Show State Traffic Police Urged To Curb Mounting Auto Fatalities CLEV CLEVELAND ELAr EL O 0 0 Jan 10 AP AP- AP There is little use of 0 building more and better highways if It they are but butto butto butto to be pathways aj s to death and injury C C. M M. Babcock president o of the American Road Builders' Builders association tion declared in his address today Indorsing the state traffic patrol plan to insure safety on public high- high ways VaS TVS five Twenty thousand persons persons per per- sons re representing every ery division of oC road building interests are attending attending attend attend- In ing the day 5 show and convention The number of fatalities in proportion pro proportion proportion pro pro- portion to the tha number of or automobiles automobiles automo automo- biles is decreasing but tho the total number of ot traffic deaths is still mounting Babcock who Is highway highway high high- way vay commissioner of ot Minnesota said Mid In his plea for great attention to public safety PATROL SYSTEM It is time to turn the tide The establishment of or state traffic patrols patrols patrols pa pa- together with closer coordination coordination coordination tion of ot the work of or local peace officers officers cers should bring nb about ut fewer arrests arrests ar arrests ar- ar rests for technical violations of traffic laws laI and more efficient lent prosecution of 01 dangerous drivers Babcock said In reviewing the work o of the American Road Builders' Builders association association tion during tire the twenty five ye years jears rs of or orits its history Babcock reviewed the extension of a aast ast vast network of ot highways from less than miles mUes of or surfaced roads in 1903 1803 to miles mile today When the or organization organization organization or- or was founded in 1903 less than miles o of roads re regardless regardless regardless re- re o of condition existed in the United States Today more than 2 miles of or roads connect the smallest hamlets with neighboring towns and cities Expenditures for roads In the United States now v exceed one billion billion billion bil bil- bil- bil lion dollars annually as compared with less than a a. total of or prior to 1904 he declared Sam Hill and Frank Terrace who walked tho the whole whole- length of ot the Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- highway ay from Canada Canad to Mexico co Just to show some fool tool legislators legislators legislators legislators' legisla legisla- tors tors' that such a n. road could be built bunt are just as ardent road builders build build- ers era today as they w were ere thirty years ears ago when they made their hike Hill lIlli millionaire railroad man man manat of at tho the Pacific coast and Terrace later of oC Orilla Wash are arc hero for tor the sessions of tho the American Road Builders' Builders association These men who showed tire the tool foot legislators and then inspired construction construction construction con con- a of the scenic Colu Columbia River highway aj now are planning an even enn greater roadway to extend from Manitoba Can to Florida TRAVEL FOR ROADS Their mutual interest in fn roads brought them together and has kept them together In Seattle some thirty years ago Hill HilI was pleading bet before ore an audience for tot roads out ol ot of the city Terrace a 3 listener introduced Introduced introduced intro Intro- himself after the meeting The pair since have visited all alt parts part o of the United States Canada Japan Europe and and Europe in fn the interest of better roads Hill was the host o of Queen Marie Marje o of Rumania on her recent American tour He lIe is sailing salling for tor Europe Saturday to bring back a art collection left by Lole Loie Fuller the dancer his friend and the confidante of ot Queen Marie arle |