Show t CONVICT WORK IS SUCCESS ON ROADS Negroes Make Good Highways in Louisiana Boosting Cause of Automobiles STATE AND LEAGUE JOIN MOTOR CLUB HAND IN m GLOVE WITH COMMONWEALTH COMMON The problem pr ef of the wt c of convict labor In hi g the Ute go good coM 4 roads of or Ute the i trim Mat slats he le talK fact at an all a ae 88 pct peet of particular Importance sad aad Is t given Sh th the serious nu ra l n nf of 1 f tit the executives and aDd other think thinking ing inn ONn n in tn the several suttee suites int r Mt td hi tl In the Ih movement says say an S At th present p nt time th tM there rv are a num number number ber Ler of or the th CO In IR the p sections of the into tb country which here have hewn own a t l In burl their prisoners 1 a Work II kh h benefit tM the lb tate rather than Ihan l their time In ht Id adl adlor leu or in a aeries ra or of prison uc Which Imply IY for their own ex expenses x pro es and n nl i do not benefit out oat aide aideTh The Th Importance of the dod ro roads l with lie Its lessened sea rat st It M t and a Its Ita tt Ine Increase e of 01 art 1 mobile t tearing with th tho the Influx of or motley IDO hi le feet fust being rea realized lad ladby I by many of ut the states stale ata ant th U the div d f l I p menu menta In la this line Une are an of particular IM IR telL tereL Louisiana tra e I to II be a state which WM was not m ng any nJ al efforts lit hi a the Hie direction f t pro Is b I now 1 itself If to o b bf be wide wide awake awak and ne the tho tta tov which has haa been started aarud th r fu fv fug goud reads with the Ole support of or some som of it ite ItA meet Influential mm mn will probably t co ably do m more moret r to t open up that of oC the oath than tha a that haa hr lIed IR to re rec 1 r c nt y 70 r The Th history of thi movement for Cor CorI gd I d mads rada a de ts sa s Inasmuch as asit a aIt asat it at hoe haa n tak t n two ami a a 1 half years rears to bring u tl M plans pl to a aad sad t how h actual prop in n the tb w rk I w Orl Ans as ss a cUI cU IA i 11 a vital ut sur 1 print e t northerners ernen wh 1 have hate found to its reputation for tor U a and an ap P l of a put past JaIl dt K 1 I to b IN be I In DK In the matter of oC lt it fine tn streets street ls large i bulli and beautiful ful fut it U Is I not mt by byan byn an n northern nt rn mun cl and nd It n ta taJ perhaps J f r haps this I h a prevailing spirit 1111 of pS Mg Mgr r which has hall eced the proms promo promotion pro tion of oC the t r Motor league ae of oC a body bod which h is composed OMd d of well wail known and ar i influential citizens with a IL adU slowing growing membership The Th ne a ault C vt of U Knod go 4 roads road roe in aa the state WM wu ii l upon UM u formation of oC this and ad just 1 two years and aRd anda aRda a af Ia t C a ago o 0 the oil tb campaign for Improved I IK h ways WM WU bo a by Uy P M be tae president and Victor Vietor X M a ab b bno TK secretary moth loth of or them enthus i asIc Mc tic II lats Old Trail Selected t d dIt It was w figured that JJ 2 M would b II necessary n to complete t iV tt first tint re read d Hi it order to show bow the alae advantage M of o the proved lii service If extended through our Jf the state and aDd It was decided to toK tos K s lect a c a aM eM trail built 8 N Ie y years an rs ago azu leading to t Chef Menteur Montour which would i I lre a of or 21 la miles fella 11 and ands s 11 would oi 01 eM ay ap a RU renowned renow od for forIt It Its fishing ng and hunting bunting allowing the Ute trip to h mad JIMMI In la a couple eon eoa l 1 of oC hours ours b iI mot r to 10 grounds a could only b reached by train or boat at certain mss m of t f day ay and In several hour hoars h hen n t I ii oI rout was w announced the f the plan was at once one pre pr td br m th the road read was w at that me m absolutely a Impassable able and aDd it lay lar rough a country of luxurious south rt rr r tollag folia lit where h r pI live lIe oak oaks s and hanging Spanish moss formed n archway arch wa overhead Chef AS a a splendid natural harbor and It Itu as u formerly open to the Gulf of ei e Max o but bat the Louisville A ran rail railI r I 4 fifty year y ar ars ago afrO a o built lIt tracks across ac ach acro h out t t compelling com all n to go KIK M the tb United Status Slates S t r nt engineers have haTe pointedly r n f d that this railroad build I a dray dra iKe Ig thereby there giving a coast I outlet cutlet t 1 I hf Mat Menteur ur for or yachts and aad 1 imber mbar and o oyster i tT schooners and aDd alak n a rad r a i thirty miles shorter through T Lake let J lorne rne from Ute the gulf pIC Into the Ute il ippi at a New cw Orleans orl It wa wo soon noon found that at 1 r lint nt t be ra rAts II d among th the motorists T v ho tase he r t could be enlisted alt but Ht this tiu tl i did I nut not deter the Ih II of oC the Ut met lIMn moving lIMnIng ing nf of C the Ute sew new club clu said and wren sewn YeA cf or the n e contributed n fie I I 1 each aeh for Cor Cora fora or ors a s surn UrTy v y of f this road to be made mad JDa e through the tit city rity It engineer W J Hex Har Hard I d rl p Th n purvey urvey was w reported most t farr and an i the scheme pronounced h ni so ao o that the tho nt was started tM In tA earnest The first y l was received from Mayor Martin and ad the tIM al all l who at one sad vad ad the tb same e meet mei meir I Irr r L an as passed It unanimously sad and appropriated S M 1 ata tt t as 5 to the bt best bestre t if re 1 of road s Tho Th mayor gave gavel 1 l 1 e that Mae e If tf the th rend was wac o can oan n x It would be M maintained by 1 the thet tT t New ew Orleans Ort ha has the largest area of oC n u elty In ID the country there bring being bet square a mile 11 within WI Its Ita boundaries al at though 70 square miles are aro populated populated On the 23 22 mites milt to Chef het Men Menteur Menteur only 18 had to lo bo be constructed by bytho bythe the tho lh league Inasmuch OK ns the tha remainder r rall was all composed d of city It asphalt streets and a series of oC splendid shell highways In n the suburbs About this time Gov Sanders himself A enthusiast devised a new scheme of ot using the convict labor In Inthe Inthe the tie open country rather than In the closed prisons or on the tho state farms forms Tho failure of other cities In this par a was Wa assigned to the fact tact that they hey farmed the out and there thero I were ero many mony serious complaints against the he treatment of the letter who were entitled to at least human I ion tion so this chief executive arranged a new plan In Louisiana I the he governor r has haa the tho right to 0 furnish I convicts for other work than th n on the tho cotton cotten and sugar plantations of the I state as tong long as aa they are aro not leased lease On those these th e farms tar me they have havo paid their own expenses ex pO nl II but hut at times there are I mere more convicts than necessary so In Ino o with tho the It was arranged by br the state authorities I late ate lost last fall to organize camps of cf negro convicts each ach ford for tr i I work werk en on the toads roads Tho The white pris prisoners eners are used In the tho commissary ary df dr department 1 ent and all aU of 0 the men are watched constantly The Motor league lea ue of Louisiana agreed to o take tho the first camps upon the tho fol following ol loWIng boats bawls To pay for tor all food the tho salary of uC the armed guards he tile cost coat of tho resident engineer and ana the he fee of oC the visiting physician who Inspects aspects the three times a ak week k and the state agreed to furnish he Ule camp e mp equipment consisting of o a I I commissary wagon one or two berth wagons a portable screened Jail tents etc eta t 21 1 of oC year the tho actual actual I work on ty this his roadway won wag started and the he first formal Inspection took place f I April 17 In Just about two months month I working six days a week the convicts a have tave dug du ditches and graded rad d and i crowned roads road for a IL distance of abou abol I I tour our miles from rom road to 9 i Michaud station and they have given 1 p assurance of oC the success of ot this great undertaking It Is estimated that t twill will take eight months longer lon er before the he or comparatively rough work Is completed and per q I hap haps within this time they may have an opportunity of oC putting on tho the top topcoat topcoat I coat t of or heavy gravel covered with witt a dressing dreng dro of asphaltum oil 1 I Motorists Volunteer Services Upon this his pleasant Sunday In April i there here congregated at a prominent point in an n New hew Orleans a 0 party of or i i distinguished persons who ar arran ran to look over OTer the ground thor I bIJ and to give special Ip lal attention R x he the conditions of oC the convict camp at i iee Lee ee station A number of local loral motor I Ileta lets leta ets volunteered their services to carry j the tile state tat ana aft an city officials to the scene of action and the tho factory Ives of or the Premier Motor Manufacturing I turing tur company who were at that I time Ime in the lobe cIty olty placed the big six cylinder Premier touring ear which has haa been boon used by the An n penal potentate of the during durin the he convention at tho the disposal of Jov I erner J Y Sanders W V V leant president of the tho penitentiary board loard b rd of 0 control and Mayor X E B William In a Premier carried X C K JI Sykes and the tho newspaper m 1 A J Stallings In a can carl i 1 iJ 1 J J Frawley president of the thEl ny Cy council and James Jame Reynolds Renolds chief of t detectives C 11 II Bills president of 01 the tho I United Fruit company In his hili Peerless i iwas i was wa accompanied acc by Henry Krohn and Captain John Delbert a wealthy lum lumerman lumberman berman erman and Palmer Abbott in ln Ms his I Packard carried Mr 11 Milner Mr Ir ASCII Mth attenberg Joseph Schwartz and G X 1 1 Others In the party were wera E i B Williams B J M lL it IL Fletcher of 0 the tile Premier company ana ami N I I Ibe be the tb writer This party was driven through tnt j beautiful suburbs of 0 the city olty and out i into I Into nto the bracing morning air all through 1 groups grou ll of picturesque norgo shanties I and bits of woods and fl fig orchards to I I the he country of ot the live oak and the real southern scenery It was wn Interesting to o the northerners In the party to travel over several miles of shell roa way which are as hard and well kept kl as 8 anything In Jersey before coming i I to the new operations They were then Ihen taken over four miles of ot recently constructed surface at a lively clip cUp and an 1 the Ole new road appeared to bo be tr I solid and well drained But Hut IF tin yond ond the point to which the Improve i ints I Ints have at present reached there therm I Iare are miles where an automobile would I be useless and Indeed one of 0 the cars sank so deeply as to necessitate taking It out This was wall Just an apt of 0 the before and after treat tret I mint ment and showed the tho necessity of too tuo enthusiasm now abounding The T e Motor league lea has hall paid for tor the plows scrapers and aad ether other machinery and a large Jarge num numer her bel er of oC the members have contributed 1 between n 16 It Ioe and noo 1200 each ach ch to assure he the furtherance of ot tho operations Their success 1 is Ie loading other parishes to 10 o Inquire about the movement and i Governor Sanders h lIu hue assured them j that any anyone one in the state may rec recer r V e organised camps camp of convict laborer laborers The plans plana for tor the future call for a abelt 1 abelt belt lieU road around the entire city with witha It h ha a number nur of wen prepared feeders feeder Cee tr LC 1 to the th Interior As All yet no definite Idea I I have hAv been A formulated ton as all to a series lIerle rt lor f I roads roa which would lead from New el elleana n leans leana the principal city of the stale stae sta l to the terse large cube cities In the oring commonwealths commonwealth sueh BUek as II Atlanta Mo Mobile Mobile 10 bile lIe Memphis and Texas points It i ivery Ivery ivery very probable that this will be bo up as sa II soon lOOn as the present situation is II shown to be a phenomenal success leee And Andone andone one winch which bids fair to give more lire II e i iReI and ReI health to New Orleans Orleana than any single factor In recent r nt years |