Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-11
COMPARES V|RC|N|A'S JAIL
SYSTEM TO RED RUSS|A'S
Chairman of Fcnitcntiary Board
Brands II as Serving Only to
Feed Fec Officers.
PREDICTS NEW CONSTITUTION
Tells Engineers State Must Have
Organic Law Drafted Within
Few Years Along Progressive
LincS-RcCount Reform Work.

eqaa nsi"' ~ ,6a ai' of noishevis, ins
STA. Colonel Leroy Hodges. aid 20
Governor Davis, aud chairman OF ~
last night in an address before thu.
monthly meeting OF the ich,non'.
Chapter. American Association OF
that new Constitution must he
drafted FOR virginia. along progress
sivc lines: within the next lew years.
colonel Hodges spoke on the CO.
operation which the engineers can
give the Commonwealth in order Ia
forward the best interests Of the
Colonel Hodges strongly recon-
parole statutes in regard TO prisoners
incarccrated IN jaiis because OF in
clarcd AT the present time the sSS-
tom IN vogue Is only feeding the
cicni. However. he declared. ;his
system has simply been passed down
and should be reformed.
Wants Man. Radical Changes.
Speaking Of the Dcuitcut!ary. tho
speaker SAID that many radical
changes should be made and We're
in progress. He advocated aho!itio:.
OF the twenty seven road camps in
he STATE and The establishment; OF
six permanent rock-crush!ng plants.
which. assuming THAT ,he highway
roads amendment TO the Constitution
has been approved by the reonic,
would take care of all Of the con-
SictS employed on the roads.
Sentence to i've Years on the
roads Is equivalent to death. accord
ing TO tho statement OF the super
Colonel hodges told the engineers.
Further, inc speaker revealed TO
IN" engineers that tie State Health
department. j. without research !ab-
- Ia ta.a Htt#s
tom in use bv the Commonwealth IL
obsolete. and that the Constitution
Is too restrictive. and that - more
progressive one should be drafted
prisoners are not turned out good
Sii,%e4s when their time has expired
leave ,emSittered The plan OF the
present rrnItent;ary board is to
remedy this situation and make citi-
zcns on, Of these corvicts. so that
world
Appeals To Engineers.
REIMBURSEMENT Will cause rcCtion
II" asserted. and urged the engineers
10 use their influence 10 react tn.
feeling OF reaction caused hy this con-
dit!on and manifest through wage re-
duciicns and other things tending to
cause discomfort.
We are sitting on the edge OF a
volcano" he said.
assets OF the state. telling OF the
varied occupations and assets Of th.
commonwealth, scarcely v!yalcd by
any in the United states
Members OF tn" club met at the
business Mems Club and IN. nomina-
tion committee brought IN the name
OF William +. Ice, VIII" designed a
large part OF The machinery used in
construction OF the Panama Canal
for president. Election of officers Will
come up at the next meeting. j. {.
Carpenter Of the Federal Highway
department IN Virginia, WAS ncmi-
N"sscr and j.. VI. HASTINGS as sccrc-
iary. with l. l.. Pyle as treasurer.
~ the weekly luncheon OF the
cuGin"ers, which was held At | o'clock
Yesterday afternoon at Maximc's T.
Z. Laird. superintendent OF the At
lantic Coast Line Railway. spoke To
the club on the progress OF the rail-
road. lie outlined the history Of the
railroad from th. time Of its origin
as q tramway in England in 1850. 10
The present day. lie told Of the first
public appearance OF the railroad. in
1903, and the first experiments with
the steam cnEir" in 1905.
Tells Of Pulling DilIy.
Mir. Laird also told OF William Gcad-
lcy's Pulling Billy" in 1873 which is
considered the first success OF the rail
road, and the general adoption OF this
type OF transportation in lS2i, when
IL began TO :~placv .,hc horsc-drawn
NtNltIt. :"
outlining American Development Of
the engine. he told OF its first us. in
ls2?. ~hcn the Lion" AN imported
machine. Was placed in service by the
j. y. ii. Canal Company. The first
Amcrican-huilt machine, hc said. was
completed IN 1880 and the Ba!dinr
engine followed in 1892.
Growth OF the railroads Of the
United states b" illustrated by dcclar-
ing that III 1899 To 1910 there Syer.
but 2.slt miles Of track in the United
states, and IN 1920 the total miles Of
250OGo
Fifty-two per cent Of the railroads
OF the world are located IN America.
he said, Will. Europe hoastS 20 p,r
cent OF the total. II. also a:tribuind
the pauics az lsSi ANA 1898 10 rapid
development of tn. railroads 10 winch
he attributed the financial dcpres-
sionS OF these years