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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1920
Page
16
A historic nationwide push for highway development gathers momentum in 1920 with about one billion dollars allocated for road improvements. The plan pools funds from uncompleted 1919 work, state and local taxes, and federal aid, plus new bond issues to be voted on early spring. Strong entities include federal, state, and local governments, plus public bondholders.
Township and road district officials report a total road program expenditure four times higher than any prior year, reflecting a major increase in construction activity and funding in the region. The figure underscores a sustained push to upgrade infrastructure across townships and districts.
The seating capacity of 6,000,000 automobiles in use in the United States is not less than 30,000,000 persons. Rail road cars numbering 55,705 have a total seating capacity about 3,500,000. To replace automobile travel a similar distance would need 60,000 new passenger cars at 11,000 each costing 660,000,000 and 149,972 new locomotives at 35,000 each costing 524,000,000 plus duplicated tracks depots and staff impractical to compute.
A writer in American Motorist warns new car owners to treat fresh vehicles with care. Drive slowly for the first 500 miles to allow tightly fitted bearings pistons and parts to wear in. Ensure oil and grease checks on the motor transmission rear axle and grease cups. Have the radiator flushed and filled with clean water to remove solder sediments. Check storage battery charge and distilled water level as standing storage can ruin a weak battery.
The car owner who does his own work is sometimes puzzled in regard to removing the drive shaft pinion nut. The operation begins by taking out the cutter or locking wire. A special wrench is used, made from a quarter inch steel plate to fit the car. To remove the nut the gear is in reverse, priming cups opened and the engine turned over by hand. To fit the nut the gear is in low and the engine is cranked.
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker, America's ace of aces, will drive a car in the Glidden tour. It is planned to start September 15, 1920, at New York with San Francisco and Los Angeles as the destinations.
Henry Paulman of the Illinois State Automobile Association argues roads spur prosperity. He notes motorcar development depended on better highways and that road improvements boost wealth, production, and access to goods, calling good roads the lifeblood of modern civilization.
A New York mother keeps two young children in a back-yard tent for six weeks to treat chronic colds with outdoor sleep. Gustave 11 and Anna 2 live in woolen gear under blankets, while a doctor reportedly approves the regimen.
Battery terminals fit poorly on bus bars causing sulfate buildup and high resistance. A corroded terminal can cut charging rate by about a third. Lock screw bottoming in its socket prevents tightening, some shops add an extra washer under the screw. Boston notes men wear extremely large shoe sizes. Taft’s feet cited as among the largest, size 52. Ithaca dealer reports college students wearing size 13.
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