Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-18
Officers Election Ends Second
Annual Meeting of Build /
ers' Association. ~
MANY ADDRESSES MADE '
ON CONSTRUCTION WORK
Speakers at Sessions in the Raleigh
Hotel Include Officials of
the Government. z,

The Virginia Road Builders As.o-
citation. which has been holding It's
second annual meeting in the Hotel
Raleigh for the past two days, ended
its sessions this afternoon by elect
ing the following officers: President,
&c. b. Scott assistant engineer yir-
ginia state highway commission: vice
president. William F. Cooke, assistant
engineer Virginia state highway COM
mission; c. l. Scott, jr.. secretary, and
W. I. Lee. county engineer OF Tszeweli
county. Va. treasurer. Following the
election of officers the association went
into executive session at 2 o'clock.
At the session this morning c. h. Scot.
assistant engineer. Virginia state high,
way commission. acted as chairman.
G. 8. Reeve. chief chemist of the of1cs
OF public roads. United States Department
OF Agriculture. addressed the gathering
on "Bituminous Road Construction" He
illustrated his address with colored stere-
opticon lantern slides. He described the
various methods of constructing high
ways, and compared primitive means
with the present methods OF building
roads and spreading the various materials
used in construction work.
William F. Cooke, assistant engineer
Virginia state highway commission. was
the next speaker, who selected as his
subject Highway Construction In Noun
famous Districts"
Organization Is Lees Topic.
W. 1. Lee. county engineer OF Taxe-
we'll county. Va. spoke on the Organ
ization OF Construction Forces and Re-
ports" He presented each member pres
ent with charts showing the organiza-
ton OF Tazewell county road construc-
ton 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 $625.OOO had been
| arranged for his county for the construc-
| ton OF roads.
Maj. Edwin II. Gibson. commemorative
| attorney for Culpeper county, Va. dwelt
for the greater part on Road Building
In Cuipeper County" and legal points In
connection with the condemnation OF
property through which roads were sur
veyed to pass He said that $JO00O had
| already been spent in one section and that
S120.t00 would shortly be expended In
another.
The last speaker of the morning session
was c. B. Scott, whose subject was Road
Maintenance He said that most of his
| work had been i'm the mountainous dis
| tricts of the Old Dominion. He offered
a number Of suggestions which he said
might be of value, including the dividing
Of the work into sections. under the su-
pervision OF competent road ofYicials: the
distribution OF materials at various points
| along the road being constructed. and the
selection or proper material In the con-
| struction of roads.
Page Talks on Use of Stone.
At the session yesterday afternoon the
principal speakers were Logan Waller
Page. director Of public roads. Depart
ment OF Agriculture, and Capt. p. 81.
Julien Wilson. highway commissioner for
the state Of Virginia. Mr.. Page selected
as his subject STONE for Macadam Road
Purposes His address was along tech
nical lines. and much stress was hid
upon the construction of macadamized
roads in the Old Dominion.
Capt Wilson delivered an address on
1.-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 200"
convicts engaged I'm building roads In Viz
ginia, and that May / 500 more would be
added to the present forces
Capt Wilson said that the cities In the
Old Dominion contributed one-fourth or
the bodybuilding fund and the counties
-fourths. Mr.. Page pointed out that
this was less than the actual share or
the cities and declared the larger com
munities should pay more.
Yesterday afternoon the Virginia road
experts motored out to the government
experimental roads on Connecticut ave
nue. extended and inspected the various
types of roadways. They We're the guest
of Director Page. who explained In detail
the construction of the highways and the
results being obtained.