The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-19
COMMISSIONERS WILL
MAKEANOTHER TOUR
After Visiting Mobile and Attending
Highway Meet, VIII Go on to
Atlanta.

County Commissioners L. S. Gill
more Gus Soderlind, T. T.. Wentworth,
H f. Candy, j. r. M. Gates and
County Engineer Winston E. Wheat
will leave Monday for Mobile, to at
tend the meeting of the Alabama
Highway association of that city, and
TO be the guests of the Mobile Auto
mobile association, at the banquet
which they are to tender to visitors to
the city at that time.
In Mobile they will look over the
Mobile and Chickasaw cement road
now under construction, and will later
go on to Atlanta, where they will be
the guests of the Portland Cement
association, looking over the cement
roads in that vicinity. Both in Mobile
and Atlanta they will be the guests OF
the Portland Cement association.
In speaking Of the trip last night
Mr.. Wheat said that the expenses OF
this trip would be borne by the Port
land Cement association, just as the
expenses of the other trip were borne
by the Warren company of Boston
manufacturers of the bitulithic paw
ing, and the Kentucky Rock Asphalt
company of Louisville, who paid the
expenses of the trip jointly. The COM
missioners and engineer feel that by
going over these roads with the itin-
erary mapped. out by the three COM
peting companies, that they are get
ting very good idea of the various
kinds Of highways which are being
used successfully throughout the
south.
In speaking of the trip which was
made for the purpose of examining the
bitulithic roads and the Kentucky as
phalt roads, Mr.. Wheat said last night:
1--WE reached Birmingham on Thurs
day, travelling over the bitulithic roads
in that vicinity. The trip was under
the auspices of the Warren company
of Boston, the southern headquarters
of which are in Birmingham. and we
were accompanied on the trip by the
engineer OF Jefferson county and for
mer City Engineer Kendrick. who is
now in private practice. Mr.. Kendrick
is one OF the best known men in that
part of the couItry. with a wide ex-
perience of all types of paving.
Friday was spent by US in Louis
vile and Bowling Green. KY, this part
of the trip being under the auspices
of the Kentucky Rock Asphalt COM
pany, strong competitors of the btu
lithic type of roads. The trip was
made over the celebrated Camp Knox
roads, laid with Kentucky Rock as
phalt, which during the war stood
tremendously heavy strain of traffic,
which seemed to well illustrate the
wearing qualities of the rock asphalt
sold by this company. County Engi-
neer Drane accompanied the commits
sioners over the roads around Louis
vile, at the request of the Escambia
county board
Saturday we visited the office of
the United States district engineer of
the bureau of public roads in Mont
gomery, and took up matters pertain
ing to federal aid projects OF Escam-
bia county. The board was given the
assurance that everything possible was
being done to hurry the projects
through.
Sunday and Monday We're spent at
Gulfport and New Orleans, the trip
having been made with j. E. Donelson
of Warren Brothers. the party once
more looking over the bitulithic roads
in this part of the country, and other
types of pavement in New Orleans.
I'm Gulfport we saw road between
Biloxi, Gulfport and Pass Christian
which is similar to the Gulf Beach
highway. On this trip, the part was
accompanied by the chairman of the
county commissioners, who built this
road"