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KO\·ember 29, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE 4'1 NORTH SHORE ROAD BUILDING TO SPEED UNDER PLANS OF HOOVER Highway Officials Acting in Line With President's Public Improvement Program Impelled hy forces now getting behind public work of every character. and l' . . r<.·cially under the leadership of Prcsi(knt. lloovcr, pla~1 s. ar~ in the making I· ·r mcreascd acttvtty 111 ruad huilding :t, one of the most i ar-reaching and l ' ' ·mtructive agencies in national progfn preparation for thi s ohjt:ctin~ . and i .. r the consideration of otht:r matters \., ·ncerning high\\'ay improvement. mem l·t·r , (Jf the American Association oi ~tatt· Highway Official s han: ju~t held thei r regular annual lll('eting- at San .\lltPnin. Texas. Thi s body i!'> comJHJ~td t·xclusive·ly of high\\'ay official~ whC) rc pr.:~c:nt every state in the uni()n and \ ~ ho also cooperate closely " ·ith the fed~· ral gon:rnmcnt in the administration "f ·l'(kral aid. At this mc~tin~. legis lain· and linancial need s in high\\'ay \n1rk ·,r the immediate future \\'tre disctbsecl :t ~ d a resolution ,,·as pa s~cd n:comnli. ' JHI i n~ to congres. that the federal aiel appropriat ion he increased t·> Sl23.000.000. In carrying on their part ni thl' 11a~i"11·-. wnrk, highway oft1cials arc ~tres -ing the importance of completing the ' mai n federa l aid project as originalh· planned. This plan, it will he recalled. \ '. J'- to complete state and inter. tate r· ,lltt'" first in order tn save lllllt ()r n·hic k revenues from the drain of exccs-..i\·e repair costs where roads arc nut l,uilt sufficie;ltly strong in the lirst in,tancc to sustain frequent and heavy t rafl1c. :\s to the wisdom of proceeding- with incrcast:d activity on the original pro_ !:! ram. those in high way leadership as- MOTO·R NEWS ·} ted since last August have proved so success ful that indications point to complete motorization of the army within the next few years. The Camp Eustis ex periments with the Chevrolet caravan have shown that it is possible to move a regiment with all it s necessary supplies at an average speed of 15 miles an hour. Another advantage that has hcen discovered is that cross country trav el ha s been found practical anywhere that the ground is hard. A tractor, included in the eq uipment carries a )cad horse for emerge nc~· purposes. Army Experiments With Motor Travel; Chevrolets Used . ~vlotorization of infantry is being ctfected generally at thi s time in the armie s of the \\·orld and the United States army is at present conductin~ its first experiment a l o~1g this line at Camp Eustis, Lee Hall, Va. It is the 34th infantry that no longer has to hike with the slo\\' military tread, riding instead in a fleet of SG Chenolet passenger cars and trucks. Extensive manett\'Crs which ha,·e been conduc.;crt that thev arc in line with President H oon:r ·s engineering views on such matters.. 1 akiug the country as a whole. the li Sl' of puhlic highways is increasing at an amazing rate, likewise motor n hicle operating waste is increasing where high\\'ays ha\·e not yet been brought up til modern standards in construct ion. Thi~ situation may he taken as a lc~son that not only should there he no l~t-up in road bui ld ing, especially on routes that arc heavily tra,·eled. hut that public work nf this character sll\)uld he intl:nsi lied. It may be taktn also as a reminder that there should he no e\·asion of the obligation due to t1111turist s who han· acquiesced in gasolinl' tax. le,·ics in the \·a rinus states upon the assu ranee that the main traffic channd..; of the countn\\'O uld hr pressed to completion as nearl)· as possi ble and thus take care of het\\'een 75 and R5 percent of the country 's tratl1c hdnrc attempting to stretch the iedcral aid principle he~·ntHI it s present scope. \Vith the iniati,·e \\'hich Pre~ident Hoover is taking in all internal improvement matters, it is expected that highway building soon will be greatly increased and thereafter maintained at a speed that will insure not only sustained employment in that particular f1cl<l. hut great profit to the country. 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