Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
MOTORISTS UNITE
FOR GOOD ROADS
Convention at Cleveland viii Be
Largely Attended and Road
Construction Ad-
vanced

No city in the United states is doing
more for the construction of good roads
than Cleveland, Q. It's advantages,
therefore, as the headquarters OF the
second annual national good roads con"
Vention under the auspices of the
American Automobile association, the
National grange, the United states Of
| flee of public roads ana the American
Road Makers associtiop, from sep
tember u to 23 are being clearly rec
ognized by motorists and good road
engineers throughout the country ana
the delegates preparing to attend the
sessions will he larger in number anu
also more representative in character
than was the case a year ago in Buf-
falo.
F. A. Pease. who has been selected
by the Cleveland Automobile club as
the chairman of the demonstration
committee, completed the formation OF
the committee last week and furnished
George c. Diehl, chairman of the-na-
tionaI committee in charge of the good
roads convention, with tentative plan
of the practical features which VIII
be so prominent during the conVen-
tion.
1T is probable that at the time the
convention is held in Cleveland he
said, 1t will be the privilege of the
highway officials and delegates to Wit
ness a larger amount Of road cohstruc-
ton of various types than would be
possible in any other locality within
such a limited time, as the city OF
Cleveland and it's various suburbs nave
let an unusually large amount OF con-
tracts for road Improvement during the
present season.
Mr.. Pease is now preparing map
of the city and its suburbs on which
will be clearly outlined the road work
under construction, with the localities
selected for special demonstrations dur
ing the convention.
Reside arranging to show the prac-
tical workings of asphalt paving with
in the city limits, the committee is
planning to give a very thorough IL
iustration of culvert work, and A. Eel
gate, the county bridge engineer OF
Cuyahoga county, will read paper
dealing with the subject of construct
ing permanent structures across nigh
ways for water courses
This information Will range from
thirty-six-inch box culyerts to a mag
nificent concrete arch for single span
of $50 feet now being erected at Rocky
river, west of Cleveland.
The committee will also take up the
question of testing materials that enter
into road construction ana emphasize
the necessity for careful inspection of
such materials, while also illustrating
the methods by which accurate tests
may be made.
The work now being done on roads in
and around Cleveland presents a num-
ber of different constructive methods,
and on this account will be particularly
valuable to the delegates in showing
them on a large scale the practical re-
suits of good roads in the making for
permanent use.
The CuyahOga county commissioners
are constructing a brick road east of
Cleveland Heights village, the brick
being four inches in depth, laid upon
four-inch concrete base between
Portland cement curves that are mold
ed in place. This construction extends
about four miles, and during the con-
ventiQn the work can be studied i'm all
of it's stages from the sub-grading to
completing the finished surface
Through the village of Cleveland
Heights new macadam road is being
made, the surface being trap rock
three inches in depth laid upon a
twelve-inch limestone telford base.
During the convention the construction
of this type will be observed in all its
stages. Another extensive improve
ment is being made on Euclid boule-
ward. Here the foundation is nine
inches in depth of two and one-half
inch crushed limestone, the surface to
be filled with asphalt or coal tar suf-
ficient to render it imperViOus to water
by keeping it free from dust.