Arizona republican., 1913-03-08
ARIZONA ROAD IN DISCUSSION
Ocean to Ocean Highway Crossing This State Will Be One of First Subjects Under Discussion at Fed eral Aid Meet


 The Ocean to Ocean highway, it's management and construction, will 1 be the first subject to be taken uE l on roads day by the Federal Aid convention which win convene in | Washington on Thursday, March 6. running two days.
 1 To involve logically the national 1 government in the highways prog res of the country and to further dis cussion and action which shall pro- duce a plan satisfactory to the roads l advocates of the various states. is i the concrete reason given by the A. | 4. A. National Good Roads board for calling the second Federal Aids Good 1 Road convention. to which have been | invited all organizations interested iH the nation wide subject
 In the course of the five sessions which will take place at the Raleigh today and tomorrow the entire sub 1 iect will be comprehensiVely con sidered by the most representative 1 assemblage of good roads advocates ever gathered in this country. The | holding of the convention in Wash ! ingtOn insures the attendance of many members of congress. who in i numerous instances will serve as delegates for their local boards of trade. and automobile and good road associations.
 Though purpOsely the program has i been left somewhat open in order to provide adequate time for several general discusiOns, an outline of the proceedings will quickly indicate it's widespread scope. For the morning session of March G. the registration of delegates. organization of the con 1 vention, and the adjournment of the resolutions committee. will occupy the time, with a probable conclusion in the form of q call on the president of the United States at the White 1 House.
 l For the afternoon gathering, invi- tations to address the convention have been extended to the Hon Jon l athan Bourne. Jr.. Of oregon, chair man of the joint committee on federal aid for the sixty second congress; 1 the Hon. Dorsey w. ShacklefOrd. of l Missouri. vice chairman of the joint committee on federal aid for the six ty- second congress: Henry w. An dersOn, of Richmond. Va. well l known advocate of good roads and participant in many conventions; and Jean de Pulligny, director of the ] French Mission of Engineers and chief engineer of roads and bridges in France. Logan Waller Page. di- rector of the office of public roads of the department of agriculture will preside at this session.
 In the evening addresses arranged
 for will include those by c. s Stet- son. chairman of the national grange executive committee; Warden Thomas
 J. Tynan of the Colorado state peni-
 tentiary, who has made a most no-
 table success in the employment of
 convicts in roads building; and
 Charles Thaddeus Terry. chairman Of
 the A A A legislative board MT
 Tynan's talk will be Illustrated, and
 will be followed by an additional
 illustrated exposition of roads build
 ing in California and the southwest
 For Friday. March :. the morning
 will be given up to the spokesmen of
 the most important proposed inter
 state roads which are under con
 sideration in all parts of the country
 The list is a most imposing one and
 represents country wide belief in the present necessity for establishing
 both interstate and intrastate roads.
 Spokesmen will give facts in rela-
 ton to the national old trails ocean
 to ocean road: Quebec Miami inter- national road. Lakes to- Gulf road. 1 Meridian road; Pacific highway, San ta Fe trail; Southern Transcontinen- tai highway; Memphis-t to- Bristol | highway: Cross Arkansas highway; | Cross Missouri highway: Omaha ! Denver road; Platte Valley Trans | continental road: Iowa Transconti- mental road; Golden Belt road: Iowa l River-to River road; Jackson high way; Crest of the Blue Ridge high way. and Park to- Park road.
 In the afternoon state representa- tives will have their opportunity. and it is a certainty that fully two ! thirds of the cOmmOnwealths will | assemblage will be nation wide in it's | representation. and the most prom inent advocates of good roads in the United States have signified their in l tention of being present The meet | ing will conclude with report of the committee on resolutions, in l which all parts of the country will 1 have voice.
 | Three of the assasSins of President l AraujO of Salvador. were executed bV