The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-10-29
ON GOOD ROADS INSPECTION TRIP
Continued from Page One.

10 go uOWu lulO LuelI pOShtLS duu
build public roads.
Roads Show Worth.
Good roads are a part of the most
important improvement of a country.
The best indications of the true
worth of a country are its public
edifices, establishments for the wor-
shin of God, those establishments for
the education of the youth OF our
land and l may add to that. good
roads.
Show me a community of churches
with Their spires pointing to the
home beyond. a community of schools
with their turrets pointing upward
TO higher eduCat on and science, show
me a community OF goods roads and
II will show you a good town filled
with l~aw-abiding, progressive, intelll
gent. o-ahla4 people That we have
found in Beaumont, | desire to COM
pliment you first on your beautiful
city which we have admired SO much
and particu' arly your splendid roads
lead ng INTO Beaumont"
Railroad Man Talks.
W. b.. Scott, v~Ice-president Of the
Sunset lines, said: Good roads, in
GLIDING good railroads, are essential
10 the success of any community. 1t
Is a matter of pleasure to me that tile
peoDle ii this part OF he country pay
vastly more attention to good reads
than they do in other PARTS CT the
country. Good transportation Is only
supplemented by good roads. II you
have good roads leading into a city
transportation is cheap.
Il have had soiue correspondence
with the mayor of Beaumont about
the noise our trains make passing
through your city. This didn't use to
amount to much, but it has grown to
be a big quest on. There are only
three things we can do to eliminate
the noise, however. First, to tunnel
under the city second to build around
1t, both of which are too expensive
and out of the quest on, and the third,
to stay where We are and to b
ourselves and that is just what we
are going to do"
Good Roads Men at Port Arthur.
Beaumont Enterprise, Oct. 26.
Special to The Enterprise.
Port Arthur, Texas, Oct. 25.-The
good roads delegation from Lafayette,
La, which arrived in Beaumont last
night, reached here this afternoon,
saying it would take a day to fully ex-
press everyth ng good they might
have to say about the shell road be-
tween here and Beaumont.
The party from Lafayette consisted
of a committee of four appointed to
look into roads in Jefferson county
in order to acquire a broader knowl-
edge of road building. They are Ma
jor p. L. DeClouet, planter; ]. P. Co
lomb merchant; F. 0. Broussard, po-
lice juryman, and DR.. N. P. Moss,
president. They were accompa-
MED in automobiles by Blewett
Smythe, Frank Abby and others Of
Beaumont.
DIR. Mess, as spokesman for the
party, said he found the roads here
about better than he expected and
was particularly we'll pleased with
The Port Arthur road.
In speaking of road work generally,
he said that in the south road build
had lot progressed as rapidly as
might be desired and that people here
we're inclined to devote too little
than too much money and on
ergy on road building. He said the
automobile was doing much to at
attention to the roads of the
DR.. Moss said nothing was of great
Or benefit to a country than good
roads. He said the farmer could
haul twice as much on good roads as
IN bad ones and with good roads
needed fewer horses to do the haul
ng.
The party took a spin over the
streets here before returning to
Beaumont.
Louisiana Visitors Pleased With the
Roads.
Enterprise, Oct. IS.
Filled with inspiration concerning
he benefit of good roads to a commu-
lity, the committee of four citizens of
La, left Beaumont at 8
o'clock last night, after making a
borough inspection of the roads of
county and returned to their
Iome determined to improve the
horoughfares in Lafayette parish as
son as possible.
The gentlemen from Louisiana were
lajor P. l.. DeClouet, planter and ex-
of the Louisiana legislature;
|. p. Colomb, secretary and manager
Z the Lacoste Hardware Company;
!. o. Broussard, member of the police
DR.. ". p. Moss, president OF
he First National Bank of Lafayette.
hey were the guests of the Beau
lont Chamber of Commerce while n
lis city and were escorted over the
Dod roads in automobiles by Frank
lvey, vice president of the Chamber
Commerce: J.. Blewett Smythe,
resident of the Texas Bank and
rust Co., and James F. Weed. County
ighway Engineer. /
The Calder avenue road to Amelia
% the first one inspected, the Wis
ors being deeply interested in me {
lell construction beyond the n OF !
e asphalt paving. They also covered .
% roads between Beaumont and Por. Z
rthur before noon and after the !
Of Commerce luncheon they :,
spected the Fannett road and the Z
osedale road. RI
The visitors were deeply impressed
IA the results in road building at :
in Jefferson ciunty IND with ?
. positive benefit accruing to Beau
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