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Show i f i ! 9 SECTION THREE THE DESERET .NEWS SATURDAY JUNE 10 1922 (QcfWCw2r8 Twenty tuzdes " feFrt ROAD BUREAU Average ooats per types of country goads haw by the bareaa of pubUo roads. United States deparUneet of The Agues cover 6,. 000,000 square yards of paving constructed In all parts of the United States ddrtag tbs period 1I1I-1U- I. The ooete per square 18 yard ere ae follows: Sand-daoeuts; gravel, 40 cents; plea and mrfaeetreated macadam, Oft cents; bituminous mam dam, $8.10; bituminous concrete, 11.50; plain cement concrete, 81.57; relnforocd-eemeconcrete, 88.74, and bride, 84.10. These figures cover only the cost of the paving; they do not include the cost of grading. A total of 88,18ft miles of road have been built with government aid since July 1, 1818, when , the congressional act under which the federal government wan authorised to aid the states In road building went Into effect. The total estimated cost of these roads has been 8488,181,888.48. . Of this amount federal aid comprised 1811,188,878.81. Tim av erage cost per mile ' of rood ennstruoted during the five-yeperiod runs from 88.118 per mile for graded and drained roads to $89,540 per mile for concrete, and 849,570 for brick roads. - Hie average coat of all road Including graded and drained; sand clay, gravel, macadam macadam (bituminous), bituminous concrete, concrete and -- brick roads, was $17,880. Federal aid was at the average rata of 87,500 per. mile. LlcSii riim'inai FLORIDA ROADS ARE -- GOODENOUGHFOR WHEEL CHAIRS'1, North Carolina. Instruct Her Road Impectors. . , , x US . Occupants of whset chair, are abandoning train In Florida and have joined the hosts pedestrians and motorists who undertake long journey on the highway of the atate. The asphalt roads of ths peninsular stas are in such excellent condition that occupants of wheel chair are able to make their way over the road with Uttl or no fatigue. A man In a wheel chair recently covered 116 mile on th road between Jackaonville and - Daytonla without trouble. Another mad the trip over the Dixie highway from Jacksonville to Miami. The last named ,, journey miles. - agri-oultur- e. R f 'fr s PAVING COSTS COMPILED BY K .i 4 y: v vf 8 North Carolina. In carrying out its 850,000,000 highway program, has in& to The Newt.) (3)elt) Few Wffl troduced a dsparturs that promises MORONL Juno 10. Not Oil of to set a swift pace for othsr states Mturo'o wondoro are recognised to follow. As a means of qualifying its Dollar ' , Indciiriax and advertised all over the coninspectors for ths Inspection of bitinent. " Akwt tour mOM woot Yer--H- a. Grown TUpidJ tuminous paving tho North Carolina of Moroni la a croup of natural - ? 81 t Commission Highway through wondors the equal of any in tho its division of tests and investigations lntarmountain woot Tourist who Ijr Since Period of War. v4 has a course , established tin short soon has the formations of Maplo bituminous laboratory and plant InCanyon, tho location in question, . struction. The course Is necessarily a , , say that its wonders are superior ' one and consists of faking tbo short BPORTS from authorltattv to any in Utah. men Into the a for about laboratory sources in the motor truck fa 'Maple Canyon is easily accesweek to learn tho different teats of sible to tho motorist, opening just re dustry Indicate that motor truck ths materials used and to attend lecSO infinites' ride west of Moroni. eervice-atatio- n to the a a' let tures not this vise of arc you typo doing supervisors by only larger battery The city is at present engaged, of construction. After tho laboratory attend to your needs. in business than at any time since th with tho U. '8. and locturo courses are ovor, tho men government, in building a fine MISCELLANEOUS but that the industry, as a whole, INQUIRIES. war, inare taken to the asphalt plant for road right through Maple CanM. R. aaks: (1) What makes the has attained volume never before struction in the duties of ths plant yon.. This will open to the mo" car explode in equalled. engine of my Inspector and then on the road for torist a trip of unparalleled . Instruction regarding tho constructhe muffler when the ear i coasting beauty. The road will ho com, this annual The la expenditure tion to downhill? restore the What methods used. will be (2) pleted by next Monday. clearness of the celluloid in th rear 'country this year fer motor- - tracks Tho men for this work were seThe big feature of the Maple-Canydiscured different of my car, which has turned and commercial oar will exceed a from tho curtain mostly a is Box Canyon, trip tricts into which the work of tho yellow 7 (2) Where can I got an In billion dollar, This total InolndeaJ an narrow gorge leading off from the dividState is for the struction book relative to my carf expenditure of 8869,009,080 Highway Commission main canyon. This wonderful lited, The number of men from each Answer: o) Tour engine mlaaea 250,000 trucks of an sixes that are be-tle canyon is at some points as to amount is district the an of this and manufactured tho year the tim and proportional Ing explosions part narrow as, ten feet. Its depth of this class of construction to bo unburnod charges are expelled Into Investment , of . 8780,000,000 for th 800 to 500 from ranger anywhere carried on. This will allow the men -- J tho muffler, where they'aro Ignited by maintenance and upkeep et th 1,019,. feet. Persons may walk Into the to be located in two same district 000 truck already la operation. , canyon but a abort, distance and they came from and the only need for Running four times as many hontn - br looking up, aoe'al) the stars V in tile demand traveling twice as many mile, a th , aedplsneva tho same as at night for emergency inspection from anoth' average automobile, th average truck The narrow defile bores into the convert mother to since a the hsv for sired store, changed period, .To state. the er, ahowthe TIMES part of. wear out and. consume about twie ' ; mountain 'a great . distance. Into groa of stationary Dobmost be dispensary to efficient behind Instruction i givold ' aa reuch material of all kind aa th . amarketlng Other features of the canyon or soft drinks. en within the 'allotted time, it was bin with a are several natural bridges, one basket. The ceries. confections average passenger car. bulky market found. the student to dlvida Carries .necessary -Everything. of them of considerable else, and market now comes ttr m oth ei and MUCH SPENT ON inspectors Into two classes. A full line of general groceries la a hanging cliff which hangs six i Dobbin, poor soul, has probably GOifSCBRCIAL GARS. hundred-fe- et of Well as vegetables and aa above he floor his in fathers handled another joined ' sphere. and demonstrated have tho that type ' m Inthe canyon.housewife automfruit in season, and the 84.000.000.t90 Of th the flame from later explosion Among the latest of modern If is successful under local soil, climatic California Improves stances where the mountain comes to may have all the enjoyment of regu- you can make, your engine fir regubile MU of th country, approxiand .traffic conditions There has not Road Surfaces Hot of ' we store when lar Mahomet these have the grocery closely throttled, been one failure in the several hunshopping by strolling through the larly, BETTER TO mately 81,000.000,000, or nearly on wheels, or to use the slogan ad- traveling store and carefully selecting explosions should cease and. it should la spent on th main- - ! dred thousand yards of this type laid The California Stats Highway De- opted by the owners. The Grocery her provisions. Not one item of de- fire each Charge it there are no air RESIST SHOCKS OR tenano and purchase of eommer- in the valley. leaks into the cylinders or intake, the ' clal ear and truck, the ttae of - , tail has beam overlooked and the cusRecent test conducted by. the U. partment haa begun a systematic wid- Store at Your Door.- -ABSORB TO THEM -v 8. Bureau of Public Roads, show that ening of state highways In many part which 1 increasing' et a greater' tomers, after securing their needs, spark is strong and the mixture is - . WeU Arranged.' f. pay the driver of the car when leavralto today than 1 the paaenrf impact ' and not dead load, is the of the atate and haa adopted th ly The contains a door ing. A bell of distinctive tone on the haa turned yellow, we know of nothing unique body l f.- perhaps no stretch of highway in most important factor to bo oonsld-oro- d Maryland policy of surfacing some of car, combehind the drived 4 In modern highway building. A its concrete road with asphalt. Cali- immediately the United (Kates will be watched for that will remove this color. You will car announces Its approach. " About 419,494 eommeroial .ear its service qualities more than the heavily laden truck traveling at 12 to fornia has also begun work on a con- partment and allows the customers About $600 worth of groceries and have to replace it, (8) Write the will be built in 1922. Th f.O.b. enter to j the Arinew Phoenix-Temp- e store in select which 15 and miles per hourfl, delivers , heavy siderable, mileage of bituminous macadtraveling highway builtyour car, giving sales value ot these truck will green stuffs is the usual load carried company zona - but recently-complete- d. There blows to a pavement surfaceAsphal-tl- o am-. lit Glenn county three and one-ha- lf from shelves arranged on both sides on a route by these traveling grocery the model, year and aerial number -88S9,999,80, W"r approximate." concrete roads, because of the fhing two schools of highway yours and request an instruction miles of road will bo of bitumin- of the car. ot etlmatd stores and. aa a selection can he of nearly in the United States, one shock absorbing qualities given them ous macadam, five inches thick and 'T Besides the shelve 'there are am- offered as is good found In the av- book, for which you may have to pay totals sale in the .motor trunk. ysually advocating the rigid pavement - to by the asphalt binder are able to with- twenty feet wide- - Five miles of con- ple bin and a refrigerator la pro- erage store., The overhead expense a small sum. A 71 ' field--, t withstand the Impact shocks of heavy stand this constant and crete road in Placer County will bo vided for pqylshable goods. Sky is reduced to a minimum and the cusluhricattn and Gasoline, tire, "raffle and the other advocating a will carry the heaviestpounding loads without surfaced with three Inches of asphalt. lights in thd top of the car provide tomers look forward oil are the principal Item to b , regularly to its cushioning pavement to absorb tho Injury. This high resistance to im- The same treatment will be accorded adequate lighting. The sides of the coming so that a trade is established considered under the head of op-- , hock, both schools will watch the pact forces, explains tho success had three r . miles between Fairfield and car are removable should it be de tb&t is everlasting. rating supplies. behavior of the new road with great with relatively thin pavements of the In Salano county. In SonoBetween 1,100,040,009 gallons . interest. The final three-mil- e stretch type under concentrated truck traf- Vacaville and 1,200,000.090 gallons f law- of the Phoenix highway was con- fic and accounts In part, for the ma oounty, three miles north and line are annually used for motor , miles south from structed of asphaltic concrete in both constantly Increasing popularity of one and truck .operation. At an average x the Petaluma city limits, a total disbase and surface. It will. furnlBh an asphaltic concrete." of $2 cents psr gallon, the gaso- - ; tance of four and one-ha- lf miler of interesting comparison with the port-lan- d tine bill will total 8250,000, 000. , cement .concrete roadthat adjoins In Canada the operating expenses of concrete road will bo widened to it on the east. The asphaltic con- the provincial police department of twenty feet and surfaced with asFIVE MILLION crete pavement fits the theory of the Manitoba will he paid for this year phalt. Four and one-ha- lf miles on TIRES IN 198$. engineers who advocate a resilient or from the additional revenue from au- concrete road in Santa Clara county, ALBERT shock, both schools will watch the tomobile licenses. Under the new reg- near carnadero, will also be surfaced 1,000,000 tire will 1 .. Nearly this - WHY BRAKES SQUEAK. cement concrete meets the. views of ulations,, every provincial - police de- with asphalt Similar treatment will year for eommeroial- ' -leave matters so that there is no disrequired those who urge thO rigid or resistant tachment sells licenses direct to car be give,-:- sixteen miles of concrete Thee will coat approxlcar from the battery. Neverthewhole charge - mately 8171,000,000. type. Asphaltic concrete base and sur- owners without having to apply to the less, when I leave the engine off, the la Merced, Mauera and Kura Nobody seems to know the face pavement have been in use in provincial government-- and the revAbout 71.004,000 "gftlldn of luetory this dismally distressing song battery discharge AUTOMOTIVE . ACTIVITIES What is the the Salt River Valley for eight years enue, totaling 88,000 per day, is being counties. oil at 50 cents per aral-I. con. to trouble? bricating seems brakes THROUGHOUT of the THE WORLD. .trying collected by the provincial officers. the bill for comwill principallyln the city of Phoenix bring Answcr: is It some that possible vey. but the opinion is widely held that of the connections have been incorto I7, ear lubrication mercial In there are'TOI.TS? licensed it means that the band pressure Is un- rectly made; it may be that there is a motorLondon 000,000. drivers. Boles of . truck equipment will A equally distributed over the drum, concrete highway in Caliconsist principally of special cerknown as fornia. the Route,1 upon concentrated "Ridge heavily being . hoist winch ea. . cost 81,500,000. bodies,' crane , tain spots and so light upon the recushion wheel etc. About More than 700.000 license plates have 000 special jobs at an avefaga of already been Issued by the Motor V maining portions as to allow the drum hide in California. department '2100 violin a apiece will be required this when a will as bell, to vibrate, As a result of new taxes on motor year. Other truck equplment; bow is applied to its edge. This soems the British government e vehicles, will costing about 215,000,040, peels to derlvs 140.000.000 a year. reasonable, as the - drum could hardly bring this total of equipment rale One-haof the sine output of the , up to approximately give out a shriek. If It were held 278,000,908. States, In the form ef sine oxide, clamped by a uniform, powerful grip leak in the wiring or perhaps the United la being used by the tire manufao , of the band, at all points The band, switch is out of Replacement order, so that all the turers, PARTS COSTLY, when applied, is supposed to bear v i a not are the generator windings United opened, States Throughout there evenly on all part of tho drum, wrapIs stopped,, thus tot refineries In operation, having Replacement parts . eonatltut , ping about it In a uniform manner, but when the enginecurrent d an of to ' l,7tt,725 ,toUj capaetty lowing Increasingly important Item battery discharge is drum if the badly grooved, ot crud ol.' of sales in the commarelal car them. This system employs r not is band approx- through if the cut-ou- t, The first concrete in road no the field. Sales of such In 1928 United contacts switch the being when in the circular, was built In Bellefontalne, Ohio, . will total 272.000.000. part imately BVEY-BAIMd-m to open the generator States upon depended 1111-1the ende or of in the if There were 4,400 square engaging position, Labor for service and repairs I when the engine is not runput down. lining make contact before the rest of circuit, We suggest that you check up yards figured at about 2140 par truck Of the vehicular traffic on the highit begins to act, pressure upon the ning. all your wiring and connections with ways in California. t7.t per year, which bring th total drum will not be uniform and will be. a diagram per cent Is of this system, that you motor propelled.1 Motor trucks for over 1,050,000 " trucks .. to make constl. severe enough In . tute It per cent of the total about 2150,000,000. epueaking contact biasing over bof you inspect the switch to see that all traffic.nearly It will be soon from th above fig. y contracts are the lining surface (removable An alarm has been produced for an made and broken that total sal In all brushing with kerosene), and protrud- they should be. - r branches of the commercial car Inand cut off ths Ignition dustry will be well In excess of on ing rivets are often mentioned as continuously causes of squeaking, and this may be TIRE QUERIES. should a thief attempt to start the car. billion dollars for th current calentrue, but it is believed that the underAlthough New Tork leads In total motor vehicle registrations, Ohio pos- dar year. lying cause is more generally Widely FORD'S automobile producing organization, like a great machine, more sesses A ears. New well passenger band pressures. shaped 25 000, varying while Chile and York's truck registration la more than Brasil with band, adjusted with uniform clearance Uruguay have 10,000 each. .moves with precision and eliminates all waste of time or of materials. twice that of Ohio's The Tuberculosis Association' of around a eneooth drum, ought not to In spite Of the lack of roads and North Dakota operates a traveling moHis employees are loyal,well paid, conscientious. "oomplaln annoyingly. They do better work. tremendous obstacles qotransportatlon tor clinic to visit Isolated farmers and of gasoline, oil and tires, automobile rancher and to toach fain lilt a how to BATTERY DISCHARGES WHEN These are some of the reasons why the Ford car is beyond all reach of suchave finally succeeded in penetrating livo under difficult sanitary condition . CAR IS IDLE. the heart of the African jungla. Ths to is in none second the behind it cessful competion the ' organization duty motor trucks are Heavy 1915 On machines are operated by government built S. K. writes:. C. my In both England and France being with ofagencies and along tha Gold coast, the car, a turn tractor units and long, detachable starting short entire automotive world. It turned out 60 per cent of all cars manufactured V moOf motor vehicles the In the starter bodle Tho Is operates that a registered principle H. S. uiks: (1) How can an inner four South American in the United States in 1921. SIX OUT OF EVERY TEN NEW CARS carhaul more than it canpower countries, Ar- - vehicle can tor as well as puts on the ignition and tube be prevented ' from getting . ' ry next movement of this swltch cuts pinched?-(- 2) the (ntlnaeadsvlthMOOjolUjwedj Is the best way What WERE FORDS! off the ignition end Is supposed to of finding a slow leakjn a tubs? (8L What Is the best way to make a vulcanized tube repair quickly? (4) How can a vulcanized pafch be removed . is lower cost same reasons, from a tube without injuring it? ' SELLING Answer. (1) Keep all rim parts well is 25 in cent less, Depreciation graphiled, soapmone the tube well, put little e.r in it before insertion. - If a competitive cars. flap is used, be sure that it is After the tire is exactly in place ? tire mileage are gas jnounted, pound It heavlly all the way round, before inflation. (2) Infor is iii the and economy. v flate the tube as fully as is safe, immerse it in water, squeeze ths tube all around with the hands and look for is fine and a car bubble (2) Use a small portable vulcanizer, having its own means of 11 built vehicle & use. . , heating. (4) This cannot be done, as the vulcanized joint is as strong as the rest of the rubber. y, nt on WOmW V v J mas-ufacture- ' 4 ar 1 -- , - isSt ; one-fourt- h, -- - r 1 J one-quart- er -- 2 Motor. -- one-quart- Digest L. CLOUGH -- on t- la !, lf ... al-,a- re - 4. fJENRY -- of a Ford car the upkeep than that of any other car the world. per by ALWAYS The Ford has on than actualtatistics, and a cash value. Exceptionally high obtained, itself value Ford aclass by Unquestionably For the K And the Ford car Covey-Ballard-Oile- 1 2 0 5 appearing, dependable today for Distinct Advantages to the Purchaser 61 a Ford Ca- r. car. Aek as for x BATTERY ELECTROLYTE. la. You will have to hurry if yoil want to get in on 11i take care of deferred payments ourselves, keeping tke handling charge down to S per cent on unpaid balance Interest money remain at home. We have the most modern and efficient repair equipment between Denver and tbo Iaclfle Const. - . , , , . . . these bargains. which can be expected to result In higher if--9 Wb bandit all our own Irade-I- n, pralnals, alnee the middleman" Is eliminated, oar new 200.000 bnlldlng, located at 24 Weat 5th Sooth We will shortly occupy the finest automobile- - structure In tbs state, . . THE ALMOST OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR NEW FORDS,-WURGE YOU TO PLACE. YOUR ORDER AT ONCE, IF YOU WANT IMMEDIATE LIVERY. PHONE FOR A REPRESENTATIVE TO CALL, OWING-T- KAMP enduring rs By the payment of 18.00 Mown yoa can brgin to owa a new ---For O One-ha- lf , of wholesale prices. ; . E DE- $100 Tents, $35.00 $50 Tents $20.00 Houseof Hopper 140 East SO. STATS Famous Fisner Garage OUT 3rd South W. W. K asks. How shall 1 go about - the recharging of my battery with acid and what kind cf acid shouljl be used? Answer: No recharging of a stor age battery with acid electrolyte Is usually required, unless1 it is a new liquid battery that is received with no stored in it or a battery that haa been with" all the liquid removed." If it has been kept filled with liquid, and there While you are cleaning up your property and beaotftytng year at ,, , has been jjo spillage, it is inadvisable Inga generally, why not install an tin posing Fisher Oarage at lower eoft. i Ki alto add acid, as there is enough you could make a garage yourself, and much mors attractive?- VAready there. New batterle that are Made Single or Twin All Standard Sixes.' Palatal Ac? C7 ',7 in shipped dry and" have never been service. Require to be filled with a hntx-tur- e J , Inquire Today for Particulars, t of pure sulphurlo acid and dla-- tinedwaterJthqrqughly..cooleJL. containing such a proportion Of acid that ia has a gravity of 1276 to 1100. Bat PorlableIIoiiseCons!rcCu:DG-- washed, dried and laid awav, require a filling with a similar acid electro-lyt- s. Unless you are somewhat familiar with hia line of work, we ad- - 1084 EAST 21ST SOUTH. , . CHEAPER - : r AND B5TTZ3 . - i . 4 7 lL k i c 'k' |