-. "
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. The time to drag ..the road Is
Not Like
Otlier
People's Cars
There's nothing exclusive and not much that is distinctive about a car
that looks like other people's cars. Why not have a car that belongs to YOU
PERSONALLY, and that LOOKS the part?' You cart. have exclusive indi
viduality in the Winton Six. We finish your car in your own personal color
scheme. I ' . -i
You can have your choice of two models both of highest quality One
sells at $3250, and the other at $2285. The latter is the first top-quality car ever
sold at less than $3000. When you see it, you'll love it
Gives car ownership a new zest
Telephone for demonstration j
The Winton Motor Car Company
Twenty-third and Washington Streets Phone Main 4244
TT TT 7T1
When
eim
LEOO
snog i ures
Be Suite to
Inbuilt
Get
asTs
EXTRA nercen
tajre of high-ffrade rubber
In the Firestone tread aivea
thickness, toughness, extra rev
suiency and longest life.
V
you
can buy Firestone
Tires and Tubes at these
prices, you can't afford
to use any other make.
airin. thnrniicrh dictrihuf ion nf mmA
shock no tread separation. The section VtV
shows it; the wear proves, it.
EXTRA Firestone cushion stock, finest Up
protector.
fine rara Kubber a thick-oile
lively shock absorber and fabric
i EXTRA layer ef Firestone rubber
filled fabric. Compare and then count.
EXTRA coheehre)
force in the
Firestone
Bead.
)
Mi I
Firestone "Tires . and Tubes
are made By specialists high
quality, low cost.: :
Made in America's largest,
-most efficient, exclusive tire
factory high quality, low
cost., ! : : ,
Delivered .to - car-owners
everywhere through the most .
complete,: efficient;, ECO
NOMICAL distributing sys
tem .ever i established -high-quality,
low cost.
Buy Firestone for Most Miles per Dollar '
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
"America's Largest Exclusive Tir and Rim Maker t
65-67-69 W. Park Street N., Portland, Or.
Home Office and Factory i Akron, Ohio Branches and Dealers Everywhere
c
CW CaaegflS Grey Tube Red Tube
30x3 1 9.40 10.55 2.20 2.50
30x3& 1 11.90 13.35 2.60 2.90
32x3& 1 13.75 15.40 2.70 3.05
34x4 19.90 22.30 3.90 4.40
34x4& 27.30 30.55' 4.80 5.40
36x4& 1 28.70 32.15 5.00 5.65
37x5 1 35.55 39.80 5.95 6.70
38x5& 46.00 51.50 6.75 1 7.55."""
A . :'---.v.;-::;
x j
if
"jr.-
1
.