The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, October 13, 1918, SECTION FOUR, Image 44

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Newspaper Page Text4 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, OTJTOinSTl 13, 1918. TRUCK TRANSPORT TO 1 RAILWAYS Julius Meier Reports on Con ference at Washington. PROBLEMS ARE DISCUSSED REGIONAL CHAIRMAN OF HIGHWAYS TRANSPORT COMMITTEE MEETING AT WASHINGTON, D. C, WITH SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR LANE. Secretary Lane Emphasizes Impor tance of Good Roads Savins of Gasoline Is Declared Vital. Julius Li. Meier, general director for the Highways Transport Committee in the 10th regional district, comprising Oregon, "Washington and Idah'o, brought home last week from Washington, X. C, an interesting personal report of the conference of regional directors held there a week ago to consider problems of rural motor truck transport. At this conference there was a gen eral discussion of the programme of the Highways Transport Committee for establishing motor-truck express and freight lines in co-operation with the railroads in congested terminal dis tricts. The purpose is to relieve the railroads as much as possible of the short-haul inter-city traffic, leaving them free to devote their faciliti : to the long hauls, so vital to the Govern ment's war programme. Here in Oregon, Air. Meier said, rural motor-truck lines are to be established out of Portland and other cities as soon as possible, under the direction of Amos Benson, state chairman. The state is to be divided into five districts for this purpose, each district being in charge of a local committee. Eventu ally, as the organization is perfected and truck lines are established, atten tion will be directed to forming return load bureaus, through which the trucks may be assured of full loads in both directions. Road Importance Emphasized. The Washington conference was at tended not only by the eleven regional directors of the Highways Transport Committee, but by Secretary of the In terior Lane, Secretary of Commerce Redfield, Mark Requa, director of the Oil Administration, and by other high Government officials. Many of them contributed papers in the discussion of motor-truck transport problems. Mr. Meier brought back extracts from the more important of these discussions. One of the interesting papers was con tributed by Secretary of the Interior Lane. In his paper, the Secretary, speaking of the importaflpe of good roads, said in part as follows: "Why has it been possible for France to carry on for four years a successful war against the greatest military power that the world has ever seen? Because France had the benefit of the engineer ing skill and of the foresight of two men who are 1800 years apart Caesar and Napoleon. These men built the roads of France. "Without those roads, conceived and built originally by Caeser for the con quest of the Gauls and for the conquest of the Teutons, without the roads built by Napoleon to stand of fthe enemies of France and to make aggressions to the eastward, Paris would have fallen at least two years ago. Upkeep Important aa Building. "So that you gentlemen who have en gaged in the business of developing the highways of the country and putting them to greater use may prop erly conceive of yourselves as engaged in a very farsighted, important bit of statesmanship, work that does not have its only concern as to the farmer of this country or the helping of freight movement during this Winter alone, but! may have consequences that will ex tend throughout the centuries. "Take the instance of Verdun. Ver dun would have fallen unquestionably if it had not been for the roads that Napoleon constructed and that France has maintained; for all the credit is not to go to the man who conceived and the man who constructed. "This is one thing where we have been short, always. One thing that the people of the United States do not realize. "It is not sufficient to pay $25,000 a mile for a concrete foundation, but you must put aside 10 cents out of every dollar for the maintenance of these roads or your money has gone to waste and your conception is idle. "And you gentlemen know that if you continue, as I hope you will con tinue after the war, you will have not merely a function in securing the building of good roads, but will have a very great function in maintaining these roads as actual arteries in the system of transportation of the coun try. You remember that at Verdun the railroad was cut off, and Verdun was supported by the fact that she had trucks which could go 40 feet apart all night long over the great highway that had been built from Paris to the Kast." Hailroada Appreciate Help. Another important address at the conference, according to Mr. Meier, was that of Robert C. Wright, assistant di rector of the division of traffic. United States Railroad Administration. He said in part as follows: "My interest in this highways trans port programme comes from the fact that it is very refreshing to have an auxiliary transportation service come to us openly and offer assistance in stead of waiting to be discovered in dulging in piratical methods; general ly the railroads have found the latter to be the case and other forms of transportation have been established only where the railroads have already built up their own traffic and very few of them were directed toward opening up new territory. "A fc.oat many of them had no in vestment to speak of, except in equip ment, and just came in and took the cream, leaving the skimmed milk, so that the railroad men became a little ekeiUical about these- auxiliary sys tems. The minute Mr. Chapin and his organization came to me to ask if they could help, that is, where they could help. I was impressed with the pos sibilities. "There can be no doubt that there is a big future for the motor-truck serv ice. Under normal conditions I do not believe freight can be transported as cheaply by motor-trucks as by rail for any distance, and the question of motor-truck service assisting the transportation companies has been doubtful, because as yet the plan has not worked out so that the motor truck can handle all the business where the railroads would be glad to be relieved. Tracks in Intra-C'ity Work. "If the motor-truck service could work with the railroad so as not only to carry the local traWic, but to finish the transportation of long-distance traffic, thus relieving the railroads from the service by "way freight,' it might solve the problem and I turn this thought over to you for your con eideration. "In regard to the intra-city move ment of freight there is a tremendous waste and loss in making intra-city Shipments by rail. This problem is pow before the assistants to the various r::r ; t C5 ' t i v i I I ii mm a. 'ir t -LI it -1 - 4 , i f Secretary Laac la in tbe Center of the Flrat Itow. On Bla Left la Chairman Chapin. of the Hlchiraya Tranaport Commit, tee, and on Ilia Right R. C. Hartcreavea. Secretary of the Committee. Kut to Mr. Harsreavea on the Right la Jullua ' I,. Meier, of Portland. Regional Chairman of the Tenth Dlatrlet, Comprlalng Ortsoa, Waahinffton and Idaho. The f notograph V aa Taken at the -Meeting in VI ashlngton a Week Aao. regional directors In charge of the seven regions under the Railroad Ad ministration. "I hope to see the motor-truck de velop side lines, as trucks are so much more mobile than any branch line would be. If the traffic on any branch line is seasonal, it means a rush of freight at one time in the year and probably a scarcity of business the rest of the time, while the motor-truck service could be moved from point to point." W. Champlin Robinson, director of oil conservation of the Fuel Adminis tration, discussed the gasoline situa tion. He emphasized the necessity for conserving gasoline in every way. "When it comes down to educational conservation," he said, "we have got to teach the people how to eliminate the waste and taking as a basis for waste the figures compiled by the Na tional .Automobile Chamber of Corn mere assisted by the Bureau of Mines, they show a total loss of 22 per cent of the gasoline that is made which, based on the output of 70,000.000 bar rels per year, would be about 14,000,000 or 15,000,000 barrels a year that is not consumed but wasted. Now the chan nels of waste are as long as your arm evaporation, carelessness in filling, filling in the dark and overflowing the tank, leaking pipes, leaking pumps, etc. Wasteful Truck Drlvera. "I stood on the curbstone in Port land, Me., week before last and watched a garage attendant filling cars. Directly at the connection of the hose and the pipe there was a hole and as he pumped a solid stream of gasoline about half the size of a lead pencil went off at right angles into the gutter. "I asked him why he let it go, and he said, 'Aw it's been leaking like that for a year." I told him it wasn't go ing to leak any more than two minutes longer and hunted up the proprietor of that garage and told him what he was doing. He ordered a new connection which didn't cost him more than 40 cents and could have been put on in half an hour. "Now what I have in mind in regard to conservation is to call attention to the -waste of that 22 per cent. One way to conserve is to see that the motor is stopped when the car or truck stands idle. Your big trucks without self starters are terrifically wasteful users of gasoline because it is hard to get the driver to get off his truck and crank it. "The oher day I saw a big 6-ton truck standing near the curb with the engine chucking away as hard as it could, and the driver asleep in the cab. "Take the woman who goes shopping with a limousine car. She stops and she startes that car 15 or 20 times a day. That is a wasteful practice. "We are running short of gasoline Your part in any conservation pro gramme that the Bureau of Oil Con servation of the Fuel Administration may bring out will be one of co-operation, to preach and to practice it, and you and 1 probably can help more in conservation than any other body of men because you have the greatest users of gasoline under you and the trucks. Liberty Motora I'ae Much Gaa, "As a result of gasoline saving, of course it is particuariy eviaent mai if we can bring that 22 yer cent loss down to half, and save 7.000.000 bar rels, and if the overseas demand does not increase too greatly, you can see where your supply is coming from. But the penalty for not conserving is simply going to be a further curtail ment of your supply. "The increased consumption of gas oline is coming at us from two direc tions. Take our new Liberty motor. The average flight of our aeroplanes now equipped with Liberty motors is two and a half hours per day. At the rate these motors are now being turned out and the increased production dur ing the next 30 or 60 days, and all these motors coming into use, you can figure out for yourself the tremendous increase in gasoline consumption. "So do not look to any reduction in consumption by Army departments. Look to reduction in consumption by conservation. Kducational conserva tion is possible, and forcible conserva tion if that is not effective. HIM ROAD HOW COMPLETED FORD IS FIRST CAR TO DRIVE AROUND CRATER L.KE. Work of Three Years Making Grade 38 Miles Long Finished but lor Hard-Surfacing. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Oct. 12. (Special.) That the new circular road around the rim of Crater Lake has been completed and that the first group of tourists has passed around it in a Ford car, is reported by John E. Walker, who came in today after hav ing spent the Summer at work there. The road later probably will be hard surfaced, but the dirt grade circling the lake at an average height of about 7000 feet is entirely finished. It is 38 miles long, according to Mr. Walker, and completes 75 miles of road work now in Crater Lake National Park. The roadway is still rough in spots but can be traveled without difficulty. Since the departure of Engineer Goodman the work has been carried on under the direction of William E. Carroll. One hundred and twenty men were employed at one time this Sum mer. Some of the most beautiful of vistas are visible at different points, at one plae both the upper and lower Klamath Lakes, the former being 70 miles distant, can be seen. At one point on the north side of the lake a gigantic snow drift has re mained during the entire Summer. The road around the rim has been under construction for three years. The tourist season at the park is now closed for the year and the ground at the rim of the lake is whitened by the first snow. A Page From Yesterday. From the Chevrolet Review The City Council of Rochester. N. Y., passed an ordinance in January, 1901, which required automobiles operated in that city to carry two lamps to be lighted within an hour after sundown and a gong or bell with which to warn pedestrians. The Automobile Club of Bridgeport, Conn., formed In 1900, started its career by advocating the establishment of an "auto stable" where automobiles could be kept and cared for at a nomi nal COFt. It was In 1900 that a well-known tailor in Chicago introduced specially designed clothing for motorists. His announcement read in part as follows; "Ve can furnish a leather chauffeur's suit. 1ckf!L trousers, ran and enseln J complete in any color found in kid I gloves at fifty dollars the outfit." There was serious talk of granting franchises to run automobiles in Syra- L USU, X., OL k IIIQ LIIIIC UL lllClt 111 troduction. In Reading, Pa., an early motorist was arrested for driving his horseless carriage "faster than a common trot." In the early days a chauffeur was called a conductor. At the dawn of the automobile in dustry many enthusiasts predicted an early decline in the value of street railway stock as a result of the ad vent of the new form of locomotion. That it would soon supersede tbe street car was their confident expectation. "In order that the automobile may become the 'all-year-round' vehicle that its general adoption will soon demand, it must be rendered secure from dam age from freezing temperature." was the comment of the pioneer automo bile critic. In Paris, at the Cycle and Automobile Show in 1901, a large American auto mobile manufacturing concern was re -fustd permission to exhibit its machine by the police on the ground that it was "dangerous." An interesting suit was tried in Hackensack. N. J., in 1900. to determine v.'hether or not the automobile was a common nuisance- In a few minutes the Jury brought in a verdict in favor of the automobile. Automobile traps were the Inspira- XEVELAND TRACK-LAYER TRACTOR SURROUNDED BY AN INTERESTED GROUP. 1 rtppr tlon of a perfectly respectable citizen in Cobourg, France. His Idea had birth in 1900. Later, after he had tasted the pleasure of motoring, he lost much of his former enthusiasm for his project. The first public garage in New York City was located at 213 West Fifty- eighth street. It was called a "stable for gasoline vehicles. Automobiles using gasoline for fuel were prohibited from all ferry-boats until early in the year 1901. Although the Sultan of Turkey joined the ranks of automobilists in 1901, he did not dare to trust his person to his machine, but seemed to find sufficient plcusure in looking on while two of ficers maneuvered it in front of his window. FORD SEDANS AVAILABLE PORTLAND FORD DEALERS HAVE A FEW CLOSED CARS. BUYS PLOW PLANT Whole of Big Moline Organiza tion Is Absorbed. FARM TRACTOR INCLUDED The Cleveland is one of the smaller of the Track-Layer or Creeper type of tractors. It did some good work at the Salem tractor demonstration, and was llways the center of a throng of farmer spectators. The Cleveland tractor is handled by McNeff Bjroe., of Portland. , Handy Little Vehicles Kxaetly the Thing for Rainy Season Xow Close at Hand Here. This is the kind of weather when the advantages of the inclosed car become most apparent. Oregon is one of the few states in the country which enjoys all-year motoring, but during the Fall and Winter rainy season the motorist with a closed car -certainly has an ad vantage over persons with open cars, who have to fuss with curtains and still are unable to keep entirely dry. Within the past year, a large number of closed cars have been sold In Port land and the rest of the state. Es pecially is this true of Ford sedans. A year ago there were only a few of these handy little cars in use here, but now many are in service. With production of Ford cars for the general motoring public stopped until after the war. the six authorized Ford dealers in Portland are fortunate In still having quite a number of Ford sedans and coupelets in stock. When they are sold, which is certain to be very soon, the man who wants a new Ford will just about have to wait until after the war, and probably for sev eral months after that, for production cannot be resumed Immediately in the transition period. The Ford sedan Is particularly con venient as a town car. For those who desire, self-starter equipment is added, which makes it an Ideal car for women. The Ford sedan is light and well built, and can go anywhere that an open car can go. More and more motorists are coming to realize that closed cars are all-year cars, just as handy for Summer as Win ter use, though of course they are es pecially convenTent in cold or rainy weather. But the person who buys a sedan now can rest assured that when Summer comes around again, the car will not have to be put on the shelf until the next Winter. It will be found just as suited for warm weather as cold. Formal Announcement of Big Deal Made by John X. Willys, Who Indicates New Policies. TOLEDO, O.. Oct. 12. President John K. Willys announces the acquisition of control by the Willys-Overland Com pany of the Moline Plow Company, manufacturers of the Moline-Unlversal tractor, with plants at Moline. Chicago, Hock Island and Freeport. 111.; Stough ton. Wis.: Minneapolis, Minn., and Poughkeepsie, N. Y. The transaction is the most import ant in years in the agricultural ma chinery industry, the Moline company, founded in 1865, being one of the oldest farm Implement concerns in the United States. Through the purchase in 191 and subsequent development of .the Universal Tractor Company, It is today one of the largest tractor producers in the world. The Imperative war-time need of tractors for farm development, the willingness of the Government to assist production through the grant of prior ities for the shipment of steel, and the desire of John N. Willys to co-ordinate further the Immense factory and dis tributing facilities of the Willys-Overland organization in the winning of the war have brought about the new union of automobile and tractor interests. The Moline product itself is unique In that the tractor and the farm imple ments are so connected as to form a complete unit, which one man can op erate. It is claimed for it that it is the only tractor which will do all farm work without horses. At no time in its history has the Moline Company been able to supply the demand for its tractor, although shipments are now running 50 tractors per day. The Moline Plow Company has 12 branch houses and 30.000 dealers. The Willys-Overland Company has over 100 distributors and 8000 dealers. As result of the probable cessation of passenger car production by Willys Overland early next year the entire selling forces of both companies, as well as their combined manufacturing facilities, will be available for concen tration on the development of the trac tor as far as may be compatible with the desire of the Food Administration to stimulate food production. In announcing the closing of nego tiations for the purchase of the Mo line company. President John N. Willys said: "With the present shortage of man power and horses on the farm and the acute war necessity, abroad and at home, of increased food production, the farmer is confronted with the problem of increasing his crops with less help. The tractor with power-drawn farm ing Implements solves the need by enabling one man. woman, boy or cripple to do the work formerly re quired of two or more men and six to eight horses. "With it one man can plow an acre an hour, at a fuel cost of only two gal lons of gasoline. "In the purchase of the Moline Plow Company I find not only an opportu nity for the Willys-Overland Company to lend Ita maximum manufacturing strength to legitimate war work, but the best and quickest way for It to attain a lead in a field which offers the greatest possibilities with the re turn of peace and into which other motor companies in this age of power farming, it seems to me, must sooner or later enter. "The Moline organisation will remain Intact and the company will be oper ated under the same management as heretofore. F. G. Allen, vice-president and general manager, will become pres ident and general manager. "The Willys-Overland Company has simply bought control of the Moline Plow common stock: there is no thought of a merger and no change in the tatter's financial status is contem plated." GOOD IDEA FOR WORK BENCH Moveable One Easily Made by Fol lowing Simple Directions. For the man who wants a movable work bench, an excellent idea is to fix rollers or casters to the legs on one end and a pair of handles on the other. In this way the bench may be trundled about like a wheelbarrow, and yet when it rests on all fours is perfectly firm and gives a solid base for work It is a good plan to place the vise and tool drawer on the end of the bench without wheels and also to put a ledge around the edges to keep tools from falling off when the bench is being moved. Inspect bearings in wheels once a month. NT TIRE Economy A sure way of practicing tire economy is to buy United States TIRES which give the greatest mileage for your money. Usco, Plain, Royal Cord, Chain and Nobby Cord. "Vnlted States Tires Are Uood Tire a" Headquarters for United States Tires, JOHN F. ROSE, Agent. Standard Tire & Auto Supply 84 Sixth St. Bdwy. 3St TIRE BARGAINS SPECIALLY PRICED TO CLEAN LP BROKEN LINES FROM SEASON'S BUSINESS These Prices Good Only to October 18, and Subject to Prior Sale 30x3 33x4 Republic, non-skid $13.00 Savage, plain tread.. $23.73 Congress, non-skid ....... 9.73 Vitalic, non-skid. ........ 26.75 Vitalic, non-skid 12.95 Ajax, plain, Q. D 24.50 Vitalic, plain 12.75 Fisk Red Top, non-skid. . . 30.25 Braender, plain 11.50 Fisk. plain tread 24.60 Republic, plain 11.00 Republic, plain tread 23.75 30x3 'fc 34x4 r, ... . 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D. . 18.73 Congress, non-skid 36.50 Victor Springfield ....... 48.00 3214 35x4 Fisk, non-skid 23.80 Superbar 31.60 Firestone, non-skid 26.73 Congress, non-skid, Q. D.. 30.93 Montford 22.40 Firestone, non-skid, Q. D. 31.25 Congress, non-skid 22.75 McGraw, non-skid, Q. D.. . 29.50 Mail orders promptly filled, goods shipped C O. D. Give second and third choice and style of rim. PORTLAND TIRE CO. 331 Burnside, and 134 Grand Ave. Portland, Oregon. ARE CORD TIRES SCARCE If you have been using some other make of cord tire and your dealer can not supply your size, it is a good time for you to try the famous FEDERAL CORD TIRE It costs very little more than others. It has four or five features not found in the others that make it worth more. The Best Is None Too Good for your own car. w f 1 .11 Tri fill urbanized' under internal pressure to in -j sure even cord strain distribu tioni And locked' firmly to the rim by four unstretchable teel.cables. j Federal GrdTires DOUBLE CABLE BASE We are Federal Distributors for this territory and have just received an other laree shipment. Better come around soon if you need tires. OREGON VULCANIZING CO. 333-335 Burnside SL, at Broadway, Republic otor Trucks M NOW 550 Operating in Oregon 1915 16 Operating in Oregon ' Why? SOLD BY ROBERTS MOTOR CAR CO., Inc. Park and Everett Sts. AUTO DIRECTORY Franklin,,. offers more of "what you actually need and want la an automobile. BRALY AUTO CO. in 4880, A 3S81. 19th and Washington SU. International Motor Truck , A Trvclc. for Every PwrpoM. Maaafartare by teraatftoaal Harveatcr Con pa ay of Aatrrlca. Kar Sale by Heaaeaaaa Motor Trirk fompiir, Rraadway 2fc4. tntb antl Coa-h frffta. 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