Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-17
AMERICAN GOOD ROADS CONGRESS AND
NATIONAL GOOD ROADS SHOW WILL Be
HELD IN CHICAGO ON LARGE SCALE

with an organization that prom
ises to be 100 per cent effective
in perfecting arrangements now
under way, the Thirteenth Amer
lean Good roads Congress and the
Fourteenth National Good Roads
Show to be held in Chicago, Jan
uary 10 to 10 next, will by far
eclipse in program and attendance
any good roads meeting in the
world. Both events will be held
under the auspices Of the Amer
lean Road Builders association,
the largest and oldest good roads
organization in the country. Road
builders to the number Of 1000
will hold their twentieth annual
convention in Chicago during the
congress. Many prominent speak
ers will attend, including high Of
ficials of the federal government,
several governors, hundreds of
state highway officials and mayors
of American and Canadian cities,
as well as thousands of engineers,
contractors and good roads enthu-
siasts.
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separate the congress and show by
holding the former at the Congress
hotel and the latter at the Chicago
Coliseum. This arrangement will
obviate the necessity Of shutting
down the operating machinery
during the sessions and eliminate
the noise that has proved so an
noying to speakers and delegates
heretofore.
Shortly after his election, Thorn
as J. Wasser, state highway en-
gineer, Trenton, N. j., president of
the American Road Builders asso-
citation for 1922-1923, appointed to
the executive committee the fol-
lowing: Charles NJ. Upham, state
highway engineer for North Caro-
lima; James Fl. Macdonald, con-
sulting highway engineer, New TIa-
ven, Conn; and j. II. Crawford of
the Crawford Paving company, of
Washington, D. c. BY reason Of
his position as secretary, L. l..
Powers became ex-officio a mem
ber of the committee.
This committee, acting for the
American Road Builders associa-
tion, appointed Messrs, Upham and
Macdonald, and the Highway in
dustries Exhibitors association
designated its president, S. T.,
Beatty, vice president of the Aus
tin Western Road Machinery Co,
Chicago. to act as a committee hav-
ing general charge of the arrange
ments for both show and congress.
This committee has created sew
eral sub-committees to have
charge Of the various detailed ar
rangements as follows: Transpor-
tation committee, Royal M. Allen,
Chicago, chairman; general pub
licity committee. S. T. Henry, New
York, chairman; Chicago press
committee, W. II. Harris, Chicago, |
chairman; exhibitors committee, |
G. r. Ege, Chicago, chairman; en-
tertainment committee, A. c.
Cronkrite, Chicago, chairman; re-
ception and hotel committee, John
3. Hittell, Chicago, chairman; reg
istration committee, L. s. Louer,
Chicago, chairman; banquet COM
mittee, Joseph r. Draney, New
York. chairman: program commit |
tee, e. ]. Mehren, New York, !
chairman.
According TO President Wasser |
OF the American Road Builders
association, the chief difficulty
VIII be in providing space for all
the exhibits, though arrangements
will be made for all the additional
space it is possible to obtain. The
Highway Industries Exhibitors
association" said Mr.. Wasser, as
giving US splendid cooperation in
working out the arrangements. We