Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28
ANNUAL ROAD CONGRESS
TO Be HELD IN RICHMOND
Representative Men of State Inter
ested in Work of Rural High.
-;k way Improvement.

THE fourth annual Road Congress and
Rural Road Improvement League Con-
Sention will be held in Richmond, Va,
January 80 to February 2. inclusive, and
Indications point to a large gathering
of representative men from all sections
OF the Old Dominion who are interested
in the welfare of the state from the
standpoint of good roads.
The meetings will be held in the audi
forum of Murphy's Hotel. and two ses-
sious will be held each day. at 10
O'Clock I'm the forenoon and 8 o'clock in
the afternoon. The meeting place is only
two squares distant from the Grays'
-Arnory. in which the Richmond Auto
mobile Dealers Show will be in prog
ress. Automobile dealers and owners
are interested in good roads and the
good roads advocates are interested in
automobiles, so there will be a harmony
of interest in the two attractions.
Objects in View.
The object of this road congress is to
aid IN every way possible the agri-
cultural, educational, industrial and fnan-
cial advancement of the people of
Virginia through the medium of bet
ter roads. This can be accomplished
through comprehensive connected
system of country roads, radiating from
all market centers and from all ship
ping stations and extending into the
country as far as possible; and by
system of through highways connect
ing all important cities and towns and
other points of attraction to offer every
inducement for touring in the Old Do
ininion-both Of which will bring profit
TO the people of Virginia. through en-
enlargement to country life and agrf-
cultural pursuits, and by bringing
tourists into the state.
An address of welcome will be de-
livered by George Ainslie, mayor of
Richmond who will touch on the great
Importance of better roads and their
advantages for country and city alike.
Roosevelt Page. second auditor of Viz
ginia. will speak on Good Roads and
Country Life
!. H Binford. said to be the foremost
authority on country schools in Viz
ginia, will tell of the vast Importance
of improving roads and their bearing
on school work.
ton agent for Louisa county. has been
invited to deliver an address on sub
ject he knows well by actual expert
ence, How Better Roads Increase Farm
Production"
Other Speakers and Themes.
Other practical speakers will be r.
c. Mooma, jr., director of the bureau
of markets Of the Virginia department
of agriculture, who will cover the sub
5ect OF Good Roads and Their Rela-
tionship to Profitable Marketing; Il. p.
Smith. assistant industrial agent of
the Southern railway. on Relationship
of Good Roads to Transportation" and
George p. Coleman, highway commits
sioner of Virginia, on the work of his
department. An invitation has been
extended to Guy It. Horner to address
the meeting concerning the Richmond
Petersburg-No Portsmouth high
way. Other speakers of national
prominence will be on the program, and
committees will be established to slim
ulate progress in road work through
out Virginia and to get the through
state highways which have been urged
SO long by the Rural Road Improvement
League