Arizona republican., 1920-12-15
SAVING IN
 TIRES AND GAS BY
 PAVED HIGHWAYS
California Autoists Know How Cheaply And Quick ly They Can Travel Over Their Fine State Roads
By C. H. Spauldina

one of the great economies effected oy a system of paved roads, Is always the saving on automobile wear and tear. on gasoline, tires and general up- keep Of the automobile. This eonsid- erauon will weigh heavily with the taxpayers of Maricopa county when they go tothe polls on December 31, to vote on the highway bond issue for the completion of the county's highway system.
 california is at present the best ex- ample of paved roads in the West. In mat state miles upon miles of paved hghways have been constructed from the Oregon border in the north, to the Mexican boundary in the south. and rom the Sierras in the east to the Golden Gate of San Francisco and the Bay of San Diego.
 As result California has become the greatest automobile state in the union. There are more automobiles throughout Inc year on the highways of California than m any other part of the world.
 For transportation by automobile is cheaper, in the long run, in California over California's payer highways. where the life of an automobile is longer, where tires last longer, where you use less gasoline. and where you have less breakdowns
 Figures That Tell !, Here are some official figures, re- ,rrSently published in southern Cali = - sornia:
 California this year will consume about 300000,000 gallons of gasoline according to -he estimates Without the paved roads. this total would be increased at least by half So in reality tho good highways are giving Cali fornia motorists cheaper fuel than ir the days when gasoline was cheaper but the paving was less. With gasoline at 30 cents. the amount saved in fue alone is s45.OOO.00O
 The California state highway com mission recently compiled some illumi- hating figures from tests made over paved highways in comparison to dir roads. It was found that it required 92 to 21S pounds pull per ton to move load over dirt roads, the variance in the power being due to the road con. ditions. But on the best of the dir roads 92 pounds pull per ton was reg. istered
 Compare this to moving the same load over a paved highway with 27.t pounds pull to the ton. In other word. 1t required more than four times tn, amount of pull to move a load over dirt road.
 Big Saving Made
 Some further tests were made witt two-ton truck. 1t was found tha the fuel consumption on dirt roads wa. 5.7s miles to the gallon. On a paveC highway this same truck averaged HTS miles per gallon, a saving of si1 miles to the gallon.
 What would be true of the truck also may be applied to every other motor vehicle, so it may be seen how many thousands of dollars the motor ists are saving every day because ol the highways. Fuel cost never will bt a bugaboo in this state.
 There are now in use in this stat, 1,500 miles of highway paved by tn, state. The southern California coun ties have far over 1000 miles of paving All of these mileages are interestin, for the part they are playing in cutting down the fuel bills.
 The travel on the California high ways today IS absolutely amazing Travel is increasing at such rate tha even the most enthusiastic road build CTS of seven years ago. could not hay foreseen the conditions of today
 The highways offer a parallel to tn railroads. The first steam roads wer of flimsy steel and light construction But as the transportation demands be came heavier, -he railroads were force 10 lay down new rails to take care c larger locomotives and heavier lear