The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-05
WOMEN ENTER
A new FIELD
Many Are Invited to Good
Roads Congress

Numerous women. actuaffy VI
gagged In highway construction an'
In The promotion OF the good roads
movement. will participate IN mo
twelfth American Good Roads Con-
gross ana thirteenth National Gocn
Roads Show to be held at the
Coliseum in Chicago. January IL
10 90. next.
The American Road Builders as
ISOLATION. under whose auspices tne
big congress and exposition VIII DO
held. is taking cognizance OF tne
feminine invasion of the road build
ing arena and is extending speeiai
Invitations to women.
Among the feminine road build
ers invited to the congress Is Dr.
Jennie c. Murphy. the only woman
street commissioner In the world.
DIR. Murphy bosses the construction
gangs and street cleaners at fank-
ton. T. D.. and has held the job 10
the entire satisfaction OF her con-
Stituents and the credit OF her city
for several years.
Mrs. Axei Holm of South Range.
Wis, has just completed four and a
half miles of state highway thru
Pattison State park. near Superior.
Wis. The road completed forms a
part Of the great Mississippi Valley
Scenic highway from New Orleans
10 Canasia. Another contractress en-
gagged in road work is Miss Eva
Cressey. president and general man
ager Of the Cressey Contracting Co.
at Everett. Mass. Road machines.
manufactured by Miss Cresscy. are
used In many states OF the union
for spraying oil. tar and asphalt In
road work
1t was Miss ri. NJ. Berry OF
Chapel Hin. n. c.. who. as secrc-
tary OF the North Carolina Good
Roads association. did more to put
over" the $50 900 900 bond issue for
the splendid new roads now being
constructed in her state. She Is
expected to attend the congress. An
invitation has also been sent TO
Charlotte RumboId. Cleveland. o.,
secretary of the Ohio state confer
ence on city planning. and another
has gone to Katherine r.. Butter
field. high school student at
weIser. Idaho. who won the Fire
stone good roads essay scholarship
contest last year.
Along with DIR. Murphy. the worn-
an street commissioner. delegates TO
the congress and visitors 10 the ex-
position. will greet DIR. Lou Alta
Melton. said 10 be the only woman
bridge engineer in the country. DIR.
Melton graduated in civil engineer
ing last year at Colorado university.
and is now connected with one OF
the district offices OF the United
States Bureau of Public Roads. She
is the only woman engineer in the
employ OF the federal government.
Numerous demonstration tests Of
road building machinery viii be in
cluded in the exhibits at the show,
with the machinery in actual oper-
alton. Reservations of exhibition
space have broken all records. the
entire lower floor OF the Coliseum
and Annex have already been en-
gagged. necessitating the leasing of
adjoining buildings in order 10 house
the overflow. The exposition will
be the largest of its kind ever held.
Eight sessions of the congress will
be held. IL is expected that at least
10000 delegates will attend One
session will be devoted to discus
sion OF comparative designs in road
pavements. another will be devoted
to discussion OF the problems in
volved In highway traffic. especially
truck transportation. safety on the
roads and future laws and reguia-
tons governing highway transport
A third session will be devoted to
taxation. bond issues and problems
of highway administration and
finance.