Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-03
VAST SUM IS INVESTED
IN AMERICAN HIGHWAYS
BODYBUILDING, Industry Plans
Great Exposition in
Chicago.
WILL he HELD IN JANUARY
thirteenth American Good Itondn
Cohkresn md Fourteenth National
Good Iondn show VIII Draw Mnny
10 Windy City.

'ood hondH show VIII Draw Sinny
10 Windy City.
SO extensive has the road building
INDUSTRY become in this country. and
so vast is tho future program OF
highway Improvement that the thir-
tecnth American Good Roads Con-
gross and fourteenth National Good
Roads Show to he held in Chicago
January II 10 - next. promise TO
mark new epoch in the nations
development. Both events will be
held under tho auspices OF the Amer
lean Road builders Association. the
oldest and largest good roads organ
ization in tho country.a and the one
that has brought about so much
Federal and State aid in highway i'm
provcmcnt
VAST u,n for Highways.
Approximately Sl,U00,000.000 IL
now being spent annually in the
United states for new roads and
streets. a sum far greater than was
spout for railroads during their
greatest era OF expansion and suni-
cisnt ~ build half Il dozen Panama
Canals. Notwithstanding that the
road building program is 50 cnor-
nous. highway Improvement stiii
Tags behind Development Of highway
transportation. The development of
tho automobile and the motor truck.
according TO highway officials and
automotivr engineers, has forced
roonroad construction unit! II Is di:
ncult now TO tell whether automo-
bilos are causing the increasing de-
rraud for better roads. or whether
good roads are responsible for the
increasing demand for motor cars.
About $500. 300. 900 VIII he spent in
America for roads aud streets next
ycag and about sl.3iC.0000G 900 will
Hc gpcut for automobiles and trucks.
al Angle, 10 he Discussed.
NJ Of these questions Viii be dis
cusscd a. tn" Chicago meeting. to-
=cthcr win such subjects as methods
%; fnanciu@ road Improvement, safe
~ ui tn" highway progressive
methods II construction. obligations
~ highway DEPARTMENTS To TIA. pUJ-
iic ,raiiic regulations, results OF
testing the various types OF road
way. development OF apparatus for
testing roads. tho use OF local road
building materials, subgradc designs
hauiare methods in highway con
s'ructicn. tim" io.sos IN completing
low ronts. road buildiua: ia winter.
highway maintenance. salvaring old
roads. tourist traffic as Il factor In
highway Development. changes
needed In motor vehiclc legislation.
Highway r.scArch and cooperation
between state and county highway
departments and between engineers
and contractors. In conjunction with
the ;hirtesnih Good Roads Congress,
The American Road Builders Assoc
citation. the National Crushed Stone
Association. the Mid Western Section
OF tho American Association OF Civil
Engineers ani several o'hcr organ
izaiions VIII hold ihcir conventions
tn Chicago during tho week OF Jan
Gary Is.
VIII Have Mammoth Exhibit.
One OF tho features OF tho four
tconth GOOD Roads SHOW viii be a
mammoth exhibit 10y tho United
states Bureau OF Public Roads nj
which tho government, VIII SGT forth
everything IL Is doing I'm the way
81 h!rhwaT construction. An attrac-
tive feature OF the exhibit will lie
large model illustrating the type
~ highway tic Goycrumrnt IL build
ms IN tho national forcSts---thc road
model being supplemented by' "a colos-
sal painting ia OIL 20 form a back
ground for tho whole. Models OF
bridges and roads AT various stages
OF construction viii he on display at
the government exhibit. as we'll rs
new testing apparatus, numerous
charts showing the progress Of Fed
oral aid work and a large assortment
OF road materials.
Reduced rates 10 and from Chicago
have been secured Five thousand
Mayors OF American and Canadian
elites. boards OF commissioners in
1000 couutics. and the Governors OF
forty eight states have each been
asked TO appoint from three 10 five
official delegates TO 20 to the con
gross at public expense. \ total OF
$4,000 Members Of ca trade associa-
lions. engineering societies. automo-
nilc and motor truck clubs. highway
organizations and contractors asso-
'ia'ionS have been invited. All told
1t is expected that at least $4,000
delegates and visitors Will attend.
inc Congress Will be held at the
Congress Hotel. and the exposition
viii hi held Mt the Chicago Coliseum.
Registration and Information booths
VIII be established at the Congress
Hotel and Coliseum. and a good roads
newspaper containing complete in
formation as to the days happen-
inGs at both congress and show and
giving tho names of arriving dele
gatcz will be published daily
throughout the week