Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-02-24 | Page 35 | Tire Company Leader Heads Lincoln Road

TIRE COMPANY LEADER HEADS i LINCOLN ROAD I 1 n Paid Pall l Honor lIonor As D Tribute to T Work ork For Highway ar In the election of ot F P. A A. A aa as J president of or tho the Lincoln Highway D. D association asso asso- SO- SO elation succeeding Henry B B. B JO Joy who has hns entered the aviation section of at the government go service ono of ot Americas America's big ri men en has leas hc been bean n called d to direct the affairs of the most Important public highway In the United States If It not In inthe tho the wot world Id Mr r. r Is president of tho I Goodyear Tire Tire it Rubber company compan of I Akron 0 O. and brings bring to his new office a n. record of ot achievement that has haR few ew counterparts In American industry After ACter a varied business bustness experience he founded in 1838 tho the bl big rubber concern of which for tor nineteen years ears ho has I hen been tho the active lJ head and which tOlla today with Its annual business 1 stands a ti monument to and financial genius He Is ono of the tho men who early carly anticipated anI anticipated an an- I the rho need of ot a n great trent transcontinental on- on r lai highway and has from tho rho In Inception InI inception In- In I of or the Lincoln highway been one of or its staunch supporters expending expend expend- ing much of ot his time energy and money In Its behalf For four o years cars he ha has served cd as one of Its Hs directors A seventeen mile strip of ot the highway Just west of ot Salt Lake Cit City is known as the section a to his support s of ot this great project Like man many other successful sul business men nen he hc Is 18 a product of oC the tho farm arm haIng having has hav ing lug been born near AI Akron ron but unlike many who have sought their fortunes I el elsewhere ho has hag achieved crt his success at home and antI has b been en one of the big r- r factors In making his home city the tho rubber capital ot or the tho world put But al although although al- al I though h he hc hay han built hullt up ono one of oC the Jar largest larg largest est st rubber manufacturing concerns In Inthe inthe I Ithe the world and amI still remains Its active urt o head henrJ he ho timo to devote otc to other interests As n dl director of or the thc Untied United States Ch Chamber mbel of or Commerce ho ha has spent mu much h time Burin durIn during the las last lase few tew months mouths In Washington and ami Is In close touch with the thc governments government's war program and alive to the importance o. o o oJ othe the Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln highway In tho the groat roat tion problems th tint that t must be worked out outto outto outto to make maJe the governments o program n a success About ten months ago mo President Sol Sol- sensing the transportation conditIons conditions conditions con con- that since r have ha appeared d. d e CM- CM a t lon long distance motor truel tine line between Akron Alaon 0 O mall ami Boston Doton Mass a operating over th the Lincoln highway highway highway high high- way from rom Pittsburgh tl to New cw York This line Une Is s used by th the Goodyear company company com corn I pany parry to transport tires tiros to Its Boston I branch and to bring back fabric from Its cotton mills in by Connecticut Th The Thc success of ot this line lino has encouraged man many others to inaugurate similar shullar lines lInc although operating over shorter distances until today the Lincoln highway highway high high- way ty Is being used to transport man many tons of or Important finished and raw materials materials ma ma- to the eastern seaboard The i. i net v v pr president s I dent of or b big affairs fairs h. h has re Indicated although Bh u a Will devote devoto a a Cl W tin tt t tf tm time a amOUnt to insure the tho ot of extensive Improvements carrYing to out ot fit I be the hwa hl thi ear tnt CI This will be tho teat the Lincoln hl vest Mr 11 hwa y s 1 hl tor g r sal hor shorts labor an and d building ge material t our hl big biff w ill program a ato somewhat t 1 at to carr carry out our Plans for We tae ho transcontinental r n making t tIt America The wini winning tins tho be tt lA Of th tho depend Jar War largely JI upon the thIs great highway w n Wa maCeK i tI pha ed now In m tho ho trans q a ec a thIs 1 l army trucks under their o OWn wn a c oI ct Seaports for pawet tt Trance France A train of ot tl shipment tI ti I Is leaving Ica Detroit dally y aU all fK arm army tru I a re operating over o the the ot of t n hl wa way ay Hundreds of business vl tho the 15 the middle c cast have o purchase Pachas 4 trucks rUck ink hou it fr h west f i factories ni III been unable ht to L obtain livery b bv by railroad and hSi y ln d- are arc driven through h. h largel y ov OVer er having ha Wring this i tb 4 wa way even In the taco hl hit I. I of th the het snows and extreme extremo cold Wo We Yo nrc arc alive all to the Weather tane of ot thin great Nat great I Irn mRs mRs' o rna rn In In up our nur war war activities s' s ning to expend and aM era arc pit Pia 4 this approximate t 0 y ear ear in actual road w Oil It