Arizona republican., 1921-01-30
TO URGE ROAD CONSTRUCTION
 LIN CONGRESS

NEW YORK. Jan 29.-( (Special) )- The next congress will be urged, ac- cording to the program formulated by tho American Road Builders associa- ton for it's nation wide Good Roads congress and National Good Roads Show to be held in Chicago. Febru- ary to 12, to extend for five years the federal road building program which by law terminates with the close of the governments present fiscal year. Congress will be urged to provide ad- ditional funds for expenditure under the terms of existing legislation, and the newly formed program of the con- gressional leaders at the rate of at least S1000 900 for each of the five years beginning July |, 1921. In the advocacy of this procedure the Ameri- can Road Builders association will be in hearty accord with the attitude ex- pressed by Secretary of Agriculture Meredith in his recent annual report.
 Tho American Road Builders asso- citation, which includes in it's member shin the highway officials of the na- tional government. and those of the states. counties, cities and townships in the United states and Canada. to- gether with highway engineers and contractors and the manufacturers of road building machinery, road mater ials and highway transportation equip ments is also preparing to ask Presi- dent-elect Harding to recommend in his inaugural address and in his first message to congress, a broad program of federal aid in highway construc- tion.
 The enormous appropriations for highway work already made by states and municipalities. -- appropriations that total more than one billion dol lars according to the most reliable re- ports covering bond issues and direct levies for road building and road maintenance, presage. it is believed. an unprecedented volume of road building for 1921. The sum of $271,- 00O,0O0 voted in bond Issues or appro- priated by eight states recently. added to bond issues passed by eight other states since 1918, makes s543,S00, 900 already available for road work in six teen states Funds still available through federal aid are placed at $780, 100000 by officials of the Bureau of Public Roads. In addition, funds ob- tained from direct levies and other sources of state revenue and county issues are estimated to amount to S296 .200.0 The Chicago meeting win bring together from all parts of the country the men who will super viso tho expenditures of these vast appropriations for a thorough discus sion of their problems and an accu- rate estimate as to the future.
 The convention promises to be one of the greatest in point of attendance and in results ever held in the history of the good roads movement The governors of the several states anc territories of this country and Canada as well as the mayors of two thousand American and Canadian cities have been asked to appoint official delegate: 10 the meeting. In some instancel governors and mayors will head theii delegations in person. Seven thousand road and street contractors and thou sands of army, automotivc and chemi cal engineers, agriculturists, editors bankers, motorists and large users O trucks. as we'll as officials of board of trade. chambers of commerce an, other organizations interested in roa. and street improvement, have been in vited to attend
 Each session of the congress, as wei as the show, will be held at the Chi cago Coliseum and will be open to tn, general public. The program nov being arranged. will cover every vita