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JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY I.IOr.Iili.G, ', OCTOBER 12, 1
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Proceeds From $500,000 Bond
Issue Will Be Used In Corn
. structing Thoroughfare,'
Jackson Oonnty Bond la Srisf. 4
- Koaa tuuionsoa under state 4
bonding; : Act. : - :t - . 4
Will traverse county to Calf-
fornla lint 4
EsttrnatedH-eost la $(00,000. -. 4
-. its maximum ara4s la t par
cant 4)
TO oa 62 BIIIM long.
.Survey begun in Aumat, mi.
Flrat unit to ba completed In 4
July.inJ.- 4)
Entire road to ba com Dieted '
by April. 116. ' i
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Project in chares of MaJor H. ' a
X Bowlby. , 1- 4)
. purvey made under dlrecUoa 4
of Frank A. Klttredga, , 4
, Preliminary aurrey mad by - 4
. J. 8. Howard. ' 4
Estimated ooat par mil a, 10,- a
V y"f.vi'ft
- (Special to The Josratl.)
Medford. Or Oct 11-Tho voters of
Jackson county, t a apeolal election
September 9, authorized a 1500,000 bond
laaua for the purpoae of building- a flrat
claas highway from tha California Una
northward through tba county. This is
tha first instance in which an election
has been held for similar , purpose
under tha terms of tha new law author.
Icing; tha eeveral counties to bond them.
. aelvea for road work. Tha proposition
- which' was aubmitted by tha county
. court upon popular petition, was carried
; by a majority of thres to en.
For two miles this now highway, tha
flrat unit in tha construction of tba Si
mile trunk Una, will travera tha crest
of tba Sisklyous, giving tha traveler a
law of Oregon and California, tha anow
peaks of Mount Shasta, and Mount Mo
Loughlin, tha alfalfa flalda to tha south
and machine swept orchards and ta
all vary Rogue to the north, which fqr
grandeur and baauty can not ba
celled in tha northwest, if in tha coun
try. - ; .. -':; i. -
Tha final survey is completed, , bida
, will ba sought in a few-days for tha
construction of this first unit, and In
( eight or 10 months. th road wUlbe
. open from tha California. Una to Ash
land. (r -t ., -.A.;.',;- - -f .-v..; , ,
: Twenty thousand dollars a mile la tha
estimated coat of this atretoh cf , 18
miles which will tap tha- tourist travel
of California for tha flrat time' In the
hlatory of the state, with a road which
: . for smoothneaa of surface, aolid con
struction and easy grades will equal
tha - best that California , bolldars can
' Offer, v. Sr: W a : -
Although bids for roads of different
construction will ba aaked thera is no
doubt that this skyline boulevard will
pa of concrete . haae, with a somewhat
flnitrj concreta aurface, which, accord-
FE0FLE AND FLACES COrXEHIJED WITH JACKSON COUNTY'S $500,000 .HIGHWAY
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Top Gold Ray dam at which place the rock f of the new road will ba cruahed. -
Bottom New road will pass through valley In southern part. of the eountr before entering the Siaklyou.
- . mountains. ' . -"'..". - , -
Inierte, left to right Frank A. Klttridge, engineer lnv charge ot the work; J. 8. Howard,, who made the
preliminary eurvey lor the Siskiyou grade. ' " v c
ing to Assistant State Highway' Engin
eer Klttrldge will make thoroughfare
practically Imperishable whan ona con
siders that this road will ba almost ex
clusively an automobile boulevard, there
being no teaming or heavy hauling over
the Bisklyous at any season of tha year.
Xasy tf rades end . Corves. -As
for the remainder of tha highway
tha hard surfaea will ba 10 feet , In
width with a four foot shoulder on
either aide. In place of a grade from
It to SB per cent, as on tha old toll road,
tha new highway will have a maximum
grade of six per cent, while all open
curves will have a maximum radius of
100 feet, while closed curvea-that la
ourvea .where the driver will be unable
to aee tha road before-him will have
a maximum radius of 1(0 feat,
: Some Idee, of tha engineering and con
structive work necessary on this soenlo
portion of the road may ba gleaned from
the fact that the Is mile atretoh,. ona
fourth; th .entire dletance of tha new
road, will cost floo.000, or over hslf
the cost of the entire St mllea.
The people of Jackson county believe
that thia tap of the California tourist
travel will ba worth more to this sec
tion In dollars and cants than all the
years. A large proportion of the auto
owners In California Ware people of
means who spend a large part of their
time seeing the' country. - Heretofore
there has been practically no tourist
travel into the Rogue River valley from
the south. Oregon has been a, closed
book to- the California; motorist. , But
with this new boulevard Joining with
the California unit vf the Paciifc high
way, with Crater Lake reached by easy
stages from Medford, It is believed that
California tourists will come here each
season In Increasing numbers, and aside
from tha material benefit accruing from
any tourist invasion, it is tba firm dot
lief of local residents that a certain pr.w
poitlon of these-visitor will, become
permanent property owncra. .
State Highway Engineer Bowlby goes
furthemhen this.i "In my opinion," he
declares, "the 1100,000 voted by the peo
ple of Jackson county will be returned
in 1915 alone 1 through ' the Increased
tourist favel to their valley during the
Panama- exposition." . .v ' rrv-.-
Grade Crossings ' Sllntlnated. .
J. 8. Howard, one 'of Medford'a oldest
residents, th city's first mayor and the
veteran surveyor who laid the 8outhern
Pacific right of way over the Siaklyoua,
made tha first survey for the new road,
and this survey has been amplified by
Mr. Ktttrcdge, engineer in charge. -The
survey baa no grade crossings, the new
road either passing 'over or under the
Southern Paciflo tracks, while all cul
verts and bridges will be of Concrete.
In fact, no expense ; will be spared In
making, this road not only attractive
from a scenic standpoint, and adapted
to fast mountain travel, but safe in
every way. , i
V. I Tou Veils, Judge of the county
court, not only campaigned vigorously
for the $600,000 road bonds, but r.
oantly secured a lease of the Gold Bay
rock or usher from Colonel F. H. Ray,
which will savs the county, many thous
ands of dollars in the construction of
the new highway. Tiie : pricea for
crushed rock and sand the past few
years in this county have been tt cents
a yard each, 1 while under the new ar
rangement tha price per yard for
crushed rock to the contractors will be
26 cents,- and for sand 20 cents, white
the entire plant will ba tha property
of the county when the sales aggregate
1(0,000. The lease Is a very unusual
one," being for (1 months, and only
blnda tha county to buy 100 cubic yards
of material. It is probable . that, the
county and atate will take - over the
property eventually end operate it In
conjunction. ; jh-..-i:AlM -'H.-"il -
In order to further lower the ' labor
ooat tha county court will take advan
tage of Governor Weat'a offer of con
viot labor and utilise a (5' room bunk
bouse Included In the Cold Hay prop
erty, as quarters for tba men. County
Judge Tou Velle declares this arrange
ment, with the reduction In price of
materials, will save tha taxpayers from
(100,000 to (Iff, 000 on tha construction
of tha new highway. ..
Evidently.
rest of the road, put together. Califor- ttSZZ--!iZZ
nla, the second largest automobile own-. t0 lngpct an Amerlosn warship evldant
ing state In the Union,' will undoubt-Jly preferred to wait for the Dewey ean
adly peas' New Tork In the next fewltennlal. .
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If You Are Going to Pay Over $1200 for
y .'4',
Car, Buy a Studebaker Sis"
:Jhe depreciation of ievery;4-cylinder car in the next 12 months is going to lot 30
per cent greater than it would have been in any similar period for. thr pastr8 "years
because. the Six-Cylinder Automobile is certainly; going to takehFpce ,of the
- Fourln cars selling for 1200' or more. v ' , , .'. '
' ' ' Th rnefr nf nnrat-iAn nt a Si.Cvlindsr Car la a oriaf rlal lca'ihan a Pour t snnal hnrnfwr tint ftnlv
in gasoline and oil, but in the jreneral wear and tear of the car. the tire mileaee is also creatly increased. This eixes eacclusively, while the other ten have added light sixes to their, previous line.
is due to the great flexibility of the six-cylinder motor, the positive absence of all vibration, which is so appar- , Eighty-three per cent of the makers will have six-cylinder models in 1914 if the present record is kept up in
ent in all four-cylinder cars. Jhere is a distinct gap between each explosion of a, four which, cannot be over- the forthcoming announcements of the remaining makers. This means that between 60 and 60 per cent of the
vcome by any arrangement off the gears 'in the transmission. , ' 1 "". chassis models, will be six-cylinder. v , , ,
(The following is an extract from an article 'which appeared in the last issue of ' Motor As&)
, Wave of Six-CyllnderUm
A development of great importance to the industry and the motorist at large is the wave of six-eylinderism
which engulfed the highest-priced cars 2 years ago swept over the next lower grade last year, and now threatens
the standing of the fours in the medium-priced cars. Of the sixty makers who have announced for the coming ;
season, fifty of them include sixes in their lines.' Eighteen of these will have sixvlinder cars for the first
time. Of these, two are new makers, who make their debut in the industry with light sixes as their product ,
Six of the eighteen six cylinder converts have dropped the four-cylinder models and will pin their faith to
BUY IT BECAUSE ITS A STUDEBAKER
, What the Studebaker "SIX- IS , " .
It is a first car whose aix-cylinder motor delivers power with (ln-'
credible smoothness. . , , , . " ' ' "
In any given number of revolutions there are ,50 per cent more
"power Jmpujses than in most ears. ' 7 1 ' . ,
This produces aa even flow of power, which you must experience
to understand. ' v K
, As a result a lighter fly wheel is used. ' , ; ' ' - '
. Again, this smooth flow of power reduces to nothingness the
shock which in most cars the motor explosions throw against the teeth '
of the transmission gears, and which in such cars a heavy fly wheel
, must be usedto lessen. Consequently all the gears in the $1675 Stude
baker "SIX" wear far longer. ' 'y
-V For the nme reason, the motor parts are relieved of vibration by
. at least 50 per cent. ,
" Again, this results in much longer wearl! , '
Studebaker MANUFACTURES This "SIX" 1
: It has been said by others that a "SIX" cannot be manufactured
for less than $2000.
-. Strictly speaking from their point of view, this is true, because
Phones M. 9402, A 7656
? other Sixes-practically every other six under $3000 ere "assembled1
cars, end no good Six ean be "assembled" under $2000. '
The answer Is that the $1675 Studebaker "SIX" is manuf aetored '
complete in Studebaker plants, from top to treads, from cylinders to
rear, axle. ' , r ' , ' i "
t- Never forget that. It is the' first and great advantage of every
Studebaker product. 4 1
u A Six Should Never Be "Assembled?
It U built and tested, part by part, practically entire in Stude
baker plants. As a result it is aperfect unit, untouched by, vibration
or strain, v 1 ' f ;' , r
-y- " The rear axle and transmission and motor, for example, work
t together as smooth as wax. .'.' f 1
, Remember These Things About the $1675 Studebaker "SIX "
.' ' There are over 250 separate drop forgings in every "SIX" we
build; more, we believe, than in any other car whatsoever, .
The reason sixes for so long were unsuccessful was because com- . ' Every crank shaft is tested on knife- edges until it will rest sta
panies tried to "assemble" them. , ; tionary n any position.' ' ' - '' ' -
- - tna ; successiui six aepenas ' spsoiuieiy upon ine pcricci co
ordination of all parts, with the overcoming of vibration at every
speed, which can never be attained in an ' assembled car. - - e
An "assembled" Six is of all cars the most dangerous, because
.'the very harmony of all parts, in design, manufacture and adjustment 1
. the one thing most vital to the car is the most difficult to obtain.
by "assembling" methods. - ' , i ,
How Well the $1675 Studebaker "SIX" Is Manufactured .
W Every part of the $1675 Studebaker "SIX! is designed to har
monize with ever other part ' "
Every fly wheel is in the same way perfectly balanced at motion '
end at rest' :(A-'fi:'''s$
Every pair of pistons is absolutely balanced with both of the two
Other pairs. They weigh exactly the same.:.;;:':;..':,
. ' Every gear is made from drop-forged blanks, hammered out by
our' own 40 huge drop forges, and later is heat-treated, ground, heat
treated five times more and finally finished to micrometer exactness.
They are silent and indescribably hard and tough 100 tons could not
begin to crush them. '';';;
. ;' And in mechanical design we make this bold statement, that the
$1675 Studebaker "SIX" has absolutely no superior.
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