Southern good roads . ak coun-ties. He described tlie good roads of Europe and toldof their value, as also of organizations at work in thisciiunt Iv. Sir. \V. L. Gillicrl, of .Statesvillc. said that as to oneday f;.)r the building of a road, lu tliought the dateshould be fixed by the trustees nametl in the tentralHighway bill. Colonel John S. Cunningham, nf Ierson. being call-ed on. made a vigorous speech. Funds and mor?funds. he said, are needed. Other states are spend-ing money freely for good roads. The penitentiar\convicts (Hight to be put to Avork on the roads. Thestate must help the weak
Southern good roads . ak coun-ties. He described tlie good roads of Europe and toldof their value, as also of organizations at work in thisciiunt Iv. Sir. \V. L. Gillicrl, of .Statesvillc. said that as to oneday f;.)r the building of a road, lu tliought the dateshould be fixed by the trustees nametl in the tentralHighway bill. Colonel John S. Cunningham, nf Ierson. being call-ed on. made a vigorous speech. Funds and mor?funds. he said, are needed. Other states are spend-ing money freely for good roads. The penitentiar\convicts (Hight to be put to Avork on the roads. Thestate must help the weak counties. A central highwayAvould help build up the state. Chairman Varner called attenlion to the fact thatany locality desiring aid in locating roads, etc., couldget this from the United .States Office of Public Roadsat Washington. lie also told of the woik of the Amer-ican Association for Highway Improvement. ColonelCameron called attention to a general road meeting ofall road (irtianizations in Richmond in ]\ Entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N. Y. Drives Treated with Standard OilCompanys Standard Emulsifying Road Oil ]\Ir. h\ H. Br:)oks. of -Johiisloii, offered a resolutionthat in the bill aihiptedthat it lie provided ihat tlie jieii-tentiary furnisli a i-ontract force of not less tlian 100men and that the state supplement the funds raised bytowns and coimtiis along the route of the Central High-way, lifter some discussion it was offered as a sepa-rate resilition but was v(itr(l down. Everybody inthe meeting fav:irc(l lln rcsohil ion. 1ml it was felt thatat this time it tiiighl nffed thr passage of the centralhighway bill. The committee having the i)roposed iiill in ciiarge atthis time returned to the court room, and for the com-mittee. Dr. -Joseph Hyde Pratt reported that with a fewchanges the bill as prepared had been adopted. Heread the changes, iind after some discussion the billwas adopted unanimously, and a committee, as indi-cated above was named t;i presen
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