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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY Ro&ds Have Ancient History 040 040 040 040 040 , 040, - FORDS RUN 34 MILES ON GALLON OF gasoline: . , Great Building Era Is Coming Romans First Real Highway Enthusiasts Ktiown; Construction Has Developed to Fine' . Art in More Recent Times. Show-Pr- o; JOthei-Ca- ra - NEfSPECIFICATIONS - ate Saving. A new carburetor which cuts down gasoline consumption of any motor and to reduces gasoline bills from one-hais the proud achievement of 1913 Carburetor Co., the This rethe- Sumarlana, a people inhabiting the Madison 8t, Dayton, Ohio. not increases invention markable only Euphrates valley prior to the ascendancy the power of motors from 30 to 30 per of the Babylonians. An asphalt cast excavated at Logash. near the mouth of cent, but enables every one to run slow IsoO C. B. dates back to to the Euphrates, on high gar. It also makes it easy As a mortar, for brick, similar to the filter now used ttrbrrelt city htfestr-pha- lt coldest weather. You can use the very was used In the construction of grade of gasoline or half gasotbe Tower of Babel. One historian claims cheapest this same substance was used about loOU line and half kerosene and still get power end more mileage than you B.'C to daub tbe basket which served more to conceal Moses in the bullrushea when now get from the highest test gasoline. unwere All Ford owners can get as high as the children of Israel suffering der bondage In Egypt. thirty-fou- r miles to a gallon of gasoline. It was Nabopolassar, king of Babvlon, So sure are the manufacturers of the B. used 00 first C., asphalt immense saving their new carburetor wbo, about as a filler for brick pavements, Ihason, will makrthat they offer to send itou Ncbuchadnexxar, continued the practice As In the western hemisphere asphalt was thirty days trial to every car owner. used in ancient time by the, Incas,' who it can be put on or taken off in a- few this minutes all of readers established an elaborate system of highby anyone, Thus we paper who want to try it should send In Peru and Ecuador. way see that cement, brick and asphalt. In- their name, address and make of ear stead of being products of exclusively to the manufacturers at once. They also matemodern use, really are world-ol- d want local agents, to whom they offer rials, the use of which has been handed exceptionally large profits. Write them u down to through the centuries to be i (Advertisement.) improved upon and adapted to civilisa- today. tion's growing need. The same la true of stone, except 'that in modern usage from Rome to Capua, a distance of 14 stone is crushed tor use In road building, miles. This road was later exwhereas in the days of Romes greatness Italian to Brundislum, sometimes stone wax used in the form of large slab, tended a total distance of SCO miles, frequently two feet thick. Roads of this and was finally completed by Julius Caetype carried Caesars armies forward to sar. i wee In excellent condition until 1 one-thir- d lf IT n H. L. BOWLBY, United State Bureau of Subtle Read; Prealdent'American Read Buildera Aeaoclatlon. Tbe old road goes with dip and pause. Through loneliest vale and down From that highway whose broad display Leads folic 4rom town to town. From the beginning to the present time It has been the highway that has made nations great Tbe road la the pioneer. Civilisation follows the flag, but the road opens up the way through the wilder, been, over the mountains and across the valleys for the bearers of the flag and the steady advanoe of civilised Influences. With the building nf roads, savagery has retreated and disappeared, forests have fallen .before the ax, new fields have, been cultivated, towns have sprung up and cities grown to be linked In com merce with distant markets by ribbons of steel upon which speed the railroad trains those advanced carriers of trad for which the modern highway la the .feeder. Savage man built no roads, nor had he any conscious need for them, for his wants were few and Individual in V - character. Front those prohUtorieday when man and mammal trod the paths to the ancient watering places near the sites of which In some localities we find their petrified bones still Imbedded, man has gradually risen In the civilised scale His wants have increased proportionately and have passed from the Individual to the collective. The path no longer served his requirements. Roads became a necessity. Wheeled traffic developed with the Roman empire, but when and where the first real roads were built has never been definitely ascertained. That It was long before beginning of authentic history Is certain. - 4 4 , I t A Does Your Battery Hold Up in Cold Weather? if you use CONOCO Gasoline. ID WILL have to spin the motor every time you start ltd ftr iht tin tf lif Ctntintntol StUur in Hut, ytlltto tndrtd, nt iht It Egyptians Built Highway. ' Herodotus tells us that In Egypt a great king built a magnificent road across the sands for the transportation of materials for the Pyramids, employing for this purpose 100,000 men for a period of ten years- - This road was built of massive stone blocks and was lined on both sides with mausoleums, statues and temples. Materials Similar. yTraces of what may have besn a part " While we know little about the roads of this ancient highway are today found that existed prior to the Roman empire, near the great Pyramids and comprise we do know from records remaining that what Is probably the oldest remains not only the Romans but the Egyptians, the Carthaginians, the Bumarians and torians write of wonderful roads radiat other ancient peoples employed much the lng from the city of Babylon about. 2000 same materials that w are today using B. C. and running to Uusa, Eo batons, In highway construction. Thers Is evi- Sardis and Nineveh, as having been paved dence that both the Romans and the with brick. The ancient Persians, AsEgyptians used a mineral cement. The syrians, Carthaginians, Chines and PeBible telle of the manufacture and use ruvians were all renowned road builders of bricks. As early as 44 A. D. the Ro- Their works, however, have passed away mans used bricks In England. Actual and the records of their greet achievescientific and quantity production did not ments are now lost to mankind, begin, however, until 88, when Alfred Specimens of Roman roads are stilt ton the Great direoted that bricks be pro- he seen In Rome and Pompeii. The duced under government supervision. The Way or Queen of Roads, begun earliest recorded, use of asphalt was byby Claudius Applus about 11 B. C., led It "Ap-pla- too A. Dv The Flamlnlan Way. the second of the great Roman roads, was begun about 210 B. C. This ro&d crossed the River Kar about sixty miles from Rome by means of a great atone arch bridge, with a central span of 10 feet FTamlnlan and a rise of 100 feet. Th Way originated at the Mllvlan bridge In Rome and terminated at the bridge In Rimini. Other famous Roman highways were the Aureile. Aamllia. Cassia, Latina, Bolarlo and Valeria. WhennoRome less was at the height of her glory than twenty-nin- e great roads radiated well was the and empire frorq her gates served with highways that have endured to this day In Italy, Spain, England, France, lllyrlcum. Macedonia, Thrace and tf iht ntd, i tutinStrvitt tide easy starting, quick acceleration and high power. 6 OURNEW LOCATION EAST SECOND SOUTH ylf2 South and 2nd East On EAST of state Street nd block LIVE STORAGE, $7.50 A MONT- H- REPAIRING STORAGE GREASING WASHING - JOHN P ARRINGTON, President In Utah Since 1869 Also at probably have been in the more experiments with odd and unusual In any In than materials other countiV In the world. - 190 In that Mass.. It was at Newton, a sugar refinery, the molasses refuse of combined with lime, was first used as a binder for road materials, but it was found Impracticable because of its inthe fact that creasingly high cost and soluble In wathe binder was somewhat ter. The road, however, did sustain traffic for a number of years. Plank roads were legion In the United States during 13 E. 1st South rm Aimm ! II ' I I ' I u Because it comes from a 'man who KNOWS and is impartial. He says: ' ; "Nine months ago I put two Gates Super-Trea- d Tires on my Ford truck. They have now made better than 15,000 miles over some of the worst roads in Texas. 32x4 . I have used several makes of tires on this same truck...and , "over the same roads, hut find that the wider and thicker tread of the Gates tire gives me double the amount of service. 1 - This man is head of an oil supply5 house, in Texas. His name if you wish it A 4i ? -- TT it1 t- - W (A CtltttAt Cttftrntitn) EVERY DROP THE SAME Great Fall Pubjlo 'AtBVQvnQVB Buttb x Dxnver Sait Lake Crrr Boisa ' w r Chxybkni f 't 1 I HILL TRADE Haynes Roadster 1917 model the nnosT rossrnmruL for czunt jtc szxfEnicjt Lighter Car Inquire 60 8outh Thlrd-Eor Phone Hyland t Street 4603-- J. the pioneer day and are much used today by military engineers. Road binders have been made from sulphite liquors obtained from tanneries and attempts have been made to burn roads that were with clav, so as to make a surbrick In facing material approaching A recent attempt to harden hardness. was near roads made clay by burning Clarksdale, Miss, In 1904, when experiment conducted by the United States bureau of public roads proved to be successful but too costly ana practicable only in regions where an ample supply of timber could be secured for fuel. Roads have been constructed of chats from xinc mines, slag from blast furnaces and shells from the sea. Oyster and clam shell roads are now to be found In many places In the coast states Rubber haa also been utilized as a road matt-riIn experimental highway construction. In fact, successful rubber roads -have --Been Itmued use 111 " India for some time. The ordinary broken none or macadam road Invented by John Macadam, a Scotch road engineer of Ayruntil in been has shire, general recently usa. These are now giving way to thi hard surfaced roads that are bettej adapted to automobile and truck traffl cotton, hay and straw have often been used In the construction of roads and In contrast to such materials It is to nntr thnt liuu Wild Ucer TYli Ve boon used. A steel road been In use tn Calencia. Spain, for twenty years. Cement roads In America are now commonly being reinforced frith eur-fac- Reduced Prices on all eteL .,-- ) This is the news that thousands of people have been hotv ing for and waiting tor. It means the amazing opportu- nlty to buy a seven passenger 6 for as little as $2195. It is not merely a chance to save money. ' It is a chance to own the Master of the Highway, the one car that every motorist respects and desires above all others. 6-6- i r - And remember one other point, please: The 6 of 1922 is the fully perfected product of the Paige Engineering and Designing staffs. It carries a wealth of refinements that were undreamed of during the past year. It is an infinitely finer car an infinitely handsomer car all thi$ and a very greatly reduced list price 6-6- g nn-e- Models 6 1 Improvement in Infancy. Many questions pertaining to highway finance and administration, as well as road construction and highway transportation, will be discussed In the light of more recent developments at the big nation-wid- e good roads congress and exposition of machinery, materials, methods and appliances to be held In Chicago. Januarv 18 to the auspices of the American Road Builders association. About 20.Mia!delegates from all parts of the United States and Canada. Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and other places are expected to attend this road invention. Ore result that Is hoped for from this meeting and the consequent impetus to the good roads movement is that of enlisting more young men In the ileld--of highway engtneering. The mim-ber of road engineers Is entirely too small for the existing demand. Good transportation facilities constitute one of the greatest of the sources of national wealth W e really do not ne-- d to search ..the. pages of-- history to real. lx the vita) part that highways have played In world development In our day, I Relieve, the highway will become the great rival of tha railroad The passenger automobile snd motor truck Industries, two of the greatest now In point of capital Invested and output, are absolutely destability and growth pendent for th-- ir our upon good roads, In establishing highway systems and In building our roads the motor trade of the future must he gauged and ample provision made for a rapid Increase In the volume and weight must of highway trafll. Our highway t be planned to future, rather than present, ne?ds, and built not for a day. but for nil time, They have become a means to an end And that end la the coordination of all ths great sources of power In the nation for the use. comfort and convenience of all of the people. 6-6- Every car in this famous line haa been sweep ingly reduced. The reductions range from $680 to $800. Int-r-r-- lnr You Cai Bank on ThisL- - vf 7 TUB CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY al The Tire with the Wider and Thicker Tread th hi x road-bulldl- FARRINGTON GARAGE 2nd South and 2nd East coaLcUmtlcorlrafflcnondlttonaThere United States t v! V Gasoline is always the same wherever and whenever you buy it Dont overlook that important fact Select CONOCO Gasoline as your steady motor fuel. If your carburetor is adjusted to Conoco Gasoline on Monday, there is no reason why the same gasoline shouldnt deliver full power on Tuesday, even though you may purchase Tt uT another city. , , , Ask our Service Station attendant for I copy of the new booklet on gasoline, or write to our nearest office. road-bulldt- FARRINGTON GARAGE w , CONOCO , From the days of the ancients, road building has developed until It Is today a principal Industry In every civilised country of the world the United States, England, France and Germany leading all other nations In Its application. Its development has brought kbout many Innova Uon .and, while, the basic- materials employed by the ancients are still In use, many new materials have been evolved and applied with success. The United the dawn of States, whKih stands at era In all histhe greatest tory because of the developmentIn of the motoh vehicle, leads all nations There are many living today who will probably see the time when the United States will have the finest and most extensive system of arterial and ever tributary a-- highway ofthe world has paved beautifully system known, shaded located, eplepdldly roads, properly with trees, adorned with hedges and shrubbery, edged with sidewalks andIn gutreters, lighted by electricity, kept and protected pair . by working patrols mounted police. by against highwaymen Grade crossing, win have disappeared and our rural highways will equal in beauty and practicability the most beautiful and our city streets. Rural life, practical of.because of these and other therefore, will approach modern Improvements, more cloeely the Ideal of human existence the from men and young city will seek life In tbe country. Highway work Is constantly developing Its development In new tvpes of road America has brought many peculiar types of pavement, ranging from the old earth roads and military plank roads down re-to Portland cement concrete and those fined petroleum asphalt pavements now the dlsoovery largely manufactured since of asphaltic petroleum In California and la still In lake Native asphalt Mexico of the asphalt used use, but the bulkmanufactured from pein paving Is pow troleum oil. Many odd types of roads have been tried only to fall because of CONOCO The effectiveness of any gasoline depends upon its range of volatility. The reason for the superiority of CONOCO Gasoline is that this range is represented by a uniform continuous chain of low, medium and high boiling points that insure EPL Routes Systemized. - Gasoline eliminates unnecessary motor spinning. It will make your engine start quickly, even in the coldest weather. SUtitni, vnndtnet, tnd highway t, tn iht vitdlt tf ' hundrtdt tf dtnJtrt ihrtughtui iht tin inltrmtunUun Haiti titnf Iht V- cant If But-i- t called-Brindisi- conquest. 5 W fl i - ' Conoco Gasoline Measures Up to the U. S. Navys Start Easy in Coldest Weather- - -- i 17 15, 1922. Th New 8-- 6 6 Lakewood, Larctunout Daytona, 6 Sedan, 6 limousine, n. 6-6- 6 Prices The New Touring... $2525.00 Sport Type Roadster ,. Coupe, , 2580.00 . . ... .......... 2840.00 S550.00 3750.00 3495.00 6--44 Touring, 6-- 4 4 4 4 Sport Type, Roadster, ...f 1698.00 Pass. ;r,,..',T."1830.00 Sedan, Coupe, Delivery at Salt Lake City i MADSEN FARRER MOTOR CO. - 55 Prices West Fourth South Street, Salt Lake City. 1695.00 2635.00 227540 |