The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-26
TULSA COUNTY GETS
GOVERNMENT QUADS
Ten Nash QuRds Received During
Past week. To Get Fifteen
More Neat week.
STATE RECEIVES 1874 0UADS
state Departments OF Agriculture
Distribute Government Owned
Qunds To individuals.

/ Tulsa county has received 10 Nash
| Quad lrucka from the government
| during the past week and will re-
crlye 10 more tho coming week.
. This ts a part uf what Is perhaps
tho most comprehensive nationwide
move for good roads ever UNDER
taken In tul4 good roads program
| OF the government 20 600 motor
| trucks of various makes will he DIS
tributed throughout the union. or
/ thla number 1000 are Nash Quads.
The state OF oklahoma viii re-
| colVe 1874 Nash Quads ana ot this
| number ii2 have already been de-
[ livered, oklahoma will receive 476
motor trucks including the 1874 Nash
QuadH All 0f the trucks allotted
To Tulsa county are new trucks, al
though many OF the 20 600 b Ing dis
tributed by tho government, In tho
various states. have seen service In
tho various cantonmcuts.
Used by Road Commissioners.
Under the ACT of congress which
authorized tho dis,t .butlon, the
trucks are turned over hy the quar-
iomaster's department 20 the de-
partment OF agriculture. which de-
b
to the respective state highway com
missionora. and through the htior to
road commissioners to practically
every county In the Uni.Sd States.
Tho distribution of tho trucks ana
other road building material is
based upon the respective road
! building appropriation OF each state
! and In turn the appropriation Of
each county.
The trucks that have been de-
livCrrd to Tulsa county nave al
ready becn used during tho past
week In repairing ana rebuilding
the road TO Skiatook and also the
road TO Ownsso Upon the arriva.
Of tho remainder OF the trucks and
road-bulldlng material. the five state
highways radiatinE from Tulsa will
be repaired 10 such an extent that
II is estimated that tho cost OF haul
ing by truck Will be lowered from
30 cents per ton per mile to 10 cents
per ton per mile
Reason for Popularity.
The reason. that more Mash Quads
| are being used than any other make,
| IL because Of It's unusual hauling
/ ability under abnormal conditions
| This truck was used almost exclu-
Hively by tho government overseas 10
| carry ammunition to the front line
] trenches, where roads we're always
| IN The worst condition imagina bile.
| u was because OF this record that
most of the state highway commits
sioncrs requested Nash Ounds The
Nash Quad superiority Is due. IN
large measure, to its four wheel
traction and automatic locking diff
ferential.
Zach state iB To receive It's allot-
mcnt of trucks including Nash
Quads. I'm accordance with the fol-
lowing table compiled by the gov
ernmoni.
Alabama. l5a, Arizona. 2s2: Ar
kansas, 343 California. 622. Colo
rsdo, 35s Connecticut. 124: Della
ware, "a Florida, 23e. Georgia. 653:
ldnhG, 2bl. Illinois, s9s. Indiana.
$50; lown. sea- Kansas, 593, Ken
lucky 400, Louisiana, $50. Maine,
1875, Maryland. ISL. Massachusetts.
30a, Michigan, 5g6. Minnesota, 5s4:
Mississippi 30; Missouri. 6s7. Mon
tona, ana, Nebraska. 40. Nevada.
26b; New Hampshire. So New Jer-
scy. 2i5. New Mexico. sal, New
York, 1921, North Carolina. $40;
North Dakota. 3l9. ohio. 76l, Okla
homn, i76. oregon. 32S; penusyl-
ann. sag. Rhode Island ts. south
Carolina 900. South Dakota. asa.
Tennessee. 4G2. Texas. 1893: Utah.
2a3, Vermont 9s, Virginia, t06
Washington 2ag. West Virginia.
2lI. Wisconsin, 52I. wyoming. 252.
Forestry llsi Public Roads, SOC,
Total .U.5fO
In % number NJ states o. win he
necessary to cUu.. special legislB-
'..u covering maintenance ut the