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: 9 Jul.v 19. 1929 WILMETTE LIFE 45 ] v Study of Highways Australia Now Planning Sho'ws Necessity to Build Own Motor Cars In add'r essing the Chamber of Manuof Road Building facturers in Svdney Australia Prime A timely public.ation involving an extensi\·e study on the subject, "Highway Construc ti on, Administration and Finance." is announced by the Highway Education Board. It deals with the planning of a national highway system, with the various types of road suitable for differing traffic conditions, and with methods of financing such highway building. The studies are by E. W. James, chief of the division of design, Cnited States Bureau of Public roads. '·Poor roads," says Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of the United States Bureau of Public roads, in an introduction. "cost more than do adequately s('n·iceahlc roads. Road built with honest administration and skilled technique have an earning capacity far beyond their co ·t. So the serviceable public. highway has every right to be listed as an asset and not as an expense. It has alreadv been well demonstrated that the hig}n,·ay can earn its upkt'cp, plus a Ycry high profit on the investment. · "Road tolls colkctcd in the form of motor Yehicle license fees and gas taxes in the l'nitecl States amount to a n·ry large percentage of the annual higlm·a)" bill, without cxcessi ve cost to the incliYidual user. The very fact of relatin·ly low taxes has encouraged the enormous use of the roads by so large a number of the public. This accounts for the high income from the road in actual financial returns. It prove · the ,·alue of good highways." · l\rcognizing that the financial problem inYolved in the high\\'ay program is in all countries "the fundamental and ditllcult one to solve," Mr. James points ant that, in order to keep expenditures to a minimum, three things must be attempted: Highest Grade :i ) .,. :Minister Stanlev Bruce made ~ statement regarding - the automobile manufacturing situation in Australia which is of ~reat interest to the indu:-~tn· in the Gnited State . lie said: · · "At pre sent \\'C cannot build engines and chas~i=-: 'but we can supp ly a tremendous number oi things usetl in the construction of motor cars. It \\'ill be simple for tL to make an examination and ultimately prnent any car coming here which contain~ parts pn)dttc('ahle in Au ·tralia. "fn a inr \'tars manuiacturcrs w~ll r('ach the poitit \\'here the,· \\'ill be able to produce ,,·hnlc cars." · UPHOLSTERING Cabinet Work Drapery and U pbolstery F abrica ANTIQUES We specialize in Antique Furniture Repairing and Refinishing Hair Mattresses and Springs Macte to Order H. G. LINDW ALL 1/igbest Grade (!pholstering 808 Oak Street Established 1895 Ph. Winnetka 145 An Entrance to a Deere Park Home · · ~. To . elect the right roads to be imP-roved. 2. To determine the correct types to build at any time. 3. To build progrcssiye!y, but !'O that all work done may be salvaged in future wo. k. The best method, he asserts, is "deliberately to plan a national high\Yay s\·stem." . Emphasis is laid in the . Highway Education Board's report on the importance of the progrcssi\'e method of road building \vhich, it is asserted, is "the only way possible to give sen·ice within any reasonable period to a state or nation which yet has most of its pioneer roads to impro\'e." As to financing it is declared that "roads should be built onlv to the extent and of such types as wiil pay for themselves." Winton, Early Auto Maker Still Busy on Engine Work LiYing in Cle,·cland today i~ :\lcxandcr P. \\'inton . known as one of the grand old men of the automobile \\orld. Xo J1<.'rson would cn.·r call :\fr. \\'inton an old man, hO\\' l'\'l.'J". although he ,,·a:-; the first to take an order lor an autonwhile. make it and sell it. Th(' automobile was his hnbl)\· fnr man~· years. and gr('at credit s.lwu:cl be gi,·cn him for hi~ great dc,·dnpmcnt work in thi s field. :\ number of years ago h e became intcrcst('cl in Diesel engines and set up a separate plant and laboratory to dcYelop and make them. It was on h· a s hort time before his Dicsd engi;tcs. ·fnr marine work. heca111e kno\\'11 ,til nn·r the Cnited ~tat··"· all(l nn\\' his company is entering t1 airplane ll1.:ld . .-\!though in hi~ I; 't· ~ixtics. ~rr. \\' in tlm is an inddatigahlc ,,·orkcr and is at his plant many hours cyery day, going ahead with further development work on Diesels. l'his home of Spanish Architecture situated on the iake . with a beautifully kept lawn and a well-landscaped bluff is fur sale. For information inquire of BAIRD & WARNER