The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-19
TO PUT RICHMOND
ON NATIONAL LINK
Road Congress to Advocate
Great Highway Project at
Meeting Next Month.
PRESIDENT TAFT To SPEAK
Logan Waller Page Hard at
Work on Convention
Details.

having entered upon its existence
only a year ago and born of patriotic
impulse and desire. the American AS
ISOLATION for Highway Improvement
will hold it's first annual convention
In Richmond, with headquarters at the
Jefferson Hotel. November 90 to %, in
elusive. President Taft will deliver the
principal address on the opening day of
the congress-, which will be known az
National Day" In order to emprasize
the Importance of the convention. Gov
ernor Mann has issued a proclamation
calling attention to the Road Congress
and designating the week Immediately
preceding 1t as Good Roads Week"
He has urged that civic organizations.
public schools. churches and other in
fluential agencies devote especial at
tention to the subject of good roads
that week.
Experts to Attend.
TIL congress will bring together the
foremost engineers. road officials, traf-
fc experts, Legislators, railway officials,
manufacturers, contractors and agri-
culturists. who will devote their atten-
tion to the problems Of road construc-
ton, maintenance and administration.
Road maintenance. 1t is said, has been
almost entirely neglected in the United
States, with the result that detorlation
OF some of the country's roads repre-
SN'i'S q loss OIL IlllllOnS OF
dollars annually. But now there is
a tendency towards remedial action,
looking to the adoption of continuous
and systematic maintenance. The chief
section In the creed of the association,
and. in a way, embodying It's whole
purpose. is ito advocate the correln-
ton of all road construction so that
tho important roads of each county
shall connect with those of adjoining
1 COinftpC and tha' ~, - Nrta -@ol. "a
each State shall onnect with those OF
adjoining States"
The personnel of the congress EN-.
braces some of the highest and most
dignifed personalities of the nation.
consisting of the President and Vice
President of the United States, the
Speaker OF the House of Representa-
tives' the United States Cabinet. the
United States Senate and House OF
Representatives. the Supreme court Of
the United States. representatives of
foreign governments. Governors of
States n Territories and innumerable
others.
President Taft Chief Guest.
On the opening, or National Day"
following President Taft, Governor
Mann. Senator Martin. DR.. Walter II.
Page. editor of the Worlds Work; w.
w. Finley, president of the Southern
l. SOitIlld buDOul.
who Is presenting to the State OF Della
ware a $4,000. 900 boulevard; the Hon.
j. Hampton Moore, president of the
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Associa-
ton, and the Hon. John j. BanKhead,
of Alabama, will speak on the subject
of good roads. 1t is hoped, also, that
the British and French ambassadors
VIII tell the delegates about the me-
thods which arc responsible for the
7 nne roads Of ENGLAND .rd IH-.-,a
The second day of the congress Will
be known as Highway Engineers. and
Contractors Day." and will be devoted
10 the practical problems of road con-
struction and maintenance. Harold
Parker. chairman of the Massachusetts,
State Highway Commission, Will pre-
side. w. a. Mclean. provincial err.
slneer OF Ontario. Canada, and several
State highway Commissioners. among
them p. St. Julien Wilson. of Virginia,
VIII read papers. AT 3 o'clock in the
afternoon of that day the manufacture
crs OF road machinery, apparatus and
materials will hold a meeting for the
purpose of effecting a permanent or
ganization 10 cooperate with the
American Association.
The third day Of the congress will
be known as Road Users Day" and
VIII be conducted under the auspices of
the Touring Club of America. 1t Will
be devoted to a discussion OF the var
ious problems of traffic regulation, not
merely from the standpoint OF the au-
tomoolIlst. but from every other stand
point. The Hon. James S. Harlan,
member OF the Interstate Commerce
commission and a director of the asso-
citation, will preside.
The fourth day will be known az
Association Day" and Will be devoted
TO the work OF the American Associa-
uon Tor Highway Improvement. the
various afhliatcd organizations and the
great national associations. DR.. Joseph
Hyde Pratt, state Geologist of North
Carolina, and president of the An
palachian Good Roads Association, will
preside.
Automobile Touring Parties.
Ioura OF a~utomobilists are being ar
ranged under the auspices of the Tour
ing Club of America frons all the prin-
cipal cities OF the country TO the great
congress. The Capital Highway Asso-
citation. under the leadership Of Leon.
ara Tufts. is arranging. in co-opera-
ton with the Touring Club of America,
tours over the Capital Highway route
from Atlanta TO Richmond.
chief among the ~road-building mat
ters to be discussed Will be the pro-
posed Miami road. part of
which, between Montreal and New
YORK. has been constructed. Bctween
New York and Baltimore only twelve
miles remain to be constructed, and
between Baltimore and Washington
the boulevard is assured by an appro-
priation by the Maryland Legislature.
Eighteen miles Of the road from wash
inston to Richmond are under con-
struction. and other short stretches
nave been completed. In addition 10
ms II is hoped that some way may be
found whereby the appropriation OF
$4,000, 600 by Congress for a memorial
to Lincoln may be used for a memorial