Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-06

Tho following comprehensive survey
of tho subject OF a uniform vehicle law
and the relationship existing between
tho motor truck and public highway
problems, and between the motor truck
and automotive legislation, by X A
Hauer, will appear in series OIL
weekly installments on the Sunday
Auto page of The Chieftain-
Mr.. Hauer'5 opinion of the truck
road law problem is comprehensive. IL
is peculiarly appropriate in view or the
present activity In Colorado to"aru
good roads legislation and extensive
highway programs
this report We felt that this inforrna-
ton should be in the hands of every one
Interested in highway transportation
the motor truck, and good roads.
"As many legislatures Will have pre-
eented TO them a large number OF pllls
affecting this subject, we have re-
written this report for their attenuoh
10 show on what firm econorhlo
foundation rests tho proposed Unllofiii
Vehicle Law. ,,,,
Motor vehicles hauled over a billion
tons of freight in 1890 paid in that year
over a quarter of a billion dollars IN
.a.e5 and three quarters OF a nilion
dollars either has been expended or
is available for road construction. ms
enormous growth OF highway thhspor.
a
for such traffic, brings us face 10 lace
with the problem OF building roads 10
handle this and future traff,c- ana en-
acting legislation that VIII controi inns
traffic in a manner satisfactory TO tnc
taxpayers. who happen in TINS case
TO be the men who build the roads
and the vehicles using them. tnc tarni-
or distributor and retailer. VINO move
their products over them, and the CIT
liens OF this country who profit oy ,nls
chraper and moro efficient method oi
transportation. -,s ~. &,
toInt committee OF twenty-onc men,
roprescrting the various interests con-
cornod with Highway Transport. rms
committee was composed OF reprcS"n
tatlycs OF tho American Association ol
state Highway Officials, representlns
,bo ,ncn who build and maintain the
roads: the National Automobie
chamber OF Commerce, representing
tho manufacturers of motor Venues
tho American Automobile association'
representing highway users ano tne
1Jiyhvays Industries association 'noN
thn FEDERAL Highway council, which
has brought together tho representa-
,iyc- Of the three transportation aGen-
clos water, rail and highway
Tho result OF many months work ls
tho Proposed Uniform Nchicic Law
ard tho committee believes thht TIC
So, ,,tc,estz OF tho country viii bc
served by the adoption of this law oy
c,cb state. Especially Is 1t important
that tho provisions rs to gross Wcisnt'
specd. height, width, tho rules OF INC
road. etc. with the penalties tor Nlola-
,Ion bo adopted 80 that when an upcr-
- =, =, vehicle becomes familiar with
AZ, tramc laws OF his own state. he
,.vu h, able to conform to the laws OF
other states, over whose roads no may
travel. .-......- go.
In spite oftho fact that tho motor We,
hicIc is only about twenty years olu
l., i,s salc and use. a largo number OF
ro,air,fnr- laws have necn placed on
~. statutr hooks And when driver
is ablo TO leave his home in Baltimore
in the morning and reach New YORK IN
tho evening. having driven over IN.
highways of nyo state, II is eNidcnt
,h,t state lines are not real boundaries,
Ard that unless tho various states en-
act uniform laws u viii become ncccs-
sary for Congress under its power 10
regulate Interstate commerce to enact
national law governing motor We
hiclcs. At.
II should be borno In mind that this
,ronoscd law is tho result Of over n
wears work, by these four committees
and represents tho best Thought on
this subject by tho mon who huild ana
maintain tho roads. the mon who man
utacture tho vehicles that run over the
roads and the men who use the roads?
rrbla coumittcc made every effort to
,roxyide for future developments and
.onrht TO anticipatc the needs OF high
w transport for at least ten years.
pcyclopucnt OF Highway Transport.
+. should not be necessary TO sketch
cvcn briefly the manifold advantages.
nav the absolute necessity. of good
roads and motor vehicles to present
civilization. Transportation has taken
it's place side by side with rail and
water transportation.
Tho development of railroads in the
United States was result of tho need
Of moro economic transportation. The
train with its rails and roadbod was
the result Until the last decade this
TRANSPORTATION was sufficient for our
needs, and not until then did men turn
their attention to smaller unit that
had the speed of tho railroad.
one hundred years ago II there had
been need OF highway transportation
by motor vehicles it would have been
developed. II had becn thought OF.
s.Ikod about, long before.
He nil know tho history of tho Ro-
,,an roads and their influence on EaI-
ropo and the Roman empire. Even in
TrAo- China there VS. q. road in good
.hapo built 500 years ago.
Hanging above my desk Is an old
.nrrayin. showing a motor vehicle de-
aigned and built by Walter Hancock,
of Stratford. England. and put in op-
Grafton on April GO 1888. by the London
and Paddlngton Steam Carriage com
pany.
nor the motor vehicle are now, but the
need of faster transportation of small
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