Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-06-29
AMERICAN ROAD CONGRESS.
A Movement for the Betterment of
American Highways.


in the last decade to give the United
States system of public roads equal
to the one possessed by France will
come to focus in Atlantic City from
September 80 to October when the
American Road Congress holds its
first annual session
The American Road Congress will
mark the consolidation of the conven
tons of forty of the most important
road organizations i'll the United
States including the American .Asso-
citation for Highway Improvement
and the American Automobile Asso
citation President Taft is the honor
airy president of the Congress, which
has for its active president, Director
Page, and for its treasurer, Lee Nc
Chung, Treasurer of the United States
The National Association of Road
ers has voted to hold its exposition
of materials and equipment with the
Congress. Among the members OF the
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Manufacturers Association are many
of the largest manufacturing com
panics in the world Every industry
relating to the building and care OF
roads and bridges will be represented,
and it will be possible for the road
builders and road users to acquaint
themselves fully with all the labor
saving devices methods and formulc
that American ingenuity and invent
i've genius have brought out during
the past century.
a remarkable ingenious exhibit will
be made by the IT, S Office of Pub
lie Roads consisting of complete set
OF miniature models illustrating every
known type of rollers, crushers and
various equipment operated by tiny
electric motors. The government,
priceless collection of models show
ing the development of transporta
ton from the primitive human bur
den bearer to the modern automobile
and locomotive may also form a fea~
ture of the exhibition "Old Trails"
exhibits recalling scenes along the
famous old roads and trails such as
The Old Cumberland Road" and the
Santa Fe Trail" will add picturesque
ness to the display.
One of the principal organizations
composing the Congress will be the
American Association for Highway
Improvement composed of about
| 500 men who are leaders in their re
spectve lines of activity throughout
the United States. Thirty-6ve organ
izations for road improvement are
identified with the association and
twenty railroad companies are giving
it their support.
The American Automobile Asso-
citation will represent at the Congress
the large and ever increasing number
OF road users who, while adding to
the difficult problem of road construc
ton and maintenance because of mo-
tor traffic. are giving new import
ance and uses to the roads and are
contributing heavily to road improve
ment
The United States is paying $1,000.
600 a day for our roads. more than
100000 of which. according to gov
eminent estimates, is wasted Some
of this country's roads are among the
finest in the world many OF them are
the worst in the world 1t is to find
ways and means of stopping this tire
mendous drain of road revenues. and
of introducing the best possible meth
DDS of management of construction
and OF maintenance that the leading
engineers. chemists, 6nanciers, legis-
tors, educators and executives will
assemble at Atlantic City. The first
two days of the Congress will be as
signed to the road users under the
auspices OF the American Automobile
Association. the second two days to
the great problems of legislation.
finance and economies under the aus
pieces of the American Association for
Highway Improvement, while the last
two days will be given up to the en-
gincers who will discuss problems OF
construction and maintenance. and to
the various associations which will
meet and map out their plans of ac-
ton. correlate their efforts, and make
definite arrangements to pull together
in the greatest campaign for road i'm
provemcnt and wise conservative
management ever undertaken.