Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1926, Page 107

HIGHWAY PROGRAM BOON TO AUTOIST President of Company De- clares Progress Is En- couraging Industry. | The extent of road building is found encouraging by I J. Reuter, president of Olds Motor Works, who | views this phase of motorlng as a | highly important factor in general @utomotive progress. “Following the ratio of the last five vears, approximately 40,000 miles of road probably will be built in this country during 1926 states Mr. Fiouter. “This will bring the amount ©° hard surfaced roads to a total wall above 500,000 miles, or about doubdble the amount of improved road niileage of 10 years ago. Progress Encourages. “This progrgss in road b encouraging. but recent I shown us that linear ros wlone is not alone sufficient to judge yrogress—that another kind of mea- surement should be used. Today the total area of ruad surface is much | suore vital and important than its 1 r mileage, and it is equally im all automobile owners | yorant that to see that wide use their infl 1 or : the greatest error in ds too narrow | {o handle the ever-n traffic Narrow roads have been ¢ big contributing the list of traffic deatk U is estimated that they hav illions of dollars through de! Lecessary business transportation, «nd have caused fu loss due to the necessity of rebuilding into wider thorough? ves before the surfuce had Leen worn out. Roads Too Narrow. “An example of the error of road planners is to be found in the heart of the automobile industry in the 1 mile strip of Woodward avenue necting Detroit with Pontlac, Jlardly 10 years aso a con | youd connecting these two cities | opened to the public. This road s | such a road, necesst | no from 14 to 18 feet in width. 20 it proved inadequate to handle the volume of traffic, and now, at the expense of millions of dollars, | the State of Michigan is constructing a_ super-highway 200 feet wide in its place. It is about now half completed, and judged by the amount of trafiic now ‘utilizing it, there is a possibility that even this super-road will be over- crowded by 1936. “Two factors are chiefly respon sible for the building of roads of in- adequate width. One is the failure to vislon future traffic needs, even in face of past experience and history. The second is that of false econo; “Automobilists, and In fact every person interested in the welfare of his or her community, should combat such {deas. History should prove to the ultra-conservative that traffic will con- tinue to grow. The great increase in the use of automobiles and motor not abolished the railroad; in New York did not put the elevated road out of business de- spite such predictions, and even a phenomenal increase in the use of other modes of transportation during the next decade will not halt the growth of motor traffic. Inadequate Roads Costly. “A person inexperienced In econom- ics can realize that there s no econ- omy in huilding a road of inadequate width. It is a proven fact that con- gested trafic quickly breaks down repair nd ultimaite wid heavy andditio 1d for the nt, we can that an adequ ained before built. This will insu for a'wide road w demnation proceedir and, If the nar planned, will enable widened without having to the original pavement or current tratfic. “The automobile public shou!ld have hesitancy for demanding good roads of adequate width to fake care of trafic During the vear 1924—the t for which accurate figures are rlable—the owners of paid in Federal, State an taxes the huge sum of $; The amount pald in auto taxes will be still larger due to the in- ed production of cars, more cars | operated and the incre n the num- ber of States having gasoline taxes. Paving the bills for these roads en- delaying - | titles the public to a volce in future methods of construction.” P For some reason the day worker acquires more coin than the day dream THE SUNDAY dard ilx Sedan. Farmers’ Wives Get saving | | car when coming to a stop. New View of Life Driving Own Car A survey of nd Southern eals that 50 per cent of driving their own auto- The figures, however, niust not be taken to mean that modern farm life is all play and no work in contrast to another and mote day, for the same study ed that per cent of them water from wells or pumps outside of the house. Gaso- line is burned for business purposes when half the farmers' wives go driving, the survey indicates. Don't Lock Wheels in Stopping. An expert driver never is guilty of habitually locking the wheels of his In such instances the braking effect is trans- ferred from the drums to the tire where it touches the pavement. Widespread Improvement of the shoulders of highways ought to do much to take the edge off hogging the center of the re by wany motorists. 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