The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-19
HIGHWAY BUILDERS
ELECT c. B. SCOTT
VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION HOLDS HTS
SECOND ANNUAL MEETING IN
WASHINGTON.
HEAR NOTED SPEAKERS
LOGAN WALLER FACE, CAPTAIN
p. ST. JULIEN WILSON AND
OTHERS ADDRESS LARGE
ASSEMBLY.
HEAR NOTED SPEAKERS

WASHINGTON, March 1s-The
Virginia Road Builders association.
which has been holding it's second
annual meeting in the Hotel Raleigh
for the past two days, ended it's ses-
sions this afternoon by eiecing the
following officers: President, c. r.
Scott, assistant engineer Virginia
State highway commissions; vice
president, William r. Cooke. assistant
engineer Virginia State highway COM
mission: c. L. Scott. Jr., secretary:
and w. ]. Lee. county engineer OF
Tazewell county, Va, treasurer. Fol
lowing the election of officers the as
ISOLATION went into executive session
at o'clock.
At the session this morning c. B.
Scott. assistant engineer, Virginia
State highway commission, acted as
chairman.
C. S. Reeve, chief chemist Of the
office of public roads. United States
department of agriculture. addressed
the gathering on "Bftuminous Road
Construction" He illustrated his ad-
dress with coiored stereopticon Ian
tern slides lie described the various
methods of constructing highways.
and compared primitive means with
the present methods OF building roads
anu spreading the various materials
used in construction work.
William F. Cooke. assistant en-
gineer. Virginia State highway COM
mission, was the next speaker, who
selected as his subject, Highway
Construction in Mountainous Dis
tricts."
Organization Is Lees Topic.
w. l. Lee. county engineer Of Taze-
well county. Va. spoke on the
Organization of Construction Forces
and Reports" He presented each
member present with charts showing
the organization Of Tazewell county
road construction forces and methods
Of determining the cost OF the work
Of construction and Of keeping the
various pay rolls. He said that
bond issue for s625.0o had been ar
ranged for his county far the con-.
struction OF roads
Major Edwin II Gibson, common
wealth's attorney for Guipeper county.
Va, dwelt for the greater part on
Road Building in Culpeper County"
and legal points IN connection with
the condemnation Of property through
which roads were surveyed to pass.
He said that $50, 0e0 had already been
spent In one section and that $3.50 coo
would shortly be expended In another
The last speaker of the morning
session was c. r. Scott whose sub
3ect was Road Maintenance. He
said that most Of his work had been
In the mountainous districts OF the
Old Dominion. He offered number
Of suggestions which he said might
he of value, including the dividing
of the work into sections. under the
supervision OF competent road Off
ciais. the distribution of materials
ar various points along the road being
proper material in the construction
of roads.
Page Talks on Use OF Stone.
AT the session yesterday afternoon
the principal speakers were Logan
Waller Page. director OF public
roads, department Of agriculture,
and Captain r Sc. Julien Wilson,
highway commissioner for the State
of Virginia. Mr. Page selected az his
subject "Stone for Maeadam Road
Purposes" His address was along
technical lines, and much stress was
laid upon the construction OF
r,acadamized roads in the Old Do
minion.
CAPTAIN Wilson delivered an address
an THE Relation Of State and County
Road Authorities in Virginia. He
told his listeners that the state was
helping the counties in road building
not only with money. but with convict
labor. At the present time he said
there were 1,000 convicts engaged In
building roads in Virginia, and that
May LIST 500 more would be added
to the present forces,
Captain Wilson said that the cities
In the Old Dominion contributed one
fourth az the road building fund and
the counties three-fourths. Mr.. Page
pointed ou, that this was less than
fhe actual share of the cities, and de-
ciared the larger communities should
pay more. vr,..-.,..
Yesterday afternoon the virginia
road experts motored cut TO the gov
ar1rnants experimsntal roads on Con-
oaettcut avenue extended and in
gnected the various types or road
ways, They were the guest OF lhrec~
FAR page, who explained In detail the
str,1ction of the highways ana the
,n.,,ltS being obtained.