The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-11-08
HENRY WATTERSON IA
ON Lift OF TIE LING S
OR EAT ATTEND ANlCE
IS NOW LOOKED FOR
AT Big Road Congress to Be
Held in the City Of
Richmond Soon.

WAsEIcIGToEI, d. c., Nov. s.--.Ad-
yanced views on the subject OF road
Improvement and the relation OF good
roads to national progress and pros
perity, will mark President Taft's adj
dress dt the first Congress of the
American Association for Highway
Improvement to be held at Richmond,
November '20-2S.
The foremost engineers, road off,
Gals. traffic experts. legislators, rail-
road officials. manufacturers. con-
tractors and aEricuaturists who have
been devoting their attention to the
problems OF road construction. main
tenance and administration, Will be
brought together at Richmond.
In the Geld OF road construction, In
tricate problems have arisen to puzzle
Farmers as well as automobiles, es-
pecialIy with regard to the adaptation
OF construction to meet the destructive
effects Of modern trafnc.
Director Logan Waller Page, OF the
United States ofice Of public roads,
have shown the best types Of road Tor
the various kinds OF traffic, but the
results OF these experiments are not
rfous states. CNGr Page. who aside
from his Official position at the head
OF the government office Of public
roads, is the president OF the AGneri-j
can Association for Highway Inn
provement, will tell something OF
these experiments at the road con-
gress.
Announcements of equal irnpor-
lance will be made by road officials
OF the various states who expect to
find profit in an exchange ofviews-
Every state In the union is vitality In
terested in the road building and
problem and practically
every state viii be Represented either
by it's governor or some other high
official. Road officials OF most all the
states likewise will be present.
Road maintenance has been aim ost !
entirely neglected IN tho United
states, with the result that deteriora-
tIon OF the best constructed roads rep !
resents a preventabIe loss aggFegat-
ing millions Of dollars annually
Just now there is a tendency to-
wa rds remedial action looking to the
n doption Of continuous and syste- /
matte maintenance and the great road 1
congress- at Richmond is expected 20
,o.ordiuate this part Of the road
and help to bring about [
better maintenance Of roads through
out the country.
II is also expected that efforts will!
be made to develop more uniformity
n Legislation passed by the various
tie legislatures and to show the adj
Of bond issues for road /
building and maintenance.
The official program, just an
aounced. includes a national Day" at
which President Taft will be the
principal speaker. Among the other
speakers on this day will be Governor
Mann, OF Virginia; DR.. walter Page,
EDITOR OF worlds work; w. W. Fin
ley. president OF the Southern Rail |
way Company; General Coleman Du
Pont, who Is pprepseptiug to the state
~ Delaware a $2.OoOs0O0 boulevard
extending across the state; and Con-
gresham j. Hampton Moore, pTesi-
tent Of the Atlantic Deeper waterways
Association.
In addition to "Sational Day" there I
vii he an Engineers and Contrac-
tors Day" manufacturers Section"
.Road Users pay" and "AssocIa ton
Day. The governors OF Virginia and
west Virginia has issued proclama-
lions for Good Roads Week" TO
orecede the congress and the govern
ors of other state would probably do
likewise. BY concerted action, the
farmers OF the various states will
show what can be accomplished in
actual road building in one weeks
time.