Show I SECRETARY REDFIElD I I URGES MORE ROADS ROAD Urgent necessity demands the increasing increasing ing Ins rather than the curtailing of ot highway highway highway high high- way construction accor according to Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary Redfield of oC the tine department of commerce commerce commerce com com- merce who says the fullest use of oC the highway system of oC the nation to supplement supplement supplement supple supple- ment its waterways offers the only re relief relief re- re lief from a shipping situation which must become serious through Increasing government government government gov gov- demands upon the railroads The public is forewarned by Redfield that with record breaking crops still to tobe tobe tobe be moved and greatly increased output by mills and factories the highways must carry a great deal more commerce than I ever before Not only will the volume of shOrt distance hauling he much I heavier but a big development lIe In motor truck traffic no for or distances or miles and more is being noted I It Is therefore more important than eve to build bund roads of the most enduring type according to Redfield If It this IH is IHnot INnot not done the country at large larte may experience ex ex- I the same fate as Burlington county New Jersey where roads leading leading lead lead- ing to the cantonment at Wrightstown we were destroyed in a few Cow weeks by motor lead lead-I trucks he points out These roads were not rot designed for Cor great reat traffic weights such as are imposed by motor trucks which literally tore the roads asun asunder Many roads upon which motor truck traffic has begun will be subjected to similar stress in constantly Increasing volume says Secretary Redfield During Dure During Dur ing the e recent New York Philadelphia e d freight e embargo o seventy five ty v trucks plied I between these cities daily dally The stability of roads subjected to I t I motor truck traffic will depend largely on the strength of or the foundation or base It Is only recently that this es essential essential essential es- es II has been given full recognition in the sense that bridges are designed with reference to maximum weight of traffic But when a bridge breaks down I under e excessive weight the e cause u is readily I y understood ole whereas re tl the failure IlU of ot a road from precisely the same sarn cause Continued n on III Pig page 7 I SECRETARY REDFIELD Continued from page 6 6 Is usually attributed to faulty construction construe construe- tion tion Highway economy demands roads that will withstand both weight and volume of traffic traffic foundations foundations that will sustain weight and wearing surfaces that thal will resist abrasion ELLSWORTH JOINS BROWNING A new face among the Browning Auto Aulo AutoR R Supply company's score of ot salesmen is Otto B B. 0 O Ellsworth who has been well known In local motoring circles for several years and who has recently Joined the Browning crew Ellsworth on account of his wide ac acquaintance acquaintance acquaintance ac- ac in the city and his long experience experience experience ex ex- in the thc selling of motor cars is expected to step right into the Browning organization and give some of the older members of the sales force a for high honors |