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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1922)
, i . UT i. - . ' , l 'i 'V I Motorcycles Bicycles Accessories r bUUO kOaOH fra .Vast Amounts i Now Being Expended to Make Roads I Practicable for Autos NEW YORK. Dec. 31 The of ficials and citizen of Oregon mar not realize, perhpas, that through tna mm of 1 2,5 6 0,0 0 0 which they re reported as contemplating spending, or as voting to spend ln REiS ana Itlm Part for all Can , Fre Expert Advice IRA JOKGENSEN -160 South High street . - -f , . ' f HEWITT TAR , : Fabrics, 7000 MUe Guarantee Cords, 10,000 MiIe;Guirkntce Backed by 12Yearjt Record Equal to any BETTER thac the majority 7c will see that you get tie service ; fjBiclpry Distributer L7ALCOM TIRE CO. CcnatTcial and Court Sts. 'Salem; Oregon VVlTH TJ DD G El B ROTH eRSi-'POWeftC PLiANT " " j i v . ' " " '" .. ;. I " The fact that Dodge Brothers do ' not hesiiateto associate their name with -this? truck means that it has fully measured up to ' - - the most exacting requirements. the near fatare for highway work they will share, to no little ox tent in carrying. out the. greatest era of road building and street construction in history, and aj-e helping their fellow Americans realize a laudable ambition jjta make American highways the fin est In the world. - - Carefully compiled . statistics, based upon reports received dur ing 'August,' September, October and November, 1921 from 1201 States. counties. townsfiina sinrt municipalities show that I the .'in dustrial depression that ha av iated' during the past year has anectea in roaa -building prfr gram but slightly. Witlv more than one billion dollars available, an iom. mb me new, federal aid law nOW la effect, anrf ' malrfrir $75,000,00$; in. new. funds, avail able in federal aid during the colin ing ear,; the country has never experienced Buch a road building ooom as the spring of 1922 nrnm ises to Inaugurate. i Reports show that during the past fuurmonths new Rtronta nnri oad projects were aimnnnMii i contemplated DUt.not yet voted. ES':,-.V:.: .' -A hrgm yrmrimty of body typm - - todi top and 1 ton foadV v. 1 1 ' - . f rr tyH- ;-: , B0!,E$TEELE M0T0H ca Commercial artl Ferry Streets, Salem; 1 to a grand total of 1242,994,623, of which the sum of $211,180,700 is for roads and $31,813,923 for streets. In addition, the Ameri can taxpayers, during August, September, October and November actually voted $238,630,136 for new Btreets and roads and the public officials-Isold $140,656,803 worth of road and street improve ment oonds. For streets the sum of $37,330,174; was voted, anil $25,791,681 ln bonds were sold. For roads the sum voted was $201,339,932, and the bonds sold were $114,865,127. The reports showed new street improvements to be contemplated . or actually under way in 559 cities and towns. ' ' . With vast sums Buch as these to be expended next year, over and abpvo amounts previously auth orized, it can be readily seen that the American people are in' earn est about this matter of good roads and are taking to heart the fact. that 83 per cent of our high ways are yet to be surfaced and made practicable for modern mo tor traffic. That our cities arc making tre mendous strides In street pavfng is indicated In reports from city engineers to the Asphalt associa tion, New York; which indicate that over thirty million square yards, equivalent to y750 wiles Of asnhaltic pavement 30 feet wide, were laid on city streets this year. Reports from st highway departments indicate that zj.uou.o.oo square yards were laid on the state highways while the area laid . in counties and other districts brought the total to 68,- OOO.o oo ..square yards, equivalent to" 60O"O miles of asphalt pave menfs 18 feet wide. This is mora than sufficient to build one as phalt . road 18 feet wiflnv fmm Augusta, e.. to San FranclBM .and i another from : Augusta, Me., to" new Orleans. The great chance which das comej over the system of road and euetsc Dunaing recently is the re anaaiiuu mai ine maicriil M n road should not be capable of ab- soromg water, but water-proofed ivoi only does rain rwriMnia tutvuKu aiiu uesLiur a. rnxn v nttr when frost comes it honvoi t pavement and .foundation. Pro longed drought is also verv harm rur to plain macadam surfaces. wnicn Decome dustv and ravel impact Is a- new and destni uve enemy, of Darement mn a loaded motor truck welhin. with its load 22,500 pounds, and moving at a rate of 15 miion n hour, . encounters an abstacle on tne highway Sufficient to give : Oregon the rear wheel oa drop. of ona inch, the efgfect upon the road is practically ithei. same as though the; total weight were multiplied by six. In la sense the truck be comes a projectile and batters' the pavement by a succession- of mighty impacts! Two methods of resisting im pact have been! developed among highway enginaers, c-- ttstng -o design a rigid structure which will withstand- the I impact as- armor plate is expected to withstand the projectile. ThTs method is an ef fort to match the strength of the destructive i agent with an equal Or superior! strength on the part of the defensive agent. It calls for a constantly increasing thick ness of slab and. mere reinforce ment. Just as more pdwerfnl gttn and increasingly effecf.va armor piercing projectiles call for thick er armor, i ! . , This method lias found consid erable favor in Ihe eastern states, but out on the Pacific coast high way engineers have for the past quarter of at century been practic ing another method of construc tion, to which jthey point as jthe fnTallible solution of the impact problem. i . ' In California! and Oregon th engineers do not attempt to stop the mighty impact of the motor truck in its, tracks, so to spealt, but .thay cushion the shock. They construct an elhstic stone wffich clings close Ui the earth sub-grarta beneath, and It absorbs the .shock of Impact by slightly yielding. The western J engineers argue that if ycUi put chock absorbers in the vehicle why not put them fn the road? Thejj point to pepeater teHts, which have shown that n clastic Or resilient slab made of aspnalt and stione shows mom than double the resistence to shattering by heavy blows than has been shown ibv a reA olah-nr similar thickness and design. 1 At Ylsallai. Gail., is such a pave ment composed pf seven indues of stone and aisphaltr laid in 189 i. and In good, condition today with no. outlay for maintenance dur ing 27 years, f . More than 12000.000 yards of the so-called "Mack base" tjepe of payement haTs teen laid on the Pacific coast and over forir-fifths of this large yardage is not over me incaes in tutal thickness. LOCJL H JITEND George and Alfred Vick'rUo- :cal Overland Dealersr Attend Portland Meet George Vick anri Airr viv of . Vick Brother!, local Overland' aeaiers recently) attended an Ov erland dealers'l sales rally and luncheon in Portland given by the Willys-Overland iPacific company. The meeting' waii railed h it C. Hayes, manager, and the prom inent men present from the Over- tana company were Frank " C. Iiggs, vice president and general manager of ' thai Wilivu-ftvarian Pacific com Ban vs R v r.,i, assistant general;sales manager of the Willys-Overls nd Cnm n n v nt Toledo, Ohio, and Tom Jones, a prominent, sales! and advertising nthority. . Business was reimrtnrf. tnA with the Overland company, in September yfan the best Sep tember In four years, and October was the best Oetoher Jn Hntraro and cents in. the 14 years that the wvenana company has been in business.- i t Vick Brothers! have nbMi) good many Overland carg during the few weeks th&t thav the Overland agenev. ThA and coupes at tis season ol Uie- jetr are seuing ciBpecially good. New Maxwell Continues To Attract Says Gingrich "The H6W! rfa nf tna rA Maxwell continues " to attract toore visitors to ur show rooms than we ever had before In the history of 'our basiness," says O. ll. Gingrich,; local Maxwell-Chalmers distributors: 'And, whys shouldn't ! , it the firso seriea 61 bic-littla ear ever put on; thq market some thing for whtchj; the . public has been watching j these past few years. . ' t "The motor, i trlert nnH nrnvort throughout the countrv ainre last year, has an improved transmis sion and strengthened rear axle. ."Longer sprints. a wider anil stronger frame, larger, lower bod ies, a larger radiator and a slight ly Jon tcer bobdi hnmhlno tn iHm the Good Maxwell the same in. eie m MEET pearance and riding qualities that characterize the much larger type of cars.-:-" . - i j, - two or three time? continue to u:oiutr ;iuuicuiu;;a iney nau not found before. " . ' "Women have been particular ly delighted with the closed mod els, many returning time, and again bringing friends to view the cars. . . ; i "So, white, as we say; we have had more visitors this past four or five weeks than ever before, we are not surprised The new series of the good Maxwell was bound to meet with popular fa vor" ! " Photocar for News Service Built on Dorjge Chassis To get the maximum of speed in taking photographs of news events and developinR tho nega- JUST "Tires" That's all we pretend to do hut w'e try to know everything about tires and to fix tire ill like skilled specialists . i Your tire trouble will receive our promj)tt! cour teous and efficient atten tion. HOFFMAN & ZOZEL Katty Korner Marion Hotel I i I 1 I s M f I Overland Uves, progressive photographers of Atlantic City, N J., have con structed on a Dodge" Brothers ehasis a special body in the lorm of a giant graflex camera. I The interior of the body 1s In geniously arranged) that a man can climb up a ladder-like -arrangement bringing him i to a Auto ANNOUNCING to the people of Salem and all auto owners ia riixt vicinity that We will conduct an auto-wrecking estabiishstnt it 377 Court Street that win handle anything and everything ia auto mobile parts, i We are in the field to both btiy and sell all dslitt of automobiles. : c The House of Hdl a Million forts V 377 Court Street ; .... Phcns 464 iiRWMininRiwoaiiBiKaraiiaifflRgxMi Announces Another Price Reduction ; T ' Effective at once Paige cars will be sold at greatly reduced ; prrlces ' - ! -v ' . ' ' ; -Z: , : ' ' ' 6-66 Models " " r '. t ,' ' r 1 j.r Lakewood 7 passenger Touring, now P --.$2550 . Reduced ' !$6801 Larchmont 4 passenger Sport, now $2600 Reduced 1 $730 Daytona Roadster, now : $3000 - Reduced $700 Sedan 7 passenger, now. ... $3600 Reduced $650 Coupe 5 passenger, now...... 33500 , Reduced - $673'-'-'" 6-44 Models ' " " " . . - - Glenbrook 5 passenger Touring, now... $1750 Reduced $190 Addmore 4 passenger Sport, now. ..; $1875 Reduced ,$365 '.' Lenox Roadster, now:. $1750 Reduced J. $190 Sedan, now -l-...$2575 Reduced $400 - Coupe, now $2325 Reduced $475 - i 1- '-. - -. Si t- " V - - ' ' AH above prices f. o. b. Salem You havebeen waiting for prices to reach the bottom. Surely the Paige : Js now reaVnab!y priced and you need not delay longer in the purchase of one of the above models.' Welt Brothers High Street Trade T , . .()'- Oaldand height of teu feet from the ground.., and giving him com manding view of any events which may be taking place. The body is also; used as a dark room In which negatives may be developed an dfini6hed, guaranteeing speedy service, which would otherwise.be impossible. J : : i ' , : ' . ...... te , . I. .. . ... -('' '" '. v. Paige The "graflex wagon," of fchcto ear, as It Is variously called, is II. rery latest thlfaV ia. rapid nc paper photography ? It la sir-;., cant that-for the sped and re': ability Nrhich re so vital Jn t:. game Dodge Brothers chase '. warn chosen to furnish the power t " ' ' ' 4 J' 'So ffian-r lit tin detT nt 'mi finement hare ; been added that peopic who. fcava seen the cars ' 1 I. i t i '.! J il I It i.i ti - A A -CJt i. -4. A 4.. i.. A K i. 4.