Evening journal., 1916-10-05
news Happenings
ABOUT NEW Castle
Farmers Discuss Road
Damages Caused by
Traction Engines
CLUB CARNIVAL
TO OPEN TONIGHT

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE. Del, Oct. New
Castle hundred farmers are discuss
ing the damage done to roads dur
ing the past few months by traction
engines Not long ago the highway
commissioner of Pennsylvania took
vigorous action against two owners
of such tractors and a little later the
California highway commission fined
A man SIS for iniuring a state road
i'm this way. On the other hand, trac-
tors and self-propelled threshers are
valuable aids to agriculture, and their
use is being encouraged by all auth
critics on farming. II is evident that
thew cannot be kept off the highways
without detriment to the class OF
pcople for whose benefit highways
are primarily built. accoi ding TO most
economists Consequently there are
Two things that must be done to meet
this situation. The first thing is to
see that the tractors are provided
with cleats or other suitable attach
mcnts for the wheels. so that when
they roll over improved roads there
are no ribs. bolt heads or other pro
iections to injure the surface. Such
attachments are now furnished with
most tractors, and Their use is eN'
plalned i'm the book of instruction
furnished with each machine.
Manufacturers Of tractors recently
assured the highway commissioner OF
PENNSYLVANIA that there is no reason
for tractor to damage an improved
road II the accessories to prevent IN
jury are used.
The second thing to be done Is to
pass and enforce law directing
highway authorities TO fine owners OF
traction engines which have injured
improved highways. A fine OF 80 is not
enough to prevent such destruction
of nublic property. according to Cali
fornia experience. and Si5 fines are
now being tried there. In New York
tho legal limits of the fine are $40
and 500 Such a check on careless
ness Is i'm harmony with the general
American method OF handling such
matters. but the English have a diff
forent plan II the owner of trac-
ton engine desires TO run over the
Highways of district. he must trst
huv a permit to do so, tlR cost OF
the permit depending on the charac'
ter of his machine and the extent
OF his proposed use of the districts
roads Both methods of meeting the
situation recognize that such vehicles
havc a legitimate right to the roads
and that anybody who makes any eX-
traordinary use of a road to It's in.
iurv should pay for the privilege. To
\. foIiow anv other course will require
fnNinp the people unnecessarily for
verv strong roads needed only by the
owners Of traction engines or VIII al
low the few engine owners to injure
roads through carelessness. without
any check on the destruction they
cause or compensation for II TO the
public treasury
Everything is hustle and hustle to-
day as the members of the Century
Club are erecting booths. decorators
are AT work, and everything will be
in readiness for the opening of the
carnival tonight. Donations OF fancy
and useful articles have been coming
I'M. and as for babies there are dozens
of them. Military boys and jockeys
mingle with nurses. housekeepers and
sailor boys. Mrs. Carln and her team
of assistants, will serve lunches and
soul-stirring music will cause the
dancers 10 have q royal good time
Governor Charles r. Miller. Col
oncl II. G. Cavenaugh and others are
in favor of erecting the 100000 state
Armory on the corner OF the Sauls-
bury farm. at Seventh and Delaware
streets. Should such a building be
erected the city will have to get busy
and have that square paved and the
bitches in the neighborhood filled in
and the surroundings otherwise inn
proved.
Mrs. Annie Mitchell, of Wilmington,
who has been visiting in Dover. Is
now the guest OF Mrs. Blackburn at
Baldton.
Bridgewater. the Jeweler.-Adv.
In the orchard on the farm ten
anted by Frank Megginson is an ap-
pletree in blossom. The tree bore its
crop Of apples early in the season and
the southern exposed section OF the
tree is in blossom again. while the
side that is shaded by another tree
has only an odd blossom here and
here.
Mrs. MAYORS team OF the Century
Club in charge Of the cake, pie and
bread table at the carnival will open
at o'clock on Saturday. The team
expects to have a great assortment
N good things made by the best
women bakers in the city.
The funeral OF Mabel Ivory. colored,
took place yesterday afternoon. with
interment in Union cemetery.
James Saunders, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Saunders formerly of this
city. died in Denver Col. where he
had been for some time.
Many Republicans from New Castle