Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-02
UPHAM TELLS ROAD
BODY BIG OUTLOOK
Capital Man in Mexico City
Points to Gains for West
ern Hemisphere.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MEXICO CITY, May 2-The belief
that the whole Western Hemisphere
would soon rightfully share the prestige
of the United States as world leader
in improved roads was expressed by
Charles M. Upham of Washington
d. c., president of the American Road
Builders Association and consulting
engineer of the Mexican National High
way Commission, at one Of the sessions
OF the Third National Highway Con-
greSs just concluded in Mexico City.
Mr.. Upham headed a delegation OF
more than so from the United States
most of the delegates being members
of the American Road Builders ASso-
citation with headquarters at Wash
ington.
The American delegation to Mexico's
Highway Congress was met at the ooroer
and escorted to Mexico City by officials
of the Mexico National Highway Com
mission While in Mexico the United
States delegates were repeatedly hon.
ored, hundreds of people standing IN
driving rain turning out to greet them
upon their arrival in Mexico City.
President Pascual Ortiz Rubio, himself
an engineer, honored the Americans
with reception at the historic Chapul-
tepec Castle, which is equivalent to the
White House in Mexico.
In conjunction with the Highway
Congress a National Tourist Congress
and a National Exposition of Highway
Machinery were in session in Mexico
City.
Details of CavaIcade.
The chief achievement of the Tourist
Congress was the arrangement of de-
tails for the motor cavalcade from
Mexico City to Washington that is to
inaugurate the Mexico City to Laredo
Highway in october. This highway,
which is to link the Mexican Capital
with the United States border, is eX-
pected to be completed by September
Arrangement of the cavalcade was left
In the hands of a special commission.
j. B. Furlong of San Antonio, Texas,
represented the United States-MeXico
Tourist Commission at the Tourist
Congress.
American manufacturers OF automo-
bileS, trucks, highway equipment and
road building machinery provided the
majority of the exhibits at the exhibit
ton at the National Stadium here, al
though there were also exhibits from
England. Germany and France.
The American Road Builders Asso-
citation was host to its friends and
members in Mexico in booth decorated
States colors, and red, white and green,
the Mexican colors. At the formal
opening of the congress President Ortiz
Rubio came to this booth, where he was
photographed with his official party
and the American delegates.
Besides Mr.. Upham. the following
comprised the United States delegation
to the highway congress: E. w. James
and A. L. Gemeny. Washington, OIL
Gals of the United States Bureau OF
Public Roads; S. r. Beatty, Chicago
vice president Of the American Road
Builders Association; Capt. H. c.
whitehurst, chief Of the Highway De-
partment, Washington, and president OF
the American Road Builders Associa-
tons city officials division; Lyle A.
Brookover, Washington. publicity direc-
tor of the association; Wallace Thomp-
son, New York City, editor of Inge-
nieria International; Mr.. and Mrs
George c. Warren, Boston; Mr.. and
Mrs. c. 3. Smythe, Elyria, Ohio; Miss
Katherine Fowler, Elyria. Ohio; D. D