The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-08-22
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION
Lexington, KY, September to s

There afs many reasons why the
Eighth Annual Convention of the
Southern Appalachian Good Roads
Association should be the most sue
cessful and useful Convention ever
held by this Association. Since the
last Convention, Tennessee has or
gained State Highway Depart
ment and the State Highway Com
mission of North Carolina has
been organized and Is accomplish
ing splendid results. Also, within
the last six months, Congress has
passed an act appropriating seven-
/ ty-five million dollars for Federal
Aid to States in road construction,
with an additional ten million to be
used on roads in Government For
est Reserves. This provision of the
Federal Government, together with
the recent floods which have visit
ed large areas in the Southern APP
palacbian region, have created prob
lens for this general section which
can be most successfully met by the
getting together of all those who
are interested in the promotion of
good roads throughout this general
region.
Therefore, the subjects which viii
be discussed in detail at this Con-
vention will be Federal Aid, with
particular reference to the provis-
ions of the act, and the question Of
Road Maintenance. This latter sub
ject is of especial interest in view
of the fact that one of the provis-
ions of the Federal Aid bill is that
MAINTENANCE for roads con-
structed with this Federal cooper
alton MUST BE PROVIDED by the
states receiving such aid. Among
those who will discuss the Federal
AID bull are Mr.. L. w. Page, Direc-
tor of the U. S. Office of Public
Roads and Rural Engineering; Rep
resentative of the U. S. Forest Ser
vice; Mr.. George p. Coleman, Chair
man of the Executive Committee of
the American Association of State
Highway Officials.
The question of Road Mainten-
ance will be discussed by Mr.. Robt.
James, who is in charge of the Di-
vision of Maintenance of the U. S.
office of Public Roads; Mr.. Henry
G. Shirley, President of the Ameri-
can Association of State Highway
Officials, and State Road Engineer
of Maryland; Prof. c.. NJ. Strahan,
Of the Highway Department of the
University of Georgia, and others.
Those questions will also be dis
cussed by the Highway Officials of
the states included in this Associa-
ton maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Tennessee and KentuckyD
Others subjects to be discussed
are "Use of the Automobile Tax in
Road Work.; "Use of States
Prisoners on Public Roads," etc.
There will be exhibits of road
materials, road photographs, mod
els from the U. S. Office of Public
Roads, etc.
In connection with this Conven-
ton, there will be held the amman
meeting of the Kentucky Good
Roads Association, and at least one
thousand delegates are expected to
attend from the State of Kentucky,
who will also take part in the pro-
ceedings of the Southern Appalach-
ian Convention.
Tuesday, September 9Th, will be
known as GOVERNORS DAY, and
it is expected that the Governors
of each of these states will attend
and make short addresses. Among
the Congressman who are expected
to attend are Senator f. ID. Smith,
Of South Carolina; Hon. Corden
Hull; Hon. ID. II. Kincheioe, of Ken
lucky; Hon. Charles P. Coady, Of
Senator John X. Shields,