Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-03-21
GOOD ROADS PARTY
HERE NEXT MONDAY
WHEN UNCLE SAM WILL GIVE US
OBJECT LESSON
In Art of Building the Right Kind
Of Roads-Valley Good Roads Ad-
vocates Will Welcome Good Roads
Apostles Most Heartily.

members OF the famous Yoakum
! Good Roads party will accompany
the Good Roads train in which B. +.
Yoakum, chairman of the Frisco
lines, has arranged to make a four
months demonstration tour over the
| Frisco Lines
B. F. Yoakum's. great interest in
Good Roads chrystaIized at a meet
ing of the Farmers Union at Shaw
nee, Oklahoma, at the Oklahoma
state fair where he said
There is no work more important
than to build public roads in such
manner that they will be perman-
ent and economical in maintain
ance, otherwise the money expended
will be largely wasted.
THE question of improving our
| public roads in the most economical
and substantial manner is one to
which | attach much Importance
Their construction for permanency
and economy in main tainance is of
such Importance that | extend an
| invitation to the president of the
| Farmers Union and one from each
of the states of Oklahoma, Texas,
Arkansas and Louisiana, compris-,
| ing the southwestern states, to make
trip for the study of public roads
building through the older states
that have given this question much
thought and consideration Massa-
| Chusetts and Connecticut are spend
ing much money in building good
roads. New York, New Jersey, Ohio,
| Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois
are also at work and making go1.
headway. Through a careful study
of the methods of building public
highways, their foundation, mater
ials and systems of drainage, which
are the three important factors to
be considered, the members Of This
party will acquire a knowledge on
the subject that will be helpful in
their respective states in carrying
on the work Of public road improve
ments'
1t is one of this party that the
Frisco has invited to make the tour
over the Frisco system and help in
spreading the gospel o. Good Roads.
This Good Roads train will be in
charge of government experts on the
subject of Good Roads. The Lower
Rio Grande Valley including
Brownsville, San Benito and Harlin-
gen, Texas, have organized for the
betterment of the roads and will
have delegates meet the train at
Brownsville March 25. The object
Of the association is to take the gov
| ernment officials over a proposed
route to the Gulf in order to find
out at what cost a road or boule-
ward from Brownsville to the Gulf
coast could be made. At Raymond
vile and Lyford the Good Roads as
sociation of those towns will bring
up the question of boulevard to
the bay. These roads will also be
an outlet for the farmers situated
from the railroad to pbring their
farm products to the nearest rail-
road station at the minimum of cost
| for hauling.
Enthusiasm all along the route
of the Good Roads train is at the
highest point and large crowds are
assured to attend the lectures and
exhibits. Many of the merchants
are using the Good Roads train t.
advertise their goods in view of the
crowds that will meet the trains a;
many of the stations. The CONNER
cial clubs and busines organizations
are working to get the farmers into
the towns on those days in order
that the Good Roads will oe shown
to those who know not what the
great questions means.
The Good Roads party started
from ST. Louis and preceded by way
of Oklahoma City and Memphis
where the remaining members of the
party were picked up. The first
stop was at Washington, -. c. The
party left the train at Washington
and took automobile trips through
Maryland and the District of Col
umbia, where the road work was
shown the party. The entire trip
took more than three weeks and in
that time | 800 miles OF roads were
inspected by automobiles and the
trip by. railroau was over 5000
miles long. The tour OF inspection
covered New Jersey. New York,
Pennsylvania and many of the East
ern and Northeastern states. After
the return of the party the legisla-
lures provided for good roads bonds