Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-04
INTELLIGENT INTEREST
IN ROAD |MPROVEM EATS
It's Rapid Development Due III Large
Degree to Work Of American
Highway Association.
THIS BODY EXISTS NO LONGER
Dissolved on October 30 by Its Board
of Directors, Purposes for Which
1t Was Founded Having Been At
tanned.

'aine"'
WASHINGTON November = Ire
rapid development OF an Intelligent in
tcrcst in ROAD improvements in this
country ma hren duc 10 consider
able degree TO tho work of the Am"ri-
CaN Highway Association. which vas
dissolved on October 20 by it's board
OF dir sc;orS. The purposes for which
il WAS founded having hH"n attained.
Few Of those now interested IN the
wise administration of public funds for
ROAD hcttrrncuts realize thc very un
satisfactory conditions existing when
this association was organized. and
the full measure ot :hv service il has
rendered 10 the eoun,ry and the s~v
eral states.
The manner in which -rs ArSoCi..ion
came irio cN;StcucH affords good
iaG" al roo" nU'a.as S9HaifiNHS IN
t'""' ne u''"C'or "' rs H'eE o'a"
'''Ne Va 49,. ,.t'->' L. ~'' 90
i"Et' ara !. io'N -'N' NeHH ~ 'A'
'lSto ',1''N"a StS1''n W'ES Te'"r''-
n'' ',o, o"- SohNs''' ION
80 ~ 'n,''n'' ,.'" 80 S't = '''''S
'i "''! ~ w, 100 M OF
'"I'. - ~ r"''' ,'''>' H'''Ne 'a!ue'
~" . az" son. MO
.'"'ne = '. ".Is .! U'
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nv "''.''l- w CON- !p"'''f
49," ''' 70" te' Ia
NM, .'' en-
IA Ne'f
,', l'''''''' 'ut "t.e'S were
H w.. ,',uH'S "'", "ee anu
80, '',, ." 'V".'"' va" ~ IN"
- az 80. ~ ''''''s
"' "t,"""t ol VIC cN
.ro,' 1919 ~ '.' III
dao,',,, a., - - ~. 1900. - -p''S,
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ua,, 49, p.""i
r N"I'h "o"'"
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nm 80 ~. ,;.:,ia - W
nil va nv "'ue''-
p,r, S, ,,.,
HCcoroihGiE. an invitation was issued
by MT. Page to many men interested in
oAu i'"proEcmeh'S I" meet IN Wash
ihItoh on Nofembrr ~, 1910, 10 or
sah'"e such a society Among those
VINO acccP.eu me invitation were the
W. F'nie.. president OF me
,outneFh iNhii"a! company James >.
i,"r'an, OF me interstate Commerce
commission the late Alfred Noble. 10
""oHe ,'e'ho'E as great cIEii ehsl-
D" to"i'."'h VII shorty DC erected
III "H"'hp on '"nheh jennings. the
,t. un''he engineer; the late
-" ''''h'"p' whose publc-Splrited
"''h ''' i'"'N improvements III chi
n''l ueeP interest IN ROAD
800 ' ,,.,u VIZ whose ueVeiop-
- VI 81 A. ~ mas ieu MN
W. az. u" ro' ta"Ne o! S"ou
.n "heN ":'o sections Joseph
MUSE Inventions IN cohhcc-
,,c,or 'nnS ""u speca"
N'ot'' USED ana INC nate
.
~ '"'S meeting the
""H '>H'"''''!oh was OF
80, ~ ma, '"oh'"c an" coFreiate
,,,,i" - 'o' '"u "'if"F"n'.h' o! me
49,, ciata :" 'ne t.u ma ADEQUATE
80 's'.'"' o' io"" v'hS'ruc-
',"", "'n' .,i's.'a'io" an" maintenance
''n ~. NC "u"P''u III al OF the states.
'Pe''u o'"Ses Ill
~ - '""'' !!"u 'he, support
i,"'',,Hr"' AWAY presiu"hts
40 '-"u'a '''!.' Oh nc Great North
sH'e''' '"''.cS Mccrca' or the
N',''', SHstt,h = Brown. OF
al sES'eii'' ana H.
$3.50, - NV Nj 81" an" "eS'-
49, 80" '". :! "'n e'"'h' was
" s"''""t .o' ~ .'"u roads rams
S,t ~; 100, ~ D"E - maui OF me
80, 49, " 'a, '.'""'' " t''r'" states
cnmnani.s ana ~. t!,;..i ,' '"'.""E
NJ - ~" ''''''" "'''S"
~ 49, MS t''h2 we're
"''t P!.o'"Ei" pms ih"6'.S ana
~ 80 '"" we oates q! the'r ar
, %. 80" "he'e stops We're
.,t,,;,, ~ "a "'i's' me
800 '.ars,rmo,io lea .ures Oh
80 soIn.i " .''" anu maintenance
,ae.aI no1 "'u III many cases
~, ""o dissertations were
1870 ''"h Oh railway
co'hpt me- "a 'he "or" OF the associa-
d d,u - '' M WIZ uatSe ear!E cyl