Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-09
STATE ENGINEER
SPEAKS BEFORE
GOOD ROADS men
,-.s;dent Phil Mitchell Enter
,.ius Members of Highway
Association.
II ROCK ISLAND CLUB
s,~es Of Washington Delivers
Illustrated Leeture-Resolu-
lions Are Adopted.

- bauquet given last evening at
...soek Island club by President Phil
v.-se!I Of the Rock Island County High
= Tuprovement association To the
1870 OF the advisory board. officers.
80. and members OF the press,
y Johnson % Springfield. state
sl.sr.v engineer Of Illinois. delivered
,ns-ruct!ve and interesting address
-. Tubiect OF good roads and their
" Johnson explained the Tice Law
.ra-dins roads and pointed out It's
- ausl.ties He explained Why I'M
..--.srnsuts were absolutely needed on
- rosds throughout the country.
Tsvs wears ago or more the motor traf-
a. v.s not very extensive. consisting
. oulv or Q per cent Of the travel
- the roads Since that time.
s,vevsr. Il has grown 10 such an tx
-. that last year the motor traffic
- attained 20 about 80 per
-, Of the entire travel And as the
mo- trafhc has not diminished 10
,,T extent q becomes necessary To
improve the roads
H.eennenes Concrete Roads.
NJ Johnson strongly recommended
sorc-s;e or brick roads. preferably the
.---sr. He stated that either q lu-foos
"a should be built for single trafiic
ga, fs-foot road for double. 4 mile.
:. Gained. would cost IN the neigh
sorsOod Of $4,000.
Wallace Treichler. county highway
s.vr.nteudsnt. explained that a. there
yEs about 200 miles OF road IN Rock .
rland county. a stupendOus sum would /
= necessary for the Improvement q {
re roads n this manner. or this mile I
Igs. i4e miles are under state aid
IL. He~es Gives Lecture.
L I Hswes 81 Washington, -. G. I
de- % economics and maintenance.
lsEvered the second address OF the
s7suinE speaking on the good roads
srsjsct and showing stereopticon views
70 better Illustrate his subject Pict-
res Of roads before and after improve
-snt we're shown. especially in the
9Th. and 2 great difference could be
noted
AmcnE others Who spoke during the
'EsnlnE were Mrs. Frank w PahrFen OF
7ocE Island and Mrs. George HuntoOn
Z Nc'ne. Both are prominent mem
.srr ~ uCmau's clubs. and gave the
.srs % their sex uuou the GOOD roads
rCstlo1- Wrs Ella Bushnell Haml'n
Q Davenport also delivered an inter
FinE tall. =,
PAL Mitchell. president. also spoke.
INK that fhe organ izariJn be- per
sctsd IN al RS details as soon as pos
ia.s and that practical work on the ,
1ats BE- started al once
Resolutions Are Adopted. f,
following fhe delivering 81 tine sd-
rssEeI. r ". Wo0do1cL 81 Moline. !
,crttary. read the resolutions wh Oh s
al been drawn ~. and they we're
ioptsd Without amendment. as fol .
-. 10
Resolved. That iu recognition q !
= Constructive power Of the press in
matters pertaining 20 the better 7
snt q human conditions and I'm !
-EroulcaEmsnt % the publicity serv-
> which has kept alive the agitation q
= inD-oved roads en- Rock Island s
unity. vs the assembled officers. di- !
ctoFs and advisory board members or
= koek Island County Highway I'm c
'pis1ent association not Oriy *
20 an earnest vote % thanks FOR the =
eacif service rendered. but We also
'atsre 70 express the hope that this 90
me Interest will continue until {