La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 01, 1926, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextI Auto Section VOLUME XXIV. SECOND SECTION LA GRANDE. OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1926. 14 PAGES TODAY 1.. CRATER LAKE Tl 1 OPEN SOON Preliminary Work to Be gin Next Week Road Construction Is First Item. ' MKDKOKl), May 1. (AP) I're ' limlnury work .preparatory to tlic official opening of Crater I.aku will begin next work, according to Supt. C. G. Thomson, with head ' iiuurtcrs in this city. War on pine booties, und road ''construc tion will bo the first activities. .. , Representatives. .. of 'llio Warren construction company of Portland in 'ohurge of road building In the park, arrived r'rlduy, ' and .-. will leave-to select s a site fpr a'-rock quarry, to bo-erected. In the park. arly melting of tho -Snow "will permit early work on the road. Engineer Green forniorly of the Itedwood highway has been named by tho bureau of public roads to take charge of road work in tho park this season. The Yokey- timber company, who have large- timber holdings adjoining the park. and a federal entomologist, will combat the pine beetle. Kodger Welles has been named park ranger and with two aides, will begin his duties at once. Maxvillc-Wallowa Road Now in Good Condition PitOMlBB. (Speclul) The road from Mnxvllle to Wallowa hus been worked during tho past week and is reported to bo in excellent condition. Tho road from Mux on to Promiso Is quite rough, al though cars are traveling -over it everyday.!.: , " "Ho you hiked from Frls.-o to New. York In eight days!" "Yes, I should have made It in seven, but I : had to walk ten miles."-; '-'- t ,' Which Is The Worst? RUNNING OUT OF GAS OR CHANGING A TIRE? Either is bad enough! Keep a tankful of Vel tex Gasoline, then ride on a new set of Racine or Miller tires and you can avoid a lot of annoyance. . -- . - ' . - - - -. . i La Grpiide Filling Station Kuhn & Zweifel Road Construction Hazardous In Montana Mountain Project REDUCE PISTOfJ (lly IV H. IurccU District Engineer, Bureau of -Public Hoads. There Is now being built across the continental divide, In Glacier National park, one of the heaviest and most spectacular pieces of road construction in the Northwest. Twelve miles of highway, from Lo gan Pons down the west side of the divide, to McDonald creek Is be ing hewn out of - the mountain side. Creeks, gulches, rock, points, cliffs carved by glaciers and gla ciers themselves are the natural obstacles that engineers and con tractors are fighting and overcom ing. , V ' . . 'V , The,.- Trans-mountain highway will afford a connection between Helton oh the west by way of Luke McDonald, Xogan puss and lake St. Mar-.: and . the present -main north and south highway on tho east side of tho park. The ' pro posed Improvement begins at the end of tho Park Service road about 21 miles from Belton and connects, on the cast side, : wit ha road now being built by the-, Park Service along the north shots or Ijtke St. Mary. The work, has been divided Into two projects: tho west side project, which Is the one - now un der construction, and tho 'cast side project, which is about eight miles In length, extending from Logan pass to Golng-to-tho-Sun Ohulct at tho upper end of Lko St. Mary. When the west, side project was contracted there was but 20 miles, out of tho total distance of 66 miles that could, he traveled.' : I In tho full of 1924 the bureau of public roads was asked by tho Park Service to make a survey for this road and later on arrangements were made to have tho bureau han dle the construction. Tho loca tion uses a maximum' six per cent, grade, compensated on curvos.' The stationing starts at Kerb ill the sum mit and rum to U57, with the loop at station 410 and the lower tun nel at station 440.- This tunnel will he about 2611. feet long and will have windows ' In tho . side, similar to the Mitchell Point tun nel on tho Columbia Itlver high way. , ' ' i 1 V. 0. Peters Engineer In Uiarco W. G. ' Peters, associate highway engineer with the bureau of pub lic roads, was put In chargo of This prbject.. Mr. Peters has been 'in tho employ of the bureau for scv oral , years,- having successfully completed the construction' of - the to Own ess aBetterBBiGk 158 Km Tfl Gasoline, lubrica I 8 tion. water and fair treatment are all the Better Buick needs to deliver its mile ace at astonishingly 1 C3 FUEL Uu than low COSt. most cars ' The Valve-m-Head engine, as Buick builds it, develops more power from a given quantity of gasoline. Buick Automatic Heat-Control, an integral part r i n..:-i- UI LUC uuiva carburetor, still further by super-efficient carburction. OIL Uu than mast cars In no other car, regardless of price, will you find the com pleteness of protection-for pertormance ai forded by the Buick "Sealed Chassis" and "Triple-Sealed Engine." Dirt can not get in, any where, to cause wear, looseness and vibration. To know what motor car economy really is, for finer transportation at lower cost, own a Better Buick. BUICK MOTOR CO., FLINT, MICH. DMiiM Qciursl MMfl Cartwstin WATER Us than mmm car Ohe SafiUICK MattorSi S-P.M. S I4JJ 7'pui. 94n - S-fUM. 801 .MMlf I4J 9-p.m. CTt tenrinf 179 CWtrfOuS 17J Stmitni Si It. RiaslMar I1MI Sfm. Tvuriss 110 2-r.M. Cu 1199 2-Uof 9das 119 if. 4-loot Mn 1291 4-pM.C ill All Me (! ' ' Jennings & Shumate , WiVES BETTER " AUTOMOBILES A2 EVILT, BUICK VTILV CUIi.D THCM . . . . - - - - - - - -. Mt. Mood Imov In tho fall of 1:4. The latter part of May, 1925. the engineers established their camp at Snow Shoe cabin on Trap per creek, near station 5 an. Con tractors were notified that arrange ments would be made so that tbey might Inspect the work In a body. On June 2 and 3 about 35 repre sentatives - of contracting firms wont over tho project. Both be fore and after this date other con tractors looked over the work. ' The prlnclpul items of work were as follows: clearing, 90 acres; un classified excavation with power shovels, ; 480,000 -u. yds.; tunnel excavation 14,000 cu. yds.; masonry In structures, 2200 cu. yds.; ma sonry walls, ruila, etc., 7000 cu yds.; surfacing, 14,500 uu. yds. Bids were '.called . for '. and opened on June in. Of the 13 contractors submitting ' bids, Williams ' and Douglas of Tacomu, were low with a bid of 4869,145, based on power shovel excavation and metal pipe culverts. - The contract was award ed to them on June 11. Track Supplies 18 Miles On June 22 the contractor's forces arrived at Belton and began the preliminary work of erecting camp and - starting construction. Tho first camp was built at McDon ald creek, near stutlon 580, about 23 'miles - from Belton. Alutcrial and supplies could be trucked from Belton to Avalanche crock, a dis tance of about 18 miles. . Beyond this point it was necessary to use pack horses. A second camp was built above the loop at station 410. The rock work on the cliffs from itatlon 379 to 390 - was handled from this camp. - A. -yard Osgood gas shovel was brought in and started at tho lower end, hauling from the shovel being done--wlth-. dump ; wagons.-' The shovel did -the groutcr part of the grading between stations 653 and 530. Then with tho idea of reach ing tho higher parts of the road the shovel simply dug a roud for Itself from station 530 to 497. Ix-uv-ing the right of way at this point the shovel sturted to climb to tho loop. . ' - When the work closed down tho latter part of October tho shovel had reached a point opposite sta. 'tlon 435. 'it Is tho contractors' in tention to work up tho mountain this spring, and to bring tho shovol back on lino at about station-410. Some team work was done In the flat country between stations 640 and 637.-: ' : -r ' - The heavy rock work bn - the ellflH between stations 370 und ZJ was done with air driven Jack hum mers, mucking the rock out by humi.' This work has been lianard ous for engineers as well us con tractors. Men were let. down on ropes when cross-sectioning and also when starting the drilling. Part or this work will bo a hair tunnel section. In Beveral stations the excavation will run cu yd. per station. Pacific Builder und Knglneer. , - Efficiency of Highway - Builders Same as Others WASHINGTON. Muy 1. (AP) Although Investigations inndo by the Hureuu of Public Itonds tndl ente. that the avernge highway contractor does not operate above nny per cent efficiency, Thos. H. MacDonuld. chief of the bureau, 'declared recently that the hlghwuy builders are no less efficient than other construction operations. One hundred per cent- efficiency, uceording lo Mr. MucDonald, is not obtainable on work of this chara cter, detailed observations Indicat ing from eighty-five to ninety per cent lo be the best practicable performance. The difference between the muxiinum obtainable efficiency und the uverage performance re sults largely from numerous small time losses, tho Importance of which Is not sufficiently appreci ated by the foremen und superin tendents who direct the labor em ployed on large construction pro jects. Hy slop-watch studies or opera tions on actuul highway projects tho Bureau is seeking lo discover the common tlmo losses and bring them to .the ultentlon of contrac tors generally. In tills way it hopes to develop a higher average level of efficiency In tho conduct of the country's billion dollar program of roud construction and mainten ance. In spite of tho low average level of efficiency, Mr. MueDonuld add ed, highway contracting has long been looked upon by contractors ns an uncertain business, und this belief has been reflected In the rising rules charged by bonding companies. One reuson is found ill tho Irresponsible bidding of contractors who have neither the plunt, equipment nor flnuncial ubi liiy to curry on the work, but who. in order to get the contract, under bid the really responsible bidders. The bureau's studies have been made with the Intention of show ing the responsible contractors how costs may be reduced, and of assisting them in Ihut way lo meet the competition who huve nothing to lose. So much or the highwuy is up hill a man lately returned from the mountains says tho Fords nearly all run backward u tut g-u will loci- ; . . . DISPLACEMENT Trend Toward Smaller Motors, in America Has Been Steady During Recent Years. Recent discussion by B'r William Letts of Kmilund and William I Irvine, . former Trade Commiss ioner, United States . Department ot Commerce, regarding tho use ot the Kuropoun type, high speed mo tor In smull cars as a measure of protection to our export business in motor cars, und us an advantage to American users, develops the interesting fuct Ihut there has been a sleadly trend toward small er motors in American for tho past several years. But ir the small, high speed mo tor as built IK Kurope is to find general use In the Industry In the near futuro, it will havo to oome from definite proof of tho higher otficloncy of this typo of power plant. Having Oar l'lgurv Tho most interesting sot of fig ures avuiloblo at tho present time are thoso relating to racing cars. Using the regulations of tho In dianapolis Speedway as a basis, thoso noteworthy facts are brought out. In 1911 tho Indianapolis race was open to all cars with a piston displacement under 600 cubic Inches. The largest motor ontored had a displacement of 697.2 cubic inches and achieved a speed aver age of 71.13 miles per hour for the S00 nillo trip. Tho winner in this race was a car with 447.1 cubic Inch displacement with un aver age of 14.59 miles an hour. In 1912, with tho sumo regula tions, tho largest motor had a dis placement of 597.16 cubio Inches and uveruged 5C.2 miles un hour while tho winner had a displace ment or 49H.8 cubic Inches . und uveraged 78.7 miles nn hour. In 1913 tho regulations reduced the muxlmum displacement to 460 cubic inches, the largest car enter ed having 449 cubic Inch displace ment and averaging 63.08 miles un hour while the wlncnr.-wlth 448.13 cubic inch - dimensions averaged 7Q.92 miles un hour.' ' v Tho sumo regulations prevailed In 1914 nnd tho winner was a car with u displacement of 380.3 cubic Before It Happens The lime to put on chains is BEFORE you start to skid. And the time to put your insur- -mice in the hands of men who know insur ance is BEFORE you suffer loss. This .Agency , will measure your risks and appply proper insurance protection now, A phone call today may save you loss to morrow. "We write policies right." CHAS. H. REYNOLDS "The Insurance Man Worth Knowing" Inches which averaged ta.47 miles or. kn. Ill in luio, mis ana isis tne dis placement figures wore cut to 300 cubic Inches, the winner in 1916 averaging 89.84 mile an hour with a motor of 274 cubio Inch pis ton displacement, In lilt, averag ing 83.24 miles an hour with a mo tor of the same dimensions a the winner the year previous and In 1919 tho average was 88.0t with a motor of 274.6 cubio Inch dis placement Drastic Cut A drastic cut was made In 1920 when the maximum displacement allowed was 183 cubio Inches and this was continued through 1921 and 1922, tho best average speed during these three years being 94.48 miles an hour from a motor with a displacement ot 181.44 cub. lo inches. ;y. - ' In 1923 and 1924 the same kind of a reduction was made and the size of the motors was restrlotod to below 122 cuhle Inches. During these, two years the maximum average speed was 11.13 miles an hour achieved by a motor with the maximum allowed displacement. , An Interesting feature of these figures Is that the speed of the cars Increasod materially with the decroase In piston . displacement r. in other words, with tho in crease In the mechanical effi ciency of tho power . plant. Tho smaller motors ' wore of the high speed type such as Is generally employed In European design. A decrease of 79 per cent In pis ton displacement was followed by an Increase of l. per cent in speed capacity. - Whllo the decrease In piston dis placement of the types of motors commonly- used In our passenger cars at tha present, tlmo has not been commensurate nor on the same plane with the decrease In racing motors, still thoro has been a marked; change In motor sixes with the smaller dimensions, high er speed pqwer plunt , assuming supremacy; ''.! ' -.- '. 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