The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-07
LIFTING ILLINOIS
OUT OF THE MUD


When lllinois's good road Governor.
Edward =. Dunno, DESIGNATED April 10
as Road Day. and URGED NIL citizens
to help MT Illinois out OF the mud"
rerhaus the populaCc did not suspect
that the Governor himself would WELD
I'd shovel and personally vitalize the
movement with deeds as well rs words.
But. carrying full charge OF the
"cood roads spirit generated 10y Il
knowledge OF the need of good roads
i'm Illinois, because he owns Il White
Sis" himself. the Governor swept the
northern part Of the state, eXhorting
thc citizens to make Ilinois's rcputa-
;icu for good roads as great as its
pos .+.n i'm Agriculture. industry and
Straur at Chicago. the Governors
party covered the counties of Cook.
KANE, pcN0lb, Orle, Lee ana White
side, finishing the trip at Sterling. Ill.
having Travelled distance Of l3i miles.
Riding in the FIRST six with the
Governor were: Charles NJ Hayes.
president OF the Chicago Motor Club;
William /. Mckinley, Speaker of tho
Illinois House Representative John
pcVinc. OF Dixon. Ill. and Homer G.
rice, father Of tho Illinois State aid
road bill
Others who composed the party were
William 9. Edcns. president of the
'-iA''tAS 81 = ~ " ~ Improvement aSSO-
ciation; y. y. Cash, president of the
state Highway Commission; s. T.
Bradt. secretary of tho commission, and
James Wilson, member: Warden Ed
mund Allen, of the State Penitentiary:
Warden Cho!scr. OF Chester Pcnitcn-
uary: Marvin Farr, of tho Chicago
Real Estate Board: John r. Glenn. sec.
rotary Of the Illinois manufacturers
Association; Lawrence MCCAIN, Com
missioner of public Works, Chicago;
Mayor Thomas sanders, of Aurora, Ill.
and delegations from the motor clubs OF
Chicago, ElGin and Lagrange.
After leaving tho headquarters OF
the Chicago Motor Club, In the New
southern Hotel, the first stop was at
the JOY Morton farm, twcnty-four
miles from Chicago, where the Gov
ernor found dozens of teams at work
on tho road. Halting long enough to
commend tho work and urge that II
be continued, the Governor and his
party rc-cntcrcd their White sizes"
and went flying over the roads to Au-
rora and Mooschcart. where hundreds
nj volunteer workers werc cagcr to
begin work rs soon AS tho Governor
sank II silver spade into tho road and
officially started tho reconstruction.
Throughout the entire trip White
cars ana trucks played an important
part. In addition TO tho four White
'SiXcS." which carried the Governor
and his party rapidly over tho 1874
miles OF road between Chicago and
sterling, White good road truck.
working on the Mooseheart roads
showed the officials how 1t was pos
sihie 10 build better roads ut less cost
with this latest piece of road building
equipment. ~ Moosoheart the Cover
nor addressed the volunteers ana
turned up tho first spade Of earth on
the first stretch OF Statc-aid road.
throwing the dirt into the bic White
truck Then, willie a battery of NOV
lnS-plciure operators recorded the
event, the Governor threw of lis hat
ana cont ana repeated tho operation
until beads OF pcrspiration stood upon
his brow. After the ground breaking
ceremonies We're finished the truck
was demonstrated to highway officials
ANA road contractors
As result Of this beginning Of the
campaign 10 "lift Illinois out of the
nud' ana The enthusiasm injected into
lAe movement by Governor Dunno.
hundreds of fa'mcrs' SAYS Motor
-'Se' abandoned the pillow for the split
los drag; gangs Of soft handed lm!sl-
ness iHen and professional men laborcd
with spade and pick. pupils In the dis
tlct schools learned the lessons of
Highway economics: ana casolcnc trac-
tor and steam roller chupccd a pacan
OF rescncration.'
The White good road truck is rcvoiu
ionizing methods OF road building.
This truck can travel over soft earth
OF rough roads which are impassabio
Tor ordinary vehicles, and while haul
ing huge loads Of earth or road build
ing materials il also serves rs a roll
Ter because OF the wide tractor wheels