Web of Steel Chapter XIX Continues With Dam Crisis
On a rain swept mesa the fight to save a dam rages while three men below rush a bag of dynamite toward a perilous outlet. Helen Mingworth watches, fearing a tragedy as the outsiders trek through treacherous terrain toward an unknown, possibly explosive, goal.
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Waters
Rodney
Winters
Tlingworth
Winchester
Sherton
Miss Clingworth
Orm
Ben
Angie
Helen Mlingworth
Helen Slingworth
Helen Mingworth
Helen Hlingworth
Helen
Liogback
Meade
Murphy
Futuro
Fanaro
Mende
International
Atlas
Picket Wire
Funaro
Kicking Horse Ravine
Punaro
Helen Milngworth
Wineters
Dam Rescue Shifts From Despair to Victory
Meade leads a daring breakout from a doomed dam crisis as dynamite and courage converge. Amid rain and peril, he places charges, braves death, and with Murphy Funaro and two workers blows a hogback gap to avert catastrophe. The dam and town endure as waters recede and the team claims a hard-won triumph.
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Vandeventer
Trees Along Ohio Township Roads Plan To Cool, Beautify
A Farm and Fireside report outlines a plan in Alma Township to plant trees along township roads to make travel more pleasant in summer heat. The project aims to keep soil moist, reduce dust, shelter travelers, curb hillside erosion, beautify nearby properties, and raise land values. The organizers acknowledge the long-term effort and emphasize public service.
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Ohio Township
Alma
Ohio
Hillside bricks and bituminous roads aid hillsides
A report notes hillside bricks with grooved tops to grip horseshoes and car tires on grades. Massachusetts researchers favor this paving. roadbeds use 2 to 3 inch broken stone compacted to three inches, then hot asphalt spread at 2.75 to 3 gallons per square yard, filling joints but leaving raised aggregates for traction in poor weather.
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Cough
Massachusetts State Highway Commission
Engineering News
Value of Improved Roads
The value of good roads grows daily in the United States. Wise men note that top-line railroad spurs cannot be built for less than $75,000 a mile, with costs borne by the goods moved. Good roads cost less and are equally efficient, raising farm land values by easing crop transport to market.
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United States
California Leads In Highway Development Says Auto Club
The Automobile Club of Southern California with 10 203 members claims to be the largest of its kind in the world and asserts California tops all states in road improvement and highway development.
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The
Automobile Club of
Southern California
California
Rural attitude shifts as farmers profit from motorists
The use of the automobile by farmers has changed rural outlook toward motoring. Tens of thousands of men now profit by catering to passing motorists, reflecting a shift in local economic and social behavior.
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Big Murphy
Allis
Tony Funaro
Mike Murphy
Mie
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