The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-30
GOOD ROADS
ASSOCIATION
New Organization to Be
Formed at Montpelier,
Probably July 10
WILL DISSEMINATE
ROAD INFORMATION
Matter of Good Roads to Be an Issue
in Next State Campaign-W. NJ Cady
Advocates Good Roads from Farm
to Market First

in Next State Campaign-W. N. Cady
Advocates Good Roads from Farm
to Market First.
RUTLAND, June 3O.-The movement
to improve Vermont s highways which
started with the appointment of a pat
rol committee some months ago contin-
ues to gain momentum and meeting of
representative Vermonters is to be called
at Montpelier, probably July 10, to form
good roads association. George T.
Chaffee, c. t. Fairfield, Howard l.. Hind
ley, John A. Mead, f. NJ. Wilson and
Isaac Miller of this city are mentioned
in list of 100 citizens of various com
munities to call the meeting and sup
port the proposed organization.
The patrol committee was q hurriedly
formed organization which was entered
upon too late to make its work effective
before the legislature and the proposed
good roads association is designed to be
a permanent organization prepared to
do a thorough work in the PRONUNCIATION
of good roads information and propa.
ganda and to place the matter of good
roads before the people at the proper
time There will be no party or sec
tional politics in this work, and it is
proposed to combine full and appre-
, eiative understanding of Vermont s
road problems with the irresistible influ-
ence of all progressive men of the state
behind the cause of good roads.
Among other things suggested for the
association to stand for are the eollec
! tion and dissemination of information
on highways in Vermont and elsewhere,
| the creation of a public sentiment for
the ample and enthusiastic support of
good roads in Vermont; the securing
of consideration of good roads in the
next Vermont state election; the carry
/ ing out of an active campaign of pub
! licIty and education to these ends; the
creation and maintenance of a perma-
nent organization with paid secretary
| and headquarters at central location
in the state with the above title and
/ objects.
Vermont 5 road problems have been
/ stated as follows by w. n Cady of Mid
! dlebury, as master of the state grange:
We are going to enter into the work
/ Oh Tedu JuSIIneuJ WlJn the same spirit OF
/ determination that has characterized
| our prosecution of the war so that out
of the great conflict may come a peace
worthy of the sacrifice. If there is any
one public question that interests the
people of Vermont more than others, il
is the proper construction and mainten-
ance of public highways.
"The advent of the automobile, motor
truck and traction engine is revolution
izing the methods of construction anC
maintenance. We may rest assured that
we are never going back to the old meth
DDS. The question is, are we going Il
keep up with the demands of the futu' e
1t must be remembered that the purchas
ing power of money is not over one-halt
what it was a few years ago, and that
it takes more money to build gooG
roads. 1t appears to me that the first
object to be attained for an agricultural
state like ours is to better the roads from
the farm to the market; second to better
our trunk lines, and, third, to build anC
open up roads to the beauty spots OF
: Vermont for the benefit of our own PEG
; pie and the stranger that is within oul
gates