Evening journal., 1914-02-17

taxing the people. and as Delaware
is a "thickly populated State" the
people would be taxed greater than
In the big western States. He said
II would cost Delawareans So to
every 81 paid by the government to
build roads, and he urged Delaware
to build her own roads.
Mr.. Handy said the average citizen
was a king, a voting prince" and II
the uutoists want good roads they
can get them only through shese
average citizens. He declared that
the people had neglected to build
public roads to build railroads, and
while the railroads were splendid,
the public roads suffered in proper
tion.
Good Roads Benefit All.
DR.. H. NJ. Rowe, vice-president OF
the A. A. A. and president of the
Automobile Clubs OF Maryland, told
of the effective work done by The
club In Maryland. especially in Bal
timore. There, he stated, the club
is frequently consulted by the CITY
Council whenever a new street is
to be paved OF other street improve
ments made.
do not benefit the motorists alone.
but the farmers as we'll He stated
that he had made the trip to Elkton
ten years ago before the roads were
improved, and he believed at the
present time the property and farms
along the newly improved roads had
doubled IN value. "The farmer IS
the real one to benefit" he declared.
Short addresses along the same
subjects were made by J. II. Weeks
OF Rutledge, Pa, president Of the
Automobile Club of Delaware county,
Pa; Thomas W. Cahall, secretary Of
the same club, and Sylvester ID.
townsend, Jr. The banquet began
shortly after o'clock and was not
over until nearly midnight
Among those present were Thomas
Il. Lynch, owner of Bill William and
Edward II. Lynch, owner of an auto
mobile, who created considerable
amusement by their arguments as to
the superiority of their respective
possessions.
Others in attendance were: Thomas
+. Donahoe, John p. Malcolm. Town
send W. Miller, Charles G.. Guyer. A.
s. Reed, e. T. Tevis, Howard ID. Ross,
Captain Horace Wilson, T. c. Mar
shall, Thomas Walker, Coleman r.
Harris, E. r. Pusey, Charles A. Rut-
ter, George B. Ward, Charles A. Ru-
dolph, William r. Raskob, DR.. Will
lard Springer, Edward Bringhurst.
Herman Erb, Dudley S. Wood, Jo-
seph NJ Pusey, S. c. Dillon, r. J.
Cheney, William J. McCorkindale. 5.
B Cooling, G. Fl. Spackman, John L.
He'll, A. p. Clark, b. C.. Grommon,
G. d. Garretson. Charles II. Russell,
Jr., Samuel NJ. Dillon, e.. c. Wilson.
T. NJ. Bacchus, William Baxter, Jr.,
Edmund Mitchell. Samuel Bancroft,
Lammot dupont, Dr. r. T. Moore, Jo-
seph II. Shaw Charles Fl. Smith,
Jr., II. NJ. Price, II. ]. Krebs, A. B.
Hazard, T.. r. Minnick, Charles c.
hurtz, Joseph Bancroft, John Rich
ardson, Jr., T. Allen Hilles, Daniel
Thompson, William &. Corey, William
II. Sellers, Charles VanLeer, ]. Wes-
ley Morris, Benjamin r. Shaw, Henry
j. Bailey, James Meharg. George c.
Morton, John ]. Raskob, Frank Aid
erman, Josiah Marvel. Holstein Har-
yey. A. ID. Warner, Richard Sellers,
Tilghman Johnston, Colonel Frank d.
Lackey, F. ]. Williams, G.. 7. Fader,
T. r. Griffin, G. R. Griffin, Leon
Walker, e. E. Rutan, NJ. p. Keen, Jr., /
J II. Nixon, r. II. Catlin o. c. Purdy.
Clarence Walker, A. p Griffin. DR..
H. T. Moreland, Henry White. Thorn
as p. Carney, A. H. Barker, S. l..
Mckee. James S. Stirling, c. S. Pat
rick, James F. O'Neal, Edward Dem
ney, o. G. Gooden, Glen Beadenkopf,
Samuel Corlen and George H. Simon.