The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-23
RURAL ROAD IMPROVEMENT
MEETING BEGINS TUESDAY
Logan Waller Page Dr. p p Caxton Senator Swanson and
Congressman Flood Among Speakers Program For Con
vention at Lynchburg-Will Designate Road Days.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
of this week Will be bis days In the
good roads circles of Virginia On
those days the annual meeting OF the
Rural Road Improvement League will
be held in Lynchburg. The Lynch
burg Chamber of Comerce and COM
mittees in that city have been co-ope-
rating with the league In the arrange
mentS for the convention and very
attractive program has been arranged.
The railroads operating in Virginia
have made special rates for the con-
vention. and IL is expected the gather
Ing will be a large one. Fresh impetus
will be given good roads work and
highway Improvement in many new
localities in the State as a result of
the meeting and a series Of institute
road days will be arranged. 1t will
be the purpose of the organization
through it's local committees in vari-
Gus parts OF the State TO have people
gather on the days set aside and do
some active road building and road
improving work,
Among the speakers who are on
the convention program are the fol-
lowing: Highway Commissioner q.
r. Coleman, Assistant Highway Com
missioner c. n. Scott, Senator Swan
son. Congressman Flood, Logan Waller
Page, director of the Federal public
roads office: DIR. r. p. Ciaxton. United
States Commissioner of Public Edu-
cation.
While Virginia is seeing its road work
Is better organized ana more syste-
matically done. various other States,
and many counties and municipalities
,throunS bout the South are carrying on
good roads enterprise. Among recent
movements are the following. sum
married. by the Manufacturers
Record:
Bonds Voted.
Dobson. n. C.-Surry County, Elkiu
township. voted $50, 200 bonds to CON
struct roads.
! Fort Meade. F1a---City will issue
s5s,o0o bonds for street paving.
Fort Myers. F1a.-Lee County voted
si77.see to hard surface forty-two
miles or road.
Henderson. ~. C.--vance County
voted $50. geo bonds 10 construct roads.
HEREFORD. N. City wall issue S.
600 bonds for street paving.
Houston. Tex.--Halifax County. Red
Bank Magisterial District. voted $780,
600 road bonds.
Newport, Tenn--Cocke County vot-
ed 100000 bonds to construct roads.
Roxboro. n. C.--Person County,
Roxboro township, voted $4,000 bonds
to construct roads.
Stealey Heights. r. O. Mt Clarks-
burg. w. va.---City voted $4,000
bonds to pave streets
Tallahassee. Fia.--City voted $s4.-
coo bonds to pave streets.
Timpson, Tex.--City voted $4,000
bonds to construct cement sidewalks.
PONDS tn F1e> Voted
Austin, Tex.-City will vote June 3
on $4,000 for street improvements.
Carthage N. - C.-4AMoure County.
SAldhills township, votes June Is on
-. 900 bonds TO construct roads
Cuero. Tex.--De witt County Road
District No. will vote on $4,000
bonds TO construct roads totaling TWEEN
ty-eight miles.
Madill okla.--Marshall County.
I0'Deif township, votes June y orr Z | 49,
600 bonds TO construct reads.
Sherman sTax.-v Graysess y.su County
Road District No. votes June 10 on
100000 bonds to gravel roads.
Contracts Awarded.
Alexandria. La.--Rapides parish
awarded contract for twenty-eight
miles of gravel roads to cost $50. 1000:
100000 available.
Anderson, $. City awarded s54,-
600 contract to lay $4,000 square yards
vitrified brick payNng and $sts5s0
contract to lay $500 square yards OF
sheet asphalt paving: total cost sl46,-
1000.
e., Aage1toB. . Tex Rrazeria EcunkH
Road District No. 9 awarded st00. 600
|contraet reconstruct thirty rallies shell
and gravel road.
baltimore. Md.v--Citx awarded 4k.s