Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-13
8 MOTOR CARS FOR EACH
RAILWAY CAR IN AMERICA
Statistics Show Wonderful Increase
In Auto Transportation in Every
State in Union.


AS you ride along In railroad
train and witness the train slowly.
but surely. pass seemingly small
automobile on, a. ncar-by highway
you experience thoughts OF tho puny
auto and the mighty railroad. Fur
ther reflection might bring TO mind
the tremendous scope OF the vast
network OF steel rails in the United
States.
But
Have you considered. at the same
moment, that for every mile OF rail-
way In the country there are ten
miles of highway: that for every
vehicles?
that the nation possesses motor
vehicle for every ifty-nine yards OF
railroad right. OF way. This infor-
nation lis advanced by the travel and
rich Rubber Company as part of an
exhaustive research. which points
out that tho possi bilities OF the mo-
tor vehicle are almost iimitless.
An idea of the development OF mo-
tor transportation during the past
ten years can be obtained. says the
dcveiopment In railroad transporta-
ton. ,.s
The railroad mileage OF tho United
equator more than ten times. or
would form seventy-six parallel lines
from New York to san Francisco. II
were evenly distributed along these
railroads there would be two for
every city block of space on each
one OF ne parallel lines or one for
every ntty-ninc yards Of track.
Transportation Unequal.
n comparison OF the railroad mile
age In the various States with the
number Of motor vehicles In use in
those states calls attention TO an un-
equal distribution of transportation
s,snee ;neI In Eh9as sland for In
track. while IN Nevada there is but
one mot2r vehicle for every 4s4
number OF motor vehicles. averages
one car for every twenty 1--WE yards.
ana across the continent, California
Win It's admittedly excellent road
system. has one car for every thirty
tive State OF the Middle West. has
one motor vehicle for every forty
rail lines.
Texas. whose railroad mileage is
20 per cent greater than that OF any
for every elghty-avc yards. az com
pared with one motor vehicle for
every lsH yards in Louisiana, it's
n,sa1shh9ring. state. Texas has 3D.
?aZ miles OF railroads, while Louis
!hna has bu; $780,.
a comparison OF railroad mileage
sSith highway mileage In the various
states brings out interesting facts
throughout the entire country the
highway mileage is approx mateiy
ten times greater than the railroad
mileage the bureaus figures show
Ing that there are 2.i7s,552 miles Of
Highways and .53.G2G miles OF rail
v ways TIA. Tnis ratio l. maintained by
one OF the smallest. having 3.67i
miles OF highways and 1896 miles OF
raiiToads. while Texas. the largest
s,n'e; has , i2s,9Go miles OF highways
ana io,3a2 miles OF railroads.
Illinois to From.
ne statistics show that when this
Tato Is no, maintained demand
proper balance is automatically cre-
ated. This is str!kingly de,nonstratt
ca by Illinois. which has only eigh,
way az miles OF railroad. This State
ranks second In railroad mileage and
seventh In highway mileage, but Is
,ha great strides for changing
bond Issue, the largest ever made by
any state UP 10 that time. and plan
ned others sufficient TO so build up
IT'S highway ays,cm as 10 permit it
10 fulhil its mission OF feeding the
rhilroadS and permitting n more eX-
tensive development OF It's farming
production naturally foncws the
railroads through necessity are call
cd upon to relatively Increase their
facilities. showing the degree TO
which each is dependent upon the
development and progress OF the
osheF. An acknowledgement OF
either is uncconomical. Exceptional
highway development leads to in
creased production. which cannot be
handled by the. railroads, while ex-
cept!onal ram road development
causes an economic loss. because the
Producing areas arc not furnishing