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HIGHWAY LAW

PLAN NATIONAL SUPERVISION OF

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Building

20.000,000 tires to be manufactured this

jear prohaably exceed $'j00.000,000. i The amount of capital invested la Ihej manufacture of compete pas-engcr cars! or trucks now exceeds $1,3'.0,0IO.OOO. ' More than 40 per cent of cars in oper-; ation today are owned and used by ! farmers. i

J The rassenser cars and commercial j ! vehicles in use In the cities and in t lie j ' country districts have displaced S0.00rt.-J ; 000 horses a saving In grain and time.

which Is Incalculable. i

Comfort

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A fall line of Automobile Brushes

; War Department is Asked ' to Co-Operate in Stand- j ; ardizing Road Legislation ; Fear that lll-ccn.-iderM motor true':; ; legislation by the different states will. interfere with the. development of . economical highway transportation and; of motor truck express service in int- r- j : tate commerce has 1--H the New York j tit Comniissionr cT "TTfjT!iwn s, Fred- 1 , crick. S. Urcr-ne, to wri'. to JV'''lie 1 ', '. fherrill of the V. S. War Departim nt. j Calling attention to the necessity .f ; ! having- the states of the union ena I j ' nniforrr traffic t.rtetatton. I ' The eoti:r.issioner points out that; i Xew York f tate is preparinK for the m - J tor express era and is buildinir cncr t? j I roads as part of its proprsm in promot-j ir.fr motor truck !it:e . The stale dsvi-: ; sion C'f foods and markets is much ! terested in the developmnt of sucli ; i truck operation as pn important fai-ti'r, I in promoting 5riciltural production! and redueinjr prices of farm products in the cities, "It will he the duty of lh' ' next legislature." says Mr. 1reene. "tc. '

j enact laws that wi.l promote transpor-j ar.h state trunk line highways to the ! tation development." J extent of not le. than 2 per cent nor j In his letter to the War Department) more .than & per cent of the total rr.ileaae ! the commissioner-says: ; " i of the st ite and to Join them up with j' "r have nrith-eri that a frreat tinny j the main truiik lines of other states so i states nr now beginning: to enact motor as to make a complete national system I truck legislation, end. as usual, the laws' of highways connecting the entire court- ! are not uniform. , This, of course, is to- j try together. ; inic to hamper not only the manufacture. Kach state will benefit, therefore. o

rf mntor trucks, hut wt 1 tend toward, the, extent or navjnjr us nnanciai our-

SAYS THE BAD CURVES MUST GO

E. Farr. director of the central bureau

BT R. W. arX.ATTtrHX.IN. A nation-wide t.Kht for favorable action on Illinois Senate biil No. 1305,

which provides for a de finite national, hichway policy, is planned by the Fed- i j-irestons Boreau Director TTrffeg Care eral Highway Council or WashinRton, D. j ju slactln.y locttlona lor O They have already secured the in-1 Bard Koada. dorsement and co-obet ation of more

than one thousand organizations; ihroiiahout the l"mtod States, such as J

ch.mib' i-s of commerce, boards of trade, j Krsm, jn discusinj: the subje. t of setrade crganiaations (national and stale).! jtion cf locations for hard-surfare rotary and Kiwanls clubs, etc. road?, ur?e much care in piannins the The main purpose of th bill, which ; routes, "as introduced by Senator Town.-.cnd. j -jf the railroad ownets learned '-that chn rman of the aerate committee on ; xhti demands of traffic r.iade it more pstoifices and post road.5, on June 2, j profitable to spend millions elim'natin? t?l!. Is to establish a national highway sraics an(i curves than to suffer the loss policy to create a fedeTal -highway com- (hese represented In delayed freight and tni.-.--ion which shall ' locate, const rui:t rollins ttock." he said, ''surely motor and maintain entirely at the expense of truck owners and those plannlny roads the United States a national blph way j iPsrn tne same thlnp.

svstcm arid to encourapre ffTlcieu ar.aj "it .n cheapest In the long run o economical highway transportation. ! take bad curves and graae out of tbe j To Build Trunk Lines. 'highway before the first hard-surface i i The biil proposed Is etnirely a new ; rt down, or to change the location of) pie.-e of legislation. In no way tn'erf r- j ti1? roadbed where necessary, even if; ring with the co-operative plan now ex- considerable expense is involved j isting among the states with the federal! 'Bad curves Bnd grades means lessen-j

government. under this new national , ,d traffic rapacity for the road. Ueshinhviay bill It Is planned to build in: scned tlaffic capacity means higher

wtll tend toward.

onfusion generally In motor truck trat-j

1 believe the law should limit im-'

tor trucks in three directions width, j heisht and maximum load per Inch ofj bearing surface of tire, in my opinion,' no truck should be allowed on cur htgli-i ways which isnvre than eipht feet in i width and thirteen feet in height."

U1S.G-E3 MAXnOJM LOAD.

den lifted in the construction and parmanent maintenance of its heaviest traffic lines, leavingr jt. f ree to dev elop connecting lines trl'hln its own borders. I'r.dcr the "present federal aid law the federal government has no power to select the roads in any one state that will bo improved. The Initiative is wi'h the state highway departments, and in

He elso advocates a maximum gro"S, many instances is really with the coun-

weight of vehicle and load riot exceed-1 tics themselves who have put ing $00 pounds per inch of tire, ay the! state's portion of the money.

strength of concrete pave-i xfo Unity ex Action..

up the

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P.. "'") pounds per squar

ments a vera res

inch. That givfs a fact.fr r-r safety of nearly- four, which is enough to take care of stresses due to impact of heavy moving vehn-les. He does not anticipate any trouble with regard to lengtn

l of trains composed of tractors and trail

ers., as he. believes., tii.aj, grades of more

i than per cent limit them at present i to one or two retailers hauled by a sinsie

tractor.'-"- ' The recommendations as to weight per inch of tire and overall width made by, the New York s8t com mission, r tire

' the same as thos in f.-rce in Miissai huset-s and several other states. They i hsC- Tyee'n -agr'-! upon by the nior,r truck industry as reasunabie and suft'i-

cier.t lor..pro'.eclj,on f t . properly constructed hi;hwavs. and are rrnbodierl -n a uniform traffic bill that has ben prepare 1 for introduction in the various state legislatures next vvir.tei.

hauling rates. And higher hauling rateg mean higher costs to the ultimate con sumer. "Those communities that are about tput approximately $36,000 a mile Into hard roads should profit by the exponence of the railroads. It should be recalled that many a railroad right-of-way selected In the early days of railroad construction was later remade at heavy expense to eliminate even so much as a 1 rer cent grade. Builders of hard surfaced highways should make location secretions at the beginning that will stand the test of those economies which time will unfold."

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Hammond. Lankford Vulcanizing Co. Liberty Garage

Vorth Side Garage Dakley Garage ". K. Garage Point Garage ?outh Shore Auto Co. ;-. S. Taxi Co. Sliger, A. J. Victory Garage tV&lz, A. J.

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ndre, Nick ialvin & Pons Garage Marbor Auto Pales & Supply Co-

'-f arbor Garage & Machine Co. ftable. B. N".

Indiana Harbor indiajia Garage

Marks Garage

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Miller, Mat

lackson Highway Garage

Whiting Tumadas Repair Shop

Hessville Swlnt, J. J. Highlands. Grimmer Garage .Griffith Russell, J. O

Schererville Lincoln Highway Garage St. John Miller, .John Munster McKee, Bert

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We are -specialists in overhauling a'l makes of cars, and If we can cure your machine our charges are Just for the work we do.

we say so;

While our reputation is the best for efficient motor repairing we do not charge you for eur reputation we are satisfied to charge only a fair price for what we do. If you want that engine of-yours to breathe rythmical, and do you real service, see us at once.

The personnel cf the state highway departments is constantly changing, and in a n ore cr less degree the stnte highway systems are charged with the changing of the state hitrhvvay officials. It Is. therefore, cut of the question, according to the sponsors of the new bill, to expect any connected system of roads betv. een the forty-eight units over which there is no supervisory power to britiit them into accord or to direct them hi improving these road? that would form a national s.-tem. 1'nitied procedure would be assured under the Tow i:end biil by vesting he federal highway commission with initiatorv powers in order to insure economi

cal location and development of the na- j tion system. It w ill be in no w!:e depndent upon the other factors outside i of itself. In the location of the propose. t national system of highways it vvilll tKe counsel with the ta'es afierj which it w ill proceed with the construetion of the system alcns; lines that will j render the greatest good to the greatest, number. j The bill has further mad it the du'y j of the commission to make a rc-com- ! mendation to Congress as to the future)

operations of the federal aji law after 1 021. Haadquarters In V7ahlng-ton. Through its representatives all over the I'nited States, the federal highway council propose.! to carry its fiiht

I through the automobile owners, fe.rmI ers. etc. direct to I'orgress. An cxerui ... . -

Li', tiv- committee, beaded by ft. M. Wil-7-J liains. l,itiiH. O.. composed of business

nun m- every pr;ne:pr.i ci'.v, will carry cn a cumpa;gn of education. At this is the first announcement in

5' Chicago of the plana of the federal highjg . way council, no comment has been Q heard of what lines would be followed 2 loenllj.""' c ,

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aii 1 I Fasenrer cars or trucks are manuJ3 ; factuied in-thirty-tw different s'a'.es. 3! Tiie total number of cars registered In

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Tire guaranteed are all right for comparisons, but they don't make miles in a tire After all, it's mileage -and nothing but mileage that you pay for in any tire. And nothing but exm-quality and quantity of materials, and extra-quality of workmanship will put exra-mileage into a tire. On its record of average mileage delivered last year as shown by the following table the HOOD

EXTRA PLY (figured on a cost-per-mile basis)

stands as the lowest price tire on the roads to-day.

TctI aire . 3? x 3Vr inc'n ? - x 4 : at S 32 x ach. size 5 x '"'3 inch at e 35 x 5 iacb. i-:f5

H.fXSO mi!Mi 9,000 to II.OOOwn-M 6.000 to 10,000 miies 7,000 to 9.0013 miles 7.000 to 9,OfOrm!e 7,000 to 9,0-X) rrUies

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all the states during 1913 will probably t,c rP.se to S.5('ii.0H'. If every j'.assenRer ear now in use in the United -States trv.-elod only 3.000 miles a year, a low averape. and carried tiree jas-!--on.frers each mile coyered, the total passenger mileage would' be approximately 4 5,000.000.00". The manufacturers of car. trucks

! and parts now employ more than 1.000,-

Q j imiii men ana woim-u. ims noes ji.ji nS J elude accessory manufacturers or the emn emploed in garages, repair shjps f 1 and new or used ear establishments. Si There are 550 manufacturers of finish- ' ed cars and trucks and about seven tJ i thousand" concerns manufacturing seme

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Com in and let am dmmonmtmtm is th only tire yoa can jXffOJtD to ttry You can ofen save the cost of a new t, you have us fit it at the first frign of wear. That is ial economy and many motor -stop here regularly to have us inspect their t; and repair Hars or bruises before they ruin ' casing. ' Our charge are very reasonable.

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CALUMET TIRE AND REPAIR SHOP THOS. H. JORDAN, Prop 116 Sibley Street Phone 2337 Hammond, Ind.