The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-27
ROAD men COMING.
Between 500 and 1000 Dele
gates Here Tomorrow.
Will Discuss Big Highway I'M
prOvements for Kansas.
EVENING AUDITORIUM PROGRAM
Allen AND Hall Feature Speak
ers at Night Meeting.
Governor To Tell How French
Roads Helped Win War.

Practically every active good roads
booster in Kansas was either in To-
pei, today OF headed for this city
Tomorrow one of the most important
meetings in the history of the Kansas
Good Roads association will be held
here, and it is expected that between
500 and 1000 delegates and visitors
will be in attendance to discuss the big
tnIngs that are planned in the way of
permanent highway improvements
There will be three sessions AMI the
road boosters will have a full. busy
day. The first session. beginning at
9:3O III the morning and lasting until
late in the afternoon. will be held in
Memorial hall. At O'Clock a get-to-
gether dinner will be served at the
Chamber OF Commerce and at 1880 a
big public meeting will be held at the
Auditorium at which Gov. Henry j.
Allen and Arthur B. Hall. famous Hi
nois road man, will be the principal
speakers. At the auditorium meeting
the delegates to the Kansas Official
council will be in attendance. and it is
expected that every member Of the
legislature who is interested i'll good
roads will be present.
Schoch on Program.
Practically every phase of road
building that has been suggested or
contemplated will be discussed during
the meeting. AT the Memorial hall
meeting w. f. Schoch of Topeka,
chairman. of the roads committee of
the senate, and S. A. Bar1well of Man
haitian. chairman of the house of rep
resentativeS roads committee, will de-
liver addresses. Schoch will tell why
motor car owners can afford to pay
larger license fees in order to give the
state Il system of hard surface high
ways. and Bardwell will tell why the
constitution should be amended to
permit the state to undertake the pro-
posed $50. 100000 road building pro-
gram Other members of the legisla-
ture who IMill talk before the road
Representatives are: j. NJ. Gilman.
Representative from Leavenworth'
Mrs. Minnie Grinstead, representative
from Seward, and E +. Frizell, repre-
sentative from Pawnee. M. w. Wat
son, acting state engineer; H. S. Nc
Fadden, assistant state engineer; Alf.
williams. Columbus lawyer and road
builder; Harry Russell secretary of
the Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce;
John A. Hall, Pleasanton; Chas. L.
Kagley,' Beloit, and +. c. Trigg, Kan
sas City, also are on the Memorial nail
program. Capt. Luther Is. f1llotson or
Washhurn college, who was with the
10th engineers in the Argonne drive.
will compare the roads of France
with the roads of Kansas and will tell
Of some of the experiences of the
Kansas boys in the famous battle OF
the ArGonne forest.
Allen on French Roads.
At the auditorium meeting in the
evening Governor Allen will outline
his good roads program for the state
and undoubtedly will tell of the Won
derful road system of France to which
he gives credit for the winning of the
wCr.
Arthur Il Hail. of Danviile, ILL.,, will
tell how the state of Illinois voted Il
sixty million dollar bond issue for the
construction of 4S00 miles of hard
surface roads ard he VIII explain how
illinois expects to pay every cent of the
money so expended thru the use of
the motor vehicle license.
Moving pictures that were used in
the Illinois good reads campaign will
be shown at the auditorium meeting