Show Idaho and Wyoming Are Enthusiastic About the Campaign Other states than Utah came in fo for their turn to report pro progress ess at the afternoon afternoon aft aft- session of the good roads convention con coi- ventson yesterday The association in the tho year or so that it has been in ex cx has bas grown somewhat It stated stat start cd ed d as ast asta a state association and was so or organized last year The result rosult was wa that every county in Utah h had d a vice vice- president or some other duly authorized representative to report for it at the convention con yesterday On On the other hand band Idaho and Wyoming Wyo Wyoming min ming each of which had a strong stron and considering the distance a fairly numerous numerous nu delegation present on the floor floo of the hall had no such authorized representative rep rep rep- to present their case This was remedied in the afternoon ant and some of the enthusiasts from Idaho anc and W-omin W Wyoming addressed the gathering One Ono of 01 the best speeches of the afternoon afternoon aft aft- was from Soren Larsen Larson of Rock Bock RockSprings RockSprings Springs Wyo He said in substance II I I came to this convention to ge got get some somo ideas on good roads roads rather than to o talk I have the distinction of living in ina in ina a section that was characterized by the New York papers the Chicago papers the Omaha papers and the papers all al allover allover over the as the worst division on th the journey from from irom ew York to San Francisco I have not seen many good roads road and do not know much about them I have ha lived for twenty-four twenty years in Springwater ater county and for twentynine twentynine twentynine twenty twenty- nine years in Wyoming and came here hereto to learn rather than to talk II I I hope to be chock full of good roads ideas before I get home Mayor Church of Pocatello Ida a a. banker was introduced as a worker for good roads He stated that Bannock county had bad serious problems to face ii in inthe the tho matter of good roads as much ol of the soil is a volcanic a ash h which in summer summer summer sum sum- mer works up into a very fine penetrating pene dust sometimes more more than a afoot afoot afoot foot deep The roads then become impassable impassable im passable to automobiles or to heavily loaded wagons Others representing the two sister states at the convention spoke briefly Compares East and West Robert C. C Skelton of Salt Lake City gave the only set speech of the after after- noon Ho He prefaced his address by some remarks on the American Road Builders Builders Builders' Builders Builders' Build Build- ers' ers convention at Columbus 0 O. which he ho attended last year The gist of his remarks was that road makin making has now become a business and an engineering proposition and that enough h experience experienceD on D the tho subject has been gained to make it possible to calculate with exactness the cost and probable duration of the road so that the builders may know lust just what they will get et for each dollar dol lar expended Good roads he be declared are needed because existing conditions of civilization civilization tion have ever demanded the avenues through h which lifes life's necessaries can be transported and because wealth demands demands de do- mands the highway upon which pleasure pleas pleas- ure sightseeing and mirth may be gratified He Re said in Part On the poorest of ot earth roads not muddy but sandy a horse can draw twice as much as he can carry on his back on a fair road three and one half times as much on a a. good macadamized road nine times as much on a smooth plank road twenty-five twenty times as much on a stone thirty-five thirty times as much and on metal rails tour fifty times as much Number of Builders Comparing then eastern roads with western roads we must take sides with ourselves and claim that for each mile of road in Rhode Island there are people to build and pay for such mile mUe of ot road the District of Columbia 1459 people people peo peo- pIe to each mile Massachusetts has to each mile New Jersey Ohio 59 Utah has 8 people to each mile Idaho 9 Wyoming 8 Colorado 17 Nevada 3 We are entitled to conclude then that if It a horse can draw on a macadamized road nine times as much as on sand or orIn orIn orin In mud that while Idaho Wyoming Colorado Nevada and Utah Utah are hauling g with difficulty one ton eastern people can haul I nine tons The argument does o t la fr sd not stop here for to haul nine tons we require nine men nine wagons nine teams nine harness equipments nine times the expense of feeding horses wages wage for nine men and the expense of upkeep to same Added to this is the accelerated disadvantage of ot market and time of ot transit all being vital consid consid- Good roads of ot the eastern states afford the farmer ready access to the early season season season sea sea- son and early morning markets add annually annually annually an an- to his net prosperity while his neighbor remote from such roads raises nothing marketable hence nothing represents represents seats his annual net earning Hauling Sugar Beets Last year Utah and Idaho produced tons of ot sugar beets which when refined made approximately pounds of ot sugar Deducting the price paid the thEt farmers tanners for tor each ton of beets i raised it cost Utah and Idaho nine times times' as much to transport this crop as it would have cost Massachusetts Rhode Island or any other state having good roads over which to transport farm products which can do so nine times as cheaply and easily as western states raising Beet Is but one of ot the varied In Industries Industries industries In- In of ot our western states and applying applying applying ap ap- ap- ap plying the same logic to the tho mining Industry in industry industry In- In the tonnage haul Increases to over twelve times this disadvantage The actual loss annually from crops produced will w do for tor the western states all and more than for eastern states While standing on the 3 steel bridge spanning the Ohio river at Cincinnati Cincinnati Cin Cm- recently I 1 saw an Industrial procession procession procession pro pro- cession loaded with all kinds of commodities commodities com corn going from Covington Ky on one side to Cincinnati on the other There was nothing unusual about the variety of ot vehicles or loads they carried carried car car- ried ned but there was an unusual fact tact that all the products of ot the neighborhood coupled with the Industry thereabouts had fully warranted the expenditure of 3 on one bridge and near by scores cores o of others almost as expensive The Tho butter and eggs the garden truck and farm tarm products largely milt built that as also the notable structures spanning the great rivers of ot every other city advanced In n industry and commerce as they are Take Children to School Every city west of ot the Missouri l river has the same opportunity as those of the he far tar east and with the wealth of ot our mines our sugar beets and varied farm Products we can build roads as they do doIn doin In the east Chicago a can n have bave fresh tresh eggs for tor breakfast breakfast break- break in less ten fast ast delivered two thirty miles time ime than the tho Davis county farmer can i drive in from the Hot Springs The same applies to all products ct aPR Rural l tOt townships ons n in the the east have haves s school choo hool routes routed whereby the citizens take the children In com com- In gathering turns urns carriages and with ease and ana dispatch carry them to and from sc school school- schoolhouses ool- ool hO houses at whatever a distance S The m millions annually being g spent for tor pleasure leasure over the highways ot of Europe the invite us to build roads and sharo share belt benefits Three Three hundred thousand automobiles eastern manufacturers man- man this by are re being built year of ot them we but how many the west depends depends de- de will own tax and enjoy in ends largely upon the bul building ding of Lf roads i upon pon which the owner will w risk his expensive expensive ex- ex pensive machine Utah Has Asphalt One of ot the best m road substances is s imported from South America and other ther foreign countries on the water thousands of miles distant while in Uintah county Utah there is almost a 1 limitless supply California built a a. road to o her deposits and Is today today supplying Salt Lake City streets We need it and the he world wants to buy It Cant Can't we build mild a road to It Every state In the Intermountain country has mutual Interests interests In- In and the bond that has made firm the union of ot states must be strengthened strengthened strength- strength ened ned by the mutuality of ot our common Interests The civilization of ot our times demands action and the golden empire ot of f the west Invites us to join hands with the he east whose roads have led to the I present monuments of ot her industrial greatness |