Southern good roads . ter right in his own neighborhood. The city was safe for the levy, although a good manylaljoring men felt that they did not use the roads, andthat since they had helped to pave the city streets, thatthey should not be called upon to help pay for pavingthe county roads. But the 400 members of the Cham-ber of Commerce employ possilily seventy-five percentof the working people in the city and these memberswere asked to handle tlie campaign in their own placesof business, and the plan must have been the logicalone, for only about 700 people in the city voted againsttaxing the
Southern good roads . ter right in his own neighborhood. The city was safe for the levy, although a good manylaljoring men felt that they did not use the roads, andthat since they had helped to pave the city streets, thatthey should not be called upon to help pay for pavingthe county roads. But the 400 members of the Cham-ber of Commerce employ possilily seventy-five percentof the working people in the city and these memberswere asked to handle tlie campaign in their own placesof business, and the plan must have been the logicalone, for only about 700 people in the city voted againsttaxing themselves to build the coimty roads. We feel that when a campaign is successful in get-ting people to vote a direct tax on themselves forroads or any other improvement, it is an indication thatthe Chamber of Commerce is of much value in pro-moting pragressive movements. The Board of Directors feel that our Chamber hasat least accomplished a good years work through its(^ood Roads Division. If nothing elsp is accomplished. Eating a Fine Dinner Served by the Ladies on Good Roads Day,Ritchie County, West Virginia this year, a million dullar road fund is no mean accom-plishment. The following editorial from the DailyTimes covers the story a great deal better than thewriter can: A Great Step County is to get out of the mud. Theday that we have been waiting for has dawned. Thevoters declaration on Tuesday in favor of a specialmill and a half levy for the next five years for road im-provement indicates that the people have awakened totheir greatest need, and that they are ready for the big-gest step forward that the county has taken in a gener-ation. The endorsement of this levy means that Wash-ington county will in the immediate future begin thebuilding of permanent roads, with money enough avail-able each year during the five year period to permit December, 1915 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS 11 the systematic niappiiiu out of rimd wnrlc ami earrying Road Builders to Pittsburg
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