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MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 30.— Gibb Gilchrist, dean of engineer ing at Texas A. M. College, was named today by President Oscar Johnston of the National Cotton Council to head the or ganization’s exhaustive survey of cotton roads. Mr. Gilchris, a former president of the American Association of State Highway Officials, will launch immediately an investiga tion dssigned to settle definitely the practical aspects of cotton fab rica for use In reinforcing bitum inous highways, President Johnston and In mak ing the announcement that the Council “is going to the bottom of the cotton roads queason. If we find cotton roads to be practical, and we believe we will, we have uncovered a new market with po tentialities of a milion bales a year.” Mr. Johnston pointed out that there are approximately two mil lon miles of farm-to-market roads in the nation on which cot ton fabrics could be used if such construction is proved to be prac ical. Cotton roads now In exist ence total slightly less than 600 miles, Including airport runways.
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Hayti Missouri Herald
Hayti, Missouri, US
Fri, Jun 02, 1939
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