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ka@lM Nssdse's Sits
% BY Terry Adler

ent on D.. Bray fer ne actual
running 81 the department. and
as iong - Bray stayed and keua
quirt he knew be waS safe frem
Hubbard but this thing wnh
jimmy wss serious. 80 he decided
10 have q frank talk with Hub
bard. which ~ cd. And Dr..
Hubbard refused posnt blank. lie
told Or. BRAY that II Bray left -
would make sure that Bray would
never sea another iob in a uni-
vegslfy. And that VS. that
This happcned Just hefore TIRE
sunday night when 1 surprised
nr. Bray IN Huhhard's oillca lie
thought Hubbard might BE- keep
inc TIE clippings somewhere IN
TIE aies and be was trying - gss
them.
Her verbs brought RARE
thoughts back with . jerk. IRE
one thing he had learned was
that bray himself had an excel
leni motive s0r numbering HUB
bard But then. Who had muir
dercd nrayF OR Vas II murder
after am1 Prom what Ellen had
told him ~ had gotten some IN
sight into kray's character. Tie
might well have murdered Hue
bard himself and then committed
suicide Especially. argued Ran %
himself. II Bray had thought the
hospital was investigating Hub
bard's death And Bray would
have arranged the suicide 30 look
like murder That way n would
seem unlikely that Bray himself
had murdered Hubbard. and
Braya family could benefit from
MS insurance. Yes. the more he
thought about Il the more plausi-
Ole this theory seemed.
Incidentally" ne asked, go
you know which insurance COM
pany nray did business within"
She shook her head.
lie ffoWned "Eone7 Are yea
sure"
Absolutely none. I'm sure of
that. You see. they we're always
afraid someone would Investigate
his previous life"
And there. thought Ran. goes
my nice theory Knocked straight
eat the window.
Come on. he said. We've got
10 set back 10 your oillce.'
re BE eaailnaedl
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~Hc must have been q pretty
good xfaduate xfta2Nnt. bccause
when he got his a0Ntors degree
&c was nlfered a 700 IA insiraefor
here. tie Tradualiy worked hlm-
self up until hnaliy. az you al
ready know Eve wears ago re-
was appointcd head of the de-
partrlemt. Things were really
rosy lnF the hraye then And jim
my. their second boy. was SIX
years Old and growing up 10 be a
husky kid
And then. out of TIE clear skv.
the new associate professor. Hub
bard, droppcd his bombshclL~
.~DRoFEsSOR Hubbard SIZE
4 continued. "carae into Brav's
ngIlce Just about Two weeks after
he cot here and tod Bray fiaflx
that ne. Hubbard, wanted 90 -
head at the department We had
With him clippings 81 the Tcnncs-
STE newspapers 81 twenty years
ago. with pictures ~ DIR Bray
and the whole story 90 nrays
conviction and prison sentence.
lie threatened g. give the story
% the newspapers here and re-.
hash the whole affair II Rray
didn't resign and recommend hlnl
for the rob
~Do you think this university
would keep him II the story came
outT Do yea think any university
would take hifng No. they would
mott And Bray realized that. b..
sides. he VAS thinking Of the "a
feet Il would have on has wife
and especially on Jimmy You
see. Jimmy didn't know anything
~ the old story. And 50 DR.. Bray
did the best thing and kept quiet
and resigned And Dr. Hubbard
became chairman Of the depart.
ment" She stopped speaking and
stared al the sugar bowl
~But that was FIVE years ago
What happened a week AGO sun.
day niRhtf"
She reused herself.
-Oh, yes. Well. Jimmy has de.
vcloped a bad cough tins winter
and his doctor told DE-. Bray he
ought 90 take him % a mlideg
climate. Bray had an offer from
Arizona State which would have
been an ideal place for them.
"Dr. Hubbard was very depend.
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And says TO the silent wife,
Dear You'll never get 20 marry
another fool" Then he walks
over 10 the silent. huddled driver
of the second car and says. pal.
1 know YOU dida't want 20 join
our organization. But I am only
taking MEMBERSHIPS. and this other
guy nominated you..And now you
belong. !"
or death puts his arm around
a teen-age high school driver and
says. Faster, kid. faster. Boy,
you're q real hot rod. Sure you
can see clear In the moonlight.
See how close you can come 10
that bridge" A moment later
the boys ribs are In his lungs.
bleed druwns bis whimperss and
death tags him aud says. "You
know, | almost thought you'd make
H.. Well even counting the fun-
eral costs. saved your folks most
Of the Sc 900 they'd put away for
your college education...'
So death vii move at q cease.
less pace THIS Saturday. sunday,
and Monday. playing q deadly
game Of tar across AL America
with the holiday risk.takers and
their victims. And the foolish,
And the unwary. Wherever Id
pauses an ambulance viii halt
pick up a still burden and race
with Il 10 > hospital where II VII
set the epitaph-D. o. A.-"deae
on arrival"
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cAapser II

AfH@A "a
EIf.rNS eyes wifenea a. she
IL continued her story What
DR.. Bray told me that ni1ht Vas
: story of one q the lllthlest los.
down tricks ever perpetfaicd by
. hugnan being Il al goes back
60 what happened a long time
ago. about twenty years ara.
when DE. Bray Mas . high srhoal
chemistry teacher in Memphis
His real name. he fold me. was
David Brooks We had BEEN mar
RED fur = few wears and they had
\ son. about . year cid az that
time. Well. both the boy and MS
wife had been very III and they
Just couldn't see their way a.
paying all their debts. DR.. BRAY.
or Brooks, was desperate, and
finally he hit upon q scheme 90
make some extra money.
sIae rugged Nd q sin In the
laboratory and spent evenings
and weekends dsstilling alcohol
II was curing Prohibition and 30
ne had no trouble selling the stun
90 some Of tire local politicians. =
She snorted contemptuously.
Shortly afterward.' she went
on. he found out that the poli-
ticians IN turn were handing the
stuff over 20 some Of the speak
easies Shich were doing 4 -four
iehina business with high school
students. Bray drew the line AZ
that. And that's just what he told
the politicians who were getting
the alcohol from him.
The next day there was a POI
lice raid on bis laboratory. BRAY
was convicted and spent seven
years In the peniientiary. M
Ieavenworth ! think II was. In
the meantime his son died. and
guess Mrs Bray almost died. too
But she pulled through.
well. while he was in prison
Bray took correspondence courses
so that he had q pretty good
background In Biology by the
time he was finally paroied. lie
decided that II he could get q ioh
i'm some university he and Mrs
Bray could lead the quiet but Sc.
cure lives they 80 desperately
wanted. He changed his name and
came here Is a graduate student
on an assistansships
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WASHINGTON lR-T Coleman
Andrews, the internal revenue
commissioner. figured when Preal-
dent Eisenhower appointed him
last winter Il would take him two
years 10 reorgansze the revenue
service.
Tie Ruesses now Il wlll take =
little longer. when he's finished,
Andrews says. be yin tel has boss,
Secretary q The Treasury Bum.
phrey. Then II me Eisenhower ad.
minlslrail0n warts bin % ssay
he'll decide about staying.
Bot be says that Il anyone inside
the administration attempts q
force him into fagorlng anyone. "a
individual or . corporation, no one
win see him for The dust as he
goes out The door
tie expects no s1fh pressure. he
says, and adds that be explained
fully his plans 10 Humphrey and
received the secretarys fail -
prevail. Andrews says be Is work
ing in two directions.
He's deeenlrallxlna putting
more authority IN the field offices
10 make decisions on tax settle
meuts. less IN Washington; aue
he's putting more manpower int
checking tax returns. less 10 ethel
Kinds at jobs.
I So far. Andrews says, ne IA
received side approval ior %
steps be has taken from The publii
and members of Congress Bot h
comedies the reaction to his reof
Fanixasion has not been unani
nous
I The main complaint against him
he says. has come from . ies
WASHINGTON tax practitioners.
which, IN effect, means tax Lac
yers.
But some members ~ Congress
those on committees dealing vi
tar and finance matters, ere vail
M for Andrews 10 give them
fuller explanation q what be !
doine.
s0me "a then feel Andrews a.
Humphrey rushed TIE reufganiks
ton wlghous giving them uue -
consnllallon. Coagftss could, 9
course. PISS iegiS,atson a - ses
son next year undoins Andre%
reorxanizatl0n, OF PAR q z.
Andrcwk himself rinimixes err
lclsm from TIE Capltor. expreskini
; TIE view that when be SITS doNi
, 9Th some q the lzwmakers III
! month nny dlfiertnrea beiweel
! them win h. iroaed oa' easily
J The Washington tsx "praciision
. ers." he says. have Al undefttaiia
! able Interest IN seeing the fetenu
) service more centralized IN Nasf
/ .neion Tbs i the ptlnt ne makes
D Previously when an iaaiyidual 2
; enruaration mad 4 is a.spuie vi
: she government. i1solving . lot Z
a money the first step toward 2 r.
slemert as takwn - ne fiela =
Zee nearest ne taxpayer
Bat TIE declkion tnsre-tAai =
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NEW YORK tN-Death Sol up
early this morning.
Most "a America slept late al
the start of this hong Labor Day
weekend rest from iis usual work,
but death promptly went On over.
time.
II an OK, a cow, a horse could
declare itself = holiday 70 khow
that life holds = dignity and re.
ward beyond the sweat ol toll, Il
would browse and dream in pure
animal wonder. aud rise refreshed
on the morr0a. And even death
might take most Of The day of,
Zoo.
But when mankind has . holiday
for any reason. death can know
mo idlenesS. lie must tabalale a
great human self slaughter.
And 50 Il vas death rose early
today. lie had q los 10 do In
the three busy dayx ahead +. He
had many a mortal rendezvous 70
keep on highway and byway. IN
homes and saloons. on pond and
pavement. on mountain cliff and
summer playground
For death had a double duty.
lie had not only his usual job %
DO. Ire ese0rting ~ the sick and
cd and liie-worn scrosa his pale
frontier. He had hts extra holiday
clients TO attend to...the lost. bat.
talon Of the needless dead.
Ca such days death. The falE
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S ) usiest On Holiday Roads

wesshsr friend n Che foolish, IN.
late new members into the
u. o. A. Club. This club has no
dues and no life memberships.
II is made up u unseeing people
who are brought 10 hospitals and
tagged with q card bearing three
initials that stand for dead on
arrival"
Yes. death got up early this
morning For in next three days,
there are hundreds Of Americans
he must meet and wave % their
doom. q ID. o. A. tag...The po-
teutlal new membership crop was
large and the land was side. And
death Is conscientious. lie 6idn'i
want anyone who earned that tag
10 miss t..
Wherever Americans set out "a
celebrate the holiday. this skeletal
comrade Of the stupid and care
less went right along for the fun.
And here Is what he viii say,
OF perhaps Is saying even now:
In ten thousand cars rounding
ten thousand curves he whispers
10 the driver. go on and pass
that car ahead az yea. How IA
y0u know there n another car
coming around TIE bendg. Never
mind what your wife Is saying.
And on some of the earves an
ether car does come around che
bend. !. There IL a scream and 4
crash 81 metal. Death says 10 the
silent husband, so long, sucker.
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The World Toduy

taxpayer should set > refund o.
pay more than be thought BE
should have to-was not final. The
case then came 10 Washington for
review By . special group In TIE
main office here. called The post.
audit division.
So FAR as the bureau VAS con-
eerned this groups decision, re.
versing or upholdlng the field q.
fee, vas final.
Andrews says Il was when .
case came here from the field laT
final review that tie Washington
tax specialist. hired By the tax.
payer % look after bis interests,
usually goi in "a the case.
Andrews abolished this post.andit
division. In most instances now lhs
field offices vii make the flnal
decision.
i Washington tar lawyers sag
complaints about Andrew renF.
ganlxation come not only from
them but from tax lawyers. and
some accountants. arOund ne
country and that their concern IL
ccnieFed On what they aay they
fear will be q lack Of uniformity
IN administering fhs tax Law.
] One 81 these lawyers emphasized
there vas uniformity when there
WAS q eentrai supervision point
like the post audit group 20 see
that he various field offices gave
The same kind II decisions.
! Nov fhls lawyer says Fevenua
lempl0yes In nine different regions
vii be making the final decisions.
Andrews says there never was ab-
s0luie uniformity hul that 10 sugF
gest there will be none under BE
plan ID 10 say the national head
quarters "a the revenue service II
Incapable If keeping eontrol ever
the service.
! Besides. Andrews says. TIE rul-
inga which set the pattern for De-
eiai0n wlll BE- made In WaAhinatom.
j The same tar lawyer menii0ned
shove says be links leo much C.
Capitalization may lead 70 creek.
edness il che field offleea which
/ nov will b. under less direct co.,
groi from Nasaington. Andfeaf
. eommcnt On that Is this.
Tie field Is gong 10 be enly
"a honest a. the headquarters and
Sc here IN Washington eertalnly
don't intend 20 sell cut ne ian.
! payers and the adminlalrailon."
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FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD

Hurricane Carol Is starting 10
swish her skirts somewhere east o.
lGuadaloupr In the French Antilles
lAt this stage. she Is merely pu.liag
on her makeup before she goes on
the warpalh. And I DO not kog Il
this particular lady hurricane has
suffered any Sights at the hanfs
of = rapaeious male typhoon. II 50,
l"hell hath no fury. !" and we
might find ourselves right smack
In ghe middle If her furious fan.
cango. n this should happen 70 be
IRE case. the residents q Po'a.
ciana and poineiana Exisaslo1
wont have % worry any losgsr
about the rent Increases star e
October isi. there Just won't Be
lanything len 90 rent
II Hurricane Carol should bead
our way TO vent her wrath en- our
lrnoeemt hrows, you mas re sure
that the Navy win evaeuaie al
Navy personnel from Pulnelana
The Navy wculdn't even risk . goat
In this forsaken area.
naf I know of a lcast ore brave
soul who might dare Carols tan.
ltrlms IN the dubious shelter o..
lfered hy the roinciana dwellings.
We 4 the PHA genius who decrned
the rent increases. This Incredible
person must lo0k a the wurle
lthrouEh rose-colored classes. On
his paFporied visa % Key IVES, and
on his Inspection CO tour q the
Poineiana area. be was struck b.
the brain-stcrm las he laoksi
thrau9a hts rose-eoioFed 4 Esl
t8af such magnifiee1s. ave ssr
la~ haFricansdefyiTw. w ni
3geIlng structures seou,d r. Firca
q rent Increase. So having de- q.
glshuat having consulted any os TIE
local H1uxing huthcriiy members
I'D. he hurried back % rs air.
conillanna office In Atlanta ard
with ; great flourish of his pen
Re signed an order 10 Increase the
renf e something wondered ne
th0ueht be bad seen whne wearing
lrnSe eoiored glasses.
Thls character khos.ld sake upl
Ia tact. TIE eiilEens Of Key West
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Peoples Forum

TRe CtaHnem ~eEesmem enpTew-
s1oua 90 saa views 80 tfs s9aa-
eFM. bet sks eaifar reserves ehe
FfMhf 90 delete nnY afema whfeh
ere eanataewea tihefams 50 amwmr-
Emmaea. rae WRITERS mh@mia -
fats @ma eamflmw the fmatexm -
80 wsrds nna write sm ama mtae
of the pspee omif. stmaaturs -
fhs writer mmaf aeeemRsmY ne
tsaaess ana viii ~ pahsiahaa n@~
tRma Rmmoen8aM @ahmEws TO-
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should wake Up. What We need in
Key West right now Is . good old.
fashion Town Hall. A place where
an aroused citixeury can meet at
lest twice-a-month % air their
svances. This Is q most import
mt democratic process. The citi.
xens themselves can put . quick
aad % many Of the unhealthy con.
1Itions that exist In Key West 30.
day. We can form committees %
investigate anything that might
have q slight odor about II.
Public opinion Ia q terrible wea.
non. The citizens Of Key West don't
rave 10 take any stuff and non.
aerse from anyone. Our public Of.
Flgials can hold public office only
when and II they serve rs IS our
rue Representatives. We have elect
a o. appointed them 20 ofllee for
that sole purpose and that alone.
n any Of these officials are usina
the power we have invested n
hem for self.aggrandiEement they
should be booted cut Of office with
0us fanfare. TIE people Il Ksy
West aren't dumb. They know what
Is going on In Key West. The pur'
pose Of a Town Hall Is Cor the PEG
ne % set together TO bring these
things out into the open. In unioE
there Is strength. No Individual cit
zen cen accomplish much ~ IA,
lonesome self. Re needs the helE
Of his neiahbors. Once the clti1enl
start meeting regularly AZ some ap
pointed place. they can accomplish
mlrar'es.
Tsa Han can be the spring
hg 10 a grsaisr, better, eieanel
ee Wcs.. II there are thieves and
m~dre's In cur midst. we should
srres them out. II there are pub
lie officials who have nothlng more
% 90 than work crossword puzzles
"a day long. re Should throw them
OF ne public payroll. II we know
al political syeophasts. We Should
singie them en-. In ether words
there Is much 70 BE- done By ~
aroased eitlxenry and Town Hall 4
one method ~ which much ean b
accomplished. Let as deserve car
selves 10 longerl
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NEW YORK uH-The housewife
who thought falling wheat prices
en- the Chicago Board Of Trade
might lead 10 cheaper bread al
the grocery may be startled next
week.
Some brands Of bread win cost
q cent q loaf more after Labor
Day. In q few cities the price al
ready has risen.
Bakers say that's because -four
costs them more than 3 year ago.
Lard costs them more than at any
time previously and baking and
trucking the bread costs more.
Pictures of wheat SURPRISES over.
flowing storage bins and being lefl
On the ground led many 10 expect
a drop In the cost Of -four AM
bread.
Purchasing agents in the bakinf
industry, however. say they pas
90 cents more than last year for
hundred pound sack Of the kind
of -four used In bread baking.
Bakers of bread prefer fioul
from hard red winter wheat, This
years crop Of that variety wa
only 70 per cent 81 tae size OF ihs
1854 crop In contrast 10 The eniirs
wheat crop, which fell into ths
hamper class again thisyear.
Farmers growing hard red win
ter wheat. moreover. are aceuS
toned 10 using government loans
mostly have adequate storage "a
cllisies, and 30 could put much d
their 1853 production under SOW
eminent price supports. Millerl
saw there vas little or no distress
selling Of this type Of wheat. ans
that the going price for Il now i
above the support level.
Some Of the xheat you save PIC
ltured in piles on the ground va
IL the soft red winter wheat vari
ETY.. This years crup Of that va
riefy, mixers say. ran well aheal
Of last year. Bakers Of cakes an
pastries use -four from iris sol
red winter wheat, bread industr.
men say.
There IL plenty Of wheat. o
course. for the milling and bskini
industries. But millers also sires
that their own operating costs hay'
. been rising. Freight rates ar
higher. And the BIG corn crop !
crossing them up.
i that's because Eiilers count O
ofEseltlng Milling costs % som
extent By the sale Of animal feed
This comes from the part Of N
wheat which isn't made into floul
This year, however. they say mi
form Of animal feed Is up aRalns
the competition Of . BIS supply 4
corn.
80 the demand from stock feee
ers Cor The mfiers product Is les
and prices are aroand a cents
bag lover thar last year. With Il
come from that source cut. miller
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OKLAHOMA CITY ia Capltol
sienoerapher. letting Of steam h
an eievatoF. was quite unhzppy
oger the fact the Legislature nd
raised some salaries ef siata En-.
pl0yes but skipped her.
Did yoa lobby TIE legialllloF1f"
she Vas asked.
No" she snapped. ''tui ne
next tine / walk down thn eayri.
Dor and ere a. them pSnches ne
In gong - swat him IL ne eye.
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Toeloy's Business Mirror

Isay their flour price margins are
narrowed.
The bakers have some more ex'
plantations for price pressure %
bread. including even q five q
SIX per cent rise over last year
in the price Of the paper they
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each way, would produce . re-
markahle psyehologiesl effect on
All tourists and We would see q
most noticeable increase In our out
Il town ears. The eoileetion Of tolls
II Biz Pine Key hurts Key West.
The number q ears catering the
Overseas Highway last year Vas
approximately DO coo. 81 which
an told aboat 1899 came d
shrough 10 Key West. Doubtless re
eollection Of outbonnd tolls 81 b.
Pine kepa many ol these 30 &C
rurs from canning on % Key West
comdr. Ray ". Bryns. Retired
s~vs. 4. lss3.
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wrap around the leaves. They
stress that labor accounts for =
substantial part Of the cost Of .
loaf. And some companies kay
they've granted two pay rises since
the last bread price hlke some Is
months aKo.
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Not many hard-headed business men bother Il M
selves with the great purpose of human life.
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II a amazing how much time two people IS
trying to shift one persons work between Their.
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The reason for the waywardness Of many cocktail
party contestants their inability TO stand up under the
strain Of contant moronic conversation and gigges.
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One reason people are so easy to fool Is tina, few Of
them really seek out the truth.
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Mrs. Stone Indorses
Government Action II
Delinquency Curbs

Government action to help
treat juvenile delinquency has
the Endorsement of Mrs.
Kathryn Stone, one of the
Democratic candidates for the
House of Delegates from Arling-
ton.
Mrs. Stone and other candi-
dates addressed the Organized
Women Voters of Arlington at a
luncheon in Hogate's Arlington
House yesterday.
A proposal for a joint juvenile
facility for use by Northern Vir-
ginia Jurisdictions was indorsed
by Mrs. Stone. She said that
government can only help in the
program which must be sup
ported by the family, church
and volunteer community agen-
cieS. ..-.
Three to Be Elected.
Three delegates will be elected
from Arlington in the Novem-
ber 3 election.
Delegate j. Maynard Magruder
incumbent Democrat, referring to
Republican support of poll tax
repeal recalled that ne had sup
ported a repeal measure in the
House of Delegates. The meas
ure failed to pass the Senate, Mr.
Magruder said. E.
The Arlington legislative del
egation. he said, has piloted
through the Legislature bills that
have brought to Arlington self
government virtually equal tx
that of a city
Harrison Mann, a Democratic
nominee for the House, pledged
his support of stronger measures
to achieve highway safety. He
said he would resist attempts to
weaken present laws calling fol
revocation of the permits of ha-
bitual Speeders.
The third speeding conviction
in 18 months should result in
license revocation for one year
Mr.. Mann said.
Groom Hits Poll Tax.
]. Fuller Groom, one of the
Republican candidates for the
House, attacked the poll tax. He
said it is largely responsible
for limiting the number of citi-
zens who vote in Virginia.
Mr.. Groom pledged to work for
a tax study and to urge an end
to the personal property tax. if
possible.
Republican Robert A. sMcGin-
mis-, also seeking a House seat,
called for an end to the "onc-
party system in Virginia" He
also held the poll tax responsible
for controlling the vote.
Harlan Freeman, county
G. o P. chairman, spoke for
Raymond j. Belew, candidate for
delegate. Mr.. Freeman said Mr..
Belew supports creation of a
10th district public utilities COM
mission, particularly to meet
transportation needs of the area.