Show o D BUIlDERS in II CONTINENT N HIGHWAYS I- I y Countries ted at Annual t in In Ch- Ch Chicago I. I ROADS ADS PROFIT ENGINEERS ENGINEERS' VIEW e Than th of Materials and chinery on Exhibit I AGO Jan 12 AP AP-A AP APAI A gi- gi IGo I P. P an of in Cantlie Can- Can the United States Mexico al and South America was the land v of the nations nation's r lien hen with a g generous men from foreign n tics opened their twenty- twenty ual convention here toda today h making king vied with an 0 worth of ro road d dIg Ig chinery and materials bt le ere e on freight cars Ham llam H. H Connell president nt of sS and acting secre- secre f the Penns Pennsylvania depart- depart of declared that the Gliding industry was in its in- in th only miles of theDO the DO of roads in the Unit Unit- at pa paved ved rles H H. Markham president of or ormi mi ois Central road said When we take info consideration the extensive extensive traffic derived by the railroads from the transportation of road building materials and machinery ma ma- chinery automobiles gasoline and various allied products we wo can feel that the railroads have gained more than they have lost through the development of highway trans trans- MORE PROGRESS IN SIGHT The solution of traffic dangers lies in proper location of rural highways s said id Colonel WW W W. W W. Crosby location engineer of or the Pennsylvania department of ot high high- ways Advances in and highway engineering in the last thirty and particularly the l last st ten years warrant hope for even greater great great- er advances in the future he said Mr Connell pr predicted that expenditures expenditures expenditures ex ex- ex- ex for highways probably will not increase in the same proportion proportion proportion pro pro- portion as they have since th the end of the world war war but the additIonal additional additional addi addi- mileage of of hard surfaced roads necessary to meet th the tha highway sigh high way transportation demands demanda will result In a a. substantial increase Inthe in inthe inthe the highway expenditure each year for an Indefinite tune time I 1 say this beca because se if it the time ever arrives when all the highways will ha have v been paved there still will be the upkeep problem in which is included not only the maintenance repairs but the re replacement replacement replacement re- re placement of a a. cons considerable mileage mileage mileage mile mile- age of these pavements each year made necessary by deterioration said Mr 1 Connell That no highway should be constructed constructed constructed con con- at a cost in ex excess ess of its earning capacity he cited as an acc acceptable acceptable ac ac- ac- ac c principle pointing out that as saved annually in the United States in motor vehicle op operation operation operation op- op costs as a result of ot the construction of miles of hard surfaced roads and miles of gravel roads since 1904 He based the saving on a a. 25 per cent higher operating cost on dirt roads than on hard surfaced roads and 10 per cent higher on dirt roads than on gravel The average cost of of- the several types of hard surfaced roads used in the United States was fixed at approximately a mile mUe and gravel at a mile mUe 0 4 Highway transportation promises to continue to replace street railways railways rail raU- ways but said Mr 1 Connell Connen will not seriously affect the railroads ultimately ultimately ulti ulti- matey becoming to then aIth although gh possibly c. c causing cusing using abandonment abandon abandon- ment of ment ot some short lines Mr Markham s d highway de development de- de velo nent ent has hats had a tremendous effe effect on railroad transportation mar marking ing a a. st steady ad decline fn In the nub er of rail J passengers Long dis distance ance travel and commutation travel are increasing however The short haul passenger traffic he regards as gone forever with the railroad unable to compete with the automobile |