Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11
In the Motor World
BY q. ADAMS HOWARD.

in the United States. BY means
of this new bridge the notoriSt in
the future will be able to drive to
Norfolk and Virginia Beach with
out having to wait for the ferry
service. The actual time involved
in reaching Norfolk, however, will
not be materially reduced.
Among those assisting in the
exercises incident to the opening
of the bridge will be Secretary
Wilbur of the Navy and Gov. Har-
ry Flood Byrd of Virginia. Miss
Olive Esther Thomas will act as
sponsor from York County and
Miss Elizabeth Randolph Cope
land will act as sponsor from
Newport News.
The cost of the bridge is eSti-
mated at 100000. One of the
features of the day will be the re-
staging of the famous battle be-
tween the Monitor and the Merit
mac.
Road Builders Exhibit.
For the first time in several
years the convention of the Amer
lean Road Builders Association
will not be held at the same time
as the New York Automobile Show.
This year it will follow almost i'm
mediately, allowing those interest
ed visiting both exhibits.
The 1929 convention and road
show of the American Road Build
erS' Association will convene for
nlally on January IA, at Cleveland.
The road show will formally open
on January ii and the convention
on January Is, at which time the
mayor of Cleveland will deliver an
address of welcome and will De
followed on the program by Col.
r. Keith Compton, who will reply
and deliver his address as preSi-
dent of the association.
City officials day will be the
opening day of the convention,
January Is. Capt. H. G. White
hurst, the president of the city
officials division, will preside. and
carefully prepared reports of the
various committees of this division
will be delivered at the sessions.
Pan-American day will be We'd
nesday, January Is. Octavia Du-
bois. president of the Mexican
National Highway Commission
and president of the Pan-Ameri-
can division of the American Road
Builders Association, will occupy
the chair at that time. Reports
from various pan-American ma
tions will be delivered at the Ses-
sionS. At the road show may be
seen a number of elaborate eX-
hibits presented by these coun-
tries.
Thursday, January II, has been
designated county officials day.
Thomas J. WasSer, president of
the division, will preside over the
sessions. Reports will be deliv-
cred by the chairman of the nine
county officials committees. and
discussions will follow each re-
port.
The Saturday prior to the con-
vention will be devoted to meet
ings by the manufacturers di-
vision. Special arrangements have
been made for the program.
Approximately 500 carloads Of
modern road building and main
tenance equipment will grace the
Cleveland exposition buildings on
the occasion of the twenty-sixth
annual convention and road show
of the American Road Builders
Association. The exposition will
SurpaSS all others from the stand
point of size and from the stand
point of new developments Oh
exhibits.
Early indications are that the
number of exhibitors for this
show will surpaSs 400. Many new
exhibitors have already applied
for space, and the addition of the
new city officials division will fill
thousands of square feet with city
equipment heretofore not shown.
The addition of the new north
and south wings of the Cleveland
Auditorium has made much addi-
tional space for allotment to ex-
hibitorS. This space. as will all
other space. will be allocated at a
meeting of the ALLEGATION commit
tee to be held in Cleveland on
October 10.
Garage employees had a busy
time last week removing all signs
of the presidential campaign from
automobiles. A few Hoover signs
remain still, but the Smith pastors
are among things of the past.