New-York tribune., 1908-07-07
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS
GOOD ROADS THE SLOGAN.
Interest in Contention To Be Held
at Buffalo.


be held in Buffalo to-day and tomorrow. This
body organized about six years ago, and is
composed of the highway officials of the various
states. road engineers and experts, and all VINO
interested in the actual construction and pres
ervation of improved highways. Its purpose, Is
educational. and it's conventions which have been
held from year to year, have been notable gather
ings resulting in the spread Of much valuable IN
formation and In uniformity of action by road
makers throughout the country 1t is peculiarly
interested in the procurement of state aid for
good roads, indeed, that Is its slogan
Last year at the convention of the American
Road Makers Association, at Pittsburg there was
a large attendance Of road experts from all over
the country, many of them being sent by the state
Governors and Legislatures and the proceedings
of the convention gave great impetus TO the
Among the present officials Of the association
James H. Macdonald State Highway Com
missioner of Connecticut president Horatio s.
Earl. State Highway Commissioner of Michigan,
vice president Joseph Hunter state Highway
Commissioner of Pennsylvania. treasurer. and T.
L. Powers, editor of Good Roads Magazine" sec
retary.
All of these will be present at the Buffalo con-
vention. and President Macdonald will deliver the
principal address of the first session. speaking on
the general theme of Good Roads, illustrating
his address with charts prepared for the occasion
Commissioner Hunter will speak Road Inn
provement in Pennsylvania and Commissioners
Roads
. Other prominent members of the association who
will speak are A. y. Johnson State Engineer of
Illinois. Road Problems in the State of Illinois;
r. D. Beman. Deputy State Highway Commits
soner of Pennsylvania, Road Problems for Auto
mobilists'; A w. Campbell, Deputy Minister OF
Public Works for the Province of Ontario, THE
New Road Era in Ontario; Harold Parker. chair
man of the Massachusetts, State Highway Commits
sion. 1.-THE Highways of Massachusetts,. and
Stephen Ryan, State Road Director of New York,
Improvement Of Town Roads"
In connection with this feature Of the conven-
ton it may be added that the state highway in
spectors under State Engineer Skene of New York
will meet at Buffalo and take part in the delib-
eration5 of the convention and also that the en-
gineers of the State Highway Department of
Pennsylvania have been called TO Buffalo by Com
missioner Hunter for conference.
A resident of Highland Mills. N. Y has written
letter to the editor of The Tribune in which ne
terms most deliberate fabrication" the notice
sent out last week by the Automobile Club of
America to its members against speed traps under
which classification was mentioned the town of
Highland Mills. The notice read that "a speed
Of not than ten miles hour through the
main part of Central Valley and Highland Mills
is insisted upon. and volators are fined. There is
a decided hostility automobists in these two
towns" The notice printed in The Tribune
OF last Thursday.
The writer asks that his be kept out OF
the paper, but says that he will have objec
ton The Tribune giving 1t to any individual who
may ask for, It, He also invites any person who
would to investigate to visit Highland Mills
and Judge for himself. The letter follows:
Your article under the head of Timely Auto
ate fabrication, and as citizen of Highland Mills,
a friend TO prudent automobile drivers and in a
position to know about this matter 4 ask you to
kindly correct the article in the columns of your
paper and forward a copy marked to the Automo-
To begin with the stations We're not where the
speed at which automobiles were held was twenty
hicg l' settled S part Of centra Vas and and tWenty
two miles an hour through the thickly settled part
of Highland Mills, by the postoffice, bridge and
Several automobiles travelling at twenty, miles
every driver, who exceeded the speed agreed upon
The special police for this work were gentlemen
though they called the most vile names by
There MU are re- large display boards along the road
be- far and PeS vindcate all doubt M the aathortie
have not h he'd d. any car t that within t @ & miles %
twenty-five miles an hour. and any man who will
speed or faster has no regard for his fellow mans
life limb. not TO mention horses and other ami
mails
If car drivers do not care to be law abiding and
es nTSs 5Pfr less e nd IF the Club Of Nr
lea does not wish Its members to be law abiding,
then | feel that Elghland illlS ana CentraI valley
( do not want them, but know that the Automobile
! Club and all intelligent automobile drivers will
| agree with that twenty miles hour through
| a village where there children and other OBJ
structions in the road is plenty fast enough
| TO run a car, and sharp curves much slower
There is hostility to automobiles going through
! treat them we'll The people are courteous and in
return they ask the same from the automobile
drivers but. finding among them road hogs
who will take all the road you give them and ask
for more and q greater rate of speed than
most OF the steam trains through villages
| and committing other nuisanCes too numerous to
| mention, you couldn't expect town board to do
ANYTHING else but take action stop the nui-
| sance. and the that automobile drivers know
going through the town Of Woodbury. the better it
| will be for them.