Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1921, Page 59

, TO BE LAID BEFORE CONGRESS One Suggestion—ls—to Turn Allied Loans Into l Highway Building Fund—Town- send Act Favored. MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS Requesting an Adequate Highway Program, Adopted | by the Southern Commercial Congress RESOLVED: 1. That. in view of the deplorable condition of the highwa the United States as compared with the highw s of | s of the aliied nations, | constituting a condition of national insccurity and a handicap in | competing for the markets of the world, due to exc e cost of | transportation: we respectfully memorialize Congress to sct aside the | whole of the war loans to the be used as follows: (a) For the construction expense of a system of natio to perform a service for the national security, unit svelopment and welfare similar ! to that of the national routes overseas. | (b) For assisting the several states to hasten the co pletio of state highwa : & aplstion allies s a national highway fund, to and mainten nce entirely at federal systems of proper milcage. | 2. That we favor action by Congress transfer 0 states, b L So fay rit® 1o the states, remaining to the and mainten irplus war property ate and county nee of highwa h which ma useful in any highway departmen the way construction H the Nation-wide demands for a series of transcontinental road systems to link | thorousn subject, and the states closer together and at the | w0 ¢nthusiastic worker for the d S & oy | velopment of better road system same time provide a ready and quick “Let one of the firs of Con- means of mobilizing forces for the |ETess, when it re said Dr. nationa' defense and for commercial g:zytgu':‘,,:", {liscussing the FoRd ins £ g “on- | PrOvement plans, “be to set aside the expansion. are to be made upon Con- | whole of the ten billion dollars loan. gress. Chambers of commerce and |ed to the allies as a federal highway other organizatoons the country over | fund. Give the nations all the time are preparing to send to Congress the - tudy has made of they need in which to pay the princi pal, upon conditions that they keep memorial recently adopted by the|up the interest payments. Take this Southern Commercial Congress in its | money and use it, half to aid the states to finish the state when of proper mileage. The fitness of things requires it. England, France and others could hardly ask us to cancel the dabt, secing they have good roads and this seems the only means we have to equalize con ditions in this respect. "The highways at home—when? We good roads now. We want_to travel them while we are here. We 1 soon be beyond mud and dust. We understand the attractions be- yond the gates where there's pave- But we have lived and moved and had our being so long right here in the United States, that, however strong the attraction on the other side, we don't want to g0 hence and be no more until we have somre use of roads built firmly right here on good old United States. 0 we face toward Europe and gay ‘Friends, that's all right about the slate and the sponge, but forget it we are so far behind you in high- way matters that we simply must be careful in money matters. Just send along the interest and don't worry about the principal Good Roads Vital Need. “Then we face our Capitol and we annual convention, and printed here. tems The nation learned in the fighting overseas of the importance of good roads, for the European powers in this respect arc away ahead of the tion which the United States. The sugge is expected to be carried from nation-wide memorials, is that C. gress set aside the whole of the war loans to the allies as a national high- way fund. Will Unite Effort Highway organizations also will concentrate their efforts on the bill recently introduced in Congress by Senator Townsend, to be known as the federal highway act. This act provides for the formation of a pos roads and federal highway commi sion. This commission would be re red to ~stablish an interstate sys- tem of highways, composed of pri- e roads which would, by the 1.0st practicable routes, and with due consideration for the agri- cultural, commercial, postal and mili- tary needs of the nation, afford in- gress into and egress from each state and the District of Columbia. Such a system, according to the measur s introduced, would include high ys to and from important water ports and highways connecting at the border with the main highways in | 54¥ t0 our statesmen: ‘The over- countries adjoining the United States. [ turn was not for political reasons, All the road activities of the De- | hut for business reasons. Now that partment of Agriculture and the Council of National Defense would be turned into this commission. Which would consist of five members. The measure calls for an appropriation of $100,000,000 each for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1922 and 1923. | Where Idea Originated. ‘The plan to have the allied loans turmed into e gigantic road building fund originated with Dr. S. M. John- son, managing director of the Lee Highway Association, and an author- ity on transcontinental and other we have finished the job overseas, { the next big job is for us to get the| iUnited states out of the mud. I'Tighten the belt and go to it the way you went at it to win the war. Attend now to America’s main in- terest. There's engineering skill enough; there's money enough; there's machinery enough, or fac- tories to produce it: there's rock enough and men enough. Give Amer- lica an adequate highway program and we will celebrate Armistice day | ten | everywhere. | ugly business overseas: it was when [Bo |t {did it | needs. 1921—PART 8. years hence with good roads “The highways of the United States present a sorry spectacle, humiliat ing to national pride, when compared | with the highw of the allies,” he | continue “onsider our roads. We | have 2500000 miles of them, of| which ~'250,000 compare favorably | with those of our allies—that is, we | &0 one mile out of town on a good | road and the next nine miles on an execrable wagon trail “We have scen that England and France occupy a Strong position in the highway means of national se- curity and defense. Our position in this respect is as weak as theirs is strong. ce the armistice the war plans division of the War College h: made a study of our highways from this v'ewpoint and has prepared a | map showing the system of highways | needed for the purpose. Those roads | exist on paper only Highway Conditions. “Highway conditions in this coun- try are Killing rural America. There came a day when the United Stat grimly set itself to put an end to t word came from over the ocean that nce was ‘bled. white.' Rural ited States is “bled white! What The neglected road. It was that which killed the country school, the country church. the country home. The census tells the tale of the ex- odus of the pe moving from the unpaved to the ed portion of the United States as fast as they can command the means. Pavement in the one place, mud in road in the other. go far to explain the hegir gainst the bright background of more fortunate Europe 1 ve tried to | sketch the highway status of our homeland, stressing the results of good roads over there and bad roads over here. Tt remains to discuss the how and when for us. “How are we to reach the goal which our more progressive friends have attained? “To get good roads it is necessary to adopt a sound road policy to secure equipment and to connect with the cash. “A sound road policy requires that roads be classified according to their function, and that responsibility for the construction and maintenance of highways should rest upon those who. interests are primarily in- ved in the highway: - This is the policy adopted abroad. Experience should have a value. That which has secured roads overseas should secure them here. County amd State Roads. “First. There is the county road. Its primary_function is to serve county While its function al— linking farm and market—its use is mainly local. The county. therefore, hould assume responsibility for it. It hould be built and cared for by county funds. Exception should be made of certain roads in the counties whose function places them in an ss—that of state or federal There is the state high way. the aggregate of which consti- tutes the state highway system. These are the roads which, while serving local needs in the counties have for their primary function high- way service to the state as a whole. The system is usually planned to con mect the county seats and all these and the various sections of the state with the state capital. The state, therefore, should assume responsi- | bility for these roads. They should | be built and cared for through state ! | taxatio {of { function places them in a third class, Exception should be made rtain roads in the states whose that of national roads. “Third. There is the national high- way, the aggregate of which will con- stifute the system of national higi ways. These are the roads which, while serving county needs, state needs and interstate nee have for their primary function highway serv- ice to the country as a whole. With nine million registrations here at- ready. and half the adults of Ameg- ica making constant use of motor vehicles mostly for business, and since it is cheaper—if there are as many as four in the party—to travel in the AIGE Ghhe Mast Beautifill Car in/lmerica The Q World’s Championship form is the best guarantee of all ‘round efficiency that the sporting world affords. That is the real sig- nificance of our great victory with the Paige “Daytona’’ 6-66 model on January 2lst. When this car won the world’sstock chassis record by traveling at the rate of 102.8 miles per hour it proved itself, not merely a fast car, but a superlatively fine engineering achievement. 1818 Fouriéenth St. N.-W. FEDERAL HGHAY PLANS I SENATE Townsend Bill Provides Out- lay of $200,000,000 for Imprevements. Concentration of federal highways of interstate importance, cre- ation of a federal highway commission to supersede the present bureau plan, otherwise unify the governmental high- way agencies and drastic provisions for adequate maintenance are chief points in the highway bill introduced by Sena- tor Charles E. Townsend, chairma: of the Senate cmmittee on post offices and post roads. The measure will be called up for hearings in the near future The bill provides for an appropriatin of $206,001000. with $190,500,000 for the yea~ from July, 1921, to Jul and we amount for the s ling twetve-month period, to be expended (n ='n hithways in co-operation with the departments, the sa 1selves supplying a Lke amount Ad- diticnai sums of $5.000,060 and 310.- 000.000. respectivel e provided for same periods for the construction and funds upon mainteaance of roads wholly or partly open than by rail, since one may thus travel with safety and comfort and as swiftly and with more enjoy- ment and benefit to health, there can be no questismThat if such highway: OTORING ) iovest reservations. The measur:: of 225 miles, at the Uniontown Speed- ways been keen and this year, with | would have been champion last ‘nr ided that such work shail be|way =~ Saturday afternoon. June 15 @ possibility of it becoming the per- | had his vict Uniontown bren at the direstion of the fed-| Milton is the only driver who has manent possession of one driver— counted ons total. An- sion. which ix also emp)%-|two legs on the cup. which becomes Milton. should he win—the other en- nouncement made # Week ago perate with the Indian s v- | the permanent possession of the driv- | fries in the contesi will push this that the Automobilc “Aseo- ice in similar work with'n Indian resr-{er who wins it on three different!speed daredevil to the limit of his ciation ed both niontown va.icns. | races. The cup, a $3.000 trophy. was skill and endurance of his championship points, | b r ints warded tro fact that event & feature of the car will be the point 1| Film Com- | oth v was opened. | th cup has al- championship presented by the pony. when the Competition for States Must Contribute. States are required to meet federal funds as state units instead of being al- lowed to pass their apportionment on to the counties, thus draining the latter of | their resources as in the past. Coinci-: dentally county funds are released for| to ceives 0 point it Milton m— use in the construction of farm-to- market roads of lesser importance, while the nation and states are per- mitted to use their funds for the main market highways. A new formula is introduced in the | case of those states having more than| 5 per cent of their total area in un- appropriated public lands, these states | no longer being required to meet fed- eral funds on a fifty-fifty basis, al- though the ratio and amount of fed- eral funds appropriated to such states remains unchanged. In drawing his measure Senator Townsend had before him President Harding's message to Congress, and, accordingly, the bill contains all of} the recommendations of the chief executiv. Because of this fact and because of Senator Townsend's position, the bill is therefore con-| sidered as an administration measure Upkeep of Roads. i This statement is particularly true: of the sections relating to num!n-} nance, where drastic provisions have! been written in. requiring the states! to insure government cxpenditures against loss through inadequate up- keep. | In states where primary roads of| interstate importance have been com- | pleted the commission is directed to; apply the state’s apportionment of na- tional funds to co-ordinating or cor-' relating highways. 1 In the definition of interstate roads - the commission is directed to give first consideration to those highways meeting the agricultural, commercial, postal and military needs of the na- Lightning Motor Fuel were now fin existence the service demanded of them would be national in_scope. “Roads cannot be built without equipment. Fortunately, the people of the United States are now in s session of a vast amcunt of property purchased with the proceeds of 1ib- erty bonds, and heid in storage in Army and Navy depots, no longer needed for war purposes, doing no one any good, not readily salable at full value, much of it useful for the tmprovement of highways. Congress should at once direct the transfer. without charge, to the federal and state road authorities of all surplus war property useful for this purpose, and the officials handling the_transfer should be instructed by the War De- partment heads to facilitate and ex- pedite the transfer sothat all avail- ble materials, equipment and sup- plies useful in any way, whether in ofice work. engineering in the field. or actual construction, may reach des- tination in time for this year's build- ing seaso Next Step to Get Cash. “This done, the next step will be to connect with the h. How is the federal government going to raise billions to build the national system when tax burdens, due to the war, have reached the sky? The war is responsible for vears of delay on our construction program. The war is responsible for a federal budget that postpones large appropriations for roads. What then? Out of the war let there emerge the means to supply at home what enjoyed abroad—a system of real roads for the United States. “It s proposed that we cancel our loans to the allies. Also feelers are being thrown out looking to trading our securities for real estate—some islands here and there. We do not need them. We are land poor now ‘We are not farming what we have. Every hungry man. woman and child in the world could be well fed oh what we now have which is growifig only weeds. 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Phones: West 166 and Rosslyn 210 Dealers Not Now Handling Lightning Motor Fuel Should Phone Us for Particulars —_— MILTON TO AGAIN SEEK UNIVERSAL TROPHY CUP Will Try at Uniontown June 18 to Become Permanent Owner. UNIONTOWN, Pa., May 5.—Tomm. Milton, great American racing driv. er, will attemapt to gain permanent possession of the Universal trophy oux: ‘Il the (:'u!voranvl trophy race Carburetors 37 Miles to the Gallon Easy starting in zero weather More power, eliminates carbom plugs clean. 15 DAY’ TRIAL _MONEY-BACK GUAR- ANTE] FORDS. $10; DODGE. $11.50. UNIVERSALS, $12 and Up. THE STOKES CARBURETOR CO., INC., 133d ST. & WILLIS #v5 DEALERS WANTED. THE FAMOUS TOKES Again the Lincoln Shows its Prowess IN 48 MINUTES LESS than the fastest Chicago-New York train on the Pennsylvania Railroad travels from East Liberty (Pittsburgh) to Harrisburg, Pa., a Lincoln standard touring car driven by Robert P. McCurdy, and carrying three other persons, covered the 210 miles thru the mountains in the amazing time of 4 hours and 53 minutes. ‘The high rate of speed attained was 76 miles per hour and at one time the car was held at 72 miles per hour for 20 miles. Only tourists who have traveled th¢ Lincoln Highway in Pennsyl- vania from Pittsburgh to Cham- bersburg can fully appreciate what this performance really means. They know that it is nearly all up or down the mountains with but few stretches of straightaway forfany considerable distance. They know that no ordinary car will mount the abrupt and long ascents without change of gear. They know that no ordinary brakes will meet the emergencies and no ordinary car hold the sharp and winding curves at the pace at which the Lincoln had to travel, Like the recent record from Los Angeles to Bishop, 285 miles thru the mountains of California. when the Lincoln cut train time in less than half and beat a former motor car record by 2 hours and 57 minutes, this new achievement is but another demonstration of the Lincoln’s superior roading capabilities. Bartram Motors Company 1204 New Hampshire Avenue Telephone West 458 UG