Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
ROAD CONGRESS WILL
MEET IN DETROIT
Advocates of Better Highways
Plan Elaborate Program for
Third Annual Gathering.

The American Road Congress will hold
its third annual meeting at Detroit dur
ing the week of September 90. This de-
cision was reached by the joint commit
tee. of which Logan Waller Page. d.
rector of the United States office of pub
lie roads is chairman, after a spirited
contest which finally narrowed down to
the cities of ST Louis. Denver, Mime
apolis and Detroit The congress is the
great annual assemblage of the good
roads organizations throughout the Unit
ed States and is held under the auspices
OF the American Highway Association,
the American Automobile Association and
the National Association of Road Ma
chinery and Material Manufacturers. the
latter organization being concerned pfl-
marily with the exposition of machinery
and materials, held In cOnJunctioH With
the congress.
AS there are between thirty and forty
state and interstate organizations iden-
tilted with the American Highway Asso-
citation. in addition to its l,SJO resu ar
members the big meeting will be
thoroughly representative In character
Arrangements have just been made to
hold the annual meeting OF the Mlchi-
gan State Good Roads Association which
has 1000 members. the newly organized
Michigan Trunk Line Association ana
the Ontario Good Roads Association IN
conjunction with the congress. the COM
bined attendance of these various road
organizations will be well over 900.
and will set new record far in advance
of attendance figures at any previous
good roads meeting in the United States.
Elaborate Program Planned.
The foremost engineers and contractors
will join with distinguished laymen in
making the program complete and effec-
tive The sessions will be arranged as
heretofore as to specialize on con-
struction. maintenance. legislation ad-
minstration. economics. etc. 1t has
been decided to have special session
for the benefit of contractors, and in
order to make this session OF practical
value to the contractor committee COM
posed of some of the best informed men
on contract work in this country Will
have full charge of preparing the pro-
gram and conducting the session
The exposition will be held on the
ground floor of the Wayne Gardens. i'm
mediately under the large hall in which
the sessions of the congress will be held
and in order to meet the requirements
of the companies which manufacture
heavy road building machinery a large
vacant lot and adjoining street will
be transformed into exhibit space by
the erection of large tent in which
heavy machinery may be exhibited and
demonstrated AS heretofore the remark
able government exhibit of road models
will he a feature of the exposition. to-
gether with the various state exhibits.
which will be shown III much larger
numbers than al the congress held In
Atlantic City in 1912.
The officers of the congress are: Logan
Waller Page. director of the United
States office of public roads. president:
Lee McClung. former treasurer of the
United States, treasurer: J. r. Penny
hacker, secretary of the American High
way Association, secretary and Charles
r Light former state highway commits
sioner of West Virginia. assistant TO the
president