p Xwo The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon . 1,192,
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Highways
More Than
Pay Return
E. J. Adams Says Mon
ey Spent on Roads
Represents Invest
ment Well Made
Washington, May 28. "High
way construction ia much more
than aelf-smpporting," Bald E. J.
Adams, secrtary to Senator Stan
field, when interviewed on the
proposed Townsend bill which will
provide lor a national system of
roads under the administration of
a centralized authority which will
be competent to frame a nation
wide policy fair to all.
Farmers Suffer Loss.
"It has been estimated" said Mr.
Adams, that the average haul on
roads the country over, is about
ten miles. The cost of hauling of
farm produce to market is 33c per
ton mile over unimproved roads
and 16c per ton mile over improv
ed roads, a saving of 17c per ton
mile where Improved roads are
used. 1'his would mean a saving
of $1.70 per ton if all our roads
were improved. It muHt also be
remembered that about 80 per
cent of Ihe tonnage is hauled over
bout 20 percent of the road. Thus
the improvement of about 20 per
cent of Ihe aggregated mileage
will save 80 percent of this enor
mous ,i tin nil losa.
1,000,000,000 Tons Annually.
"Since the total tonnage of farm
products is approximately 1,000,
000,000 tons per year, the loss
thru bad roads approximates $1,
700,000,000 annually, or to put
Oit optimistically, we have the op
portunity to save 11,700,000,000
per year to our producers of farm
protluctB if we will only develop
our main highway systems.
25,000 Miles Most Important.
"The total mileage of our high
jvays in the United States, is coni
fm " ' mileage
Staotc and Interstate roads, for
Bi. 5, form
ing the backbone of highway traf
fic and absorbing the larger part
of the available state and county
funds and time to maintain them
under the heavy traffic.
"The need for building high
way wlilrh will stand up under
motor vehicle traffic is otyvtjul
when it is icullzcd that there 8ft
9. 200,000 motor vehicles In Ihe
United Stale i. a road that will no.
carry a UlOlOf vehicle In 19'.. I l
nc mblla highway and mora
Sidecar Taxi Popular
Detailed Report
On Condition c f
Highway Is Made
A group of happy Kngllsh youngsters returning from a morning at
the beach in t noval Torquay sidecar "taxi." This new type of side
car la proving very popular with Londoners.
than a pack trail was a wagon
road in 1871.
"In order lo assure tfce public
In each state that the niatliuum
benefits will be secure! in linlil
ing thjse interstate rsadi. it U
desirable that 'hey shou 1 be bUtjH
and malnttmcd jointly by the teoj
erul Koernmcnt and states and
that these expenditure r.hou'.d be Approximately 450 delegates from
Park-to-Park
Road Boosters
Meet In June
Salt l,aite City, Utah, May 27.
supervised hy a federV. aj-ynry
having the knowledge and aul Uor
Ity to work out the bent poss'.hle
policy.
Hrfw Hoads S iv j Moite?.
'ttoad expenditure becomes a
very minor item when one takes
into consideration the economy
realized In addition to the direcyjmrks.
monetary benefits to the producers
of farm products. '
"Among the benefits to be de
rived are," concluded Mr. Adams,
(a) 'A very large saving In
transpoi'tatlng manufactured ar
ticles from center to center over
short hauls:
(b) "Opportunity of producer to
haul bis products to market any
day In the year; when farm work
Is not prrssing, when markets are
not congested or when the prices
are favorable.
(c) "Better schooling conditions
for the rural districts.
(d) "Increased efficiency of
producers, ir.croused production
and corresponding decreased cost
to consumers.
(e) "tlreater efficiency and
more pleasure for 35,000,000 users
of automobiles.
(f) "Less expense in maintain
ing and operating over 9.000,000
motor vehicles.
(g) "Increased land values, In
creased taxable property, resulting
decreased tax burdens."
eight western states are expected
to meet here in the first annual
convention of the National Park-to-Park
highway association June
1C-19 to consider means of com
pleting and improving the high
ways connecting the country's big
The delegates will represent Co
lorado, Wyoming, Utah, California
Idaho, rizona, Oregon and Mon
tana, all parts of the west through
which the highway will run.
The parks to be reached by the
proposed highway include Zion
National park. Grand Canyon Na
tion! park, Sequioa National park,
General Grant National park, Yo
semite National park, Lassen Vol
cano National park, Crater Lake
National park. Glacier National
park, Yellowstone National park
and Hooky Mountain National
park.
In addition to connecting the
parks, the proposed highway
which describes almost a complete
circle, will touch many national
forests, Indian reservations ' and
national monuments.
Extensive preparations are be
ing made by the Utah State Au
tomobile association for the enter
tainment of the convention delegates.
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Condition of the Pactfle high
way south from Portland is re
ported by the state highway com
mission as follows:
Portland to Roseburg
No detours are necessary be
tween Portland and Salem, via
Milwaukie and Oregon City. Leav
ing Salem, traffic will be routed
all summer via the Liberty road
and over Ankeny Hill to a coennc
tion with the new pavement Nortli
of Jefferson. This route gives
approximately 3 miles of county
paving and 8 miles of rock
road, which is rough in spots.
This road is good from this con-
irsction. thru Jefferson
and Corvallis, and thence down
the West Side Highway thru
Junction City and Eugene.
About June 1st. the road will be
closed from Corvallis to Junction
City for. all thru traffic. This is
necessary on account of the con
crete paving being laid for 8
miles south of Corvallis. Notice
will be given the press, in ad
vance, of the closing of this road
and large signs will be erected at
each junction of the East and
West side hlRliways and at any
other point wehere North and
South traffic might get on the
wrong road. At present, there is
no interruption to traffic between
Junction City and Walker.
Between Walker and Cottage
Grove, bituminous pavement is
being laid and the road is open
to traffic until 8 A. M. ; for a
few minutes at 10 a. m.; between
12 and 1 p. m.; for a few minutes
at 3 p. m.; and between 5 p. m.
and 8 a. m.
A little later In the season,
probably about June 6th, concrete
pavement will be started betweenj
Goshen and Walker. The greater
part of this pavement can be laid
without any inconvenience to traf
fic. Suitable detours will be prov
ided and the detours will be well
signed.
From Cottage Grove to Hose
burg, there are no holdups to traf-
opera
about
Divide and
fic at this time. Paving
tions will be started on
lune Gth between
Drain and approximately the same
hours for allowing traffic to pass
will be observed. Enough dif
ference in time of open hours will
be allowed on the respective jobs
so traffic can travel on schedule
without unnecessary delay. Pav
inir is now complete on the Oak-
lnnrt-Yoncalla Section. Paving
will soon be resumed on the sec
tion between Sutherlin and Wil
bur. Where possible, suitable de
tours will be provided.
Albany 'Condition of the Pacific Highway
Ford Turned To
New Use; Turns
Press Wheels
Wyo., May 28.
Is vindicated once
between Rosebnrg and the
California Line.
I Roseburg -Myrtle Creek 20
miles. Paving south of Roseburg;
follow detours;
Myrtle Creek-Canyon ville 10
'miles. Grading; fair detours via
: KMdle;
I Canyonville-Wolf Cree 25 miles.
.Macadamized; road good;
! Wolf Creek-Grave Creek 5 miles.
Paved.
Grave Creek-Grants Pass 18
mile. Being Macadamized; de
tours via Merlin; Smith Hill slick
during recent rain and chains
needed; chains neede when rain
ing. Grant Pass-Rock Point Arch
16 mile. Paved.
Rock Point Arch-Gold Hill 2
miles. Grading road good; detours.
Gold Hill-Medford,
Paved.
Med ford-Ashland,
Paved.
Ashland-Callfonia
miles. Paved except
road kept open.
miles.
Rock River
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an electric motor that derives its
power from the local light plant.
When the plant was closed down
recently because, the owners de
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a loss. Mr. Young found a perfect
ly good Cranston press on his
hands; his ' forms" for the daily
paper "3ie "locked up" and on
the bed of the press and his mail
ing clerk was ready to get the pa
per into Ihe mails. But there was
no "juice". The motor would not
run off the paper without the mo
tor being started.
While Voung-pondered the sit
uation he 'thought of his flivver.
Hacking his faithful Ford up to
the building, he hoisted one wheel
off the ground, removed a tire,
slipped the transmission belt of
the press io ihe tireless wheel and
started the engine.
The edition was run off at the
rate of 1700 papers an hour, the
tire was replaced on the wheel;
me iiu iowki doss, to stenoer,,,! ,
firma again and the folded papers vou- spell "income'' v
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The New Light-Six now holds the five most important automobile road
records on the Pacific Coast, a remarkable feature being that all the
honors were won by the same car, a stock touring car, within ten weeks
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t. Yosemite National Park. A Studebaker LlGHT
Six, piloted by Hart L. Weaver and carrying a crew of
five men from the Cheater N. Weaver Company, was the
first automobile to reach the Yosemite National Park
over any one of the three snow covered roads under its
own power this year. The car went over the narrow
and dangerous Coulterville road, bucking snow as deep
as ten feet in some places, arriving in Yosemite Valley,
January 16.
2. Round Trip Record Between San Francisco
and Los Angeles. On February 2 the same car,
driven by Hart L. Weaver and James F. Gurley of the
Chester N. Weaver Company, established a new round
trip record between San Francisco and Lo? Angeles, a
distance of 864.8 miles, in the sensational time of 21
hours and 23 minutes.
3. Coast Route Record from San Francisco to
Los Angeles. On the round trip record of February 2
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baker Light-Six being 10. hours, 12 minutes and 30
seconds for the distance of 453.7 miles. The pilots were
Hart L. Weaver and James F. Gurley.
4j allV! Roate Record Between Los Angeles
and San Francisco. On February 24 the Studebaker
Light-Six smashed the valley route record between Los
Angeles and San Francisco, running the distance of 411 1
miles) in the remarkable time of 9 hours, 15 minutes and
50 seconds. This record was made all the more remark
able on account of the car having to" go through a dense
fog a distance of more than 100 miles between Tulare
""J raerceo. i ne pilots were Hart L Wea
.lames r . uurley.
5. Los Angeles Phoenix Record. On the morning
of March 23 the LlGHT-SlX left Los Angeles m an at
tempt to lower the fifth and only remaining record
consequence on the Pacific Cat. The 422 miles o!
desert trail from Los Angeles to Phoenix were made in
13 hours 16 minutes, and 2 hours 28 minutes were taken
from the best previous automobile record. The railroad
time is 14 hours 20 minutes, or 1 hour 4 minutes slower
than ihe record established by the LlGHT-SlX.
Hart L. Weaver of the Chester N. Weaver CoP8"
Studebaker Distributors in San Francisco, made tne
following statement after the completion of the Lo
Angeles -Phoenix ran:
"These tests have demonstrated on the road every
thing that Studebaker engineers have claimed for tne
new LlGHT-SlX-cylinder car. When it is rernemberea
that the bore and stroke of this car is only 3 x
giving it a piston displacement of 207 cubic inches, ana
that the car fully equipped only weighs 2500 pounds,
these records are all the more remarkable s-ce most
them were formerly held by heavier cars costing rnocn
more than the Studebaker Light-Six. I am inclined w
believe that the secret of this car's wonderful perform
ance, and readability is due in a very large measure iu
biilc, una roaaaniiuy 13 uue in a vei y kc
remarkable balance. Halved or quartered the Parts"
the new Light-Six would weigh approximately the same.
"In making the Los Angeles - Phoenix record I
frank to confess that despite my faith in the stamina
Studebaker automobiles I could not believe that any c
could make the speed over that desert road with its ra
and chuck holes that was necessary in order to 'ower. y
record by a large margin without falling to pieces. A"
automobile, irrespective of weight, power or price
that can lower the record established by the Studeoaaw
Light-Six will have my most sincere admiration.
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