South Bend news-times., 1915-05-20
MEETING BOOSTS
FOR GOOD ROADS
Needs Are Discussed at City
and County Gathering at the
Slower School Want the
Niles Road improved.

spirit Of hearty cooperation be-
tween country and city was manifest
Wednesday night at a good roads
meeting held at the Stover school in
Clay township. The meeting was at
tended by members of the Northern
Indiana Motor club and members OF
the Chamber OF Commerce as well as
BY many prominent farmers of Clay
township. Throughout the meeting
there was unonimity OF opinion in Ia
vor Of improved roads both in the
country and in the city
Definite action was taken at the
meeting 10 have the necessary petition
circulated TO insure the Improvement
OF q mile and q half OF the Niles road
for which Improvement Clay town
ship now has the money ON hand. AL
SO a committee of five was named to
appear before the board of public
works and protest against the cOndi-
tiOn Of certain city streets which are
used extensively by the farmers. The
complaint of the farmers was largely
against the condition of South Bend
aV.
A committee of three. Of the rural
members of the motor club was like
wise appointed TO work with "a COM
mittee OF the city members for the
purpose Of securing guide signs and
name plates for the country roads. In
this connection petition Will be pre-
scented To the county commissioners
asking that they instruct the county
surveyor 70 prepare the necessary
name plates
ID. L. GuilfoyIe Speaks.
ID. l.. GuilfOyle spoke at length on
the BENEFITS 20 be derived from the
proper construction of roads. He
dc
IL necessary TO cut down and eliminate
grades for the purpose OF saving eX-
pense in hauling and how the same
policy should be followed in road con-
structiOn in order 10 make hauling an
item OF less expense to the farmer lie
made the prediction that the time
would come when the farmers would
cooperate and have their hauling
done by means Of large motor deliv-
cry trucks thus saving much in time
and in labor The need for better
roads. he said, was becoming impera-
tive for the reason that modern motor
vehicles were more destructive OF
roads than were ordinary vehicles.
Samuel Leeper, County Agent BOrd-
ner. Mayor Keller and l.. Il. Hardy
also spoke. The general tenor OF the
talks was that the time had come for
the elimination Of city and country
lines and for general cooperation IN
the WOTk OF securing btLLtL lbcD'A9s
IL was pointed out that the work was
no more a matter of charity but one
of business policy due 10 the fact that
good roads were being considered as
necessary for prosperity Mayor kel-
Ter explained that the unsatisfactory
condition of certain city streets was
due 10 the fact that improvements
had been stopped by objecting prop
erty owners. He pointed out that
in the CITY the cost of improvements
was met by the residents on the
street improved while in the country
the cost OF a road Improvement was
met by the entire township IN which
the road might be situated.
Several enthusiastic talks were
made by farmers. The general Opin-
ion among them was that the con-
crete road was superior to the ma
cadam road. IL was also their opin-
ion that il would be to the advantage
OF tho county To have road work done
by the prisoners from the county Jail.