| Show 55 r C SAVED PAVED ROADS ROAS SAVE ON l Dirt Roads Cost 2 2 1 Cents a Mile Over Overt Highways n DC D C March t 21 motorists motorist cash In n a nearly early dividend dh o ot of 10 20 per neat nt O o on onI I the Iho capital a Ill I'll III invested ln through federal fed fed- 4 ral eral aid nid ill In th the cd ed ao a ot of tho country accord to n a statement Issued tom tho the of ot lac fin American Au- Au Automobile association This Thil dl ld actually gets gels fat the Iho pocket o the pad represents the difference O n 1 th tb cot t co of ot motor vehicle operatIOn operatic ever n d and Improved rho l is I e Is based on ex exten- exten len len- sho alvo engIneerIng tests tet of motor operation costs cost made In dif dlf- t len of the country and for different t types pe of ot roads S A recent survey suncy made In Ken Ken- Kentucky Ken Kentucky tucky shows chons tha that there Is on the tho average a saving savinI savin of tao 1 and a halt half cent cents a mile mUe In the cost ot of otI oft o t I operation 0 oter o cr er Improved ed highways high ays Sometime ago aKO a II simi simi- similar Jar lar Investigation conducted In Iona 1011 a indicated the same samo saving I J It lias has been estimated man many times Imes thit the a car run rune nines miles a n year yeal yearA yu A saving of ot lo tuo and nd a 11 halt half cent cents J c C a mile mUe fot Cof for C 6 miles amounts to a scar car For seventeen enteen mil mul- mullion million lion hon automobiles Ihl hl thil would mean meon nica 1 a saving of 2500 a n lea leaon earon ear earon r on gasoline tires I pat pails la G upkeep rene renewals and nil all phases Ihns of oC opera- opera operation tion This Thle would be the he total sa saIng a Ing If IfOr c every Or cry nill mile o er 0 er which an nn automobile auto auto- automobile mobile traveled trailed was nas a Improved cd Jut hilt ot of course cours only 60 0 miles mile of highway a have Ilave been Leen ed b by fc fe e eral AI aid Id This GO CO miles mile rep r slightly more that than two to per ler l r coot t of ot tho total lh h highway ay t rait 11 amounts to approximately two t and nd l t halt million miles I 1 Two per cent ot of o 5 gives heo which can b ho i legitimately credited cd to federal aid The rhe tot total e expenditure e for federal aid was wa which i Ields 51 a ear or 10 per percent percent r cent in 11 saving saline 1 11 Ing to the tho user of Im- Im Improved improved proved highways a II LP AS A G S a The Tho study stud made h b bi tho the Iowa 10 a State Slate college the 10 Iowa highway commission and the tho bureau of pub pub- pubA A 1 lIc V i roads showed that the gasoline 04 w consumed on a n pa pared road was WIlS wa only one half the tho gasoline consumed on a 11 dirt road I per unit of liaise 11 attic tho the investigation de del eloped t the he gasoline solinG consumed per unit ot of traffic can bo be liken as a on nn Indi Ind x of tho the other code cost of motel motoi op It showed In tact fact that there I n a definite relation e the tho consumption per unit of traffic and other Iem ol or cht I In FIt F R It White chief engineer of tho the Iowa highway I commission estimated that through I ement of a rout roid rol surface the co li is I cut In t 1 two 10 0 the tho co cost coit ot of o tire tires Is cut In two the Iho I same sarno appl In to other Item Items In- In Including including depreciation and repairs For tho first limo line these thee stud studies I It possible to pi In terms term of nod and cents the th In cost coat to the tho motorist and the tho th public nubile In between improved ed unimproved roads According t to the tho Iowa low stud traffic equalling pc pet pel day over oter earth erth roads requites ai an annual expenditure from both holli Vate and public funds of oC per mile while willie a mount ot of over a concrete surface costs 20 per mile rolle P Y P Y rot Tile This mn m ns n that for a n light tic c irth told load earning vehicles Ii a p day there would Mould be saved 4 per mile per ler year scar car If the im I traffic went ent o e a n pa pared road sur- sur surface face fae Assuming the tho cost coat of ot pa ln pat po In ing inga a dirt load toad to o ho bo 26 25 per mile the Ine sating Oll Ing in lian co- co cost would 1 actually pay for tor the th capital capita outlay In from four Cour to sic cl It sears ars The Tho difference between bt een the cost of operation on a n el road and a paved road would pay vay for the tho dif dif- In the Iho cos cost of construction construe construction tion In three throe ears cars Commenting on 01 the tho studies Thomas Thoma P henry Henr president of the thi American Automobile said In In the past pat arent tor for lm- lm proved pro cd roal roa J have havo been Leen mainlY based en ea d the tho desirability of such sucha sucha a a 5 eln and the tho t- t cons com convenience and pleasure to be d de- de derived de rived front Com pa paved roads in any an t As ts s the of Rood good rolls rov the A A A stressed these other pha phases such uch a as the thc Importance ot of otI o eliminating Isolation from Crom country countr I life the tho importance of keeping the tho farm to m road nl sans open and the th general Improvement in ll Ii In conditions resulting from fron I good gooel roads road These Theo studies enable us to sell oen much further and to realize tho tent to Mch Rood good 00 road roads are In ii I themselves e nl aU ai economy They actually ac ae kid n a high dividend dl and an 1 pay for tor themselves in i t limited I term of errs elra where here Is IsI Ise 1 I e een en moderately ha i If I the Iho a rag irge motorist is I not net no conscious of how muth he pays par pa for Cor bad roads road It II is I only because the los lo's does doe not occur In ono one grard smashup Tho Thu loss 10 occurs In amonG millions of oC users user of ot motor vehicles It l iwa ny In little amounts ere and there there- therea a 11 little gas today toda 6 n little l the tiro weir lr tomorrow n a little strain on a n vehicle for tor a fe tea eft horns houta and anda an a burnt out bearing milking mating makin a SI gi- gigantic cl gantle gantic in cost of opera opera- operation tion The Th cost of ot good roads road Is In- In compared with will lie 11 di I- I II II I deed that they yield lold |
