Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-10
Trucks-May
Be Assessed
on nTnieWidth
Regulation of Speed
of Heavy Vehicles
On Unpaved Roads
Also Planned

weight OASIS and motor trucks will
be licensed according to the width
of wheels, the sub-com mittee OF the
joint roads and highways commit
. tee has agreed.
The subcommittee also has fixed
the speed for motor trucks on
county roads and on highways of
macadam.
The few points on which agree
ments has been reached have not
been approved by the joint COM
mission, and it is impossible to fore
cast when they will be approved
The road committee is unwreidly
and is functioning poorly.
The subcommittee, consisting of
s e n { or Hall, Representative
Wright, Secretary of State Kozer,
w. N. Dennis of Carlton and NJ. O.
wilkins of Portland, have not com
pleted their task for there ar.
many details yet to be worked out.
Choosing Basis Dilemma.
While the ub-committee has
agreed on the weight basis agains,
the present horsepower basis, it has
not decided whether the basis
should be by classes or so much tor
each 100 pounds. The factor to
be used has not been selected. but
In any event, the factor Is an arbl-
trary matter. 1t may be 81 a hun
dred.
The license fee will be made lust
as low as possible and at the same
time raise enough revenue for thel
road program, Thus far no one
knows how much must be raised
on trucks the weight is limited
to 500 pounds an inch of tire width !
up to 16,500 weight of truck ana
load. Above that, the limit is 900
pounds an inch tire width, up to
$4,000 pounds, beyond which no
loads are permitted. except by spe-
cial permit
All Tires Are Measured.
The width OF tire means the
width of all four tires
The fees to be paid by motor
trucks. trailers and semi -trailcrs
when equipped with one or more
solid tires shall be based on the to-
tai tire width of such ehlcles. ac-
cording to the following schcdule:
Motor trucks--Less than ID inch
es and not over IA inches, S35;
over IA inches and not over nj.
inches, sac: over II inches and not
over 22 inches, $55; over 22 inches
and not over 26 inches, S65; over
rs inches and not over 80 inches,
$i05; over 80 inches and not over
S6 inches, $i26; over 80 inches and
not over 40 inches. $140.
Schedule Includes Trailcrs.
The fees to be paid by motor
trucks. trailers, semi-trailers and
pole trailers, when equipped with t
four pneumatic tires shall be based n
on the total tire width of such We q
hlcles to the following schedule: c
Less than 20 and not over 20 7
inches, $35; over 20 inches and no. 4
over "a inches, sac; over "a inches a
and not over 2S inches, $50; ovut [
rs inches and not over 32 inches, .
$50; over 32 inches and not over "a
40 inches, $40.
No account is being taken of de- b
preciation OF cars. A few days ago,
there was an impression that the
would favor some meth
od by which the same license would
not be paid for an old car as a new
car. This is an objection which '
have raised for the last a
-hree years The general commit p
Zee, however, appears disposed to V
disregard the question of deprccia-
don. 6
Truck Speeds Fixed. b
Speed OF motor trucks agreed on "a
Trucks not over $500 pounds, 25 ~
niles an hour on county roads. 20 =
niles on macadam; over $500 and "
Ip to $500, speed of 20 miles on y
ounty roads and l6 miles on ma
adam; between 9500 pounds and VI
1880. the speed is is miles on te
ounty roads and "a on macadam: 81
etween 12,5OO and 1880 pounds, e'
he speed is is miles on county IT.
Dads and l2 on macadam: up to II
2,00o pounds the speed is - miles el
n county roads and 10 miles ON r.
lacadam. =