Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-17
WE|DENFELLER IS
CHOSEN. DELEGATE
oTTUMWA BOOSTER GIVEN GRE
DENTiALs TO NORTHWESTERN
ROAD CONGRESS.
LASTS FIVE DAYS
Sessions Will be Held in Milwaukee
October 1881; Several States
Will Be Represented
Motor Clubs to Attend.

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| Will Be Represented
Motor Clubs to Attend.
J. N. Weidenfeller, vice president
for Wapello county, of the Canada
Kansas City & Gulf Highway assoc1a
ton, has received an invitation ant
the credentials of a delegate to the
Northwestern Road congress that is tc
be held in Milwaukee from October
% to 81. Weidenfeller has not decid
ed yet whether he will be able to at
tend or not, but has been very active
in road work and especially so in the
&c. K. c. & G. route.
The recent meeting of the Iowa di
vision Of the c. K. C. & G. highway
held in Iowa City and attended by a
number of Ottumwans, took up the
question of making !. an addition or
feeder to this north and south route
by running line from Iowa City to
Chicago connecting with the Lincoln
trail and other known roads.
Robert N. Carson, president of the
Iowa division of the C. K. C. & G.
highway has brought the plan of the
association to the attention of both
Chicago and Kansas City motor clubs
and has heard favorably from his let
tiers. The Chicago Motor club has
fallen in with the idea and is DESTROYS
that such route be made. This line
will be one of the highways represent
ed at the big road congress in Mil
waukee late in this month.
The program Of the congress is ex-
tensive and includes noted road men
from New York and California as well
as from Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Min
nesota and the two Dakotas. A num-
Der of Iowans are on the program and
among others participating is John
Burke, treasurer of the United States
as North Dakota's representative.
The program follows:
October %, 2 p. M.
First session
Address of we1come-Gov. Francis
E., McGovern.
Address of welcome-Mayor Gerhard
A. Bading.
Response-Presiden Northwestern
Road congress, Ames, Iowa, T. r. Agg.
Address-The Purpose of the North
western Road Congress- T.
X Agg.
appointment of committees.
A review of the highway problems
in each state represented in the con-
gress.
Illinois-P. c. McArdle, state high
way engineer Illinois highway COM
Michigan-Frank F. Rogers, state
highway engineer.
Iowa-T. H. Mcdonald, state high
way engineer.
Minnesota-Geo. W. Cooley, state
highway engineer.
North Dakota-John Burke, United
States treasurer.
South Dakota-S. H. Lee, state high
way engineer.
Wisconsin,. T. Donaghey, chief
state highway inspector, Wisconsin
highway commission.
At o'clock on the evening of Oct.
49, a smoker and general get acquain-
ted meeting will be held in the Audi
Lorium.
October 20. 9 A. m.
Second session-Highway admins
ration
John A. Hazefwood, presiding.
Paper-The Function Of the Static
IN Highway Administration R.
Hirst, state highway engineer of Wis
;onsin.
Paper-The Function of the County
n Highway Administration-G.i V.
Carpenter, county engineer, Houghton
county, Mich.
Discussion.
(a) What Responsibilities Should be
Placed on the County Engineer or
ommissioner?-Led by Grover Blunt,
county engineer, Fayette county, Ia.
(b) What Should be the Salary and
Tenure of Office of the County En-
by Geo. A. Quinlan, coun-
y engineer, Cook county, Ill.
(c) What is the Best System of In
'pecton For Concrete Road and Pave
nent Construction?-Led by H. J.
<uelling, county highway engineer,
county, Wis.
October 29-2. P. NJ.
Third session-Highway legislation.
VIM. E. McCarty chairman Milwau.
zee county board of supervisors
'residing.
Paper-Is the Special Assessment
Applicable to Financing Country
eoads?-John Carlyle, state highway
of New York.
Discussion led by Austin B. Fetch
r, state engineer, California
Paper-Practical State Aid Policies
"A. D. Cash, president Illinois high
7ay commission.
Discussion led by John H. Mullen,
DAD deputy, Minnesota highway com
mission. .. ...
Paper-The Merit System and the
food Roads Movement-Logan Waller
'age, director U. S. Office of public |
Dads.
Discussion led by John A. Hazel
vood chairman Wisconsin highway
October 800 A. M.
Gears leave from Auditorium)
Inspection of road work in Milwau-
zee county, under the direction of G.
:. Jacobus of the Milwaukee county
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