The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-01-16
WANTS s75,O0O,0OO
For STATES ROADS

connsxsone~ George r. Coleman
vii recommend TO tho virginia G2od
1oads ASSOCIATION this Morning =
Na-nuiidsng puoE-ar% sEttlns Efe
~rpAnes.urs Of $4,000, eco. tne
a.aou-t 70 be raised by bond issue
sr taxation. While this s~yupSncoGs
furn was beyond the wAcest oFe@
* TIE raost Cheerful cntSas.aSt + -cN
yAars ago. the state Is ss4d 70 oe ~"
ready to meet the iss1e faiFi3 also ~
doubt LIS expressed as 70 n sSS2@1S
\ ennriete approval % the Gem
S1ssS1onAx<s pisnL
rnl,oy-nr the usual custom, the
srasA hsfhw-ag department. ~ll maAe
ne yAcornrnsnasticn Gree 10 1S
rAne-sy ASSEMBLY. CoEnFhlsS-e@eI
-nienna-ss pian wll re presented 10
NE association for due ccns3oeTSAo
Nna the resolutions coT'rIl'fee VII
her Communicate EeTa e cotb
sraacnes of = ztaFG
While the details 81 NJ coleman :
Mars are not known, Il Is certain
thai 81 VIII include the PROPOSE %
x-rhratt yaa ouASCcA u issuing ooH1s
sor road building TO the people OF ne
rtAts fo- N1al dec.siaa- Il 3 also De
'iAveS that the citizens who WILL have
&Ypari~acsd s3--1e benefits fEon ire
re~r-3cted program r5w under way
w1l, give xAety entire support 70 me
r4owe-s-t which v+G place virginia
On q par with tbs lost pr~ogreS&1Te
ststss Of the TE1o1-
A cal. 70 TIE citizens q n presfE~
reae-a1on II face ths urgent Necessity
fa- sa66AaE" themselves WIN II
creased taxaEon fcr the gertTAl wei
fare which Accompanies Ecot To2ca
rsx the gey 1ote CT several speeches
%~I .%%x- @NA - % %a7Gt had a. &ET~
rays hoteI last night .
GenA-sl william = Andersen -
Lxingto1. advocated & Sioo.oooop'
program.
WITH ~ he SID. you car
-withln q r~easeracie psFI61 TTsFt
Ya,s reads Of tire state. Ralse IL
other ny borrowing o. taxation
but raise 1t. Our sob 70 20 cd
ucate the people n ta1atton
w-A Al
hgtls.ng roadg- ira day Nay ooEe
In my lifetime when this state
vnll he a model IN that respect as
II. Il IN others.
CORSNFIL SICE
S4nA~aE Anderson. JacF Lee,
gynchburr,s famous criminal lawyer.
ana others spoke after the banquet
altar il had been ~reeretfaly announcr
ed trat Hon. John : Cornwell. gov
srnor 81 West Virginia. would be IN"
able to attend on account os Illness
This was the second disappointment
II the day or the ASSOCIATIONS pro
gram. the 6rst being 4 telegram from
Senator Swanson telling Of hls de-
yartpre for Rochester, MINI, 10 The
bedside of his SIT wife.
II. G. Shirley. Of Washington, sec
reurv OF the Highway Industries as
sociaticn, spoke On The National
Highway System e. the a+ternoon
session.
Highway Maintenance" was the
sah5eci Of. raost interesting ard in
struccve talk made by v. II. Percs,
Of the United States oface OF public
roads, at lhe morning session. Mr..
Pierce declared himself an ardent ad-
vocate OF concrete roadways in pref
erence TO the .tair weather roads :"
~ the raacadarn typo has been dub
oed.
4 J. Bachelor, executive chair
ri OF the American Automobile as
socaucn, spoke or tae Intimate re!a-
tionE between road builders and the
millions OF American motorists.
The three sessions were presided
cver by President Lupton. An ac-
complished soloist sang the Star
Spangled Banner and the Marseillaise
after the banquet last night and the
Stars and stripes were flung from the
gallery above the heaGs OF the diners
at the conclusion OF the national an
hem.