The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-09
Put Up MILLIONS
FOR GOOD ROADS
STATES TO SPEND silO.sooyooo Ac.
CORDiNo TO REPORT FROM
WASHINGTON.
CALIFORNIA LEADS ALL
GOLDEN GATE STATE ANNOUNCES
sisoss,,t<Sy NEW york NEAT
" WITH sl2,S0o,SsS, coLO-
RADO slG,D0S,oOo.
CALIFORNIA LEADS ALL


RADO SIG,OoU,OOo.
Not all the expenditures OF the next
Twelve uiuLA..S lol AoUu rCaus lhiud6A-
out ths So.ntfy nave uesn ue.iua.~ ~
decided upoh. Dut tne amount ~ ga
poctcu to run d. u <l4v.svV.vvv. Aneoe
are the APPROXIMATE iAsoies. accoiu-
lns ~ the i.uatAu VI AoAu. VI tne
ONLartMent OF Asfieliiuae at wash
Jnetoti. " nat inc s.uueu mileage Will
be no one kiiows, as ln.s Expenditure
VIA Le not .n.y Tor Inc .eoise.raetivn
OF new highways, Dut 1or tae ubkesp
Aau unptos .uient VI eAlstu.s lo..s.
IN nia-tis eases where aaleiI.oSaie ifal-
nc " Aeaiy na.t.ils~iAaiice - as ssSsous
Id.tot, aifiltSt as >UAalfuesioH.
CAiIIuIIiIsIs II ~ iIheIy, VIII Uutslrfp
New Ao.A IN IAie ulit~uuk VI u.ouey
e1kenueu al 5000 ioaua kAiis ear. AAe
estaiiieic is ~AS,vvV,oVv lof AaiiAoriAi.a.
$A..Vv1.Vvu tor 4,ew ioik, sls.ytv,eov
Tor Soiofadv ana s<.oVt,oVV tot I0n-
nectieut. iii.c ny asAiss aae given
Tor the otnSf 44Sat roau- ou..Aahk
States, II 10 ptocuD.S that f'ea4.syi-
valalA and aaa- s~c.iusc.tS Viii ue S.vae
70 the Top Iii outaay tos afo ti.ss sAd.
=
giniiAiAk ala era vi toau lEipsos eiilent
InAl pron..s~s 10 pace ils h.eha4ss
on raf wi.n tnose VI New io.k and
Max ssaA u asetts.
FOR srseFai years past California has
been uoink uaeniiiSSnt wofk IA Lie
cAust Oh 5000 Iossus, UNI tIiat state
pcs-esses al tie prcsen. unie net-
Work Of pouiesarus that pi.aaoiy sx-
cetS the most elaborate I..,.4s VI amy
'otiier part of the un,ted states. AiLcn
vi the Mulk Is Ueins acme In the
vtcAlisy oil LOS AEseles, Tie pay
KIOuiiu oil the stat. 4.scA sear W
year draws larse nuni.sr Of I-<lsl-
egn mu.lonaiies, u ho ensnusiastieaiiy
promote the c.asu 10 tion anu Improve
nent ot highways
In the a5nuunl to be expended by
the state OF IuloIaao so Afise Viii
be exstIeAAeu Dy many j llA- action -
an oataa oatn VI lac nal.oiA- wiu~ asa
talon aar highway imp elnent tiaat
has Teen kaIiainh moine ntaM Tor son.A
ye1rs. lolcraGo IL prooa.iy the n.@-A
Scs nlcaily Leaulliui Of aA tne Stasss.
and II has unAiiy ueen reeos nixcu MAT
tAoas4.I4s ot sASilUrs can lie attracted
cIalpat.y ii tl.e state can once gam
Reputation Tor the Quaiity OF lis
highways.
Unofficial practice for the 500 mile
race mas already Deeun On The indian-
Rpo4is speedway. 1t ts sAid that
Howard Mitcux in q National car has
be<n reetinK On laps at an AVERAGE
speed oI a0oul ninety miles An hour
durinS the Geld weather Gna he be-
ilevea more speed can u coaxeu out
Of his car wien the weather becomes
warmer. The speedway promoters ex-
pect that The Forthcoming race ON
Decoration Lay will bring Out many
Epee0y cars and have made ruiinx
that every contestant who starts In
the race must mako \ fun lap OF the
two and q E4lIf mile brick track IN
two minutes or at the rate OF sew
enty-nve miles IN hour. Other drivers
who have been worAing out their cars
on the speedway have found that
this speed requirement In easy 20
meet.
To date there are ten entries for
The btg contest, as follows: Two Stutx,
two Case, two German Mercedes. lwo
National. one Fiat and q Lexington.
Drivers for all OF these cars have teen
named by the entrants. In the opin-
ion Of the entrants the average speed
OF the race will ne better than sew
eE.y seven or seventy -etyht miles an
hour. They are building their cars to
travel At this speed. The time for
the 500 mile race of last year, which
Was won by Ray Harro1n In Mar
mon, was s hours ~ minutes and ,
seconds, an average speed OF 1851
miles an hour. Because OF injuries
sus lAined In race ut Columbia. s. c..
Il Ii feared that Joe Jagersherger. who
with Louis Disbrow are named to
drive the Case entries. win not be
In shape for the meet.
At the motor truck show in Chicago
this week various persons connected
with the industry are discussing the
proposed commercial vehicle contest
10 run from Chicago to New York next
summer. There ID no doubt that such
conteif u feAstbae, even though It
might prove decidedly strenuous A.
4 matter OF fact In order to cover
that route under ordinary summer
condttcns the contestiug vehicles
would be under q much more severe
strain than would Be tho case Ia or
binary daily service. Climbing hills
repeatedly 10 what puts many trucks
70 the acid test and either wears out
the motor or strains the transmits
sion.
!, In ordinary city, or suburban services.
save ia. mountainous dlstricts. the
truck ID not called upon 10 climb steep
hills In ordinary work. For this very
reason there are doubtless many conn
mercial vehicles In use today doing
rood work that never would stand Z
Chicago-New York run.
However. u II In extreme tests that
,the vital weaknesses Of vehicle are
revealed and just - Tho pleasure or
w1a developed to ~ present rehnad