The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-11
NOW MAKING
ROAD ROLLERS
Huber Co. Adds New Device
to Traction Engine.
LARGE FIELD OPENED
sls soioLg1 31s 1a
Demand Heavy for Machine
and will Need More Men
Roller Attachment is Placed on En-
gines and Does Most Effective
work-The Prospects. '7
LARGE, FIELD OPENED

The Huber Manufacturing company
has added a new piece OF machinery
TO the list which II manufactures,
the market for which promises to be
very large, and the employment OF a
large number of additional work.
men Is promised. The new machine
Is an attachment for a traction en-
gine, which converts 1t very readily
into a road roller.
Just at this time there is in Ohio,
as well as many other states in the
Union, great agitation for better
roads, This agitation is so strong,
no doubt, largely from the demand
for better highways for automobiles,
Then, TOO, the residents of rural dis
triets have come TO a realization OF
the fact that no money is lost by
them in improving the roads for ev-
cry dollar OF expense put upon per-
mancnt Improvement OF the highways.
adds doubly to the value of abutting
real estate, This crusade. has led to
the legislature authorizing the county
commissioners of each county in
Ohio to purchase road roller for use
on the roads of that county. This
authority will no doubt be extended
TO include the trustees of each town
ship in the various counties, so that
eventually the counties will be we'll
supplied with road working machln-
ms flyo fnr
road rolling machinery makes a great
field for the company with its new
machine.
The road rolling feature Is not the
only one in connection with the Hub
or companys new machine which
must appeal to the purchaser. As
said before the machine can easily
be converted from a road roller into a
traction engine, by lacking up the
boiler, removing from the front OF the
machine and putting on the front
wheels of traction engine and bolt
ing cleats on the two rear wheels
which are made very wide and heavy.
Then should the purchaser have use
for a fraction engine, 1t will not be
necessary to make an extra purchase.
At all times. the engine OF the ma
chine would be available for power
purposes: In running stone crusher
or other machines.
1t possesses a number OF other ad-
vantages which cannot but appeal
to the eye of the engineer. AS an
instance, the steering apparatus OF
the machine Is placed on each side OF
the roller, so that the operator Is not
working in the dark one half OF the
time as In the case OF most others.
This is only an instance OF the num-
erous little things which greatly add
to the desiraIbility Of the new ma
chine. HH"#a ..uu
with this large field now open to
the company, 1t cannot but mean the
employment Of a large number Of men, men
more steadily than In the past, The
Huber shops since the panic began
have been running on short hours.
The company has done everything In
its power to give its employees as
much work as possible under the dis
Eouraging circumstances. The work
n the shops has heretofore depended
largely upon the wheat crop in var
ous sections of the country, but with
.this new machine upon the market
and making the success which It's
8iesigners and builders believe posi-
: BILE Of It, there Is no doubt but that
within a short time the shops of the
Huber company will soon be one oil
the busy places in the city.