THE OREGON. SUNDAY - JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY. MORNING. MARCH 26; 1916. ' STATISTICIAN RNDS ' : INTERESTING FIELD Striking; Comparisons- Made to I ndicate Important Part Motor Car Plays in Oregon GAS CONSUMPTION GREAT tt'ta Estimated That More Thu 13,' K 000,000 Chtilons of OaullM At VmA la Oregon Can la Tiu. Imagine ' if you can all the power of the Deschutes river, the Cotum bla at the Celilo falls, the Columbia, at the Cascades, the Rogue river, the McKensie river. ' the Clackamas river, ;the Middle Fork of the Willamette, .the Santiam. the Umpqua and the if Sandy harnessed to one great water 1 wheel. ': If you caq conceive of v anything ;?that big, then close your eyes again and think of. a power producer just about four times that big;. Then you "will have an idea of what an engine combining the possible power of ail : tne automobiles in the state of Ore I'gon would look like. M. O. Wllklns. the automobile laiiaucian, says tnat tnere will be about 25,000 registrations before very "long. Over 80,000 have registered to date. " The average horse power for . i , . ? nimisiicai purposes can ne saia iO be about 30. Multiplying that by the number of -ears indicates a total of 750,000 horse power developed by motor in pleasure cars and trucks. The Standard Oil company has ; taken the trouble of working out :5 averages for gasoline consumption and figures it out that the average car travels about 6000 miles per year. Taking that as a basis, and 12 miles ?per gallon as the average consump tion of each car, then each car would use about 500 gallons of gas in .a year. I That would make a grand total of 12.SOO.000 gallons of gasoline used in Oregon in one year. If that were dumped into the upper reservoir at Mount Tabor. 600.000 gallons would ro over the spillway, as that reservoir '" topiiL-iiy or z,uu',uuu gallons. ;If all that gasoline were put into the holder of the Portland Gas & Coke company at Piedmont, almost 6 000,000 gallons would have to bs stored elsewhere. Soma idea of what motor transpor tation really means can also be Judged from the fact that the total developed horsepower on all tha streams of Oregon is but 133.1 RS v horsepower. In other words it takes almost seven times as much power to -move- the people of Oregon arounl In motor cars as it does to do the i work of the entire state. - The Portland Railway. Light & Power company uses daily 60,253 .horsepower on its city and 'suburban lines. About 6000 of Oreaon automo biles are within Multnomah county. " mey were all turning out their ; rated, capacity they would develop three times as much as is used by the sleet railway system to run its cars. -' New Jersey Passes Road Bill. The legislature of New Jersey has passed a bin providing for a bond issue of J7.000.000 to improve the roaas or tne state. 1916 Maxwell $655 51 f .. 1 lliiiiuiuiiiiiiiuuimm ' ; ' ; Talk ItOver TWO FINE NEW f ' Above The new seven passenger Hnpmoblle showing the extreme roominess. Back row, left to right Mrs. O. E, Davidson, A. B. Manley, president Dulmage-Manley Co.; Manley J. Hungertord. Middle row Miss Marie Aarts, Henry C. Baer, Otto .Bnedy. Front row William Connelly, P. F. Howell and Miss Genevieve V'ard at the wheel. Below The Grant Six, latest newcomer in' thlp auto colony. New models of the Hupmobile and the tirant Six made their appearance at the store of the Dulmage-Manley Auto company during the week. Tba new Hupmobile is a .sven passenger with low body that appeals because of the extreme roominess of the extra seating arrangement. 1 . The Grant Six is practically the standard that was shown here- Jurins the January exhibition when it made its first appearance in Portland. Since then it has gone into- the hands' of several motorists who . have had oc casion to give it a .grueling but sat isfactory breaking in. One of the first owners to drive a t3ra.nt is George Chambers, secretary of the Portland Automobile club. Mr. Chambers drives back and forth from F.O.B. Detroit Including Electric Starter and Can Deliver Ride 'in it take the family put severy Sunday really "enjoy the many fine days right now for auto riding. . And I have arranged that you may buy this 1916 i Maxwell the biggest auto value on the market by; . - ' " - . ,-'' H ; . '. " . . A Small Down Payment--Balan The 1916 Maxwell is complete -in eyery;detaillectric starter and lihtse mountable rims one-man top graceful lines-full five-passenger body--every-"" thing that the high-priced car has and you can buy it on installments cm Open 615-61 7 Washington.Street CARS SHOWN the Automobile club on the Sandy each day. The car is a compact six of light weight The motor is a sturdy block type ' that shows 30 horsepower on block teats. Large -manifolds and valves , make it a very snappy engine. The Grant factory Is making good on shipments and in some way is mamtiglng to run - the gauntlet of the freight situation so that the local distributors have been fairly success ful in getting their cars. The new Hupmobile is built on the standard four clinder chassis, which made good las, year and presents no departures further than the tonneau arrangement, which is novel enough. The extra seats arC the widest that have yet appeared. When put in place Electric Light This Car to Boss Co Evenings and Sundays Jury Found' Kiss ; Worth Automobile Complaisant Was Satisfied With mam Xe Tald Until Widow Took Another T allow Aato Kldiag la Mrs." Bertha 8 pengler, a widow of Davenport,- Iowa, recently resisted a replevin suit filed by Thomas Brown, a farmer,? to. secure possession of a motor car to which she claimed be (had. given to her. . "What did you give him for the car?" was . asked of the widow when the trial came up. "One kiss.' was her reply. "Do you think one of your kisses Is worth a motor car?" she was "asked. "I certainly do!" came the emphatic reply. That appeared to settle the case, as the "Jury gave a verdict in her favor. It developed that Brown was perfectly satisfied with his bargain until he saw the widow riding In the car with another man. Then he filed suit. i they form together in such a manner as to make' a bench which for uphol stery and ease of riding position Is hardly excelled by the regular tonneau back. ; To give additional foot room, .the space under the front seat usually de voted to tools and tubes is open the entire width and gives ample leg room to the occupants of the extra seats. Insurance Policy Worthless. Valparaiso. Ind., March 23-. The Rev. J. Paris Cox, formerly a minister here, is returning to occupy a cell in the county jail. A member .of his congregation loaned him $700 and took a mortgage on a worthless life insur ance policy for $2000. You pOTtland Now 'PnilNTVflFQKnMAMU 1 ... i : !;-' . v; .V - ..... , HAS A SERIOUS ROAD PROBLEM TO SOLVE Joint "Arrangement . Between County and State Proved Far From Satisfactory. DISAGREEMENT HAS RISEN After Bonding District XaavUy tor Trunk Highway, It Xs Evident That Boad Will Vot Be Porthcomlag. A serious-situation has developed In highway work In Mania county, Washington, and tne prospect now is that there will be o improved main road through the county this year at least. Owing to the exhaustion of the state appropriation the work being done under tne direction of the state highway department is to be suspended on the five mile stretch between Col- I l.ns and Cooks The road is only from ; 50 to 7 per cent completed. i This piece of road . Is to form the j connecting link between the two pieces of highway being built by the county under a bond issue. As a result of the suspension of work the county when its two ends are completed will not b able .to get from one to the other. There will be two ends of a road but no middle and to J rive from Un derwood to Stevenson, the county seat, will be as impossible as It is at pres ent. Out of the situation has arisen strained relations between the county commissioners, and the state highway department. It is claimed by the lat ter that the county agreed to divert a portion of the bond issue to be added to the state fund to complee the Collins-Cooks section. It is admitted by the county officials that there was some understanding to this effect but that it was conditioned that the road should be b,u',lt on a certain location and was- not to cost an excessive amount. There are intimations that the county believes that the state money was not being expended Judi ciously and was wasted. ' The County's View Explained. The position of the county commis sioners is thus explained by Commis sioner Shipley: "We had an under standing with the state highway com mission that the county would add to the Ltate fund of $54,960 sufficient to finish the work between Collins and Cooks When we made this agree ment we expected that the state would build on the right of way which had been acquired by condemnation from the S., P. & S. railway and as per plans and specifications approved at that time. But after we had made this agreement the location was changed without consulting the board of commissioners. The cost of tbe road on the original location was es tlmated at about 60,000. The cost on the new location is running far In ex cess of that figure. Where we ex pected an outlay of from $3000 to $o000 we were confronted with a re quest for $25,000. We now know that the amount necessary to finish the Job is about $50,000." When the state began on the work there was available an appropriation of approximately $55,000 from the state public highway fund. The work was let out to a contractor on a force account basis, the contractor to re ceive a percentage of 10 ner cent. This Is a subject of much j:riticism and to this method is attached one reason for the heavy cost-t the work. For -most of the distance the road runs along the railway track being in some p.ace only 12 teet distant This de tracts somewhat from scenic effect and adds to the conger risk. About one mile west of Cooks a concrete wall 700 or 800 feet fn length has been put in for protection. At Dead man point, near Cooks, the railway company has protested against I further cutting into the bluff which i Is of a loose formation. It is feared i that a deeper cut will weaken the bluff and endanger railway traffic. It is understod that the railway com , pany would be willing to shift its track over In order to give the high ' way more room if the state would I stand. the expense. It is an unfortunate situation in ' view of the fact that Skamania county has already bonded itself in the sum of $210,000 to secure a main road through the county. This bonded in debtednesg is about $600 per capita. When the bond issue was made it was planned that it would build a road from the Clarke county boundary to Collins and from Cooks to Under wood, or to the Klickitat county line. This involved about 40 miles of road. It was expected that -the state would , construct the connecting link between Collins and Cooks. It seems impos sible for the county to raise additional funds to contribute .to this construc tion and the only solution seems to be in state aid. This cannot be obtained until the next session of the 1 legis lature. ! In the meantime the county will , not be getting a full return on its bona investment. Engineering Problems Puzzle. When the bond issue was voted the county commissioners, lacking confi dence m tne state nignway aepart raent, determined to employ their own engineering force. They accepted the offer of the United States office of publfe roads and rural engineering to furnish an engineer free of charge to direct .the work. Under this engineer surveys have been made and two sec tions of highway have been contracted for. The county Js now passing through the experience of all other counties In the criticism of engineer ing cost that is prevailing. Whether this criticism is Justifiable or not is THE INTAKE O. Euedy has taken charge of the service department of the nlmage Manley Auto company. He has rbeen in similar offices' with other automo bile concerns and will install a system with the distributors of the National, ' Hupmobile and Grant. . ' Enlargement of the service department enables the company to carry a very heavy stock of parts. - ' R. F. Pike wha'antil last week was with the Covey Motor Car 'Company, tias joined v the Northwest Auto com pany's organization and win handle the Reo and Cole lines of that com- (pany::. - ' ... I Tbe Harmon Six, the aluminum cyl indered car, will cost Just $200 more after April 1. This announcement is . but another successor to the series of such, announcements because of the state of the eastern market and, labor conditions.' The Northwest Auto com- ' pany -will bo governed by that rise on I sales after, April X. , - - ON THE WASHINGTON SIDE VX; '2z At'i JU View of section of Skamania county 8., P. & d. a matter of future determination. If it does not 'exceed five or six per cent n For Moftor Car Valime MW OREGON MOTOR Distributor $ Studebaker MotorCar$r---KelIy , Frank C Riggs, Pres. .-:''-ys ?W; C T 1 , r ?r tlHUUlUlMlllusUiUilUiifililllUlailil highway that shows proximity to railroad. When the work is completed it will not be considered excessive. Thus far Fortified against the dangers of skid ding and drive slip by the Savage Grip Tread. A double protection the vac uum principle of the , triangular de pressions "plv the skid resistance of the sturdy ribs. Two effective safetyj treads for the price of one tire. And yon gef a good long run for your money every time. Extra mileage; as well as more safety, is built into every Savage Grip Tread, Adjustments on the basis of 4,500 miles. Ak for Tire Book FACTORY CISTRISUT02 JOHN A. WALTERS, i Broadway at Ankany, Portland SEE THE SERI ES AT THE NEW BUILDING PARK AND DAVIS STS.: ,,.-...----. -.- . ,lt '-in ""telatmed. Cthat from $7009 U 1 $10,006 has been paid oat of, the bond j Issue Xor, engineering ? 7f js ? one argument used m tavor .oi w bond Issue was that not to exceed ' three per ent of It wa to a for en gineering, J fOur Jdea' says: Commls- ; sloner Shipley in explaining this guar antee, "was to pay all engineering cost In excess of $6300, three per-cent Of the bond Issue, out of the current expense fuad of the county The state board of Inspection ruled that It was not lawful to use this fund for the purpose. We have no alternative.- The bond fund will have to pay the re mainder of the engineering cost. What Is m difference wuether the engineer ing cost Is paid out of the people's bond fund or out of the people's cur-" rent expense fund? -1 do not think that our engineering icost Is going t be excessive. It costs as much to prop erly lay out 42 miles of road on the Washington side as on the Oregon side. Vi e Invite comparison In cost per mile. . Device Would Use ii Power From Exhaust Invention Plans to Attach Turbine to Generator for Storage Battery Charg ing Back Pressure TTllminated. A new plan for utilising the unused power of the exhaust has Just bad a ' patent applied for by Charles W. Shep- Hberd and Harry W. Payne of Phoenlx,; Ariz. -?': These men are perfecting a device which consists of a turbine operated by the exhaust pressure and attached to a generator for storage battery charging. This turbine would do away with the muffler. ? s;;n So that there will be no back pres- ' sure on the engine the noisle is of ample width. The inventors claim to have reached a speed of 1200 revoiu- lions per .minute witn tne engine iai-- exhaust manifold and placed under the hood. - GM CO. Springfieltl Tires I Garbe, 5ec & Treat. tin - r . . - MUtUUIIIIiMIUUUIIMllUllktlltlUil4MlUU