Show ranc TO demonstrate IN SOUTH highway association to show value of practical maintenance on road to atlanta ga in order to demonstrate the value of practical maintenance of highways the american highway association tho the central good roads organization of tho the united states has arranged in cooperation with the federal office of 0 public roads and road officials in virginia ginia north carolina south carolina and georgia for or an ambitious maintenance experiment on the road from washington to atlanta ga over miles of road are expected to be improved and kept in cond condition luon as a result of the initiative of the american highway association the experiment is on air a larger scale than any maintenance experiment ever undertaken in this country the great maintenance object les son road extends from the capital of the united states through a very his tone section of the country passing such famous points as arlington mount vernon the battlefield of bull run Chancellors burg en route to richmond thence extending south it V 1 11 1 A 7 V j I 1 1 W 1 Z S t ys nka S concrete culvert in virginia on a stretch of macadam road ward through the capitals ot of north and south carolina and terminating at atlanta the american highway association will enlist the support of the counties and districts traer traversed sed by the road and possible induce the to lo cal authorities to place the road under the supervision of government en ginders who ft hlll be detailed from the office of public roads for that purpose under the co operative cooperative arrange ment probably 75 per cent of the total mileage has already been improved by a surfacing of stone gravel or a mix ture ot of sand and clai the object bj t of the maintenance scheme is to the impson ed portions of the road from deteriorating from lack ot of suitable care and to make the unimproved portions as comfortable for travel as possible with ath the tha money mone available with the operation cooperation co of all different communities hovi however ever it Is hoped that concerted aock will be undertaken on the entire stretch of highway resulting in a continuous main teri feriance ance object lesson that hlll be a stimulus ulua to maintenance throughout the country the american highway association has baa undertaken to raise the money tor for the traveling expenses ot of the engineers who will ill supervise sup ervle the work leonard tutta tufts la is chairman of the committee designated by the association to have charge of the campaign and has alread arranged to place HO miles under government engineers it is expected that all counties traversed by the road will cheerfull enter into the arrangement as it Is a along long step toward a continuous stretch of road that will benefit the entire seaboard |