The Bismarck tribune., 1925-05-02
U. S. HIGHWAY
SYSTEM WILL
BE DESIGNATED
North Dakota Representative
at National Conference
Makes Report

The transcontinental highway sys-
tenn will be designated and marked
by the state and federal governments
meeting of the Joint Board on inter-
state Highways held in Washington
on April 20 and 21, according, to
Ormanzo A. Brown, of Dickinson,
former member Of the North Dakota
state highway commission, who at
tended the meeting and made his
report to w. G.. Black, chief engineer
and secretary of the state highway
commission, this morning. The meet
ing was attended by officials Of the
Federal Bureau of Public Roads and
officials of the various state high
way departments. Mr.. Brown was
appointed to act on the Joint Board
Of Interstate Highways by Howard
NJ. Gore, former secretary Of agricul-
ture, who called the Washington con-
ference.
The willingness of the highways
officials in various states to cooper
ate in this work and the intense in
terest taken in the activities of the
Joint Board promises an early de-
signation of an adequate system of
transcontinental highways, accord
ing to Mr.. Brown. In CONNER nting
upon the plan to be followed in de-
signaling and marking this trans
continental system, Mr.. Brown
stressed the fact that this was a ma
tional movement for the convenience
of the driving public of all the
states. This board is asking for
suggestions and comments from the
various states and the assistance
and cooperation of all the states is
expected. This, Mr.. Brown continu-
ed, was the general concensus of
opinion Of the Joint Board at its re-
cent meeting.
According to Mr.. Brown, tht plan
to be followed. is substantially this:
The country has been divided into
groups of states. Each group, be-
ginning with the Pacific Coast states,
will hold meeting at some central
point, at which the highways suit
able. for inclusion in the transcon-
tinental system will be designated.
Highway officials of all the states
interested and Of the Federal Bur-
eau have been invited to attend these
group meetings. Each group at it's
meeting will have before it the pro-
posed system of the next preceding
group or groups and will designate
its own highways so~ as to connect
with this system in such a manner
as best to insure uniform and we'll
coordinated transcontinental system,
SO that tourists from any part of
the nation wishing to cross the con-
tinent may do so with the least pos
sible delay and Inconvenience by fol-
lowing the same route marker prac-
tically the entire distance. A dis
tinctive marker for use on the trans
continental system was tentatively
adopted by the Joint Board and re-
ferred to the highway departments
Of all the states for their approval.
The Joint Board also approved the
recommendation of the American AS
sociation of State Highway Officials
regarding precautional and direc-
tional signs and recommended that
such a system of highway marking
be adopted by all the states. 1t is
worthy of note that this is substan-
TALLY the system now used in mark
ing state highways in North Dako-
ia.
The regional meeting of the group
of states in which North Dakota is
located will be held in Kansas City
on May ~ Of this year.