Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1922-05-12
THE ROAD BOOSTING
MEET AT BRUNSWICK

MEET AT BRUNSWICK
Last Thursday there was a meeting
of the boosters from several places
for the North Cross Highway held at
Brunswick.
The live ones of that live town had
made plans for entertaining a crowd.
Welcome signs were in abundance and
the main street was decorated in a
manner that might make one think
it was Fourth of July doin'.
Just to help pep up things a bit
several bands were on the job pep
ping and then during moment of
silence F. C. Sasse would make an
announcement or two, something
about the time that the great
conventicle would gather, and in due
course of time the delegates and all
others interested in good roads and in
particular the North Cross Highway
did meet in the city opera house.
All sorts of celebrities weye on
hand to talk about good roads and the
location of this great cross the state
highway.
There were speakers who told of
certain reasons why the North Cross
Highway was the most feasible
route and it was, shown that this pro-
posed highway would serve greater
percentage of assessed valuation, the
greater number of automobiles, the
greater number of population, and it
seems that this about covers any rea-
son why the North Cross Highway
should be adopted, not forgetting, of
course, the distance between the two
great cities-Kansas City and st.
Louis.
Moberly Interested "Selfishly''
A speaker from Moberly stated his
city most certainly wanted the high
way built So that the good people of
Brunswick could all "come to Mober-
ly to trade and to live" OF course
the judge was in earnest, however,
about the highway and his talk was
well received.
Speakers were plentiful and the
chairman had no difficulty in keeping
things popped up and finally he landed
on an efficiency shark who gave per-
haps the best talk of the afternoon.
The message he wanted to get
clear out over the place where the
footlights were supposd to be, was the
fact that it is going to take money to
land the North Cross Highway. No,
don't get excited. He did not mean
that we have to purchase somebody,
but rather that publicity costs.
He wanted each community to know
that some day the state highway en-
gineefs would take trip out over the
several proposed routes and that the
condition of the roads over which
these engineers travel would have a
: deal to do with their opinions in de-
Gliding the best routes for the cross
state primary road.
This speaker urged that each man
within his hearing go home and get
busy and organize rut and hole filling
committees. 1t was generally con-
ceded that he was aiming his remarks
at those from Prairie Hill, Salisbury,
Keytesville and Dalton, for it was un-
derstood that these delegates all
drove to Brunswick over the proposed
route Of the North Cross.
The Courier will say that he knew
whereof he spoke. If &he engineers
of this proposed primary road should
take this trip right now they would
most certainly veto this particular
route taking the reason that the up
keep would be out of the question.
The meeting was great success.
The turnout was splendid, some towns
sending great delegations with their
cars bespangled with their communi-
ties names, and the delegates Just as
well decorated.
A committee of the chairmen Of
the different organizations boosting
for the North Cross Highway was ap-
pointed. They retired to the City
Hall and formulated two resolutions
to be presented to the Highway COM
mission. First, that the North Cross
Highway be incorporated and second
that some provisions be made for the
upkeep of the route now recognized
as the route that the North Cross will
finally follow.
The meeting showed a great deal
of enthusiasm and as booster meet
ing, it was a great success.
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