AUTOMOBILE SECTION
PART THREE
The Omaha,
tiNDAY Bee
AUTOMOBILE SECTION
PART THREE
VOL. XLIX NO. 10.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1919.
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ZONING PLAN
FOR OMAHA IS
OUTLINED BY
CITY JXPERT
Consulting Engineer of Plan
ning Commission Tells of
Results Accomplished ,
in Other Cities.
By HARLAND BARTHOLOMEW
Cenialtlng En(lneer, City Planning Com
munion. At the last session of the legisla
ture a bill was passed authorizing
Omaha to establish districts for reg
ulating the height area and uses of
all buildings. For the past several
months the city planning commis
sion has been collecting information
preparatory to drafting a building
zone plan. It is estimated that
the plan will be completed in
its preliminary stages in Oc
tober, when it will be pub
lished and hearings will be held by
the commission previous to the
adoption of definite restrictions.
Only within the past 10 years
have American cities undertaken
zoning regulations, although Euro
pean cities have had zoning regula
tions for many years. In 1909 Los
Angeles adopted an ordinance con
fining industries and commerce to
certain designated areas within the
city limits; all other property being
restricted to residential use. In
1916 New. York adopted the first
comprehensive plan for controlling
the height area and use of buildings,
all in accordance with some definite
plan of city growth. In 1918 St.
Louis adopted a similar plan. At
the present time,-Philadelphia, Buf
falo, Cleveland, Detroit, Portland,
Oregon and San Francisco, are all
engaged in preparing comprehen
sive zoning plans for regulating the
height area and use of buildings,
while Chicago, Pittsburgh, St. Paul
and many of the smaller cities soon
expect to undertake zoning work.
Called Economic Fallacy.
There are various reasons why all
of the large cities are undertaking
zoning work. They have come to
realize that unregulated city growth
h an economic fallacy. It results in
loss of property values through the
intermingling of inappropriate
structures. The location of a fac
tory in a residence district will of
ten depreciate property values, caus
' ing not merely a great loss to the
owners of individual homes, but re
sult in depleted tax returns to the
city. When this process occurs
over a wide area, whble districts de
preciate and the loss in property
values, as well as in tax returns be
comes a serious factor in the de
velopment of the city.
From these depreciated districts,
people have moved further out into
the suburban territory, where they
nave occupiea new nomes, where
new pavements, new water mains,
new sewers, and all othe utilities
have had to be provided. As cities
grow the greater the tendency be
comes for the abandonment of the
older residential districts near the
business center, and the greater eco
nomic burden the city must carry
in the form of having to build the
many new forms of public utilities
to accommodate the shifting from
the older residential districts to the
suburban districts. It is extremely
important that the character of the
older, districts be preserved and that
they be protected against invasion
of haphazard and inappropriate
uses of property, particularly until
such time as they can readily be ab
sorbed by the expanding commer
cial district.
Business Expanding Westward.
Omaha has just reached the point
where it may soon experience some
of the evils previously mentioned,
as the business district is expanding
westward, and there is a scarcity of
sites for few industries. Within a
few ye. ) it is quite possible that
many of the older residential dis
tricts east of Thirty-sixth street, will
be invaded by buildings of a com
mercial or industrial type, and unless
these are confined to certain streets
such as Farnam and Twenty-fourth
-streets, they will cause unwarranted
depreciation of property values prev
ious to the time when the natural
expansion of commerce and industry
can absorb all of the territory east of
Thirty-sixth street.
Forty years ago St. Louis was no
larger than Omaha. It had a popu
lation of about 200,000 people. All
of the population was located east
;of Grand avenue, which would cor
- respond with , Forty-fifth street in
Omaha. East of Grand avenue to-
dav in St. Louis for a distance cor
responding to the area between Pa
cific and Cuming streets, the resi
dential copulation has practically
disappeared, having been driven out
by the invasion of a comparatively
small number of industrial and com
mercial institutions. Millions of
dollars of property values have been
lost and the city is the loser through
decreased tax returns by hundreds
of thousands of dollars. Such a con-
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One of the Biggest Questions
Confronting Viscount Grey
Is the Problem of Ireland
Newly Appointed British Ambassador to U. S. Called
Cream of Empire's Statesmen All Britain Will
" Draft Bill for Irish Government, Says Lord North
cliffe's Brother.
By FORBES FAIRBAIRN
CniTerwl Service Staff Correspondent.
Special Cable Dispatch.
London, Aug. 23. "One of the
biggest questions Viscount Grey
will have to deal with as British am
bassador to the United States will
be Ireland. Ireland, without doubt,
is a cancer the one thorn in the
side of Anglo-American friendship."
Cecil B. Harmsworth, parliamen
tary under-secretary for foreign af
fairs, and brother of Lord Ncrth
cliffe, told Universal Service this to
day. In the garden of his beautiful
country home at Henley-on-Thames
where he is recuperating from the
strenuous period of the last session
of Parliament, Mr. Harmsworth dis
cussed with me the future of Anglo
American friendship particularly
with relation to Ireland.
I caught him punting on the
Thames, which flows through his
garden. Dressed in flannels, a white
shirt with open throat and canvas
shoes, he was a different man from
the dignified cabinet member I had
found in his office in Downing street
the other day.
Irish Question Paramount.
"The Irish question must and will
be cleared up soon," he said.
"I do not know what Lord Grey's
policy will be, but you may. rest
assured it will be best for all con
cerned. I am exceedingly glad the
Irish question has been developed
to its present issue. It makes a
definite settlement imperative.
"This will be done during the ses
sion following the present recess of
Parliament. Ireland cannot agree
on the form of government it wants.
Therefore, the rest of Britain will
draft and pass a bill through Parlia
ment for an Irish government. I do
not know what it will be, but prob
ably it will be some form of home
rule. England wants more than
anything else a settlement of the
Irish question.
No one will deny that ireiann
has had misgovernment for hun
dreds of years. That would be all
over now if Ireland would draft a
bill for home rule and if that bill
would pass Parliament without op
position. But Ireland will not
agree.
Evades Shantung Question.
"I am afraid I must refuse abso
lutely to discuss the Shantung af
fair, said Harmsworth when the
correspondent asked him why Brit
ain had failed to inform President
Wilson of the existence of the se
cret treaty between it, France and
Japan regarding Shantung when the
United States entered the war.
"This is a delicate matter and dis
cussion of it is untimely because it
tends to hurt Anglo-American rela
tions. I am sure President Wilson,
who is one of the greatest modern
statesmen, is quite capable of ex
plaining anvthine reeardintr the
happenings during the war and at
tne peace conference.
"Furthermore, friendly relations
between America and Britain con
stitute the paramount issue at pres
ent. The appointment of Viscount
Grey is a great step toward
strengthening those relations. He
was picked from the cream of Brit
ish statesmen. The ambassadorship
at Washington was vacant so long
because we were anxious to get the
best man. We have got him.
Grey's Work Unequalled.
"Lord Grey is the only man in the
last 100 years who has received the
honor of being made a Knight of
the Garter who has not been a peer.
That was for his work as foreign
secretary, which is unequalled.
"He will stay in Washington as
long as he is physically able. He
told me if he didn't abuse his eyes
too much they wouldn't get worse.
"Another great question between
America and England is that of im
port restrictions. The feeling in
America on these restrictions and
their consequences is England's own
fault. I am organizing a bureau in
New York to make clear these ques
tions. Restriction Problems.
"Take, for instance, the case of
motor cars. All of Britain's motor
industries during the war were
turned over to war work. Naturally,
it took time to readjust them on a
peace basis. It is only fair that the
government should protect them
while they are in this period of tran
sition. Any other country would
do the same. Now the proper time
has elapsed, and the restrictions
will be lifted September 1. and im
portation will be on a pre-war basis
again."
Mr. Harmsworth graciously in
vited the correspondent to dinner
and at the dinnej table the only
topic of discussion was that of
America having gone dry. Mr.
Harmsworth couldn't understand it
at all, and asked in wonderment,
"how long do- you suppose it will
keep up?"
"You couldn't get England dry
I don't think," said Mr. Harmsworth
to the correspondent who chose
water instead of wine. "You're the
only dry American I ever met. I
guess you're getting ready to get
back home, and are training, as it
were, eh?"
Four Changes In the
. Lincoln Highway
Are Recommended
.
Four changes in the Lincoln high
way from Omaha to' Fremont, in
cluding the elimination of Waterloo
as one of the town on the route, are
recommended to the county commis
sioners in a letter from Vice Presi
dent A. B. Bement for the board of
directors of the highway association.
The suggested changes are:
Five miles west of the Omaha city
limits, to cut and fill a road along
the section line, instead of detouring
around a hill to the south and mak
ing a dangerous curve.
Four miles east of Elkhorn, to
keep to the north of the Union Pa
cific tracks instead of making two
crossings of the railway line before
entering the town.
After crossing the Elkhorn river,
to eliminate the dip south through
the town of Waterloo by making a
Straight cut to where the highway
joins the Unfcn Pacific northwest of
Waterloo.
Parallel the north side of the Un
ion Pacific from Valley to the Dodge
county line, cutting out two right
angle turns.
Rubber Bathing Suit!
Revere Beach, Mass., Aug. 23.
A young woman wearing a bathing
suit entirely of rubber crated a stir
on the beach here. Friends attempt
ed to find a reason for a water-proof
costume, but even the merchant who
sold the chic affair was unable to
offer a logical excuse. The wearer
said she bought the rubber bathing
suit because of its attractive design
and coloring.
Rapid Georgian Justice.
Dalton, Ga., -Aug. 23 Caught
tried, sentenced and put to work on
the roads six hours after his crime
marked a record breaker for speed in
the experience of Charley Parke, just
convicted of larceny. The larceny
was committed at 4 in th mornng.
At 10 o'clock Parke was wielding a
pick for the good of the community
,at large, - - - . - , -
Three Sugar Producing
Firms Send Out Call
for 1,000 Workmen
A call for 1,000 men, to be em
ployed for a period of from 100 to
120 days at a minimum salary of 50
cents an hour, has been issued by
th ree Nebraska sugar producing
companies. Several hundred men
are also needed at once to aid in
harvesting and marketing the sugar
beet crop near Scottsbluff, Gering
and Bayard, Neb.
Operations in the sugar refining
companies are to begin October 1.
The federal employment agencies,
throughout the state, and the county
agriculture agents- have been re
quested to co-operate in securing the
required number of men.
Applications for this work are to
be made directly to the labor com
missioner at the Great West Sugar
Co., Scottsbluff, Neb.
Snakes of Snake Run
Keep Minister Busy
Ronceverte, W. Va., Aug. 23.
Snake Run, some few miles back in
the wilds from here, is well named,
according to the Rev. H. B. Stone
ham. .
The clergyman conducted serv
ices there Sunday. While on his
way to the Sunday school. a little
boy discovered a large yellow rattle
snake, which was killed. After
church services began a large rat
tler was found near the door. Com
ing home another yellow rattler was
seen and killed. At the home where
the minister dined a child ,saw a
copperhead sticking his head
through a knothole and grasped it.
The snake was killed in time to save
the child.. The same day in the
same vicinity a rattler with 18 rings
was killed.
Navy Recruits Lion Tamer
Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 23 Na
val recruiters came near breaking up
a carnival company when they en
listed six embryo "seadogs." The
boss canvasman was among the half
dozen, and so was the lion tameu
SAFETY FIRST
IN AIR IS SOON
TO BE APPLIED
BY EXPERTS
Chief of U. S. Aero Mail
Service, Here, Declares
Aviation Will Be Free
From Mishaps.
"Safety first rules are applied and
carried into effect in the operation
of railroads. The same system is
bound to maintain in the operation
of airplanes," aid Col. John A. Jor
dan, chief of the government's air
mail service, who was in Omaha
last week, looking over the landing
field and designating the location
of the hangars .to house the air
ships that will go into commission
when air-mail service is extended
from Chicago next May.
"With a properly constructed air
plane, navigation of the air is much
safer than riding in an automobile
over the crowded boulevards of a
city or in a congested business dis
trict. Few airplane accidents are
recorded except in cases where the
pilots have been careless or where
the pilots have been driving poorly
constructed ' machines," continued
Colonel Jordan, who for 10 years
has spent a large portion of his
working hours in the air.
"There is something wonderfully
exbilirating about flying and the
man or woman who once gets a
taste of it ever thereafter greatly
enjoys navigating the air. There
is that freedom that it is impossible
to feel when riding on a railroad
train, a steamboat, or in an auto
mobile. You realize you are skim
ming through the arr like a bird
and after the first few rides nervous
ness disappears and a feeling of
confidence and safety takes its
place.
"In an airplane you need have no
fear of wind, tornadoes or cyclones.
The plane can outdistance any of
them in a race, and in the event that
a navigator of the air happens to
run into one of these storms of the
air. all he has to do is to put on
a little speed. He clefts it like a
night, and an instant later he is in
the zone of calm. Then, too, if the
air current is bad where he happens
to be flying, he can drop down or
elevate his machine 1,000 or so feet,
and he is outside of the danger zone.
"Flying is a great pleasure, and
it's going to be a ereat help in the
transaction of business where deals
of considerable magnitude must be
closed and where the parties to the
transactions must meet face to face.
With a plane operated by a skilled
pilot, men hundreds of miles away
can be brought together within a
few hours, and on the whole, dis
tance is going to be completely
eliminated."
'Diamond Queen,,' Who
Donated Huge Sums,
Is Sued for Board Bill
Chicago, Aug. 23 Mrs. Celia Her
mione Wallace, famous years ago as
Chicago's "Diamond Queen," is be
ing sued by her neighbors in West
Haven, Conn., for a long standing
board bill. Found in her tiny cot
tage "back of the ball grounds,"
cold and starving, they took her
in and sheltered her for weeks. Now
they are trying to collect.
"The Diamond Queen" has moved
to new quarters in the Taft Hotel
and flatly refuses to pay, claiming
that her services as a nurse in the
households of her neighbors entitled
her to room and board.
She is the widow of John S. Wal
lace, who was a wealthy Chicago
merchant several decades ago. She
was known all over the country for
her pretentious display of gems.
Later she began to make large do
nations of funds to churches and
charitable institutions. She gave
$75,000 to the Rev. Newell Dwight
Hillis to spend as he thought best.
One of her gifts was the famous
$50,000 mosaic Tiffany altar in the
cathedral of St. John the Divine in
New York.
She began to live the life of a
hermit. When she disappeared from
Chicago in 1902 it was several years
before she was missed. Dr. Hillis
announced that she was missing
when it was necessary to explain
why a subscription of $10,000 to the
Beecher Memorial society was not
forthcoming. In 1908 Mrs. Wallace
was found living in the shanty dis
trict of West Haven in utter pov
erty. Some time ago she was knocked
down and injured by an automobile.
A damage suit is still pending. It is
said she has never recovered from
her injuries, Mrs. Wallace is now
more than 80 years old.
Town Bars Dogs.
Glen White. W. Va., Aug. 23 This
town has the distinction of being
the onlv Dlace in the state where
dogs ate not allowed,
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POPULATION
OF THIS CITY
ESTIMATED AT
OVER 200,000
Census Will Be Taken Next
Year and Then Size of
Omaha Will Be
Known.
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TILT YOUR LAMPS
TO COMPLY WITH
THE STATE LAW
Dealer Who Allows Purchaser
to Use His License Num
ber Is Liable for
Accidents.
A meeting called by State Engi
neer Johnsori, at Lincoln Commer
cial club, Thursday, on the sub
ject of a uniform enforcement ot
the state headlight law, and the pro
vision in the new registration law
regarding operating privately owned
cars under a dealers' license, de
veloped the fact that the road build
ing fund of the state is being
cheated out of thousands of dollars
by car owners holding onto their
dealers' license tags.
Col. B. W. Jewell, J. S. White,
H. O. Friedricks and Secretary
Smyth represented the Omaha Auto
club.
"We have a headlight testing sta
tion here in Lincoln, in connection
with the police station," stated
State Ensineer Johnson, "where
every make of dimming lens has been
tested, bo tar, we nave ianea to
find a single lens which conforms to
the requirements of the state head
light law. The law specifies that
the direct beam shall not rise above
42 inches from the road at a dis
tance of 75 feet in front of the
car." . .
All the popular makes of dimming
lenses were mentioned in the dis
cussion, and only one received
near-commendation.
Tilt Lamp Forward.
After a long discussion on the
light question, it was the unanimous
opinion of state officials, auto club
officials and others interested, that
the solution is to tilt the lamp for
ward to comply with the law. This
is recommended by the Lincoln po
lice, State Engineer Johnson and
Auto Club officials. Tests under
this tilting process have shown ex
cellent results, as a car can then be
driven without dimming lenses and
you have the full car.l.e power of
your lights on the road, safe both in
the city and the country.
Tilting the lamp post forward
was recommended a few years ago
by the secretary and other officials
of the Omaha Auto club, but the
new lenses coming onto the mar
ket at that time was thought a so
lution of the light problem. At that
time California had just held an ex
haustive test and had recommended
tilting the lamp post.
'Tilting the lamp is recommended
to Omaha motorists who wish to
obey the law and at the same time
have a sure and sane driving light
that wiJJ eliminate the danger of
Youngest Yank With
Pershing Attended
School irTThis City
America's youngest fighter, Lewis
R. Green, the 16 year-old veteran of
five major offensives in France, who
returned to his home in Minneapolis,
Minn.; recently spent more than five
years of his life in this city. He
attended Park school while here and
has a host of friends in this city.
One of his boyhood chums is Louis
Goldsmith, 2961 Farnam street.
The two still corresponded and it
was through a letter that Mr. Gold
smith was informed of the safe
arrival of his young friend from
France. ,
Lewis enlisted in 1917. In a few
months he found hiself in, France
with the Sixth Headquarters bri
gade. At the time of his enlistment
he was 14 years old. He was in
Germany with the army of occu
pation for eight months.
Bank Burglars Prove
Nothing But Shadows
Gettysburg, Pa., Aug. 23. Mys
terious shadows in the main room
of the Gettysburg National bank
and the noise of an explosion, re
ported by several persons recently,'
gave rise to the rumor that the in
stitution was being robbed. State
police stationed nearby were sum
moned, county officers and the
borough force were called to the
scene.
After an investigation it devel
oped that the mysterious shadows
seen in the bank were projected
from a club which is located on the
second floor of the adjoining build
ing. The explosion was explained
later when it was learned that a
large can of tomatoes in the cellar
of a nearby hotel had exploded.
MANY BAGGAGE
PIECES BEAR A
WRONG ADDRESS
Railway Express Co. Last
Year at This Time Sent
1,500 Trunks to "No
Mark" Bureau.
glaring lamps. It is only a matter
of a few moments for any garage
man or mechanic to tilt the post.
Use Dealer's License.
Discussing Ihe operation of auto
mobiles by car owners under a deal
er's license, State Engineer Johnson
had this to say in warning to the
dealers: "Every dealer has occasion
of permitting a purchased car to be
driven home with his dealei's tag on.
The law allows an owner 10 days
under that tag, and after that the
owner is required" to get his own
plate. But, in Omaha, Lincoln, and
in fact all cities, there is no neces
sity for this as the local county tres
urer has the plates and all the owner
has to do is to go there and get it.
I want to warn dealers that when a
car owner keeps his dealer's license
plate for 10 days, as provided by law,
that car owner is acting in the ca
pacity of the dealer's agent and the
dealer is responsible for accidents
while the tag is on the machine dur
ing this 10 days. Car owners and
dealers as a rule do not know this,
and when it is known there is likely
to be some heavy suits which will
make the dealer more careful to get
back His pU
With the vacation season at its
height, local expressmen are now
handling more summer baggage than
at any time in the history of the ex
press business, said General Agent
Warner, in charge of the city office
of the American Railway Express
Co.
The heavy movement of trunks,
suit cases and other personal bag
gage from nearby resorts is keeping
the local expressmen on the con
stant go. Last year at this time
1,500 pieces of personal baggage had
to be sent each month to the various
No mark bureaus ot the express
company, throughout the country, as
the addresses of the owners were
totally missing or inaccurate.'
General Agent Warner recently
called his men together to study the
situation. Most of the trouble has
been traced to carelessness, on the
part of vacationists, in addressing
the baggage.
The most prolific cause of delay,
according to General Agent Warner
is the practice of shippers of not re
moving all of the old labels and ad
dresses from previous trips of their
baggage. Frequently trunks are
found in the express office with two
or more addresses, anyone of which
may lead the trunk astray. Some
vacationists, returning to a large
city, fail to give their local street
addresses and the city offices of the
express company find it impossible
to locate the owner.
Each piece of baggage should have
a tag and a label, bearing the proper
address attached to it. The address
should be clearly and correctly writ
ten and contain all of the essential
information, to accomplish its deliv
ery. No shipments are accepted
without a declaration of value and it
is to the interest of baggage shippers
to make a correct statement on this
item, as under the law the carrier's
liability, unless extra valuation is
specified, is limited to $50 for bag
gage weighing 100 pounds, or under,
or 50 cents per pound, actual weieht
if the trunk is over the 100-pound
minimum.
As an additional precaution the ex
press officials suggest that all bag
cage shippers place an extra address
somewhere on the inside of their
trunks and suit cases, so that, in the
case of delay or miscarriage of the
pieces, they can be opened and their
owners identified as soon as possible
and the baggage forwarded to
L thenj, without further delay,
"How many inhabitants has
Greater Omaha tt the present
time?" This is a burning question
that no persorl is able to answer to
a certainty.
Next year, when the census is .
taken, people will know the sire of
the city, so far as population is con
cerned. In the meantime, there are
numerous individuals who would
like to know how many men, women
and children reside within its con
fines. Estimates on" the population
place it anywhere between 190,000
and 225,000. Each man who makes
an estimate believes that his esti
mate is correct and produces the
figures to justify the guess, if a
guess it can be called.
Postoffice Estimates Big.
At the postoffice the officials who
handle the mail assert that there is
no question but that the population
of Omaha is fully 225,000. and per
haps considerably more. Ihey point
to the fact that just about the time
when the United States entered the
European war, and shortly prior to
the first draft, the government made
survey of Omaha for toe purpose
of ascertaining the number of men
eligible for army service. This sur
vey indicated something more than
200,000 inhabitants. This was more
than two years ago and there hai'
been a steady growth since then.
W. I. Metlen. superintendent . of
city mail delivery, says there is no
question but that Greater Omaha
has a population of 225,000. The
ncreased number of residents on
the carrier routes and the additional
calls for mail at the main and branch
office, he says, justifies the esti
mated increase.
Street Car Official's Guess. -W.
A. Smith, superintendent of
the Omaha Street Railway company,
says 200,000 to 210,000. Figures on
the number of persons carried on the
several lines indicates that this is
about the population, he says. ;
Leo Bozell, secretary of the
Omaha Real Estate board, places
the figure at around 210,000. He
backs up his judgmenti with a sur
vey of the city, recently made. That
survey indicated something over
40,000 families living in homes and
apartments. It was found that there
was an average of tour persons to
nat r( annul- Inrt.
000 in homes. Then it was found
that something more than 50,000
persons lived in hotels, in rooming
houses and boarded, occupying pri
vate rooms.
What Phone People Say.
The telephone company has 56,794
phones installed in the city. In 1910
it had 22,049. Then the population
was around 125,000. If the increase
in population has kept pace with
the installation of telephones, then
the population is more than 250,000.
The telephone people don't figure it
quite this way, but they feel confi
dent that Omaha has a population
of better than 210,000.
R. B. Howell, general manager of
the Omaha Water company, says
not less than 200,000. He figures
this on the basis of 35,500- service
connections. During July last year,
the daily pump aggregated 24,000,000
gallons. This year it was 26,000,000.
School Census Figures.
This year the school census
showed 43,074 persons within school
age. In 1910, when the population
of the city was 125,000, the school
census showed about 28,000. Now
you see it is nearly double that num
ber, which is believed would bring
it up to around 210,000.
The publicity department of the
Chamber of Commerce places the
population at 215,000. This is based
on reports from the various depart
ments of the chamber that have
Ifpnf in tniirh with th inrrpae in
business, the number of new firms,
corporations and industries that
have located here during the last
year or two, and the heavy demand
for homes and apartments in all see
tions of the city.
Ferns Goes After More
Machinery for Sprague
Francis Ferns, secretary of the
Sprague Tire & Rubber Co., left
Saturday for Akron to hurry along
additional equipment for the Sprague
factory at Eighteenth and Cuming
Streets.
Mr. Ferns also will negotiate for
still more machinery, which no
doubt will be needed next spring
when production in the .Sprague
plant will, it is expected, reach 1.000
tires and tubes a day. Rearrange
ment in the tube room is now being
carried out to double the capacity.
Operation of the fourth giant vul
canker began this eelc.