The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-13

ernor Mann to represent the State
of Virginia. and Captain r. ST. Juliet
Wilson, state Highway Commissioners,
and William Aston. Of Bristol. will
also go an Delegates
The convention will be held In the
Hotel Raleigh, and Chairman George
G. Diehl, Of the National Good Roads
Board. OF the A. A. A.. with cali It to
order. An address OF welcome will be
made by President Robert r. Hooper,
OF the A. A. A.. and among the speak
ers will be senator Swanson, OF ftr-
gtnfa, Senator Hankhead. OF Alabama,
Congressman Flood. Sulzer. Hobson,
Linthicum. and Hughes, and Senator
Simmons, Of North Carolina.
Hearing Before COMMITTEES.
The manufacturers Of road machin-
cry and material will also hold seq
sion and the Congressional Commit
tee appointed at the National Commit
Roads Convention In Richmond WILL
have hearing before the Congress
sional Committee on agriculture.
The Washington convention will
have y far-reaching effect on the good
roacS movement. and the Richmond
delegates are naturally much concern
ed TO see that the capital OF the Ola
Dominion shall have a prominent part
Ia the proceedings
Road Map TO Washington.
The detail map showing the pre-
posed improvements on the direct
line from Richmond to Washington.
which appeared tn The Virgtnian for
December so, IL issued by the Route
and Map Service. American Automo-
bile Association. AT Fifth avenue.
New York. The American Automo-
bile Association 10 the national or
ganixation of motorists, of which the
Virginia State Automobile AsSocia-
ton and the Richmond Automobile
Club are constituent partA The Route
and Map Service prepares all the
maps for the A. A. A.. including the
one OF Richmond city, which was
published in the American Motorist
TOR December.
The association Ia now completing
and Will publish before the end of
January a special Sslts map OF Fir-
ginia. showing main-traveled lines. In
connection with which will appear
the Richmond Washington map re-
ferred to. also. city maps OF Rich
mond and several other important
places throughout the State Motor-
lists and others interested to have
this map. which will be In large size
and printed on heavy paper to with
stand hard usage on the road, can
obtain them for twenty-five cents, to
ccvcr" postage and NAMING expense,
from the Touring Information Board.
American Automobile Association.
437 Fifth avenue, New York.
Record Of .Alco Truck.
One Of the Alec trucks. now
demonstrating In Richmond, made a
record haul Thursday. This truck, OF
three and u half TONS carried q load
Of four ard n quarter tons from the
abhatoir OF w. s. Forbes & Company
In Hermitage road, to the packing
house in Tenth and Byrd streets. In
twenty-eight minutes. Owing TO re-
pairs Hermitage road has been closed
to traffic and the truck was obliged
to take a roundabout course. The
going was heavy and. although the
truck passed ten wagons stalled or
the way. Mr.. Mackey. who piloted the
Alec. reported that the motor truck
never faltered for a moment.
From New York comes the follow.
Ing:
Performing the duties assigned te
FIVE two-horse teams. the non-stoI
Alec truck In endurance test con.
tinued the strenuous run Throughout,
the night. Tho total pumhnr Of hour,
IL 139. As a result OF tho interes