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Show ROAD CONGRESS TO BE HELD SOON Mnj'or II. O. Hayball, has been requested by tho Hon. Logan Waller Pago, president of tho American Iload Congress and director of tho United States Odlco of Public Hoads, to namo thrco delegatos to attend tho sessions of tho Congress at Detroit during tho wcok of September 29 hs tho representatives of the city. Twentyjclght organizations are taking tak-ing part In tho Congress undor tho leadership of tho American Highway association nnd tho Amer.cnn Auto-mohllo Auto-mohllo association. In his letter to tho mnyor, President Pass calls attention at-tention to tho fact Hint practically every utato highway commlss.Dncr will bo present nnd tako part In discussing dis-cussing tho Important problems of road construction and raalntonanco, and that Bomo of tho foremost mon In public llfo will dovoto their attention atten-tion to tho great question of national ti'Id to road Improvement in nn endeavor endea-vor to work out n policy which may" bo submitted to tho Congress of tho United Stntes with tho support of tho organized road" movement of America. Tho secretory of agriculture, agricul-ture, Hon. David F. Houston, will bo the spokesman of tho national administration ad-ministration at tho Congress. An important im-portant movo bearing upon stato legislation leg-islation will bo mnklo at tho session to bo held under tho auspices of tho American Bar association, at whl slaps will bo taken toward tho formation form-ation of nn official Interstato commission com-mission for codifying and simplifying stnte roau lnws. President Pago calls intention to the exhibits to bo mado by tho United Uni-ted Stntes govornment, tho states, and nearly a hundred of tho leading manufacturers man-ufacturers of the Congress which will Illustrnto every known method, material, ma-terial, nnd equipment for road construction con-struction and maintenance. Ho urges urg-es tho c.ty and county to bo officially official-ly represented, sis tho Congress is In reality a training school where n very great nmount of useful info-m-atlon can bo obtained through attendance atten-dance nt lectures, Inspection of ex-li'blts, ex-li'blts, conferences with lendtng spc-c'nllsts spc-c'nllsts In rend and street work, nnd the collect ng of tho many Instruct-the Instruct-the bulletins nnd documents which will be .'ivnllnble for distribution. Tho headquarters of the Congress are In tho Colorado building, Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, In chargo of J. li. Ponnybncker, general secreta y. |