The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-31
American Automobile Association
To Assist In Publicity Campaign
In Illinois
BIG CONVENTION In DECEMBER
Federal Appropriations Will 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 letter
10 Charles G. Miller, president of the
afro Automobile Club, from A. G
Batchelder, 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.
&. This was the decision of the A.
A. A. executive committee at its Sep
TENDER meeting, held in New York
City. when 1t authorized the Nation
al Good Roads Board to make all
necessary arrangements to hold the
fourth National convention at the
National Capital during December
next, upon the opening of Congress
The main purpose of this conven-
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-
tirelv at federal expense, the con-
struction and maintenance of some
-, 900 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 t.
two per cent of the total mileage o
the country; the state routes about
four per cent of the total; the coun-
ty or market roads from six to eigh
per cent; and the townships or lat.
eral roads the remaining per cent
age.
All of these matters will be dis
cussed at the Washington convention
| which will be attended by repsenta
tivesfrom all of the 40 state associa
lions and 30S clubs of the A. A. A.
which represent in organized form
| the half million motor car owners o
the country These clubs as we'll a
| state bodies are already actively en-
| listing the support of Senators an
members OF the House OF Represen
tatiyes, and 1t can safely be said tina
already the majority of both house
are In favor of federal aid in tn
construction and maintenance @
good roads. The important task re
| mains TO unite them on a workabl
and practical method OF procedure
In addition to the Washingto
convention there will be simia
MEETINGS on smaller scale held b
the state associations and loea
clubs, to actively interest the peopl
at large in the economic advantage
Of spending government funds 70
road Improvement, with the subse
quent encouragement of the severa
states and localities to carry on
i proper system of internal develop
ment.
President Robert p. Hooper pre-
sided at the executive committe
session, which especially commende
! Governor Hadley for his recent goo
roads activities in Missouri In cor
junction with the efforts of the Au
tomobile Club of st. Louis and th
. Automobile Club of Kansas City |
selecting the first OF several trans
state highways.