Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 193, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1914 — AMERICAN ROAD CONGRESS TO BE HELD IN ATLANTA [ARTICLE]

AMERICAN ROAD CONGRESS TO BE HELD IN ATLANTA

Mayor Spitler Asked to Name Three Delegates to Attend the Sessions. /;~ Vj... '-J (Mayor Bpitler, of Rensselaer; has been requested by the Hop. A. B. Fletcher, president of the Fourth American Road Congress, and State Highway Engineer of California, to name three delegates to attend the sessions of the congress .at Atlanta, Ga., during the week of November 9th. Forty-seven great organizations are taking part in the congress under the leadership of the American Highway Association and the American Automobile Association. In his letter tb the mayor, President Fletcher calls attention to the fact that practically every state highway commissioner will be present and take part in discussing the important problems of road construction and maintenance, and that some of the foremost men in public life will devote their attention to the great question Of federal i aid to road improvement, in an en- | deavor to work out a policy which may be submitted to the congress of the United States with the support of the organized road movement of America. An important move bearing upon state legislation will be made at the session to be held under the auspices of the American Bar Association, at which a joint committee, appointed at the 1913 congress, will report progress in compilation and suggested revision of state road laws. The creation of a commission participated in by each state to work out a revision of the road laws will be urged. The National Civil Service Reform League will hold an exceedingly importan session on the merit system in road administration. Abe Martin says; “Ever notice how an office seeker’s eyesight fails when he gits, what he wants? Constable Newt Plub is investigatin’ th’ advance in French fried p’taters an’ Dutch apple pies at the little Gem resturint. -