The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-19
THE MOVEMENT
 FOR GOOD ROADS

THE MOVEMENT
 | FOR GOOD ROADS l (By Arthur c. Jackson, president of the Nation Good Roads Assoc)
 Following is the official call for the | fifth international good roads con- 1 gress.
 1 From Sept. 16 to 21, 1901, there was
 held in the city of Buffalo the first l international good roads congress, the l call for which was issued from the | headquarters of the National Good l Roads association at Chicago. | Participation by delegates from for
 eign countries was invited and such l invitation was transmitted by the de- partnent of state to the diplomatic 1 officers of the United States through 1 out the world and through them com- municated to the ministers of foreign affairs, with the request that it be given publicity for the information of | organizations and individuals who
 might be interested. On the tenth 1 anniversary of this milestone in the good roads movement there was held in Chicago, Sept. IS to Oct. 1, 1911, the fourth international good roads l congress, to which were invited dele l gates from every city, state and na- 1 ton and, as in the case of each of the three preceding congresses, invitations
  l of state to ali foreign governments, | and there were delegates in attend ance from forty states and countries. The production of permanent pub | lie roads and streets is one of the | most important problems Of the cen tury, affecting the material and social weII-being of all classes and condi- tions of people, and the fifth tnterna- 1 tfonaI good roads congress is hereby
 called to meetin Chicago Feb. 26 to
 March 2, 1913.
 1 Delegates. both men and women, are invited from every city, state and nation. and all correspondence should be addressed to the secretary
 at the Hotel La sa41e., Chicago, Ill.,
 U. s. A.
 The National Good Roads associa-
 ton has held more than 1000 good roads conventions in every state of 1 the Union and has organized scores | of state and county good roads asso- ciations It's objects are clearly de- fined in the original articles of asso- citation, unanimously adopted at Chi cago when the association was organ l izad in the year 1900, as follows: 1-To associate all agricultural, transportation, industrial, commercial. educational and religious organizations and individuals who are in sympathy with the good roads movement in universal demand for the permanent improvement of the public roads and streets. the millions of dollars annually ex- pended upon the public roads and streets.
 S.-To have established in all states and territories highway departments with practical engineering supervis- ion.
 4-To secure thorough teaching of highway engineering in all universi- ties and agricultural colleges.
 5.-To utilize all able bodied tramps vagrants, paupers, prisoners and con vtcts in preparing materials and building public roads and streets.
 6.-To secure state and national aid for the construction and maintenance of permanent public roads for this and future generations.
 At the first state convention of the Illinois State Good Roads associations held in Chicago, Feb. 12. 1909, the grand project of a great Lincoln me-
 moria1 highway was presented by the president of the association In these words:
 'eNo name is nearer the American heart than that of Abraham Lincoln, yet in this, his home state, no ade- Quate memorial of him exists. Per haps nothing adequate can ever be produced, but this state convention will be asked to consider the building of a great lincoln highway, connect ing his home in Springfield with Chi cago, St. Louis and the county seat of every county of the state. A great central boulevard between these three cities, which shall surpass in beauty usefulness and permanency any equal mileage of highway in the world, and connecting with it from the county seat of every county of the state an equally permanent and serviceable public road, which may serve as daily reminder of him whose great est ambition was to serve his fellow men, as well as providing Illinois with a permanent system of roads which will be an almost inconcetvablS source of wealth to the state"
 The same statement was incorpo- rated in the official call of the Illin- ois State Good Roads association for the Lincoln birthday convention of 1912, together with the following.
 1.-TWO million dollars has recently been appropriated by congress, for 8 Lincoln memorial, and President Taft and the Lincoln memorial commission are to decide upon the nature of the memorial Senator Cu1lon, a mem Der of the commission favors an ap- propriate creation by great artists, which shall be worthy of his great friend and endure as lang as any mon ument of antiquity. Congressman Bor- land and others are seeking to have this appropriation expended in the building of a Lincoln memorial high way from the City of Washington to the battlefield of Gettysburg. Speak CT Clark, also a member of the com
 mission, believes that Lincoln as one of the most practical of morta1s would greatly prefer that the $2.0O0,000 be expended in such 8 way as to do some body some good consequently he is for the memorial road in preference to an arch or column or anything of that sort. Senator Cu11on urges an extension of this highway from Get tysburg through a country of absorb ing historical interest to LincoIn's birthplace.
 why may not all of these plans be adopted? Why may not the aD-