Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-11-12
Virginia Coed Roads Association


Richmond, Va, Nov. 9.-Passage
of the good roads amendment to the.
Constitution by an overwhelming ma
jority is indicated in belated reports
which reach the Office of the Secre-
tary of the Va Good Roads Assn.
here almost hourly. Present indica-
tions are that the majority will reach
$4,000 or more.
Reports received from twenty
seven counties show that twenty-one
voted for the amendment, which per-
mits the Legislature to issue bonds
for road building, by large majorities.
Six counties voted against the amend
ment, but the opposition votes in
most cases barely outnumbered the
votes for the amendment.
Norfolk returned majority of
500 Votes for the amendment,
| Lyrchburg majority of 1000, Alex
andria 1900; Roanoke, $500; Dan
vile, 1850; Bristol, 500; Charlottes-
vile, $50; and Clifton Forge, $50.
In Alexandria, 1900 votes were poll
ed in favor Of the amendment and
2G5 were registered against it. This
seems to have been about the ratio
lof victory in all of the cities of the
State from which returns have been
received. Richmond returns have
just been announced. The majority
for the amendment was 14,017.
Returns from eleven scattered
counties SHOW a \maiority for the
amendment of 5000 votes. These
counties include those in which OPP
position was keen and do not include
Tidewater or Piedmont counties
which voted most unanimously fol
the amendment, it is thought. The
counties of Southwest Virginia which
returned substantial majorities arc
Tazewell, Pulaski, Montgomery, Roa-
no!ze and Craig. Voters in Wythe
Floyd, Augusta, Page, Shenandoah
and Brunswick voted down the amend
mcnt by narrow margin.
Many cities and towns in South
west Virginia ratified the amend
mcnt with good majorities. These
include Bristol, Pennington Gap
Norton, Eagle Rock, Gala, Clifton
rye, Covington, Buena Vista anc
Roanoke. The largest vote pollet
in opposition to the amendment wa!
in Shenandoah county, in the
heart of the Shenandoah Valley
There the majority against the amend
mcnt reached 1900 votes.
Officials of the Virginia Coco
Roads Association, which waged ar
active drive for the passage of the
amendment, have been receiving con
CALCULATIONS from many sources. Ger
elal C. C. Vaughan, Jr., of Franklin
is president Of the association; D. B
Ryland, Of Lynchburg, is secretary
and treasurer, and V. D. L. Robinson
is executive secretary. Headquar-
tcrs of the association will continue
to be maintained in Murphy's, Hotel
In speaking of the passage Of the
amendment by such large majority
indicating that the people of the
State are determined to put bid
roads in Virginia at an end, officials
Of the organization are stressing the
fact that the amendment only gives
the Legislature the power to issue
bonds for constructing or reconstruct
ing roads and does not order bono
issue. They state that if the build
ing of the State Highway System is
to be done in period of six years,
as Highway Commission Coleman has
indicated, the Legislature must issue
bonds to carry out the construction
program and that the people, through
the Legislature, will really dictate
the road building policy of the State,