Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-01-26
ROAD ENGINEERS
HOLD MEETING
COUNTY EXPERTS AT BOWLING
GREEN DISCUSS PHASES
OF ROAD WORK.
LEGISLATIVE AID IS URGED
For Maintenance of States Best Thor
Observation-Disclosures of Construction
and Repair Explained-GoVernor
Stanley Present.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Bowling Green, XIV. H. Edwards,
road engineer of Woodford county,
opened the fifth annual session of the
County Road Engineers Association
at the court house, with delegates pres
ent from all section Of the state. Col.
R. F. Dulaney, a member of the city
council, delivered the welcome ad-
dress in behalf of the city of Bowling
Green, in the absence of Mayor Alex.
Y. Patterson, who was unable to do
so on account of illness. The response
was made by ]. Russell Gaines, road
engineer of Jefferson county.
Rodman Wiley, of Frankfort, State
Commissioner of Public Roads, said
in part: 'It is very important that
we should congregate on such occa-
sions for discussions of this kind. Men
in every walk of life have similar
meetings to discuss their own partic-
ular line of business, whether it be pro-
fessional or commercial, and there is
no business in the United States to-
day which commands more attention
than the question of better highways,
as it not only affects the business of
professional men, but men in every
walk of life. and we have met here
at this meeting to interchange ideas,
and it is highly necessary that we
enter into this meeting with a spirit
of enthusiasm"
Eugene Stuart, secretary of the
Louisville Auto Club, said: Kentucky
is building roads very rapidly under
the state-aid plan, and under the SUI
pervision of the State Highway De-
partment they are being built well.
But with these many added miles of
new roads each year it seems all the
more urgent and important that some
provision be made for maintaining
them"
Mr.. Stuart quoted from a recent pa
per of A. NJ Blanchard consulting en-
gineer of the National Highway AssO-
citation in part, as follows: IF public
highways are to be economically con.
structed and efficiently maintained, ii
is absolutely necessary that adequate
legislation should be passed by the
state legislatures covering the utiliza
ton Of the highways by horse-drawn
vehicles, touring cars, motor trucks
trailers, traction engines, etc. Such
regulations should be enforceable by
state authorities and not to be left
| as is the case at present in New York
state, to the control of town and coun
ty officials"
L. E. Yoder, road engineer of Har
Ian county, in his address, said: "Ir
each of SO out of AZ states, comprising
5000 counties, it has been estimated
that $50 900 has been wasted out of the
appropriations of $500, 00O.'
F. L. Duffy, secretary Of the Road
Engineers Association, in addressing
the meeting said that the earth road
has been condemned more than any
other type of road simply for the rea
son that it has been entirely neglected
by county officers.
DR.. Emory G. Dent, director of thu
Jackson Highway Association, in dis
| cussing the value of good roads, spoke
of the increased value of farm lands
the saving in hauling costs, aid to di
versified farming, benefits to, town!
from which they radiate, and the value
of tourist traffic, all of which, he said
were due to improved roads.
Gov. Stanley was met at the station
by a reception committee of the Cham
Der of Commerce, headed by a ban(
and royalty entertained while here.