The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
MEETING ID WORK FOR BETTER ROADS Convention In Cleveland, o. September 2l, 22 and 23 WHAT STATES ARE DOING Some Governors Have Named as Many as Fifteen Delegates to American
 Road Makers Convention
 This Month.
WHAT STATES ARE DOING

l
 ing deeper interest in the results tc
 be achieved from the second annual na- l tional good roads convention to be h cid
 in Cleveland. O., September 21, 22 and
 2S, than the American Road Makers as-
 sociation. Organized in 1902 by mere
 handful of men interested in highway
 improvement, the association now num-
 bers among its representatives mem-
 bers from 30 states, including practi-
 cally all of the state engineers and | highway commissioners who have | wfelded wide and beneficial influence
 for highway development during the | last few years. James H. Macdonald,
 the Connecticut highway commissioner.
 whose work in that state has made him
 enlightened and scientific policy of road
 work, is president of the American Road Makers association, and F. L. Powers of this city is secretary. | The influence of the association Is felt wherever the question of road im- l provement Is contemplated or where
 serious work is in progress. Beside the l leading engineers, It's membership also
 includes advocates of highway im- provement, members of good roads or ganizations, of granges, and county,
 town and city officials. Indeed the plan | of the association is so broad that it l is designed to take in every person in
 America who is interested in or iden- l tified with the work of highway im- provement.
 Four conventions have been held un- der the auspices of the association, the one held in 1907 at Pittsburg being l the largest of its kind ever held fin this country previous to the big con vention in Buffalo last year in which
 many kindred organizations including
 the American Automobile association and the National Grange Joined. The American Road Makers association joined forces with the other bodies working toward the same ends last year and materially aided in the sue cess of that convention and in the permanent influence thereby aroused in the good roads movement. This year the association Is taking an excep-
 
 this influence and many of its most prominent members will be represented I among the speakers
 | Governor Hughes Names DeIecates, New York state will be represented l at Cleveland by three of its state high
 way commissioners, s. Percy Hooker, | Robert Earl and Thomas Warren Allen. Governor Hughes, in accepting the in- yitation of the national convention committee last week to have the Elm
 pire state suitably represented at the Cleveland convention, named six dele gates, the others being Frank N God. frey of Clean, master of the New York State Grange; W. Pierrepont White of Utica, and Albert R. Shattuck> of New York.
 The responses from the various state governors have been particularly fa- vorable Indeed one of the marked evil dences in demonstrating the rapid growth of the good roads movement In all parts of the country is the re- quest that has come from several gov ernors that they be permitted to ap- point additional delegates beyond the number mentioned by the national com mittee. From five to ten delegates from each state were asked for, but in several cases from a dozen to 15 have been named.
 The governor of Rhode Island has l appointed the entire state board of pub | lie roads, including Chairman John H. Edwards and State, Engineer Robert | F. Rodman. One of the delegates very properly named from Iowa is Henry Haag of Jefferson, whose personal in- terest in good roads Is well known to the recent Glidden cup tourists as it | was MT. Haag who succeeded in having the roads of his country well improved previous to the arrival of the Glidden tourists so that the visitors might de- part with a good impression of Iowa roads. F. H. Macdonald, state engineer of good roads, and President A. Mars ton of the highway commission will also represent Iowa. The governors of Tennessee, Mississippi, Maryland, Wis consin, Arkansas. Illinois, North Caro- lima, Nebraska, Wyoming. Idaho, Ore gon, Oklahoma and Ohio have all ap- pointed large number of representa- tives. It is still further indicative of l the desire for good roads spreading over the country that in Tennessee, during the same days that the national convention will be in session at Cleye- land state good roads convention will assemble there at the call of the gov ernor. As an aid to this Tennessee the national convention committee for national convention committee for | copies of good roads literature and oth- | CT material that may be of aid in fur thering the interests of his state con- vention.
 Exhibit of Road Making Machinery. A highly representative and instruc- | tive exhibit of road making machinery l Is now assured as one of the interest | ing features in connection with the | convention. A1th ough all arrangements | for the exhibit to be held in the Gen. l tral armory, close by the convention | headquarters, were only completed a | short time ago the demand for space l has thus far been beyond expectations | and the entire floor will be filled with an interesting exhibit. As this is the | first time in the history of the country | that an exhibit devoted exclusively | to road making machinery has ever been arranged It's success and its rep resentative nature will both attest | forcibly to the wide spread attention now being devoted to highway i'm | provement.
 Free Passage offered.