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1ft WI 1924 ........, . That there is , no baste reason for PROGmS MAP 'SHOWS statement made by some that the GOOD ROADS, Dt.iOURS the t mObile indaistry is in the throes of au o . . f W R Angell for m any of the st aadard and trucks. In an interview recently, Mr. said that it was his opinion present unrest. wu ,purely . one, there bemg n? ~eat f a. slump, ·~ the belafef toh Co~tinentai for it except that thts l!f a e Hordes of men , tractors, t.eams, v 1ce prestdent o road-building machinery, engmeers Motors Corporation, builders of motors year. and inspectors are at work on the thou and miles of hard roads to be built in Illinois this year. A new and very complete progress map issued by the state highway department , as .of May 1, shows roads finished and .mdicates also, the stage of completion of every project in the state, as well as detours. According to figures just compiled by the highway department of the Chicago Motor club, the~e ar~ ~ow established 185 detours m Illmo~s that is, detours cove.ring ~tate butlding projects and not mcludmg deto~rs established for town or county bulld.ing work. The niJmber of deto~rs approximates the number of pro)e~ts of road building, contracts for pavmg of which have been awarded. In a. few instances detours have been establtshed to get around grading work, but as a rule detours cover only places where paving is in progress. The detour system as now establis hed by the state highway authorities is most complete. If there happens to be a detour, for instance, on state route No. 5, the detour is marked in both directions "Temporary Detour-No. 5" so that when a motorist leaves No. 5 and traverses the d.etour, hy following the signs he .,_v·l~ be hroi.tght hack to N<;>. 5,. th.us ellmma!ing any chance of hts mtssmg the mam highway. The state paving program for. ~924 means more than building an addttwnal 1 ()()() miles of roads, because the proj~cts are so laid out that h~ndreds of gaps will have been filled m , thus making available several thousand miles of hard roads that have been interspersed with unfinished spots and bad detours. tl .. uGELL IS OPTIMISTIC Railway Association Will Seek To Lusen Crossing Fatalities Statistics Show Frightfullncreu~ of Casualties .During Put Years · Safety Drtve To Be Nation· Th:..._ u ~3 ' · ' D wide ; Stresses Drtver 1 uty During the summer 1924, rene~ed efforts will be made by the Amerrcan mutilation, death and dtstress m such Railroad association to le sse tl th~ num- mishaps, and finally pays. her of Eleaths and injuries at ratlroadThe public may mean you I highway crossings throughol!t t~e Think it over. country. ln a circ ular outhntng tts -------program, the association issues the following statistics: In thirty years-(a) Our popu!ation I · . . IN ALL THE WORLD NO CAR LIKE THIS increa~ed accidents 68%; (b) fatal ratlroad crossing _increas~d 345%; (c) injuries in crossmg acctd~nts !ncreased 652%; (d) motor vehtcles mcreased frOm 0 to 15,092,177. In 192.1 there were produced in the United States, 4,014,000 automobiles. This represents an increase of 23'fo over the preceding year. Th ere .ts at the present time one automobtle for every seven of our population. Last year there were 2,268 persons killed and 6,314 injured at railroadhighway crossings. It is estimated, ha scd upon previous Intersa te Commerce Commission r eport s, that during the present year, ~.800 per sons ~ill Joe killed and ap proxtmately 8.000 111jured. Every day in the year 7.6 per50ns will be killed and 21.8 injured. 1 'his is equivalent to one person killed every thre e hours, day and night. and one pcr~on injured per hour. Eighty Jl Cr cent of all cros~iug- accident~ involve motor vehicles. Separa t ion, Ideal P lan The automobile at the railroad h ighway crossinl{ is a ~crious pr?blem and s hould command the attcntton of every thoughful citizen. Tke ideal solution of the railroadh ighway crossing proble!ll separation of th e g-rades. Tht s ts not attainable with 256,362 grade level crossings on Class I Railroads alone. In 1922. th e latest available figures, 705 grade level crossings were removed, but the net increase of crossings for ' the year was 3.855. practically all of \\ J,;rh were added without railroad solicitation. If no new crossings were addNI. it would he physically impossihle to remove the prc~cnt crossing~ in the life time of anyone now living, hecau>e of the ~erious interference with absolutely essential traffic movement , the constructional and labor problems in"oh·cd and the wholly prohibitive IMPROVE ROADS ROM CHICAGO F Memp J ETT SIX US WHY EVANSTON AS TRACY HOLMES MOTOR CO. Pboae 4903 ECONOMY WITH DISTINCTION h' Ca B R bed II n e eac on Fair Highways Heretofore it has been a problem to reach Memphis, Tenn., by.automobile. But con<litions are changmg. A report to the highway department of the Chicago Motor club from one of its road surveyors shows a vast amount of road construction going on not alone in Illinoi s. hut in Missouri and Arkansas . Illinois state route No. 17 is now closed from the Indiana s tate line to route No. 1, east of Grant Park, being under con struction. No. 17 is completely paved and open bet'Ycen Kankakee. Trucks are not permttted use the bridge over the Kankakee river on No. 17, but may use the road west of the river. This embargo will stand until the firs t part of July. AID IN CAROLINAS Route No. 44 is pa,·ed and open 'for The Federa l aid highway system. in traffic between Joliet and Kankakee. North Carolina and South Carolma Kankakee to Delre,. PaTed embraces 6,802 miles, according to .the Illinois route No. 25-Paved and Bureau of Public Roads of the Umte d open {rom Kankakee to within a 'States Department of Agriculture. quarter mile north of Delrey and from Delrey to Lodi there are two detours over oiled dirt roads. From Lodi to Champaign the road is paved, the half mile detour south from the Paxton city limits having just been eliminated. From Champaign to Effingham No. 25 is under construction except between Arcola and Mattoon; detours are dirt, well graded good when dry but bad after a rain. As is well known the National highway is paved, so there is a perfect road to Vandalia. Then route No. 2 ('OS I. Se\'l'ral years ago conservati,·e en- is followed south to reach Cairo, and gineers estimated the average cost this is paved except for a short deof cros~ing elimination, city and coun- tour out of Vandalia and another try, at $.'i0,000 per crossing. These s hort unpaved stretch north of Cairo. figures must be revised and it is now lmproYed Roada to Mempbia !Jrli(·ved the average cost will apAt Cairo the ri,·cr is crossed on a proximat e $75,000 per crossing. It is ferry to Birds Point and a gravel road easily Sl'CII that the st upendous sum leads through Sikeston and New of $19,000,000,000 may he involved; Madrid to Hayti, Mo. From Hayti to morc than the Inter sta te Commerce the Missouri-Arkansas state line there Commi,~ion's preliminary valuation of is a graded dirt road. From the Ar:~11 of our railroa rls . If the money kansas line to Osceola the road is cou1d be borrowed it would cost near- under con struction, a poor dirt detour ly a billion dollars a year for interest starting at Holland, Mo. New pavea lone. Mic... ment is open from Osceola to Wilson; The \alue of organized effort for from Wilson to south of Joiner consafety has been demonstrated upon struction work compels a fair to bad the railroads through the reduction of dirt road detour. South of Joiner into death s of employes on duty from 4,534 Memphis, Tenn ., there is a good in 1907 to 1,657 in 1922. This result gravel road and it is promised that hy ha s heen achieved notwithstanding a late fall one will be able to drive from vastly larger force of employes in ser- Chicago to Memphis on improved vice during the latter year. roads except for 20 miles leading to It is logical to ass ume that educa- the Missouri-Arkansas state line. tion of the traveling public to the exercise of a reasonable degree of · care when approaching and passing Array of American Cars over railroad crossings will have a to Be Shown at Paris Fair good effect in rerlucing such accidents. Auto Drlnra Duty Coincident with the Olympic games, Basically, railroad crossings should Paris will be the scene of a great be constructed as safe as possible for fair centering in and about the Eiffel highway travel and be uniformly de- Tower and running from July 4 to 14. s ignated. Due and timely warning The exhibits will be largely of Ameri~ should he given of the approach of can origin, including an open-air dis trains. The traveler upon the high - play of motor cars and bodies. way, particularly tl " driver of autoThe official name of the display is mobile, hould be charged wtth full the "Grande Fete France Americaine re · ponsihility for hi s conduct in ap- de Ia Tour Eiffel," Mr. George R. proaching and passing over railroad Hull, formerly with Korbel & Colwell, crossings. of New York , is hand ling the exploiEvery driver over a railroad-high- tation of the affair, and is being asway cross ing owes to himself, his sisted by Worth Colwell, who is now pas engcrs and to the employes and visiting in Paris. T hey have enlisted passengers on trains, a positive duty to the aid of many French and American cross crossings cautiously. artists . The exhibition promises to This simple procedure will, in itself, be one of the high lights of the Paris save many, possibly hundreds of lives. season. Today it is recognized that accidents at railroad crossings are not primarily railroad problems. 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