Evening star., 1924-10-12
UNITED STATES EXAMPLE
IN MOTOR ROAD BUILDING
Delegates From Central and South Amer
lea Spread Highway Gospel Effec-
lively in Home Countries.

gentina, Brazil, Cuba, Guatemala
Mexico and Nicaragu are among the
countries from which reports already
nave been received showing a grow
ing interest. manifestly a result of
the highway commissions visit to the
United states, in motor road construc-
ton.
In Brazil, which already ha. az la,<,
percentage as any other American
republic of roads outside of its city
limits available for motor traffic, good
results are looked for as a result of
the Third National Road Congress.
sponsored by the Automobile Club of
Rio de janeiro. and which is meeting
10 discuss technical, legislative, finan-
cial and other problems connected
with road building: and to draw up
q general road plan for the country.
rms and similar meetings show that
the nations are going at this problem
seriously.
Argentine Ambassador Active.
The Argentine Ambassador to the
united States, DR.. Honorio Pueyredon,
who has sailed for Europe and will
go thence to South America. will stir
up further interest in his country in
the bodybuilding problem. The Am
oassador, who accompanied the high
way delegation when it was here on
part OF its inspection tour through
the United States and who since that
time has made several rather ex-
tended automobile trips through New
YORK. New England and other parts
OF the East, is enthusiastically in
favor of road building. Whatever he
can do to increase the interest of his
country and its officials in this prob
lem will be done. This is one Of the
important commercial questions
which the Ambassador will discuss
with Argentine officials and public
men while he is in Buenos Aires.
From Mexico City comes the report
that the delegates to the highway in
spectfon visit here returned "enthu-
pected that a highway association
would be formed there in the near
future. From Cuba comes word that
its two delegates have been yery
active since their return. They pre-
pared an exhaustive report for the
government, and have spoken before
the Rotary Club Of Havana and else
where; and "the enthusiastic report
of these two men," it is added. can
not help but serve as an impulse to-
wards the construction of better
roads in Cuba
A bill was introduced into the
Cuban Congress providing that after
the presidential elections of Noyem-
Der l next the immediate construction
OF the Cuban central highway be
initiated, work to begin at the op-
posite extremes of each province, so
that the construction will benefit each
locality equally.
The draft of the program which
has just been prepared for the Pan
American highway conference to meet
in Buenos Aires, and which is ex-
pected to be approved by the gov
erning board of the Pan-American
Union at its meeting November 5
provides for a division Of the con-
ference into two groups; one to deal
with matters with respect to which
the conference may adopt agreements
by all the countries Of the American
continent; the other to cover matters
of a financial and technical character
which are not capable of uniform
treatment and the solution of which
will depend upon the peculiar cir
cumstances prevailing in each coun-
try.
In some of the countries of South
America where railroad building is
almost prohibitive on account of
price-Columbia, Ecuador and Peru
being inStanceS-motor roads, it is
believed, may be made to carry a
large part of the traffic which would
go to the railroads; but in all of the
American republics modern motor
highways will be a valuable adjunct
to the railroads in the building up of
commerce and the development of the
natural resources Of these countries.
Copyright, 192I)