The Cairo bulletin., 1911-10-31
American Automobile Associate n
To Assist In Publicity Campaign
In Illinois
BIG CONVENTION In DECEMBER
Federal Appropriations VIII Be
Asked For Nation Road
Improvement Work

| ton will lend every assistance to the
| Illinois State Automobile Associa-
ton in the publicity campaign now
| being conducted by the State organi-
cation. This was stated in a letter
10 Charles G. Miller, president of the
afro Automobile Club, from A.
liatchelder, chairman of the nation
al body
The State organization is conduct
ing an aggressive publicity cam
paign and with the assistance of the
American Automobile Association
it is expected good results will be
accomplished. The national body
will assist the State organization in
sending out material to all the city
dailies and country weeklies in the
state
Until federal aid in Interstate
road building shall have become an
accomplished fact, the American Au-
tomobile Association will hold ann
nal conventions in Washington, d.
G. This was the decision of the A.
A. A. executive committee at its Sep
TENDER meeting. held in New York
City, when it authorized the Nation
al Good Roads Board to make all
necessary arrangements to hold ths
fourth National convention at the
National Capital during December
next. upon the opening Of Congress
The main purpose of this eonven-
ton is to arouse public sentiment in
favor of good roads throughout the
country, is to secure substantial fed
eral appropriations for highways 1t
has been suggested that the federal
government should undertake, en-
| trelv at federal expense, the con-
structon and maintenance of some
5000 miles CT Highways, connect
! ing the big cities and extending
from the Great Lakes to the Gulf.
This system of roads would, general
ly speaking comprise four routes,
east and west nine routes north and
south; would traverse every state
in the union and connect all of the
state capitals and larger cities The
several states, through their various
highway departments, and at state
expense, would connect their state
systems with these national high
ways, and in turn the various coun-
ties would, by careful and proper
development of the main market
roads, connect with the state and
national routes; and the townships
by the improvement of lateral roads
completes the good roads develop
ment
1t is estimated that the national
system would comprise from one tc
two per cent Of the total mileage oil
the country; the state routes about
-four per cent of the total; the coun-
ty or market roads from six to eight
per cent; and the townships or lat
eral roads the remaining per cent
age.
All of these matters viii be dis
| cussed at the Washington convention
which will be attended by repsenta
| tivesfrOm all of the 30 State associa
lions and 30S clubs of the A. A. A..
which represent in organized form
the half million motor car owners Of
the country. These clubs as well as
state bodies are already actively en-
| listing the support of Senator'S ant
members OF the House of Represen
tatives, and it can safely be said tina;
| already the jority of both houses
are In favor of federal aid in tn,
| construction and maintenance o.
| good roads. The important task re-
mains to unite them on a workabl,
and practical method of procedure
In addition to the Washington
| convention there will be similar
MEETINGS on a smaller scale held b.
the state associations and loca
clubs. to actively interest the people
at large in the economic advantages
of spending government funds foi
road Improvement, with the subse
quent encouragement of the several
states and localities to carry on a
proper system of internal develop
ment.
President Robert p. Hooper pre-.
sided at the executive committee
session, which especially commended
Governor Hadley for his recent goo,
roads activities in Missouri In con
| junction with the efforts Of the Au.
tomobile Club of St Louis and tn,
Automobile Club of Kansas City II
selecting the first of several trans
state highways.