The Washington herald., 1909-01-20
ASPHALT MEN IN CONVENTION
Conclude Session with Banquet at
the New Willard.
Good Roads to Benefit the Farmer
and the AutOmobiIist Are
Advocated.

The Independent Asphalt Association
closed its third annual convention with q
banquet at the New Willard last night.
Good roads TO benefit the farmer and
the automobiles were discussed, and a
new kind OF country road. q combination
OK asphalt and macadan. was suggested
BY Aniz L Barker, OF New York. He
reviewed the progress OF the good roads
movement, and advocated extensive gov
eminent aid. IN part. ne said:
1T IS only a question OF tine unW
such appropriations viii be made. They
are as necessary for good roads as for
rivers and harbors, or for post-ofices.
The farmer hss the same right 10 demand
quick delivery, which IS possible only
over a good road, that the city man has
to demand fast mail trains and freocent
delivery BY city carriers.
''Inasmuch as macadam and asphalt ny
long evolution, have established them
selves in many countries as the premier
types Of roads. 7 have come 70 the con-
clusioa that the best is a combination OF
the two in the form OF an asphalt striu
Of suitable width. runing through. and
usually IN the middle OF the macadara.
Horses can be driven on the uacadar
as now, II desired Automobiles. when
the road IS clear. viii have an ideal sur
race n the middle. equal 10 q billiard
table with no ruts or Jumps to look out
for. When automobiles meet. they vvil
slow down and turn out SO as 10 run
upon the macadam only on one side snd
for a Tar
on the asphalt making Il slippery thav
can run With one side on the pavement
and one side on the nscadam. 70 avoid
skidding. When on the strip Of pavement
in the middle they viii cause neither dust
nor wear.
Finally. and II no other sdvantsps
were 10 be gained. farmers can ha-I ~
the asphalt more than double the load
they can haul or nacadau. This con
sideration alone should decide the matter
in favor OF the asphalt strip.
1T is well known that automo5uas
even al moderate speed. tear up macafam
and grind its fragments into dust tbrs
destroying the road and causing a rui-
sance 70 all who use Il. and to occupar+s
OF houses on the roadside. Il IS equally
well known that automobiles do not de-
stroy asphalt pavement nor cause snv
dust from II. 10 matter how great tbs
speed may be"
Following are the members OF the asso-
citation:
Andrews Asphalt Company. Hamilton. ohio. 4
Z. Barter Asphalt Company. New York. R5,.b q
flinE, Limited. PittsbUrE. Pa: NJ + Rrsn1ev
CleFeland, Ohio; B-nnan Construction T'srron~
washington, D. G; Constructing and Paving Co-n
pany Of Ontario. Toronto, Ont Cop+ire1tal
Asphalt Paving Company. New YORK. Costello q
Ne7gie. Elnira, y. y: Crawford Conuauv. B-,oE-
IN \. J.; Cranford Paving Courauv. VTsshin--
ton- d G; DUmary & Gleason. AlHsnv. \ Y
E2iTchll ld-sSliIno-e- Wilton Company. Los Aa-sles
Cal-; fnoeEt Paving and Construction Cr-nnsrv
Baltimore. Nd; FilbeEt Paving and Constructiou
Company. PhilsdslDhis. Pa; German Rock AS-Fof+
and Ceu1ent Company. Buffalo y Y. Ha-5e-, Con-
uactlng Company, New To-k: The Jacks Co-n7s-v
Ch1cago- IL; k1Tchner Coustrsctio- Co-p-1D-
Sl1e1nna7i, Ohio; George W. Lamzen- C7fs-o
II; Mayer Bros, Ere, Pa; Hugh Murphy. Ouns5a.
NeoT-; Memphis Asphalt and Paving Co7uua7v. Nr-,
pals- Tenn; NaTagansett Improvement Com7snv
Providence r L. OTTAWA CONSTRUCTION Co-n1ar~
Ott2Ea, Ont; PGrkeT-W Washington Conoa7v- chi
eaSo. IL; 2 r. Quinlan- Syracuse. y Y. SI-flia,
Asphalt Paving Company, New York: sovtbe-n
New England Paving Company. Hartford. C,ou7..
K D. Upha1, New York; Union Paving Connsnv
Schenectady. \. Y; Western Construction Connanv
lafayette. Ind.