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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1929)
I- i i I t i .1 - r t ,f i V i 16 : Splendors of Nature Along ; Paclflo Highway Bring J'V jluroerous Motorists ! f Natural history heightens the tharza 'of the Pacific highway with especially interesting pages open . to observing eyes, points out the Paciflo highway association -in a summary of the scenic features of Its territory which rereal their scientific fashioning. Everchang Ing trees and flowers, with curl " csity-arouslng rocks, free this ' route 1 from monotony, the asao- -; elation seta forth.' v ' Palms and pines, like blondes and brunettes, blend on trading attractions near San Diego, down twhere the West Coast highway begins. There, the gnarled Torrey - iplne grows exclusively. More of a mixer Is the Monterey nine, now widely planted from the. Mexican i border to 1000 miles in latitude northerly. The Monterey cypress has been glren equal distribution by nurserymen. These unique eon Ifers hare made their natural hab- 5 tat (the headlands beyond Cal fornla's first caplUl) all the more picturesque. The weirness of 4the Pinnacles of San Benito coun ty are accentuated by the Sabine pine, palmlike in 1U branching shape. California's famous red woods are to be seen at their best , on side strips from the Pacific : highway among the Santa Crus 'mountains. j " Spruces and fieqnoias Giants ' From the magnificent lire oaks ' f the Sacramento Talley to the - 'continuous woods' of the Oregon 1 region traversed by the Pacific i highway, the transaction fof trees 'is a fascinating study. First the .-yellow pine holds full sway, then gives way to the wide-branching i sugar pine and the silver firs near ML Shasta. More numerous to the north is the Douglas spruce, or fir, -as some lumbermen term this tree. Nearly nine of each ten trees In the Evergreen playground about jjjPugct Sound are said by govern--meat authorities to be of this spe tcies. Second only to the sequoias ln helghth and girth, are these giant cone-bearers through which the Pacific highway passes,. ; Motorists dr)rlng southward In winter . see masses of ruddy mad rone and toyoh berries with flash es of flamboyant poinsettias by the wayside. In Maytlme, the tide f : travel Is flooding northward, where the dogwood's white clus ters enliven, the shadowy, stream courses from Shasta northward. ; Scenery Teaches Geology ? ." Perhaps more people are attrac ted by trees, rather than by rocks. yet. the rare formations along the Pacific highway, are of more than passing Interest. Every ridge and every valley teaches geology to the traveler. Each scene is a sermon - In stone or soil,' a revelation of ' the prehistoric. Deep beds ef sand atone along the Southern Califor nia coast tell the. story of their 'slow deposition, at times beneath ".the sea or as layers of, alluvium spread by ancient streams. v ' Folded and fractured' by titanic - forces, the coast range buckled up. Fissures formed through which lava poured, sometimes swallow ing up stream-beds as in the case of the Vancouver Pinnacles, one of the most fascinating sights for side trips from the Pacific highway via Soledad, In Monterey county, or San Juan through San Benito county. Mt. Lassen Volcanic park is a world-famous attraction of this . nature, reached by laterals lead ' lag from Red Bluff and Redding on the Pacific highway. Shasta - and the Ice-cones of the Cascades , once flamed fiercely in the skies as their molten streams spread far and: wide. Many sided are their angles of Interest to the nature- loving f tourist. V Their structure and their sculpture afford fascin ating: studies. Live glaciers are - carving their contours today. Most accessible to the motorist Is the - largest, the NIsqually glacier on Mt. Rainier. ' . One of the most striking illus trations of the creation of scenic marvels la to- be viewed along the Columbia River highway. From rim : to rim, the Talley was once filled with' lon-accumulatlng sed iments. Uptiltipg of the strata caused the Columbia to dredge Its course to sea-level, leaving the hard lava rocks stripped clean where streams now leap hundreds of feet in such falls at Multnomah and Latourelle. "i- ". ! p : - Bellefontaine, O. Concrete in Use ;i : Thirty Six Years During 1892 the first concrete pavement was. laid la the United , SUtes at Belief ohUine, Ohio; This was, a narrow ; etjlp. along x'the ' httcblag rack: on. one aide of the - court house square.,. In 18 9 3 . the rest of the street.was paved with concrete as well as the three Tjth , er streets around the square. All of this pavement la giving excellent: service today, although more than 38 years old. Th Is pavement was constructed much as : concrete sidewalks of ' today. The paving was marked off . In squares and built to a depth much less than the modern street. With . all Its,- structural handicaps ; the court house square pavement; In Bellefontaine la serving the needs ef automobiles as it did thc-borse drawn vehicle of the 19th centurjl : ' ' ' fry :-. : CDMPETING WITH REPRESENTATIVE oil companies throughout the countTftthe General Petroleum Corporation recently brought signal honors to California by winning two of the prizes which were awarded by the National Safety Council in its recent six months' safety campaign. Only three prizes were awarded to California companies, and no competitor matched the record of General Petroleum in capturing two first place trophies. The photograplushows R. S. Durkee, Comptroller of the General Petroleum Corporation, presenting the prize-winning plaques to A. O. Woll and H. H. Isaacs, representatives of the marine and the engineering departments of General Petroleum which, established this unprece dented tecoftltfbr safety. States Widen Main Roads To Meet New Traffic Needs Although most roads, because of their narrowness, compel mo torists to drive in tandem fashion only, noteworthy strides are being made in highway building where by car 8 may travel two, three or Sf our abreast. - Wide rural highways, , wholly unheard of until a few years ago, are how being built ail over the country, ftua practically all size able communities are xaylng plans tor their construction. Outstanding among the current achievements is that of New Jer sey. That state. is building an' ex press' highway from, the mouth ot New York City's Holland vehicu lar tunnel at Jersey City to Tren ton, sixty miles away. From Jer sey City -to Elizabeth, a distance of 15 miles, the roadway is five traffic lanes wide, and from there on to Trenton the width Is 30 feet. This latter stretch Includes per A SIX IN THE PRICE RANGE OF THE FOUR Never Before Achieved In alPricicdAutbmobilc Of all . the : exceptional performance qualities resulting from tne advanced design of the new Chevrolet Six, none is more impressive than its remark ablf smooth operatiotti-1 -y Although the new six-cylinder Inotor " ..' develops 32 more power with cor- respondingly higher speed and faster . acceleration . although it delivers , better than twenty mile's to the gallon fcfsjPntf petformsnct :: it 's dtp-f smoothness nettf befori scbiexvd m y IwpticeJ oMtomthilt. To achieve such remarkable perform- - a'oce in s car. of such low price, Chev 1 rolet spent years in development worlu "'.Orer; 100 different engines were de r signed, built and subjected to over a : million miles of testing at the General ; Motors . Proving Ground before the CabrielM. 69); Th Corrtbi BX)UGLAS McliAY CHEVROLET GO. 430 N; Commercial, PETROLEUM ;Wm NATIONAL -r-i f i ) i t haps the .longest straight piece of roadway in the United States as It. runs for 22 miles without a curve." This New Jersey super highway Is protected "trom cross traffic throughout its! entire fength by means of elevated road intersections and" stoplights. ' New Yorkers are now speeding over a 32-mile long superhighway on Long Island. The Conduit boulevard, also known as the Sun rise highway, provides speedy ac cess over ita 40-foot width to 11 towns. :' . ' In Westchester county, at the north 'of metropolitan New York, numerous wide - highways have been ' constructed which along with other Improvements have In six years doubled the valuation of Westchester county property, ac cording o the last report of that county's park commission. Cahueng'a Pass road, connect- present motor was adopted. H new - power plant hss ma nvonusualfeaturcs, such s the new acceleration pomp. tb new gasoline pump and filter, and the new automatic lubrication of the rockerxarmS4 : : Te four-wheel brakes luve . beea newly designed to M sure positive, ; quiet action. ' Steering ha been mad easier. And the new Fisher bodies with : : - their new lines, new colors,'adjustabU ? : -; , driver's seats and new appointments . represent new heights or style, dis tincdon; comfort and Talue, 1 ? . f ; We extend you a cordial invitation to ; .- see and drive the new, Chevrolet Sbu t - : We believe it an' experience that 1 every motorist should haveand we , . want yon to know how finely the new Chevrolet Six is built and how smoothly it performs! UuAn. 7K Sf4a DIirr.S); UsiuDtlivMr CW.ili. $4m (Vi Tee ' ; A t : ;l :o , TSe Ktv Oztcsn STATixsiiAN, Saleiry Of PRIZES 5 : Sx;x : : . v : .y.-x-x-:-.-:-.-:-: :v: ...v-a , 4 ng Los Angeles with Hollywood, is at present 72 feet wide. It Is aow contemplated to build a pa rallel strip of concrete 80 feet In width so that the tremendous traffic burden thrown on this out let from the San Fernando Valley will be distributed over 17 traffic lanes. An overhead road separa tion Is planned whereCahuenga Pass road Intersects with the Mul- bolland highway. 'Sections of the Boston Post road and the Albany Post . road have beenjwidened to' take care ot three and four lanes of traffis. During 1928, ten and a half miles of the Hutchinson River .parkway were completed, thereby giving a twelve and a halt mije . roadway, permitting of the easy flow of four lanes ot vehicles, as a relief artery for the Boston Post road. . All main highways In the vi cinity of Chicago are to be at least 40 feet In width. Three of these superhighways-are now in service. Waukegan road, Roosevelt boule vard, and North avenue. This lat ter road has been widened to 40 feet for 17 miles. TcL 1802 ' ;c 6 S 'T jw eonr Sunday Morning, January. BJTEIIJCE ClfS FOUND ConCTCte ReportwJ to Have Lowest Upkeep of MaS; f terials Studied K. With the Xhought - In mind ot determining economical." paving methods,; many 'a t a t e ' h 1 g h: way departments have been kee ins exact highway cost records for the last several years.; Mainten ance records enable highway - de partments to eliminate expensive types of pavements. ; "! ; The state hoard of public roads of Rhode Island has kept close account of the maintenance costs for the-last seven years. During this time-it cost the state $77,08 per: mile per year to keep up port land cement concrete; bituminous macadam through .the same per iod averaged $185.85 per mile per year; bituminous concrete built of coarse aggregate cost 1721. 26 and bituminous concrete built ot graded aggregate 9132. iTen Yeai Study Mde t - Pavement upkeep for the three major types of highways in New York state during a ten-year per iod from 1916 to 1925 was as follows: Bituminous macadam, 656 av erage per mile. Waterbound macadam, 9814 average per mile. During this same period gravel roads cost on an average 9914 per mile to maintain. These fig ures, compiled by David Nodnan, deputy commissioner of highways. Include cost of maintaining road sides as well as pavement sur faces. Wearing Surface Only Illinois, which has more miles of concrete pavement than any other estate in the union, reports the following average cost for maintaining roads for the years 1922 to 1926 inclusive: average upkeep costs on concrete, per mile, 980.24; brick, 9117.99; bituminous macadam, $179.62; waterbound macadam, 9393.87. The maintenance costs reported by the Illinois division of high ways are for the wearing surface Mutual Savings and Loan Association A Salem Institution organized In 1910 Place your savings with us Let us finance your home on weekly - or monthly payments 142 South Liberty Street T-ilJk BBC .- , , -M - - Special Sli M400 Sedan . 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