Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-24
OWREMOVEDFROM
MAIN HIGHWAYS
Great Need Of Continuous Motor
Truck Movement Calls for
Preparedness.

With the approach of winter and its
attendant SHOWS. in many parts OF the
country. a great effort is being made by
the Highways Transport Committee of
thc Council az National Defense, 10 en-
Inst the corporation Of the highway au-
thoritles of the various states directly
affected in definite program OF snow
removal
During the coming winter our high
WAYS will he called upon to bear a severe
burden Of motor traffic heavier than
ever before In favorable weather this
will not be n difficult program TO carry
out, but in time of heavy snowfall all
motor transport must necessarily cease
unless adequate provision is made be
forehand for its immediate removal. In
the postwar period now Just beginning
motor trucks are 10 play a vital part i,
particularly N the movement Of food
~titfs. 81 that the Importance Of avoid
ing all delay calls for the elimination
of all the obstacles that can be antici-
pated of which the snow problem Is
one
Last winter when tho severe storms
piled up the snow ON our highways, IN
some places rs high rs ID feet all motor
truck men were compelled 10 shovel out
a track or attempt 10 20 over the drifts
IN winch latter case the trucks often hc-
came stalled and held up other traih3
Tor hours
The highways Transport Committee
has addressed the state Council various
d Defense Transport Committees, ASK
lnC them 10 gIvc immediate attention
to the following subjects
OF the powers of the State High
WAY Department or Commission for r.
-. q
specifically covered hy statutes, whether
maintenance funds can be used IN an
emergency?
What GO operation and work can
and Will hc undertaken by the counties
and States"
; What cooperation and work can
and will hc undertaken hv the munici-
palltIes and states
What preliminary measures can
bc undertaken which Will prevent the
drifting al snow such as location and
erection of snow fences Also. the change
of rail- board. picket and hedge fences
which check the currents of air during
q snowStorm, thus causing drifts 70 form,
and removal 81 brush or weeds parallel
ing the road. which invariably causes
drifts ~ form
} Intention by state Highways De
IATt ifltnt or = nUlilllSSl1Itt through IT.
Old organization and IN cooperation
with the state Highways Transport
Committee, III physical conditions along
be highways tending 20 cause drifts
Recommendations as 70 thc best proven
lIve methods - bc used
. The making of snow removal re-
port Of every snowstorm on such high
ways aS arc designed to be kept free
from ohSt ruction by snow 20 n 20 allow
com fmuous highways transportation
Letters have been sent 70 the Trans
port committees in Massachusetts.
Name \ crmont New Hampshire Rhode
-land. New York, New jersey, Penn
,,lN4nla. Delaware, Maryland Nlr-
uia Vest Virginia, Ohio. Indiana
kcn'uCkv, Michigan, Illinois Wiscon-
$751; Minnesota Iowa, Missouri. Kansas.
Nebraska South Dakota, North Dakota
Conrado Wyoming, Montana Idaho.
Washington, Oregon, California and Ncv-
~ -
The highways Transport Committee
tcahzcS that there vii 10 great uc,-i
.ar c,nt lnuous motor truck movement
this winter 10 assist IN the distribution
II foodstnfFS from farm % mill anil mil
- scaboard or farms 20 Scahoard, amt
onSeouentlv has asked the regional
state. district and county organizations
to leave NJ stone unturncd IN faCl-
tatlnC this work