The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-03-19
UNION CITY BUSINESS MEMS
FIFTH ANNUAL CLUB BANQUET
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man got SICK and left the country
and gave his land away. No people
can live and prosper without some
compactness of interest. The great
est civilizing force is good roads
There have been $53,000.000 in road
improvements in the United States
We are Just beginning campaign
of good roads education in Tonnes
see, and the man who teaches it is
blessing to the community. In
the building of good roads no man
is more to be desired than the civil
engineer, a practical man who knows
the general conditions, not one just
out of school with nothing but the
theory. The first step in good roads
is to take care of the waterfall. An
essential part is the administration.
Let's quit talking about the County
Court. You have a right to put in
men that know how and should de-
mand that they use the know
how" You should not submit to
the slipshod way of spending money.
The Federal Government tells you
to look at your own material. Prob
ably you have just the kind of grav-
Ell and clay to make a road. A COM
petent engineer can always tell you
what your resources are. An illus
tration of this was given when an
engineer came across a place in the
road where the ground was smooth
and firm. He found that nature had
supplied the right elements for good
roads in the right proportions-70
per cent of clay and 80 per cent of
sand, and on this road there was no
dust and no mud. The secret of road
building is knowing how to utilize
the material that nature has given
us and with the men who know how
to build roads and what your ma
terial will do.
Road building cannot be accom-
plished under the old system of
The National Govern
ment is ready to help us. Selfishness
and personal equations will always
enter into everything we undertake,
but you can never expect to see the
day when this is not so. The idea
Is to build the main roads first, no
matter where they lead There is
more stimulating to good
loads than to have good roads. Don't |
Neglect the matter of maintenance
n your provisions for good roads.
This is very important.
III Shelby County, Mr.. King
stated, there are 610 miles of turn
bike, and these roads are in the care
If competent men, with men employ
ID to go over the roads regularly
md keep them in first-class condi-
ion. Dirt roads can be made mar
'elously good if you take care of the
Irainage. Crews should be put to
york grading and dragging the
Dads at the proper seasons, and
With the right kind of management
UGH a dirt road could be made good
nough for automobiles at a speed of
5 miles an hour in bad weather.
Here is where Mr.. King came to
cry important statement and one
hat will in the future figure in the
quations of general transportation.
Good roads," he said, make the
reatest railroad tariff regulation. /"
IN a 22-mile turnpike in Shelby I,
ounty paralleling the railroad the
ate had been reduced from $1.27
0 so cents on given commodity,
nd it will hot be long before the
tney bus will be carrying people |
rom Nashville to Memphis cheaper
nan the railroads. The jitneys have s
AIKEN the travel in the cities. They s
re literally Transforming transpor- /,
alton. In order to keep up with /
lie march of business and progress s
OH have got to have roads common /
lrate with the times. $
COOPERATION.
The POSTMASTER here introduced
ldge Senter, of Humboldt, who was :
} discuss the subject of "Co-opera- :,
on" one of the principal themes
the occasion, and the Judge open .
by stating that it was not sub :
ct of his own selection, but it is :.
lie that has to do with our hopes
Id ambitions. If we can get a de- :
re for cooperation instilled in our :
'ople we can get something that is
idly needed-we can fill Kings :
udhole. We must recognize the =
ndamental fact that no citizen can
We to himself and for himself. Co
'eration is organized, systematic