The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-20
BETTER ROADS
IN VERMONT
ITS PURPOSE
State Association to be Organic.
ed Soon.
PATROL IDEA EXPANDED
Temporary Director William A Hart
Talks to Gathering of 5ennlng-
ton Citizens

association. an organization inspired
by the recent efforts of the Patrol
Committee of Vermont, were present
ed to a meeting of representative Ben
nington citizens by William A. Hart.
temporary organization director,
Thursday evening.
Although several valuable con-
crete results were obtained by the pa
troll committee, said Mr.. Hart, the
most notable effect OF it's work has
been to stir up all over the state a
desire for a unified and intelligent
effort for good roads in Vermont.
This desire has taken the form of a
proposal for State Good Roads as
sociation.
A call for an organization meeting
to be held at Montpelier will shortly
be issued over the names of some
hundred representative citizens from
all parts of the State. The program
of the organization is in process Of
formation.
While In general it Is thought bet
ter that the set program of the new
association shall be product of the
organization meeting, the substance
of its purpose consists in plan for
a permanent organization with paid
secretary to maintain a campaign Of
information on highway needs and
highway construction in this and
other states. RoadbuiIders of the
State from the state highway com
missioner down will be invited to be-
come members together with mem
bers of the legislature and town Off
cials interested in the maintenance
OF roads.
The citizens behind the new move
ment are very much OF the opinion
that one essential of a successful
highway organization Is that its mem
bers should be in close touch with the
problems and difficulties of the prac-
tical road builder. and that good
roads are the common desire as well
as the problem of taxpayers and
their representative officials.
Bills embodying several of the de-
sires OF the more than six thousand
citizens who constituted the member
ship of the patrol committee were
passed by the recent Legislature,
said Mr.. Hart These we're for the
extension OF the highway patrol sys-
TEN, authorization for the state high
way commissioner to make contracts
with the federal government in con-
nection with federal highway appro-
priation, and one or two lesser mat
ters.
With regard to these matters the
Patrol / Committee claims only that
the more the matter OF highways is
agitated the more active interest will
Legislatures take in II. Indeed all
that the patrol committee claims is
that it was working earnestly and
honestly, in spite of some mistakes
made, for better highways, because
better highways mean better state
The new organization has no rela
tion to the patrol committee except
that the desire for 1t has beer
awakened by the impromptu efforts
OF the partol movement The patro
committee will be terminated at {
meeting to be held previously to th'
formation of the new organization
None of the responsibilities or plans
OF the patrol committee will be car
ried through by the new association
The organizations are entirely sep
aratc.
A necessary preliminary for tn,
winding up OF the patrol committee
said Mr.. Hart, Is the liquidation Of III
debts which, though not large are i'm
portant. This is being done by III,
collection OF the quotas of expense a
sumed by the various Boards o
Trade, the Bennington organization
being one of those which has not ye
paid in the full amount.
The meeting voted that "The con
mittee appointed by the board O
trade to raise Benningtons quota @
$1,000 to promote the work of the pc
troll committee be requested to NEE
at an early date and endeavor to rails
the balance of the amount so pledged
Those present at the meeting
which was called by w. II. Nichol
and held at the office of Manager Bi
sell Of the Telephone company, wa
attended by w. II. Nichols, Senate
VIM. A. Root, John p. Morrissey, ID
w. Il. Putnam. ]. p. Mulligan. DR..
S. Pratt Hiram l., Hall, VIM. |
Wills, Lee Warner, Clarence Whit
II. A. Jones. Il. Il. Larrabee, VIM.
Hogan, w. Il. Bissell and George
Hawks.
Mr.. Hart spoke for about an hot
and laid particular stress upon Il
fact that good roads are not only
source of pleasure and comfort to u
people of the state who own moi
than the average number OF autom
biles In the country in proportion
population, but that transportation
today the FIRST of the necessities
life, seriously affecting the cost
all the other necessities and u
value OF all products, manufactur,
OF agricultural.
The matter will be presented |
night to the Brattleboro Board
Trade by the same speaker.