The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-03
BY PETER EDISON Washington Correspondent

Saugatuck, March 2-Seven mil lion postwar highway jobs, sixteen billion dollars in building, and ways to keep an expected critical increase of motor traffic moving ef- fectively were outlined at 8 confer- ence of Enc engineers here today at headquarters of the Enc Foun- dation for Highway Traffic Control, . research affiliate of Yale univer- sity.
 In discusscing the greatest new car market in the history of the automobile business, totaling $507,- Ol6,OO0 in New York city's metropol- itan area alone"-predicted by Harry M. Williams. president of the Automobile Merchants association of New York-William Phelps Enc, head of the Enc Foundation, said:
 "The saturation point of motor vehicles has always been the point at which traffic control could ham, de no more cars with safety and efficiency. The countrys 3200 motor vehicles in 1899 had practically reached the saturation point-along with carriages, wagons and hacks because there was partcially no reg ulation.
 "Trafic engineering and trained enforcement changed this as motor vehicles steadily increased to 34,- 100000 in l941. If sound, modern regulations are followed in the past war period. both efficiency and saf- ety will result" MT. Enc declared.
 Wider use of off-street parking, of roads circling around villages and cities, and of expressWays into downtown districts would decrease congestion in metropolitan areas, MT. Enc said. He called attention to what has been done in road building and routing in England and Germany.
 Mir Enc originated rotary traffic and one-way streets to relieve con- gestion. He furnished the first traf- fic code for New York City Both London and Paris later adopted 1t
 New highways and vast improve ments in the war-deteriorated roads we have are also needed, MT. Enc said
 Charles M. Upham, vice president of the Enc Foundation and engi- neer-director of the American Road Builders Association, Washington D. C., reported Californias decision to build 2700 miles of limited d-accesS highways and 600 miles of express ways as postwar highway program California's plan and the new bil- on-and-a-half- dollar Federal-Aio Highway Act are challenges to other states, he said.
 We must not wait until the end of the war to make postwar roac and traffic plans" MT. Uphan warned. The immediate problem is clear. By cooperative work now between highway administrators and engineers, traffic and safety engineers, educators and traffic en. forcement officials, eve can be ready with safety program and a high : way construction schedule-a plar that will not only save lives ant limbs and time and money. but that < will provide a vast number of job and promote transportation eff cieflcy."
 Nearly half the farms in Americs are still on dirt roads, MT. Uphan laid Only 45,OO0 mile of them have aigh-type pavement; 86i. 900 miles ,f them are classed as primitive : Poor roads increase food costs and unit the manufac ured goods which efmers can buy.
 Before the war. highways and highway transportation provided Ieven miliiori tohs. # wac pointed put Wartime deterioration and postwar increases in cars and travel will step this figure up.