The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-07-04
''T|zENS FAVOR
!. GOOD ROADS
Enthusiastic Endorsement of High
way Proposition. Main Thorough
fare With Laterals Desired
End.

day was held Monday after noon in
Justice Browns office to discuss the
Importance of good roads and the adj
visibility of inaugurating cam
pRign along that line,
Every wide awake citizen knows
that the prosperity of town and coun-
try is enhanced by a system of good
public roads.
The advantage to the farmers in
getting their produce to market is
too plainly seen to require argu-
ment. The county town that Is to be
reached only by way of bad roads
must pay the penalty for It's lack Of
enterprise, for people will choose to
travel =, distant markets over good
roads rather than 10 pull through
bogs and washouts TO get to n town
nearer by.
Several months ago It became
known that transcontlnentil High
way Is in contemplation from Georg-
la and the Caronas through Texas
and New Mexico and probably to the
Pacific coast. There is a disposition
on the part Of the promoters to sur
vey from Texarkana to Fort Worth,
thence thr, ugh this section of West
Texas and to Roswell A tentative
outline has been laid to Sweetwater,
or Roscoe thence to Snyder Such
road would be worth much to Sny-
der and II can be had by meeting the
reasonable requirements, II will be
easy and cheap for Scurry county to
DO her part for the main thorough
ure and then the matter of construc-
tipn of laterals will almost take care
OF itself
E. j. Anderson acted as chairman
for the meeting and made a strong
argument on the importance Of the
proposition He said there will be
meetinS at Corpus Christi on July
10 20 consider the location OF the
Highway and said that Snyder ought
to have / representative there. He
said other towns are doing It.
II, c. Towle advocated making an
effort to secure the Highway He
spoke of having travelled upon the
northern Higiway and said that in
stitution was IA inspiration and gen
eral benefit to he countries travers-
ed.
Col. Wllmeth gave his views on
road building and considers the High I.
way as practicable
Joe Monroe spok, sensibly on the |
importance OF co-opeiation with out
siders
Robt. II. Curnutte made a good /
LAX relative to working roads
.Srading, dragging and he like.
A. c. wilmeth made notion that
a representative be sent from here
to the Corpus Christi conference.
The nation carried and Il. : Ander-
son was unanimously chosenNas del
eeRte.
ID + j. Grayum, w. S. Adamscn and
II. G.. Towie were made a committee
TO raise the necessary funds to bear
ihe expe4'nes OF the representative.
A motion prevailed to appoint a
special committee to study and map
out a practical right OF way through
the county for the main Highway.
zoe suayhorn, o. p Thrane and a.
q, wilmer, we're appointed to this
work. ~
w. r. Wren. a prominent and sub
stantial farmer said he was pleased
with the proposition and feels sure
the farmers all over the county will
endorse Il. Said he has often won
dered why the people OF Scurry coun-
ty have seemed so Indifferent about
the good roads question He believes
such system OF roads viii be great
~ 70 the public advantage.
Judge Buchanan and w. T, Thomp
son made good sensible talks aoo4
good roads and how to get them. end
n looked like the meeting raa ali
Of one mind.
From the road question. .the meet
ing drifted to the dis9nn,i9n q To-
cal cooperation and tho pafronage
Il Home Indoririca spoakers urged
the using oi Snyder made orooms
and SNYDER msae lse cream. as well
as rallying to the support Of other
homa institutions IKE the light and