The Detroit times., 1915-04-19
Local Success With
Concrete Roads Ma
tional Inspiration
VALIANT LEADERS
WON HARD FIGHT
Genesis of Good Roads
Movement Provokes
"reminiscences


ceutsr OF the universe. This may be
q strong statement. bur there are
q least two ways 10 prove H.
Go ont into the open and look
aloft- anywhere In WAYNE county.
and you win discover that the cir.
cumambient blue begins TO arch d.
rectiy above. This 10 proof one.
Secondly. 90 anywhere In this broad
land Of ours. or. for that matter. 80
anywhere. and pick up any ieafiet.
/. brochure. newspaper. magazine.
small volume or large. touching on
or appertaining to- the matter OF
good roads. and therein you win hnd
reference 10 the Wayne county sys-
tenn of concrete roads These good
rrads Vie with the automobile In 50
twisting the necks OF all christen-
dom. that those who would face
anywhere, face this way In the mat
ter Of good roads. Even the Moham-
m<6an. after he has said his prayer
toward Mecca. arises and stretches
hjs arms toward Detroit and says his
prayer for good roads-that Is, Of
ccurse. providing he Is q praying
man--to I'd. Hines.
why need more De said in way Of
proof that Wayne county II the cen
Der o. the universe! II II some dis
tincticu. DO believe US. and worthy
% b sxpatiated on az considerable
length. Wayne county good roads
arc . matter Of county pride and
service. They are matter Of state
pride - well. and. what h more. the
Wayne county example IN the re
spect OF good roads II an inspiration
and . matter Of practical educational
vslns N the matter. wherever good
soa1n are tAiksd- Furthermore. the
Wayne county roads. az already sug-
eseted. are o. stnpendous advertis-
ING value and. In this connection.
they are . matter Of congratulation
- every builder Of road machinery
- devices. on whose appliances
uedIt a reelected because OF their
s1lcient part IN making the Wayne
county roads possihle.
oeaeo1s ~ oeod Rosds In Wayne.
George AIDE. the Hoosier hhmorfst
and playwright. once said that the
dsa6sst thing there is 10 yesterdays
newspaDer. George In right In q
way--end. yet-But. say. when parts
cf . newspaper are carefully en-
balmsd IN . scrapbook. and. the said
parts are laid away In such mauso:
leum FOR rs or 20 years. or such
natter. and then dug up-why, say 2
with al due respect to George Ade
and his fables In slang. the excerpts
from the old Newspaper. long dead.
arc funnier than anything George
ever aid.
what has. this got TO do with the
matter Of good roads IN. Wayne
county. you askf Well. excuse us, n
We sre on the good road on which
Ne set out: but. IN the matter OF old
newspaper excerpts. II you VIII take
the trouble to look back through the
dles of the local newspapers OF Is.
16 and even 20 years ago, II viii
make you grin 20 read Of I'd. Hines
and Horatio Earl % high moguls in
the L. A. w.
What. for goodness sake. r. the
l. A. W., you ask, Oh. wen, there
are some first voters who really
don't know about the L. A. W.: but
after al I'd. Hines isn't so old. OF
course his hair is enough streaked
with gray % you would notice II
end Horatio N. Earl Is full OF honors
and prosperity; but, for all that.
they are not old. Ed. Hines is Just
boy. ~ you can ten At moments
glance, and II is the boy spirit, the
spirit that does things Just for the
love OF doing. that has made the
Wayne good roads possible. SO, they
are not old. This matter OF the L.
A. w. win come back TO mind with
= rush OF memory. on second consid.
Grafton.
When one remembers the old
League OF American wheelmen. and
remembers =. N. Hines ss chief
consul, for the Michigan province,
from 1896 TO 1899, and remembers
how In the latter year be was sue.
, ceeded In his high sounding once By
H. N. Earl. one win have TO pause
for a little reminiscent grin-it
seems now like q scene out OF some
lcne-forsotten comic operate re.
member these men a. state and even
rational figures IN the old L. A. w
Thus do the dtgnftiss and hfsh
sounding titles OF yesterday become
the subject OF the ribald smoker o,
the np-to-the minute moderns.
Bieyels RIders Did Much.
Bur while you may smoker At the
thought OF I'd. Hines and Horatis
n. Earl at the head OF the old-tim,
legion OF bicycle riders. neyerthe
less. yon must pause and reflect thal
neat aches from little toe corn,
gov. Hines and Earl. earning IN,
c>e<t of yon hin ny the sweat O
their brow. and little rivuicts Of IN,
49, coerrine down ne great water
~ wherein their back bones play