Show Nationwide System Of j Motor Highways T V Is Planned by U U. s. s An article on motor tra trade lanes an and 1 government cooperation by Henry F. F In Motor I Life Ie touches touch s with splendid understanding on the tho nations nation's needs in national highways and what Undo Uncle Sam has hui done llone To quote therill the tho rill I or r Ono One of tho the most plausible postulates of Is li that a man is as old as ashli his arteries Not Nol to be bo disproved Is the corollary that with an occasional new set et of or blood 1 tubes his would be bo I perpetual Nor does docs that school of or medicine medicine medi medi- cine which prescribes a red pill for forthe forthe the tho right tonsil and a yellow ellow for the tho left take Issue with so specious a guess Even tho scientists God Goll bless blez cm will remain inarticulate on this matter until tho they thoy have read the tho error out of or arteriosclerosis Some Something thins of or this same sarno sort of or atrophy has lias attacked cd our commercial arteries of or steel as cs the tho recent war capacity test of or shipp shipping In has elucidated ate to the most casehardened case- case hardened stockjobber Willie While tho the of rate regulation were debating whether to administer a red pill or a a. 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I j yellow yel- yel el- el ellow low the patient passed passel Into a state o of coma from which nothing f short chert of or a su superhuman superhuman su- su effort on the part o of a specialist special special- 1st could arouse ItA itA it A b big Ilg I if man has been heen drafted for lor the Job but hut even en Miracle Worker McAdoo will find it quite Quito the most staggering contract ho has ever undertaken compared com corn pared lared to which the joining of or Manhattan to Jersey was as childs child's pia play DICTUM OF DOCTORS But the dictum of tho the doctors ma may not be he so impracticable tI If wo we apply it to these pI p. p n nt L La co Aun I L U IP A 1 Rejuvenate trade lJ by bringing now new channels channels channels chan chan- nels of business life Into play We e have havo havea a a. vast system of state highways in various various vari vat ous stages es of or completion parts of which have already been selected for or governmental governmental govern govern- overn- overn mental experimentation Let an army of or motor trucks rush tush to th the tho aid of the overworked overworked overworked over over- worked railroads and tho the sick business of the country countr will soon bo be on the road to n n. complete to recovery I New methods must bo ho devised to me meet t extraordinary conditions and when tho the war ha has been won wo we will vill find that new newfields newfields newfields fields have ha opened to us requiring our best energy y and accumulated experience Never will we be bo content to RO KO back hack to tho the antiquated and unworkable systems of yesteryear when Stand Pat Fat was the slogan loJan of ot privilege and Let well enough h alone the The Th field for or motor traffic Is wide the I need for or tho the immediate development de o of trade trado lanes is urgent The drift lines of comm commerce must know now no sectional lines must meet with no obstruction from the conflicting laws of or states counties or townships In short the principal highways highways high high- ways was must be federalized for war and continued 1 so for or peaceful prosperity Uniform Uniform Uni Uni- form regulations for or motor trucks truel and passenger cars must be bo enacted that will vili willIe give I e tho the greatest Impetus to traffic with due regard to the rights of ot individuals and the preservation o of the tho hl highways hwa's an and bridges bridges' Hardly two states s in tho the Union have havo to today a the same rules as to loads tires speeds and rc registration In the tho re recent recent recent re- re cent trial run from Detroit to Baltimore It was found that hut but one ono state had a law requiring roads to b he neared cleared of ot snow and I that tho the majority of or the county superintendents had never ne heard of ot it At At last the machinery of or the tho government govern sovern- ment Is ht In motion not to be easily stopped even ven upon the cessation of or hos hos- Several routes from the Great Lakes to the seaboard have havo been out and truck caravans have havo passed over them on trial trips trip It has not been the policy of or the government to publish exact Information of ot tho tim various routes chosen or just how many and how often tho the truck trains will pass over them The first route was laj laid 1 out from Detroit to Baltimore by ly wa way of Pittsburg and Hagerstown Ha- Ha town the second from Buffalo to New NewYork NewYork York and Baltimore via Albany and Phil adelphia While hile herculean efforts tire re being made mUe to keep these roads loads In repair and free ree of snow other lines arc being mapped out and within the tho year ear a a. co coordinated coordinated co- co system of trunk lines for the of or frOl frIcht ht br best beat Rt cl to motor tr trucking will bo 10 c completely m planned Meantime the department of public roads roads' Is making a a. belated survey of nil all the Improved Improved improved im Im- Im- Im I proved roads in the country with particular particular i ular data on the strength of or bridges e and culverts width of roa roadway and condition thereof This Information with a completed completed com corn geological survey SUl will vm be bo Invaluable Invaluable Invaluable able In determining the most feasible routes from Irom the standpoint pf f of construction cost of or operation and und direction The Tho physical difficulties In the wa way of bull building the road system which will vIll stand standup up un under the heavy traffic of a practically loaded loadell continuous train of h heavily lb trucks need 1 not nol be bo dilated upon here It will suffice to say that highways will wl re receive receive re- re in the future a much more thorough h engineering oversight o from the tho laying out of or the route to the tho putting on of or the top dressing Before an any of this can be dono one under our present system of raft graft ridden and Inefficient public works it will first be bo necessary to educate the public on elemental element 1 engineering matters II CI CC n I. I It Is not too much to hope that tho the near future futuro will 1111 see engineering strongly featured In every hl high h school In the tho land going hand in hand with that need of military mil mu- Har training so 80 beneficial to the man manof manof manof of peaceful pursuits nOd and so vital l In time of or warWe warWe war We Wo arc are told that during the year ear Just closed over o a billion tons of freight was as hauled by motor truck at nt an era n average e cost of 18 iS cents per ton mile This does not Include over o a a- billion passengers carried by bv automobile an average distance nce of oC fifty miles Quite a a. ti tidy beginning for or such an Infant branch of or com commerce mcree but bul butas butas as yet rot ot only a a. scratching of the surface surfnee This traffic can be multiplied 1 man many times and be made mado to Include practically all nil short hauls The doing awa away with haulIn haulIng haul- haul In trig Ing to railway terminals at e each end makes the tho short haul b by motor truck cheaper and quicker than by rail |