The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, February 14, 1915, Image 21

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Newspaper Page Text-. " ft fur nDPr.nM'i: cttmhav tnTTWNAT.. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING.' FEBRUARY 14. 1915. A AlU W W A A J - - ' - t 1 used to surface a road where the traf 4th vrv satisfactory results .on" LOCATING OF HIGHWAY after a rain. TCo good cornea from dragging a dry road. "vyhen using- the drag. It Is drawn by horses at' an -angle with the center line of the road so that the top of the ruts fic is too-"great for a common earth highway, ' It is a waste of mony to dump either gravel or - crashed rock on a road that has not been-properly drained. Whether building" an earth road or one that is to be surfaced with the highest priced pavement, the drainage is of the greatest Importance. In some districts of this state sev eral kinds of decomposed rock are found which make a very satisfactory surface for light traffic roads. In parts of southern Oregon a decomposed granite is found which has been used many miles of highway. - ' t - Before surfacing a road with any material, however, the drainage should be carefully looked after. SANDY RIVER BRIDGE IS COMPLETED AND DRAINAGE MOST PRICES OF TIRES IS AUTO TRADE FEATURE are .scraped off and dragged into the I Newspaper Raises 230,000 Gold. Oits. The traffic then irons out this fresh material and It is found that the surface of the road soon becomes tyiite hard and almost Impervious to water. Leipzig, aermany, Feb. 13. In re sponse to an appeal made by the Ielp tig Tageblatt. 19,197 persons have T FEATURE Where the traffic is not exceedingly heavy, a very satisfactory earth road can thus be maintained where drain age has -been properly taken care of. Crushed rock and gravel are much brought a total or i.uza.uuv marie (J2S6.O00) In gold to that newspaper to be, exchanged for bank notes. The goldi v has been turned over to the lieichs- f bank. . . Great Responsibility Rests on Those Who Make Selection of Route, All of the Large Companies , 1 5- LARG EIDUCINSIN MPORTAN . Have Made Cuts Amount ing to Fully 25 Per Cent, PURCHASER IS BENEFITED Greater Efficiency ta the Matter of SEaauf actarlnff Bala to Bo tlio Cans for Seductions. By Douglas Shelor. During: the last ten days the tiro manufacturers " have made new price lists greatly favoring ' the automobile owners. All of the blgr companies have announced reduction of at least 25 per "cent from the former price lists. W'ltii gasoline wholesaling at 10 cents per gallon and tires ever on a downward scale, there is very little left for. the prospective automobile purchaser to advance as a reason for not buying a 1915 model machine. - During the last year gasoline and tires have dropped in price about SO Pr cent. This In a great measure can t6 attributed to the greater efficiency In the- matter of manufacturing tires , as well as the great prod ur ion of crude I oil and the advance methods used In ' the making of gasoline.' I The Goodrich Tire & TUibber com- I "pany was the first of the big tire manufacturers to announce a reduc tion to the consumer, and it gave for its reason for reducing prices lome very understandable arguments. Other manufacturers have followed the trend of the times in the reduction, fcnd when the smoke has cleared away I and'the new pric lists are available it j will be found that thj automobile ; wnr has been greatly benefited. In a j canvass of the tire dealers, the local managers of the ' Goodyear, Firestone V. 8. ; Tire company," and Fiak have received word that their factories were I preparing new price lists that would ; be equally as favorable as that already ' announced by Goodrich and other makers. j Object Is Stated. In an interview with V. 1. Albright, j manager of'the Goodrich branch In this' "city, Mr. Albright stated: ! This In a deliberate attempt to cut) the "Haggle out of tire buying and elling, for consumers. , 'It is also an attempt to set right, rith the public, thousands of well- j Intentloned retailers of tires and auto- j accessories. I "Thes have, by circumstances, been l forced Into the gradual adoption of a tost unwholesome custom, viz: that of ; elling price-lists" instead of selling : - tires, to consumers. of selling dis-j tounts off price lists. Instead of sell- j !ng mileage and service in tires. "It Is not an attempt to make things ; larder for the kind of tire manufac- ; urer whose product apparently cannot ' e sold without the doubtful expedient t the padded price-list. This expe dient consists of an alleged 'price-list' ft-hieh Is purposely printed 'up' so that ft may then- be deliberately discounted Iowa by the dealer, to provide 'a spe tial bargain' to the consumer who is inar1 or who is too busy to investi rate values. This attempt is being 4ut.de also with a sincere desire to lave the retailer of tires from the con- tequences of further growth of that ' padded price-list custom which is . jivlttng customers to patronize cut price specialists and band together to iiaintaln "supply dopts.' with wliich to fight what they, erroneously, consider txtortldnate prices and profits sup posed to be charged by retailers, on price-Hat basis. ""Without the padded price-lists. R-hich in some cases show as much as y45 per cnt retail profit on tires (as touch as $11 profit on a single 34x4 Plain-Tread Tire), the 'cut price spe tialists" would have no reason for ixistencc could not make headway, tr threaten to out the market from be leath tlie dealer's feet. Z,oaea Three Ways. ."With the pudded price lists, and the Utter price-cutting conditions that ab iornial profits always invite, the deal tr makes, in the end, much less profit. n average, than the normal and reasonable one to which he is entitled. Thus he loses three ways, through the padded price-list custom. "1st. Through the Impairment of his legitimate market and volume, by 'cut rice specialists," and by consumers' upply depta. "2nd. -Through obtaining a lower iveraje 'prof it per tire during the year, because ho must meet the keen price rutting competition' which excessive profits always invite. "3rd. Through the heavy increase in tho cost Of selling tires, for salesman's Urea, when each customer feels that no must shop around a number of dif ferent dealers' stores. In order to find ut which will give him the largest licount off the price-list of ths tire ie wants to buy. "More costly and dangerous to the lealer than all three of these Is the indermJning of public confidence, in he kliut of store that Is popularly be leved to have several prices for the lame article fan unreliable method of elling goods). That and the tomor row, which comes out of it. is the lealer' a side of the case. "The consumers side now claims our ittention. Mint Be Dependable. " "Tires are often emergency needs: "When the car owner needs a new tire, he is more than llkly to need it ' n-the-road. and "P.-D. Q." than to need !t under leisurely "order-far-in-advance" conditions. If he can step into an ivito-accessory store, a garage, or repair ihop. in the neighborhood of his need, dnd there get the tire he want, put on (n 20 minutes. It is worth a .great deal to him to Continue his outing without laying up his car while he awaits ship ment and delivery of same tire, on his telegraphed order. But. if auto owners (o not patronise auto-accessory, or localised tire dealers, these must go but of business, and such convenient lources of supply would then be I 1 ?K i - is I The new bridge over the Sandy river, near the Automobile Club's grounds, recently completed at a cost of $21,042.40. SPLIT LOG DRAG IS BEST Work Accomplished Xm Good and Its Operation Ss Cheap; Bow Best Utilized. Multnomah county's new briue across the Sandy river near the Port land Automobile club house is com pleted and ready for acceptance by the board of county commissioners. It will not be opened to traffic until the work of grading the highway on the tast bank of the river Is completed. The bridge takes the place of the old wooden structure which gave way on Good Koads day last April, drop ping" a five ton auto truck into the river. The new bridge is a most sub stantial appearing structure. The su perstructure is of steel resting upon reinforced concrete piers. It is in two spans, one 200 feet in length and the other 77 feet. The floor is of xeinforced concrete slabs with creosoted wood block pave ment. The clearance shows low water is 25 feet. Bitumen-filled expansion joints are provided in concrete slab over each floor beam. The roadway is 20 feet in the clear. The bridge is de signed to sustain a live load of four 20-ton trucks in line with two 20-ton trucks passing. The river pier is S6 feet high above the base of the dia mond shaft, solid web type, and of reinforced concrete. Twenty feet be low the bed of tle stream 31 piles were driven for the pier to rest upon. The shore abutment of the main span is of reinforced conciete, counterforted and it rests upon a rock foundation. The shore abutment of the pony span rests upon a packed sand and gravel foundation capable of sustaining with out settlement one and one-half tons per square foot. Owing to the contractor's delay In starting the work construction of thj piers was hindered by high water. The price of the bridge complete is $21,042.40. It was constructed by Con tractor George H. Griffin. The work of construction was supervised by the state highway department. Jt is a forceful illustration of the saving' that can be made by counties placing bridge w.ork under the super vision of the state highway depart ment. A bridge of approximately the same size built at Kugene in 1913 by the Coast Bridge company cost Lane coun ty twice as much or $42,000. There was no state supervision. In the Sandy river bridge there are 155 tons of steel. The cost to Mult nomah county for steel was $65.50 per ton. In the Lane county bridge there are 1486 tons of steel. The cost to the county was $184.72 per ton. This is the only instance of how counties have beenheavlly overcharged for bridges. It is the same in nearly every county in the state. The design and construction of bridges is the most difficult part of road construcr tion. Bridge engineering is a highly specialized branch of civil engineering and In the nature of things county courts are not able to command the advice of competent engineers. As a result the custom has grown up of relying upon the contracting bridge companies for engineering. inis is somewhat analogous to baving a lawyer represent both sides of a con troversy. , A solution for the difficulty is the placing of all bridge construction un der the supervision of the state high way department. Bridge Bids To Be Opened. Blda win be opened tomorrow by the Multnomah county board of com missioners for the construction of three reinforced concrete bridges on tho Columbia highway between War rendale and the Hood River county line. With the exception of a small bridge across Eagle creek, which will be done by day labor, these bridges will complete the construction of the Columbia highway in Multnomah coun ty. Tho estimated cost of the three bridges is approximately $40,000. They are to be completed by July 1. The Pierce creek bridge Is to be 260 feet in length and of the concrete glVder type. Moffet creek will be spanned by a 170 foot .arch. It will be an impres sive sight, standing as it does 75 feet above the bottom of the valley. At Bonneville, across Tanner creek, the design is for a reinforced concrete girder of elliptical shape. The span Is 60 feet. The new bridges will be on the same general lines as those at Latourelle and Shepherd's Dell. Wasco County Authorizes Survey. The Wasco county court has author ized state highway engineer Bowlby to make a survey for the Columbia high way through that county. The most Important parts of the survey will be stretches between Mosier and the Hood river County line and from Mosier to The Dalles. The county court has also adopted the policy of constructing, wherever possible, bridges and culverts of con crete. This will eliminate the cost of maintenance. missed more by tire users than by anyone else. "We want to see price-lists that are dependable, price-lists that correctly and fairly represent the manufacturer's own sincere valuation of the mileage and service he puts into his tires. "Price-lists that are reasonable, log ical and reliable, not made to quote discounts off, but to sell tires on. Of course there will still be wide dif ferences in the value to consumers, as great as the difference in the facili ties, capacity and skill of each manu facturer. "'It is not expected, nor required, that price-lists shall accurately gaue rela tive -values, but only that they shall accurately and reliably measure the value which each manufacturer Intends to give consumers, for the amount each consumer Invests in his tires." Turkey Transfers Papers of State Troops Are Concentrated Along the Sea of Mormon, Where Ottoman Warships Are Anchored. Copenhagen. Feb. 13. The National Tidende quotes a letter from Constan tinople which declares that the Turk ish government has transferred all its archives and papers of state to Brous sa, in Asia Minor, and that the Turk ish authorities have prohibited the Importation of Roumanian and Bul garian newspaper into the country. The Turks are concentrating troops and strengthening their fortifications along the Sea of Marmora, especially in the region of Ban Stefano and Ka vak, where a number of Turkish war ships are anchored. The Goeben has not been repaired, as the docks where it was taken after the battle with the Russian Black sea fleet are too small to accommodate the craft. HQ THE LOCOMOBILE CO. America's Highest Grade Car Is being shown at new . Salesroom. 490 BURNSIDE v Corner 14th St- -fFlrst-Class Repair Shop in -,'' Connection. V F: H. DOWNES . r .. Phone Main 6922 5v ANOTHER RECORD! THE SECOND SPECIAL TRAIN OF AUTOMOBILES FOR THE SEASON 1915 WI BUICKS OF COURSE 100 Carloads 500 Automobiles will leave the Buick Factory, Flint, Mich., February 20th, consigned to the How ard Automobile Company for distribution on the Pdcific Coast. This will be the most valuable shipment of first-class freight ever made in the world, and breaks the former record of 88 carloads established by the Howard Au tomobile Company in 1913. 0.000 more than half a million dollars is the value of this trainload of Buicks. The freight alone will be over fifty thousand dollars. Our second trainload for the season. REASON? BUICKS SEW HOWARD AUTOM0BILEC0. MEL G. JOHNSON, Manager Phones Main 4555 and A-2550 Fourteenth and Davis Streets According to a compilation of the state highway engineer there are. 87, 639 miles of roads in Oregon. Of this amount 32,689 miles are earth roads. 3745 miles gravel roads, 962 miles macadam roads and 25 miles hard sur face roads, of which. 15 miles are In Jackson county. Many years must necessarily elapse before more than 10 per cent of the road mileage Is hard surfaced. The greater part of the attention Of coun ty courts will always be taken up with building and maintaining earth roads. The most important feature of any road Is Its location. A road properly located should be - so placed that In future years no one competent to Judge will desireto re-locate it. Here on the Pacific coast those in charge Of road work have a great responsibility rest ing upon them as to the location of the public roads. In eastern states road builders find roads already lo cated for them. On account of the denser population and the high land values. It becomes very difficult to properly re-locate a road that has been in existence for many years. On the coast we are not hampered by these conditions. looation Is Most Important. The first step In the Improvement of any road should be its proper location. The most important detail In road con struction Is the proper drainage of a roid. Drainage. however, depends upon location. If the road is properly located, drainage is usually a simple matter. Adequate side ditches must be provided to carry the surface water quickly to the nearest culvert. After the road has been graded and the drainage properly taken care of, the problem that then confronts the road supervisor is the maintenance of the earth road. . The mose useful machine or imple ment for maintaining an earth road satisfactorily is the King split-log drag. There are many steel drags on the market that are good, but the drag made from the split log is very effi cient and much cheaper. It is not ex pensive to drag an earth road, the cost not exceeding $10 to $15 per mile per year. 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