The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-29
En- Route 10 Meeting Of Highway
Improvement Association
DURHAM AUTO|sTs TO JOIN
AZ Least One Hundred Cars Expected
TO Be in the Party When 1t
Reaches Durham and Local Men
Are Invited to Fall in and Go With
Them TO Richmond.

AZ Capital to Capital highway
scouting party will arrive in Durham
November 18th en- the way from At
lanta to Richmond to attend the
meeting Of the American Association
for Highway Improvement. The
party will start from Atlanta on No
yember 18th, and cars will be picked
up all along the route. When the
party arrives in Durham Il is ex-
pected that there will be at least 100
cars. The owners of cars In Dur
ham are invited to join the party
here and make the trip to Richmond.
A similar scouting party will come
from the north and Join the party
from the south at Richmond.
The following circular has been
sent out in regard to the meeting at
Richmond:
The American Association for
Highway Improvement is to hold its
annual meeting at Richmond, va.
on November 20-24, 1911. The
opening address, on November 20.
will be made by President Taft-a
member OF the rganization-on the
subject OF Road improvement and
Maintenance and a number of ad-
dress will be made by Lead
ing road builders from all over the
country. To indicate the Importance
OF this association TO the subject of
highway improvement, and also TO
indicate what the business and pro-
fessional men OF the country think
OF the association. 1t is only neces-
sary TO give list OF its officers.
The president is Mr.. Logan w.
Page, director OF the United States
offiee of public roads; the vice
president, Mr.. w. c. Brown, presi-
dent New York Central lines: the
treasurer Is Mr.. Lee McClung. treas
urer Of the United States: the chair
man Of the board OF directors Is Mr..
Louis W. Hill, president of the Great
Northern railroad; the directors in
clude such men as Mr.. b, +. Yoakum.
chairman of the Frisco lines: DR.. Z.
J. James, president of the University
OF Illinois; Mr.. James MeCrea, presI-
dent Of the Pennsylvania railroad:
Mr.. w. ". Finley. president OF the
Southern railroad: Mr.. James s.
Harlan, Of the interstate commerce
commission, and many other promi-
nent men.
These men are not only giving
their names but they are giving their
time to the association. Such men
of Mr.. Alfred Noble, probably the
greatest engineer in the United
States, has agreed to relieve himself
of much of his present work in order
10 give his personal attention TO
planning some Of the work or the
American Association for Highway
Improvement. and he will give this
service free because he believes Il Is
one Of the big problems confronting
the United States. the solution OF
which means great deal TO future
generations. Mr.. Noble. as a men,
ber Of the Nicaragua and Panama
canal boards. finally decided on the
present route OF the canal. His last
great work was engineer-ln-charge
Of the Pennsylvania tunnel under
the East river of New York.
The plan OF this organization Is
to advocate the correlation Of all
road construction so that the impor-
tant roads OF each county will con-
meet with those or the adjoining
counties and the important roads OF
each state will connect with those OF
adjoining states. They want 20 In