Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-16
ROAD BUILDERS WILL
URGE CONGRESS TO
EXTEND WORK 5 YEARS

ne nrrt congress vfn be urged ac-
eordins to tho program formulated by
ths Atnertcan Roads Builders assoct-
alton for its nationwide Good Roads
Congress and National Good Roads
Show to bo held in Chicago. February
2 to 11, TO extend for five years the
federal road building program which
by law terminates with tho close OF
IN, coyernmert's present fiscal year
Congress Will bo urged TO provide ad-
ditional funds for expenditure under
tho terms of existing legislation, ana
tho newly formed program OF the con.
Eressional Leaders at the rate OF at
least 800 ooo. 900 for each OF tho five
years be ginning July |, 1921 In the
advocacy of this procedure tho Amer
can Road BuilderS' association Will DO
in hearty accord with tho attitude eN-
pressed by Secretary OF Agriculture
Meredith in his recent annual report
Tho American Road Builders as
Foctation which includes in its mem
hership tho highway officials OF the
national government, and those OF the
states counties, cities and townships
IN ths United States and Canada, to-
rether with highway engineers and
contra ctcrs and the manufacturers OF
road building machinery. road mater
ials and highway transportation equip
rnent IN also preparing to ask Presi-
dent-elect Harding to recommend In
his inaugural address and in his first
messas Sc to congress, a broad program
of federal aid In highway con5truc-
ton
Tho enormous appropriations for
highway work already made by states
and municipalities-appr opriatious that
total moro than enc billion dollars ac-
cordinS to tho most reliable reports
covering bond issues and direct levies
for road building and road mainton-
auce, presaEe, IL Is believed, an un-
precedented volume of road building
for 1921. The sum OF tyTl, 900 900 voted
In bond i5suee or appropriated by eiSht
states recently, added TO bond issues
pa<s,od by eight other states since 1918
mako &5i5, 10000 already available for
road work in sixteen states. Funds
still available through federal aid arc
placed at 1856. 10000 by officials of
tho bureau of public roads. In nddi-
ton. funds obtained from direct levies
and other sources of state revenue and
county issues are estimated to amount
to 1896. zoo, 900. The Chicago meeting
will bring together from all parts of
the country tho men who will super
vise the expenditures of these vast ap-
propriations for n thorough discussion
of their problems and an accurate eS-
tmate as to tho future
Tho convention promises TO be one
of tho greatest In point Of attendance
and In results ever held In the history
of the good roads movement Tho gov
ernors OF the several states and ter
yitories of this country and Canada as
we'll as the mayors OF two thousand
American and Canadian cities haye
been asked to oppoint official dele
Eatas to tho meeting. In some in
stances governors and mayors will head
their delegations in person. Seven
thousand road and street contractors
md thousands of army, automotive
and chemical engineers, agriculturiEts.
editors, bankers, motorists and large
users of trucks. as well as officials of
boards of trade, chambers of com
merce and other organizations inter
ested in road and street improvement,
have been invited to attend.
Each session OF the congress, as
we'll as the show. viii be held at the
Chicago Coliseum and viii be open
to the general public. The program
now being arranged. Will cover every
vital subject related to highways and
their use. The prepared papers and
discussions will deal with all points
Of view.
Everywhere among road builders the
outlook for Unprecedented activity
growing out of the delays that we're
due to the heavy cost and the scarcity
OF labor and materials during the war
rs considered most promising, and
optimism. as to the future Of road
building seems certain TO prevail at the