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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1909)
THE SUNDAY OnEGOMAX, PORTLAND, 51ARCTT 7, TPOfl. NEW ROAD MAPS SHOW FAVORITE ROUTES OF OREGON AUTOISTS Automobile Clubs Are Very Effective Agencies for Bet ter Highways in All Parts of the United States TUB good roads movement, now one of the greatest problems "be fore the American people, lias re ceived additional strength by the intro duction of automobiling. and the conse quent demand on the part of those s lng motor cars for improved highways. The question of how to weld into one harmonious whole the various interests which are working for better road 3 has been anticipated in many states by the action of the automobiling clubs and as sociations in such states. They have Joined the different pood roads associa tions, and are co-operating with them in the effort to bring about a. systema tic and permanent building of highways all over the united States. It has been argued that the motive of the automobile owners is a purely selfish one. That they want good roads so that they can travel about with as little delay, and with as much conveni ence as possible. Grant that this is true, and is it not just as true of the farmer as It is of the users of auto mobiles? The facts are that where the motor may use a road once In a month, the farmer will use it daily, almost; and in v inter, when the automobiles are least in evidence on the highways, the farmer needs good roads worse than at any other time of the year. It is becoming patent to the farmers that above all other needs, they need good roads. It is also becoming appar ent to them that the auto traveling public Is their natural ally in the" good roads movement, not their enemy. Both have a common object and necessity. And both are gradually getting together on this mutual need, and are in numer ous states working hand in hand towards Its eventual accomplishment. Meetings are being held all over Amer ica In which the good roads advocate and the manufacturers and owners are coming together, and as it is so pe culiarly a commercial proposition, and mo Imperatively demanded by all inter ests, there has been little difficulty in organization and effective work. Automobilists are natural agents of the good roads movement. They penetrate wherever wheels can bo driven, they ascend all climbable hills, and they are continually pioneering in every direction, seeking for new paths to explore. Where- ever they find good roads, they examine Into them and make notes of the man ner in which these are ' constructed. Where they encounter bad roads, they sound the alarm, and begin at once to agitate for Improvement. Many a stretch of good roads can he laid to the credit of the automobilists and the Manufacturers and Club Presi dents who are interested in motors. And much of the practical support to which the advocates of the good roads cult have depended upon has been derived Irom the same source. One of the sources of bad roads in America Is the tendency to neglect them after they have once been built.' The question as to good roads Is not so much as to initial building, as it is to main taining them in good repair after they have been constructed. The system of "continuous repair." In vogue in France, provides for one man to each stretch of five miles. Over this stretch its keeper goes every day, removing all Irregular ities, replacing all worn-out spots, keep ing the adjoining ditches free from ob structions, and attending to the proper .rimming 01 me trees along the road side. This system, if introduced into the states even with one man for each ten miles, will be of vast saving in the good roads systems, in the opinion of autoists. Tor by Its use the average road will last at least five times as long as a road which is made and then turned out to the destructive and constant action of the elements. The automobilists are doing a great deal of missionary work in awakening the various states to the necessity of good roads and keeping them in repair. The best roads in the United States are those which have been built in the so-called "State-aid" states. That is to say. m states which have a road main taining fund; but there is-much room for arousing interest among the state legislators in the improvement and the maintenance of highways, and in this direction the automoblling world Is bend ing all its energies. rne question of what automobiles should pay in the way of first building. and then keeping up the highways, is a mooted one but the agricultural world already feels assured that the owners and manufacturers have no disposition to be niggardly in that respect. They have shown all along that they wish to be lair and equitable in this direction and they can be depended upon to meet conditions with a liberal spirit. It of course stands to reason that with the good road3 systems brought to reasonable state of perfection In all of the states, the use of motors would be enormously increased. There is there fore a cold business proposition before the manufacturers and dealers in the ad vancement of good roads. So far as the users of automobiles is concerned, the question is one partly of economy, partly of pleasure. Bad roads mean break-downs, larger repair bills. expenses for various items which all foot up during the course of a year, espe cially if much touring is done. Bad roads mean much discomfort and vexa tion -of spirit, also. Good roads mean half the pleasure of motoring, and the minimum of expense. Hence, and 'al ways, the entire automobiling world wants good roads from every standpoint concelvaDle. Sensible users of motors, and all manu facturers of autos. are steadily bring- , lng into dlsreput the action of all reek - l less and heedless driving on the hlgh ; ways, aed are working earnestly to pro duce a better spirit between the users of horse-drawn vehicles and the drivers . of automobiles. Good roads, in them i; selves, will be a valuable adjunct in aJd ' lng this commendable project, and this 1 Is realized by all who are interested ' in the improvement of the highways. The American Automobile Associa tion and its officials, the presidents of the various automobile clubs in the .cities and the states are workinz vlsr- orously with the good roads bodies of ' their respective localities in the fnrth. f erance of a system which will eventu- i ally -become a National movement in Its ; scope and design. In some of the states, as In Indian j laws have been enacted whereby the I cost or roads Has been assessed on the ( owners of the adjacent farms, thus in bui 111 a me commencement ana con clusion of good roads in various dis- tricts in such states. As to the main tenanco of such roads it cannot be de nied that there should be a substan tial contribution levied on all vehicles using the same, and if experiments prove that automobiles damage these roads more in proportion than horse drawn vehicles, then the motors should be correspondingly taxed for tho main taining of the roads in good repair. In some states it lias been determin ed that tar is a cheap and- effective Ingredient in road-building, besides eliminating tho damage claimed to bo sometimes caused by fast-running autos Injuring the "binder" top-dressing. In Pennsylvania, where the autoiuo blllsts have been exceedingly active is II In I II I H I s si? . n.L.JL..,, r y" r-i J "- ' " "-" sts. I II 'Y - .OL , S 5?. B . 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It Is notice- , nble that the farming communities re , taking extraordinary interest in the movement, and have responded to tl: work of the manufacturers and dealers In automobiles with enthusiasm. In Virginia. Massachusetts. Illinois, Ohio. New York, and In fact, all over the country, there is a concerted move ment on the part of everyone connect ed with the making or running of mo tor vehicles to attach themselves to the good roads movement and give it their moral and pecuniary support to the at tainment of a common good. Here in Oregon there has been no adequate uprising in tho movement for good roads commensurate with the necessities and the value of such a sys tem. But like other improvements. It Is on the way. and cannot be checked. The makers and dealers who do business in the state will be found ready and will ing to co-operate with the advocate of Oregon good roads, and the accomplish ment of an alliance of these forces t what will be the salvation of the move ment in the I'acific Northwest. Oood mails! It is the crying need of America, to the farmer, the fruitgrower, the live stock raiser, the lumberman, and others. The- automohilhig Interests will strike hands with these industries, and in time, to come, and that not far distant, there will be a system of road. in the Coast states which will be a pride to Its build ers anil a source of wealth to all. National and state aid will be invok ed, and Invoked successfully to help on In this splendid movement, and at some future time we may look for something like the highway system now obtainable In France, which has mad that Nation the most solid financially that the world now knows. A system which was first Inaugurated by the wisdom of Napoleon Bonaparte, and which has In that coun try at the present moment no more val ued adherents than the automoblllns In terests of France. Directions for the Use of Road Maps THE following directions for use on roads shown in the accompanying maps have been prepared by Will F. Upnian. secretary of the'Portland Auto mobile Club: Sandy to Mount Hood. Leaving San dy Postoffice keep main road; keep right road at Bull Run crossing. From hero on you have only one main road. At Flrwood keep left road. At Sandy River bridge keep to the right, don't cross; keep main road to Welch hotel. Oreshatn to Sandy Post Office. At Twelve-Mile House turn south to Gresham; turn left at hotel; keep main road, until cross road lo Troutdale; turn right on plank road through Pow ell Valley, about IV- miles take first road to left, past Orient, one-half lnlle to Pleasant Home; take right hand road down., grade, across bridge and keep main traveled road to Sandy Post Of fice. To Sandy Bridge, Latourelle Falls and Bridal Veil. East on Base Line road, down grade to end of road; turn right to first road; turn east, follow winding road, keeping to left, down steep grade to Sandy bridge. (Popular camping and stopping place.) Cross bridge up grade to main road; keep east to store on right-hand Bide of road; take left winding road, keeping; on main road all the -way to Latourelle sign post Danger. nless you have good brakes on your car and plenty of power, don't attempt this grade, as It ts three miles long and very steep. Section Line Road. East on Morrison street; cross bridge: east to Twelfth street, north one block to Alder, east to Twentieth, south to Belmont, east to Thirty-fourth, south to Hawthorne ave nue, east to Marguerite avenue, south to rivlslon street, east on main road to Reservoir and Section Line Road. Base Line. Take same direction as above to Thirty-fourth; turn north to end of street; turn cast; follow main road to Fifty-second, north to Burn side, over Mount Tabor. Powell Valley East over Morrison or Madison bridge to Hawthorne ave nue, east to Eleventh street, south to end of street, east on Division street to Seventeenth, south to Powell Valley. Foster Road. Take same road as Powell Valley: cross Mount Scott car line; turn south on first cross-road. 00 feet from carltne. Portland-McMlnnvlUe, via, Illllsbore. Main street Htllsboro, south on Sec ond street to 2. line; turn right out past Fair Grounds: cross the bridge through Cornelius. 3Vi miles: to Forest Grove. 2Vi miles. At livery stables turn left four blocks; turn right to main road to Gales Creek and electric light station; keep direct route to IMlley. 2'i miles; cross railroad to lnlley and follow main road with railroad to left; turn left at cross road back to rail road: turn right on corduroy road, cross bridge to Gaston: pass through, keep ing railroad at your left; turn left at Wapato: cross railroad mile, turn right; road rough and corduroy about five miles; cross railroad to North Yamhill; keep railroad on left to Carle on; keep direct route down grade, cross covered bridge to McMlnnvllle, 21 miles. Portland to Hillsboro. Portland Ho tel, west on Washington to Sixteenth street; turn left to Jefferson; turn right, passing under trestle up grade past County Poor Farm to Mount Zion, the summit: keep to the right down grade to forks of road one mile from Bcaverton: turn to right: keep main traveled road leading west to Hills boro: 19 miles. Tills is known as the" Walker road. Via Bcaverton. At cross one mile from Keaverton keep left-hand road, crossing both electric and railroad tracks, and turn to the right, following the railroad; road bears south from railroad, and about three miles out turn to right: about two miles further turn to right back to railroad; at Reedville follow railroad one mile across track past Witch tlazel Farm; recross track, keep main traveled road, again crossing railroad one mile from Hillsboro, i''i miles. To Vancouver. North on Sixth to Couch, east to Third, south to Steel bridge, east over bridge to Croshv. north to McMillan, east to Williams avenue, north on Williams avenue to end of street, west one block to Van couver avenue: keep north on main road to bridge and ferry. St. John. North on Vancouver ave nue to Piedmont water tower, west on Portland boulevard to Willamette boulevard; keep on main road to St. John: cross streetcar track right one block to grocery store. eat to Slough road. Note. Coming back by Willamette' tioiilovard the streets ar in very had condition through ljiwrr Alhinn to T. r rabee street: dvle taking Kllllns worth avenue to Williams.
