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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-16

kinds of road machinery in use
to day on this project as can be
found on any road building pro-
gram throughout the world. A
few may be mentioned; tractors,
large and small; scarifiers, grad
ers, large 5-ton trucks, small ONE
ton trucks, airdrilling machines of
various types, draglines, oil dis
tributors, road rollers, pile d.riv-
ers, barges, floating dredges, der
ricks, air machines for boring and
driving drifts, tug boats and speed
boats. In addition about 200 men
are at work using these machines
and performing general lab or.
Considerable care and attention
is necessary on the part of the
people concerned with this work.
Multitudes of details such ais the
clearing of land, burning, first
scarifying, grading, rolling OF sub
grades, fills for subgrades, laying
of first and second course stone,
,oiling, alignment, pile driving,
steel erection, brifige building,
sheet piling, concrete work, lum-
Der checking and grading pile
tests, right of way problems en-
failing the fair consideration of
adjacent property owners with the
various sundry problems they have
to submit, estimate preparation,
accounting, War Department per-
mits, with all the attending red
tape and complications, designs
covering data obtained through
surveys, the Interpretation of
plans and arbitration with con-
tractors so that little difficulties
may be amicably settled, compen-
sation for changes, housing prob
lens, conditions of the elements,
and a score of other things that
could be relegated and recounted.
In the construction end, embody-
ing the natural hazards which
abound, including the several lives
which have been lost and the var
ious injuries, thought, should be
given that all these things help to
make a road.
The county had a financial prob
lem in its road building program
which was a repetition of the
usual programs. with the tre-
mendous amount of work to be
done the ultimate objective being
Miami, stretching out of finances
with reasonable consideration as
to quality had to be considered.
This meant that no one thing could
be stressed too severely in design,
except the safety of travel at rea-
sonable speeds. A truly graded,
wide road, with definite sweeping
curves and a perfect surface
could not be achieved and great
distance along the line of route at
the same time.
A road that would afford
means of travel was the main re-
quisite. As soon as the highway
is once completed and increases
in valuation become compatible
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because of man having to build
his own road or that portion which
lay adjacent to his farm before
the system of general county and
state highway construction began
ia force. However, such is err
roneous. Today there are vast
systems organized for The con-
struetion of roads and highways.
Ia fact, no one branch of engin-
eering, except railroads, outclasses
in magnitude this work.
Oversees Highway
The highways Of Monroe county
are Of as varied in types of con-
struction difficulties as can be met
with in any portion of the coun-
try. The road to the mainland,
with its varying topography and
long water gaps to be bridged, is
receiving attention that possibly
no single highway of such short
length has ever received.
Obstacles Encountered
IN 135 miles of construction the
following variations occur: roads
built through dense mangrove
swamps where the depth to rock
is fourteen feet, roads over rock
land where the stone is hard
enough to polish and construct
perfectly smooth road to grade
where long cuts even foot in
depth would have to be made
would be exceedingly expensive;
roads over sand ridges where the
contour of the ground and shore
line has to be followed for econ
omy's sake; roads over flat slabs
Of rock and mari pratties where
the fill is not high but because of
the natural consistency of the ma.
terial delay in securing setting
up of said material for roadbed
requires time; roads over water
openings where bridge is not
warranted bat difficulty is exper-
fenced in ma king the fill stand up
above water mark; and lastly,
roads over long and deep water
gaps where nothing but bridges
Of various types, including draws,
have TO be constructed and main
tanned.
With all of these things to be
considered on the face and the
fact that for four months of the
year the insects have to be rec
koned with plus the remoteness Of
the various locations from city
where parts can be repaired
quickly and expedftiously and
where service is replaced by mans
own ingenuity and stamina, calls
for considerable thought.
Machinery Employed
There are as many different
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-16

piece of work in design and con-
struction. The road bed is four
feet above mean low water and
| is "a feet wide at the top, the
material in same assuming its
natural slope. There is a ditch
at each side of the road, the ditch
having been dug by means of a
dragline on mats, pulling from
the far side of the right-of-way to
the suh-base which consisted of
natural timber mattress. The
road is fairly straight and pleas
ing in appearance.
Of all the projects that Monroe
County had in its own road build
ing program this was probably
one of the most difficult and in
accessible. The location of the
road is nine miles from Key Largo
station and nearly all of the
material used in bridge work and
the supplies for the equipment and
men had to be hauled by truck
from Key Largo station to Lake
Surprise and then up Barnes
Sound to the various creeks. The
rock pit for the surfacing of the
road bed was located four miles
from the fartherest point of haul
and right in the heart of dense
hammock. The entire road runs
through a dense mangrove swamp.
In clearing the right-of-way the
negro gang worked during the
thiekest of the mosquito season
and actually cut trees below the
water mark. Today there is
smooth, level, oiled road through
ia jungle of trees where but few
short months ago nothing but an
animal could have found his way.
In some places the natural material
would not bear the weight of
man and yet today cars and an oil
truck weighing IL tons loaded
can use the road with ease.
Project No. 4
The next project in line is No.
A. This rune the entire length of
Key Largo for distance of APP
proximately 28,1s miles and con-
meets with Project No. 1. 1t is on
this project that the greatest
amount of efficiency has been OBJ
served. Jenner Bros. Construction
Company has this contract and has
employed the use of fleet of s.
ton trucks, three draglines, four
lotion tractors and other neces-
sary equipment. The draglines
were first employed to clear the
right-of-way of the road for a
width of 66 feet, then the tractors
pulling especially constructed
drags or scarifiers came along
tearing up roots and rocks and
more or less ploughing rows in
every direction along the pro-
posed road bed. Then huge grad
ers were put to work scraping the
rock into one large row in the
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with a finished road, it will not be
such an undertaking then to con-
struct such road and bridges.
1t is possible to build anything
when there is enough money TO
do it with. Examples are abound.
ing in this state alone as to beau
tiful roads constructed by the
state road department. But, in
many instances these perfect spec
linens have been constructed on
roads that have been ".taken over.
The pioneering roads have shown
the soundness of the development
programs. They have been built
under extreme difficulties and
form the foundation on which good
products can later be built.
IT'S Easy to Criticize
1t is easy to criticize any piece
of road or any other thing from
ones car as he glides along, es-
pecially when bump in the road
occurs and mars the peaceful
equilibrium. But little thought
should also be given to the econ
omics of the proposition and to the
fact that all pioneering is more
or less an unfinished project. To
sit down and plan the expenditure
of The "small amount" of 3d.
100000 without a single hitch or
error either in the original designs
or in the construction and per-
Torrance or execution of such de-
signs is truly superhuman prob
lem. Then too, when such an
amount has to cover stated dis
lance over which there are no
well established precedents to base
ones estimates, a lessening up of
destructive criticism is always in
order.
When one realizes that "dollar
for dollar" this county has re-
ceived more true value than the
average county with a far simpler
scheme of road building, a great
deal of credit is due Board so
efficient in its judicious manage
ment.
Project No. 1
Project No. / has just been COM
pleted by the Tidewater Con-
struction Company and accepted
by the board of county commits
sioners. This project is the con-
Meeting link between the island
of Key Largo and the proposed
connection with the mainland of
Florida. There is one bridge o.
800 feet in length over the june
ton of the waters of Barnes and
Cards sounds, one steel center
swing drawbridge, six minor
bridges over q succession of in
tervening creeks where the aver
age depth of water is IL feet, 4
miles of road through dense
mangrove swamp; the total cost
of the project being Sal, 600.
The road, although built along the
economical width Of sixteen feet
throughout is really a creditable
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AUTO HIGHWAY
OVER THE SEA

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-21
ANNUAL MEM|R|AL
TO PERFECT GIRL
Death of Constance Whitney
Is COMMUNICATED.

BIZ United Press
LONDON, Sept. 21.-The 3OSth an
niversary of the passing of the per-
feet girl has been observed here
with the wreathing of the tomb Of
Constance Whitney.
She died before the days Of the
shingle, of jazz, of petting parties
and of transparent clothing. but that
she was good even aside from her adj
vantages in those respects is shown
by her epitaph in the ancient church
yard Of st. Giles Church. Cripple
gate, in the heart of the city of Lon
don:
I'm memory of Constance Whitney,
aged II years. wse excelled in noble
qualities becoming in a virgin. OF
a sweet proportion of parts, she yet
had all sweetness of manner answer
able. a delightful sharpness of wit,
an offenseless modesty Of converse
ton, and a singular respect Of piety
toward her parents.
Her tomb lies near that Of Milton,
the poet, and over both of them short
skirted. powdered chattering office
girls MUNICH their luncheon sand
wiches every day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-21
City Champs Set
For Trip

An exhibition game between two
champion teams Of the Indianapolis
Amateur Baseball Association, the
indianapolis Light and Heat Com
pany, champions 6 Glass AA, and
the Illinois Central players. cham
pions of Glass A, will be played al
Riverside Park diamond ND. /
Wednesday at 2:30.
This will. be the last game of the
season these teams will play in In.
dianapolis, as both win leave Satur.
day afternoon for Philadelphia, to
compel e in the national amateur
championship toutfneys next week.
The teams wilLleaYe at O'Clock
Saturday afternoon. Each squad will
be composed of fifteen men. A. e.
Carr, president of the city associa'
ton. and John A. MacCrea, treasur-
er, and a number of supporters of
each club, will make the trip.
The Indianapolis Light and Heat
team will have four competitors in
the Industrial championship battle
for the national Glass AA pennant-
Detroit. Springfield, Ohio, Cleveland
and Scranton, Pa.
The Illinois Central outfit will be
in a contest of sixteen teams from
cities all over the country, for the
Glass A national championship.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-21
WIFE STILL BOSS
ON FAMZL Y TOURS
Hubbys Hundred Excuses of No Avail, the Trip Goes On
IA. A. Men Declare From Experience.

east from Kansas fell into dispute
at Washington as to where they
would go next" the A. A. A, state
ment continued. 1T was time to
get back to school, but they wanted
to see Florida They appealed to
the touring bureau clerk of the dis
trict division to decide for them, and
he temporized
Then they rolled dice on the floor,
Florida won. The boys will be an
extra year finishing college.
zone Of the favorite night tele-
phone calls on the service depart
ment of the average bureau is this.
"'Ive run out of gas. How-soon
can you send some out here?'
"'Where are your
There is a gasp at the other end
of the wire. The gasless motorist is
debating. Finally he says;
\" 'Why-er-I don't know.
There is the record Of one woman,
going from Cleveland, Ohio to Hag-
erstown, Md, who asked how far the
journey to the Maryland city was.
When teld, she asked naively:
How far is it back?'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-21
Other Livestock

/, q CHICAGO. Sept Receipts.
10 H., 600 all classes steady choice year
SIT 90; inbetSee ersSe fed steers nf ia i5,
eral, supply. uneven. 20 a soc under last
weeks high; Ioy grade tsockers eased of
yealers. SI3 .50614.50 to the packers. and
$d5 to outsiders. ,Sheep-Receipts. 2s,-
cations steady; in-between and lower
grades weak TO lower mixed natives.
S13.25: no westerns sold: sheep steady
late top natives. $l4.1O: feeder lambs,
sneysnx d%er sop sis55 Sa % si
1915; heavyweights. sS11 20 a 10 40; me
d @sIgbs. Si2i55 gl sSi ght
SLAUGHTER ls fS , sseN $io i f9S5 a iAs0
,. GINcEN IA gs,G Sept: 2 1s Re-
fs2t oReE so to $50 mf Ss nos
& Egg e. F. y - igS
ala. Cattle-Reccipts 500; calves. re,
s snd keers sae y so%s seeTs
95o low ecu cutters a and cutter eows So 20 q
S6c lowsTt top TAI ls@bs 81 SD. 80; bulk fat
9e 5o bulk Shs lat ewes we 0 $SsSe ia0S S0@
eeipts, : 14,5oo,;- market mostly 20 5599SS
to $50 lbs 81 IS 5s "a Il. So o i6o TO 200
lbs. oS1275 1885,; 1907 to, 100 lbs,
1928: 80 to 40, lbs. Sag
Receipts. 1000; market for lightweiRht
steers steady; talking lower, others; beef
heifefs. S7.5O6 9.75: beef COWS. STD g
5.75; low. cutters and cutter cows. SO ;40M
$50; .vealers. $14.75:, heavy calves, So 80
7.25 Sheep-Receipts. 1900. market 25c
lower: top fat lambs. S12@ IA; bulk fat
lambs, $13 a 133 30: bulk Gull lambs. $3.50;
bulk fat ewes S4U6
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Continued from Page ~
those days are gone. Dempsey is
no longer that kind of hitter.
Punches that used to stop his foe
men now merely stagger them.
Tunney doesn't thrive on punish
ment. Carpenter made him back
up and Gibbons, after dropping
seven straight rounds, hit him with
left hook in the eighth round that
sent him into frantic reverse. If he
begins to back up against Dempsey
he will be lost, because Dempsey,
faded as he is, can still chase a re-
treating opponent.
Tunney expects to beat Dempsey
with right hook to the head. The
world knows Dempsey is easy to
hit with right hand. Tunney has
good right hook. think his
chances would be better il he had a
right uppercut. at least If he used
Ii Oftener.
Every sparring partner in Demp.
sey's camp has cracked him on the
button with right uppercuts. Tommy
Loughran, the Philadelphia light
heavyweight, has brought the blood
to the champions mouth with this
punch and on other occasions has
spun him around. It's the one punch
that is sure-flre against the wide
open Dempsey and it's the one
punch Tunney uses least.
Dempsey tells me he will stop
Tunney before the sixth round.
trainers he was. going to try for a
knockout'' the first round and that
this trainer is betting on just such
conclusion. having placed $500 at
Is to 1, the prevailing odds on one
round finish.
Tunney is strong enough and
clever enough to stay the limit if
that's all he is interested in doing.
Even Dempsey, when he was really
great, could not knock out a man
who was in there to "stay" as the
saying goes Tommy Gibbons went
in to stay" with Dempsey and the
champion failed to drop him once in
llflScu TOuiluS.
said earlier that anything can
happen i'm this fight and I think
that is so. Nobody can say definite
ly just what effect that three-year
layoff has had on Dempsey 1t
certainly hasn't made him greater
fighter. and there is a good possi-
bility that it may have made him
a very ordinary fighter.
>Outwardly Dempsey looks all
right I said that last May after
looking him over at Hendersonville,
N. c. I think he looks even better
physically now. as he naturally would
with eight weeks hard work under
his sash. To some extent Dempsey
has offset the rust and wear Of his
long period of idleness. Whether he
has offset it enough to go out and
win from a better than average
fighter who has it on him in condi-
ton. stamina, and possibly, ambition.
is the big question. ~
rather think he has.
copyright. 1926, NEA Service, InzR
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-21

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 21.s-
Mere man is in the majority OF
cases accorded the privilege of driv-
ing the car while en- tour, but when
1t comes to deciding where the tour
will be. how long it shall extend.
where to stop and where to eat, the
women Of the Nation exercise all
but supreme Jurisdiction.
This, according to a statement Is
sued from the national headquarters
of the American Automobile Associa-
ton today, is one Of the most inter-
esting sidelights developed by the
daily contact of S41 touring bureaus
of A. A. A. clubs with the motor
caravanserie of the Nation.
Attaches behind touring counters
are admitted into the inner family
circles and stand by while issues of
the tour are being decided. Expert
ence has taught them that they will
save time by giving the routing orig
jnally requested by the. woman.
1.-THE man or. men of the party
may for half a dozen reasons want
to get back home, but the women
usually decide when and how" the
A. A. A. statement observes.
1--we got to get home Mr.. Hus-
band declares bluntly.
But, we haven't seen near all of
it yet. dear his better half protests,
calmly but firmly.
I'm sorry, but we can't so much
farther, friend husband rejoins, a
trifie irritated. The tires are going
fast. Besides, can see the baby's
getting sick. He can't stand this
sort of thing. And my business~Xhl
go to rack and ruin. You'll get all
worn out, yourself, and I'm running
low on money. 1t just can't be done,
that's ALL n
1.-The wife, who perhaps knows
better, ignores all these reasons.
Perhaps she took pains not to hear
them. In any event, she comes back
with the emphatic:
well, Wen go ahead anyhow. !
want to see the scenery. There's
lots of it around
Some amusing incidents revealing
the very human characteristics of
The S6,000.000 who spend part of the
summer on wheels, are recorded:
-Four college, boys, who toured
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-21
.ENGL|SH4AMENT
I. MOVING PROCESS
Say Antiquities Are Being
n Taken to u. S.
Blu United Press

Blu United Press
LONDON, Sept. 21.-American
collectors are at least letting Great
Brita.n's houses stay on< their
foundations, reports the Society for
Protection of Ancient Buildings,
after survey. England's other
works of art, her paintings and
statues, may be leaving the coun.
try TO satisfy wealthy Americans,
but Englands buildings remain, the
Society. finds. =
Only a, few houses have been ex.
ported to America, though the
traffic in, gates, panels, mantelpieces
and roofs is becoming well estab
Ashed. Warwick Priory and Age,
croft Hall, however, have left Eng.
land entirely and travelled to new
sites In the United States and the
fine fifteenth-century arched gate
way of Parham Old Hall, Suffolk,
has also been trahsplanted.
THE risk of many buildings be-
ing removed to America is not yet
great" the Society's report con
cludes. but it adds that the demand
for ancient houses has sent up the
price of them already. The society
suggests that rigid enforcement
OF the Ancient Monuments Acts OF
1913, would end this pernicious
practice.
The report attacks the Britishers
themselves for the much more
serious menace of the growing
custom of Englishmen TO move
ancient buildings from one site to
Another"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-21
ALI GRAIN PRICES
SHARPLY HIGHER
Wheat Is Up 2 IL to 2 So
Cents on Favorable Factors.

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO. Sept. 21.-The unex-
pected str myth of wheat on the Chi
cago board of trade carried all grains
to a close well above that of Mon
day.
The major grain closed 21s to 29s &C.
higher. The market displayed a
strong tone throughout the session.
The chief factors underlying the
bulge were the strong cables from
Liverpool, higher Winnipeg prices,
SHOWS that are delaying the
Canadian movement and short cover
ing. There was heavy selling on the
bulges.
Export sales were placed at half
million bushels of domestic grain.
Cash values were to 1z cents
higher.
Corn was under more or less
pressure >~all day not having the
strength to resist selling. Much old
grain came in from the country.
and crop and weather news were
bearish, yet the futures closed Il
to " cent higher. due to the in.
fiuence of wheat. Cash prices were
X to ! cent off. ~
Commission Mouse sales of oats
were absorbed fairly well, and that
cereal close e to IL cent higher.
while the cashN article was 4 cent
up.
Provisions closed lower, because
of the liquidation in Hard and the
decline in hog values
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-21
|. a. c. GOLF TOURNEY
Annual Event to. BE Held at Broad.
moor Course, Oct. 2.

Golfers of the indianapolis Ath-
letic> Club will meet in the sixth an
nual championship, play at the
Broadmoor course, Saturday, Oct. 2.
Play will lie for thirty-six holes
The first eighteen holes will be for
qualifiers into the presidents fight.
for the best golfers. the secretarys
flight and the directors flight. There
will be sixteen players in each flight
Prizes will be awarded to the win
ners and runners,Yp in each section
Play viii begin at - a. m. -
There will be other competitions,
including a father-and-son event, a
weight flight and an age flight
Members may shoot in foursomes IL
they desire. Entrants win be paired
by the committee if their entry is
received early. Late entries will be
received at the tee.
The entry fee will be 81. which in
cludes banquet on Monday, Oct. 4.