The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-29

"A complete ma report with rec
ommendationsD
sec d rho, the duty 90 the I'D
yisory council shat u, to assist the
chairman ~ he my direct and to od-
wise with HIM ~ n. request or On
their own initiative
Sec. e. That tn. .,tm of office of
the comm ssioneis and thv.r success
sots appointed hereunder shall end
upon IA, delivery ui their undi report
to the president buf uoi latct ~ any
event than TO-
See. : That tur the purpos. a.
carr, ing out the ptovisions ~ his
act. there IL herehN appropriated the
sum of dollars. "a Of
II money in the u%c1sury not Other
wise appropriated
"Sec y THAI thIs ac, shall be
known as the natlous. highways act
and shall take cu".f upon III pass
age"
In the mcantim" tue association .
catiN ng on the necessary campaig I'D
uf education. H. headquarters Tor
this purpose az, located at south
Yarmouth Mass. ON quiet cape cod
Here, On propsrt, donated to the use
Of the associations. nv President nnv..
has been erected , worA -hoI, made
up OF several bu.idIugs which have
been joined so as to present a novel
n interesting establishment.
The main offic. huilding IL a long.
low structure. ~, hy "a feet. Down
the entire length of his room, on
one side are the Drafting tables. ON
the other side are the desks occupied
by the association publicity de-
partmeut. Down the middle Of tn.
room is "A long nle of safes and nliag
cabinets. AT right angles To this Of
flee runs another long building. al
most as large. in which are the office
Of the president, the mailing room
the films room and the shipping de-
partment. CONNECTED with this by
a paesavcway. IL the stenogtaph.ts'
room. n adjoining that II the print
ing department. whor. the lntesi aud
has zen Installed. Her. ar. printed
n distributed various circular let
ters and bulletins. the work ~ print.
ing, Folding. seaiing and stamping be-
ing done by automatic machIpcs.
Nearly forty persons are employ
ed at the South Yarmouth establish -
incnt. and none the least important
of these IN the corps of eight drafts
men. These men nave long been en-
saged upon the production Of road
maps, ~delineating thereon the exist
ing roads In ever state IN the union
| The association H. IN constant CORES.
%pondcnce with IA. highway commis-
sioncrs aud officials OF all IN. states
The maps are always up-to-datc. every
| piece oi highway work contemplated
or under construction being reported
Immediately To the association ant
transcribed To It's proper place on IN,
map of hat state. These maps vii
| prove of inestimabic value To "a,
! proposed national highways commits.
sion, and in addition viii he OF scivic.
In showing the people al each stat,
how the national government car
make Use Of their 'oads in the pro.
posed plan.
This Is the workshop Of the assoc
%ciatio1. other Offices are m~aintaine,
throughout the country. The aetna
headquarters of the association ar,
located in the McLachicn building
Washington. u G.. \ branch office
OF the privileges of which the mem
R''N w " N~N''A lNN dls AfEffil'
invited 20 avail themselves. IS main
tained at Is old slip New York Guy
The headquarters nf the NJ nizntinl
department. which Is under the ~
rection OF tn. Hol. Jesse Ta,l uI
jamestown, -. are In that city. 4
large corps Of workers Is under Nj
Taylor's direction. nmong these he
iug - " Grucning. manager of n
northwestern organization d"part
meEi. In the D.s Moines Life build
ing. Des Moilcs. la. r.. l.. Elmer
field organizer for the mtcfmountaii
district. Boise. Idaho. and IN. Hon
W. a. Alsdorf. manager OF IN
northeastern orgaai>ation deparuncI'
whose territory covers the Atlant!
states.
Probably no one man connects
with the association In an Official ca
pacit, Is better fnowa among motor
lists Than Vice PRESIDENT A.. l.. IVES
gard. who Is at present cngnl"l /"
travelling some goo miles of road
throughout the entire country. Tn
IL by no meal new work for NJ,
Westward. who has intimate. pei sur
al knowledge ~ practically c,'.
highway WORTHY the name iu n
United States. through his pathiiud
ing trips during the past twenty on
years. For thirteen Yeas, bet 60
ise2 and 1895. he had charge. a. chi,
of the work. OF a large corps 81 EN-
gineers. MAKING state, count, an
town maps and aliases throughout Al
the states .ast of the kockir~. Tn
tn, automobile maps az the rc stcil
states were made by him. Nj. WCu
CARDS cooperation with the drr ,
ing department of the asso n't"l
makes this feature of the Work e.
undoubtcd reliability ana onhIls"s d
value.
The association has eight 'li'sc. o
membership a. follows Wound, -
who pay 25,0Oo IN one paynr'u- e.
life; national $4,000; sn' octi,.
corporations. clc.). $2,500: lic. ~.
600 sustaining. fi00 annually. con
trihuting. 80 annually; assisting, s
annually; and subscribing. 81 an
nually. In addition there is an asso
ciate membership for men. womcl
and children, without the right 4
vote. with due Of 20 cents u year
The founders. limited to SO, are dis
tributed geographically. So Gar as pos
sible and reprcsent he nation a
large. The rational members ar,
limited tn two from each state. terri
80.