Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-03-10
STATE HOUSE
Tentative Program for Good
2 Roads Convention.
Three More Prosecutions Of VI
OIators Of Fish and Game Laws
Series Of Potato Institutes to Be
Held In Aroostook County.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Regular Meeting Of Governor and
Council Will Be Held at 10 A. M.
Wednesday, March IS.

A tentative program for the big Good
Roads convention, which will be held at
the auditorium at Bangor April s and 8
was announced Monday. 1t is believed
that this meeting will be the largest of
its kind ever held in the New England
states. A feature of the convention will
be the presentation of moving pictures OF
roads in the various processes of their
construction. Among the Maine speakers
will be Governor William r. Haines, Hon.
C. S. Stetson of Greene, the master of the
State Grange, Paul d. Sargent, chief en-
gneer of the State highway commission.
Hon. John C. Scates of Westbrook, VINO
has long been prominently identified with
the good roads movement and Prof.
George T. Files of Bowdoin college.
Among the speakers from out of the
State will be W. NJ Denhamr of Spring
field, Mass, a consulting engineer, C. w.
Gates of the Vermont Highway Commits
sion. Colonel William D. Sohier, chair
man Of the Massachusetts Highway Com
mission, and s. Percy Hooker. State su-
perintendent of the New Hampshire State
Highway Commission, as we'll as repre-
sentatives of cement and asphalt paving
companies and from the United States
Office of public roads at Washington,
.. C.
The following Is the tentative program
for the meeting:
TUESDAY. APRIL Z.
g. A.. M.-RegIstration of delegates; ex-
animation of exhibits, etc.
2. p. M.-Address of welcome, Mayor
Response, Lyman II. Nelson of Port
land. chairman of the State highway
commission.
why Maine Should Improve Its High
The Oranges Interest in Highway I'm
provement" c. S. Stetson of Greene
master of the Maine State Grange.
Improved Highways" illustrated ad-
dress. Prof. George T. Files Of Bow
don College.
Discussion.
EVENING SESSION, sis P. M.-Mov-
ING PICTURES.
The Lake Asphalt Industry" Represen-
tative of the Barbour Asphalt Paving
Company.
THE Manufacture of Portland Cement"
Representative of the Lehigh Portland
Cement Company.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL s-HIGHWAY
CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTE-
NANCE DAY.
Highway Construction and Maintenance
in New Hampshire" S. Percy Hooker,
state superintendent OF highways IN
New Hampshire.
European and American Bridges" w:
NJ. Denham, consulting engineer. of
Springfield, Mass.
Massachusetts Highways" Col. Will
liam D. Sohier of Boston. Mass.
chairman of the Massachusetts High
way Commission.
How to Secure Large Returns for Small
Outlay on Maine Highways" Paul ID.
Sargent, chief engineer of the Maine
Highway Commission.
AFTERNOON SESSION. p. NJ
Working Prisoners on the Highways"
Hon. John c. Scates of Westbrook.
Vermont Methods" c. w. Gates OF
Montpelier. Vt. of the Vermont High
way Commission.
''Bituminous Road Construction" Illus
trated address, Representative of Bar
rett Manufacturing Company. Films
loaned by the Universal Portland Ce-
ment Company of Chicago, and ex-
hibited by the Edison Portland Ce-
ment Company of New York.
Cement Concrete Highways:
Road Maintenance" illustrated address.
Representative of United States pub
lie roads at Washington, d. c.