The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-15
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recognized everywhere, and 1t is not
| impossible that in time Richmond
| will become famous as the home of
q great automobile industry.
Already this city is attracting great
attention in automobile circles. The
greatest auto track-racing meet ever
| held was held in Richmond last fall
Automobile men from the big cities
have declared that the greatest field
and the best races of the year were
held right here in Richmond. all due
to the energy of the local dealers and
the automobile club of which they
are members
Next winter the American Automo-
bile association will hold its annual
ever been held in a city outside of
New York or Chicago. All this is
due to the efforts of Richmond men
who have spared neither expense,
time nor money in performing their
part in building up not only the auto
mobile trade, but Richmond itself.
The automobile races made Rich.
| mond the talk of the automobile rae
| ing world last fall, and with a caba-
ret show added to the automobile
exhibition the first Richmond auto
show Is likely to be the sensation of
the season. No other auto show has
| had such an attraction as a cabaret
show. 1t has remained to put the
cab in cabaret, and the oh In show.
Boosting Richmond Firm.
The American Locomotive Works Is
sending out this interesting informa-
ton broadcast:
The delivering of meat in better
condition and at saving OF both time
and money are among the benefits de-
rived from the use of motor trucks by
packers.
Through the delivering of meats in
| better condition by motor truck, W.
s. Forbes. of w. s. Forbes & Co, of
Richmond. stated that since they in
stalled motor trucks in their service
ter shape than heretofore; incidently
we wish to state that by the use of
this truck our hogs arrive in much
better shape. They do not run the
| temperature up in the cooler as they
used to do when hauling by horses.
any wagon could haul. This results
| in a good saving in our coal bill,
which Is very hard to estimate
| w. s. Forbes & Co. use a IL ton
Alec truck. Among other packers who
are using motor trucks and saving
money. are Swift & Co., who are
/ operating Alec trucks in Chicago, Los
| Angeles. Winnipeg and Kansas City.
Armour & Co. have two Alcos in their
service. one in Chicago and one In
Omaha. And Morris & Co deliver by
eleven Alcos in New York. Chicago.
Oklahoma City and In Peekskill, New
York and Los Angeles
Maintaining Improved Roads.
/ The present year promises to be the
greatest in the history of the move
ment for the improvement of the pub
lie roads of the United States, accord
ing to the reports received from al
parts of the country by Secretary Viii
son. of the United States department
| OF agriculture. A joint committee OF
congress Is engaged in an investigation
of the feasibility Of federal aid in the
construction, Improvement and main
tenance OF public highways, and a
number Of the State legislatures now
/, in session are considering good road
| general impetus that the good road
movement has recently had IN all
/ parts of the country, the director oil
the Office of public roads says.
TOO much stress cannot be laid
/ upon the Importance of maintenance
/ in connection with the work of inn
: proving the roads The people In
nearly all the States are filled with
enthusiasm for road Improvement and
are spending enormous sums of money
/ in the construction Of superb roads
| and yet almost without exception they
are making little provision to care fol-
the roads after they are built. This Ii
true net only in the various counties
but under many of our State highway
departments.
| ITO maintain the roads In good
condition year after year requires q
considerable annual outlay. but this
outlay is infinitely less than the loss
which must fall upon the people even
tually IL they allow their roads to &C
to utter ruin. The thing for all ad-
vocates OF good roads to do is to urge
continuous. systematic maintenance
and the setting aside every year OF
an amount per mile estimated by the
engineer In charge to be sufficient for
the proper maintenance of the road
a course which must make for
economy and efficiency"