Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-07-25 | Page 19 | Officials Asked to Attend Road Congress

OffiCIAlS ASKED TO TOA A ATTEO ROAD CONGRESS CORESS Session of Pan-American Pan Organization Organization Or Or- Will Wi Be Held at Oakland in September Invitations In Are aro being sent by the executive committee tho the chairman of ot which Is Charles Chales CharlesT W. W Gates governor go of Vermont to tho the governors of each elch state tte to tot the lieutenant governors o of ot oftIe tIe the Canadian provinces and to the presidents pros pre of ot the South American republics asking them to attend In person and to name delegates to the pan-American pan road congress which Is to bo be held In Oakland Cal September 17 1 13 This congress will wi be bo held under the Joint auspices of at the tho American Road Rond Builders Builders' Build Build- ers ers' a association and nd tho the American Highway Highway High High- a way association In operation co-operation co with wih the Good Roads association the tho membership of ot which covers the states of ot California Oregon and Wash Wash- In ington It 1 ton I. I I. I A AI 1 s. s u eyer every overy state and Canadian province and anda a largo large number of the tho South American republics will wi attend this great gleat gathering gathering gathering gath gath- ering In tho Interest of ot good roads The Program program which Is being prepared covers thoroughly the tho subject of ot road rond building and street Improvement omont The papers and discussions will bo be han handled bandied lcd b by tho the men who are the acknowledged acknowledge experts In their respective lines linos It I I Is believed belle that tho the con congress will wi bring together tOGether tho the largest largest number of ot men In Interested Interested In- In in highway and street Improvement Improvement Im Im- un- un provement ever assembled at any time or place Special trains aro are being arranged ar ar- ranged for tor the accommodation of at delegates dole dele gates from the east The Tho plans for tor holding the tho pan pan-Amer ican lean road read congress are aro In tho tIm hands of an executive committee of ot five of ot which Gov Go Charles W. W Gates of at Vermont Vermont Ver Ver- mont moot Is chairman MaJ laJ W. W W W. Crosby Crosby former state highway engineer of ol Maryland larland James II H. I. I MacDonald former former for tor- mer state highway commissioner of Connecticut J J. J 13 E. chief division of economics United States of- of tco of ot public roads and E E. L. L L Powers eitor editor of ot Good Roads are tho the other members of the thc committee