Historical And Technical Papers On Road Building In The United States

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ISBN 13 : 9781332239023
Total Pages : 238 pages
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Download or read book Modern Road Building written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Modern Road Building: Being Reports of the Transactions of the First Congress of American Road Builders Held at Seattle, Washington, July 4, 1909 I assure you it would be especially gratifying to the Washington State Commission, and the people of the state, if this building was known as the official home of your organization. The Washington State Commission was created by act of the Tenth Legislature for the purpose of exhibiting the general developments, resources, and advantages of the State of Washington, at the World's Fair of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, to be held in Seattle, Washington, in 1909. Seven of the beautiful buildings you see on the exposition grounds were constructed by this Commission, yet the Washington State Good Roads Building may prove the most important in the development and upbuilding of the state. The original appropriation of $2,500.00 set aside by us for a Good Roads Department did not contemplate the construction of a building, but only an exhibit of road materials and road building. Owing to the great interest taken in the good roads movement throughout the state, fostered and promoted by Mr. Samuel Hill, President of the Washington Good Roads Association, and from the fact that the Washington State University had established a chair of "Good Roads" in that great institution, the Commission, believing the construction of a building devoted to good roads and the installing of its good roads exhibit therein, would be a powerful aid in the promotion and education for good roads, concluded to construct this beautiful building, known as the Washington State Good Roads Building, at a cost of $12,000.00. This building is a permanent building, built on a substantial concrete foundation, and will be used by the State University as the home of its "Good Roads Department." During the exposition it will house and be the home of the Washington Good Roads exhibit, and its auditorium and lecture room will be used each day for lectures and classes in good roads. The building is designed and arranged particularly for educating the people as to the necessity for good roads. This Commission and the people of the state at large are especially pleased that the first session of the American Congress of Road Builders will be held in this building, the first edifice of the kind to be built for the purpose of fostering and promoting the building of good roads. Gentlemen, on behalf of the Washington State Commission, for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, I take great pleasure in dedicating this building to the purpose for which it was erected, viz., "Good Roads." It used to be said that all roads lead to Rome. I trust that the future may show that all "Good Roads" emanate from the Washington State Good Roads Building. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.