Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-09-16
ATLANTA GOING AFTER
NATIONAL GOOD
ROADS Convention
Meeting viii Be Held Friday
to Make Plans for Having
the Big Gathering Meet
Here in 1911

Atlanta is going out after the 1911
National Good Roads convention.
Past experiences have proven that
she usually lands it, and w. T. Winn
vice chairman of the street committee
of the city council, is sure Atlanta will
get this convention, which will bring
1900 delegates, mon of ma tional promi-
nence and importance in the great good
roads wave, which has swept the coun-
try, and enough exhibits from prominent
manufacturers to fill the auditorium.
The first organized movement towards
securing the convention will be made on
Friday at noon, when a joint commit
tee composed of the convention commit
tee of the chamber of commerce, the
convention committee of the city coun-
ell, the convention committee of the Ho-
tel Mems association and the roads
committee of the county commission
ers, meets in the chamber of commerce
hall
A city committee composed of Coun-
Gilman Aldine Chambers, chairman of
street committee of the council; w. T.
Winn, vice chairman OF the same COM
mittee; Henry L. Collier, commissioner
of public works, and w. T. Wilson, of
the city engineers office, has just re-
turned from Buffalo and Albany, where
the New York highway commission is
engaged in making splendid improve
ments in the states roads. After max
ing a several days inspection of the
new roads and methods of building
which are being used out of those two
cities, the committee met George C.
Diehl, who is the present chairman Of
the National Goods Roads convention.
NEVER MET IN SOUTH.
Mr. Diehl was enthusiastic over the
idea of bringing the 1911 convention TO
Atlanta. during the past ten years the
organization has held it's meetings In
the larger cities in every section IT
the country with the single exception of
the south.
Mr. Diehl who has been interested for
some time in the good roads wave which
has been sweeping Georgia ana the
south during the past two years, prac-
tically promised the Atlanta committee
to use his influence and to assist ATTAIN
ia in securing the convention Whlch
will mean so much to the city and the
state.
r. w. Sanders, of the road oil depart
ment of the Standard Oil company, with
headquarters at Louisville. is now In
Atlanta comforting with the Atlanta COM
mittee. Mr.. Sanders states that his
company will assist Atlanta in every
possible way in securing the conven-
ton. Mr.. Sanders. who has recently re-
turned from a trip through the east
conferred with a number Ur tne proml-
nent officials of the national convention
committee. He states that the idea or
bringing the 1911 convention to Atlanta
has been favorably received at all quar-
tiers and he believes that the convention
is assured.
MEETS SEPTEMBER %.
The annual National Good Roads con-
vention for 1870 which is characterized
as 1.-The greatest gathering ever held In
the interest of highway Improvement,
will be held on September 26-29 in ST.
Louis, Mo-
Between 1900 and 1000 c-ivsaLes are ex-
pected to come to st. Louis from every
section of the country. There will be ex-
hibits from the road oil department OF
the Standard Oil company, and from the
same department of it's numerous com
petitors There will be number OF
road machinery exhibits as well as
demonstrations in the best methods of
road building by competent engineers.
Among the members of the national
committee are such men as
George c. Diehl, Charles S. Barrett, for
mer president of the Georgia Farmers
the United States office of public roads;
L. H. Kittredge, president of the Nation
al Association of Automobile Manufac-
turers; r. d. Chaplin and s. D. Walden,
of the n. A. A M, and many others of
equal prominence in the good roads
world.
In all probability the joint committee,
which meets at the chamber of COM
MERGE Friday will appoint a committee
to attend the convention in st. Louis,
and induce it to appoint Atlanta as the
place for the next convention.