Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-16
Down southwest,

In Arizona the Good Roads assOel'
alton has the cooperation Of all the
development organizations, and ~
practically made mp Of Representa-
tives Of these bodies II In through
the activity vi the commercial organ
izations in Arizona. that the tri'state
confeIehcs vas held In Phoenix a
year ago. which resulted In the furth-
erlng OF the work OF the National
OCean.tO.Ocean Highway association
and stimulating interest In n national
roadway throughout the country.
Due to the cooperative activities
of the commercial, Improvement and
automobile orga nizAtlOns OF Rhode
Island. nearly all OF tho business
houses u Providence make daily de-
livcries through the state. bringing
into use about 500 commercial motor
trucks-ail made possible ny the
number at miles Of improved roads
Wonderful results have been
achieved through educational cam
palgning. the securing az experts u
give the benefit of their knowledge
at conventions. by statewide public
ny In the form OF literature and gen
eral agitation Of the subject
The Wilmington board Of trade rem.
dered effective service through Il
state. wide campaign In removing OBJ
| staCles in the way OF building the
Du POnt boulevard. The commercial
organizations Of Utah have done much
In advertising the advantage ut good
roads. The commercial bodies OF IT,
llnois have carried on most active
campaiRn for sending throughout th'
state thousands Of circulars and IN
uuIrlcs, preserving systematic and
tabulated reports OF same The III
nOls Bankers association has q cum
mittcr that made Independent IN
quiries and submitted IA report,
Last year In South Carolina
through Efforts OF the secretaries ~
the chambers OF commerce a.
| Charlcston. Columbia, Newberry an'
Sp,rtanhurg. great impetus WAS Riv"T
/ To- the movement for the esta olish
J mcnt and maintenance Of through
main highways between business cen
tiers. Sow the highway map Of SOutl
Carolina rs a network OF heavy line
from county seat TO county seat.
|
ar" among the strongest factors II
good roads work and do their mos
effective work through the distribu
ton Of literature. In many place
the initiation for road improvement
In Missouri has been made by tn,
commerolal clubs OF that locality
This applies especially to the forma
ton of road districts and In the Is
suing uf district and township rOa'
bonds The commercial clubs OF Han
nibal. Louisiana. Mexico, MObeTly
Fulton columbia, Fayette, Carroll
ton Salisbury, Trenton. Maryvlllc
Cameron, Platte City, Richmond. Lex
lngtOn, Marshall. BoOnville. jefferson
city. Washington. Springfield. stock
ton, HarrisOnville, Sedalia, CallfOrnl1
Butler, Nevada, Lamar. Mount Yer
non, and numerous others have bee
very active In the promulgatlon a
good roads Interests. In fully two
thirds Of the above towns the speeds
rDad DISTRICTS, which are doing excel
lent road work. owe their oTga MIRA
tlons, and especially tho Initiative 10
such organization. TO the commercis
cl0b.
II convention Work 10 4 most ThNoFo
method Of discussing road question:
IN Missouri the state OrGanizatlon "a
commercial clubs In their last DEL
SION gave great part Of their pro
gram to the discussion OF this I'm
portant question and appointed
commIttee 10 investlgata and repoI
ON road conditions.
i on the Encaar Coast.
! AZ the meetings Of the larger OF
"a niSatlonu Of Washinston, such Q
the Southwest Washington Develop
ment association. usually one-third q
the program II OlveR 10 the dlscussio
Of the road question. The commeI
clal clubs devote tive OF three meet
ihgs year 20 the encouraging
greater Interest," in better hlghaW
constructions. The Pacific hishwa
association. Seattle, eontnins mem
hsrs from Brilleh collimbia. washine
ton. oregon and cellforuls. and
promVtInR the RncIAe niahway -
4 ibndiht kebtn WancoufQr. Wash,
TIA Juana.. le4lpe aosnt l,eo0 milel
yhoy hnvA aana nfI4mNIM work b