Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-16
GOOD ROADS PROBLEMS
I. !. DISCUSSED At MEETING
North Carolina State Official Recon-
= nscnds Graduated Tax on Every
Wheel Using Highways.
ARM MOVEMENTS CONFUSING
Rufal Motor Express No Longer an
Experiment in Virginia, Says One
Observation-Disclosures to Convention
Hear Billy Sunday.

". S. Falls. chief engineer of the
North Carolina State Highway Com
mission, yesterday afternoon addressed
tie convention of the Virginia Good
Roads Association upon the subject OF
Proper Regulations for the Use of
Improved Highways He told the
large audience tina, conditions in re-
gard to the Kinds of traffic on road
ways were entirely different from what
they werc several years ago. and the
conditions Of the future are likely TO
cf7sreat speed and weight such as used
these days were most destructive to
the highways.
Nj. Falls declared that every wheel
should pay license tax, graduated ac-
e eSr to us destructive effect on
Ere a sh9u oad pay to With
tire the less the tax He believed that
enc license tax on automobiles should
eApa city and speed. Laws should be
passed limiting loads and speed and the
opera,t.on of excessively heavy trucks
ccpt those built especially TO accom-
modate them.
As the bess guaranty of the safety
recommended the habit of invariably
Seeping on the right side. He declared
that ahas some mechanical contriyance
5n2uld be adopted which would in
dlC4te to the man behind what change
was to be made by the driver in the
automobile ahead. Motions of the
and confusing.
WOULD HAVE PRINCIPAL.
e HIGHWAY ROUTES I'ATROLLED
To compel the observance of laws
aimed at Speeders and road hogs, Mr.
Falls thought that officers of the law
n a m al ttF,f MT.
Pr T; H. D.. Grifiitts, assistant
Public Health Service, delivered an adj
dress on 'HSith and Good Roads lie
declared that the two were connected
and that the drainage systems con-
structed i'll aid OF improved sanitation
change Of grades. on roads: He told OF
his, experiences in campaigns against
me ,, mslarial MOSQUITO and said that IN
everything for the correction OF Dor
row pits and undrained bitches.
FARMERS SEND PRODUCE
es-ss TO CITY IN AUTOMOBILES
Jesse. II. Jones, OF the State Depart
ment OF Agriculture. told of the Rural
ready come. He read letters showing
that the trucks operating at a fixed
IN many sections OF the State. were
carrying the farmers products to the
city. and returning with merchandise
He declared that the trucks brough:
made every mans house shipping
station Of greater value TO him than
RE rss n oD5y Of rsiiroad switch.
growth of the motor truck express was
the bad condition of the roads.
T. H. Wood presided at the after
noon session.
SECOND STATE AUDITOR
DISCESSIS RnNn TSgIrIS
With State Highway Commissioner
G: 2. Coleman In the chair, those who
attended the morning session heard
the question Of State bond issue for
the construction of the highway sys-
tenn; Ms Iage's intimate knowledge
made his address an exceedingly in
teresting and Instructive one.
Following Mr.. Page, D. b. Ryland,
OF Commerce, discussed various propo-
sitions growing out OF the question as
70 whether the State tax for construc-
ton OF the highway system should
be increased.
Many Of the members OF the associ-
the invitation to hear Billy Sunday.
CONGREssMAN SAUNDERS
WILL ADDRESS DELEGATES
This morning with j. ST. Clair Brown,
member Of the:itfousei Of Delegates, in
the chair the. convention will hear Con-
prospects for increased Federal APP
preparations for highway Improvement
Following him Captain r. St. J. Will
son. chief engineer of the United states
Bureau of Public Roads. will speak on
Methods and Cost OF Construction to
Withstand Modern Traffic"
At this afternoons session Senator
G.O'Connor Goolrick will preside, and
s.. L. Won Gemmingen, engineer of con-
structton and maintenance Of the Vir-
Ejnia State Highway Commission will
deliver an address on Maintenance Of
report. resolutions be adopted and OFF,
ccrs elected. after which the conven-
tion will finally adjourn
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