TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIA PORTLAND, MAY 12, 1913.
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PACIFIC HIGHWAY IN MULTNOMAH COUNTY BEING MADE MODEL
Or MACADAM ROAD PERFECTION.
OGEAN-TO-OCEAN
ROUTE SELECTED
The Leading Auto Supply House
Pacific Highway to Be Made
Model of Macadam Art.
National Convention at Kan
sas City Decides Direction
of Atlantic-Pacific Way.
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NEW SURFACE, BEING LAID
Tlonte Through Multnomah County
Will Be Improved From River
dale South to Clacka
mm Line.
HISTORIC TRAIL FOLLOWED
ROAD
WORK
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Data on Transcontinental Trips in
Great Demand Good Roads -Work
Is Given Impetus
in test.
An Important step In the movement
to construct a g-rot National hlsjhwev
across tha American continent was
taken last week when the National Old
Trails Orean-to-Ocean Hlffhway A 10
elation was formally launched at ar
nthnslastc convention heM In Kansas
ltr. at which many delegates were In
attendance from the states through
which It Is planned the fclchwar will
raam.
The route will Include almost every
city of Important from New York to
an Francisco, every mile of which has
keen charted by the pathfinders of the
Touring- Club of America, which made
a o-mUe circuitous tour of the
Vnlted states under the auspices of the
office of public roads of the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Martin frcm New Tork. the high
way will no westward through Phils
delptla. Baltimore. Washlnston. Wheel
Inc. Columbus. Indianapolis. Terra
Haute. St. Louis. Kansas City. Em
poria. La Junta. Albuquerque. Phoenli,
tan Diego, Los Angeles to fan Fran
cisco. Iltaterle Raate Srlfrir.
At the Kansas City convention plans
were formulated for the making and
irarklng of a permanent transcontinen
tal highway following as near as prac
ticable the routes known as the Cum
berland Pike, the Boon's Lick Road, the
Santa Fa Trail and the Trail to Sun
set. This route not only Includes most
of the Important sightseeing regions,
but also keeps to historic paths, form
ing ths most remarkable scenic high
ways ever opened to the motor tourist.
The route follows tha Braddock Kosd.
the Cumberland Pike and the National
Highway through Philadelphia. Balti
more. Washington. Columbus and In
dianapolis to St. Louis. From Ft. Louis
It follows the State Highway through
Columbia, and then goes through to
Santa Fe. X. II.. by the Boon's Lick
Road and the Santa Fe Trail; from
there It follows the line of march of
Cer.eral Kearney's army Into Colum
bus, passing through the wonders of
the Southwest, the Indian pueblos and
the Grand Canyon.
The Important bearing which the
Touring Club's pathflndlng tours have
had. upon road Improvement throughout
trie West la reflected not only In the
organization of the Ocean - to - Ocean
Highway Association and other similar
organizations having for thrlr like pur
pose the construction of new transcon
tinental routes for automoblltsta. but
It Is farther evidenced In the wonder
ful strides In roadbutldlng which Is
manifest In other states, some of which
lie tetween the routes which have been
selected during the past two years by
ths club's representatives.
Rms Werfc Ultra Isapetaa.
The Ogden Good Itoads Association,
in a letter to the Touring Club, states
that a stretch of 100 miles of mountain
roads around the extreme northern end
of Great Salt Lake la now being Im
proved from the proceeds of a 1173.000
bond Issue, and Is being marked with
direction signs for the entire dlstsnre.
The Canyon City Business Men's As
sociation, with headquarters at Canyon
City, Colo recently notified the club
that within another year they will have
a central transcontinental route
through Pueblo. Canyon City. Sallda
and Montrose, which can be used as an
alternate route by transcontinental
tourists.
In his letter H. 8. Msddock, secretary
of the association, statea that a lance
force of men are now at work on the
new scenic road between Canyon City
.and Colorado Springs, which will make
a magnificent boulevard. He further
ststea that with the expenditure of
hundreds of thousands of dollars, cou
pled with the assistance of convict la
bor, there will be a revelation In tha
good roads situation in Colorado with
in the next year or two. The new roads
are being built for all time and im
provements are being made to the old
roads so that within the next two years
Colorado will have a veritable network
of scenle highways, second to none In
tha world. 3
Maar Leaf Tears Plaaaed.
Scores of requests have been re
ceived from transcontinental Itineraries
and It Is predicted during the year
hundreds of the club members wilt
have covered the routes which have
been laid out by Its official pathfinders
from the Atlantlo to ths Pacific
On of the longest Individual trips
which baa been planned by a club
member this Spring Is that of Max
Hlrachman. a retired merchant of Jack
sonville. Fla who will start this week
on an automobile trip to this city, go
ing by way of Atlanta. Chattanooga.
Nashville. Louisville. Cincinnati, St.
Louts, Kansas City. Denver and San
Francisco, from where a side trip will
be made to Los Angeles. Upon return
ing to San Francisco Mr. Hlrachman
will come here, returning East by the
way of Yellowstone Park, then over
the Touring Club'a Northern rout via
Ogden. Cheyenne. Omaha and Des
Moines to Chicago, where he will re
port to Manager J. P. Dods, of ths
Touring Club's Middle Western depart
ment as to the road conditions and
other Interesting details for the benefit
of other tourists.
Mr. Hlrschmsn will follow the routes
furnished him by the Touring Club and
In addition win have the proud distinc
tion ef having carried the first copies
of the Automobile Blue Books for this
year across the continent. These new
volumes will be referred to for tha
scenle and historic points of Interest
along the route, as they contain the
first complete tours from New York to
San Francisco ever Issued.
From Chicago East Mr. Hlrschman
will follow tne popular route via
Cleveland. Rochester. Syracuse. I'tlca,
Albany and Poughkeepsle to New York,
where he will report at headquarters
of the Touring Club of America at
Broadway and Seventy-sixth streets,
thereby completing one of the longest
entire round trip tours of the United
States ever made by an ...dividual mo
torist. Mr. Hlrschman will drive a If It
Cadillac throughout the trip.
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1, ItrballdlBg the Paclfle Highway at Hlverdalei Arnold Cehea, Good Roads Ad.
Tarate, aad ills ew Maxwell to the Left 3. Oae ef the Maay Seeale Spots
Aleag the Hte of the Paclfle Highway la Maltaonsk Caaty 3, A Mil
Streirh f Pvrfeet Koadway, the laclfle Highway From lUverriew Ceme
tery tm Hlverdale.
tr Pop Itrtory Planned.
Announcementa received by the H. L.
Keats Auto Compsny stste that a new
factory will be built at Hartford. Conn,
to supplement the manufacturing en
ergies of the Pop Manufacturing Com
pany, and that a new car will be
not been divulged. Details have not
been given out by the makers of the
Pope-Hartford. who are guarding
against the prematura announcement
of details concerning It.
The new factory will be HI by. 7 J
feet, four stories In height, bringing
tha area of floor space in the Pope
Company's Hartford factories up to
144.000 square feet. One of the most
modern features will be an exhaust
system that will suck every bit of gas
oline fumes and vapors out of the base,
ment.
Hoping to establish a standard of
improvement for the Pacific Highway
which will be' carried out all along
the line, the Multnomah County Court
has begun Improvements which will
make the portion of the highway in
this county probably the best stretch
of 1 macadam road In the state. The
work was begun last week at River
dale and will be carried south to the
county line as rapidly as possible. It
being the intention of A. H. White, su
pervisor of the work, to have It fin
ished early in June.
The main part of the Pacific High
way In this county extends from the
city limits, near the Rlvervlew ceme
tery, south through Rlverdale, Briar
wood and to a point near Oswego. It
is one of the most heavily-traveled
thoroughfares In the state, as well as
one of the most scenic. It Is the main
artery for travel to Oregon City and
all towns along the West Side of the
Willamette Klver, as well aa the main
road for travel from many roads lead'
lng into Oregon City.
For some time past the road from
Rlverdale to the county line has been
In poor repair In spots and the county
officials decided to eliminate all tm
trouble by giving it a complete new
surface of crushed rock. During the
past week three-quarters of a mile of
this work was completed and every
thing Is ready now to go ahead at a
more rapid rate until the work is rm
ished.
From .a .scenic standpoint the high
wsr Is considered second to none in
the state. It extends along the wes
bank of . the Willamette, coursing
thickly-wooded section and following
an attractive course around mountain
sides through a district which is at
tractlvely- Improved with modern real
dences and Summer homes. A beautl
fully stretch of straight macadam road
Is found' from the city limits to River
dale. Up to the point where the city's
part of . the highway Joins that under
county Jurisdiction the road neeas re
pairs, but In the county pert It Is as
level and straight and smooth as moa
ern machinery and carefully-selected
materials can make. Automoblllsts
take advantage of this piece of perfect
road by speeding. It Is the hope of tne
county to make the rest of the road as
perfect as this particular stretcn.
Rock Is being prepared at the Linn
ton quarry and shipped by the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company to
the end of the freight line in Fulton,
From there It Is being hauled by team
tn the scene of construction.
Among those who have visited the
scene of Improvements Is Arnold conen
of the United Auto Company.. who is
good roads enthusiast. "I am much
nleased to see the work being done by
the county." said Mr. Cohen. "I consider
the Paclflo Highway In Multnomah
Countv a most beautiful scenic drive
way. No mor worthy Improvement
could be made. It Is not alone an Ira
portant Improvement for automoblllsts.
but Just as much so for other vehicles."
Not only in Multnomah County is the
Pacific Highway receiving favorable
consideration from the road builders,
All through the state It is being Im
proved. Th Pacific Highway route In
California will be Improved In a short
time from th Oregoh border to the
Mexican line. Washington and British
Columbia have done considerable work
on this, the first road to be marked
along th Pacific Coast.
JOHXSOX'S TRIP STJCCESSFCL
Nineteen Bulcks Sold as Result of
Journey to Eastern. Oregon.
Mel G. Johnson, manager of tha
Howard Automobile Company, returned
this week from a trip through fcast
ern Oregon. The weather conditions
have been anything but propitious for
the automobile industry, as snow tell
in La Grande during Mr. Johnson's
visit there.
A -carload of four Bulck machines
was placed with the Bolton-Bodmer
Company In La Grande; a carload of
five machines with w 1111am a crown.
of Baker, and two carloads of 10 ma
chines, with Charles R. Segulne, of On
tario, as a result of the trip.
"Ontario seems by far the most pros
perous and energetic town In extreme
Eastern Oregon, while ia uranae is
nrobably second, with much business
activity and a general feeling of con-
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