The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-11
SAYS GRAVEL ROADS
WILL NOT STAND
TRUCK TRAFFIC
Prof. A. H. Blanchard of Columbia Uni
versity, Addressing Prospective Yer
mont Good Roads Association in
Montpelier, Also Declared
Some Kinds of 0iling
Were of Little Good.

About 50 of the 900 Vermont persons
the Playhouse in Montpelier on good
roads were present Thursday afternoon
at the meeting over which f. H. Babbitt
presided and Judge Edward Griffith of
Manchester was secretary. These Off
GERS were made permanent after a can
vass has been made as to whether a
further organization shall be made. To
this end the chairman was authorized to
appoint man from each county to be
one of committee of ID to make can
vass to ascertain if there are 200 persons
in the state who will agree to pay $50 a
year for three years as a nucleus of an
organization to be known as the Yer
mont Good Roads association, whose OBJ
jects shall be to promote interest in good
roads and assist in advancing legislation.
There seemed to be quite a little in
terest in the matter in spite of the state
ment of NJ. L. Powell Of Burlington that
unless there was more interest than was
shown in the response to the 1000 invi-
tations there will be nothing doing. Mr..
Babbitt will appoint his committee with
in a few days, probably this week.
During the early part of the afternoon
good roads views were thrown on a
screen in the Playhouse, after which
Prof. A. H. Blanchard Of Columbia uni
versity spoke to the assembly. He is
president of the American Road Build
ers' association and of the National
Highway Traffic association. His state
ments were along the line that truck
traffic will increase rapidly in the COM
ing years, that last year there were
100000 trucks in operation in the coun-
try and this year the factories expected
to put out 100000 for retail trade. He
said that already fleets of trucks are be-
! ing operated in some sections and that
| Vermont will soon be visited by them.
He stated that gravel roads will not
hold up truck traffic. He could not state
! the expense of construction of roads that
| would outlive the bond issue but said
such could be constructed, citing stone
block paving on a l2-inch concrete foun-
dation that is to be constructed outside
! New York He said the labor problem
on roads is fast becoming serious one.
He said oiling in general did not help
roads; it all depeLded on the kind of oil.
Oditluh CnIOdlut uOts UOl impair lOdus
and is a good dust layer,
w. A. Hart, who has been handling
| the patrol committee work for the Amer
lean City bureau, gave the plan he would
carry out could he remain. He urged a
Vermont man and nucleus of 200 TO
500 men with a large membership to
care for general expenses.
Upon motion Of Mr.. Buxton of Middle
town Springs, it was voted to authorize
the chairman to appoint committee
one for each county, to canvass the state
and report success to another meeting il
there was interest enough. Upon motion
of H. B. Amey of Island Pond, the chair
man and secretary were made permanent
until such meeting. George T. Chaffee
of Rutland wanted to make the new or.
ganization part of the Vermont Auto
mobile club instead of duplication of eff
fort, but no action occurred