The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-02-28
MEETING Of THE
GOOD ROADS MEN

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After Much Important Work, They
Have Adjourned to Meet at Eustis
Next Year /
The first session of the Good Roads
Convention opened promptly at p. m.
yesterday, at the court house. AS the
officials Of the association did not ar
rive until after that hour. Gen. H. w
Long was requested to preside. General
Long was the first president Of the as
ISOLATION, and calling him to the chair
was a very appropriate act.
General Long accepted the honor /
with a brief speech, and then introduce /
ed Major Izlar. who welcomed the |
visitors to the city in one of the ad- /
dresses he knows SO well how to de- |
liver. He was replied to by Col Geo. |
&C. Martin of Brooksville. Colonel Mar |
tin is a fine speaker and his addresses i
are always filled with information as /
well as eloquence, and his talk was re-
lceived with unanimous applause. He
| told the number of miles of wagon
roads In the United States and the
number that had been hardsurfaced,
| which bore a very small proportion TO
the whole. He showed the tonnage
done over these roads in proportion to
the tonnage done by rail and water and
1.-The difference in the cost of tonnage.
He showed how enormously the latter
| had been aided by subsidies from the
state and national governments while
| the former had not been aided to the
amount of a penny. He said that dirt
roads which were used by the farmers
in transporting their products to the
| markets were as much the subject of
the bounty of governemnt as the latter
and quoted the warrant in the consti-
tuition for his authority for saying SO.
He favored federal aid for the building
of good roads.
Another very appropriate act of the
convention was to elect Editor Frank
tE Harris of the Banner to preside over
its deliberations. Mr.. Harris has been
untiring in his efforts to make the
lconvention a success, and his election
is compliment to the city as well as
to himself.
At $40 p. m. the Jacksonville dele
CATION arrived, and Mr.. F. o. Miller,
secretary of the state association. was
handed the names Of the delegates
present as the names of the counties
were called. He then read the minutes
. of the Tallahassee meeting.
d The constitution and bylaws au-
thorized to be drafted at that meeting
} were read and adopted with some
minor changes.
2 The balance Of the afternoon was
devoted to various discussions that
would best lead to the building Of
) good roads by legislative enactment
and it was decided that a vigorous
i campaign in that direction would be
Ibegun at once
List of Delegates
Alachua-A M Cushman, Dr. j. H.
Hodges, Er. j. n. Alderman, Prof. w.
L Seeley, Robert Ives, E. l. Watson,
H. J. Langlars. C. c. Pedrick, ]. P.
Adamson.
( Escambia-J. F. Williams, ]. Ed
t Williams.
}. Hillsborough-w B. Powell w A.
a West.
Passed.. A. Woods.
volusia-W P. Wilkinson, A. B
Deeming. w. II. Newell.
\ Dade-H. &C. Roome.
!. Hernandez. D. Evans, H T. Burns
Sam Fulton, Jake Curths, A. B. WHEEL
Iphy, C. G. Lanier, Harry Harris, Neil
u. L
Fuller. Clifford Hays, G. c. Martin, C
T. W. Ho1comb, l. B. Warn, Captain o. S
n Washington.
4 Pinellas-J NJ. Taylor, Glen R. Tay-
4 ilor. Capt. s. Washington. DR.. McMullen
!. Lee-walter s. Turner
j. Duval-F. O. Miller, w. NJ Stimson
4, H. B. Phillips, H H. Richardson, c. D
Judson, c. P. Lowell, D. C. Reed. J. w
White.
orange-M. O. overstreet, B. Beech
!. am.
! Marion. L. Edwards, C. Y Miller
wv. F. Marlowe, NJ NJ. Proctor, E. L
Wartmann, F. E. Harris, j. Brown, J
Is. Grantham, T.. c. Chambliss, B. H
seymour. L S. Light. H. c. Jones
Joseph Bell, W. A. knight, r. L. Keat.
in. w. NJ. Gober. W. T. Hall
-at-1arge-Frederick Smith
Brighton, N j.
Many communications and important
;, letters were read among the number
q one from Mr.. F. P. Conroy, former
president Of the Jacksonville board OF
n trade. in which he advocates abolish.
ing the convict lease system. A letter
from Edward Scott Of Arcadia advo.
: eating federal aid for good roads. Also
e letters from the Fort Myers and New
iSmyrna boards Of trade.
n Tuesday Evening Session
i At the night session Mr.. w. K. Re.
Z wadski who had been delegated by
q Mayor Robertson to extend a welcome
q to the delegates in behalf of the
municipality and did so in his usua
Happy style.
Mr.. Willis Powell, secretary of the
. Tampa Board Of Trade, Mr. Fl. H
y Richardson, secretary of the Jackson
q vile Board of Trade. Mr. West, chair
man of the board of commissioners OF
I Hillsborough county and others made
good talks.
n Wednesday Morning Session
u The session was called to order and
= business proceeded with. Many dis.
Il cussions OF vital interest took place
II and many Of the members OF the con.
e vention talked, all feeling a keen In
terest in the good roads work, ant