The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1919-05-21
HIGHWAY ENGINEERING is
FIELD FOR YOUNG men
Highway Transportation Subject of
Increasing Interest and Promises
Much In the Future

able to deal as comprehensively with
the problem of highways develop
ment and highways transport as to-
day. For now, as a result of wars
challenge and the demands upon all
producers for their utmost endeayor,
We know where people are in great
est need of additional transportation
facilities. And from experience
gained before and during this war.
we have seen the manner in which
highways transportation can be
harnessed most effectively to the ser
vice of our people.
Take the great problem of rural
highways transportation" cites Mr..
w. o. Rutherford, Vice President of
the b. F. Goodrich Rubber Co..
and consider concrete and definite
need that presented itself in the
State of Utah during the war In
the vicinity of Loa, Wayne County,
back rs miles from the railroad, sew
cidi Sai loduo VI LAT hoSo NfIS dNdll-
able for market. but there was no
means of shipping them to the near
est rail point. The solution was
found by improving the highway to
carry motor transport, the hogs
were moved rapidly to rail shipping
point and an additional food supply
thereby made available. And the So
luton of this problem had the effect
of moving the whole back country.
vast area in itself. up closer .ta the
railroads and the markets of the
world. While the exodus of the
hogs symbolized the creation OF new
wealth in Wayne County, the trans
port service was able to return from
the shipping point to Loa with the
wares of our great Industries. thus
providing a larger market; Hence
Highways Transport linked up the
farms with the desired markets. 1t
also spelled opportunity TO the great
body of loyal workers in America in
that 1t provided for a larger field TO
be supplied by the indispensable pro-
ducts of their hands.
What took place in Utah has
happened in nearly every corner of
our land. Our colleges and universi-
ties and other forces of education in
several of our most progressive
states are already setting up courses
of instruction which will equip men
to occupy important posts on the
frontiers of this development. And
of lasting consequence, they will
commence to lay the foundation for
the progressive science of transpor-
tation and communication.
w. T. Powell, manager of the B.
f. Goodrich Rubber Company, at
San Francisco, who is well acquaint-
ed with conditions in this section of
the country, adds an important sug-
gestion:
THE benefits to our section of the
country following upon the improve
ment of highways and the effective
and economical utilization of them
by express and passenger cars, places
us on the Threshold of a new era of
prosperity. And ! am convinced that
this and other States Legislatures.
as well as our State and County
Highway Departments and Commits
sions, were never in so fortunate
position with regard to having the
support of large portion of the in
telligent and thoughtful taxpayers
of our State.'
"A great deal of information has
now been made available through
the Highways Transport Committee,
of the Council of National Defense,
pertaining to the most effective utili-
zation on highways. No man today
need vote or deliberate in ignorance
of basic facts. Our own great state
colleges should, and undoubtedly
will do their part in collecting and
disseminating facts which will Gre
ate an inexhaustible supply of de-
pendable data"
Thus the people of this state are
we'll justified in depending upon
members of our State Legislatures
and others holding positions of trust,
to seek the true sources of informa-
tion when in doubt and to know what
they're talking about in connection
with this great development. And
for these reasons the Townsend bill,
which aims to create National
Highway system and Federal
Highway Commission, to direct this
great development should receive
the close and insistent attention of
all the people. Thus will be enacted
into law one of the most powerful
and constructive measures that this
generation will have the opportuni-