The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-23
Convention Adopts Report "a
Resolutions Committee g
Unanimously 81
EMPLOYING CONVICT NJ
LABOR is ENDORSED
Delegates Applaud PROPOSE
to Build Highway Be-
tween Richmondand
Washington

Association OaJ, tourtn ana Un31 .-
gathering OF convention.
Or. Joseph hyde Pratt, State
Geo,osist OF North Carolina orr
siding.
Aadress on the Use Of convie<
Labor in Road Building, by Or,
Pratt. ------7
Discussion, by Or. s. w. Mccall. III
lie, State Gsoiosist Of Geor0ias II
Hon. Charles T. Lassitsr, Of vir. n
ginia, and others.
other discussions at this sss-
sion will be participated in ~
jesse Taylor, Secretary Of the
Ohio Good Roads Fsdsratien3 w.
o. Brown, Editor. r. 2. o. Nswss n
Leslie r. MeCIeary, Of New York.
representing the Lincoln Memer- &
ial Highway Association; Dudley
Field Malone, Of the National
Highways Protective Soeis<y, ef &
New York; Representatives ~
Automobile Associate ns, National
Civic Federation, and others.
Adjournment Of the congress.
Afternoon Session, $3.50 O'clock.
Meeting Of members Of the
American Association for High. Il
way Improvement, for the eiee-
ton Of officers for the foile~inn
year, the treasurer's report, eoiec. II
ton Of . place Of meeting for the
next congress, and other busiaesa
that may properly come hsfers the
association.
On the third day of the first an4
nual convention of the American AS
ISOLATION for Highway Improvement,
the delegates adopted unanimously the
report offered by the Resolution Com
mi ts s.f hi 4 N.,A
chairman. and DR.. Joseph Hyde Pratt
secretary.
These resolutions indorsed national
aid in the construction of roada, the
establishment of State highway de-
partments, State aid in road building
by either direct tax or the issuance
OF bonds. the employment of State
engineers. and the employment a
prison labor on highways.
The resolutions also included 1
vote Of thanks to the city OF Rich-
mond. its civic associations. its au-
toInobile and other clubs and the
press.
The convention also adopted reso-
lutions calling for more uniform Iawl
in regard to highways and their uss
by motorists.
Memorial Highway.
The delegates appiauded the pro-
posal to build a memorial highway
between Washington and Richmond
Preston Belvin, OF Richmond, and
Hugh Chalmers, Of Detroit, propos-
ing that the appropriation set aside
for a memorial to Lincoln be used
for this purpose.
Mayor Richardson proposed thai
the government use a portion OF thu
appropriation to complete the Wash
ington to Gettysburg highway and
the remainder be devoted to th.. build
Ing OF a boulevard between WASH
ington and Richmond to be knows
as the Union highway.
Various papers We're read by IN
tomobile men, the session being
known as Road Users Day."
Aftee the ADJOURNMENT confer.
enoe was held. presided over b
Logan Waller Page, at tho con0lu.
sion OF which the following statA.
mept was given out:
Representatives OF the Amer1-
can Association for Highway I'm.
provernent. the American Auto
bile Association. the Americas
Road Builders Association and
the National Association of
Road Material and Machinery
q plan for cooperation by these r.
bodies in holding joint convene
tons in the future. 1t was agreed
by the representatives present 70
recommend to their respective H
directorates favorable action tO>s
ward the cooperation suggested.
and to request the appointment
of committee OF two from each
body to meet and work out the
details for such corporations
the results to be submitted 70
each directorate for final act10n.
The object Of this new body u q
secure the cooperation OF the ~,
lied interests in systematic work n
the cause Of good roads through -
islation. agitation and publicity. sl
In the evening majority Of ~
delegates attended reception gtv11
by Governor Mann in the Executtyl
Mansion.