| Show washington D C prest roosevelt has directed that be strongly and officially represented at the international road congress to be held at paris the week beginning october 11 and credentials haver have been issued naming logan waller page director of atthe the office of public roads of the U S department of agriculture chairman of the commission the other members named are colonel colonel charles S bromwell of 0 the united states corps ot of engi engineers now serving as superintendent of and grounds of 0 the district of 0 columbia and clifford richardson ot of new york an eminent chemist md ad one of 0 the worlds on bituminous road building mat aerials this coming congress which will be attended by distinguished delegates from every country in the world Is regarded by highway engineers and experts as probably the most important eye evera summoned far ili discussion n ot of an economic question its need la Is the direct outgrowth of 0 the advent ot of the automobile tor for while thousands are t tires ot of the modern motorcar motor car are the greatest menace the tha hard bard surface thoroughfares of the world have ever been called upon to face to understand how a tire made of rubber could possibly injure a road surfaced with particles of crushed rock one must musti have ave atle ata f least asti a taint faint understanding of the die theories on which first Tre sauget ot of limoges and then macadam of ayr built that class of highway i they figured that a road composed ot of crushed stone would not only endure the constant traffic ot of iron tired vehicles but would im imi i prove because the metal bound wheels wheel would be constantly crushing tho the stones and for forming rock dust that dust would they argued not merely sift itself into all cracks and interstices but would fill all surface inequalities and when wet would be rolled into a smooth impervious wa ter shedding shell lika surface they reasoned well built wisely and tor for over a century and a quarter the so called macadam road did everything that the famous french and scotch highway engineers claimed it capable of it came tobe tobe the ideal road foru suburban burban sections section sand and thousands of miles were built france to date has spent on her incomparable system of rock sur faced natica and the united states have followed to a degree possessing at the present time approximately miles of this class of highway prior to the advent of the automobile the roads improved but the modern speed vehicle had not been trav ersing the suburban highways long before a pronounced retrogression of the most generally traveled stretches was very complaints came from farmers and from dwellers along suburban roads that a great dust nuisance had also sprung up and that emerald lawns were ivere taking on the hue of london fog and that box hedge was dove grey rather than green fruit farmers noted their products becoming gritty and prices fell 0 off investigation proved at once that the new conditions had been created by the automobile and highway engineers in every civilized land began studying the new hew condition and seeking for a remedy in this country director page conducted a series ot of interesting experiments in which various classes of automobiles were sent at varying rates of speed over selected stretches of road while expert photographers grap hers pictured their progress and produced proof that the force of the rear tires did the damage while he was wat watching chine that tha work vork ahei anal was experimenting with various dust laying liquids prance france was vas doing the same game onan on an even larger scale that country which expends vast sums annually on maintaining 1 the well nigh perfect system of 0 hi highways it has baa been building since the days of the first farst napoleon made a most complete set of measurements and learned that the automobiles had caused tho the roa roada da of the republic to retrograde fully forty per cent jt it was decided to summon the thought sicila and d intelligence of the world to combat a con which means great financial losses and the official invitations to the congress were sent out outtie the french government formally requesting the in ars U 9 obber government air eSo I 1 d e n Y ile oge oie ve sr it 19 ally so deeply interested in the coniing coming gathering as aa to send the director of 0 roads ani and jils big distinguished distinguish pd asso dates clates to r may by som be re r carded as evl evidence deneL of a national awakening toi vlist Import Importance abec good roads are arc to the nation V leave been transmitted m I 1 t te td t through dougli the offic elof of bubli roada oa d ato to state highway commissioners city E n g 1 de re 1 I azid fai I 1 ss aid to attend the congress and already a number of ode legates have unselect bt bd |
