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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1928)
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 1928 2 PATH formation furnished by the Bu reau of .Pubac Koaas, United States Department of Agriculture follows: Summary of Types of Surfacing U. S. Koute 40 tortneru Urancn) . Per Miles cent JHard-surface roads, including brick, concr etemacadam and ! bituminous macadam K 1,550 48.4 Gravel . Hi . . .. . 539 16.8 Earth," 'tid 1 graded and drained roads . 672 20.9 Unimproved 444 13.9 Total . . -203 100.0 Travelog of tbRol New Jersey Beginning at At lantic City, the nationally famous pleasure and health resort, where it is estimated 15 million vaca tionists annually parade the boardwalk. United States route 4o extends in a northwesterly direc tion through the practically level truck-farming and fruit-growing areas of New Jersey. This stretch is of particular interest i rna r user because it was this Commonwealth that in 1891 en acted the first State-aid road law. Thus, this legislation initiated the movement which culminated in the, present State and Federal highway systems. Of the 66 miles of the route in this State, 4 4 nifles are paved, and the rest of vn -iininrA Is surfaced with eravel. Delaware Crossing the Dela ware River bv ferry at Penn'e Grove the traveler arrives in Wil mineton. where, in 1638, tin Swedes made their first landing in America. The Battle of the Bran- dywine in the Revolutionary War -o rn,,t,ht s miles nortnwesi oi l -J M. vy " J the city. The variety In the li cense tags on the automoDues tnai the traveler passes on the 19-mile stretch of pavement across the State, illustrate the interstate and - ransstate usefulness of the Lnit e States highways. Maryland Passing over ttu State boundary into Maryland the route proceeds westward to Elk ton, 21 miles from Wilmington, where, in 1777, the British flee; under Jeneral Howe landed Coops to attack General Washing ton in the Battle of the Brandy ft rot vino; nf Phesa- ttlUC, 1 JIC , v- .. - peake Bay . is glimpsed opposite Charleston, about 10 miles farther on. Traveling In comfort over the smooth pavement, the motorist arrives in the historic city of Bal timore, founded in 1732. on the banks of the Patapsco, and named after Lord Baltimore, the fir'st royal .proprietor of the Maryland colony. It is worth while to drive to the toot of Port Avenue and view Fort McHenry. during tht bombardment of which, in 1814, Francis Scott Key, temporarily detained on a British boat, com posed the verses-of "The Star Spangled Banner' Continuing westward from Baltimore over what is known as the Cumber land Road after the. town of that name, originally Fort Cumberland the motorist passes through Ellicott City the western termin us of Peter Cooper's initial experi ment with a Baltimore and Ohio locomotive. . Farther over the rolling hills, at Frederick, is found the home of Barbara Friet chie the aged heroine of John Greenleaf Whittier's Civil War poem. Then the traveler passes through Hagerstown, 10 miles south of which is situated the his toric battlefield; and next arrives in Cumberland, in the heart of ...fT- Allegheny mountains. From Cumberland the junction of the Cumberland Road with the Old National Pike it Is about 31 miles to Keysers. Ridge, the summit of the Allegheny Moun tains and the highest point on route 40 in the Eastern States elevation 2,900 feet above sea level. This altitude, however presents no serious obstacle to alW year-round travel because the snow-removal forces of the Mary land State Roads Commission are continually on the alert to keep thi3 summit clear of snow. For the entire distance of 226 miles, thrdugh the State of Mary land, route 4 0 is paved. Pennsylvania Crossing the Pennsylvania State line, a short distance west of Keysers Ridge, the traveler passes over that por tion of route 4 0 made famous by Major George Washington, who was defeated by the French in the early Colonial days at Fort Nes cessity, a short distance south of Farmington. Just west of here also is the grave of the British General Braddook,- who was sent to retrieve Washington's defeat. and was mortally wounded in bat tle. It was upon the Old Nation al Pike between Cumberland. Md and Wheeling, then In Virginia. that the first extensive program of road improvement at the ex- nontd nf tht VaAeraX Government was begun, in 1806. The com pleted road as far as Wheeling AV. Va., was thrown open to trav el in 1818, and in that year Unit ed. States aaall coaches began op erating between the National Cap itol and thQ.Ohio River at Wheel ing. The freight over the road in the early days was carried in Con estoga wagons. Th drivers wanted a cheaper smoke, and in order- to satisfy the demand, George Black, an enterprising to bacconist of Washington, Pa., Is said to have produced an elong a ted cigar which the drivers car ried In the tops of their boots and which came to be known as a con- estoga or stoga. - The same kind of cigar Is now known as a "Pitts burgh Stogie." After the Gov ernment completed the construc tion of the road It was maintained by turnpike ' companies and fin- cmsBct Her tft colIctftm of toils. 713 method of highway Dnrrnce. the road gradually fell in tourlst rest stations or hotels. The entire 81 miles of the route in Pennsylvania is paved. West Virginia At West Alex ander Route 40 crosses the State line into West Virginia, and from this point sixteen miles of road have beea paved across the north ern section of the State to Wheel ing. This is the oldest town on the Ohio River, and when the Civil War broke out, was the headquarters of Virginians op posed to 'secession. It was the capital of the new State of West Virginia from 1863 to 1885. On a rocky precipice, just east of Wheeling,' Is a monument mark ing the spot from which the dar fng Indian scout Major Samuel McCollock, In 1777, escaped by forcing his horse over the cliffs, while attempting the relief of Fort Henry at Wheeling. .Experimental Concrete Road Ohio Two bridges cross the Ohio River. The toll from east bound travelers is collected on the Wheeling side and from the west bound travelers- on the Bridge port end. Entering upon "the straightaway road across Ohio the traveler is Impressed with the di rectness with which the early pioneers selected the route for the Old National Pike. Passing through the State capitals of Ohio, and Indiana, and through Van dalia, capital of Illinois in 1839, this highway is the longest stretch of practically straight road in the United States. It becomes almost monotonous to hold the steering wheel of the car to the same course. The road is paved for the entire 225-mile distance across Ohio. About 6 miles west of Zanes ville, there is a tablet in a Federal-built bridge, the inscription of which bears the date 1830, (in Jackson's term) and the phrase The policy or the nation, reci procity at home and abroad." This is only one of the many bridges along the route in Ohio which are relics of the days of the Old Na tional Pike of a century ago. East o Zane&ville is the famous Y bridge over the Muskingum River, said to be the only one of its kind in the United States. Between Zanesville and Heb ron, a distance of 24 miles, is a section of experimental concrete pavement built in 1915 by the Of fice of Public Roads, now the Bu reau of Public Roads of the Unit ed States Department of Agricul ture. At that time concrete road construction was still in its in fancy. This road is still in good condition. Continuing through Columbus, and Springfield, the traveler reaches Brandt. Between this point and the State line, the di rect route of the numbered high way is under construction to the Indiana boundary. It was at Day ton, on the detour road, that the disastrous flood occurred in 1913. Dayton is also the home of Orville Wright, who with his brother Wil bur was a pioneer In ayjatlon. maiana me nignway crosses the State line Just east of Rich mond, Ind., a town in the midst of a rich farming and natural gas region. Richmond was settled .by the Quakers in 1816. The entii-eof nuy a The number of two-car families is grow ing every day. Perhaps you're considering a second car yourself. You don't want to spend too much yet you don't want a cheap car, either. Then why not a used car from a re liable dealer? Stop-in and see us. We probably have just the car you want at the price you want to pay. , . r And if you buy a used car here you can depend on it. -The word of a Buick dealer stands behind it. 388 N. Com! St. 151-mile distance across the State is paved. The birthplace of James Whitcomb Riley the Hoosier poet may be seen at Greenfield, 44 miles west of Richmond, and 20 miles farther on, In Indiana polis, the State capital, the poet made his home. At the inter section of United States routes 40 and 31, a concrete monument marks this location as the point where the historic old Michigan Road branched off from the Old National Pike. Free Bridge Over Mississippi Illinois After crossing the Wabash River, the State line is passed between Terre Haute, Ind., and Marshall. III. The traveler is impressed' by the center parking nermitted "in the streets of this town and is reminded of the dif ficulty of keeping in. jrraed of the varying traffic rules in the differ ent ' municipalities. - Passing through Effingham, the road leads on to Vandatla, the capital of Illinois, from 1819 to 1839, and In the courthouse beside the route may be seen the window from which Abraham Lincoln is said to have jumped during one of the sessions of the State legis lature. After driving over con tinuous pavement through Illinois for a distance of 161 miles, the traveler reaches the Mississippi River at East St. Louis. There are three bridges across the river at this location the Eads. the Mc- Kinley, and the Free but route 40 passes over the Father of Wa ters upon the structure free from tolls. Daniel Boone Helped Establish TSfssouri- At the west end of the bridge is St. Louis, the his toric city named after Loui3 XV of France,, and built on a site once peopled' by. the , mound builders a race whose habits have been dis covered from the excavations of archaeologists. It is interesting to drive around to the old Court house, on the east steps of which slaves were auctioned, in the days before the Civil War. This old landmark was mentioned by Win ston Churchill in his novel. "The Crisis." Passing through the streets of the city, and observing its typical American character, one is surprised to learn that in 1803, when Louisiana was pur chased from Napoleon Bonapart there were only two American families here and only three streets. Continuing westward over a paved road, the traveler passes through St. Charles, and then reaches Booneville, 151 miles from St. Louis. It was over this Lick Road, that the redoubtable pioneer Daniel Boone himself, and his two sons Nathan and Daniel, transported supplies of salt to the little French village of St. Louis, in 1800. It was also from Boone ville in the early part of the nine teenth century, that great wagon trains started over the Sante Fe trail for the Southwestern coun try. From Booneville the driv ing is easy tQ Kansas City on the State boundary. The entire dis tance of 256 miles through Mis souri is paved. Paved for 1,234 Miles Kansas Kansas City is the world's largest hay, market. Its Chicago in the contest of size. RELIABLE USED used car for eeonu OTT0 J. WILSON Long famed as a railroad center, this market town of the Southwest has now an elaborate system of fire boulevards connecting beau tiful residence sections which will attract the motoring visitor. From Kansas City the paved road continues for 101 miles through Lawrence and Topeka to St. Mary's. This is the end of the12 34-mile paved section which begins at Wilmington, Del. Thir ty-six miles farther on is Manhat tan, where the route divides Into 40-north and 40-south, and con tinues as two branches of the same road as far as Llmon, Colo. It was the discovery of gold in Colorado in 1858, more than any other occurrence, that caused the direct westward extension of the original road acrossKansas, over practically the same location as the present route. The Overland stages traveled over the road branching off at Junction City onto the divide between the Smoky Hill and Republican Rivers. Of the 486-mile distance across Kansas, 101 miles is pared, 73 miles is gravel surfaced, and 292 miles is earth, or graded and drained road. Route 40 Blocked by Snow Colorado In the Westertn States, the passes over the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada range may be expected to be blocked by snow at any time after October 15, and remain closed to travel until the following April or May. .Beginning at mue above sea level a St. Louis, the traveler has now motorea over tne gently-ris ing topography of Kansas and has climbed gradually to an elevation of a mile above sea level at Den ver, Colo. Many scenic drlvep adjacent to the city afford in teresting side trips to Estes Park, the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park, and the grave of William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) situated on Lockout Mountain, 14 miles west of the city. The traveler finds it difficult to be lieve -that this bustling American city was a rude mining camp only 70 years ago. But, when fortune hunters swarmed westward to seek the gold that had been dis covered on a stream tributary to the South Platte, the trail to the new Eldorado developed Into a well-worn road over which, on what was said to be One of the proudest days In the history of Denver June 7, 1859 there arrived the first two horse-drawn Concord coaches of the Leaven worth and Pike's Peak Express. In 1861, wishing to gain a west ward connection from Denver to Salt Lake City, a civil engineer named E. L. Berthoud. was em ployed by W. H. Russell and Pen Holladay the overland trans portation magnates to examine the country in search of such a route. The survey proved that a road could be constructed which would shorten the distance . from the Missouri to the Pacific by 230 miles. It has only been Vr'Ithln the last, few years, however, that the State and Federal Governments have been active in constructing this road largely as Federal aid and forest-road projects. 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Again it crosses the Rocky Mountains at Muddy Pass 94 miles north of the Berthoud at an elevation of 8, 772 feet; and for the third time via the Rabbit Ears Pass 7 miles northwest of the Muddy Pass at an altitude of 988 feet above sea level. Thus, the Continental Di vide is crossed three times within 163 miles of Denver. Of the 51 2-mil length of Unit ed States route"40 across Colorado; there.,, are v 2 6 miles, of concrete pavement S Similes of gravel sur facing, '287CioiIes of 'graded and drained", earth, -road",' andsl7;.mUes4 of unimproved vrcasfca- W i, v-f Jr EngtaeenT' AfejUb Terrors : Utah-ftr crossing the; J?&h State line io mile: east ot" Jensen; the traveler soon-af tlves at Vernal, 1 7 mllea- farther .-n r Twenty-$ wo J miles 19,, the southeast is the Dino saur National Montfment, - where there are extraordinary fossil .re mains of the dinosaur, and other gigantic reptHes of tbe early geo logic ages. ' , West of Fruitland 93 miles west ofc Vernal approximately 29 miles of the route is at an eleva tion of "7,000 feet. Included in this section, there are 22 miles at an altitude greater than 7,500 feet above sea level, with an 8, 000-foot summit at Berthar's Ranch, at the entrance to Daniel's Canyon. The next summit worthy of note is at Parley's Canyon, 18 miles east of Salt Lake City at an elevation of; 7,100 feet. From here the road decends rapidly to an altitude of 4,200 feet at Salt Lake City. This city, situated at the foot oi the beautiful Wasatch range Vas founded by the Mormons, in 1847, under the leadership of Brigham Yung. The principal points of interest are the Temple and the Tabernacle both situated in Tem ple Block the local civic center. The sacred rituals and ceremonies of the Mormon Church are carried on in the Temple, and only mem bers of the. 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