Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 20, 1902, Page 28

Good Roads Train and Its Southern Tour CONVICTS MAKING ROAD 1 HE yuthern Railway Good Roads train, equipped with thirteen cars of modern rcad machinery, a com- missary car, two officer cars left Alexandria Va Tuesday October 29, 1901, for a tour of the southern tates on the line of th: Southern system in the interest of common road improve ment This novel and attractive movement for vousing attention, promoting action and intercst for the construction of improved highwa n the United State was origl I 1 and inaugurated by the National Good Roads soclation The plan co operat the government division for good road the railway system over which the train Is operated, road machinery manu facturer ind state and local interests In carrying on the work Representatives of the national a=sociation visit central points from which th greatest influence may radiate, and arrange for a week's stop of the train The co-operaticn of the local interests is secured and dates fixed for the holding of a two or three days' con vention, in which the most practical ad dresses and discussions upon the subjeet of road improvement are had. The neces sary machinery from the train Is unloaded and under the direction of the engineers and road and machinery experts in charge, a section of object-lesson road is con structed. The train visited the states of North Alabama Virginia Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgla, making eight- cen stops at the following cities Wins ton-Salem, Asheville and Raleigh, N. C.; Greeneville and Chattanooga, Tenn.; Bir- mingham, Mobile and Montgomery, Ala.; Atlanta, Columbus and Augusta, ( Greenville, Columbia and Charleston, 8. €., Danville, Lynchburg, Richmond and Charlottesville, Va Sections of modern roads constructed at each of points Conventions held and ad dressed by states, members government and were these wer governors of of congress, state legislators road directors and experts, county super visors, and most active interest aroused upon the subject District and state as sociations were formed to carry on the work so well inaugurated in the several states Never before has the subject of the improvement of the common roads of the country commanded such widespread and practical attention as at the present time Jefferson Mo prinl Rond, The Jefferson Memorial Road assoclation Charlottesville, Va., of which General Fitz- bugh Lee is president, concelved the com mendable idea of constructing a splendid modern, macadamized memorial road con necting the University of Virginia with Monticello, the home and tomb of the uni versity's illustrious founder, Thomas Jef ferson The old road was narrow, badly cut up and washed, over steep and irreg ular grades, and it was thought that a beautiful road leading to the historic home of the author of the Declaration of Inde N NORTH CAROLINA GOOD GOOD ROADS pendence, would attract wany visitors and serve as a practical objeet lesson and in ducement for better highways In the nation and be a fitting and lasting memorial to the great and beneficent Jefferson. The National Good Roads assoclation and the affice of road inquiries of the United States government were requested to inauguratle and promote this special work. The Scuth- ern railway good roads train came to Char- lottesville, Va Monday morning, March 256, 1902, and its engineers and road ex- perts commenced the construction of the road. The memorial road meeting was held in the armory in the city of Charlottes- ville and opened its sessions on Wednes day morning, April 2 General Fitzhugh Lee presided and after a welcome address by the mayor of the city, he introduced Hon., W. H. Moore, president of the Na- tional Good Roads association, Hon. Martin Dodge, director of the ofice of public road inquiries, United States government, and Gencral Roy Stone, ex-director of the office of public roads inquiries, all of whom de livered eloquent the subject. and practical speeches on Notab e Peaple The following day brought a special train TRAIN MACHINE IN OPERATION AT BIRMINGHAM, Ala from Washington bearing General Nelson A. Miles, Assistant Secretary of Agricul- office, and by the ture J. H. Brigham, Mr. Samuel Spencer, in congress: Hon, president of the Southern railway; Mr. 8on; Hon. Charles Stuyvesant Fish, president of the Illinois Hon. R. W. Davis, Central railway, Mr. George W. Stevens, the day was the president of the Chesapeake & Ohio rail- Hanna. The way, members of congress and prominent officials of the government departments The great hall rang with applause as Gen eral Fitzhugh Lee, in a most pleasing man- ner presented General Miles and the others who delivered addresses, which were most enthusiastically received. At the conclusion of about a two-hours session, the party conducted over the section of the new road in course of construction and out to Monticello, where a reception was tendered by Hon. Jefferson Monroe Levy, the present owner of Jefferson’'s old home. stirring was On the train from following day a second special Washington carried Senator Mark A. Hanna, ex-Secretary of the In- terior Corneliug N, Bliss and many mem- bers of government officials and other distinguished citizens. Inspiring and patriotic were delivered by A. J Virginia, Hon COngress addresses Montague of Gov. Binger ROADS TRAIN CRUSHER IN OPERATION AT GRAVESVILLE Hermann, commissioner of the general land following ovation father when came Virginians thusiastic reception, which amounted to an they found from MAKING Thomas H "lorida introduction gave that Virginia spoke in his most happy vein It portends the millenium for good roads, development when receive industrial for the eral cello, the democracy Eleet The created good the ter manners and ment is away south Miles home of the roads southern shown most marvelous progress in the lat- southland southern rapidly modern the interest transformed and the taking campaign marked and and The customs are spirit of possession of and of the interest in industrial states the and such imign, gnod The last old AN representatives Tongue, Ore- E. Littlefield, The feature of of Senator him his The new Mark Hanna and Gen- ovations given to each under the shadow of Montls tomb of the father roads the subject development decade is methods, improve OYSTER SHELL ROAD AT MOBILE, Ala While we were operating the big road- making machine, drawn by a traction en- gine, moving the earth with marvelous rapidity, an old negro s le remarked from de nding by the way- “De white man come down north and freed de nigger and now he's gwine to free de mul There are many fine opportunities in the south for active, progressive, western men and the next transformation in try. Our train the and mended The pleased with the people of the the cordial and hearty wccorded Among the be remembered decade will show a wonderful this section of the coun- heartily work was welcomed by people our writer was generously com delightfully south and invariably reception special occasions to was the Sunday spent at the lovely old Virginia mansion owned by Lieutenant Charles P. Shaw. President W. H. Mcere, Senator Martin Dodge and my- self were most charmingly entertained and attended Easter service at one of the beau- tiful old Episcopal churches nestled in the Virginia hills among the majestic oaks and the slender pines. sweet the hour of Sabbath talk, vale with peace and sunshine full Il the happy people walk, in thair home-spun flax wool; vouth's bloom* And « v om with simple art, Wears on her breast, like her own heart A bud whose depths are all perfume; While every garment's gentle stir Is breathing rose and lavender R. W. RICHARDSON. How The Where De and Where gay hats with blossoms Pointed Paragraphs Chicagn News* and live skim milk. A womau's idea of refrement is to be tall and thin. Even in cash transactions the pocketbeok is taken out in trade. Hypocritea pray cream Every woman would woman would grow old. live long, but no Some men known by the they are unable to get into The farmer can give he has no cards to hand out are company you spades—even if It matters not what your ancesters were it is what you are that counts. When one man meets another that he is said to look like he usually swears Some wives are so averse to mending that they won't even try to patch up a quarrel Many a would-be jolly good fellow might be really so if he would only stop telling jokes, The more money a man has the harder it is for him to convinc2 the world that he is a fool If a man not have the somehow he does price of a meal about him can always manage to acquire a chew of tobacco. When the boarders begin to draw the color line at hash the same old combination comes up in the guise of croquettes litary confirement ic the most severe of 1l punishments This is proof positive that a man soon tires of his own company CROUSSING OF MORRIS CREEK ON I'HE ROAD TO MONTICELLO SOUTHERN RAILWAY GOOD ROADS TRAIN AT ALEXANDRIA, VA,