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EVENING LEDGEtt-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1917
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The black, worm-like strips nre the toll road.s, which wriggle from the suburb of I'hiladelphia in all direc
tions except the cast and northeast. The other points of the compass are well blackened with the roads,
which make quite n blotch upon the map. The medium-heavy road, beginning in the east at Princeton nnd ending
on the western margin of the map at Uowningtown, is the Lincoln Highway, which is free except for the
stretch between Paoli and City Line, Ovcrbrook. Motorists lire glad to know that the ultimate abolition of
tha toll road is planned by the Stute.
GOOD ROADS AID
State Highway Department
to Ask Legislature to
Finance 2-Year Plan
WANT TO BUY TOLL ROADS
55,000,000 for Construction
. and $3,000,000 for Mainte
nance Annual Need
Uy W. R. D. HALL
fltiiti.itlrl.in suite HlKhway Ueiinrtineiit.
Whin tho Pennsylvania Legislature re
comcncH next week one of tho (lrst Import
ant subjects which will be brouRht to Ha
attention win lie that of pro idlng revenues
for tin- statu IllghVny Department. During
the last two !eaiH the public demand for
Improwil ldgliaH in Pennsylvania has
become ho insistent and the recognition of
the need for these Improved roads has be
come mi widespread that It Is expected that
the Legislature will recognize tho necessity
for prompt action.
With the single exception of tho educa
tional initltutiniiH of the State, there Is no
branch of the State C'nvcrnment which en
lists more popular support In Its demands
for rexinue than that of tho State'a high
way stem
''.000 MILKS OK HOADS
Tho land area of tho Commonwealth is
It.stj square miles. Tho total mileage of
roads of all kinds In tho Stato Is approxi
mately aj.sBO Few peoplo reallzo that one
ninth of this total 10.22l.S7 miles) com
poses the state highways, made so by legis
late o enactment nnd ordered maintained,
repaired urnl reconstructed by tho Stato
Ilighwuv Department. At the time this s
tem ,i, established by the Legislature In
1911 with supplementary acta In PJ13, It
was supposed generally that a proposed
amendment to tho State Constitution per
mitting tho Issuunce of bonds for road
Dulldlng purposes would meet with popular
ratification However, approval of this
plan was denied, and. In consequence there
of, the Stato waa charged with tho entire
responsibility for the maintenance, repair
and reconstruction of the State highway
system, with legislative appropriations from
time to time as the only means of revenue
whereby this was to be done
JJSoouo KiJIt TOLLHOADS
The state Highway Department since
J915 lus expended virtually all of an
appropriation of J8.300.000 made by the
J915 Legislature. This appropriation, which
lacluded all moneys for all purposes other
than salaries of the department olllclals,
was diMded as follows:
One million rive hundred thousand dol
lars was tpeclHcally designated for the
purpose of repayment to the faecond
class townships of their share of tho cash
.tax bonus, whereby the State agreed to re
turn to tho second-class townships fifty per
cent of the cash tax collected for road pur
Poses, provided that In no instance this sum
exceeded twenty dollars a mile Over this
11.500,000 repayment to the townships tho
State Highway Department exercised merely
custodial care.
Five hundred thousand dollars of the
lump sum total was designated for the
State's share of State-aid construction,
wherein the State paja fifty per cent of
New Factory Blemished
TIRES
GET OUR PRICES
FIRST
TIRE SALES CO.
1334-36 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
TOLL-ROAD QUESTION
the cost of improvement of a designated
piece of road, the remaining Ilfty per cent
being borne by the county, township or bor
ough, an) one of them, nnv two of them,
or all thiee of them In conjunction, npph
Iiik for State aid In the construction of tho
load.
Two bundled and Ilfty thousand dollars
was designated speoillcally for the no.ipil
sltlon or condemnation of toll roads
Fifty thousand dollars was set aside for
tho care and Impiovemcnt of the Did -N'n-tlnnnl
or Cumberland mod. this,, being the
only load oxer constructed by tho Federal
(overnnvnt prior lo the passage of the
Federal (iood I toads bill at the last session
of Congress.
only j3.ooo.ooo a yi:au
These sums, hereinbefore mentioned, de
ducted from the $8,300,000, left a balance
of $0,000,000 specifically appropriated for
the maintenance, n pair and improvement of
State highways This $C,00O.ooi) appropria
tion, of course, covered the two-year period
which all legislative appropriations must
span. It meant, therefore. $3,000,000 for
each year of the two, and, when it is re
membered thai tho Stato highway system
comprises 10,200 miles. It will bo seen read
ily that the amount available for the Statu
highways was less than $300 a mile. As a
matter of course, the amount of construc
tion that It was possible to enter Into wus
limited nnd tho vast bulk of this money
HERCULES
TIRES
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HERCULES
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G12 N. Rrond
Poplar 316'J.
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Phone for an American
Taxi Service to Take
You to the Auto Show
Special arrangements will be made
for the Automobile Show, whereby
you will secure quick, reliable service.
Limousine or Town Car
for Shopping, Optra, Visiting, Touring
For Hire by th Hour, Day or Week
SPECIAL SHOPPING RATE $1.50 ,
fl Our prices are the lowest for taxi service.
' 1 Clean, easy riding cars. Efficient service. Courteous chauffeurs.
Mr. Gemchl, 'general manager, gives his personal attention to the Taxi
Service.
American Taxicab Co.
Beii, u 1411-13 Locust Street
CAM1LLE GEMEHL. General Mansger
was spent In tho mntutctmnco of State lneli
was. this being in full m nl with 1 1 ,.
poller of the Stnle Highway liipiiim m
as outlined bs' his excellency. How in. n
lliuinbntigh, In his Inaugural and as plidr.d
by hot Ii Hie lato State Illghunv '' m -
sinner. Mr. r'lmulnghnin. and the in. .in
State Highway Commissioner. Fianl. I:
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NHI'D LICUKSI FI'lIS
With this understanding of what I; i .
been dono In the past, the Intent of Hie St il.
Highway Department during the next two
yeaiH is made more easy. One of the im . i
sary appropriations which will be .sought
for Is that for the maintenance oi .si u.
Highways, t.'pon this subject, a" noted
above, the attention of the ilep.iiiiii. in
through necessity, has been cone, ntiatid
during the past two years.
It Is tho Intention of tho departnunt to
lequest from tho Legislature a ilcdii itlon
of tho fees received from the ugistratton
and licensing of motor vehicles cxcIiixim l
for the purposes of highway maiiiteimin .
as it Is deemed Hint this is the most niuit.i
liln and just disposition to make of tin
moneys thus taken In
The anticipated revenues of the State
for the next two jears provide for at least
$j.ouo,ooo a year from tho soune df, motm
vehicle taxation and the Mnintcii.in.V lii
smn of tho Stato Highway Dcpattment tig.
ines that this sum will prove nmplt fm the
putposo nf maintaining those r.unl-i mi th
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Itaco 6010 I)
Phone
Keystone 245
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Needs of State Illglncay
Department for J!)17-J8
THE Slnto Highway Department
will nsk tlio reconvening Lcgisla
ture for (be following:
1TI10 approximately SH.OOO,-
000 in annual revenues from
the registration nnd licensing of mo
tor vrhiclea to bo used solely in
maintaining tlu 10,200 miles of State
highways.
rp Ten million dollars ($5,000,
4 000 a year) for reconstruc
tion of State highways In accordance
with the Sproul act's provision for
connecting centers by beginning si
multaneously at "both ends."
An oppropriation to permit
aiding boroughs ill building
State highways.
4 An appropriation to allow
the continued absorption of
toll roads about Philadelphia.
Il11-I1n.1v fiteni. wliirh It will net
iiid to n'cnnMrurt or othcrwln Itr-
ASK TUN' MILLION
innrciirlatlnii of ilfl.n00.OOfl or $&.-
1 ' 1 11 hi 11 r.ir. will bo reMUMtvl f"r H'P
iiiinii' ..r i'liiiroM-mptit Ijy rcronstruetlun
.f ihr m.iip hiKliwnv nstcin Plans lmo
in m piipiri-il nnil "tunnies 'Inured for tin
. .inn iMi ilNtrilmilon of nn niiprotirlatlnn
f tlii- nmniiiit ;iro rata nmonn the coun-
I . nf tin- i Hi. MnrroMT, It Is plnnneil
u .1 tn cvtit'iiil tliH moiipy In Itniiliaznrd
i 1 iMi'ti Imt tn km apportion It upon the
-iiti' hlcliu.iv rmiten that wliero recon-
mii. tn n 1- Im'kiiii It III lio with tlio ilelln-
II . 1 im 1 1 in mi h nf I'ntittPi'tlnR Important
. mi 1 4 in Mi.- st.itt' nml that whero a ploco
1 niisiiiii'tnm .dniiK a' iti'RlKnati'il hlKh-
1. 1 . -- stiti.il frmu a ilrllnltn tlnt In a
il ... iimi I mniil nnntlipr (U-KlKtintPil plnco
1 .1111.1I1. r I'.nintv tlin upconil rntinty'B np
1 1. ini.itiini -.ii. ill ln lii part appllvil m as
t. iimiIi imu.ikI tli.it portlnn of hlKhwa
111 .1 r 1 nsiiuitlia In the mljoliiltiFT emiiity
in iiimiv at norir i:nhs
t rim In Tinniiitf lit path pntl of a inail
fti.iini: 1 iiiuntiCH anil ImllilinK lo-
ml Hit t.llli'l t lie Stall' I1ikIih.iv I in
.lllll.lt 'Mm ll' ht'llfM- Milt tllf v ill
1 full mini; dir. itlj tin- s ir It and letter
r III. .r..l .11 r nail tli.it t'ir will lie
nlitn thi li N fm :i lonneitin
in .1 luhu 1 - in tin- i.iie whlfh will
. it. in iit.s ttiii.' 1I1 01 mil that 1I1.' un
Bell Phone,
improved (lections or Raps between these
points b cloned by construction at tho
corllo.it passible minute ,
Ftirlliprmore a liberal rtiproirlntlon for
State-aid construction will be reiuiested
ns the department recosnlres that this Is
nn Imporlnnl subdlvlsloii of lis activities,
reruilrlnfi a onnsldernblc sum of money to
supply the demand
fader a ruHn of the Attorney r!cr
eral's office, eertnlti restrlrtlons bae berti
placed upon the line of Hlale-.ild nmnev
In borounhs ; and. therefore, II H plnimed
to requet ffntn tho LeKlsIature on appro
priation which will permit the Kioto High
way tvpartmctit to assist bcirouRhs In tlin
Imprint ment of Slate lilitlivvays within
their corporate llmllB.
TOLL HOAI'H
l'erhaps one lif the subjects of Kteate-t
Interest la southeastern Pennsylvania In
connect b-n wllb tho Stoti hlchway ss(em.
Is that of tumpl'ii toll roads The ap
propriation made by the loir. Legislature
for the purpose of aciiulrhiB the-e roads
has been Judiciously expended by the Htata
ItlRliwaN neparlmetit The total mlleine of
toll roads In Pennsylvania Is TI!.S. illxlded
Into 629 3 miles on Slnto hbthwav routes
and tun miles not on State blRhwoy mutes,
tif this nilleago on State highway routes.
Ill 7 mites havo been acquired by the de
partment by purchaso ur deed and liaxo
been throvMi open to tho public This lcacs
4ul ll miles not open on routes It Is to be
hoped that tho LcRlilnturn will nrolde an
nnproprlnlion stilllclent for the Stale IIIrIi
mi) I't'iiartment to continue Hie aeipilsltlon
of t In tn toll roads during the net two
e.ns
MOTORCAR MAKER
HAS EYE ON 1'ARMER
Manufacturer! Kxpect .1,000,000 Tillers
of Soil to Swell Snles
This Year
Theie's a reason why tho automobile
manufacturers, as evidenced by'tho typo of
runabout now beltiK marketed as fast aa
fast can bo, consider the farmer seriously
as a luosppi'tUe buer
The It.r.OO.OflO farmers In thin tnntitry
have uxerae annual Incomes of $Ki50 each,
In 'lew of the fact that Rood roads are
MtretchltiR forward and that a car ban
become almost a necessity for aa aRrlvul
turitt. the manufacturers IlKure that this
iticmui. easily i an pny fur mid maintain
an automobile About t SOU 000 of the
f.tlllieii .lie too pnnr fit' lllitelate Ir, lie
talien Into ni count, and about t.Oiin.iuiO
iilrt.iih I'Wn cars Icivliu; a cleae tii.tiket
,,f -,inl ono aiitolexi firuitio Th1'. Ii .1
in ii K.t wnli li Hi" t nti iprlsmB unit, mar
in iniifa. Hirer in u.it iivcrlnoliinff.
fm
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There Are Cars of High Value
There Are Cars of Low Cost The
Buick Valve-in-Head, in a Class Alone,
Combines the Advantages of the
Other Two.
See the Various BUICK Models AT THE
"The More You Know of the BUICK
the Better You Can Judge Another Car"
NEW SALESROOMS
Buick Motor Co., Factory Branch, Broad and Poplar Sts.,
Philadelphia
677 N.
Edw. Wilkie, Pres.
Only authorized dealers in Philadelphia county for the exchange
autos in the purchase of new Buick Valve-in-Head Cars.
All makes of used automobiles accepted as part payment of the
price of a
Poplar 5026
TOLL ROAD ABOLITION
URGED BY MOTORISTS
Want State Appropriation to
"Finisli Job" and Maintain
Routos
CI TV "BLOCKADED"
AwnS' llh llebi5t It l eter InJtiMoiii to
put on thlnnr rend- to be lindrrlnhen.
-"lairatiii-t
ttow InnB Will It be?
Thnt Is tho question confronting the chief
motoring section of tho Slate Philadel
phia arid southeastern PefinsMwitila--which
Is afflicted with toll roads Tho
abolition of these un-modprn tithe. hinh
ways and the appropriation of enoiiRh
money to maintain them properly meed
by motorists, who report that the ontl-t.ti-roail
aRllatlnn In many eases ha remilted
uUmnn
The 3 "SV in
Safety Service
Pullman Tirci poitvas theio feature!. Ex
perienced driver uie them. At their price,
they give more miles per dollar than nn,y
other lire made. They aro backed by a
1000-mile guarantee, nnd if you ihould ever
get one that doetn't "play up" to form
bring it in. You'll find that adjustment will
be quick and laliifnetory.
DEALERS: GET OUR PROPOSITION
? Auto Supply
S 234-36 N.
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A Eastttn Dilfrifcntorl
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.oior biipply
Broad St.
Keystones Phone, Raco J272
In toll corporations nefrteellng th Upkeep
of their roads because of the lonff-thftat
enlnR Slate action.
There ora 401 6 miles of toll roads oVi
State hlRhway routes and IDS miles hot
on routes In Pennsylvania, which has tha
distinction of being tho slowest Stato In
iilmllnhltiR toll roads Tho l.eRialature'8
lal npproprlntlon $2f0 0(10 for acquiring
toll roads has been spent nnd to dato 1217
mllos have been taken over by tho State
and opened lo the public Tho present
Legislature will be asked to provide enough
nmnev to complete tho purchases nnd as
sure the toa'ds' maintenance. Kreo roads
would Increase motoring and attract tour
ists from other Stitcs, It Is argued
Practically speaking, the toll roads of the
Slate cluster about Philadelphia, whero the
pronis are Rrenler. There are nearly a
dnsen and a half strips of automobile high
waja leading Into Philadelphia that are toll
mails Thcsn include tho Oloueenter-West"
Mile road (New Jersey), Darby turnpike,
Weil Chester turnpike, l.incastcr pike,
Montgomery pike CnlleRevllle-Perkloinon
road. KulpsUIIo-llnrlcysvUlo road, German
town and Willow Orne pike. Limekiln pike,
Itethlehem pike, Quakertown road. Old York
mail lovletown turnpike, lUlcldnRhani
N'ew Hope road and l-'ox Chase and Hunt
ingdon tunrplke
S
a Tire
Satisfaction
Store
Broad
Booth 10
Auto Show
of used
purchase
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