The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-23

Nation wide in scope. the first great
campaign for the creation OF good roads
in the United States was inaugurated
yesterday. when the American Associa-
ton for Highway Improvement was or
ganlzed at a meeting held in the Cosmos
Club
This society Is virtually a crystalliza-
ton OF all the sporadic movements and
a union Of all the prominent men who
hitherto have worked without harmony in
advancing a common cause, Among the
organizers are w c. Brown, president OF
the New York Central Railroad; W. w.
Finley. president of the Southern Rail-
way; DR. Edmund j. James. president OF
the University Of Illinois; L. J. Hill,
president OF the Great Northern Railroad;
A. c.. Spalding. James S. Harlan, OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission; Logan
Waller Page. OF the Department of Agri-
culture, and James MeCrea, president OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad
Urges State Uniformity.
The temporary chairman was James s.
Harlan, and the first business before the
meeting was the adoption OF cons,itu-
ton and bylaws submitted by Mr.. Page.
In his opening address Mr.. Page empha-
sized the fact that the crying need OF the
I good roads movement was TO divorce
II completely from politics. State uni
| fOrmity and system should supplant
| localizatlon, ne asserted, and skiliful and
/ scientific supervision should be insisted
upon.
A committee to nominate officers and
committees was appointed, comprising
Bryan Lathrop, J. NJ. Goodell, and J. w.
Jones Their report was as follows:
! President. Logan Waller Psse; vice president. W.
! c. Brown; treasurer Lee MaClung secretary. J. X.
/ Penuyhacker, j. oTgauiEcr. W. u. BroWn.
Board Il dFectOrs-L0uis Hin. Chairman; James
McCrea. II. ". Finley, b. +. Yoakum. l.. W. Page,
Dr. f. j. james p. ID. Chspln. Bryan LAthTop.
/ John Gaodell. Melville p. Stone, Walter Page Al
/ fred Noble, Leonard Tufts Lafayette Young. \. O..
/ Brown Joseph W. Jones. John ~ Stewart, Lee
! McCmng. james 5. Harlan. Robert =. Hooper.
/ George C. Diehi A. &. Spalding c. 5. Barrett.
/ Clarence Wilson. J. F. Penn 7hacker. u.
! Execltiye-I. ". Page chairman. W. W. Finley,
/ b. f. YOakun Alfred Noble. Lafayette Young.
ON ways and means-B, +. Noakun. chairman
| James s. Harlan vice chairman. James McCTea.
/ It. d. Chaplin, and Joseph w. Jones. Others 70 be
selected later
on membership Melville Z. Stone. chairman.
/ Other members 10 b. 81 cted later.
/ On promotion and efficiency otto Carmichael.
/ chairman yOlheT members 70 be selected later.
/ On revision q constitutional ". Page, chair
man: Clarence Wilson, otto Carmichael. q John
I GoOden. Alfred Noble.
Present at Meeting.
Among those who attended were the
! following;
Joseph W. Jones; Alfred Noble. LII. D.. pas
| president Of the American Society Of Civil In
| gineefs; Leonard Tufts president Of the CaI4tsl
! Highway Association. Pinehurst \. O.; Lee Me
/ Chung, Treasurer Of the United Siates; John Nj.
GooAel editor q ths Engineering Record John A.
Stewart president Of the international League for
Highway improvement; George c. Diehl, representing
| the American Automobiling Association; Repre-
sentative R. " Austin. Of Tennessee: former Rep
TesentatiVe j. Floyd King. Of Louisiana; ColFin b.
I Brown, president o. the Commercial Club ot San
/ Francisco: 6. GT0svegor Dave. Of the Southern
! Commercial Congress. X. b. Watroas American
/ Civic Association Elmer /. Corihell. membe'
I United States Government Board Permanent Inter
nati0usl Commission # Navigation Congresses II.
G. Blanchard professor Of civil engineering AZ Brown
I University: D. c. Amber; s. A. Miles. general
manager " tho Association Of Automobile Mauuisc-
tuners ard ]. =. PenuybackeF. chief OF Rad man
| agement Department q Agriculture.