Show I 1 TO demonstrate IN SOUTH highway association to show value of practical maintenance on road to atlanta ga in order to demonstrate tho the value of practical maintenance of highways a y 8 tho the american highway association the central good roads aaion of oc tho the united states has arranged in cooperation with tho the federal dulco of public roads and road officials in virginia north carolina south carolina and georgia tor for an ambitious maintenance experiment on the road from washington to atlanta ga over miles of road are arc expected to be improved and kept in condition as a result of the initiative of the american highway association the experiment la Is on oil a larger scale than any maintenance experiment over undertaken in this country the great maintenance object les son road extends from the capital of oc the united states through a very historic section of the country passing such famous points as arlington mount vernon tho the battlefield of dull bull run Chancellors burg en ell route to richmond thence extending south axim W tt concrete culvert in virginia on a stretch of macadam Mana darn road ward through the capitals of north and south carolina and terminating at atlanta the american highway Ilig hway association will enlist the support of the counties and als districts traversed by the road and wherever possible induce the local authorities to place the road under the supervision of government engineers who will be detailed from tho the office ot of public roads tor for that purpose under tho the operative cooperative co arrangement probably 76 75 per cent of the total milea mileage gellas has already been improved by a surfacing ot of stone gravel or a mixture of sand and clay the object of the maintenance scheme Is to prevent the I 1 improved portions of the road from deteriorating from lack of suitable care and to make the unimproved portions as comfortable for travel as possible with the money available with the operation cooperation co of all different communities however it to Is hoped that concerted work will be undertaken on the entire stretch of highway resulting in a contiguous maintenance object lesson that will bo be A a stimulus to maintenance throughout the country the american highway association has undertaken to raise raisa the money tor for the traveling expenses of the engineers who mho will supervise the work j leonard tufts is chairman of df th aba a 46 commit committee teo designated by the association to have charge of the campaign and has already arranged to placa miles under government engineers it to is expected that all counties traversed by the road will cheerfully enter into the arrangement as it la Is a long step toward a continuous stretch of road that will benefit tho tha entire seaboard |