Minutes of Executive Committee 1928-06-01

by American Association of State Highway Officials

MINUTES OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Chicago, Illinois

Friday, June 1st, 1928.

1. Meeting was called to order by President Frank T. Sheets. Members present were: C. M. Babcock, Thomas H. MacDonald, W. R. Neel, G. F. Schesinger, P. R. White and Treasurer W. W. Mack.
2. Treasurer Mack's report showed that all States have paid this year's dues except five.
3. Invitations from eleven cities to hold the next annual meeting of the Association in their midst were carefully canvassed and final decision as made in favor of Chicago Illinois, for November 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th, 1928.
4. The special committee to suggest uniform legends for State road maps presented its report and the Secretary was ordered to forward the report to the various State Highway Departments for letter ballot.
5. On motion the Chairman of the Committee on Highway Research Activities was designated as alternate representative for the Association with the Highway Research Council.
6. The Congress having passed a Resolution empowering the President to invite the International Road Congress to meet in the United States in 1930, Thomas A. MacDonald presented a general outline of the program of that Convention which will be held in Washington, D. C. He also presented a plan for the visitation of these international delegates to a number of the States for the study of road construction. Following the resolution passed by the Association at our last meeting in Denver extending the good will and help of the States in connection with the work of this Road Congress, the Executive Committee, in behalf of the Association, extended the most hearty cooperation of the State Highway Departments and recommended to the States which may have an opportunity to have a special part in his great meeting, to help in every way possible.
7. It was decided by motion that the Association shall have published each year the work of the various Standing Committees and the Secretary and E. W. James, Chairman of the Committee on Standards were requested to investigate the feasibility of publishing a volume on "Standards of Practice."
8. The special committee appointed to report on publishing a "History of Road Building", submitted a very complete outline of this work which was unanimously approved. H. S. Fairbank and the Secretary were appointed to edit the work and all the past presidents, President Sheets and Thomas H. MacDonald, Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads, were appointed associate editors. The editors were authorized upon completion of the manuscript to adopt ways and means to finance the cost of publication.
9. H. J. Kirk, Director of Highways of Ohio, was appointed to represent the Association on the Permanent Committee on the Simplification of Paving Brick.
10. On motion the request for an alternate route on U. S. No. 50 between Athens, Ohio, via Marietta, Ohio, St. Mary's, West Virginia, to Ellenboro, West Virginia, was disapproved.
11. On motion the request from New Mexico that the route between La Junta, Colorado, to Los Angeles, California, be given the Number 50 South was disapproved as the roads between these points already carry U. S. numbers.
12. The request for the duplicate marking of the road from Philip to Rapid City, South Dakota, was disapproved.
13. The request by Kansas for a U. S. number between Springfield, Missouri, and Two Buttes, Colorado was disapproved. Missouri and Colorado did not join in the request.
14. Under date of February 6th, the Executive Committee approved by letter ballot the request for a change in the numbering of United States No. 6 in New York so as to read; "NEW YORK, beginning at the Connecticut-New York State line at Mill Plain via Brewster, Mahopac, Peekskill, Highland Falls, Central Valley, Monroe, Goshen, State Hill to Port Jervis," and United States No. 6 North, the route formerly designated United States No. 6 from Port Jervis via Wurtsboro, Ellenville to Kingston shall be known as United States 6 North.
    On motion the Secretary was authorized to record the following ballots taken by the Association since the last meeting of the Executive Committee:
15. Marking on Pavements at Railroad Grade Crossings.
    V oting YES, 35
    • Alabama
    • Arizona
    • California
    • Colorado
    • Delaware
    • Georgia
    • Idaho
    • Indiana
    • Kansas
    • Kentucky
    • Maryland
    • Massachusetts
    • Michigan
    • Minnesota
    • Mississippi
    • Missouri
    • Montana
    • Nebraska
    • Nevada
    • New Hampshire
    • New Mexico
    • North Carolina
    • North Dakota
    • Ohio
    • Oklahoma
    • Oregon
    • Pennsylvania
    • Rhode Island
    • South Dakota
    • Texas
    • Utah
    • Vermont
    • Washington
    • West Virginia
    • Wisconsin
      Voting NO, 4.
    • Connecticut
    • Illinois
    • Iowa
    • Virginia
      Not voting, 11
    • Arkansas
    • Florida
    • Louisiana
    • Maine
    • New Jersey
    • New York
    • South Carolina
    • Tennessee
    • Wyoming
    • Bureau of Public Roads
    • Hawaii
16. That on pavements ten feet shall be considered as the standard width for each traffic lane.
    Voting Yes, 29.
    • Alabama
    • Arizona
    • California
    • Colorado
    • Delaware
    • Idaho
    • Iowa
    • Kentucky
    • Massachusetts
    • Michigan
    • Minnesota
    • Mississippi
    • Missouri
    • Montana
    • Nevada
    • New Hampshire
    • New Mexico
    • North Carolina
    • North Dakota
    • Ohio
    • Oklahoma
    • Oregon
    • Pennsylvania
    • Rhode Island
    • Utah
    • Vermont
    • Washington
    • West Virginia
    • Wisconsin
      Voting NO, 1O
    • Connecticut
    • Georgia
    • Illinois
    • Kansas
    • Indiana
    • Maryland
    • Nebraska
    • Texas
    • Virginia
    • Wyoming