The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-06-15


February 1, 1922.
a scale beyond their means, and pur
them deeply in debt, so that in some
sections where they enjoy the bene.
fits of far better roads they also fine
their annual tax bill a heavy burden
Yet we believe it is strictly true
that good roads are worth all they
cost. Railroads are built with pri-
vate capital. Once it was different
States and counties voted bonds as
a bonus to get railroads built, just
as they now vote bonds to get good
roads built. In each case they ex
pected to get the value of the money
the taxpayers put up back again in
cheaper transportation. The day of
railroad subsidies or bonus contrib
utors is pretty we'll past. Possibly
the day when good roads are to be
built at the genera Taxpayers ex-
pense are also drawing to a close. 1t
may be that the future good roads
will be built on the principal of dis
tributing the cost in accord with the
benefits received as is now done in
the city. That is to say by assess
ment on the property benefited for
at least a part of the cost in proper
ton to the benefit to such property,
and the balance contributed by the
general taxpayers of the county and
state and United States, as their sew
eral benefits may appear. If some
such division and distribution of ben
efits is not finally worked out, some
of the poorer sections of the country
will go without good roads, or go
bankrupt trying to get them.
When we speak of a good road
these days we mean a good automo-
bile road. Nearly everyone travels
in a power car these days and more
and more trucks are hauling crops
to market. The truck and automo-
bile is taking the place of the rail
road track for short distance trans
portation and in many sections dem
onstrating it's ability to compete with
the railroad as a freight and passen-
ger carrier. This is especially true
in states where good roads are the
rule. California is such a state, and
we read that the truck is competing
for freight in that state with the
railroads where the distance is not
too great. We also read in the IL
Illustrated World that a luxurious auto
bus built very much after the man
ner of a Pullman parlor a is going
to be put on soon between Oakland
and Los Angeles. The description will
interest automobile owners and many
others. 1t says:
"The bus was the Silver Fox
CALIFORNIA; latest contribution to
notorious designing and construction
The most remarkable feature about
he car is that is it probably the first
passenger carrying motor vehicle de-
as a complete and special unit
or the express purpose of passenger
Practically all the buses in
Use today are merely bodies placed
n truck chassis or standard tour
ng car chassis fitted with special
Elongated bodies.
The motor is specially and strong
Y constructed and is of sixty-four
horsepower. 1t was built and de-
igned for the super-bus by Col. E.
/. Hall, the co-designer of the now
amous Liberty motor. The motor
) equipped with governors so that
is possible to obtain a maximum
peed of only ifty-two miles an hour.
he motor and drive shaft are sus-
from fabric and rubber pads,
/ place of the usual metallic contact
etween the propelling mechanism
nd the body, thus forming an insu-
ltion against the vibration that is
ound to occur in a heavy vehicle.
Another unusual feature of the
ar is the extremely low center of
as the running boards are
ut sixteen inches and the floor of
lie car but nineteen inches from the
round. Additional safety and the
limitation of sidesway are provided
Y a wide sixty-eight-inch tread in
cad of the usual ffty-six, and by
extra large brakes.
"The interior of the passenger bus
more like a parlor car than an
ltomobile bus, as it is lux~uriously
Individual backs are pro
ded for the upholstered seats and
/ indirect lighting system reflects
lie light against a silver sheet cell
g. The bus has a capacity of 20
assengers. Another design that will
lrry twenty-nine passengers is be-
G built by the same company. This
is will be built along the lines of