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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1927)
Wire: FROMOUR HIGHWAY ; . - - :-' Dno Solution Galls for Sec- ; onaary Koad systems to Relieve Congestion ; ; ' ny Jtoy d. chapim -;.KIIow can a maximum use of oar ilighwaya be secured with safety? i What t'hanjcen In practice or regulation ran be made hy the Highway ! adminiMtration which will eaable you and me and other motor users to drive comfortably and without constant interruption when we are on the road at mo meals of peak' travel? .What steps can be taken to fa cilitate the constantly growing movement! of commodities over the highway out of large center of population? V 5 K How can wo bring the develop ment of rural highways into clos er, relationship with the transpor tation needs of the farmer? "These are some of the questions stated from a motor user's stand point, which are before the coun try today and with a new empha sis borne out of the constantly in creasing uwe of the motor vehicle which we can see on every side of vs. ; Since the passage of the modi fied federal highway act In 1921, the state highway engineers of the United. States, acting in coopera tion .With the United States Bur eau :of Pablic Road, have been concentrating their resources -upon i the development of main systems Of roads designed to carry a bulk of the" movement. How well they have succeeded Can be answered by every motorist of ; any long driving . experience who can testify from his own trav el log to the gradual and steady improvement of the highways over, which he drives. A But coincident with that devel opment, not only has there been a Yerjr'marked increase in the num ber Of., vehicles, their types and the uses to which they are put. but all Of us have tended to increase oat mileage of travel as we have become assured in our minds that We could venture forth safely into all parts of the country without 4 Tiling's omly mn& only The Pontiac Six swept into the lime light because it came to the public rep . . , resenting all 'the skill, resources and " experience of General Motors. And it , - ' . has remained in the limelight from the very day of its introduction, because no other car has since appeared which , offers so much for so. low a price. v If Either Had Been Going a -I Wee Bit Faster This Surely ; Would Have Brought Disaster jT - r - i in i i i in ' st i in 1 Trff r-L m---- ....M . r M --, ii-1t:..l ' Motorists should be extremely foughfares used by street cars." Experienced motor vehicle operators usually avoid them. Eves when there is no trolley car in sight, there is always the possibility' of one unexpectedly coming around a corner or out of a yard. During the winter months, when skidding Is so much in evidence, it is especially advisable to keep off slippery rails, warns Homer E, Niesz, vice-president of the National Safety Council, which is endeavoring to. prevent accidents on the streets and highways, in other public places, at home and throughout industrial establishments. fear of getting stalled in a mud i tinuous on some of the main bole. I stems of traffic in and between So today, Florida 'licenses have our larger cities and exasperating become a familiar sight in the j ly common to the motorist of streets of New York City while j smaller communities at those mo- fhe man from Iowa argues the ; ments when of all others he is Question of traffic laws with the most anxious to be on his way. California cop. At the same time j That the highway engineer is truck efficiency has been "stepped j thoroughly aware of the serious Hp" by the growing mileage of ! ness of the economic problem back heavy duty highways and the modern bus now pokes its hood into communities which but a few brief years ago had to depend up on the restricted services of branch line railroads or upon the favor of owners of private passen ger cars. ' The net result is a steady sir a'm j of traffic which is practically con- General Motors cmmlhuildit Only General Motors could introduce so dependable a car -because 'no other maker has at his command the facilities of the General Motort Proving Ground and the combined genius of General Motors' Research Staff and of Oakland engineers. j PcmriaSIx, $825 to $975. OallanJ Six, comprnim to Pontiac Six, $1025 to $129S. AHprieem mt factory. Bodies by Fisher. Emsy to pay on the liberal Qenerul Motors Time PayventPlmm, , VICK BROS., x - ji; S Associate MILT H!Tl MOTOR CO.. Albany. Oregon; FRED T. BILYETJ. Sclo, Oregon. CT v.-.rJ TAYLOR. Lebanon. ton. Oregon, i GEO.. DORR. Woodburn. Oregon; C. J. SCHREEVE & SON Dallas. Oregon ; HARR1SBURG-OARAGE, Uaxrlsbnrg. . Oregon; JOHNSO MOTOR SALES 'CO., CorTauiSt Oregon. : 4 . - - m I I . 1 1 0r":-:'"- '" 'r ""l ''"i"'' careful when driving along thor- of this condition, is best evidenced by the testimony given by Thomas H. MacDonald. chief of the U. S. Rureau of Public Roads before the sub-committee of the house ap propriations committee recently. The chairman had asked how long it would take to complete the I'OO.oOO miles of highways ' contained in the federal system. Only the economies of General Motors' vast purchasing power coald make possible at $825 Hsher closed bodies of such commanding beauty, fin ished in distinctive Duco colors, and such unusual fine car features as 46 lb crankshaft, honed cylinders, full prcs sure oiling, automatic spark control, and bronze-backed interchangeable pearings of the costliest type. A full year has passed since the Pon tiac Si was introduced and the su f)reme satisfaction of 60,000 owners ends emphasis to the fact: There is only one Pontiac Six- and only General Motors couU build ill Salem, Oregon Dealers .- Oregon:-SIL.VEKTUN hutok uak tu., stiver Mr. ; Mad .nald replied,; L?lr will never be possible to complete 200,000 miles of high ways, using the term 'never in the sense of any fixed time that I can foresee. We hope by 19 SO to have Improved the system shown here on these main routes and to have further improved the sections shut are not now adequate for the j traffic. Our most serious ' traffic : problem now is in the east, to find i a method of carrying the traffic riourul congested centers or popu lation and the congested districts of the large centers: that is, the construction of by-pas roads. roads J hat will run around mieh ! rftte as Knllmnr and Kew York. ' We have a large problem in the elimination of grade crossings oni main railroads and intersections' at grade with the main hghways." n the use or cut-away chassis ana This statement points the way j the display ha been a t enter of to One large answer. Through ! growing Interest each succeeding traffic carried across " congested ! var. Those previously bnilt are city areas not only slows dpwn ' today in ne for demonstrating the movement and irritates tho j Pnosos at tne University of driver who is interested in getting ' Michigan, the University of Cali on'to his destination, but it adds!'ornIa- tne Smithsonian Institute, very materially to the congestion of the local "movement and hence to the cost of street maintenance, The by-paKsJns- of through traf fic has already been demonstrated to b& a sound cure for the expedi tion of this phase of travel and while carefully planned additions will be necessary to our-h-ighway programs to .provide these high ways, the cost, will be far more than offset by the saving in traf fic time. -The matter of elimination - of rail crossings and road intersec tions at grade is coming to be one of increasing importance in cer-v tain areas where there is a con stant and heavy flow of vehieles of all kinds and descriptions. Quring a study made of the peak movement for any hour in Chicago by the Bureau of PuGlic Roads in cooperation with state and local authorities, it was found that 2,740 vehicles per hour were recorded on Western avenne, which is one of the heaviest trav eled streets in the country, pro viding ways for six lanes of traf fic. In a study made some time ago of the possible discharge of high ways. A. N. Johnson of the Uni versity of Maryland found that the maximum discharge occurred at 15 miles per hour and that -for a single line of traffic, the possible I 1 t . r EXPUIMS MOTORS Revert to Method First Used in 1907 to Show Working Machinery Improving upon a feature winch has atlractetl increasing attention jKinee its introduction la 190", the Cadillac Motor Car company is i thin year ugain including in its exhibit a cut-open chassis, the trPPent model being Cut away 80 as to exnoe more thoroughly than ! ver before every moving part. j The company was the pioneer j Washington. D- C and many oth- fer Places j Paris One was on display at ris show this year and one l.j.s been presented to th technic al high sci oi. Ch&rlottenberji Germany. At the show not only the tech t.ically trained but many who know little of mechanics and to whom the enclosed parts have been a complete mystery, are in the throngs which surround the chassis and listen to the demon stration. Three new chassis have been built and are being shown in the east, central and western portions of the country. They are finished in black, with the combustion chambers and the inside of the exhaust pipes and mufflers done in red. A storage battery con total would be 2640 vehicles. In other words. Western avenue with its six lanes was discharging c.nly at the approximate capacity of a single roadway and the rea son for this Was in the constant interference of cross currents of traffic and other obstacles. In a light movement, this inter ference would not be serious, but v-ben the delays of a heavy travel are reckoned together with the fact that travel may be actually limited because of this restriction of facilities, the problem becomes one of immediately civic impor tance. In such cases then, we have to consider whether the time is not here when it is no longer feasible f:om the standpoint of public in terest in adequate transportation facilities to content ourselves with roads at grade. Has not the time come when in order to keep the traffic moving (and that Is the hub of the whole question) trunk roads must be constructed without grade inter sections which will permit of - a constant and a safe use of all of the lanes of traffic- provided for i the builder ; In this way and. only in this way can these main trunk roads . e dedicated to the uses of traffic ruber thar. for storage uses which is the actual result-of obtruding ol-tacles into. the. . lane whether they be moving or stationary in character. - Pending these- changes, which iire-only necessary, as I have point ed out In .cases of be a vy move ment whre fortunately they , will pay for the.mselvejb in the "savings so effected, the subject of regula tion is one which requires a care ful analysis. Urst in the Interest ef safety. and second to promote i he flow of. traffic, two things by the way which usually go hand in hand. 'Lighting control is now in evi dence in most if not all of our cities. The effects of this control ii damming the flow of traffic art of as much importance as their effect in sorting out the move ment. Control cannot be sol rigid as to simply serve as a traffic bar rier. It must permit of the most conomk: use or the highway if it Is to be effective. The snbject is 'fine deserving of close study. Finally with respect to our rur al movement, there is evidence on all sides of a closer relationship letween the different forms of transportation and of a rapidly growing use of the "motor vehicle as an agency in distribution both by the farmer and the city user. Back of our main federal and sttte highway systems,' there lie! the secondary and tertiary sys tems which are far greater in mileage, than the heavier roads, p it bough they carry a much small er, movement both in volume and density- In the main hese roads will not require anything like .the de cree of improvement essential to the. backbone system but there, is a constant necessity tor their re pair and upkeep and even for iurthor improvement. - i j - Work goeipn apace, in bringing these highways Into service as It does on the. main system, but the tatk Is not so centralized and con stantly there- is a greater varla tion in , the .efficiency and in the methods used; . . ... ..; The public monies involved In this task, are large and conse quently there is need- fort a con stant examination Into the. pres ent-day administration, its proced ore and the result obtained in the public JntreaC. 4- Like the other phases of our read, problem, this one is grad ually being met, and as 1926 clos es - it can be conservatively stated that everywhere our; road admin istrators are meeting these ques tions honestly and vigorously and with "Very' real results. f ,,f y. cealed In the gasoline tank pro vide power so that all parts of the engine, transmission and rar bxJe assembly may be seen in op eration. ' ' ' -) From the front of ihe-crank-ease to the first, universal Joint behind "the tansmtasionv- ccwh rearlyonetfcird t the 'casing has teenj ntt Swajr?5 AcomplefcC! " and h a r'H-iew" isOgiveh Vir all working" pait-t. from the oil strainer in. the iH'ttom of the crankcase even io trie spark - plugs '-and carburetor, vl-ich are . also snown m cross svtion. The four pistons in jme block are shown complete with tbir connecting rods and the M-arinn which hold them in plac? on the frankhhaft. So great is the cut on the transmission case that every gear is shown, explaining, t titer than words the story of Cadillac workman-hip and trie ; transmission of power from the j tngine to the rear wheels. Portland.- Portland. " " Electric Power company will spend nearly $2, 000. 000 for 1927 improve ments. - Mr. Car Owner; A CLEAN MP;M W SALE Tires in this sale represent some.: of ' the most popular makes GOODYEARS, C. Tires on this THE HOUSE OF TIRES Invite tjs to your next Blow Out for I .. -, II Byoffering the Improved Chevrolet at new low prices, Chevrolet has proved again that it leads the world in giving value. "Lower prices cri every model! And every model improved by new smoothness and snap, new comfort,roadability, and riding ease! All have bodies finished in lustrous Duco; and the prices of all include modem dii-speexltrammissiQnpeedometer, Alemite lubrication system, balloon tires and Fisher Bodies on the closed models, and many other modern features. Never before did new low prices establish such new. high values! and you buy the Improved Chevrolet on the easiest terms ever offered. On the Chevrolet 6jc Purchase Certificate Plan you may pay as little as 5 down and then add to that sum whatever you choose each week, earning in terest at 6 until you have accumulated the delivery down payment. Cbme; in 1 Let tis explain how this is the simplest, safest, thrift iest plan ever devised for buying a car. 4-;NeWAC AirCJeaner new At uu filter New Remote Control New Coincidental Lock Door Handles Combination Ignition, . and steeriag Lock New Tire Carrier .. New Radiator " New, Bullet-Type: " New Duco Colors Head Lamps " . New Gasoline Qauge New Hardware NEWTON FALCON BUT BASIS QMY President of Company; issues ;Statemont:6i;.PoliGy for : OKTHOlTv Mlcb.-. ( Special That the new FalcotwKnight will be a Vnatity'bullt '.motor, car; was confirmed- by .Johns)V,-Nichols, Jr.. president of ie : FAlco? t Motors Corporat ion." In a .statement given out in which h.eaid. tPuWtc-Preference U veryS definitely toward the slee've-valve engine. , ; "The nrivilese "of elng the first manufacturer to bring., beforo the public the marked benefits of a K'nio'.it-enined ear. Belling in the lower nrlce ranire."mark the FaU con Motor;corpbration with out standing advantages. - The entire policle of this.comT pany w ill be built upon the de fin- LOOK THEM OVER T. C, FISK AND MANY OTHER MAKES 30x3J2 Premier Gord .... 30x3J2 First Grade Fisk Cord. .. 3 1 x4 Premi er Cord l-. .... . - " 32x4 Premier Cord 71 29x4.40 C. T. C. Balloon ...1 . 30x4.75 Goodyear Balloon Other sizes priced proportionately sale carry the standard SMITH WATKINS Economical Transportation aiiiviid(Q) ILltTir A i r . 4 A HOST OF IMPROyEMEK i New Bodies by Frsher " CHEVROTET 'EVERYONE TALKlNqX tie xouboimu twit, w wo KTriuaa- entlyl successful, 'av manufacturer must have ai dealer "body 'that u financially happy seCthcf, re2yP:i InSdbwmano ana tor car lndastry naveeoniiamea this in the judgment of the men in this organisation, i "In the selection of our execu- tive personnel, in the organ Izatfo nf our manufacturing faclliti j and In the nuuaing up pi onw " - a s : . m . nancial structure, these thil have been the guiding principf - ''Satisfactory progress Is beint; made In the.' organization of our dealer personnel and In the de velopment of our manufacturing acuities, indicating that we win be able to start deliveries earjv in the spring. . - ) - "Basing onf anticipations oin puplication of what has- happened in Europe," airice-ihe-'evpiration of the: patents on -the Knight sleeve yalve' motor abroad, we anticipate 'a general public trend toward this type of" powerplant. In Europe this -ear, six new chassis offer ings were equipped "with sleete valve motors. .. 9 guarantee Court at High St. ..'r.frp.': .!-.. - -: i :' I Touring ..$670 lioaaster ..b7U Coupe .....$777 Coach ........:.$746 Sedan :.$849 Landou i.:: :..$S99 K. O. B. Salem 'Jr. , New -Windshield On .' New Heavy One-piece -. Full-crown' Fenders ' - New .Running Boards " New Brake and Clutch Pedal Closure - CO. S 695 9.20; 4jk 11,25 1 1 IV , 11.75 T t I 10.25 Kj l 5.95 J V7I f Tit. , r -Sm i i . --ii i y ' .' ' "t I 1 t