Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-21
U. S. HIGHWAY TO
Be DEVELOPED
State Engineer Upham Details
Some OF the Plans of the Fed
eral Government.
Sp~r,ai Correspondence of kvcry Fsooins

Sp~c,ai Correspondence Of kvcry Fscoins
Dover, Jan. ~ The proposition Ia IN
crcsse hv a hundrcd- -iold the parcel post
business of the country to establish and
extend the motor-phst system 10 utilize
and actiy.lv emploV the thousands OF
motor trucks returning from abroad, and
therhv giving employment 10 thousands
Of returned soldiers. To lessen the high
oos' Of living hv hig figures. and thereby.
by the money made IN tins new prupcsi-
t,on employ Il m building and maintaining
ressi roads throughout the country, are
few at the PROJECTS now being worked
upon by the experts IN the Pnstofiice De
partment All hacking 90 the eventual I'M
ptovcmcnt ~ highways, not only ~ lieia-
war;, hut Throughout the country.
The fact that this enormous Ioh ls now
going on IN Washington under the direct
SUPERVISION of .Iamcs Blakslcc, the fourth
assistant Postmaster General. was re-
yealed here today ~ Charles VI lpham,
chief engineer of the Delaware Highway
COmmissnn.
Mr. lnham. ia addition to discussing
MIR. Blal slrc plans, Also revealed the
conditions On mad building ~ he found
them "a Chlcgo. when he, ~ Delaware
n,prcsentativc. attended the recent high
itnpm - ~tatr~ and nine from 'anada were
prn~ent These sessions held IN the
Congress Hotel composed the American
As@ncIatlun ul state Highway phcnls
Sld asn tho Highway INDUSTRIES ASSo-
cistion and for nearly week intense
sSnnlercncts were held, ntnrmal and other
vise, on tho real issue before thc dele
yates, The Endorsement ~ fedrral high
wSy system and recommending the ap
psopratlon al sIeQNslnr0 for The con.
stnirtlon and maintenance hv the Federal
government at an interstate road sNstem
The following resolutions werC adop.'i
b. thr rongrs.- Mr. ! pham sad wh'rh
~ part explain the business III hat hodN
" hcras. The President Of thc nitrd
States Ia ht~ recent mcSsAr, w CunrrcSs
~.eogrucd the value ~ improved high
wavs ln thc general transportation system
NJ the nation and definitely recommended
aud urged her rapid development AMI
~ herg.s. fhl- work y necessary -
,give puthaNmcut - our returning Sol
dicrs and alsn 10 furnish WoIthN ls .ccts
un which UNEMPLOYED lalur can ~ en-
eagtd durng the pcrIod oi rrad!ustIaent
and
"Whercas We recngnlgc tho necessity
az q well dehned and connected sS>tCm 81
highway III order q CNl9due the dis
trlhution 1T large volumes 81 ipodstuiis
nov wasted 81 atcourt ~ tht lack ot
prnmpt and adequate highway iransEorta-
ti0n and o. hotter serve The economic and
military nccd pt The nation Therefore,
a. it
Resolved That q Federal Highway
Commission ~ created o. promote and
g,ld, tll- powerful Development 81 both
highway. and highway traffic and -
establish 4 national highways system ltc
Il further
Resolved That the present appn'pua
tinns for Iedcral aid 90 the states hr COM
tinucd and increased and the States urged
u undertake eStensiv, highway con
structlon as O. keep parc with the
development ~ thI- country and rs
transportation needs and that ~ carrNtng
oli the prov tsions 81 the present Federal
AID act or any amendment thereto that
thu state highways departments co
operate with the Federal Highways Com
mission n u further
Resolved That all governmental activ-
iiies With respect T. highways hc admins
tered hy tho Federal Highway tomml~-
SION.
The interesting points - advanced ~
Mr. Blak slec who was one Il he SPEAK
ers Mr. | pham explained and comment
ed upon
Mr. Rlak.lee prop sa' on how "a 'nv -
the high col of iVne ~ insagurating and
extending the motor parcel ~Nsiem. Which
means 'he parcel Isist system. vas eY-
plAined Mr. lAk>i,c declared SAID
NJ. t.pham, fhst th,re ;. now .hough
known LlN - lev amorg he puhhc
system 80 motor irnrk- running from Bo~-
TN o. thlrag4, and from Nam, - Ala
ssma, snd Tins 'rpout system max ng
enormous profits Ia this direct iun Mr.
IlassIcr sad - hprfs are ireing made ~ -
organic aud lnauEurate the motor 'ruck
pafcei past Transportation that the
Thousand ot trucks Tow doing their
= lvlcr with thc troops abroad when
brought tack - this country can he
utilized IN hIs new proposition and there
b. making greater parcel ppst system
fnd 40 the. same time MAKE room for the
employ mcut ~ thousands ~ soldiers
That featutC alone seems t0 rest on good
patnuiic ground. and probably will be
accepted when the time comes % further
organize thu motor parcel ,ystcu>
Furthermore Mr. Blakslc, camc "a the
'1uy md eat pruIp-ition 10 which he
said thaf nearl' ilsii ol What + Dald for
fool could H. sawed by 4 Iroper means II
Transportation. u place TOW the food
inust ratel many miles uuf ~ tht Way m
ordcr q r ,rh certain gwen pDint As an
example hC gave tuaHg gr Is au ulls-
tratIon hc ffangi A. gwen as : At
apel ana = and { sf, tho base in many
ca=-~ nov De SAID. instead 81 travelling
from y n i euc> from B ~ 4 and then