Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1913-05-15


Los Angeles rubber manufacturing
company, has completed a tour OF
the Southwest and Is preparing to
report to a group OF bankers. cover
ing the expenditures made in good
road construction by the various
states. counties and cities OF the
territory west OF the Colorado and
Kansas line and south OF the Nor
thern Utah. Nevada and California
liBea. On this report will be based
In large measure the expenditures
In bonds and other forms OF COM
mercial paper with which the banks
interested will be prepared to back
automobile, auto truck. auto engine
aud tire projects now under consld-
Grafton.
The Hendrio report will show
that before the opening Of the Pan
ana exposition In San Francisco In
1915. more than $40. 900 will be
expended for good roads In Colora-
do. Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada.
California and Utah. and that, az a
result OF this great work the field
la motor vehicle financing viii be
practically unlimited for the next
ten years. Hendrie II himself head
of concern that IA building n
100000 automobile tire factory nj
Terrence, a suburb OF Los Angeles,
and within the past week has lot
contracts for the doubling OF the
output OF this plant NJ n result OF
his own Investigations.
According to the report which
ill be sent to New York during
the next ton days. California leads
the development In road work. with
the expenditure by the state OF
tis,OOO,OOO for two lines OF good
road from the Mexican TO the Orc
gon boundaries. Los Angeles coun-
" will lead the state with t3,6OO,-
600 already expended and with a
program OF n hundred miles OF good
road for n year for the next decade.
Other counties In California are not
far behind.
Colorado comes second with its
nowly created highway commission, |
which IL apending 1000. 900 this |
year In the beginning OF It's road
work. Tho Colorado commission
expects to get half million dol
lars from the counties In addition |
70 the state fund. and with this
money will put In three hundred !
and ninety-flyo miles OF road. TO
add TO tho forty-flye hundred miles |
OF fair road already In existcnce |
In Utah and Nevada the work OF |
connecting up with tho Colorado |
roads TO make central roadway
for automobiles from the Rockies TO
the coast IL being handled by the
legislatures. while In Arizona and
New Mexico the ocean to ocean
highway people and the Old Santa
re Trail association are working
with the California commission In
putting In the southern uyatom.
The total work planned IL csti-
mated TO be In excess OF forty mil
lion dollars. OF which fully three
fifthu will be spent In California.
With this road work as basis
Hondrie Il preparing his report 90
show that the West. which already
IL the second greatest automobile
market In the world will, because OF
climatic conditions and the opening
OF the Panama canal. within three
years become even greater auto
market than New York and New
England which hold the record at
the present time. with this show
Ing as basis Hondrie expects the
bankers Interested TO give financial
assistance 10 the eight factories
that within the past few weeks have
aignified their intention 20 follow
the lead set by the Hendrie com
pany and other companies by open
Inc Western factories.
The Hondrie company Is itself
completely financed and arrange
ments are now being made under
the dircction OF Chief Chemist
Thatcher. formerly OF the United
States Rubber company. TO open a
chain OF supply houses from the
Colorado and Kansas line TO the
coast The company already has
stores In Los Angeles. Denver and
Salt Lake City, operates one factory
In Denver. and Is building the first
100000 unit OF what will be ulti-
mately a 100000 factory at Tor
renee. A solid train load OF ma
chinery has already been shipped,
and II Is the doubling OF this ship
ment and the start of the second
unit OF the factory that has brought
Hendrie TO Los Angeles at the pres