The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-20
American Highway
Association Now
Comes to Front


system of highways In the United
States has been greatly advanced by
the American Rroad CongressI held
in Atlantic City September a0th to
October 9Th was the assertion Of oil
the directors Of the American Asso-
citation for Highway Improvement at
the meeting held In Atlantic City at
the conclusion OF the 1912 American
Road Congress.
/ For the sake OF convenience, the
title of the American Association for
+ Highway Improvement, which Is
launching upon Its third successful
ear. was changed a. the annual
meeting to the American Highway
association. as 1t will be henceforth
known Logan Waller Page, direc-
tor of the United States ONCE of
/ Public Roads, was reelected presi-
dent of the association, while w. w.
Finley, president OF the Southern
Railway company, was elected vice
president In place of w. c, Brown,
president of the New York Central
lines. J. e. Pennybacker, Jr., was
reelected secretary, while Charles P.
Light was reelected organizer and
field secretary. Lee McClung. treas
urer OF the United States, continues
as treasurer OF the American High
way association.
! Newly elected directors OF the asso-
citation are James H. Mcdonald,
State highway commissioner of Con-
necticut; George W. Cooley. State
highway engineer of Minnesota; A,
nnx hsAp
committee of the American Automo-
bile association; C. A. Kenyon, presi-
dent of the Indiana Good Roads asso-
citation, and DR.. Joseph Hyde Pratt,
State geologist Of North Carolina.
The greatest satisfaction WAS ex-
pressed by the directors of the Ameri-
can Highway association not only
over the great growth of the associ-
alton itself. now having more than
forty State and interstate road asso-
Citations affiliated with 1t, but over
the fact that the American Road Con-
gress, which consolidated the conven-
tons Of the American Highway asso-
citation, the American Automobile as
sociation, and the National Associ-
alton OF Road Material and Machin-
GFi MANU- AGLuTSIS. W ds 4pS lAl baN
greatest road convention ever held.
Fifty States and countries were
represented at the congress-, while
twenty-four highway commissioners
participated in the deliberations. The
government of France was represent
ed by NJ. de Pulligny, chief engineer
of bridges and highways; Canada by
Minister Caron of the department of
agriculture and roads of Quebec; the
corps Of engineers of the United
States army by Colonel Spencer Cos
by. The exhibit at the congress was
by far the largest ever made at any
road convention in the world, even
surprising the exhibit at the Inter
| national Congress held in Brussels in
1910.
In reference to the question OF fed
! eral aid in the building of highways
. the American Highway association
which was invited by the United
, States senate committee to give ad'
vice, which largely Influenced the
: adoption OF the bill providing for q
Joint committee to investigate the
= subject, passed the following resolu'
/. ton:
This association looks with favor
upon the investigation by the present
; Joint committee OF congress toward
giving federal aid in the construction
reconstruction and maintenance oil
highways In the United States. and
pledges itself to cooperate with and
= assist that committee In every way
possible towards an early decision
| and the preparation OF and presenta'
ton to congress Of an appropriate
bill looking towards the Immediate
or ultimate granting of federal aid
for all highways for vehicle travel. y