Library of Congress · resource:sn78000873/1908-07-02/ed-1:page:6
Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 2, 1908
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International Road Congress President Roosevelt Names Commissioners to Represent the U S Government Washington D C June 22 1resi dent Roosevelt lias directed that this Nation be strongly and officially repre seuted at the International Roads Coi gress to be held at Paris the week be ginning October 11 and credentials have been issued naming Logan Waller lage Director of the Office of Public Roads of the U S Department of Agri culture Chairmau of the Commission The other members named are Colonel Charles S liromwell of the United States Corps of Engineers now serving as Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds of the District of Columbia and Clifford Richardson of New York an eminent chemist and one of the worlds acknowledged authorities on bituminous road building materials This coming Congress which will be attended by distinguished delegates from every country in the world is re garded by highway engineers and ex perts as probably the most iniportant ever summoned for the discussion of an economic question Its need is the direct outgrowth of the advent of the automobile for while thousands are ignorant of the fact the solt tires ol the modern motor car are the greatest menace the hard
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maine state library. 1908-07-02. Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 2, 1908. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn78000873/1908-07-02/ed-1/?sp=6
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