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FIXED MOTES
FOR FIETUK’S
TRUCKS
America of the future will gear
fta commercial hauling to organized
motor truck transport operated on
tegular schedules and over fixed
routes. This will link distributing
centers with the individual consumer
or producer in the most economical
and flexible manner.
That’s the picture drawn by George
F. Anderson, sales engineer of Dodge
Brothers, manufacturers of Graham
Brothers trucks, who will address
the Mid-West Motor Truck Trans
portation Congress, to be held at
Indianapolis, October 23 to 26. Mr.
Anderson, who has been connected
With the truck branch of the indus
try for the past 12 years, is con
sidered one of the most competent
and well informed transportation en
gineers in the business and, accord
ingly, will occupy an important
place on the program with other
leaders, who will discuss legislative,
engineering, merchandising and dis
tributing problems in highway trans
- portation.
“The future use of motor trucks
depends not so much on advances
in engineering design as it does on
the public’s realization of its possi
bilities —in other words.. on truck
consciousness,” said Mr. Anderson.
••With increased application of motor
trucks along the lines in which they
have already proved their value,
special types of Service will develop
which will in turn provide a market
for specialized designs best suited
for each type of service
“Engineers have facilities for de
signing trucks meeting transporta
tion needs not yet developed. It
remains only for the market tu
open under direction of experienced
operators to bring about the pro
duction of trucks that will fill any
requirement- In spite of the wide
spread use we now make of motor
trucks, the present application to
hauling problems falls far short of
obvious possibilities.
“Paramount requirements for
realization of the nation-wide net
work of motor truck lines are the
continual construction and widen
ing of paved highways, and the
adoption of trucking terminals for
transfer and routing purposes
With these developments, a system
of co-ordination with rail freight
facilities will bring the ‘distributor
and consumers in close touch, and
will be most vital agency in pro
moting national prosperity.
“Development of the plan de
pends almost entirely on the truck
operator, and his establishment of
efficient reliable service.
“The motor truck is destined to
supply an increasing service to
smaller communities, and will con
tribute more than ever to the wel
fare and prosperity of the farmer
the manufacturer and the mer
chant.” ',
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Sues for $22,500 Claims
On $900,000 Stock Sale
A suit to recover >22,50ft. alleged
to be due him as commission for
his part in the sale of >900,000
worth in the Chevy Chase
Dairy belonging to Joseph A. Wise
>6OO block Garfield St., has been filed
against Wise by P. Larmour Oyster,
manager of the Washington Milk
Bottle Exchange, in Circuit Court.
Oyster claims that he and A. M.
Reid- of Baltimore, were employed
by Wise to sell his stock in the
dai’-y firm, which consisted of all
of the common stock of the com
pany with the exception of the
qualifying shares. The agreement
was made on October 10, 1927, ac
cording to the petition, A sale of
the stock was made to a Baltimore
man. Oyster says, and Wise paid
half the agreed commission to Reid,
his associate, but has failed to
settle with him. Attorney May T.
Bigelow appears for the plaintiff.
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Giant Virginia Spans
To Open Nov, 17
By HAMILTON M. WRIGHT
The formal opening, on November 17, of three great bridges
in Virginia, connecting the historic Virginia peninsula, seat
of the Jamestown colony, founded in 1607, with Norfolk and
Porthsmouth will mark a new epoch in motor travel along
the Atlantic Coastal Highway from North to South.
The largest of the three bridges'
is the massive Newport News-James
River bridge, extending over 4%
miles across the James River at its
junction with Hampton Roads and
leading from Newport News to the
mainland. With its quarter-mile ap
proaches. It is the longest highway
bridge in the world. The next unit
in the great bridge project is a one
half-mile span across Chuckatuck
Creek, and the third is the Nanse
mond River bridge, three-fourths of
a mile long. The bridges will join
up all mam highways on .both sides
of the James River.
Crescent Formed
These great bridges and their con
necting highways describe a cres
cent partly enveloping Hampton
Roads and will afford superb visias
of that famous naval seat.
The citizens of Norfolk, joined by
those of Portsmouth and Newport
News, are preparing a monster cele
bration and pageant to commemo
rate the joining of the three cities
Gov. Harry Floyd Byrd of Virginia
will be one of the principals in the
official exercise, and the committee
in charge will invite the Governors
of Maryland. Massachusetts and
North Carolina to participate in the
celebration, which will commemo
rate the union of historic points
along the Atlantic littoral.
The great bridge project, supply
ing as it does one of the principal
connecting links in the Atlantic
Coastal Highway system affording
a route through the cradle of the
Republic including three revered
shrines of national importance,
Jamestown, Williamsburg and York
town, will provide the motive for
the celebration. The committee in
charge is now whipping the pro
gram into shape. Colorful land and
water pageantry is planned to in
clude a pyrotechnic display of the
battle between Monitor and the
Merrimac, and a picturing of the
evolution of methods of transpor
tation. -
Portray Old Scenes ,
There will be accurate reproduc
tions of the “Sarah Constant,” the
“Good Speed,” and the “Discovery,”
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the three small ships which con
veybd Capt. John Smith, and his
hardy band of pioneers to James
town in 1607. And the gallant cap
tain and his brave companions will
be represented.
The three bridges will afford the
only direct highway connection be
tween Newport News, and the Nor
folk and Portsmouth districts in
Virginia. The longest and most Im
portant of these is the one cross
ing the James river at Newport
News, this known as the Newport
News-James river bridge, which
ranks among the longest bridges in
the country. 1t... has one of the
largest lift spans in the world, with
a life of 150 feet, enough room for
the largest craft afloat to pass
through it. Its foundations extend
over 1W feet below the water. Its
greatest height is 200 feet, while thd
motorist is about 50 feet above the
water most of the way.
The second bridge in the chain
from Newport News to Portsmouth
is the Chuckatuck bridge, across
Chuckatuck Creek, in* 2,396 feet
long, with a bascule span of the
rolling type affording a clear pasr
sage of >0 feet in width for river
traffic., Leaving the Chuckatuck
bridge, the next concrete road ap
proach loads across the small penin
sula of miles, where th# Nanse
mond River bridge is crossed. This
is 3,740 feet in length, with a bas
cule span giving a'clear passage of
94 feet in width.
Cost >7,000,000
All three bridges are of concrete
and steel trestle type, with concrete
roadways 22 and 23 feet wide carried
on huge steel beams spanning con
crete supports. These supports are
spaced 44 feet apart, and gradually
ascend in an easy grade until the
roadway reaches a height of 50 feet
above the water.
They are the longest piles ever
built, their length reaching a record
breaking achievement of 115 feet.
They weighed 35 tons each and had
to be especially poured, treated and
transported to the site. The only
four-lead pile driving machine in use
today, a mechanical giant, which
handles four of these huge piles,
hammered them into the river bot
tom. A view of the river during the
building operations brought to mind
a fleet of floating factories, each an
individual qnit.
Over 82,000 cubic yards of gravel,
45,000 cubic yards of sand, 148,000
barrels of cement, 45,000 tons of
reinforcing steel and 9,000 tons of
structural steel were used to com
plete these massive projects.
.The James River Bridge is the
dfily one downstream from Rich
mond which is 73 miles by road
from Newport News. Ferry service
is the only means of crossing the
river.
Famous In History
The chain of bridges constitutes
an adjunct to the Virginia State
Highway development program and
is now- an important link in the
Atlantic Coastal Highway. The
bridges also connect the eastern
end of the Midland Trail from St.
Louis to Norfolk with the northern
portion of the coastal highway.
The Virginia Peninsula is the
site of some of the earliest mile
posts in America's history. Here
it was that Capt. John Smith estab
lished the first English settlement
in North America at Jamestown in
1607. Williamsburg is the site of
the first revolutionary convention
that Virginia had ever known, in
1769.
Yorktown is the scene of Corn
wallis’ surrender. Here too,
Marquis de Lafayette fled over a
Mump studded road in 1782 with
his men making a brilliant escape
from Cornwallis’s entire army.
His action checked the British
army long enough to allow re
serves from tlie American forces
to • arrive. That road has been
named after him—The Marquis
Road.
This, too, is the land where Capt.
John Smith was captured by the
Indians and brought before their
mighty Chief, Powhatan, whose
lovely daughter, Pocahontas, saved
his life by her brave intercession.
William and Mary College iu
located here amid a hundred and
one spots redolent of thrilling
incidents of America’s early
nistory.
It is the type of country the
touring motorist enjoys to the ut
most. There is history at every
turn, scenic beauty on every hand
and a fascinating combination of
land and sea with the majestic
Hampton Roads to cap the climax
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HILLSVILLE, Va., Oct. 17.—At a
meeting here plans were completed
for the Fancy Gap Road opening
at Hillsville Friday.
Chairman H. G. Shirley and
former Gov. E. Lee Trlnkle will
represent Virginia, while the gov
ernor and past governor of North
Carolina will be pn the program for
that State.
Powell Chapman, Harry Roberts
and C. C. Lincoln will have general
charge of the speakers and distin
guished visitors during the day.
30,000 Expected
The attendance committee, com
posed of C. O. Kuester, Charlotte;
Ben F. Moomaw. Roanoke; William
Ritter, Winston-Salem; Harlan
Nores, Galax; C. M. Sturkey. Lex
ington; W. T, Kyzer, Salisbury; P.
A. Goodwyn, Bristol, and Conrad
Brevick, Bluefield, have reported a
minimum attendance of 30,000.
W. Glenn Edwards will hftv.e
charge of the historic pageant. W.
D. Thompkins and J. P. Carlco, in
company with local committee, will
have charge of the general arrange
ments.
Members of all committees will
act as s reception committee.
Elaborate plans for a most un
usual historic parade are being com
pleted, to replace the old and custo
mary decorated cars and floats
which the general committee de
cided not to have, since they are
seen at almost every celebration.
The parade will begin with the
early pioneer who first blazed the
trail through the scenic archway
now known as Fancy Gap. He will
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1928
Rabbi Claims Ancient
Splendors Greatly
Overestimated
' NEW YORK, Oct. IL—The
modern man looks at ths Bible
with the Interest of an antiquarian
and he measures its worth quali
tatively, not quantitatively, de
clared Rabbi Lewis Browne at
the Free Synagogue at Carnegie
Tiall.
The glories of the Old Testa
ment, according to Rabbi Browne,
often turn out to be ordinary
when carefully scrutinized. He
likened Solomon’s temple in size
to the movie houses” of an aver
age American city and Solomon’s
thousand wives were nothing as
harems went in those days, he
said.
Even Solomon’s wisdom, the
rabbi asserted, has been greatjy
overestimated./ - S,
be suitably groomed to depict the
age In which he struggled. His dog
and ax will contrast with the other
end of the parade, made up as it
will be of. a modem high-powered
automobile and an airplane.
The program will get under way
at 9 a. m. with the motorcade
leaving Hillsville to meet and greet
the 700 cars already scheduled from
Asheville, Charlotte, Winston-Salem
and other points in North Carolina.
Mt. Airy, which lies at the
foot of Fancy Gap, win . enter more
than 1,000 cars. This city will
bring to the celebration Its schools
and citizens numbering almost one
half of its entire population. Galax
is entering with 400 cars.
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