SELECTED REFERENCES
Anderson, Andrew P., “Highways,” American Year Book, 1918, pp. 317-321; 1919, pp. 308-311. D. Appleton & Company, New York.
“Bonds for Highway Improvement,” Office of Public Roads Bulletin No. 136, U. S. Dept of Agr.
Boston Transcript, Letter by a foreign visitor giving her opinion of American Roads. Aug. 10, 1892.
Burrough, Edward, “State Aid to Road Building in New Jersey,” Office of Public Road Inquiry Bulletin No. 9, 1894. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington.
Chatburn, George R., “Highway Engineering,” pp. 125-126, John Wiley & Sons, New York.
Congressional Record.—Good Roads Resolution introduced in the Senate by Senator Manderson, Vol. XXIV, pp. 157, 261, 300. Introduced in the House by Representative Lewis, Vol. XXIV, p. 883.
Conrow, Clayton, “Inside History of the State Aid Law,” Report of the New Jersey Commissioner of Public Roads, 1900, p. 81.
Department of Agriculture Year Book, 1900, p. 522.
Federal Aid Road Law, History of, Congressional Record, Vol. LIII, 1916. The Federal Aid road bill, the one that was finally passed and became the most effective road law the world has ever known, had a history in Congress that would make a large volume in itself. The pages of the Congressional Record where it may be found follow: House Roll 7617—To provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes—was introduced by Mr. Dorsey W. Shackleford, of Missouri, January 6, 1916 and referred to the Committee on Roads, 637.—Reported back (H. Rept. 26), 746.—Debated, 1131, 1165, 1234, 1269, 1285, 1353-1368, 1373-1408, 1451-1480, 1516-1537 (Appendix, 21, 36, 141, 157, 160, 162, 172, 177, 178, 188, 203, 207, 208, 209, 211, 213, 214, 216, 218, 593, 1273, 2247).—Amended and passed house January 25, 1916, Ayes 283, Noes 81, Present 3, not voting 67, 1536, 1547.—Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, 1551.—Motion for change of reference debated, 2049-2057, 2329-2335.—Reference changed to Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, 2334, 2335.—Reported with amendments (S. Rept. 250), 3460, 3881.—Debated, 6425-6433, 6494-6504, 6532-6549, 6565-6585, 6731, 6782-6785, 6840-6849, 6897-6899, 7119-7127, 7225-7228, 7291-7300, 7414, 7451, 7456-7465, 7499-7518, 7560-7571.—Amended and passed Senate unanimously, May 8, 1916, 7571.—Referred to House Committee on Roads—Reported back (H. Rept. 732), 8357.—House disagrees to Senate amendments and asks for a conference, 8749.—Senate insists on its amendments and agrees to a conference, 8783.—Conference appointed, 8749, 8783.—Conference report (S. Doc. No. 474) made in Senate, 9964.—Conference report unanimously agreed to in Senate June 27, 1916, 10086.—Conference report (No. 856) made in House. 10171.—Conference report debated in House, 10162-10173 (Appendix, 1316, 1318, 1334, 1340, 1360, 1361, 1647, 1719, 1724, 1793, 1860, 2082).—Conference report agreed to in House, June 28, 1916, by a vote of 181 ayes to 53 noes, 10173.—Examined and signed, 10348, 10371.—Presented to the President, 10446.—Approved (Public Statutes No. 156, July 11, 1916), 10836.
“Federal Aid Road Act, Regulations for carrying out,” Office of Public Roads Circular No. 65. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.
Free Delivery of Mail. Agricultural Year Book, 1917; Postmaster General’s Reports, 1892-1899; Ex. Doc. 1, Pt. 4, 52d Cong., 2d Sess., p. 11; Ex. Doc. 1, Pt. 4, 53d Cong., 2d Sess., pp. ix, 55; Ex. Doc. 1, Pt. 1, 54th Cong., 3d Sess., pp. 11, 120; H. Doc. 4, 54th Cong., 1st Sess., pp. 8, 116; H. Doc. 4, 54th Cong., 2d Sess., pp. 25, 129; H. Doc. 4, 55th Cong., 3d Sess., pp. 12, 104; American Year Book, 1919, p. 556. D. Appleton & Company.
Funk and Wagnalls’ Encyclopaedia, Article “Cycling.”
Good Roads Year Book, 1917, “State Highway Department Legislation,” pp. 37-218.
Good Roads Meetings.—“Iowa Highway Meeting,” Engineering Record, August 27, 1892; National Highway Association at Portland, Oregon, The Morning Oregonian, June 22, 1905; Office of the Public Roads Bulletins, Nos. 15, 17, 19, 21-26.
Greathouse, Charles H., “The Delivery of Rural Mails,” Year Book, 1917. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.
“Highway Bonds,” The American Year Book, 1919, 1920. D. Appleton & Co., New York.
House Document No. 1510, “Federal Aid to Good Roads,” being Vol. 99 of the House Documents.
Iowa Code of 1851, “Road Laws.”
Office of Public Roads Established, Bulletin No. 1, 1894, Report of Secretary of Agriculture, 1893, p. 36. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.
New York Times, Good Roads Department, Sept. 11, 1892.
Nye, Bill, “On Good Roads,” Good Roads, September, 1892.
Perkins, George A., “State Highways of Massachusetts,” U. S. Dept. of Agri. Year Book, 1894, p. 505.
Post Roads.—The Constitution of the United States on, Section 8.
Potter, I. B., “The Gospel of Good Roads,” League of American Wheelmen.
Smith, Charles Emory, “Rural Mail Delivery,” Agricultural Year Book, 1900, p. 522. U. S. Dept of Agriculture.