ment. There is a short stretch be- tween New London and Westerly yet
 to be gone over and this will be done on Wednesday afternoon when the whole line will then have been tra- versed.
 accompanied by cordial receptions and enthusiastic support of this new departure in road construction in this state. It has been the means of Der of the Business Mems associations and Automobile clubs that were not in at the initiation of the movement so that now almost all of the Cham bers of Commerce. Business Mems as- sociations, and Autou o bile clubs are enlisted in behalf of the work. In addition many individual members have voluntarily requested enrolment and paid their admission fee. It may be safely stated that no move ment of any character has been started in this state in a long series of years that has gained such momen tum or promised such lasting benefits and economic advantage to the com nlonweaIth.
 When the public meetings in the several cities and towns that have been arranged for are held, the work yet to be done will be more careful ly outlined and full preparation made f<, ,or rd xuffh and n. ergy A bill will be drafted for sub mission to the incoming general as- sembly providing. for the establish m ent of the four hundred miles of pavement, the line of which is now pretty generally knoWnn1 throughout the state, and for means with which route is established. It is not pro- posed, of curse, to attempt toetear up the trunk lines throughout the state in an enort to immediately build the whole line projected. Instead, the work, will be carried on, in sections where most needed and these sections will be- heightened as necessity re- suuires until he whole line is built. Where the rnacadam now down can be kept in good condition at reason able expense. it is not proposed to dis turb it at the present time but as rapidly as it wears out to replace 1t with the new pavement. This. 1t will be observed, Is practical and conservative way to bring more dur
 
 once built there can be no question as to the econ onyS they will bring with them.
 1t is proposed to put down either upon the present macadam where they exist, Or removing them to rs-8 pfzfce them with solid foundation that shall have capacity sufficient to carry the traffic to the degree to which it has already been developed, with ample proXision for the future4 On the top Of this macadam some <- rLs --- IT. face will be put down, the character to be determined later on. 1t is be- leyed that the foundation will be just as. iirable twenty years after, as at repaiFs necessary will be resurfacfng, which mould be simple, speedy and econ ornfcal process Thus the roads could at all times be kept in good condition and comparatively smooth because the surface would not be suf- f1cfentIy thick to wear into holes that would jar and twist machines and 4 othere vhicles that pass over them as is. the experience of the present day.
 It is not the purpose of the State Good Roads association to interfere in the least with the construction of roads as 1t is now carried on. The association is making no warfare up- on the state highway departm ent. it Is not seeking to curtail It's powers in any direction nor in any way to Iin- der or impede its processes of work. Nor is it the purpose to take away from the highway department the construction of the trunk lines propos- ed On the contrary. when the route has been established and the prov1-l sion for construction completed it is proposed that the state highway de partment shall take hold of the work and prosecute it to it's finish Thus the association is in no sense intmlcal to the state highway department put rather contemeplates hearty co-op- eration with it in an earnest desire to better the roads of the state for the 1 ands of visitors who are constant. ly coming into it each year. With this understandings it will be further seen mat the establishment of a new pIish this work is farthest from the conception of the Connecticut Good Roads association.
 Individual membership is provided for in the constitution and bylaws Of the association. This is not confined to automobilists but any one interest ed in good roads may join Memper- ship can be acquired upon application to c. M Robinson, secretary Of the association. Room 701 Malley Bu1Iddng, IyH% IvifT te snniication secures admissfon = Provision has been made for a char | ter membership limited to two hum dred with an admission fee of ten dol lars. Charter membership does not l however secure any additional advan- l tages, iaasmuc11 as all the members have the same right to expression and | vote on all StlDJectS ana all nave equal i The charter membership | proposition grew out of desire of 1 some gentlemen who had such a deep | in the work that theS felt | tfrex would like to contribute more than two dollars, and long list of l such names has already been volun- | tariIy subscribed The list is yet open and the ten dollar subscriptions will | be cheerfully received. There is no l limit to the two dollar membership | list.
 
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