Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-09-04
FIFTY GOVERNORS In
COUNCIL OF NATIONAL
HIGHWAYS ASSOCIATION

Colorado Springs, Colo, Sept at
is an interesting fact in connection
with the House of Governors here
recently adjourned that 30 governors
of states, territories and dependencies
are officials of one organization-the
National Highways association. PROB
ably never before in the history of the
country has any organization been rep
resented by so many chief executives
The association has five governing
bodies; a board of trustees, a board
| of national councillors, council OF
governors, a council of commissioners
and board of advisors.
The council of governors of the ma
tional Highways association is appoint
ed for life. Appointments as members
of il have been accepted by forty-one
of the present governors of the forty
eight states. Besides these forty-one
present governors, the National High"
ways associations council includes the
governors of all, except one Of the
territories, and several former govern
ors whose terms have expired.
The list of present governors Of
states and territories who are men,
bers of the council of governors, is DIS
follows
Governors O'Neal of Alabama; Hunt.
of Arizona; Johnson, OF California;
Ammons, of Colorado; Miller of Della
ware; Trammell, of Florida; Slaton, of
Georgia; John Kitchener Haines, q
Idaho; Ralston, of Indiana; Clarke, OF
Iowa; Hodges, of Kansas; McCreary,
of Kentucky; Hall of Louisiana; Will
liam Tecumseh Haines, of Maine :
Goldsborough, of Maryland; Foss Of
Massachusetts; Ferris, of Michigan.
B.erhart of Minnesota; Brewer, Of
Mississippi; Major, of Missouri; Stew
art, of Montana; Morehead, of Ne
braska; eddie, of Nevada; Mcdonald,
of New Mexico; Sulzer, of New York
Craig, of North Carolina; Hanna, OF
North Dakota; Cox of Ohio; Cruice,
Of Oklahoma; West, of Oregon; Tener,
of Pennsylvania; Blease, of South Car
DINA; Bryne, of South Dakota; Hoop
er, of Tennessee; Colquitt, of Texas;
Spry, of Utah; Fletcher, of Vermont
Mann, of Virginia; Lister, of Wash
ington; Hatfield, of West Virginia.; Ca
rey, of Wyoming; Strong, of Alaska;
Frear, of Hawaii, and Cotton, of Porto
Rico; Hon. Maurice Hudson Thach-
er, head of the department of civil al
ministratoin, Isthmian canal comms-
sion, and Col George Washington Goe
thals, chairman and chief engineer,
! Isthmian canal commission.
Good Roads Everywhere" is tn
slogan of the National Highways assoc
citation. 1t believes that the develop
ment of good roads can best be brought
about by the national government
building and maintaining a system Of
$4,000 miles of national highways con-
Meeting all the states and principal
cities of the union The national
association has recently published a
map showing the tentative location Of
a system of national highways that
would directly serve more than sixty
per cent. OF the population of the Unit
ed States.
Already several good roads organiza-
tons have amalgamated with the Ma
tional Highways association. The Ma
I+iona1 old T'railc Poad association ~, }
the Mountain Good Roads asso-
ciation have become departments OF
the national body, and the Ohio GoNd
Roads federation, the Great White Way
association, the North Carolina Good
Roads association, and the Pennsyi-
vania association have become divis
| ions of it.