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Show FO DEMONSTRATE IN SOUTH llghway Association to Show Value of Practical Maintenance on Road to Atlanta, Ga. tin order to demonstrate tho valuo of radical maintennnco of highways, , ho American Highway association, ho central good roads organization of jhe United States, has arranged, In cooperation co-operation with tho federal offlco of fmblic roads and road ofllclals In Virginia, Vir-ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina Ind Georgia, for an ambitious maintenance main-tenance experiment on tho road from IVashlngton to Atlantn, Oa. Over 700 billoa of road aro expected to bo Improved Im-proved and kopt In condition as a result re-sult of tho initiative of tho American L'llghway association. Tho experiment w on a larger Bcalo than any main-lonancn main-lonancn experiment evor undertaken n this country. i Tho great malntonanco object los-lion los-lion road extends from tho capital of lho United States through a very historic his-toric section of the country, passing luch famous polntB as Arlington, Blount Vernon, tho battlefield of Dull tun, Chancollorsburg, on route to Uchtnond, thenco cxtondlng south- jfconcretc CulverL Virginia on a Tn'rfMpitiil uirlWrVsrn"Ttoa'd . i- ward through tho 'ipltals of North and South Carollr ' and terminating at Atlanta. l S Tho American l(ghway association will enlist tho support of tho counties and districts traversed by tho road, and, whorovor possible, induco tho local lo-cal authorities to place tho road under tho supervision of government engineers en-gineers who will be detailed from tho otllco of public roadB for that pur-poso pur-poso undor tho cooperatlvo arrangement. arrange-ment. Probably 75 per cent, of tho total mlleago has already been Improved by a surfacing of stone, gravel or a mix-turo mix-turo of 'sand and clay. Tho object of tho malntonanco schemo Is to prevent tho Improved portions of tho road from doteIorating from lack of suitable care, nnd to mako tho unimproved portions as comfortablo for travel as possible with tho money avnllablo. With tho co-operation of all different communities, howovor, It Is hoped thnt concerted work will bo undertaken under-taken on tho entiro stretch of highway, high-way, resulting In a continuous maintennnco main-tennnco object lesson that will bo a stimulus to malntonanco throughout tho country. Tho Amorlcan Highway association has undertaken to raise tho money for tho traveling expenses of tho engineers who will supervise tho work. Leonard Tufts is chairman of tho commlttoo designated by tho association associa-tion to havo charge of tho campaign, and has already arranged to place J 10 mlleB undor government engineers. engi-neers. It is oxpected that all counties coun-ties travoraed by tho road will cheerfully cheer-fully enter Into tho arrangement, as It is a long stop toward a continuous stretch of rond that will bonollt tho entiro seaboard. |