Show PUBLIC ROADS HEAD PLANS TO CLASSIFY HIGHWAY SYSTEMS Coordination of or the various interested interested inter inter- ested listed agencies Is being secured by Thomas H. H MacDonald chief of or the bureau of public roads In the classification classification classi classi- of highways Into systems ba open apon different classes of ot traffic traffic fic lie determination of ot the relative Importance importance importance im Im- im- im of ot the classes of highways as to state county local and national needs the correlation and adjustment adjustment adjustment adjust adjust- ment of systems between contiguous states and localities and the distribution distil distri of the costs of improvement of the various systems As the head of the agency that Is charged with the distribution of millions of federal funds Mr MacDonald has long realIzed realized realized real real- the need for the application of big business methods to hi Ills his work Realization that not only the state and the bureau are interested In m what highways are to be Improved with federal assistance but other agencies as well Mr MacDonald has been holding a series of conferences with the war plans division or the general staff starr of the tha war department with a view to determining what highways In all the states are Importance importance importance im im- Im- Im from a military standpoint In addition the bureau Is cooperating cooperating cooperating ing with all state highway departments departments depart depart- ments In road classification |