Southern good roads . rminghamwill be announced later. It will end Avith the greatnational good roads meeting in Richmond, Va., nextOctober. The object of this train, as stated by Mr. M. V. Rich-ards, the land and industrial agent of the Southern, isto give practical instruction in the building and main-tenance of improved roads, with the view of inducingtheir construction and saving millions of dollars an-nually to the farmers in the movement of crops to therailway. Road organizations desiring detailed information asto the train and its movements should address Dr. Lo-gan Waller Page, directo
Southern good roads . rminghamwill be announced later. It will end Avith the greatnational good roads meeting in Richmond, Va., nextOctober. The object of this train, as stated by Mr. M. V. Rich-ards, the land and industrial agent of the Southern, isto give practical instruction in the building and main-tenance of improved roads, with the view of inducingtheir construction and saving millions of dollars an-nually to the farmers in the movement of crops to therailway. Road organizations desiring detailed information asto the train and its movements should address Dr. Lo-gan Waller Page, director of the Office of PublicRoads, V. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington,D. C, or Mr. M. V. Richards, land and industrial agentof the Southern Railway Company, Washington, D. C. The National Good Roads Association The Fourth National Good Roads Congress will meetin Birmingham, Ala., May 23 to 26 inclusive. Fivethousand delegates from all parts of the United Statesare expected. Every stat(\ ovcrv imimrtant city anrl. MR. W. J. HULBERT Agent Land and Industrial Department Southern Railway Company Washington, D. C. almost every county in the nation will be numerous good roads organizations in all parts ofthe country and hundreds of agricultural, automobile,educational, industrial and transportation organiza-tions will also have representation and the meetingpromises to be of great benefit to the good roads railroads will give reduced rates and Birminghamassures the country that there will be hotel facilitiessufficient unto the needs of all who attend. The people of Birmingham are preparing to enter-tain the visitors in a fashion nothing short of hospitality is nation-wide in its scope and shehas invited the fifty-two governors in the United States,asking each to appoint 100 delegates; the mayors of athousand cities, each to appoint 20 representatives; athousand chambers of commerce, each to send 20 delegates, and the indications are that ther
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