The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-29
ADVISORY BOARD FORMS COMMITTEES
We'll Attended Meeting Held Yesterday in Interest of
 Roads Congress

The finance committee of the Good Roads congress advisory board held an important meeting in the directors room of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon at o'clock to confer and take definite action with reference to those details of the convention which make substantial backing requisite. Judge Will liam l. Grubb of the federal court pre- sided over the meeting.
 Of the thirty members who compose the committee the majority were in at- tendance at the meeting yesterday aft ernoon and manifested great deal of enthusiasm over the outlook for the con- gress. They got down to work imme- diately and after finishing with the gen. eral business resolved themselves into six subcommittee of five each to look after the various responsibilities inciden- tai to the great gathering which will be brought together here in May.
 Several visitors were present at the meeting and among them was l.. T. Hen ry, district representative of The Eng neering Record. MT. Henry, who is thor oughly familiar with the conditions be- hind the good roads movement through out the country. stated to the committee that wherever he went he heard favor able comment in regard to the Good Roads congress and that he was contt- dent that it would be one of the largess conventions ever held in the south.
 '''The good roads advocates all over the country recognize the ma agnitude of the convention" said Mir Henry, 'and you may be sure that you will have repre- sentatives in attendance at the congress not only from the different sections of the United States, but from across the waters. The Record will have two corre- spondents in Birmingham during the con- gress and I am sure that every other publiction will also be represented. l am confident that you people will have a much larger gathering than you antict- pate when such men as Logan w. Page have joined hands with you.'
 Will P Blair, secretary of the National Paving Brick Manufacturers association, has written Secretary Rountree accept ing invitation to attend the congress and deliver an address. His address Will be one on Brick Paving" Illustrating fea- lures of brick construction by stereopti- con views. This will be a most interest ing feature of the convention and will be appreviated very highly by the diff ferent delegates.
 Charles C. Gilbert, secretary of the Memphis to Bristol Highway association, headouarters at Nashville. Tenn, has accepted an invitation to address the convention on "Co-Operative Road Build ing" MT. Gilbert has spoken in over forty counties in Tennessee along the line in the interest of the Memphis 10 Brstol highway, a road 542 miles In length, that Is proposed to be built in two days sim- ply through the cooperation of the peo- nle interested Mr. Gilbert adds that his association will select 100 delegates to at- tend the congress in Birmingham. He states that there is a great deal Of efl- thusiasm over the coming meeting.
 The official programme will be issued next week, just as soon as President Jackson arrives and information IS re ceiyed from certain distinguished guest' that they will attend.
 Mayor Heiskell of Knoxville, Tenn writes that he has appointed delegates and that they have agreed to attend.
 Mayor Frank B. McLane Of Lancaster Pa. has written Hon. Culpepper Exum president of the Board of Commissioners accepting an invitation and promising t' attend.