Study of motor vehicle breakdowns brings
word of caution from Turnpike Commission
HARRISBURG A three
month study of automobile
breakdowns along the
Pennsylvania Turnpike
reveals that motorists
should check the gas gauges,
tires, fan belts and radiator
hoses before their trips if
they want to avoid an
emergency roadside call or
towing charges.
Running out of gasoline,
flat tires, frayed fan belts
and worn radiator hoses top
the list as the reasons for
vehicular breakdown on the
470-mile Turnpike System.
Turnpike - Commission
Chairman Jack I. Greenblat
called for the study to
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determine the nature of
passenger car breakdowns
and i charges for these
emergency road services by
the System’s authorized
service garages.
The study is for the first
three months of 1978 when
7730 vehicles were repaired
along the toll road or towed
to authorized Turnpike
garages for repairs. During
that same period, more than
14 million vehicles traveled
the Turnpike.
“Many of these road
emergency calls could have
been avoided if drivers had
taken the precaution to
check their vehicles prior to
the start of their trip. For
example, more than 700
motorists ran out of gas on
the Turnpike during
January, February and
March, and nearly 900
motorists had flat tires
during the same period,”
Greenblatsaid.
There are 15 authorized
service garages located off
the Turnpike which report
nearly 52,000 service calls a
month. The average cost per
job is approximately $19.35.
The most prevalent
repairs were for fan belts,
overheating, radiator ser
vice, battery, ignition
system, flat tires and
assorted mechanical
failures.
Statistics compiled by the
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission show that
nearly 12 per cent of all road
service calls are for patrons
who ran out of gasoline.
Emergency road service
calls on the Pennsylvania
Turnpike are $12.50. Towing
services for passenger cars
from tiie Turnpike to the
authorized service garage or
points between the garage
and the Turnpike are $25.00.
The rates went into effect in
February, 1977, and were the
first major increase in two
decades for the authorized
service garages.
Repairs made off the
Turnpike are strictly bet-
ween the authorized service
garage and the motorist. The
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission receives no
funds from the garages.
Pennsylvania’s service
rates are not the highest
compared to other state toll
roads. For example, the New
York State Thruway
Authority allows a $30.00
maximum for the towing of
vehicles up to 15 miles from
the point of disablement to
the garage. The
Massachusetts Turnpike
allows a $17.50 minimum
plus $l.OO for each additional
mile of towing up to a
maximum of $27.50 during
certain times. The Garden
State Parkway in New
Jersey allows maximums of
$25.00 and $30.00 for towing
vehicles.
“A little preventative
maintenance can save the
motorist delays and unex
pected emergency road
expenses,” Greenblat said.
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have to add 21 zeroes to
2,184,759 If the sun disap
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proximately eight minutes
for us to realize it That’s
because the sun is 93 million
miles away and we would
still see sunlight after the
spheroid vanished The sun’s
light takes eight minutes to
reach the planet earth
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 27,1971-
Grain mill
being readied
for museum
YORK - The heart of the
Rose Garden Mill is being
moved from the banks of the
Yellow Beeches Creek, in
Pennsylvania’s Cumberland
County, to a permanent
exhibit area in the Hall of
Science and Technology at
the William Penn Museum,
Harrisburg.
The exhibit will open late
in September, 1978, but a
special preview will be
conducted for members of
PennAg Industries
Association, who will be
holding their 100th annual
convention in Harrisburg at
that time. PennAg is a
statewide agribusiness trade
group whose membership
includes many people who
grew up in milling families.
MarkeTechs, Inc., a York
R 5 exhibit firm, is putting
the Rose Garden Mill display
together for the museum.
According to Otis Morse,
MarkeTechs president, the
mill was built between 1740
and 1790. Originally powered
by an undershot water
wheel, the mill switched to a
reactor type turbine about
1913.
Original parts to be used in
the display aie the turbine.
Kubota dealer named
NEW PROVIDENCE -
Cope and Weaver, Inc., who
for 28 years have served
southern Lancaster Coun
tians with International
Harvester tractors and
equipment, have begun sales
and service of the Kuboto
line of tractors.
Kubota tractors, of which
Cope and Weaver presently
has three in stock, are of
fered in sizes ranging from
12% to 47% horsepower.
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the stationary bedstone and
the runner stone, which
rotated to grind the grain. A
number of tools, bags and
scoops will also be included.
One interesting feature of
the exhibit will be an original
tall box. Years ago, millers
collected their payment
from farmers in the form of
ground grain or flour. This
payment was called a “toll”,
and the toll box was used to
measure it.
Morse said the exhibit
construction has been un
derway for about three
years. Although much of the
equipment in the exhibit is
original, the gigantic tim
bers supporting the
machinery have all been
recently hewn # rom large
oak logs.
In addition to the Rose
Garden Mill, PennAg
members will also be
viewing another
MarkeTechs display. That
display, to be erected in the
group’s Penn Harris Motel
convention
will also tell a story of early
Pennsylvania milling. It will
use old tools and artifacts on
loan from a number of
PennAg members.
Powered by Diesel engines,
all models are available with
4-wheel drive.
Cope and Weaver Inc. has
been in business in Lan
caster County for 28 years,
moving to their present
location, near here, in the
Spring of 1961. Their new
franchise for Kubota trac
tors will cover nearly all of
Lancaster County, as well as
portions of neighboring
areas to the east, south, and
west.
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