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J. L. CAL HOU,," , Trcas. & Bus. l\tgr. 200 Jefferson Ave., Elgin, Ill.

R. A. Los IEn, i::(litor E. N. W~'MA"". Ady. l\Igr. 409 N. Spring St., Elgin, 111. 4051 N. Hal'lem Ave., Chicago, 111.

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Public Apathy In Government

.... a /fea/YJaI1ge/l

W E ar~ American citizens, members of a democratic form of gO\'ernment

frum which we dcrivc certa in inalienable ri~hls , among which is the right

to elect Ouf own public o!Tici:lls-----the rinlll 10 \·ot<:. But like a n arm or leg which is

never used it ca n become atrophied from lack of tJ(crcise, and we become defenseless in

the fa ce of those who desire only 5e1f-3~~f3ndi7.('mcm or who arc hirdinns of those who

seck to des!foy us and our Jemocr:uic insli tutions.

In our Amcric.an way of life i, is essential that nny electiun in which we have

voting franchise should be an imponant election, whether it be for club president, local

committeeman, or State and National publi~· orTicia ls. The infiltrat ion of undesi rable,

inimical :mJ un·Amcric:1fl elements is bound to occur most where the voting pri vilege

is e>:ereisc:d the least, Public apathy in elections d\lfing recent years h:15 ~n fol' the

mosl p.ut ~reater at the local le"d. This is especially dangerous, 5ince local organizations

represent hundreds of thousands uf points which (an be: infected lVilil corruption and

un·t\mcric-oln ideologies.

In the presidential election of 1948 only 51.2 per cem of aU di.l:ible "Otc~ TS in the

country cast their ballOl.s, compared with 59.5 per cem in 1940, anJ 56.4 per cent in 1944,

Thi s llIeans that on ly a little more than one quarter of th e vou:rs of the COllntry repre·

sented the majority ,'ote for the dcaions. TItis is a dangerous trcnd, cs~ci:l lly when one

considers that so-called "off year" den ions :lfe evell less impressive.

It i~ inconceivable that political corruption and communism could infiltrate our

homes anJ OUf Jto\'ernnll~nt if e"cry "ou~r C-olst his ballot, not onl y at presiJ ential and

J,:ubcrnatorial elections, but at dub, school and other local organizations, It is conceivablc,

howe\'er, that national disaster will he: the reSu lt if \C';ss than half of our electomtt: vote,

Our j:lre:ltC';st (bnj.\"er is public apathy in j.\"ove:rnment, ~ lack of exercise in the right LO "ote:,

R, A, LONIER, Editor

The Future Highway Program In Illinois

Paper given by F . N. B.AR K~:R

Chi6f H ighl/my ElIgi1lt~er. Illinois D il/i,jm/ Q/ H ighwaYs, be/I) ,.e COlllb,'lIed 860t A 1t1l1wl CONvention Naliolwi Stull! (HId Gravel A lIlIociuti07l. lind :eft'lld Anl/Iwl COllventiOit N(~fif)'wl Ready Mixed COIlcrete A'lfQf;iatirm,

Com'ad Hilum Hotel, Chicago, J/Iinoill, Pell. 12, IIJ.~t.

3m gbJ to h;;.,·c this chance 10 sfX'ak IJefore your convenuons ~causc we :IfC

really p;lrtncrs in this business of highway construction and maintenance. Though we ordinarily stand on opposite sides of the COU lller, you as lhe producers of aggrc­).tates. and we as the consumers, ou r in­teresu arc vcry clostly joined. \Ve use aggrcJ.:atcs alone in much of our low­type road wllstruction or as the sub­base for pa\-emcms. and we use them as tiley arc fasu~ned IOgether wi th biwmi· nous ur pordalltl Lement b;nder~ ;n illl­provemems of the higher types.

Ouring 1951 the St:ne of Illinois award­ed conslruClion contractS in ,he tOla! amount of $45 mi[\iun on pri!1l<lry and Federal-aid second<lry roads. The Slate also had supervision of about $32!4 million in contracts and day labor work performed by the counties and cities usin,ll; Motor Fuel Tax funds. We in­spected 4J.1 million tons of aggregatc 1ll.1teri:lls used in this total constfUnion program of sn Y2 million dllring 1951.

1-1r,ll;e though this total of highway and street work may be, Iltinois ill com­pany with nearly every other slatc h:a, since the middle 1930's, seen thc cap,1eity of its roads decrease: in rdation to the lisin~ demands of tralTic. Year by year the needs for a more adequate highway system have outrun the capability of the various !c,'els of government to proviJe for them.

Hy way of explaining this si tuation, I would like to tell yOu thc story of hiAh­"''ays and automotive transporta tion as it has unfolded before those of us (we in the engineering field, and you ill the material supply field) who have had the opportu nity to observe it and rhe imag­inat ion to evaluate it.

\Ve arc now standing very dose to the middle of the 20th Century. Behind us we cOIn see the fi rst h:l\f in the per­spective of reCent history. During those fifty years, the cxternal shapc of our Americ:H1 civiliz:nion ha~ changed more profoundly rh:ln ill the previous 400 years. \Ve h:lI'c come through tWO World \Vars and fl<JW arc pos~ibly stnnd­ing- on the threshold of a third waf. lbe~ have been many important and spectacular inventions, among which I migh t lIlt'ntion the development of air If:lvd and atomic er1erg)' as JUSt two out

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of a list of perhaps 50 which I could name a~ well. Bul of all of these de\'d-opments or inventions, none has had as great an elTect lIpon the shape of Ameri­can economic, industrial. ("OInmerciai,

:lgricu!tural :md soci:!l patterns as thc joilll evolution of Ihe highway and the automotive ,·chicle. Swinginx on [he hin~e of the years immediately following the fi rst World War, highway transpor· t:Hion in all its aspects has come to rep­resent the br,ll;est single peace-time effort of the American people. More than $30 1-»1I10n annually has been spent in re­cent years on manui:lctu ring au[()mobilc~ from raw materials to the finished car, on producinj( {uds and lubrica nts :lnd constructing and maintainin~ highways. TillS enorlllOu~ ~um amounts to aOO\11

nnt!oCighlh of our normal peace lime N:I­t ional income. One out of se\'en Ameri" call jobs is in the fielJ of highw:l Y trans­jXlrtation.

lbere are many men in th is room listcning to me S:ly these words who ha"e seen these Ihin,lo($ happen. They ha\'e sccn people mo\'in~ in an irresistible

stream from the ci ties illlo the suhurbs. seen [nosl industries deccntralizcJ from the former clustered indusltial compacts, seen retail merchandising rcvolutionizt!d by dail)' motorized uansport uom cen­t,,~1 warehouse., :!Cell Khools C0I1Klli ­

dated, Hrttt on replaced by trnnsi t buses, and most important o( all they hal'e seen the five mil!ion vehicles on the Nation's roads in 1917 become the 50 million \chicles which SWa rm our high­ways and streets today.

I do not intend to stand hcre anJ tell )'ou that the modern all-weather highway made thc motor vehicle possible, or that the mOlor vehicle made the hij(hway pos­si hle. It 's one of thuSt' thin~~ like trying to a r~ue whether the first chicken came from an eJ.!g or the first egg came from a chickcn. Hut, as we know that no one inventol either the chicken or the e~jl;. so also do we know that no one in­vented modern highway ttansportation. I like to think lhat Ihe whole thins:; began with mud. \Vherever thc mud was worst, highway buildin~ was pushed ahead with ~realcst \·i,lo(o(' Where,·er Ihe mud w:u the !c:lSt trouhlesome, hi,lo(hway development was retardt!d the lon,ll;est.

I didn't come here to brag. but I think the mud in Ill inois is as deep and sticky as it is anywhere else in the country, And ill line with my particula r mud theory, lI1i nois was one of the fi rst Stales in financing and carrying out a com­prehensive nt' twork of all-weather pri. ma ry ~.i~h\\'ays.

In 1918 the first bond issue :lct was passed to be followed soon in 1924 hy the second bond issue act. T Oj(etln:r thc~ two aclS provided for thc Sale of $160 million in bulld~ for linaneing a Sllile network of about 10,000 miles of roads. The prim:try reason for thc overwhelm­ing public sentimcnt behind t.hesc tWO aCts was the hope of finally gett ing wh:lt­ever traffic there lI'a$ in those J ays om of the mud.

A nate hi~hway departnlent was quickly or~anized to get on with the job and believe me it did. In 1919, the fi rst year after the bon{1 issue act had been ajlpro\a1 in November of 1918 - 1;0 miles were completed. In 1911 we com­pleted ncarly 500 mila.. and in 19N we really hit our Rride by building 1,018 miles of hij.l:hway_ 8y me end of 1928, just I() ),ears after the p3SS.1ge of the first bond issue act, we had completed !lImon 6,000 milt'S of highw~y, :In.! hea r in mind that e\'ery foot of il was of rigid type. which mluireJ a nc:w grade line :u wdl as ne"' brid,ges and drainagc ~ lructurC5.

In telling you the story of what hap­pened in Illinois. I am not Hying to bt:lg because more:: or leu the same: th ing was happening in all of the other states :11

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the samC tim~. , am tdling you wh<lt happcned in Illinois beCH1SC I am fa­miliar with the record there and I want to use thcsc ligures to make my point. I am proud that I came with the Ill inois Division of Hi ghways in 1923 and played my part in this enginecrin~ achievement. But the point I want to make ;s that it was strictly a production job aimed :11 the: one ol>jC([i\t~ of getting people out of th~ mud and no matter how fast we: did it, we weren't fast enough to 5.1tisfy the clamor of the pub­lic which W:H s"till hurning the bands out of the old Modd "T' while trying to get the milk to m:nkeL

In those days of the early and middle 1920's aUf problems were comparatively iew. \Ve had all the mont:y wc needed (rom the: bond issues, Fedt:r:11·aid and motor license fees. w~ knew just which mads to huild and where 10 huild them because th~if Ioc.1tion had been spelled out ill considerable detail for us by legis­la tive anion. Ri}\"h t of way was easy to acquire occausc landowners were so eaj!er 10 get :1Il all-we;"Hhtr surfact they wOllld let us have the nc~ded land. in most cas~s for nothing.

The middle 30'~ is usually regarded ::as the time wh~n most of the states had completed their initial network of pri­mary high wars. Therc were many de­mands pb~ed upon thc financial and prooucti\'e r~.~ource s of the state highway departments. \Vork relid prOgr:l.IllS were idcally suited to the improvement of low-type rouds. Some sugge~tion o[ the need$ for improved facilities to relieve the Jifowinj! congestion in ei ti~s had begun to appear. Having completed their basic o riginal task of COllstructing the stale higbway network, many highway departments were uncertain as to what needed to be done next and the record reAects this uncertainty bI the resulting d iIT usion of efforl.

W ithin a short tillle World W ar II inten:ened, ~I!ld for its duration, the highway department...; were more con· cerned with survival than with expan· sion or redi rection of their activities. The :mnee! forces drew very h(avily on engi. neering employees, fuel rationing re­duced re"eIlUes drastically". Federal·aid hi}\"hway funds were froze n, and con· structioll work was brought almost to a ~talldslill. At the same t ime, and in the name of National defense, the trucking industry was permitted to u~ and abuse t!le road systems almost without fCStrlC·

tlOIl.

At the end of the war, most of our acti\' ities were devoted to reco,'ery. The highway organizations needed to be built up a,gain. The most baJly broken p..1Ve· ments required replacement. We were being: beset on all sides for attentiol1 to

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local demands. On the one hand we were beinJ! asked to hllild new stal~ highways to extend the system of ::111 -weather ~urface~ . On the other hand we were heinJ.[ called to assist in relieving urhan congestion. But most strongly of all were the demands of the traveling public for the rchabili t;ltion and mod­crnizat ion of the existing state road sys· tem.

With the limited funds availahle and lhe depleted number of automobiles on the rood ill the immediate post war pe. riod , we wer~n't ourselves sure what needed to he done or ~xactly what we could accomplish.

The expansion of automotive transpor­tation since the W:lr has exceeded any o[ our previous estimates. Each y~ar's rcr­are! seemed to e~ahl ish a peak \ ... fli ch we thought could not ~sibly be sus· tained and nill the followi ng" yea r show­ed lilat the trend tow::ard increased use of the hi~hways was Still continuing.

Ea rli~ r in this talk I made one state­mcnt which I am goin,(t to quote again, 1I0W in the words of Wilfr~d O wen of the Brookillj{s IlI5t itut ion- "Automotive tJansponation is the end product of America's greatest combination of eco­nomic activities. It is estimated that the ~xp('ndirures for automotive tran sporta· tion in 1948 reached an annual rate of approximately $30 billion, equivalent to more than one eixhth of the total Na· tional income."

I think that it would be fair to say that what we formerly considered to be lhe three material ncces.Sities of lifc, food, !:helter, and clothing, has now been changed to food, shelter, clothing, and automotive transportation.

With this background o( highway his· tory, and with a new e\'aluation of the place of automotive transportation in our American economy, I would like to con· (illue my remarks .by speaking of wh:n lies ahead.

In Illinois as in many other states, the legislatures have hcen deeply concerned in the matter of our highway deficien­cies. Durin,!; 1947 a special wmmission was established to study this subject and resulted in the publication of what has wrne to he known as ··The (iriffenhagen Rerort" and a series of bills which were introduc~d for the purpose of meeting highway needs. The It,l,:islature which met in 1949 considered these hill~, bllt at that time, did nm fed that the time [or action had come. Only a [ew of these measures wen: finally enacted into law.

In the matter of highway legislation, I would like to make a statem~nt of what I consider to be the appropriate p0-

sition of the highway department. Under Illinois statutes, and in th~ mind of the puhlic, the highway department is re·

sponsible directly for the care of thc primary road system and is responsible in a supervi!oOry way over all other .~ys. telllS. In vicw of these responsibilities I !;Ce it as ne(Css.1ry that the dep:lftm~nt advi.<e the leg-islature and the public of how wel! the highway systems are ptr· form ing their function. No agency of .~o\'erllmen! other than the highway de· partmCnt can do this job which needs LO

he done in view of the dynamic changes in alltoil1oti\"e transportation. But- hav­ing stated the~e needs-the question of what is to he dune to meet the highway prohlems is one which tht: legislature and the puhlie must solve for itself. We (.111 build whatever road system the pub-­lie cali and will pay [or. Or if, after hal' · in)!; considered the highwa~' deficiencies, the puhlic decides rhut no additional funds can be spent for roads, the high. way dcpartments can continue to m:1in· tllin lht: systems in their diminishing ef­ficienc y at a lower level of revenue. In short, it is the duty of the highway of­ficial to report needs ; it is the duty of th~ legislature and the public to decide what it is willinl/; to pay fo r.

When the 1c-0slature met in 19')1 we reported the present and future improve· ment ne~ds of our highway syS(fmS to be III the following approximate amounts:

Primary system needs ~~S 921i million Cook Count)' Expressway

needs (Sta te's share) _ 225 million

Primary highways total _ .. $1 , 151 million County road needs _._ 368 million Cit\' st rtet needs ._ .. _ _ 1.024 million LOCal road needs _______ . 262 million

Tot~1 all systems _~~_.S2 ,805IIlj\1ion

In wnsideration of this weat volume of hi.l1;hway nceds, and in view of its de· cisions as to how much of the cO.~t should be met from motor user taxes, the legislature acted to incre::ase both the motor fud tax mte and the amount of the truck licens.e fees. Undcr the new law the State, cities, counties and town· ships share tne re\'enue from the motor fuel tax among th~lll. The increased money from the added truck license fees goes to the State alolle and CUll be used principally for construction t)fl the pri· mary ~ystem.

I will not at this time, go into an an· alysis of how much of the estimated de· fici encies of the primary system of high­ways can be met from the re\'enue in· creases except to say that the estimated needs afe still considerably greater th311 the money in view to meet them. On the othn hand, we regard the lIew revellue fOf hi,\;\hway work as a distinct forward step in enabling the State to e"entually

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OPEN STEEL FLOOR Wan/ YJdlout /3ti~1!

(See Co-ver)

By D. A. BRANICAN

On December 15, 1947, a tied sted aTch bridge with :I fivl: inch open sIre! grid Roor W3$ completed over the Rock River on 111. Route 2 in Grand Detour. 'nIlS

attract;ve structure with nt:w apprmchcs onc·half mile in each direction replaced all obsolete through truss hridge, widl ;t narrow roadway, an eight ton load limit, and sharp approach curves whi<.:h had a bad accident record.

The new brid,::c, with a (enter span of 325 [ttl and a total length of 9% fCCI, has a 26 fO(){ roadway with thrre foot sidewalks Oil each side of the ro.1J· way. The open steel ...:rid noor was novel in District 2. Many favorabJe comments were made by engineers and motorists a ll Ihis design. Sine.: the Sled grid Aoor was consIderably lighlCr in weifo\ht th:m a reinforced concrete Jloor would have been, li).:h ter structura l members were Jesi).:ncd (or the truss which reduced the o\'erall COSt of the bridj!e by a very large sum.

lllC open grid Roor permittcd the SIIOW and rain to pass through the nri<lge Roor and ir was the opinion of mOSt of our en)Cineen that this type of Roor would rcduce the mallllenance costs of the hridge by an appreciable amouOl.

On March 30, 1948, a northbound au­lomo\)i\e driven by a 5C\'enl~n year old ),outh at a high r;}t~ of speed went out of control on Ihe bridge and was struck broadside by a .southbound automohil e: . T11e d ri ver and twO passengers in the northbound automobile were killed in· standy. TIlt! right rear tire of the: north­bound vehicle was blown out, but it was not known if this blowout caused the accid~nt or was a resul t of it. It was rdinin$:' at the time of the accident but the bridge was not icy.

ln~re: was considerahle speculation by local motorislS as 10 whether or not the new lyp~ of bridge floor was a contrib­utin){ factor to this accident. Many m0-

tori sts 5.1.id that they had a feel ing of uneasiness while drivillg over this bridge. Thc IOIl){itudinal membcn of the Roor grid were not in perfen aliglllnent and, as a consequence, the wheels of some automobi les took on a weaving action. While this worric:t.l nen-ous drivers, hi~h­way cllgin~rs did not consider it danger­Otis. Some of the lauer have repeatedly tried OUl the floor, when it was d ry. by driving over it at both high and low speeds, wi th both light and hea,'y ca rs, and tryin,!! their brakes, with no sk id.

The floors of all bridges, including re· inforced concrete, arc occ:nionall y li:th!e

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to be icy when the pa"emem approoche~ arc dry. The stC'C1 grid floor was no exception ill this regard, in fact, the cold

steel appeared to condense the moisture in dle air, which would frttZe on the grid floor when the pavement :lpproaches were ent irely dry. This condition could

not be corrected by the appl icat ion of cinders, as on 1iOlid bridge Roors.

Rcflectoriud siAn .~ were erected '500 feet ead\ side of the bridge, v.-.Irning motorists that rhe brid~ was slippery when ..... et O t frosty.

One reportable accident, with damage of more than $100.00, occurred during the wint~r of 1948-1949. However, sev­eral minor :lccidems occurred which were nOI reported. Occasional unfa"orahlc comments, from motorists, on the slip­perinc,\s of this type of Roor were heard. Consequently, in the spring of 1949, weld butlons Ya inch round, VB inch high ami 3 inch centers we re welded to tile top of the horizontal members of the grid floor (0 provide more resistance to skidding. Approximately 250 [eet of the bridgc floor near the end of the hridge. (or approach tmffie from each direction. was wdded in this manner. Howevcr, studies made in the fall of 1949 indi­cated Ihat the welded spots did not re· duce the tendency of automobiles to skid .

On April 9, 1950. a fOIlT car accident ocwrred with an estimated property d:lIna~e of $400.00 and two personal in­juries. 1'\0 other reportahle accidents oc­curred utllil Novcmber 22, 1951 , on which dat~ three aceidenu occurrc::O, wi th an estirn1tc<1 propt'rt)' damage of $3,. 000.00 and four injuries, one of which was of a serious natu re. Followin).': thest accidents sharp and ra ther bitter criticism against the Divisioll of Hi~hways was published by se\'eral local newspapers. The brid):'c was called a death trap and the ncwsPllp~rs demanded that the Stat'e of Illinois repbce or cover up the sted ){rid floor.

District En){incer Ferguson fo rwarded n full report of the nccident$ and criti­(ism to our Sprin~field Headquarters. He expbined to the local editors that the Structur:l[ members of the bridge would nOI support a rcinforced concrele floor. or :1 fou r inch concrete worin).: course o \'er the prCSt:nt steel ){rid floor. l ie furth~( informed thcm that consid· eration Was being ){h'en to placing' a bituminous course. O\'er the i>ridge, bill he: had been told Ihat steel plates to sup_ port this surface mi){ht add so much dead load that the hrid;te would be over­loadt:d \,tlen suhjected to heavy truck loads.

A similar floor in the ci ty of Freeport, where the speeds atc lower and the t raffic he!wier, had J("i"en no trouble. The Grdnd Detou r bridge is located in :.1

rural area where approach ~pt:eds "af)' up 10 scv~nty miles :In hour.

Mr. Ross, Maintenance Burau Otid, contacted other st,nes Ihat ,,~ USln~ the open ~rid steel Roor. ~bny of th~ statt:$ had also experienttd difficulty with ice 011 thi s type of Roor. None had a

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g(X)(\ solution for eliminating this condi­tion. O ne state told him that they draggeu burlap soaked in calcium chlor· ide across the bridge when it was icy.

Sevcral of the Springfield BurC.1US nf the H ighway n"p:Htm .. nt, ~, wcll :IS Iht' Di strict Office, h,l.ve (or scveral weeks, OCcn actively considerinJ{ various scheme); for placing a difTerent surface all the brid){e, hut problems of weight, or COll­

struction difficulties in placing ~nd hold" ing a wea ring surface of light weight on this peculiar grid have, up to the pres­ent, prevented a final conclusion. Studies are continuing.

A few days after the accidents of No· vember 22,1951, three large rd lectorizeu signs were erecte(1 for traffic approach­ing- thc Grand Octour bridJ.:e in each direetion_ Thcse signs carried the fol ­lowinjl; mess~ge$; "PLEASE SLOW DOWN," "BRIDGE IS ICY" and "10 M.P.H . ON BR IDGE," and were erected 1750 [ttt, 1250 fcct and 750 feet (rom the bridge respecti\-ely. Hinged cover pl~tes were provided for each sign, so th,u they coold be covered when the bridge was not slippery. Battery operated nashinJ{ amber signals were instal1t;d oyer the "BR IDGE IS ICY" signs.

A watchman was employed ami as­signed to keep a dose watch on the bridge during periods when there would be any likelihood of frost or icc being­formed on the ~trd floor and to oncover the signs, turn on the amh:r Rashers and pJ:\Ce torches nlongsidc of each sign whenever conditions warranted such ac­tion.

With the assistame (If a maintenance patrolman, O istric[ Mailllcnance Engi­neer Malay constructed a portable burner to melt icc from the bridge Roor. The undercarriage of a small aggregate dryer was ava ilable. TIuee asphalt kettle burn­ers were 5uspended from this carriage; a fud rank and motor d ri ven pump we re already on the nggregate dryer. A sheet metal shield was mountcJ in front of rhe hurners to direct the ROIme to the floo r. Th i5 burner was pulled with a pick-up truck. It melted a strip of ice onc-eighth inch thick, seven feet wide and one thousand feet lOll).! in one-half hour, with an atmospheric temperature of 30'. The icc melted and ran through the open grid alfll()st like rain. It is planned to try the suJ{J{eslion o(umgging a burlap soaked in calcium chloride the next time that icc is formed on this bridge.

Ouring periods when the State high­ways in ~eneral ;lre slippery from snow ;Int! icc, the steel grid Roor on the (irand [)(tour bridge is usually dry ~nd much safer than concrete pa'·ernents.

There arc m<lny sharp curves in this district which have a much higher a(Ci-

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dent rate thnn the Gr:llld [)etour bridge. \Vhen accidents occur on these curves, the local people u)ua!iy blame the auto­mobile drivers [or not observing the warning signs. Occasionally these drivers arc 3rrcsted and charged with reckless drivin):: by local police officers. H owever, insofar as the Gr:lnd Detour bridge is concerned, all of the local criticism ap­pears to be directed ag:li nst the Di\'\sion o[ H ighlvays for the design of this type of floor, even though the drivers in. ,"olved in lhe accidents on this bridge failed to heed the warnin~ siKns which informed them that the bridge was slip­pery when wet or frosty.

No accident.~ have occu rred 5ince the new sig-ns have been erected, which will give positive warning when the bridge is il-y, but which will be co\-ered when this

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condition does not prevail. We do not know whether or not motorists will Ix: critirised if they fail to observe these signs aud become jnl'olved in an an'i­dent, but it is qui te likely that the bbme will continue to he placell on the design of the hridge floor.

This artick is puhlished so that the engineers of the other districts will bene­fit by the experience of District 2 in open steel grid flooTS. It is recommended that careful consideration be givcn to the danger of icc and frost hy anyone that is planning a Roor of this type and that the structural members supporting the bridgc be desi.l{ned to support the addi­tional wcight of a protective wearing sur­face for the stcel grid floor in rase the steel gTid floor is found to be UIl5.1tiS·

factory.

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dress correct. Mail us your new address if you move, or if your mag­azine is goinJ::" to the wrong gddress, let us kne w.

THAN KS.

[LLINOIS HlGHWA Y ENGINEER

209 Jefferson Ave. Elgin, Ill.

AN ARTICLE PROFll.E B y H AROLD R. H U BBELL

An article writing technique requi res a very simple formula. The basic ingre­dients include the nature or subject of its con tents, its stroctu re and the man­ner in which it should be expressed.

T hen' are just six easy rules to em­ploy to perfect an interesting article. To plan the paturn of facts, an author must first gather al l known material, makc a thorou)l:h ~tud)' of his subject, anu care­fully analyze the entire picture; do not present these facts in the form of an editor~al. An article is t ruly a "glorified" news Item.

The first ingredient or component is an interesting TITLE, "the abbreviated context." It must attract the attention of the reader and arouse his curiosity.

T he LEAD or opening, the second rule, is a most important portion of th~ Mructure. The success or failure of an article is often decided at this point. Simi lar 10 thc title it must continue te excite his attention, sei:t.e his interest and exercise his ima)l:i nation.

TIl~ sta){e is set, like an artist who has placed his eascl and hung his can­vas. The amhor must paint his picture, describe his people, his places and create a mental image for the reader. This is the third part, the OESCRl.P TlON of the facts or the hotly of the artide. The order of his descriptions must be. hinged together, hlended SO that the reader may eontinue at a coost.lll! tempo or r~ te o[ speed.

To make the material more pleasant he should "tint·' hi .~ article like the dia logue of fictio n works, the QUOTA. T IONS. This fourth essential occupies a related position in article material.

The fifth inwed ient represents the evi­dences or proof of the facts, the SUM­i\fAR Y. The main principle or thought should be repeated. TIle purpose of thc article nHI.~t be e~sily and thoroughly understood.

The purpose having been stated and thc deSt~ ripti\'e incidents portrayed, do not end the article too abruptly. The CONCLUS ION, the sixth rule, should incite a penpecti\"e thought pa ralleling the article.

T his article profile is merely a pattern or recipe hy wh ich an author may be guid<-od . The fo nnula contained thc six esscntials of article writing.

Some articles a re jl;reatl y imprm'ed by the insert ion of an anecdote, while the "" related fach" process is found in others and in many a chronological order must be retained.

In conclusion an article has a definite pattern or formula even if its author himself is unaware of its presence..

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Bureau Of Traffic Early last y~u the t raffic ~eni{Jn and permits acti vity of the Bureau uf Main_

tenance were comhin"d with the Office of Safety Rcspoll~ibility to fofm the new Uureau of TralTie in conformity with the Dj"isioll of Highways reorganiz:niu{J plan. Additional office space was obtained auj:lcent to th e quarters of the old safety responsibility office auu the twu groups have opcratC"d as a consolidated unit si nce last August. As time goes on, the rela­Tionship between the t\\'o kinds of work will be hetter cstahlilhed and it will he­COme possible to exploit the inhcrelll ad­vama~e.~ of the merger.

H. H. H arrison, naific engineer in the Bureau of Maintt:llancc for many years, was appointed to head the bureall with the title of engineer of traffic. M. K. Lill).!:]c, cn~ine~r of cbims and engineer of safety responsibili ty before and <lfter the war, rC5p~ctively , was appuinted a"~· sistalll en~ine~r of trarTic. These appoint· lllents have reunited these two engineers after ~ lap~ of a quarter century. \Vhen Mr. H arrison was district maintenance ~ngineer of District 7 during the early twenties, Mr. Ling!~ was associated wjtb him in Effingbam as assi5tant district maintenanc~ en);;ineer.

The personnel of th~ bureau is now composed of J 00 empluyees. The work is divid~d among two sections for the purpose uf control and bciEty. C. (;. COrcoran heads the traffic oper:nions sec· tion and E. J. K~rn is io charge o( the safelY responsibility section. These: men have oceo as~iatcd with th~ l311r~au of l\laint~nance and the nur~au of Materials for more than 3{} year~.

'111e traffic opcr:nions ~eC[iun is con· eerne{1 with t rarIic control, special per_ mits for vehicles llnt! hi)\hway aCl.:css , and traffic accident statistics. C. E. Chenoweth, field engineer and general inspectur, assists Mr. Corcoran in traffic studies bc.1riu);; on the design of ~lrUC-

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Suburban Intersection..

turt'S :mJ appllrtennnccs and 011 the jus· tific:nion fOf signals, si~ns, and road markings. They are C{)ncerned alsu with the dcsi j{n, installa tion, and maint~n~nce

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of traffic control devices and markings. \V. L. KeSliler, for m~ny years connect~d with the traffic s~ction and now with the safety responsihility section, will soon join ,,-IT. Corcoran·, ,tall as a field engi. neer and inspector.

TIle work of issuin g highway acc~ss

permits and special permits for vchicles transporting loads of excessive weigh ts or si7.cS is handleJ hy H. F. Lund, the permit engineer. Applicatiuns for per· mits, arriving by mail and telegram , pro· vide him with a \'olume uf ncar ly 7{}

permits each working day. Traffic accidem st<ltistil"s are compiled

£rom the drivers' accident repurts re­ceived by the bureau. The infofmation is taken ofT in cOlle [or use in the key­punching and mechanical taoul;ltion. The locations of accidents all rural state hi);;hways are also spoued on large COUIl­

ty maps. Thi s work- is under the ~l1pcr­

vision of A . ). Cope, who also ediLS the Bi);;hway HuHetin wbicb puhlicizes the s t~tistical infurmation and the mntrihu­tion of highway engineers to traffi c stlEct}' .

The safety responsibility section is composed ()f two Sllb-seaions known as

accident records and evaluution . Incom­ing reports of traffic accidents by motur· ish ar~ recei"ed at a rate in exc~ss of 200,000 cases each yea r. The indexing,

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tllHching-, and filin);; of this large volume involve, qui[~ a cotllplicatcd operatiun.

These accidellt case~ are sllb.~equ~ntly drawn in blocks by the evaluation group which performs the work required by the safety responsihility law. Approxi. mately one·Eourth of the cases involve less than minimum reportahle results~ deuth, injury, or property d~mage in ex· cess of $1{)(J-...-:lI1J ar~ returned to the ftk immediately. In the remaining cases where insurance compliance is mi.~sing, the names of dri"er~ or owners are certi· fled to tbe SecrCl..1ry of State requiring depusiL~ of security in the amounts de­[~rmillt.'d by the evaluation of the acci­dem Se\'erity.

The fieldwork of tIle Rureau uf Traf­fic is carried on under the supervision

A Typieol Canter-striping' Operation

of a tr~ffic engineer in each district of· fice. His normal staff consi5ts of from olle to four engineers, depending upon the amoun t of tmffic and s.afety respon­~ibilit~· activi ties in the districts. In Dis· triet 10, the staff is double that of other clistri cts, pIllS two evaluators. The dis· triet tra lTie en)!inccrs are: I. Fred Mason; 2. D. A. Branipn; 3. A. L. J)ierstein ; 4. A. R. Litvicu: 5. II. J. Truman; 6. W. R. Berry; 7. J. R. FieJh:r; 8. V. C. Craw­ley; 9. B. W. Lollar, and 10. R. J. Newell.

ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

d'llinoi! State Employees Association

By DAVID eRA WFORD

H ow docs one sell something to a Hi ghway Engineer for a dullar ? The answer is not casy htcauk usually there is "nQ sale," unks5 the Engill~r sells himself from the information presented to him.

t-.{OS{ of liS arc familiar with the State Employees' R~tjrement System because we contribute to it from each pay check; huwever, aTC we fami liar wi th the methoJ by wh ich it was ornaineu and, most im· po rtant , how it is kept in ope.ration to our ad,'antagd

More than 20 years ago a small group of state employees had the vision to fo rser: the need for a program of security to meet the economic hazards of old age. death. and disability. The original group, which incluucu many Highway Engi­Ul:ers, is 11UW k"""'!1 a~ tl", ll1illOi~ State Employees Association . It has a mem­lx:rship of about 5000, which include Illany administrative employees frOIll the various state departments. Although the officers and committees of I.S.E.A. ~e rve without pay. they ha\'c enjoyed consid· erahle presliJ{e. This prestige was val· uable before ou r Iktirement System be­came a realit)' as well as since, to keep our system souod and equable.

The efforL~ of I.SE.A. were rewarded when our Retirement Systelll weill intO operation on Jan. I, 1944. H owever, it was discovered shortly afterward that the system was llot only subject to change but probably would be changed every tWI) years by the Gelleral Assembly. To dale there have been Illany changes bm none have been detrimental to state em­ployees or the Retirement S),stem. 111 is condition !nay exist hecau.se !nost of the changes now in efleet were proposd hy I.S.E.A .. while .';Orne changes not con­sidered beneficial to a brge number of state empll)yees or the system were op· posed.

The followi n.w; were taken from the constitution of the Illinois Swte Em· I>!oyees Association;

ARTICLE 11 Objttth'cs

The objectives of this Association shaH be to promOte the interests of ~ta te em· ployees under the prol'isioDs of the State Employees Retirement Act.

ARTICLE III Membership

Section I. QUALIFICA 1l0NS: Any ernplo)'cc of the State of Illinois who is panicipating in the Stale Em ployees Re· ti rement System or receivinj.i benefits

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therefrom may become a member.

Section 2. SPECIA . .L M£MI3£RSIIIPS; No honorary. affil ia te or other special membership shaH be granted any p("r· :<an.

$cction 3. ADM ISSION: Any em· ployee desiring to Ixcome ~ member shall make application to the nearest chapter or to the State Secretary and upon pay­mellt of the melllbership fcc to the chap· ter or State SeerNary shall become a member.

Section 4. D UTIES or MEMBERS: It shall be the dut), of el·ery member to

conJuct his serl'ices to the State of ill i­nois in an ethical man ner, uphold the principles of this Association :md abide by its rules and rCJ.iulations.

ARTICLE IV Organization

Section 2. C HAPTERS: Each chapter shaH consist of at least 26 members.

It is hoped that the above brief infor­matiun will interC5t all ! lighway EJ1gi. ne .. rs not n,..mher~ of the I.S.F.A. w,· like to think of Engineers as leaders ::md suppOrters uf worth while organizations, especially those who support their per­sona! interests. TIle annual dues of most cha pters arc one dollar.

It l1l i~ht be of interest to know that Joe Miller, Burea u of County Roads and Stn .. '(!lS, was the first president of I.S.E.A. Also, there arc two State Employees on the BoarJ of Trustees of the St,lte Em­ployees Retirement System appointeJ by the (iovernor, and Frank N. Barker, Chief Highway Engineer, has been J Trustee since lht: system has been in o~rati()n. Mr. Barker is also a member of the I.S.F..A. as well as one of its boosters.

Th(' l.S.F.. A. hn] ,L~ it~ aonll"] h:m'l",· t in the Springlield A rmory on April 19 and a special invitation is extended to all l-li)ihw~y Engineers. The banquet will be limited to about 1000 reservations; however, lhe b.11cony will he open (or those unable to obtain banquet re.serva­[ions. The I.S.E.A. is a lil'l: organization --come and see.

A VACATION IN OLD MEXICO

By BEIi C. ROOENBF.R(; , Peoria

T o many of u~, just the m~re mention of a trip to 9 foreign country other than CanJda mi)!ht at firSt ~ecm a far away and l"Cry expensive trip, out in reality is nOt too exptnsive and not too hr away if you plan on I'isiting Old Mexico. Most of the country is no hrther than a trip to the west coast; and with most of the cou ntry now covered hy a good highway system of black top roads practicall y all uf the country is acce$sib1c by ca r.

With their devalueJ currency our American dollar is now wonh 8.65 pesos, and with this favorable rate of exchange the American tourist is in an enviable position. It makes you fed as though you were back in the "Th irties," as f~r as the purchasing power of the dollar is concerned, for it will rio a long way. All the hotd and restaurant rates a re posted and fixed by the GovCfnJllent so there should not be any fcar of your being­ul'crcharged . Living costs art: much lower than in the United Stales so this should help stretch your dollars.

In order to enter the country J (Our· ist c.1!d is required of each tourist and this may be sC:cured from the Mexican Constll in Chicago or from the Mexican hord~r officials at a cost of $3.00. A proof of birth, citizenship, or an army discharg-e is all that is required to secure this card . If you drive your car you should be S'Jre to hal·e proof of owner­ship, as a permit will be issued you to driyc your ca r, and a sticke r will be aflixd to your windshidd which will en· title you to all the tourists courtesics. This sticker should nOt 1X' removed duro ing your stay in Mexico. The insurance on you r car is not valid in Mexico and in order to have protection )"011 must secu re jl1surance on a per diem basis with \;}rious Mexican Insurance Companies. This insu rance may be ohtained from the American Automohile Association in Laredo, Texas. AlsO at this office you may exdwnge your money for pesos, pick up maps, travd literJtllre, and se· cure the latest information on the condi· tion of the roaJ~ in any part of Mexico.

It is a I'ery good idea to be vaccinated be.fo re you start your uip lO Mexico as you will be asked fo r proof of I'Jccina· tion on your return to lhe states by the U. S. Custom Inspectors and this might c~use you some delay.

Most of Mexico is on a high plateau a\·eraging moo fect and more, makirlg the weather rather cool at night; there­fore, it is a gaud idea to h:H'C some year­around clothing alon)!: in the summer, as well as the winter months. For the

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Corrosion. rust decomposition and a bra sions are no problem for clay pipe

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ILLINOI S HIGHWAY ENGIN E ER

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Directional Channelization District 4 to Introduce Ne w Type of Inte rsection Design

in Stale of Dlinois By RAYMOND J. ACKERMAN

The solution to an iute~clion design problem in Peori .. is the employmcllI of directional channelization. -nil:: design is to be usrd at the intersection ()f Federal Aid Route In and State Bond Issue Roule K8 ( Knoxville An:nue :l.nd Reservoir Boule\·:l.rd). I hclievc this is the fi rst location in the SI .. te of Hlinois and the second in the Uni ted SUItes utiliz;nx this type of design.

The principle of the design is to eliminatc ~1 heavy left turnill.lo!: move­tnellt at the main inur!>CClion by in· troc:lueinJ,!; a p:1rIi~d IcCt wrn before thc ",,,in intersection, on to a SCIl:Ir.ItC di­agonal roadway :II1J another !Xuti:l.l left turn on to the in­tersecting r0.1d be· yond the main in­tersection. A fight turn laoe i) also provided in the 5-1me quadr.lOt.

TmtTie is to he controlled by a sys­tem oi progrcssi\'cly ~ynchronizcd traffic li.lo!:hu installed :It

lhe Ill:l.in intersec-tion, and at loc:I-[ions where parrial left turns on the south to west move· rnent occur. TIle synchrnniz:u ion ca n

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he accomplished by maintaininj:l: the proper Jislall(\' I.IC:­t wcen the three poinu of ronRict.

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ing and lag of the traffic ~igllals it is :l.llticipaled thai 31>­proxlIll:ttdy 50 per cent of the vehicles p:l.ssing the signals will not be re(Juired 10 $(Op. approxi-ll1:u dy 50 per cent will be stopped once. and only a few "stragglers" will h:l\"e to stOp :11 both locations where they pass the siJo:nals. The: right turn from west to south will be continual Row, merging wilh the southbound traffic. The directional ch 3nncliz~tion

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type of dcsign was selected at this inter­section only afte.r c.'l:tensive studies were made anti cunsilleratiun was ~i\' en to other types of design.

Due to the anticipated traliie and

hC:;I\'Y interchange: between the south and WC~l the cap.lcity analysis inJicatro that a multi-lane Oared imersection with four­phase 5i~n31 control would be required. Since a four--phasc control is undesir:lbk :lnd si nce: the Rared il1(1:r5«(100 would require additional right-of-w:ty in all quad rams, higher Iypr: f3Cilitic:s were considered.

The: terrain at this location was quite f:worablC' for a gr.ldc ~rar:Hion. but 10-clll ion of r:unps for a cloverleaf werc 11U1

possible wi t hout (ausing hc:a\'y prop­erty damage in a developed residen­tial are:!.

The directional channc1i7.:uio\l type of desigll was se­lect!:!] fur the follow­ing n:.1sons: With decrease of traffic :It [h., Illain mtCf$('(:­tion th., R~res which arc required can ht: constrllClCt\ within the present limits of the ri~ht - of - way. Additional right-of­way to be ;acquired only in the south­west qU:ldr.ult. :lIl .. rca which is uncle­,·doped. 111e cap .. c­ity ::m .. lysis iodi­GlIL-d that wi th the rcJul.:cd traffic lit

the main intersec­tion a two-phasc si~n .. lcontrul would func:lion properly. l1y selecting this type uf design in prefere nce to ;a groae !ie!)aration, a "ast saving in both right - o( - way and construCiion cost ~

will be rC:lI'7.ed. No :\lh-.,noo: trovcl dis­tance is iovol \"ed.

T he new typo: of design W;i$ dC\'e1-oped from ohs!;n':I· rion of trarne mO\·c._ ments at. and near­by, conge$ted inter­sections w her e a grid rype ~1'stem of SlTeets are in ex· istcnce. Drivers, upon .. pproachin;:: a co nge sted interscc-

tion, will tum left before the point of conKestion :ind proceed fo r scveral blocks, turn right and proceed 1"0 the tle­~ired strt.'C[ and again turn left. thus

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10 ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

Culvert Replaces Steel Truss Bridge

By ALVIN CAnLSO:-<

This past construction year, :I r .. thc:r unusual section was compbw as a Fed­eral.Secondary Proiect in Warren Coun­ty. The Section was designated as fAS Route 415, Project 5-606( 1), Section 14·B, and huil! with County Day Labor under the 5upervision of Donald B. Walker, CoUllty Superintendent of H igh. ways. and jurisdiction of the Di~' ision of Highways. District 4.

The Section be)::ins arrroxim~tdy I ~ miles west u[ Avun, Fulton County, and extends we~lerly 3585 fccl. The ro~J is on new a lignment and an improved grade and invoh-cd crossing Swan Creek about 100 f~l south of the old road. The exist­in)!; str\1ctu~ on the original location was an 80 foot Pony Truss with 65 (ttl :md 41) feel I·beam spans on each end, mak ­in):: the total lel1,t:th of bridge 185 feet. It had 14 fClOt roadway and concrete floor :and was built in the year 1902.

After a study was made of the dr:Jin. aJo:c a rea, approxi mately 1000 acres, it was apparent ,hat :I larJo:c culvert would be ample (0 carry the water. Conside r:a· lioll w~s J,:"ivcn to the construction of :I

douhle box cul\'ert; howevcr, Mr. \Valker re(()nlfficnded the usc of a multipl:ltc cor· ru~rlled pip!: culvert. This type was ap­I>rol'w and a circular 162 inch diameter corrug:l!ed plate pipe 136 f~t in length furn i~hed.

It was 1l1aue up with 15') sections o r plates weighinJo: morr than 39 LOns of seven gage and three gage sted plates. The plates, cxcept :It the ends that were cut to fit the fill slopes, were six by ei.c:ht. and six fee t wide by six feet long. The indi \'idual sections were placed in position by a crane and bolted in pl3ce. Thl': pipe was dcsiJ.:ned and plaCt:d on :I

20 deXter skew. Mr. Wa lker req uested pcnninion to flbricate the cuhert out· ~ide the final location in o rder to avoid water, in case of wet weather during the buildinJ.: of the pipe, which was g ranted.

The fabric;lI ion was completed on a plane parallel to hoth th~ final rente r line and Aow line of the culven :11 :In elevation about four fcrt higher than the

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, -flow line. The distance from the final locat ion was :lbout 42 1S: feet so tha t ron· ing the pipe 3IiO deg rees, placed it in in final location. The power for rolling was a motor ¥:rader with two c:lhle5 o\'cr the pipe and anchofed jllst p:lSt

center on the hottom. Two tmeton and a efalle with three caules looped around thc pipe w~re used for holdillJ.: and guid· ing the euh'crt while rolling down the (our 10 One prepared slope. into fi nal position. The height of embankmenl (rom the eulvcrt flowline to crown of road way is 38.2 feet. The COSt of th l' pipe in pbce, 510,123.48 and rhe two ~lope\\'alls. 57 17.75, making the total cost of the structure S I 0,84 1.23.

Which was the larAeS( island in the world bc-fore Aunralia was disco\'ered~

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VACA nON IN MEXICO­( ConJimlrtl from "",e 7)

iower country that is tropic and scmi· tropi c surnme: r clothes an: necessary.

Gasoline stations are: all alon.\t the main routes, where gasoline, regula r, may be purchased for about 20c per gal. lOll, anJ prt'mi um, at about l4c per gal­Ion . The: larger towns all havc facili ties for the scrvicin.e; of cars and the replace. ment of ~ny neCI:: SS.1fY paru.

It is not necessary to know Spanish as En$.:lish is spoken at most pla,~cs where the motorist is liable to stop. You will a lways come across some one who speaks English, anc.! it is quite surprisin~ (0

know that m:lny of the Mexican s have workeJ at some time in the Unitct..! States. J\'lenus in the restaurants ~re both in Spanish and English, :md if you should come in contact with a Mexican who doesn't unde:rstaml EnKl ish you GIO

al ways usc the ",)Oint syslem:'

Don 't neg!eet taking a camera with you as there afe many beautiful scenes. and fascinating subjects to sna p, especial. ly with color films. Thcse truly ~how the highlights of the sce:nery, buildings, ett".

As it takes at least three days to d rive to Mexico. :I two week reriod dCK's not a.llow you too much lime. SO a period of three weeks iJ more desir:Jble. W ith this amount of time some of the larger cities can be I'i~ itetl plus some of the t"OUrisl

attractions. such as Acapulco, The Rivi_ era of the Pacinc: Taxco, the s il\"l~rwwn: Cuen'a":J.ca. the winter resort town for (he nati ves of Mexico City: the pyramids. plus the \'arious attract ions in and near Mexico City.

BITS OF LIFE The smallC5t J,:"ood deed is llCtter than

the gr:Jndest good intention.

It is futile to worry about yesterday or tomorrow, and it is foolish to worry about aJ1}'thinJ.: so temporary as today.

McGrath NEENAH. WIS.

Sand fI Gravel Company Manhole Covers Catch Basin Inlets

Roof and noor Drains Standard and Special Items for Sewers and Drainage

Coal Hole and Cistern Covers Building Columns. Plates. Thresholds. etc.

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F I R S T Q U ARTER 1952 11

Moving a Pony Truss Bridge

'Jo;t \lise ona 'J)e/otM /foal By ROBERT D . SCHMIDT

Du~ to the h~a\y \"Ohlin!: of traffic on U.s. Route 1'50 (S.B.1. 80) !xlwc:,,::" Gales­bur).: :mel Moline, it \\~J~ neccssary to pro\'iJe a convt'nicOi dewur during the con· struction of. a new "ridge: O\'CT Pope Creek. The project was set up a~ S.B.1. I{outt' 80, ~clion 123 BR and is located approximately 16 miles north of (;alesl>ur~ . in Knox County.

The detour was designed TO he built on embankment with a crushed stone :OU Tface course, 20 fect wide. The em­bankment was placed on the west or downstream side. h was decided to ust! the 80 fOOl span pony HUM by moving it 50 fC:CI west and placing it on a 1~1l1-

pOTar)' timber Slrllcl\m:.

The special provisions stated in essence that the substructure was to he ouilt ;ie­cording to plans furnished by thc dc­panrnelH. All materia! was to be: fur­nisheu by the contractor. 'nle movement of the hrid);e was to be completed within !h~ calendar days, [0 cause a mininlum interruption of norm.,l traffic. A plan of operdtion outlinin,ll; the contr:J.ctor's pro.­posed methods, equipment and scheuule for comple!in):; the work was to be sun­mineu for approval.

The contr.tctor's plan for mo\·ing the brid):;e was simply to raise the truss high enough to clc.1r the exiStin):: substructure, support it on two steel beams with 2\.1 inch rollers sandwiched in bctI.VCCn, roll it 50 feet oownstre;im until it was O\'er the substructure and lowcr it intI) place.

The north existing ahutment had elltJugh o.;lI1lr.lllkmelU bciwn:u it alii.! Lhe water 10 allow a simple criss cross tim­~r cribhing to be built which wl)uld support [he beams arid rollers.

The ch:lIlnd h:1(\ worked itsd( up next to the existinj.! south abutment so it was necC:SSMY to drive timber pilinJ;l to sup­POrt the beams antI mllen for the first 20 fut of movement. 1lle rcmainder of

the south cribbin).( was placetl on the crcek oonk. Due to the fact that it wa~ impossible tl) d ri\'e piling under the hridge without d~m;\J::ing the concrete deck, it was ut'eidc:d to dri\C~ a four pile: bent on each side of the bridge aoout six feet from the: existing abutment. TI1 CSC bents supporteJ one end of wall bcarin,ll; beams. Hole.~ were drilled into tht'concrete abutment 10 support the oth~r emf of the wall be;lritl).l bc:lIm.

T wo 16-inch wide nange steel beams were placed on these wall he:trinJ:: beams to carry the bridge until it was nn the limber cribbing.

Un Au).(ust 13, 19S [, the road was closed and the traffic sent on a well marked dClOur. The bridge wa~ raised one end at a time by a is ton capacity. IS-inch lift hydraulic jack placed under each lower chord. The jacks were placed as nearly as possil>le to the center lint: of bearing. The wall bcarin,ll; Roor string. ers wefe raised at the same time and ra le by two 50 ton rapacity hydraulic jacks 10 pre\'em the concrete deck from cr.tck. ing. At the end of the working day, the south end was rai sed and pla~ed on the beams ;Illd ro llers and the north end WlIS

r~iscd four inches. On August 14, 195[, the north end was rai.<.ed enough to pla~~e rhe rollers and beams and the brid).!;e was ready to rno,·e. A hard rain at II A.M. stopped an pro).!;ram for the day. On August 15, 1951. the blocks and c;lh1cs were auached to the briJ,I:le. The cable arrangement was as shown in drawing.

At 9:45 A.M. the hridge was started movin).!; and tr.t\,c1ed easily into plare O\'er the timber abutments at 4:30 P},·f. A sli,::ht skewin,:; of the hr idge was noticed but this was easily corrected by a chan,::e in the position of the twO cables. The lowering I)f the bridge into Vbcc began on August 16, 1951, and the brid).(e was set and flOnnal traffic re­stored on August 20, 1951.

h was found that the problem in this oper.ttion was not [he mO\'in):; of the superstructures the required fi fty feet

west. The greater parr of lhe tillle was consumed in lowering the bridJ.:e irom the existinj!" grade to the proJ'lOscd grade: of the detour, a d rop of about six feet. Dut' to the hulk and I [0 ton weight of the structure, it was inauvisahle to usc ;\ jack with a high lift. With the usc of smalllih, high~power jacks, mllch block­ing and rescttill}(" of jacks was rcquired

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George F. Burch Resigns As Bridge Engineer

George F. Burch, of SprinKfj.dd, h~s

resigned as ell,!.lincer of bridge and traf­lie , UllctllTCS in the State DiV;$;Olt of

HiJ.lhways. He had been in the state em· ploy for 42 ycars, the longcst tcnure among present tL'Chnieal personnel of the division. H e jo;ne<1 the highways div;­ston on July I, 1909. following his grad­u:llinn from the Univers;ry of Illinois. whae he reccived a B.S. degrec in ci\11 cnginccrin,!.l.

Mr. Burch was transferred lO the cen· Hal office after two years as field engi­neer on bridXe construction. In June of 1919 he was appoi mc(1 hC:ld of the high. way bridge hure:w.

Mr. Burch is a native ("If Taylorville, hut has rcsided in Springfield since en· tering state scrvice. Hc is a member of the Amcri..:an Sode!y or Ci"i1 Engineers.

PRESTRESSED CONCRETE

111e inability of concrete to withstand tension has Ion): heen a headll.che to engineers. This weakness virtu:llIy limits the use of concrete. PresLTessing is a l«hni~luc which utili7.cs the high com· pressive st I"Cngth of CIlncrne in n::sisting tension loads. A simple illustrntion is found ill movin)! a row of hooks from ont: place to another hy apl,lying pressure of the hands at both ends of the row. The tensile weakness of concrete is over­come: by applying a permanent eompres­si"e force to the: concrete.

The basic i{lea \x:hind prestressing dates back to 1886. The ('arly altempts all met with f~i lu re, howe,·er, due to the poor quality of concrete al·ailable.

Prestressin)/; in hridges penuits much longer spans, higher spa n-to-dcpth ralios. and cut down considerably on the dead luads.

NEW BRIDGE ENGINEER By MYRON Mn.u:R

Mr. \Vaher E. Hanson, civil etlAineer, author and teacht:r, assumed Ihe: dUlies of hrid,::-e cn..:ineer for the Illjtl"i~ Divi. sion of 11ixhways on AU$lust 17, 195J.

Mr. Hanson was born in Lyndon, K..an~s, July 1-1 , 1916. H e attended Kan­S,1S State ColleJ(e and in 1939 reeei,·ed a

B.S. degrtt in Ci,·il Engineering. In 1947 Mr. Ha nson receivet.! a M.S. degree from the Uni,·ersity of l11inoi s. He served as Lt. Jr. xratk: in the Navy durin,!.l the last war and returned to the University of l11inoi$ as assistant profe.uor and latcr as aswciale professor in civil engineering. H e is oo-author of a two volume book, "Elem{'nl~ nf Ftlt1nd:nion EnRioe<'ring."

Although he is a newcomer in the de. partlllerlt. he: has already won the high esteem and respect of his associ:tles and his staff, who rec~nize him as an out­standing enginee: r and executive.

The Illinois Association of Highway Englncers wish him every success in hi, new position.

Annual Golf Tournament

TI1C Chica)!:o Chapter of the 11Iinoi s Associa­tion of Highway Engi­neers will a)!ain be hrn;t al the Annual Golf TOurnanleill and Out­ing for t.he )car 1952.

11le tournament will he held July 12, 1952 at Woodridge Golf Club located on Houte 53 ncar Lisle, Illinois. 111is is the same )!ol£ duu and same (Our~ that was used in 195 \. Tho~e a\­tel1din~ the: 1951 outing will no doubt aUest to the fact that the location, golf cou rse: and accommod;n ions are ideal for our purpose.

Di~trict 10 was \"ery fortunate in being ahle to make reservatiolls for July 12 and I miX"1 st:II(, that in orJe:r to get this course at a favorable date, it was neces­sary 10 make the TC5CTvations in Julv-I~I. .

Now is a )toad tilDe: to start planning on spendin,l( lull' 12 at Woodridge (;01£ Club. \Vhy not make a wcck-end of it? Get a car-load or two and come on up and have :t little fun with us, we will be glad to sec you. By July 12. you will probahly neeu a change of scenery and will enioy the recTCation that is to be oht3infil M this tourn:lment.

Chapters desirin;:- to show the 8 mill colnrcJ films of the [951 tourn~rnellt can ,!.leI them hy writin);: the secretary. Albert Baker, 4408 N. ;\-fozarl St., Chi­cago 25, 111.

The 1950 films arc ;lIsa ;I,·ailable to those chapters that have nOI pn::viously seefl them.

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FIRST QUARTE R 1952 13

&eRVING OUR COUNTRY

Colonel Frank Brock on Active Duty With 44th Div ..

lllinois National Guard

Fmnk 1\ Broo:;k. Lt. Col.. CEo i~ Huw

on military leave from his posit ion a~

As~islalll l1isuict En.:ineer of Materials in the Carbondale f)i~[ri..:t-DjSlri(1 9. Colonel Rrock entC:rN [cdcra! service on Fc:bmary 15 with the 135111 Comt,.11 Engineer Battalion, which he commands, when that unit-which is :1 part {)f the 44th l)i,·i510n. lHinoi\ N~li(mal (;uard­wa .~ called 10 active duty. 111c: 44th is now in training at Camp Cooke, C31if.

Colonel Brock ha; heen long associ­ated with the military. He received his Second Lieutenant Commission through the ROTC unit at the Un h'enity of 1011':1., from which school he fr;:rauuatcu in ,1\'il engineerin>:. He started his em· ployment with the Division of Hi~hways i" Spnn):fidd, where he wa~ with the bureau of materials. He c~mc to Carbon· dale in 1937 as assis tant district engineer of materials and, cx(Cpl for hi ~ military .~rvice. has been here si nce then.

Colonel Brock's World War II Kr.·ice began early, whcn, in January, 1941 , he was ordered to Ft. Hclvoir. Va .• for a refrcsher course. There he was assigned

Phone 6·4414

(0 the 42nd Engineer General Service RegimC'nl with which unit he went to Alaska in 19n and s~nt 15 months on various army construction projects (a ir­stri ps. han~ars. cantonments. etc.) in the ,'icinity of such romantic soundi ng places a~ Nome, Cordova. and Amchitka. where he participated ill lhe Aleutian cam­paign. In November, 1943, he was sent to England with the lsI Engineer Special Brigade to prepare for the Normandy bc~ch-head invasion. Two of his urn­paiJO:n stars arc for this cnjtagement and for the Hattie of Nonhern France. W ith

the 1st Engineer Special Brigade hc went to uyte and participated in the mille for Lc)'te. H e wean another campaign sta r for his part ici pation in the Easter Sunday beach-head action at Okinawa. where he al so received thc bronze star for meritorious service. While prep~ring for the landings al Tokyo, the atomic bombs hit the Japanese homeland and resistance collapsed. ('..olond Rrock camc bomc and was returned to an inact ivc status January 14, 1946, as a Colonel in the U.S. Rcser.·c, Corp!! of Engineers. He joined the Ill inois National Guard

in February, 1947, and in June, 1950 was appointed Commanding Officer of the 135th Combat Enwnecr Hallalion, which command he now holds.

Frank will be greatly missed around Caroonrhlc dllrin~ ,h .. y .. :.r or two of his absence. and our beSt wishes 3.nd ad­mir~tiOfl ~o with him. He, likc all others in the armed servi<;cs, is helping ou r n:l­li()n prep.He for an emer,ll;cney which only preparedness will prevcnt.

Garry Wilson, of Peoria chapler, left on February I to report to Fort Rl iss, Tcxas, for duty with the U. S. Army.

The 44th Division took two Carhon­dale EA n employees to California (or 3. $Iay of twO years al Camp Cook. TIlese two new soldiers, to whom we wish every g()(xl thing, arc Richard P. Klatt, rurmcrly with materials. and Ch:lrles Lxe Smith. formerly with construction. (;00<1 luck. boy~. We'll be KCi ng )'O U wl~n

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Sand and Gravel • Excavating

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OLNEY. ILLINOIS

Telephone 398-J or 630· R

Pit: Andalusia Road, Phone Milan 31

BLACKHAWI{ AGGREGATES. INC.

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ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

+ 1Jn memoriam + FRANK H. HEFNER

The personnel of Di~trici tI was shock­ed and dismayed upon reech'ing the s,1d Ilews of the untimdy death of its Dis­trict Engineer. Frank H. I-Idncr, who passed away in his sleep at his home in Edwardsville lU 5:45 A.:-'1. on Frida)',

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February J, 1952. T he cause of his death was a heart a ilment.

AlthouJ;;h some knew that Fr:mk had not been feeli n/{ up to par physically in the past few mOnlh~, he had not com­plained and had carried 011 as usual (V.,,, up LU Lhe C\'e of his ueath.

Masonic mcmor;:I! snvic(S were con­ducted Saturday. February 2, at Ed­wards,·ille. American Legion Post 199 furnished colors for the services.

Attending the funeral Were a host of fr iends and associates. enj;(incers and per­sonnel from Districu 8. 5, 6, 7 and 9.

TIle remains were then taken to Cales· 1JUrg where final rites were hc\d on Monday, Fehru:lrY 4, at 2:00 P.M. with the Rev. Kermit Petnscil of the First Presbyterian Church officiating.

Pallbearers were-Iohn Mattison. Rob­ert Schribner and W. T. Farrer of I)i s· trict 4:11 Peoria, ;\ nd E. W. Ridler.'. L. Ga ry. H . J. Schienncyer of DistriCl 8 a t Lut SL Louis.

I nterment was in Memorial PMk Cem· eterv at Galesburg.

l\ll r. Hefner was born October 26, lli93 Ilear Hethan),. Missou ri. of the late Mary Slinger H elner and W. Rennick Hefner. H e entered the Anny May 19HI and re­ceivC'd his dischar,.;e- December 1918, be· ing stationed a t Fort Riley. He was a member of Acacia Ff3tcrnity and re­cei"a:! a dc~rtt of B.S. in Engineering at

the Uni\'C'ui ty of Missou ri in 192 1. Since September 192 1 he had heen employed by thc Ill inois Divisinn of Hi~hways.

Mr_ Hefner was disuin maintenancC' en){in~r I'l l Peoria from 1930 th rough 1947 lind was transferred to F.ast St. u>tlis as Jist rict engineer of District 8 on January I, 194R. lie was a memhc r of the A's.C.F.. and the Ill inois Association of H ighway Engineers, Acacia Lodge 602 AF &. A'\'I of Columhia, Mo .. Pe­oria Comistory MRS and Aini;]d Sh rine, East Sf. Louis.

Surviving arc his wife, the former Orphn Jeaniau Watson of Galcsburs;:, a son, Le Roy Victor Hefner, 26. of Peoria, a s;:randdaus;:hrer Cynthi:1 Ann. 4, and a sister Mr!. Ray ~-IcClu re, of Bethany, Mo.

OLAF BENSON Olaf Henson . fathe r-i n-law of Al

Plantin (bureau of t raffic in Chicago dimict) P.1SSCJ away on January 13, 1952. Interment look place at .\ cacia Park Cemetery.

O ur sympathy is ext~ndcd to the be­reaved.

MRS. l. H. BUCHMAN

Personnel of the Elgin officc was sad­dened by the Jeath of Mrs. I. H . Buch­m:1O, wif~ of the assis tant district engi. neer, District l , on Ian. 29 at St. 10-

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HOME OWNERS. Inc. We arc not bragginx in District 2. but

right nolY we haw: three cn~inct: rs in the department who are doing their best fO beat the high cost of housi ng. Th~y arc bmld1l1g their own, and we think arc doing vcry wdl for thC:ll se]VCS. l.co Mcincrt, eeoc Fields and Art Mueller a rc tlH: men who ha ve taken their own hammers, sa ws. materials, und "1>100<1, sweat and ('us," plus a lot of time [0

fashion thcir own d ream homc.~. Each man fi rst un:w his own plans, In this jl<lrt of the projcct they were ably aided by their win:s, who also were drafted for much of the hea";cr work after con· struction started.

( ;cnc is buildi n);: a 30' x 50' hou~ with a twO car attached J::J t:lgc. He, as wdl a.~ the other two, used the stri ct Iccta n}!;uiar form ill order to make con­struction ~s simplt: as possible. with roof \'a riables or porch recesses introduced for \'a riation. In order [0 CUI down the un­supported length of [he concrete block ooseme:nt walls, rOOm partitions were made: in the form of block eou nterfort walls. 1be rectangular form also lends itself to a single 8~ x \0" Roor lxam, which, when combined with split rillg connectors in the: wood trusses for the roof. ~ives sl;rbility in desi}!;11 and sim­plicity in construction,

Leo's house is 28' x 50' and wa s de­si~ned so a5 to utilize 5talld~rd lcn,Oi lhs of lumber and material as much as pos­sible, G round was broken April I. 1951, and the: footings poured for the concrete block hasement walls on May I. H e has illlrodueed a -I' offset for the li\'i ng room in order 10 brC3k the "hoI" design. :lOd

will have hasement and livi ng room fire ­places. Two inch by six inch trusses usin}!; split ring con nectors, placed tWO ft:d on centers, provide a 28 bm clea r span and a 1;3 roof slope. E,'entually it will be co\'ert'd by enamelled aluminum sidin)! which should cJimi oate maimcn~

auc(' paintinl: fo r m~ny ~'nr~ to com~,

When An designed his house, th~ California influence w~s evident and SO

hi s house has no basement. Four f(X1t conc ret~ found~tion walls w~rc pou red in trc.nc,hes ~nd th~ COncrele floor laid on washed )!r~\'cl ~nll vapor ~a1. Two inch edge insulat ion w~s used all around and imide of th:ll, hot air peri mner heating ducts. T he furnace is practically in the center of lhe house, which is 28' x 50'. with a two ('a r garage. This w:u built Jar}!;e enough to provide some of that stora~e room nOt provided by the base­ment. The center hc:a rillj.( wall is sup­poned on an 8~ x 16~ foundation :lIld the roof construction i~ con\'~ntional ioi~t and rafters. T he siding is 12" kno lLy pille with a thin coat of .erey paint. used vertically, and a roof pitch of 1 :4.

All of the houscs have dry wall COII_

stroctioll with ta ped joints and full in· sulation, Gene slarted in September, 1950, and expeCls to loo\'e in before Ihis summer is o\'er. An started in Augusl, 1950. and mo\'ed ;n durinx July, 1951.

Leo expects 10 mO\'e ill this summer. too. :'\lone of the ,"ouses will repreM:1It a com­pleted job when their proud owners move in, for as :'tny home owner knows, there is :alw~ys somClhin){ to do, but these men will really appreciate thei r homes, and we fed ~holl!d be comp!i­mCllle(1 on their ;tccomplishmellls,

Experimental Frost Proofing J, O. POKORNY

Knox County h:'ts an t:..1(pc ri mentai SIX­

t ion which may intern! others. The seclion, approximately five miles

10Ull, t.xl~nds from Oneid;:t to the IlIlrth county line. In 1949 the fi\'e miles were resm faced WIth ,grade SC\'cn gr:llcl fO

provide :a .sc:ven inch com p;lcled bao;c. After wellin,!;, shaping :Lnu compacting Cael was applied as a Ju,~t palliat ive. In 1950 a bituminous dust palliativc was applied wh ich consisted of M,e. 0 at the rale of 0.3 J!:al. per sq. yd.

Du rinS! the 1951 maimcll"ncc $Cason ;t wu planueu to apply a modified A-I sur­face: 1rt:;rtmCnt. The March snow caused the south ZYz miles of surface to deteri­orate :'tud patehin/o{ was considered tOO costly, so the base was sca rified. For 31>­proximately two inch es salt at the rate of two fOns ):CI mile applied, water add­ed 10 form 3 brine and mixed. Followin g the Illixin~ the base was spread and com· paeted. Following a curing period the ll.l SC W:IS primed and later the full five miles wefe scale<l,

T his unorthodox prnct'du(e is being watched with considcr.l. ble interest to de­termine the difference in the two por· tions. if any.

-----MRS. I. H. BUCHMAN-

(C:omin,,~J from fWK" II, ) seph 's Hosl)ital after an illness of several mouths. A forme'r resident of Escanub." Mich .. she was married tn ~h. fluchman il\ 1925 and had resi(led in Elgin con­tinuously sinre that time:.

Funeral sen 'ices at 51. Laurerlee: Church in Elxin were followed by bu , rial at F..scanab.l,

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FIRST QUARTER 195 2 17

Springfield Wins I. A. H. E. Bowling Tournament

"rbi s year the Stale was cl i· ,·jdcd in half and bowlcn met in ElTin~ham and £I~in, with the winners going to Sprinjt­fielJ on SunJuy. Much 9, to com~te fo r the trophy.

By PAUL A. L .:s7., Chairman

bowlers In this sueees~ful e\'em, and Ralph Duncan, Courtney Krich and Jim Lcnz h:l\'e my mOSt si ncere thanks fo r their coopcr:uion.

I'd like (0 th:mk Bill C,oombc of Sprin,lolfidd for the planning :lnd rescrving he did at Sprill,l.!ficld for the finals, and thanks to :lll of )·ou fo r the privilege of Ixin).\' your chai rman :lnd for making that pri \'i lc~e a real pleasure.

Due to [he pcrsistant dforh of Jim O in khclb and hi~ committee of Don Raney, lohn Sills, I. C. Bliss. Paul Pclart :and Charles Knight. the semi-finals OIl Effin).\ham were a real succcss. Jim ac­cepted the responsibi lit y in true: en~inccr fashion and all those from tbe southern end of the state agree that he h:H\­died thin).:l's ve.ry smuothly. Ef.

F inal . Committe .: J. H. Din kheller. P. A. Le nl. W . O. Coombe

The scores helow tcll the sto ry, so I'll j\ISt add lh:u the ~St tea m won. It mcans that as holde rs of the trophy, the Springfield Chapter of the

fingham's hospitality was enjoyed hy Pari~, East Sl. Louis and SI)ringlicid. and thouJ(h I d idn't ha\'c the opportunity to talk with the bowlers from Paris and E.1St St. LOllis, the Springfield boys tell me that;) morc cniowable time eQuid not h:l\'e been had. I ~ndersland th:lt the dinner was " just like home." C..ongr.u. ula t ions, Jim, you dill a )(reat job.

At the E!~in semi·finals 1101 only did

we have some real fUll. as the pictu res indicate , hut we also had the women as "lxlcker.uPl1ers," and hclie\'e me they were behind the boys all the way. To top e\'ery thins: off. we had an excellent dinner at the American Legion Club o( El~in. and TC)::a rdless of the SCO TCS, every­one went home: well (ed and happy. It was ,g reat to have thc: fellows from Chi· I:ago. Dixon and Peoria join the Elgin

IJ\H E is responsible for the tournament of 19;3, and no maUer when OT wl1l"n' they hold it, ther can be: sure Ihat the EI~ i l1 Chaptcr will he fight'in ).\' to recar­lUre lOp place.

- - --In Jcsi)!ning man's hin)(es, the Crra·

lor knew he would have lillie occasion til p:1t himself on the hack.

- J\ l1 nh.o:mm.

The Winners. Sprinll'ti.ld: J. Wa .... rin9. K. Ohe mh . V. Fraley. " Runnen Up" Chlc:0'il0: S. )[umie go. N. Ciorbo. P. Moil. M. Riu. J. Malecki G. JocholL R. Nusbaum

SEMI- FINALS SPRING.FtELD FINALS At El,ln At Elfln,ham Flret P \"c. Team- Sprinlfield (8rl .... SK.)

N~. F Irst Plaee Team_EI. ln , , 3 Tot. l

161 - 4R6 U 2- H7 150- 442 128_ 4~S

H(I_4t}G IU- U2

Flnt N~

PI ... T .. m-Spdn,field Name I 2 3 Tat.1 1 ~ 3 Total J . Mal"",'d . 217 \17 112- ~6S

G. Nlc ho] lO n ..... . ..... U."n f.:. W"m .. n L. en,..,,, V . Le.c . .. n Ha ndle." .

T"t. l.

Sec"nd N_. P . lolair • __ _ R. N ... bautn N. Clor'" 8. Kuml~lr. G . J ."koon _ H ilnd l"R"

T,,'RI.

18

ta 166 IU H 3 la t I U t~t IR9 14 ~ III tf.! lit

liZ.

P"'~ T ... ... --Chlu,o 1 2 3 Tot a l

188 U7 IUt- ~1I0 11 11 117 171_ ns \, 7 171 141_ 4 95 1;7 216 16&- j ~ 8 150 U6 lU- 4U

U 7. 74_ 2~?

W . MeCr,.., J . P ack .... J . B""k~r C. Jone>l H . H ublH:l Ha ndlea l>

SK ..... N .... e

J . Mal .... ld M. Illcc • V • • ·rsl", _ .. K . Oh .. mk" . J. W. ""rinll' Blondlup

192 194 t5t_ 54& i6G 15' 221 - ~ ~ & 182 176 147_ 4~9 17~ 22~ 1&7 __ ~ 6' U~ 169 U!J-- ~72

U 44 ·U _ l32

Piau T .. n-Sprinlfi ~ld 1 2 3 Total

_ I d 174 16i- 4il1I UI 113 IU~_Ht 148 I~e 1 ~ '_ ~,~ 209 17% l U- ~1 ' 172 224 uz- 148 n 91 91- 2a

M. RI c .. _. . 119 I U IU- 3 77 V. ~'r~I"r ...... 144 16 t IR4 _ ~7~ K. Ohemke .•. __ 180 t4~ 1~9- ~ 1 7 J . W.~ .. rl n ll' I S4 1~4 lU_ 6 27 Ii . ndlca~ U 08 118- 279

To t_I • . ." .n .!I .,.,ond .. lac .. THom--Chkal.

N_ N. CI< .. hoo •• _ •• R. NII~ ba lim _ .. S. K"mi."" P . M. i r _ G. J .chon H"n"tc.~

1 a :I Total 167 t.. 165- 4'0 10& IG. 1"- .1S 143 t56 180- 47 8 IZO t~ 7 1&8- 4 ! ~ 138 taO I2f,- ~02

U 74 H _ 222 . .. ." SG2-27H Tut,al, ._ .. _. . .. nl 922 RU-~1U T ... t_le ... ... nO-UH

S"r;"",ft eld Re .... rc h S .... tiun to\ .. I ~d 2542". El lr in tobl .. d 252S ' . ' Handiea" includ~d in tot.,l o.

ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

dun I3dwt'n9 at Elgin Semi-Finals

SECTIONAL BOWLlNG AT ELGlN Fitl' row, lelt to righl: G . Nlchol.on receiving firat pri.e from Choirman Leoz. Ladie. a l eh •• dng . aelion. G. Jockilon. Chicago. rec:,,; ... ing lIecolld prill!. Se<;ond roW: Second pril e team ftom Chicago. Dixon oDd Peoria team s. Another .. 1

FIRST QUARTER 1952

01 Dixon and Peoria teoD!.. Third row, Elgin and Chicoqo tecun.. Elgin committe. R. Duncan. P. A. Leu, _tal, c:ho.lf· man. end C. Krich. A Dixon £1'110 group. Fourth row: Elgin and Chic:ogo teama. Chic;o90 ond Peoria leaml. Art To •• 111 01 Peoria in (lction.

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A Pre-Stressed Concrete Bridge By B. M. HORRUD

Pre-stressed ~oncret~, !1 recent devc!opment in the design of reinforced concrete which has heen used more or lcs~ extensively for the past several years in foreign countries, is only now ~ing analyzed and experimented with by Engineers uf our uwn country.

lIIinois and the surrounding area is l'nxinccrs by the nltmts of Hurst and Ru<;(hc of Hillsboro, who, in Cooj:crulion with the Portland Cement Association , han: deyeloped and const ructed their version of an inexpensive and practical bridAc. It is located on a township road JUSt cast of U. S. ROllte 66 approximately

forlUlwte in having a pair of pioneering

the cable On each side of the beam be of equal tension and a simple way to test whether equal tension has been applied is to tap the Glble$ with. a metal ohject. A vibratory note is generated whidl should he the sall1e on both sides. The

two outside beams are made up of indio vidual blocks also but are Illade hea\' ier and of different shape 10 provide fur 50~·~ mort: bclidinK moment than the

cd ends of the rods. 1\ fo ur inch wearing surface is then poured over the beams whi(h at the S;lme time fills the inter­stices between the beams, thus sealing off the cables to avoid their deterioration by Tlisting-. This monolithic ~u rf[u:" ext"llJ.~

over the ends of the beams aOOut six inches to cover the cable anchors and metal pbtcs. The cahle :111chor$ and metal plales refer to the threaded metal rods fastened at the ends uf the cables so that tension in the cabl<:s can he main­t:.lined by n\lts ;'igainst a metal plate pbced Rush with the end block.

After the wearing surface has cured sufficiently, the huh gua rds arc bolted to the Roor slab, bolts having been an· chored in the special outsid" heatn~. The guard POSts are then bolted to the out­side beam.~ and hub guards and guard pblt fastened thereon.

Since pre-stressed concrele IS !!I a pi­oneering phasc, this represents only one of m~ny possible v:Hi:'lliulls uf i t~ u"". It might be aTg-ued that a pre·stressed beam. monoli thically constructed , would he cheaper. This is unquestionably true providing the \x>ams are constructed in 5ulticiellt numbers to spre;l.d the initial e()~t of toolinA' for them. Blocks can he made at any concrete l>lock pbnt with a ll1inimum of ws[ f()r tooling, and assem­bly of blocks can he done by relatively inexperienced labor. The type of bridge under dis(Ussion is particularly adapL1ble for townships and counties wlltre inex­perienced labor is available in off sCasons and where a minimum of equipmcnt is available.

Although the cost of t11is structure has not yet been determined, it is anticipated that it will be lcss than monolithic con· stru'.:tion becausc of the lesser amount of field work involved and occame of the absencc of falstwork.

The acrumpanying sketch and photO­graph indicates the general [e3tures o[ the slab eonstructiun dis(usse,j hercin.

25 miles ~outh of Springfitld. Me~srs. Hu rst and Rosche and the Portland Ce· ment Association sponsored a field in­spection tour of lheir project from No­\'ember 14th to the 16th inclusi~·e. The group of the 15th numbered approxi­mately 110 engineers lind laymen inter­ested in [his new type of l>ridge design.

inside beams and 10 accommodate the precase hub guard and bridg e rail posts.

~r Melol

, '" f<ec~.s.5

Plale Guard Po II

10 be fil!~d UJilh rn orlor

The structure consists of pile and tim­ber abutments with 3 30' ~p.1n pre­stressed slab made up of individual COIl­

crete blocks let deep and approximately H~ wide with special blocks at the cnds to facilitatc pre-stressing and with spe· cial bltxks at the 1/ 3 ~ints to hold the c:.bl" in the dc~ircd position. These blocks arc mortan:~d together with Y; inch mortar joints and tension applied to the (abies located on ell(h side of the I~am while thc mortar is still grcen. T enSiOI) ()[ approximately 130,000 f><lullds is applied hydrauli(aUy and the amount uf tension is determined hy guagcs on the hydraulic unit. It is important thal

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The inside beams weigh about 3'500 pound.~ and the uut­side beams about 550U pounds. They a~ hauled LO the

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job in Aat·hottomed "- Anchored Bo II." trailers and put in Section Throllqh Assembled Slab place by a crane equipped with a special grappling ar· I'an):ement.

Aher lhe ~alils arc in phce, nansverse rods arc placed through holes previously drilled through the beams and the OC;lIllS drawn tightly togttller by nuts On thread-

Some people have n() respect f()r age unbs it is bottled,

The cl:lSS yell of the School of Ex· perience is "Ouch !"

ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

MORE BRIDGE DAMAGE

Tht.' b:lttl~ ht:tween hi)!; trucks ;\fld Slate bridges continues in Southern Illi­nois. The picture on this page shows what the east end of na"k~tun Cceek bridge on Route 13, 45 mil~s "aSf o[

Harrishur?; in Di~trict 9, iwhJ like aft­er being hit on February 2 by a truck.

An can bound truck, bei ng towed by :lnotner truck , mana?:ed to gel beaded southc3st and connected with [he end post with the result as shown. "nIt end P()~1 was hent upward about 34~ so that it will be:: n CCCSs,1ry to replace the post and the ootLOlll lateral. No one was hurt.

Brid){e traffic was limited at once to three tons gross and one way, and hea­\"ier vehicles detoured over other 51afe

!'Oute!. By dim of hard work 011 the part of the Di\'ision uf ll ighways, the hridge was opened Feh. 8 [0 legal loads anJ two way trallie after a temporary "crihbing-" joh was accomplished.

RATS By R. D. HARPER

Reccm ly, at home we were bOlhcrcd by rats,

Thc:y seemed to know of the :.lbsence of cats,

They gnawed their way through a solid wall

To enter ollr home, but thal isn't all.

They lugged ofT our cloth ing while we were asleep

Anti always they boored- not even a peep. They chewed up our panties, including

the sc..1t, Anti ate up our stockings right down to

the feel.

Ther fan through the rooms when all was quite still,

They ate and ato; ti ll they h3t1 their fill. They really do damage, of that J have

heard, Uut J urew the line when they ate up

our bird.

Of animals I'm rand and I don't like to kill ,

But of these pesky things I've sure had my fill.

(Colltilltl(d 011 Pl1gE 27)

FI R S T QU A RTER 1 9 52

always uniform ... easy to apply ..• never " run olf" h igh crowns., banked curves, Stt!ep g rades.

• BITUCOTE HAS CONTROLLED VISCOSITY

aggregate "stays put': Firmly grips the surfa(e aggregate ... no more :>coucing o r tbrowing by traffic.

• BITUCOTE HAS HIGH AGGREGATE RETENTION

Ditucore sets rapidly, and • "m";'" no softening oils, it will not work through to the surfa(e ... elimi, nates expensive maintenance and "blott ing up" operatiom.

• BITUCOTE IS NON-BLEEDING

CONTACT YOUR BITUCOTE REPRESENTATIVE

BERNIE BAHN

1411 Cenlral Industrial Dr. St. Louis 10, Mo,

1411 CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL DRIVE ST . LOUIS 10 , MO .

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BUREAU PERSONNEL NEWS

There: are scveral itelTIs concernin); me Jl(rsonnd of the bUlc:w of traffic which arc of gcncrJI ifUcrcst. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison h:l<\ the unusual pleasure of a winter cruise through the Ca ribbean to th(' Panama Canal and back via United Fruit liner. At onc poinl Mr. Ha rrison I1.'poncd he had sunned on the deck 'till hi s skin wa~ medium-weI! Jone:.

o • •

Charlie Corcor~n gOI off to :t slow stan in 195 1 hy only working half days. H is doctor let him increase to full time grJuu:llIy and he lI'a5 50011 on regular schedule. Throughout, most of the year Charlie has Ocen n his (Iesk or in the dis tr icts in the usual way ,Iild seems to have: everything' under control now.

• • • E. \Y. Busch, who had Ue..-en with the

Division of H ighw3YS for 30 years and had lately Ix:cn in charge of evaluation in sa fety rcspon~ibi lity, left that position la.st summu for :I n C\\I job with the State Employees Ret irement System. E. J. Kern, with the division fo r 32 yea rs in the bureau of materials, was choscn to assume the position vacated by Mr. Rusch.

o • •

W,m en L. Kess\cr wiJl soon be trans­ferred to a new posi tion within the bu· reau. H e formerly had charge of the accident records 5cnion in safety respon· sihility but now wi!! assin in t raffic and operations. The position vacated by Me. Kessler will be assumed by H . H . Keith· ly who comes to the bureau from the position serl'ice d flssifie:nion otTice.

• • • M. I. Harkins is si)::llal engineer of the

bu rcau, in absentia. He was (ailed to serve in [hc nal'y on October 14, 1950 but if the nat ion rem'lins at peace he will return to his duties with the bureau ncxt October 14.

ELGIN A nother office rO ll1,1nCe has culminflted

in the marriagc 011 Jan. 25 of Bcn M. Jones, ou r assi~ta m d istrict eng-ine<:r of m;lterials and Mrs. Elsie Starman of o ur stenographic force. Rev. A. ,. Ta~"

cnner of Ihe local Epworth Methodist QlUrch conducted the cerenlOny in the prescnce of only :1 fe ll' friends :lIId reb· tives.

• • A few forlUlJ~te il1tli viduals ha\'e been

able to get away from the snow and cold for winter I':leal ions in the sunny south. The Geor)::e Booth~ mowred through

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District Notes Florida and the Gulf c0,15t states d uring the Chri5lmas holi&IYs, and Marie Poppe has just returned from a nonda \'ae3' t ion. RUl Viol:1 Suhr i5 the cn \'y of all amon/{ us who dream of far away places. RetuminJ.! recently from a wonderful uucc weeks trip by air, rail and Uo.1 t to Hawai i, she s,"lys tra vel folde r stories of waving palm~ on sun ki~sctI heachCli and fTK)()nli t ni.l-thu under tropic skies really have some h.uis and th:lt the islands arc truly a Pacific paradise.

• • • Oonald E. Henderson. a recent grad.

u:ne of the University of Illinois, is a new arldition to ollr Icchnlcnl naff h~lt

there ha\'e been two re~ignations since the date of our b Sl isslle. \Varrcn John· son resigned Ian. 21 to accept a position with the J. E. i\o{errion Co. T he firm is ellg3ged in home buildin~ and develop. ment work in the Chicago area. L1W­rence A. Rolin. who came to Elgin fro m the Paris distr ict about a yca r ago, re_ signed Feb. 22 to accept ;1 position with the C. R. &. Q. Rai lroad.

DIXON The heavy snowfall al Christmas

forced the su rve)' pMty in ch;u)te of Ken Ha nkins into the office for abom sc\'eo weeks :lnd stools were at a premium. Ronald Peterson's party was working at the southern end of the dist rict and 50

were not affected.

• • • Prank lllOma.~, our const ruction en,l!i­

!lcer, with Mr~ . Thomas, spent an ell' joyable three wccks v:Ication early in January visili n1! sunny Florida and driv­ing to Key West- that very popular old world city. llank Oshack, of the ma­terials Jepartment, went to i\ rizon:l. Bill Rastede is resting UI> [rom lon)( hums on blacktol> construction with a month ill California.

• • • We were represented at Elgin Fen. 24

with three bowl ing teams. I.A.H.E. team No.2 in the ThursJ:ry niXht lea~ue, is in fou nh place while team No. I is in a four way tic fo r ei,e:lnh. '111c ooul(' !Jctwccn them Jan. 2~ resulted in a 2: 1 victory fo r LA.H .E.. No.2 and only a lemh fra me sp.1fe by Leo Meinert saved No. I from losin~ th:1I one which they squeezed throul{h with eight pi ns.

• • 0

Walt Isaac and fenl Petin ! are pbn. ning a trip to Ala.~ka where they will attempt the climbing of Ml. McKinley.

• • • At the annual meeting of the Hock

River Chapter of the Ill illois Society of Professional Engineers, Vance Hopper, District 2 desixn engineer, W:lS de~ted president fo r 1952. H e previously had .senocd as chapter d irector.

OTTAWA At the regular meeting of the Ottawa

Chaptet held 'an. 25 the followin~ of· ficers were dccled for the yea r 1951:

President, Willis E. Atkinson; vicco president, James H . Martin ; secretary, I. F. Herlihy; treasurer. Elmer E. Ha~.R ' lu nd; director. J. E. R .. ffe nspc." r,ger; ~lter­nate di rector, Richard \V. Gerling : tru ~· tees. Fran~is E. Se~ton, RaymonJ Ky!c:s, Dolph Hoke~ Russell Kenyon and Or­ville E\·a ns.

Th.- 1ll~Illh.-rs of th.- " ~$llC;lIt;on .. ~ r end their thanks to the outgoing officers who have J.:iven generously of their ti me duro ing 1951.

T he membership committee brought in Ihe name of loseph i\hrck for mem· bcnhip. Joe's m~mhcrship was fa vorahly p;lSscd and we all welcome him with open arms. I ima~ine a couple of stenos or youn~ lady elerks would he. more ap­prcci:ucd by Joe in the welcoming ges­lUre. WHAT SAY IDE?

Roben Klugman, our 195 1 (Ii rector, was presrmcd with a Ue-.Iutiful tic to wear while dict.1 ting leiters. The tic is known as 3 d ribble puss tic and coven a lot of territory, of which Bob has plenty.

• • • John Kennedy, our vice·presidcllt of

last year, is still on the sick li st. John IS

recuperating at his home in Ottawa.

• • • Willis E. Atkinson, our presidcnt ,

w{)(ked dili~ently on the schedule of " Plans to Springfidd" and while waiting for the train to lean was laid low by acute ulcers. Rill is at present in the ho~·

~'i la l for CJ:amination.

• • • \Vhik the construction enJ.:i necrs were

dosi n,g up thei r final estimates, H arry Zieseniss was heard asking for a b.,I· ancing authorization of t wo cents. H e wanted to know whether it should be placed agairut the federal portion or the state portion of the contract. This might be called Slicking in his two cent s.

• • • The Ottawa ooY$ afe uusy thcse days

getting all ule plans finished :lnd shipped to Springfield. The fel lows who h3n~

heen 0 11 construction are gelting: bro.1der in the seat due to the change to the use

ILLINOIS HIGHWAY EN G INEER

of hard wood seats in the drafting room {rom the use of cushioned scats in state cars.

• • • Two survey panics are in the fic:ld.

!lob Gust and Claude Ilershcy arc with Herh Richmann ~uth of Bloomin}.,'ton and Jesse Cl1li~k and Cui Pattclli are with Ralph Oesterlt un Routc I in Iro­quois County. The rcason for two engi­neers with Herb Riclunann is that Bob Gust is a newly-wed engineer. The fol­lowing explains all:

"Mrs. Mildred Stencel of \Velluna and Mr. Hobert Gust of Onawa were ;J.niteJ in marriage Saturday in Trinity I.uther­an Church. Ottawa. The. double ring ceremony was performed by Rcv, Harold A. Nd:lOll. The couple I'l;1S attended by Mr. anu Mrs. William Pba. Following the u::remony Mr. and Mrs. Gust depart­ed on a weck-end honeymoon at Lake Villa and Planvi!1e, Wis. The bride­groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fmnk (;ust of Plath'ille, where he atTended .l'Chool. H e is a graduate or the state col­lege there :J.nd is employed as a mining engineer hy the Illinois State H ighway Department with headquarters in Ot­tawa:'

• • • John Grayhack, Jr., was he:J.rd ;uking

Eddie Willems about seeJ catalogs and orders, so spring must be just around the corner.

• • • Mar.l{e O'Donnell joined hands with

her Leroy and became Mrs. Meyer nn 1an. 19. Too bad the work Saturday order had to take place on Marge's day of days.

• • • Iblph Griffin made a casualty sun'ey

~nd was hragging about how tired he was, had to go !>ark the next day and get the key dimensions.

Chicago Phone: INterocean 8-9186

l)istrict ~otes Jane W ri.c:ht vacationing: in Texas ~nd

points SQuth, wnnders if ~he will h~ve a southern accenr when she gets b.1Ck.

• • • Ruthie (;allager brought a c.t.lculator

back to the supply room in the design office. Francie Sexwn was helping her put it on a shelf when Ruthie kicked the door shut, and it locked. Were their faces red when they came out! Or­ville Evans was popeyed at such actions by his rod man buddy. You will need a poodle haircut Francie causc you nrc in the dog home now.

• • • Dice Reamsnider si tt ing at his desk

la~t Friday, waiting until 5:12 P.M. to gel in pr:J.ctice [or the late elusing next wa;k.

PEORIA

1\.0; predicted in tbe last issue, the stork has visited the Peoria Ch~pter with a vengeance. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rhode were rewarded with a baby hoy, who was IXlrn on Ocr. 31, 1951. FOllr and one-half hours later the Inocente More­nos became the parents or a girl. "Mo" hadn't had a chance to test his patience. Hy gett ing under the wire as they did both boys qualified for tbe added exemp­tion. Some luck, huh? Clarence and his wife named their boy David Bruce, and the newcomer to the Moreno house­hold has !teen named Shirley Ann. Each baby was the fim-horn of their family.

The long-legged bird paid a visi t on Jan. 26, 1952 to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dun canson when Mary Re­becca came to join Bob, and siSler.

• • • Hob Dunca nson has taken O\'er G~rry

Wilson'~ job in the Mlils depanmem since Garry has gone into the Army.

Jean Quinn and Wm. T. Mills have assumed their duties with the district, Bill having t ransferred from the Division of Waterways.

• • • We also have three fellows who arc

working part-time while. allendin,lo1 Brad­ley University. They are H enry C. Hankie, I.ester Nelson and Edward Weber.

• • • \Ve received a Christmas card from

our former (D-worker, Phil Pearson. He reports that he is now building roads for the American-Arabian Oil Co. in Saudi Arabia. No worries ahout snow remo,'al there.

• • • The. end of rh .. Yf';lr fOlln.! !i-l'"v.-ral of

the felluws takiu,I( thei r vacations. C. C. "Red" Uhl and his wife HlCnt thei r va­cation in old Mexico. Bob Schmidt, Erv. Besserer, W . H . Tnwnsend and Leon Scott went to Florida. "Scotty" and his wife also spent scveral day.~ in Cub.1. Bob Duncanson and "'Bud" Rhode had Jiaper-washin,g vaca tions while Glenn Worner, Joe Vespa, Jack H arland and Gus Burnham had home town vacations .

• • • The Pe-ori~ Chapter held thei r annual

meetin,g on Ian. 18 at the American Syrian Society Hall on Route 87. The annual election was hel(1 and the fo l­low;n,l( officers wert elected for the new year:

Presidellt, Ray Ackerman; vice-presi­dent, Glenn \Vorner; secretary-treasurer, Louis Gulledge; trustees, Louis Baxter and A. F. Burnham.

• • • In mentionin,g the recent births, we

pas.'it:d over the three !lew g-randfathers ir: our mid~t. llley are Geo. H arney Wilh a granddaughter; A. R. Steese with

Thornton Phone: Thornton 2506

GALLAGHER ASPHALT co.") Ine. .·AVING CONTRACTOIlS

Hot-Mix and Cold-Mix Asphalt and Tar Mixtures FUnUshed and Applied

INDUSTRIAL ROADS - PARKING AREAS PLAYGROUNDS

181st Street and Indiana Ave_ THORNTON. ILLINOIS

FI R S T QU AR T ER 1952 "

a grandd:lU,I!hlcr and H . U. Htlchan~n with a ~r.lndson.

• • • T he bowlin..: league is carryin): on

with g usto, 1l1e th ree: learns from here arc at this writing in the number nne, four and six po~ilions in a six learn league. Art Tosett i's Construction team i~ leading the pack while Charl ie Sa­ville's Desi,l.!;11 team is hrin,l1; ing up the rear.

Two (cams of bowlers t':xpt:<'t to lake part in the State Bowling Tourna ment.

• • • Peoria Highway Credit Union

A newcomer in Peoria circles is ou r useful and helpful credit union . AI· though we only started in Augus! 1951, we ha"c cncQ\lraXed mallY to 5y~temalic s:l \·; ngs. \Ve have ~ made !il'\'crn l timely and reasonably finan ced 10.1n5 to younger cllJ,:incers. Intw:st paid 01\ these loans shou l(1 .soon ena ble us 10 pay clivi ­d('nds to shareholders. We fecI we :Ire renderin~ a real service to fellow I:m­ployes by bei n).: ~ble lO offer them loa ns "at ho me," Allho uAh still the "li tt le hrother" 10 East SI. Louis District C redi t Union, who helpc:d us 'IIan, we feel busi­m:ss i.~ poinlin~ toward a goin).:, growing and pflying: or~anizfltioll. We wish lo recognize 195 1 workers: Abt: Litvien, prc:sident j Rob!:. Duncanson, "ice-presi­dent; Ken. Tripp. treasurer and mana­ger; Florence Allen, s..."Cretary; Ben Ro­senller).:_ Jack Frost, lIarry KluoU, Red Uhl and Guy Derry, direc to rs.

PARIS

The Ch ristmas party was o nce 1Ig;, io an outstanding SlIccess. All the commit­tees cooperated with each other with ad­mirnble rc:sull5. and the fact that their effOrts were a r prt:eiated was prO\'en by the attendance. No one, however, is con­lent to rest on his lau rels. Our mouo is; "Wait till next year !" (Northwestern tms, please note similarity.)

• • • After some confusion, the district has

ona:: more sett led down lO an efficient in'CI following the chanJ!o in adminis­t tati\'e personnel as anno unced in th e: last i~~ue. The pressure of the stepped­up construnion pro$,! ram is being fdt nn all levels. and the sho rtage of engineers is makinJ! the problems involved a5S\um: critic;tl proportions.

• • • Paul En jo! clberth is really la kin)! the

increased procluction ~riously. He :Uld Mrs. EnJ!el~rth recently announced the bi rth o f a ne w deduction, their third in

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District Notes less th an two years. Name: Eric Allan. Rom: Dec. 4, 1951. P:lUl says the speci­ncations pro\'iJe fo r th ree more, but he answe/Td a query concernin~ t ime limit with the now classical, "No comment l"

Pa ul has se\"C~ ral " bottle-brothers" in the office, whose :lnnOUncements ha\'e not yet reached these pngc$. 11,e ~medy for this follows :

The Bill W aller's---.a daughte.r, I-Iar­rietle Jane, born Aug. 4, 1951.

The George Ti mm's-a da ughter, Jea n Ann, born Au).:. 2 1, 195 1.

The Eu~ene Wakc:licJd's-a soo, Dale E., hom Au,!!. 25, l()5L

The DiU Kcnnedy's - a son, Daniel Morgan , horn Sept. 23, 195 1.

'n,e Ltt Keith'~~d son, Dan iel Lee, born Oct. 10, 195 1.

T he Don Waggone r's-a tlauJothter. Margaret Anne. born Oct. 30. 1951.

-nte Frank H olloway's-;, daughter, Tanoa Ruth, born Nov. 12, 1951.

• • • Most of the engineers who vacationed

this wi nter spcnt thei r time ice-boati ng on northern hiJo:hways, but a few chose the wiser, though more costly rOUles_

(;Ien Talbott 10.1ded the famil y steam­er with all the necessit ies and took Ho r­ace G rec:ly's advice late in De,ember. His tri p wen carried him throu};:h ei.'tht states and culminated in sunny (?) Cali fornia. where he w,lIched th(: lHini J!ive Stan­ford a shon 1c:.sson in the fund:unentals of foot ball . Glen is a n avid Illinois fan, and the local doubters helped him n­nann' his vacation wi th ill-considered wa){en. (Quole Glen, "An insi).:nilieant a moun t, really,'·)

The Taloon's WeTC naturally obst'rvant o f hi){hway conditio ns and they report tJ,at a hhou).:h the roads, in geoernl. wert: Xood. a few bad stretches were present and the re was e\' idencc of much con­struction.

Thei r Californ ia sujourn included a three..Jay stay in Los An};:c:1es, a h:lrbor cruise at San Dicgo 10 see the na val \"essels, and a d ri n: across the: border into Old Mexico.

00 the w:' y home they spent a few da}'s in Phoenix, where the)' ,'isi ted Ihe L. W . "Web" Wiese residen((:. "Web" i~ sril1 qui, e: ;( goln ng enthusiast. but he has less rime to spend on the linb. as hc is IJart owner of an arch il"ectural firm in Phoenix.

• • • Bill and Helen Ga ffney a1.c;o had an

i nte r(:stin~ \'~catjon. They took the Ark.­L.1.-Texas rOUle 10 Mexico, and dro\'e over 1800 miles in d,at cou ntry, ventur-

in ).: sou th of Mexico City to Taxco, of si lver mine famc . Taxco is the only vil­lage in Mexico that the .'to\'ernmenl can­l10t impro\'e o r mooerniz.c in any way. The huildings and strttts still remain as l hey we:re many hundrc:ds of yea rs ago.

n,e bun nghts in Mexico City made a lastinJ! impression on the Gaffneys. The arena there seats 65,000 people, and it was p.1cked to overflowing whe.n they wi messed the demise of six hulls. Bill !Io1yS he c!o.:sn·t stand a chance now in a family argument. Helen just looks h im in the eye, shouts, " Ya, Toro!" throws a .~ h t:l:'t over his head. and massav;es his $.1croiliae (or thereabouts) with the prongs of a pickle fork.

In Cuidad Victoria, they were sur­pri5td to Stt Louie Lush, the county ~upc: rintendcnt of San,lo;alllOn County, h i, wife, and three other couples from the Spri n).: ne~d area. n,ey must believe in the "small world" theory.

In mall)' a reas o f Me:xico, Bill and IIcleo reported that Indian lribes arc ~ti1\ li ving a completely primiti\·e exist­anee, complete wi th Ihatehl::d huts, etc. Appa. rently they know when they' re well off.

Hill says lha t the roads in Mexico art: exceptionally good. They a re p redomi­natel )' of the bituminous type, exa:pt in lar).:"er citiu. anJ in the mountainou~ areas, they climb a~ much a~ a milc in 38 miles of su rface. The absence oC AuarJ rnil Qfl these hij.!h roads helped make the trip one to be lonx remembered.

• • • At this writing, Fred and Dorothy

Wishart hflve not ye t retttrned from Florida, but whcn they do, we will pass F re<l's stories of sub-par golf on to all of you. Wc:ll, we won't belie\'e them ei ther, but wc wo uldn't kttp :1 ,l;ooJ story 10 ou rscke~.

SPRINGFIELD Did you ever sec a million J ollars

flua ting- duwn tJ,e river? T hat 's the ap­proximate: val ue of Ihe equipment nc:tt~­sary to lx-~i n work on the $1,860,000 substructure of the ne w Hcardstown bridne. Great Lakes Dock Uredge Co. will a pprecia te any bit of :lSSistance from the wate:rs of' the Ill inoi s River, [o r, as soon 35 the sprin,g Aoods recede. the proj ­ect wilJ benrn, Harrin .\;! a low blow [rom the weather, the substructure will be cOlllpletoo in 1951. Resident Engineer F red Krue~er expccts to be a) busy as a fan dan • ."-c:r wilh o ne fan.

• • • The friends of Pete Kelly ~ontentedly

puffetl o n sliJ:\"ht ly stal e cigars (stll rk took

ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

;l dClon r) cme day last month, 3S Mr. ~nJ Mrs. Peter B. Kelly happily ~n­

noun,eJ the hirth of their baby boy.

• • • If you haven't yet hc~rd the fiasco

that happened to Ri.'ihl~r-Way Buyers Dal·jdsoll and Cavanagh, ask llob Fer­guson. He was there, and he ought to know.

• • • Leap Year claimed its nr~t viC[i111 in

DislriCl 6, and "Hud" McCafferty was re­quired to turn in his "eligible b.1chelor's" pin and mcmlx:r~hip card. His marriage in Pel>ruary to Miss Norma Siahr was the principal cause of his ejection from the dub. TIlt· remaining" oo.chelors have this comment: "Hurry, girls! There's only a few of us lefe"

• • • The wheels of the O'('.onnor Construc­

tion Company carth-moving equipmcm art~ ready to roll as work wil! soon he resumed on U .S. 66 south of Springfield.

• • • TIle personnel involved in preparing

the control section prOjl;ram chart are of the opinion that it is one of the most progressive steps in the planning of high­way fund expenditures that has been ini­ti:ned in the history of the Division of Highways. When in complete opemtion, it will provide an intclli.~ent and scien­[ifically planned proJo:ram which can be understood by the public and anyone can see at a glance what i~ contemplated for any road in the State sptem uf high­ways.

EAST ST. LOmS

Some recent employees of District 8 are Theodore Kihurz and Albert E. Stal­lings. Kiburz is :J graduate of \Vashing­lC'n U. of St. Louis and was hired d­(cctive Feb. 'I , 1952 .

Stallinj.\"s was superi ntendent of high­ways of lackson County [rom 1939 to 1946 and more recently ha(] been em­ployed by the Alabama Highway Dept. I-Ie started his new job all Nov. 11 , 195\.

• • • Tom Moore of Moore Bros. Construc­

tion Company is reported on the invalid lin.

• • • Art Fei chert started ,I three weeks \·a­

cation in Mexico City all Feh. 6, 1952.

• • • Mal Graham is vice-preo;ident of the

Madison County Chapter of I.S.P.E. for the year 1952. George Shanah:1.n is di­(eClar [or 1952-1953.

FIRST QUARTER 1952

District Notes Refresher course [or professional engi.

neering exam started Feb. 6, 1952 with J4 men from District 8 enrolled . ClaS5es are bcin~ held at the (; ranite City High School on Wednesday nights for 11 weeks. Bt:5ides hurnin~ the midnight oil at home, some of the enrolk·-cs have been observed doin;.: homework during their lunch hour at the ofTice, and trying to get help from the older employees who usually don 't know the :mswers either.

• • • \Vc hear that Jerome Hurwitz, soils

engineer, has been interested in finding homes for orphan cars recently. Appar­ently, someone who knew of Jerry·s kind natu re and love for animals decidet.l to make him a present, so one frosty morn­ing u basket containing fi .... e bllhy kittens was left at his doorstep. Jerry wasn't certain that they were kittens until he lifted the co,·ering from over them.

CARBONDALE

The annual Ineeting of the Carbon· dale Chapter of the I.A.H .E. was held on Illn. 15, 1952 . Following arc the new officers: president, Lloyd C. Teas; vice­president, Vernon T. Kupel; secretary, William E. Stallman; treasurer, J. A. Blidz: sergeant-at-arms, Robert R. Gates. Trustees for the new yea r arc: M. P. Boulden, E. G. Ross and F. W . Boriskc. C. E. Keen h:1.5 another year to .\.Crve as director and H. B. Settle was elected as a lternate director.

The big meeting so far this year was a '·1...1die5· Night" party held Oil Feb. 2 at the Jackson Country Club. Forty engi­neers with their ladies enjoyed an eve­ning of fun and entertainment, not the smallest part of this entertainment bcin.l{ a topical lecture by B. W . ( Bernie) Lollar.

• • • A number of new employees have

joined the tcchnical staff in the district olIice. New en).l;ineers include Ralph Brown, Jr., formerly employed in his own engineering office at Harrisburg: Carl J. Teutsch, a Blue Island boy who likes our southern climate; Raymond V. Gutoski, a Chicago boy who also likes cur southern climate; and William D. Hartwell, a graduate of the University of Illinois .Ind a veteran of World War II, as are also Teutsch and Gutoski.

• • • The right of way dep;lftmem has ac­

quired two more helpers in the (orm of Techni.:al Advisors Roocrt E. Allen, an S. l.V. man and a veteran, and Glenn

Grosse, a U. of 11l inois graduate and a veteran.

• • • Throu){h the Vocatioll:1.1 College at

Southern 11lmois Universitv we have been :1.ble to obtain a lot o( help in the form of draftsmen and estimators. Re­cently joined on part time or full time basis a re the following EA II personnel: Abn L. English, F rederick It Friede­wald, Albert R. Mi!T1in, David E. Myer~, Louis Von Bdlfen and Kermit White.

• • • The new associa te editor fo r the mag­

azine is H. P. McKereghan, 1112 Carter St .. i'. 0. Box 84, Cardondalc, Ill., re­placing Oscar Oay.

CHICAGO

Becausc of many favorable comments, the Chicago Chapter has again decided to hold their annual party at the Brook~ wood Coun t ry Club in Addison, II I. In order to be assured of more favorable weather thall we have had in the past, !.he date has been moved forward to Thursday, April 24. A full evening of en(ertainmcllt has been arranged for the members and their guests.

Kitty Kirk and her An Girl Orchestra will supply the music for after dinner danan)\", and Hammond organ music will be played prior to and du ring the dinner. For those guests that do not care to dance, tahles will be provided for uridge.

An excel1cm llIenu Ita., \',eell :Jrranged [or, and all attending can be .lSsured of a good time.

• • • The oiTiccrs for the year 1952 of the

Chic:1.).I;o Charter have adopted the policy of only having fouf business meetings :1. year. The rcmainin){ meetings are to he of the en tertainment typc and most of the husiness that would normally be taken up during these meetin.'!s will be referred to the executive committee for action.

At the Feb. 19 meeting, M r. C. C. Oleson uf the Portland Cement Associa­tion displayed and talked about aerial photogr:lphs he has taken of the Calu· met, Tri-Sta~ and Edens Expressway Systems. At the May 20 meeting, Mr. M. J. McDermott, a Chicago contractor, will show movies of huntin)::" trips he h:1.s t:lken in Alaska.

• • • H arold Kimball, fo rmerly with bu­

reau of design, received a real Christmas present when on ChrisuTl3s Eve, Mrs.

2S

District Notes Kimball presented Harold with Robert J :!ln~s weighinx in at !j lbs. 15 oz. Con­gratulations!

Mi.~s Anne Ju ne Yedor, II typisr ill the maintenance: deparunent, cclebratt'd her birthday on Friday, Feb. 22. All city, county and stale offices were d osed in honor of Annie's bi rthday, also lest we (or~ct it was George Wash i ngton'~ bi n h­Jay. too.

Sian Soderberg and Fr:tnk DraSlb arc sporting mid-winter sumans and Bill Turlar is busy down !l()uth acquiring One also. ( Lucky fdlows, huh.)

• • • Rcsign2tions

Eugene Yamamoto, employed In

Springfield bridge office from lunc 18. IY5 1 10 January 1952 when he W3S trans­{erred 10 D istrict 10, resigned from the Division of Highways in Fehruary 1952 to acce:pt a position with A. J. Boymon, consulting engineers.

George ullko"ich, employed in bu­reau of design ~ince June 7, 195 1, rt'­si,gned from the Division of H i)(hw,\ys effecti,,!: F!:b_ 29, 1952 to accept :I posi­tion with Procon Oil Company.

Frederic A. Antonelli , employed in the buretu of design since Aug. 20. 1951, r~siJ{nw from the Division of Highways effective Feb. 29, 1952 to accept a posi­tion with Corn Produ.:ts Refining Com­p:lny.

William r.. Wolf. employed in tht: burcau of desiJ:ll since Oct. 31,1949, re­si)(ned from the Di\·iiioo of Hi,l::hways effective Dec. 20, 19S J to {lccept a po~i­tion with A. J. BoyntOIl, consulting en­ginc~ers.

John F. Baker, Jr .. employed in the bureau of construct ion since july 2, 1948, resigncJ from the Division of Hi,l::h ..... ays cffceti\'e Jan. 30, 1952 to accept a Jx>si­tion wi th American Asphalt Company.

THE HIGHWAY BOWLERS (Sprinlllidd)

H I:rt"s to the howlers bi»: and su ollg­Here's to the howlers who all day lon;.:­Talk of Their .\("orl'~ of Ihe nir.hl tx-fnre Talk of the others who looked 50 ood Talk of the others, it makes them mad To think of the night the games WCfe

:l.lJ b:ld-H ere's to tht oowlers like Park and

I-:I uhbdl Not s:lIisfied with one mark they go fo r

a double They brin/.: up their teams, they arc the

sparks When their team gets bc:hincl. they start

,Kettin,!:: marks H ere's to the oowlers like Marku~ and

B;m There are twO scorcs-a great number

apart Of pins they ~et and mark...! that they

make--They ,l;:olla be: $!;ood for (,edaminsk i"s

sake \Vho has no excuses-he has a new ball Hut is watching hi ~ avcrage Jlradually

fall H e says that some clay when he gct$ his

ranJ.:e His average will climb and Steve's atti­

tude will change When Stcvc has his slu mp-it will b..­

lip to Ray To hold the team 3verJ,l::e and be on thc

way To beat OUi the top team and J:O into Ihe

lead And win all the nWtley in singles and

doubles-We'll forget all our worries and all of

our trouule~ Whf'n we couldn', mark to save our soul When we'd ACt Ih{lt splil and payout

the clou,Kh When we'd leave that four st:\ncling or

miss that ('cn But rhe ball stllck on my fin,Ker-remem­

bc:r when Here's to the bowlers-may it ne,'e r

happen again.

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Comprehensive Bibliography of Cement and Concrete

1925-1927 By FLOYD 0, SLAT}}, Ph. D.

Purdue University's Engin~ring Ex­periment Station announccs the publica­tion of this 491 p:tJ:e uiulio,Kraphy coo­t:lining over 40,000 rderences which r~p _ resent suhstantial1y the world's scientific IUer.ltliTc in the field of cement and con­crete, Covera5(e is for the twenty-three­year period of \925-1947 inclusive, J::\'ery effort ha~ been made to make this biblio, f,raphy complete and useful 3S po5sihle.

Major subdi\'isions which i11uMrJte the variety or suhj~ns covned arc:

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Heady-mixed Concrete, Soil Cemenl, Pre­cast ('..oncret~, Processes fo r Manuf:tcture of Concrete, Winter Concrclinll. Forms, Construction, Economy, Ileahh, Aui­dents.

J\ IXlrtiallist of works CO Il5u\te<1 in the com pilation includes Chrmical Abst racts, British Chemic:!1 Aootracts, Chcmisches Zen tralhlatt, Engincering Index, Indus­trial Arts Index. Journ:tl of the American Concr<:lc: Institute, Proceedings of the American Society fu r Testing l\ibterials. Tr:lIlsanions of the American Society of Civil Engin~rs. Zemenl by F. Wecks, Handlxu:k der umentliteralur, hy F. Weeke, 3ncl Das Schrifttum uber den BauSlofT Hewn, ~ine I-)C'rstellun,l:: und Verarbeitun,l! by T . von Roth<:,

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Hot or Cold Lays

CHAS. G. GILMORE--ASPHALT PRODUCTS, Inc. Moclern Asphalt Plant Mixtures

ANNA. n.LINOIS

26 ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

A Wasteland Reclaimed By R. J . K&NVON

While cn~incers of the Bureau of Rec. Iam:lI ion spend bill ions 10 bring wOlter 10 arid western lands, lho:Js:l nds of acres of good mid·wC$tt:rn farm land arc: bc:­ing taken out of pTOOue!ion each year hy operators of strip mines. quarries. gravd pits and other similar cnt(q)ri~s.

Sddoln is :Iny (onsillera!ion givcn (0

the e\'cntual restor· a!ion of [his land

Ol nu it is usually left in whatever condi­tion i~ IllOst (Oll­vcnient for that ~ar­ticular type of op­eration. But there is nothing unu su:d about this for man l13s. since the begin. oinK of time. plun­dered the: earth of its resourccs with liule thouAht of the desolation left Ix:­hi nd after he: had taken what he wanled. Hardly a single commucit y is without ,II least one of these areu hut here: in llorthc'l5lern Illinois, a wulth of v,1:u;: ial g r:l\'el coupled with a vast need of these materials for construction has resulted in a \'eritable pla~ue of these eyesores, and public indi,l:nat ion is bei ng arouseJ. T he fC1: l i n~ is ~rowillA that the unusual beau­ty of the wooJeJ hills, the streams and .\o:lacial laku of this area bdon~ to all of us and that nohody has the right to de­stroy it merciy for his own advamag"e.

As a result , County Zoning Boa rds dis­play an ever increasing resistance LO the opening of new pilS. Such permission is no longer j;tr:lnleJ in some areas and is becomin).: more difficult to obt,1in 111

many others.

Many of the smaller pits no longer in use h'lve been leveled and filled by 01>­erators or bod owners when it appeared

economically feasible and they are to be commended. One of the le:lders in this type of work is Elmer Luson, Inc., who has reclaimed a numbcr of pits, includ­in,g one at C.onland which covered :In

arl~a of almost ten acres. Hut the first of the bi!! commercial pi t~

to be rcc1aimel] is the old Aetna north

of Algonquin where in 1946, W. Z im. merman of Al,gonquin le\'dcd an area of a lmost 50 acres. Near lhe old washing plam where there were numerous sizable treo and the overburden had been placed in lar,ge piles, It\·elin).: :lppean:li not to be economically junifiahle hut over the remainde r of the area, the overburden had been cast b.1Ck into the pit hy a uraxline working along the top of the hank and it lay in fairly evell windrows . None of it had to he moved very far and work pro~resscd rapidly wilh COStS avcraginj{ about $ l ()() per acre. TIle first crop was corn and the yield of 80 Dushds per acre is a .l:ooJ indication of the fc r· tility of the reclaimed land. It has heen io alfalfa for the past severa l years and part of the b.11ed crop may be seen in the ahove picture.

But there are still larKer fields to COIl­

quer. Some of the lar).:cr commercial

pits still opcntin}! have worked over hundreds of acres and much of this land shoul<\ en~otually be reclaimed althouJ.:h some areas where materials have been re­moved below the permanent water level will prob.1b1y always remain as ponds and small lakes. Probably the mo~t diffi. cult reclamation problem is presented hy the stn p mining operations SO premlr.m in southwestern W in County and extend­iall on down into the terri tory of the Ottawa D istrict. These operations ClI­

tend over thousands of acr~, the quanti. tics of overbu rden handled are many t:mes Kreater than those in ,Kral'eI pit work and the problems encountered in levelling are consequently much more difTicult. Hut man 's in,Kenuity is equal to almost any problem and we look for· wMd oplimi~tically to the day when most of these wastelands will again become rich proouctive farms.

RATS-(C".,i""nl from p"g~ 21 )

By sprcadin):: some poison around ne:lT the cracks

I hoped thq would e::at it and die:: in the:ir tracks.

This morninJ! I found one stretched OUI

in a box. I'm afraid he was fakin~. bein/{ smart

like a fox, So I earned him out along with the box And laid the::m both down while I hunted

for rocks.

Now as animals go--a rat's prelly low, !'sut a life is a life:: as most of us know. 1 left him alone and hoped he would go To a place: where they li\'e without any

snow.

He will never come b.u::k of that I am su re,

A helly full of poisoo he cannot endure, He m;ly live:, he may die, hut one thing

I know, I'm happ)' because I let the damned rat

-R. D. H arper

GRIGSBY BROS. INC. General Painting Contractors

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL PAINTING Elevated Towers - Bridges - Sand Blasting

LICENCEE - INSUL·MASTIC PRODUCTS MATERIAL - SALES AND APPLICATION

Offices - Allon. m.: Oklahoma City. Okla.: Glenview. m.

FIRST QUARTER 195 2 "

usldn A Scotchman had to send :ln urgent

telegr:lm and not wishing to spend more money than necessary, wrote like this:

"Brui5CS hurt erased afford erected analysis hurt too infectious dead:'

The Scot(hma n who received it imme· diately clecided it was: "Hru(e is burt. He raced a Ford, He wrecked it, and Ali ce is hurt, too. In fac t, she's dead,"

~

Wife : "The maid quit. She said you spoke to her insultingly o,'cr the phone,"

Hubhy: "Ye godsl l thought was talking to you." ~

Pal: "111at's a qu(!Cr pair of socks YOII are wearing. One is green and the other red."

Chum: "Yes, and you know the funny thing about it is that I have another pair at borne iust like them."

~

Arriving home earlier than usual, he found his wife in the arms of his best friend.

"I love you r wife and she loves me," said the friCJld. ''I'll play you a game of canIs for her. If [ win. you divorce her, and if you win I promise m:ver LO see hn again. How about ~in rummy? "

"All right," agreed the hus­band, "and how allow a pen· ny a point to make the gallle interesting r"

~

First Old Maid: "What is the height of your ambition, uear?"

Second Old Maid: "Ob"my­th ing above five feet."

~

\Vhen he was imroduced to a Mrs. Hummock, a man tri~d to fix her name in his mind by rhyming it with "sturn· mick." The next day he met her again Jnd greeted her, smiling, " [ low uo you do. Mrs. Kellyr"

~

I never wore my hair upswept, Because it made you groan;

Or did my nails in screaming red, For that brought rorth a moan.

~

Epitaph: "Here lies DentiSt Jones, filling: his last cavity:'

An en.l{inecr i .~ said to be a man who knows 3 J.:re~t deal about \'cry little and who g-oes alollg knowing more and more llbout le~s and less, until finally he knows p ractically c\'crylhinj!; about nothing.

A salesman on the other hand is a man who knows very lillie about a great deal and ket'ps knowing le~s and les~ ahout more and more until he knows practi­cally nothing abom everything.

A purchasing' agent s t:U[S out knowing

(,.rolll" C ..... ~TlIl)

"FINISH EH ? ..... • FORGOT To TELL

You WATSON, BUT 'WE

~NfD THAT LINE THREE

MONTHS AGo .... ..

pra(tically everything about C\'crything, but ends up knowin,l{ nothing about any­thin)!, due to his association with engi. neers and s,1Iesmen.

Submitted by Arthur J. Hermes ~

College Prof.: "Who was the cleverest invenlOrr"

Student: "Edison; he invcnteJ the phonograph SO people would stay up nights burning his electric light bulbs."

~

Some girls go after Tom, Dick and Harry-other girls just go :lEter Jack.

( Your ediwr C(l.n1tQt uuar­a;n.ttJe the ag6 nor the au­thmticity 0/ the matter printed on t,hi8 page. )

Two friends were sitting together 011

,\ crowded bus and ol1e noticed that the other h:\d his eyes closed. "What's the matter, Mike?" he askeJ. "Don't you fed well?"

"I feel finc," Mike replied, "but can't i"ll;:aT to sec a wom:w standing."

Diner : "nlere's a bulton in my soup." Waitress: "Just a typo~r.lphical error,

SIr. [t should he mutton." ~

To make a road broad Is q\lite simple, by gee!

All that you need do [s add to it a "I)',

Sid Levine ~

[f a man's wife is his "bet· ter half," and he marries twice, whn happens [0 him-mathe. matically.l

~

Model: no you remelll~r

the dress 1 wore last night? It was a little French creation called 'The Sinking Neck· Line."

Engineer: Hmmm - well, then, ulis one must be called "Torpedoed,"

Carbolic (jus: have a brother in Penn State.

Sizmo Sam: Small world! r have a brO[her in State Pen, ,~.

~

Wife: "You know, J suspect my husband has a love affair with his stenographer:'

Maid: " I don't believe a word of it; you're just trying lI) lll~ke me jealous,"

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Heporter: What shall [ wri te about those two blondes who made all that racket at the ball game the other Jay?

Editor: Just say the "bleachers" went wild.

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Boss: "What's that big item on your expense account ?"

SaleSlnan: "That's my hotel bill." Boss: "Don't buy any mOTe hotels."

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Then Ihere was the cat Ihat ate cheese ~nd breathed down the rate hole with haited breath.

28 ILLINOIS HIGHWAY EN G INEER

it's the

To move earth at a profit-making elip,

a ~r.rtAPII' must: LOAD FAST - "Caterplllar" &:rapcrs have a "live", loodinj;( action thar boils the earth into every corner of the wcLl·dc~iJ:ncd bowl!

HAUL AT NIGHIST IPIID - "Cat" Scraperl have a low center of gravhy for greater stability ..• roll on b,'s t;r"~ to r.,dy"c rNltJ;red p"ll ing e ffnrt. and keel'! the load on top of soft fills.

makes the money! GET .ID OF THI LOAD - "Cal" Scrapers can spread anVlhin~ you &1'1 inlO them. Posirh'c, forced ejccrlon cleans all the mater ia l (rom rhe bowl w ith a do:er·like aClion and in evenly controlled lifu.

S'AT ON.THI·'08 - "Caterpillar" Scraper, have that "eXIra" q uality thar make~ exce~siv .. downtime a thing of the past. Special slcels, cont rolled precision-construc. lion, prop". des i!,:n , and oth er added featu rcs I,roduce thi! "extra"_ strong rig.

Take a look at ),our present till: ••• watch it load. haul and spread. Then c,,11 IU (or a look at a "Caterpillar" Scraper "I wor k, You'll fe e the diff"."" ,,e ... "nd you'll lOOn hitch a n ew "Car" Scraper to r our pre~ent rrac to r - reg:u d leM of mak", Q,II on u •.

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PATTEN TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT CO. S20 S. 25th Ave.

BELLWOOD. ILLINOIS

Highway 51 South ROCKFORD. ILLINOIS

JOHN FABICK TRACTOR CO. 3100 Gravois Ave.

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

MARION. ILLINOIS SALEM. IIlJNOIS

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TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT CO. 505 N. McArthur Blvd.

SPRINGFIELD. IIlJNOIS

FISHER. ILLINOIS

PEORIA TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT CO. 512 Harvard Ave. PEORIA. ILLINOIS

"CATERPILLAR"

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ELGIN, ILL. Permit No. 433 _

A. C. TCBetti , 4/,ouU know aiJout -the M~ cJed R~

706 Cc-lu mhi a Terr. Peoria, Ill.

Not a single structural crack developed

in any of the 28 forty-foot concrete slabs r

built on non-pumping, granular subbase ,~

I The Maryland Test Road, 1.1 JT1i]es long on U. S. 301, was a two-lane

concrete pavement of 9"-7"-9" sc~tion. When it was built in 1941 pump­

ing had not become a problCIll. Consequently most of the concrete

pavement was placed direc tly on lthc natural fine-grained suhgrade.

However there was a non-pumping, granular subbase under 28 forty ..

foot slabs.

For nine years the f:--

pavement in this tes t section carried a1l norlual

traffic plus the heavy wartime traffic . Then for six months the pave­

ment was subjected to accelerated truck traffic equivalent to at leas t 20

years of normal traffic on this rondo Yet the 28 slabs o n granular su _b.

base carried 238,000 trips hy trucks with single axle loads of 18,000 lb. in

one section and 22,400 lb. in another section without any structural

cracks. These slabs arc in as good condition as when opened to traffic.

Since the Maryland Test R oad was built a decade ago there have been

m~ny improvements in concretc pavcment design and construction.

With today's knowledge of soils, highway e ngi n eers can detcrrrrine SUb4

grade bearing values and any t endency of soils to pump. A thin insulat­

ing layer of granular material, where needed, will prevent pumping.

Thus the engineer ean design a concrete pavement that will gi've un­

excelled service unde r an unlilnited nUlnber of legal a:dc loads and

render this service at lowe,. annual cost than any other pavement.

PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION 33 WEST GRAND AVENUE , CHICAGO 10, ILLINOIS

A natianal organization to Improye and exlend the uses of portland tement and tonttele through S(ientilit research and engineering field work

STAFF

J. L . CALHOUN , TrCR R. k Bus. Mgr . 20!) Jefferson Ave., Elgin, 1Il.

R. A. LON1E:R, Bditor K N. WnlAN, Atlv. Mgr. 409 ~. Spr ing St., Bljt'ill, IlL 405 1 N. Harlem Ave .• Chicugo, Ill.

A"'fOcifl/(I t:(litorlJ R. J . KENmN, E lgin H . C. Rt::WER, Di xon J. 11. UERUHY. Ottawa QSCAU ,"'HOST, P eoria W. FI. SrItA NG, Paris

[I, R. HUH8~ Sprinlllicid .F . C. N EllfiEN. ElfinKhjl,m A. P . X""T'T1'.NHOF"EN, K St. Louis H. P. M CKIo1Rt:(;HAN, Carbondale ROGER NUSIIAUM, Chicago

A uoci"tc ~~ RIC TnOR8J.:N', Elgin

n!llJil!~' Ill/mol/enl

E. M. BASTIA :-I, Dixon A. L. DIERSTEIN, Ottawa A. C. T OSt:TTt, Peoria R. W, ;J OHNSON , Paris

• Springfield MAX E . . LAMB, Effingham n . T. H m'.'MAN, E. St. Louis II. C. KERWATH, Car bondale f'lI. lill KmOHNF,R, Chicago

ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS OmCERS I. C. B,.ISS, Chairma n W . E. BAUMANN, Secl'ctary G, J. TALUOTT, Tresljurer

ELG LN C. l>o.~INGSI'EJ.o. Pres. J . B . LF'.Nz, V.-T'I'eIi. EOOY LUND, See. G. N ICHOI,soN, Trus, J. L . CJ,. J.lIOUN. Dir. L. L. SllHl.AEt'LI, AIL Dil'.

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DIXON R. N. L YONS. P re!:!. H. C. Rn:lJ£tI , V.· Pre$. B . R. HANLEY, Sec. K. H . H ANAlNS, 'Treas. B. A. KENNEDY, I)ir. W. O. M OORE, Alt. Oir.

SPRr.-lG1?1 }O; I. 0 C. R. N ICHOLSON, P res. J . L. PAliK. V .-Prel!. E . W. GlLBKfI;T, -Ree. SCI.'. R. L. 01'1'0, F in. Sec, J . J. W A \' J'..RI:Nt: , TrlJl1 ~, H. L, BltAN TLEY, Oit·. W. F.. BAUMANN' , Oil'. G , G. SCHOF:NIIERR, Oil'.

CARBONDALE L. C. TEAS. Prc@. V. T. K UPEL. V.·Prel\. W . E. S TAlLMAN. Sec.

J . A. BLII:."TZ, Trella. C. E. KuN. Oil'. H. B. S t:rTU:, Alt. Oil'.

ILLINOIS ffiGHW A Y ENGINEER

QTT'AWA W, K ATKINSON. Pre!. J.B. ~ARTI S, V.-Pre!!. J, }o~. HERUH Y, Sec. E. K IiAr,GLUNO. TreM, J. }~ , RAITP.KS PI'JICER, O il' . R W, G!:RI.lNG, :Alt. Oil'.

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H. I. WEAR, Pres. D. R. Co:--lSOR, V" Pl'e~, RAy. JENKINS, Sec. R. A. \V t:NTE, Treas. 1. C. BLISS, Oi l'.

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R. J . ACKEHMAN , Ptei';. C. D. WORNER, V.-Pres. JOHN E. HARLAND. ~.-Treas, A. C. TOSl-:T'I' I. Dir. T. B. J OUNSON, Alt. nil',

E. ST. LOUIS K R. AILES, Pres.. C. E. B AAT. V" Pres. R. L. SOlMIJ)T. eM. See. G. L. CR,.\. Wf'OIID. Fin. Sec. R. A. O'NKII.L., Treu.. J . P. DuFQUIt. Dir. H. T. HoJTM.As, A.a.

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AuaY B..u;::a, iCc.. Sec.. It. L s.. Du_ lL J . :s~ AlL Dir.

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Entered as third close moiler at the Post OHIc. 01 Elqln, D\lnau.. u:.Ie= Secbaa .JUi6 gJ' P L. and R. Yearly subscription $1.20, payable In advollc:a, stngu, CCIplU lOc.. ~alIIrn;z oddrl:ss: 209 Jelferaon Ave .. Elgm. III .

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Highway Engineer!

To stay or not to stay, that is the question Whether 'tis wi~r 10 hear for now the lot

Of highway engineer, :tnd be secu re For )'ears to come,

Or to take up off rings of. indu~try And chance wit h present earninjl:s the futu re.

In this country the choice of business, profcnion, o r Cl':I.it, :lnd the Sl'lection o f pbce o£

employment arc personal mMtcn. and we would not wallt it u) be otherwise. In this. engineers an: no dilTercnt than those in any other occupation. Their choice of profCMiol1 i$ ba~d on their t:aleuts. abilities and dcsirc5. Their selection or ~ploycr is probably morc complex. and depend!; brgdy on indi\'idual temperament and family responsibilities. Some tnginrtrs: arc nomadic lind like to

sec the world while the)' work. others arc imcresu:d in a l)Crrna nem home and "sc:.1tlin,ir (Iown." Some, through their own dC$irc:.~. l)lIt more ofu'l\ due to blnily rcspons.ibi liti~5. arc mainly interested in the

amOUn! of the pay cbeck: others ha\'e a lon~ r:tngc outlook and arc more concerned o\'er a permanent position and security in the future.

When the economic conditions of the country a re normal, wa~es and cost of l i\'i n~ :ue in lxIbnce. and there is a ~ener:ll feeling of security, But in time of inAation, such as :It this time, employment be­comes OUt of hai:lnce. 11,e "pay checkers" and the nom .. ds arc in thc:ir glory. They get :til they GIn, li\'e hi~h, and often $3 \'e no more than they did before. However, many of the " Ions: rangers" ate also lured from thei t ot1jo(inal paths with \'isiOO!i of more wealth anu, ill some easet, with the [ear that th~

times cannot last and will be: followw hy another depression.

I-l i~hwa~ cn,:: inccn, bcinx usually gO\'crnmental tnJployres. bc: 1<m~ to a g roup in which in norm:ll times only "long r.mgers" :Ire inttrcsted; und in normal times there are a sufficient number of this type of cnJ.lin~r to adequately cllrty out the work of the highway department. 11\c "rub" is that right now,

during the inlhtion period, hiJ.lhwa~' dell3rtrnents ate losing many ot these here·tc>-fore far.siJlhl'cd enginet'fS to the lure of hiJlh pri\'ate indunry salariC$, If only these engineers could Ix held, sufficient engineering m:ln-pow('r could be m:lilllaincd to properly complete: highway \'on~lruction progranl$.

While it is not likely thn the s.a laries of highway cn,gineen in govcrnmem c:m l)loy will ever m:lIch

thoS(: of en},<i nccu in private induslry during this inflationary period . it seems sc:ns.ible ~nd necessary that SOmc incrc:aSC$ anJ adjustments should be: made: as rapidly as possible. fo, 'lorco\'er, the engin«r.in-train. ing pr<lgt:lm should not be lulled to sleep with the lull~by, "We Arc tOO 8usy Now," for if we arc 1'0 h:I\'e

loyalty and unity :llllong the engineers of the highway dep:trtnll:nt, it wi!1 be only through all active ilnd systematic en~ineer.in-lraining progr:un, with numerous $Chc:duled Jlroup and general mcc:tinJl5 of all the en~incers where their problems in the field e m he discussed and a rc:din,g generated that each engineer is an important unit of It great organiz.:uion, The proper babnce in the salaria bctwttn }:Iovernmental em­ployees and those in private industry, a strong and progressive c:ngineer.in-tr:liniLlg pro.u:r~m , plus ou r fine pension :and rCtil'1.":n""nt syStenl. should bring hack 10 the fold the '"long ranjl:ers" and hold our remaining force of enginttts.

Needless to S;ty, when economic evnditions return to normal, or if there should he another depression, the "long rangen"-the f:tt-sighted-will be the ones with a job o[ their choice, an tll1ployer of their sd c:c­rion, and have both money and sc:curiry.

R. A. LON] E.R, Editor

SECOND QUARTER 1952

Expressways in the Chicago Metropolitan Area

By GllO. L. JACKSON Enginet'!r of EXI)rC~~waYR, District 10

Practic.ally CI'Cry J~rge metropolitan arca in the United St:lte~ is either hui!ding or planning;! system of cllpressways al the present time to move t:\'cr increasin g trJffic \'Olumes. rapidl y and S:lfdy. llli5 natiollwide activiry is nOI :1 fad lha! is sweeping the country. If this were the ca~, it would be an expensive undcrt:lking to kc)ep up with the next tity neiJ(hbors. Eltpre.ssway systems in metropolitan areas arc physical and economic ncccssi tie$. Chicago. after ;J. bebtcd 5tart, h:!.s taken its place in this 1l1Ovcment and, although it is not fi r$!. in tbe parade, rortunatdy, it is nOl: last. The cXprcS5W:ly systcnl th:u is under l"ol1-struclion in the Chiraf,J"o Met ropolitan Arta will serve :u the frame work around which the rcbuildiuJo: of Chic.:as;o and the expansion of uroon dcvelopmcllI will !;;Ike I)lacll."_

The general plIlIern of' upresswily5 in the approved plan r.Jdi :lle~ from the cell_ m'! busine~s di~trict of Chicago in all directions. It is a n:cognizcd fact thaI the prc:dominant mo\'emcllt of traffic is ix-twecn this ttllltal area and outlying p()i nt~. In adJii.Wn the plan includes routes to servc IrnfTic movinf,t ~encrally north and SQUth through thc western J'I~rt of the Ciry and Cook County.

Inside the City of ChicaJo:o approxi­matel y 70 miles of cxpreu ways are planned with approxinlatcly 150 miles in Cook County outside tne City of Chi­cago. At the end of 1951 , approximately $120,000,000 had bec::n expended for right-of-way and comtnlction . At pres· cn! day prices the complete system is es­tim~tcd to cost in the neighborhood of one billion dollars.

Man)' papers have been written con· cerning the technical fe:Uure~ of the ex· pre.ssways ineillding geonH:tric, tl':l.ffic and mUClurnl design. The purpose of this article will be to discuss some of the less publicized but import.1nt aspects of the pl~nninr: alld use of the exrressw~y~.

Cooperative EffQl1

One of the outu:lndin/o: features in con· nenion with the planning and construc_ tion of ~xpreuways in the ChicaJ.:o area is the combined elTon that is being shared by the constructinJo: ~r:enc:ies. These: agencies ~ rc the City of ChiC'lgo throuJoth its Department of Subways and Superhi)o:h\y.lp, lhe G:m llly of Cook through its Highw~y Departnll:nl and the State of Illinois lhroulth its [kpatl­ment of Public: Works and Buildings. Division of Highways.

The development of the basic plan for expressways ill the City of Chk.ago was .mpet\'ised by the City. TIle Chicago Pl:I.n Commission has contributed con-

sidctable time. to studies and recOlllmen­dations. The Cook County H iRhway De­partmcm developed the ,l::eneral plan for the expressways in the County most of which arc extensions of routes inside the CiIY. The State has cooPCl':l.too in the study and plannin,t; of the entire. system and has .pprovcd the j..fCner .. l toc:uil\n ~ of the routes.

C"..oordination of design and construc­tion and the tstablishin,e: of Jo:cnernl poli . cics rests with the Highway Design Committe<: which includes represenla­l iVe! of the conslnlctinJo: agencies. The Bureau of Public Roads is repr~nled in au advisory cap:lcity. The [)(~ign Com· mittce is able 10 r:onsidt:r and pass upon II great numl.w:r and variety of subjects by means of nandin.'; or special sub<om­minr:es composed of men who art: qual­ified to deal with the panicular subject a5si~ned 1.0 them,

The :lelUal design and construction of Ihe expressways is a mutual \mdertaking on the part of the three agencies and is gh·en o!Tidal status Il liough :agreements which have been entered im o hy the var­ious political subdivisions. The design , construction and acquisition of right~{­way within the City is di\' iJoo. bctw«n Ihe State, County and City and specific sections or each roule :ate assigned 10 c.1ch .a,crency. A similar ar rangemelll has l)t.'en made between the State and Coun­ty to carry on the work in the Coumy outside the City of Chicago. Olle' excep­t ion LO this orrallgcmem within the City is the case of the North Lake Shore Orive Extension where tnt: Chicago Park District ix-comes the fourth party in­\'olved in th is project. The Park District is consulted in all m3tu:cs rdating to du: Inoject and will bear its share of the COSt in3smuch 35 additional park areu will be created 35 well as an extended hi,e:hway facility.

The Slate. in addition to carryi ng on its share of the expressway proJ:rnm. acts as ::I coordinator and rt:\' iewcr of aU phases of the projects through the oai..:e of the Expressway Enginttr in the Dis_ trict Office.

Location of Expre.ways in the Urban Area

The location of any major public im· provement in :111 uroon area is difficult and invoh·es many faeton m·er anti 1I1}!)\·e cn,v; incerinJi;. AllH,tn,lt thc::s.e beton, community inlerests and polil.ic;!1 prcs­sure are p.uamount. In this connection it i.$ the writcr's opi nion that a pl:mninp; body having the necessary competent sb.tf and authority to study :md pass upon all ;aspccts of a proposed public im· provement and its rt:lauon to .:.J master "Ian would be mos! ::IJ\'anta~cous and would probably mluce to :1 ~t e): tent some of the Ion motion that now takes place.

Three factors must be:. taken into 3C­

count in determininJ: the location of an expre.ssWdy in an urban area whefe e,ust­ing street. patlcms. community boun­darics and railroad aud other m3jor J e:­~·clopmenl.s must be:. considered. A (lis. cussion nr IheS(! factors willix- given not necessarily in the order of their im­portan~.

Service 10 traffic is fundamental in the location of an expressway because: iI in­terchange of uafTic belwttn thc express­way and the. e):ining nujor StftCts is fl Ot frequent and flexible the expressway fai ls in the vcry purpose for which il is in ­tended. The lrnffic patte.rn in an urban area is iln:llogous to a water shed system. The tralfic orip;inates in a great number of small volume:.5 on local residential streets over which through I.rafl'.ic should never be permitted. These. small mlume.s are collected on thoroughfares of ,·arying ca pacities to he taken 10 the expressway which constitutes the main stre.:am of traffic Sow, Acttss to and exn:ss [rom the CIlpres5way is pro\'ided at inter­chanp;cs which may "ary (rom simple p.uaUd ramps to a major interchange of complicated design. It is the points of interchange that muSt be carefully stud· ied lind located.

Another important fcature:. in locating an expressway is the econom), of right­of~way ~nd construction. As fully de\·cI­oped as the C it y 5C'Cms to be, there are n ill many :ue:l.5 of vacant land. It is e\'ident that the more "acant land that can be utilized, the cheaper will be the COSt of land acquisition. However, be­ClIUse cf the high design standards to which modc.m e.xpte$Sways arc: ccnSlruct. ed it i$ ohvious thal the alignment can not ne(warily follow the loc:Hion of the grt:ateSl :UTlOunt of vacant propeny. Abu, it is quite possible that th~ least npc:n· si"e rixbt-o(-way nuy require construe­tiOD thn will cost more than i£ another l0C2tion i~ sdttted.

111e location and design of an c-xprcss­~':Iy u.ru.aUy Ie..ds to a considetaf.ion of whether it ~hal! be of the depressed or ,

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devau:d type:. All thi ngs being equal, there is IWt lIlueh differencc: ill cost of the two typcs ahhou~h !.l,ere are some indications that the elevated type partic. ulatly of .Heel cksign is more expensh'c. An clcvated structure ha~ rertain adv:l ll ' tnges in that ;t rcquires le.~s right-of.way, crou strtt[$ (an be kept open without addi tional cost and tht: dtai na${e problem is somewhat si mpl ified . T he d isad\'Qll' ta~e~ of an elevated struct'ure are its un· sightliness, dcterior:ltin).: effect upon ad· ja~nt property, len Aexibility fo r fu tU re expansion and changes and hi)(her main· tenance cost. On the other

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tion. The disposi tion and rc:location of thc utili ty lines and conduits that occupy C\'ery cilY SIIt"C1 require th .. clO~sl co­operJtion hctwet"n the owners of both private and public utili ties and the: high. way conslructinJ.: a)(encics. This is espe· cially true of a stelia n depressed belo ..... the e lc~·\,ation of existing Stre:cts.

As an illustration of the complex prob­lems that are in\'oh'cd in urban express­way construclion, Ihe easterly four miles ot the Congress Street EXllrt!SSway may be cited.

In the two blocks bc: lwcen Stal e: Street

hand, a depressed section ac· complishes a purpose that is second only to the service of tra ff ic ; that is th:1I a depressed expressway can be built LO

:uld bcaUlific:ltiofi to thc area through which it passes, a most important fe:llu~ in the bliAhted areas in the C ity of Chicago.

In the selection of an ex· p~5Sway locatioll in built.up

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:U C3S there is always a conAi" or choi~ bcl\veen acquiring residcntial and ind ustrial prop-erty. Even under the prtscnt cond ition of se\'en.~ housin~ shonage it is the writer's be· lief thai as a rule the prdCrva· lion of industrial property should be givcn preference. It is easier 0 11 a ll parties invoh'(:(j 10 relocale residential unilS thall olher types of develop· ment. TIle acquisition :lnd destruction of one lar,ge com· mercial Q{" industrial property may remove the means of Ih'e' Ii hood of a greater number of persons than would be in· \'o\ved in a considenblt lw~th of 1(lCation throu~h residential

CHICA80 MfTROPOUTAH

AREA COMPREHENSIVE

EXPRE5SWAY SYSTEM

propcn y, The third iU~1lI that must

be kept in mind in locating expressways is ilS rdation to the t'X.islin~ development and proposed re-develop­ment o{ the Dt:llIy cOlllmunities which comprise [he urb:m area. Expressways, ti ther elevated or depn:sseJ, will be oor~ riers. 1I0l to the free m(wcment o[ vehi· cubr traffic but 10 the: free: interchange of local pedcstrian and vehicular traffic thai takes place within a ("ornmunity . It ;s desirable therefore that whc.re\'cr pos· )"iblc expreuway~ be mted 01.1(11)( Ihc boulldarks of existing or proposed com­munities. Special Problems In Urban Construction

'llie details :.Ind diver§i ty of design cn· CQuOlereJ in uroon area. construction are na~)(ering compared to the: normal reo quin:ment·s of rural highway COIl$true·

SEC ON D Q UAR TER IU2

3nd !I-'Iidligan A\'en~ where: the cost of riJ.:ht-of.w:l.Y to widen to lhe ulti mate width would be- prohihiti\,c bet-::a use of the substantial Ixlildings on bOlh sides of existinJl" ConJo::~5s Street, the sidew;llks a~ Uc:illg placed inside the building 1itle. The IOtal present street width is made ;l\'ailable for roadway use. TI,e al tcfll­tiOlls to permit the: areading of che build­illJl"$ require the remodeling of store (ronl5 lind Juilablc architectu ral re\' i $ion~

10 the- first and second stones.

Thc Chicago headquaneu of the WeStern Union Telegraph Company arc located at the nOrlheut ("orner of u­Salle and Congrm Streets. ' n le south two ooys, about 35 f«t, of this ei8ht­SIOI')' buildinR arc in the right-of-way

needed for the txpressway, making it Ilece.~)ill ry IQ remove Ihis portion of the bu itdin~ and reSIOTe a new !;()uth build­illl-: wall. The work rc:<luired to CUI off the building and rearrange delicate com­mun ication! eq uipment, kitchens, rest rOOll1s :lnd stand·by power u nits is cer· tainly forei,lotn to usual highway consrrtlc­lion.

Betwecn LISalle and Sherman Streets there is the LaSalle Str~t Railroad Tenni!!;11 occupied by lhe New York Central and Rock Island Railroads. For~ tunalcly tht track Roor is :Il the SC(ond

floo r lcvci making it possible to build Ihe: expressway road· WllP below the tracks. How­l!Ve: r, :11 street level are the baggage, m:l il and exprc-ss fa­cilities of the terminal. The new rO:ldway~ will practkally bisect this area. As a result it wi ll be nce:C$sa ry to build suD­stitute facilit ies both north and south of thc !lew roadways to providt arC'.( fo r these npe-ra­tions which will he. displaced by the construction of the roadways. The columns 5U~ portin/( the tracks are spaced al cenlers varyi nJ{ [rom 15 to 30 feet in til t direction Hans· ' ·ersc:. to tht ro.1dways. In or· der to pro\·ide two clear Sp3 Il S

each approximately 60 feet Ion).: , it will \)e necessary to tcconsuuct the cntire [fllek iloor for a length of 120 fcct alon1-: the u-acks. Heavy Sleel gir<lers will be: supported on new concrcte piers resting on cai~ns. Steam, c:lectric and othe.r utility lincs of the $Ia· lioll runllinJl: p.ualld to the: ttllcks must be rdocaled.

At the United Stalt:S Post QfTice BuildinJ.: located along the east side of Canal Sln:cl provision was made when the ~tructurc was buill in 1930 for

a major strCt!t to pass through the huild· irlg in 1m luede. Right-of-way for :I.

street in this location goes back even farther 10 1914 when the llCj:lot ialions were made between the City of Chic~p;o and the- Union Stalion Company for that ma jor public impco\·emeill. How­c,'er. it W:lS not ulltil 1<)-10 that the plans lor a ncw thomu,qhfare look the form of the e"prCS)W!lY now contemplated. When lhe PO$[ O:fice Builcling was const ructed il waS presumed that the \'ehicles ~rViflg lhe post office would ha\'e :l.cttss directly to the new Sln.'el. When the strCel as· sUliled the cha racteristics of an express· way. it waS recognized that this would he: an impossible situation. The 1ll0VC-

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AERIAL IEWS OF TU,~~

EDENS EXPR£SSWA. IN THE

~!UCAGO METRO.POLITAN ARE

• ILLINOIS H I G HW AY EN G IN E ER

SECOND QUARTER 1952 ~ •• •

Feasibility of Relocating U.S. 50 In The Lawrenceville -Vincennes Area

By ToM T H ORNTON

A system of seleCled highways known as the National System of Intt'.f$t:ue Hi~h­way5 was providecllor by an a~1 of Con,lotfCSS and is inl.endeJ 10 connect the populous diStricl$ o( Ihe N:lf ion_ Only the gencral IOCHions of routes " 'ert establi.shed. the detai ls of exat:1 location being left for determination as impro\'emc:nt o( sections of tht'. system is undertaken. Une of Ihe dc~ign:ued roules is U.S. 50 extending from Louis\'ille, Kentucky, and other points ~t, to Kansas City and the West. Pans Ihal which was available. Therdorc. in of the prcscnt mute fall somewhat short order to gather data upon which to ha5t of the hi~h inter.tt3tc highway slllflda rds a SQund plan. an origin and destination of- design and conSlrunioll, and arc of st ud y was conducted. su.h desi)l;ll and suuctuntl condit inn that Two roadside intervic:w stations were rccolUlruetion or rdocation be-

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includes informa tion as to station, dale, time of intcrvic:w, direction DC !rip, \·chi· de type, Stale: oC registf3 tion of \'chicle, ori~n and destin.uion of triP. location and purpose of the intermediate ~op within the: :uea, trip purpose, :lnd in through trips the route: the \'chide \cft o r entered the :.I rea.

To beili';lIc the coding and an:tlysis of the fidd data, the arc., was di\'ide::c! into zona. II would Ix: impr:Jctical to illustrate: tach individual trip from its uact point of oriJo:in [0 its CKact point of destination, so [fips from an area des­ijtnated :as a zone :l.rt' grouped :lnd u~ without rtgard 10 the CX.:IiCI point of origin or destination within lhe zone.

The plcilCnt bfid~c carries 700 more

comes neceM:l.ry. An cxample of tbis is U.S. 50 between the cilit'.! of Vincennes, Indiann, and Lawrencc\'i!le, llIinoi$. The pUTPO~ of this study W;1S

to obtain information th:11 would be helpful in the: prob­lem of l~ting and tlcsi,gninK U.S. 50 in that area.

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vehicles i ll :, twent'/ -four hour period Ih:1II passel! through the interview 5ta lion5. TI,es<: vchides were counted S<:p;lr. atcly becau5C their points or orif.:in or destination were. be· tween the highway intersec­tion. lIor which the interview stalions wcre: loc:uffi, :md the Wabash Rivcr.

Plann ing of mode.rn high­ways. looking toward a rem­edy of existing con,:!ested con­di('ions and for future. needs, i5 lengthy and invoh'ro. In \·iew of the substantial in· crease in tr:lffic it is dc$irnbl~ to consider tne roads and highways that are now a\'ail­able to st'1'\'C tho;:: traJJic. Some of the conditions and charac­teristics of this :1TC1i that a/fea traffic. iu desired lill~s, and rau5t'.l of eons::estinn are of sufficit'.nt magnitude to de­scrve spc.c.ial mention. They are:

I. The direction of align­ment of the strc:.cts, and the general layout of the town of Vincennt.' along tht'. Wabash Rh·n.

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State-wide traffic counts fur­nish information with rupc<t to traffic \'olum~ and Ihcir variations. This information is shown in Figure I. These counts hdp point out such ir· reJo:ulouities as an ::Ibnormal f.:ain in lraffie on Ill. 33 in 195 1, especially in thc vol ume of scll1.ilrai ler5. These \'olumcs were abnormally hiJo:h due to construction on U.s. 41 north of VincennC5 .

2. The (ccre:ltional facilities on the west side of the Wabash Ri\·t'.r. (Drive-in lheat~. nip;ht clubs. air­ports. lake resorlli. etc.)

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A graphic picture o f the distribution of [falfie passin~ through Ihe imersection of U.s. 50 and 11\. 33 is shown in Figure 2. Bands drawn to a scale representing the \'01-ume of t.rips afe drawn be· tween the interview )tatiolU and approximate centers of ".ones in Vincennes or romes btyonu Vincennes, '111e direc­tion of the band s represents the approxim:nc paths the

J. The th rough trillic or traffk ha\'ing both origi n and destination tlulSide of Vincen­nes. is delayed. Thh can he.l;t be dimim1led by the esto.blishnlcnl of a (r«way. A freeway is intended especially fo r throup;h traffic. and itS esscntial ch:lractc.ristic is that ac· cess to it is limit~d :md controlled.

The number and 11l3gnitude of these and OIher problems together with thcir complex nature made it neCC'SaT)' to 51:­

curt'. detailed informRlion in excess of

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operatc:tl on the- nOM and west \c:~s o[ the intersectinn of U.S. 50 and Ill. 33. Th!'y wert'. opcr-dtcd covering 3 full twenly.four hour period on Aug\lst 28-31, 1951. The purposc of such inte:r· views is 10 obtain inform:ltion concern­in~ the travel h:tbits of rc:siuC:llts and nonrc~idc:nt$ of the att'.a under 51udy, TIlt," dri\'us wett'. inten'icwed in the \'ehiclc:s p.using throu~h [he ~tation from both directions. The in terviewc:r's report

traffic would take if a facil ity were: a\'ailable. The heaviest indi,'idual movement is the

through tl'3lTic on U.S. 50. '111e feuibility of a proposed loc:nion,

to a iar.l!e extent, is determined by the volume ()f traffic which would make use of il. This traffic has been estimated Cor a proposed location of a hi,.:hway impnH'cmem heing considered by ill i­nois and Indiana in the Vincennes Area.

The main assumptions made in order LO assiWl traffic to the new location arc!

I. A byp~us will be built on the north

• ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGIN E ER

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and east side of Vincen_ nes connecting the pro­posed U.S. 50 bridJ:e with U.S.411OIhe south,

2. The proposed rcl0C3tion will be marked U.s. 50 and the "through trips" will mOSt Iikdy fol!ow the marked route.

3. Tr:llfic will bt.-: attracted to the improve!1 f~ciljty in some proportion to [he amount of time and dis· tance that will be saved hy its usc. There will also IX' <I certain amount of "generated" new traf­fic which docs not usc the present faci lities.

4. The extended stIt'ns or ro.,ds for the trdffic that will usc the propo~J reo location arc adequate and h:wc 5uiuhlo:- N)nn~tioos to the proposed TOJd or will be made so.

The estimated distrihution of traffic on the proposed re­loc:nion of U.S. 50 is shown ill FiJ!ure 3.

TIle $urnfller weekd:~)" traf· fie eros.~in~ the Wab.uh Ri\'cr nca r VinCt'nnes was appro:rc:i. mately 9,;50 vehicles_ Nearly two-thirds of these \'ehides would prefer to cross the river north of the present sile. This is due brJ!e1y to the predom­inance of the tllrough tr:l.ffic all U.S. 50.

If u.s, 50 were located north of the rn:~t.nt bridge and near the north city jimiu of Vincennes, it would carry approximately 6,000 vchiclc.\ a day o\·cr the Wab.1Sh. Over 64% of this tralJk would havc its origin or clcstiU:llion beyond Vin..-:t!nncs. The re­routin).; of the through traffic would reduce tht! traffic \' 01-

limes (m the ~ongcs tcd 6ty streets, partieula.rly those neaf the business district. III addi­tiOIl to lending i t~1f to 3 hip;her Iypc of dr'5ign and con­struction, the proposed re!(l(a­tion wil l satisfy the pr~nt :and future dc..~ire~ of ro:ad u,c:u· lx:uc:r than the c~istjn$;

[;tcilities_

It should be: (asy for any governillent to please the peo­ple, All they W,IIlt is lower taxes anJ larger appropria­tions.

SECOND QUAR T E R 19 5 2

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SURSUM CORDA

Speak Gently I F,,,,,, "Li!1 Up YOM Hrartil")

Speak gently; it is better far To Rule hy love than fCo1r;

Speak gently: let no harsh word Illar

The good we may do here. Speak gemly to the liuk child,

Its 10\'(. is sure to l{3.in; Teach it in accents $Oft and

mild; It may not long remain.

Speak gently to the young, for they

Will have enou~h to bc:tr; P::ISS theu this lift! as hesl they

may, Tis {ui! of anxious care;

Speak gently to the aged one, Grie"e 001 the careworn

heart, \Vh",e J;:lods of life arc nt,uly

run: Let such in peace depart.

Spetk gently 10 the e rring ; know

Tht'y must havc lOil«.l in \'am:

Perchance unkindness made them so;

Oh, win them back a,£lainl Spc;Jk gently; 'tis a li ttle thing

Dropped in thc heart·~ deep well:

1be ~ood, the joy thnt it may bring,

EternilY shall tell.

Little Things rFmm " 1..11 Up Yu"r flerr,."I")

Only "Good morning.'· but tht:" way ·t\\,;I$ said

Fell likc a blessing upon my heaJ'

Only; smile:, bill so blithe­somely )lay.

It wr.tpped in iu ~U\uhine the gr.tying day.

JUSt a few w(lrds, but with counsel $0 litem,

I"'y wistful way to the right is bent.

Lillie things beodin" whe re others would break;

Liulc things, winning [or kindness' sake.

Little,: lhinj:!s all, hut how sha ll 1 tell

In words that arc: lillIe my )!ratitude well r

I'll )(ather lhem gently :lOd pren thl~m with care,

And holily fold them in one link prayer.

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CASEY & EMMERT, Inc. Construction Equipment Rental - Sales - Service

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Manufacturers of Sewe, Pipe, Sal' Glazed and Shale Drain Tile

Telephone 2131 - 2132

ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

Lift Span Damaged

on Pekin Bridge

(P.icture on GOl'&r, CQurtesy Pel}r"-o J(IU-ru'/I/, Peorin, J/1.. )

By R. D. SCHMIDT

On Monday afternoon, February 15. 1952 the brid}:c tender of the Illinois Ri\"er Bridge at Pekin, Illinois raised the Strauss lift span to allow the river tl1.$:ooal "Tom 501\\1'cr" with its ;}SSOrlmcnt of barges to proceed northward. After passage of the boat and ba rges, the bridKc tender started to lower the spa.n buck into position, hut due to the breaking of. twO hoJn holding a ge-.Ir c.uti nJ:, the ean end hecame un­meshed, and before the difficulty was noticed, the west end was approximalC'iy twenty-two feet below the cast end.

The li£t span, 260 £~t in length and weighing 530 tons, is balanced with a counter weight with cables over tWO

Ia r)ie pulleys on tOwers at c3ch end, and the differential in weight' between the spn.n n.nd the two counter v.'tights is less thUll five 1011$. Power to raise and lower the span i~ furnished by dec­tric motors with :I st.:H1uby gusoline engine at uoom the cente r of the span and is trans­lUitted 1'0 a ,gear rtducrion sys­tem -:11 ench end by ~ four inch me£al shaft, similar to an automobile clri"e shaft. At the ~e:l r box the final contact is Uctween a sm."lll pinion and II

vertical ~ear track at the cen­ter of and the [Un height of each tower. BCGlu~ the lift span and counter weight5 a rc ill rnther dose hJlance. powe r is used both for raising and lowering the span, it being neccssar)' to apply only enough power to overcome the fric­

ends and the size of the structure, the :HilOlllll of damage was surprisingly small. At the cast cno lhe gears were \'ery slightly rou~hcd up. two bol l'$ wefe brokl!ll. two holts were hent, one column flan)!;e was hent, ali the guide shoe: was forced out, and ten of twelve bolts were l>roken ou thc otber jo,>uidc shoe. These gil ide: shocs life. on the lower ponion of

use Uie bridge and Ulat sc,'eral mOtorists were being inconvenienced. O n the sec­ond day this rig)!;in/-! and equipment were brought on the job. The method u.seu for the work was rather simple. The coumer wCI,;hr at the C.1St end was l:uhed with !;.1bles to nrious paru of the lower chords and tower elll the adjacellt span to prevent' mO\'ernent e ither up or down, To r.Jik the west end. two se tS of block and tackle outfits with winch truo.:ks we re used. These were tied to the counter weight and to the lowe r chords of the adjacent span alld two winch !Tucks were uscd 10 furnish the power to pull the (Ollilter weight down SO as CO rdisc this end of the lift s pan. As a safety measure another block and t~ckle was tied to the pier and the end of the lift span in case: the movement became too rapid.

The ra isin~ of the spao was simplicity indf. The tem l')CraLUrc at th<:: time was five t.Iegrees alXH'e zero which caused enouJo!;h contraction in the span so that it was no longer wt:dged against the track.

tion and the diR"ert.utial in Pinion pulled oway from g ear track a t ea at end.

In addit'ion to the twO wi nch trucks. the ,gasolioe motor W~$ :tlsa used to follow the move­ment SO as to dimin;ue tIte dr.J,Ii( of the power S)'Mem as tlte west end was sti \1 in ge:lT, A Ji:e.ar was rt:movet.l from the cast end so tl1;]t when the pinion ftJ.(ain meshed wilh the gear track, it would run idle until the span was in the pmper position re,l:art.ling' cle­,'ation. Thi~ operation took aholll fo ur hours. The east .Keaf1i werl! then rcpL1(cd with new holLS holding the ctlstings and the S~ 1I wa~ luwt:red to

the brid)!;e scats to ch.:-ck the ~ttillg of tilt' ge:m. [t was found that therc was a difTt:r­entia! of a few inches in the wei~ht of the cables over the

pulleys as these large cahles a~ in lxiI­:mce only when the sJXt n and oounter weixhtJ> lire at the S:lIOe. dev:trion. With the exception of guide shoe.~ 011 each side which slide alon,R" Banges ot colu11l1l$ of the east tower to connol longitudinal motinn and a pinion opposite each gear on the "ertical tr.Jck to control side Ill(}­

tion, the sp:1o was held up by the cables.

An inspection hy oiJici:t1s of the State Departments of Hi~hways and Water­ways disclosed that two holb holdinJ.: the top roman of a Ixaring for olle of the gears 3t the e:lSI end had broken, and the )!;ears bccalI1~ unmeshed when power for lowerinl!; the ~pan was applicd. Be­fo re the power was cut the wen end had been lowered appro"iOl:ttc:ly twenty­t .... ,o feet below the cast end and the span was on quite: a 51ope. Considering the differential in elevation of the tWO

SECOND QUARTER 1952

tIlC truss of lhe lift span. At the west .:nd. ~ cross member o( the Frame work holdinK the )!;e3r box Wl15 bent. back ap­proximatdy two inrhes :ts the upper por­tion of tI'e truss was {or~cd a)laU1Sl the A:ear tTUck on the tuwer. The: lift span, ~illK a box shaped affair. was wedged I:octween the: two )!;e:lr uacks when fin:tlly stopped.

A meeting W!15 hc:ld oo-wccn State officials and conuactof;S in the ",dnIIV and the work of ~UiD~ the span b.1ck imo oper:ltion anJ doing the: ncces~ry rep.:!iu W:l S aW<lrdcd [0 D. J. Mahoney Co. of Pekin. lmmediatclr :tfte r recei\·. inj( notice- to proceed wilh the work, th.: (Omp.111)· started ){cuing rigging into shape. even thouRh no work W;IS dOlle in the field due [0 .severely (old weather and a snow $lorm which b::aJ no respect for the [uCt that trntfic was unable to

tWi) end~ ::IlId :til adiusmlent in the gears had to be: made. After the ~ran was gouc::n into its IHuper position, it was foun d that the ~ear at the West end meshed for only :about one-h:alf of iUi width with the tower gtu trnek due to the bem Clos.s member which ~UI)ported the ~car box. This crou 1llember, which was constructed similar to sway bracing, was slnli.R"htelieu wi th hyt.lraulie jacks and new angles wcre installed to replace the:: diagon:11 'stiffener members. In the. meantime work WllS beinK uone in re­pairint: the (owc:r flAnges and lhe guide shoes at the cast cnd. TIle bridge was then placed in operJtion and other minor repairs were completed withom intcr­fe: rClice wi th ri\'er or \'ehicular traffic.

Mr, H endrick of the Maintenance Dc ­p:1TUlKnt repicsented the Djvi~ion of

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ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS

Sixteenth Annual Convention OCTOBER 31 and NOVEMBER I. 1952

AT CHICAGO

Convention Headquarte rs - Hotel Sherman

The siJ1lecnth annual con"cnliall of the J. A. H. E. will be hdd in Chicago at the: Hotel Sherman on Friday and S;nurtlay, October 31 :md November 1. ,\ $ this is the: lim time the Chicago Chaptcr has hecn bost for this affair, the committee: i~ arr:lIl/{ing a very intcrc5ting program and one thllt everyone will enjoy.

Chit:;!~Q JlIay Ix: the :;econd la rge't city in the Country, but it's "the number Olli.''' c{)nvclHion city of the nation. 11,c Hote! Sherman is ideally located in the hear! of the famous "loop" at Clark lind R:mdolph Stn~CtJi .

""hile here there arc m:Ill)' interesting' sights for visitors to our cit)' 10 $te. Within walking distanc~ of the Hotel Sherman arc the many lDO\'ics and thea­ters offerin)!" the latest in entenninment; aho mnny famous rcSt3.uranls. Nearhy is the well known shopping diSirict :tlong State Street. 1I boulev~nl with some of the finest shops and s torc.~ ill

the country. Other places of interest in the city afe

th~' world farnou~ Buekin)l:ham Foun· lain. on Ihe lake front, the l\'krchandise Mar!, h03.sting the largest office Aoor space of :my building in the world; :\11. ler Pla llt"larium, Soldiers Field, The An Institute, Chicag() Ac-.IIJemy of Sciences. Chicu~o Historical SocietYI Natural H is· tory Museum, MUlICum of Science and lndustrf, Shedd Aquarium. Garfield and Linc()ln Park COtls<:rvntorit's, Brookfield nlld Lincoln Park Zoos, and hundreds of othcr points of illlerest.

TIll! busincs~ meeting of the COIWCIl ­

tion will Ix: held on Saturday Illorning in the Louis the XVI Room of the hotel. RC)l:isrralion will br: in the adjoining foyer before this meet,in),:. Fo!1{)\,-i ng the business session there will be a technical mcecinJ.: in the same room with Ben H . PCllY. Pruft;.'>svr of H ighway En/.:inC!n~ ing ~ll Purdue University, as the speaker. It i$ plulln C:,d to di~play \ 'anOU 5 enginttr­ing exhibits in ceJlljunnion with the con · ,'cnlinn.

"EJrpre;:ssways" has lx:en selccted as the Lhcmc of this convention, a subject or interest to all hi~hway el1g1nct:rs. A

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bus ~is::-ht.sttillg tour is planned "ia the: Outer Drive along the shores of Lake Michi.~an to the New .Edens Expressway which has been hui!t recently :I.IlJ opencd to the public. An interestin)t' and unique !ullehcon cnroUlI': has been arranged.

S:uurdar night the 1)'1nquet will be hdd 1.n the H otd Shennan's "Bal· Tabarin Room," lhe first function room to be decof3lcu enti rdy with li).;ht. With the li~ht theme of this room, slides showin~ scenes of "Old Chicago" will be projectoo upon the w3B~ of the room and scenes of present day ,·iews o[ Ihe city. Dancing wi11 follow the after din· ncr ,speaker.

There will be plenty of entertainment for the ladies s() bring your wive~ , daugh­lers and sW1.'('thcufts. Plan to ;lttellJ and notify your Chaptcr chairman fO f your reservations riJ!ht away. For any and :111 dctail$ you can (ontl'lct any of the Chic:lJ,!o Com'ention committee: Tllt:o· Jore Olsan. Chairman, Norman Ikggs, and Donald Slack. 160 Nonh LaS:l l1~ Sneet. Chica~o t, minois.

Let's all support our conv/:':ntion. and enio)' tht: ,l.!:11()(.\ fellowship (I f (lilT Asso­ciation. Sec you at tht SHERf,.·IAN.

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ABOUT TIlE

SPEAKER

AT THE

TECHN1C.>\L

SESSION

SATURDAY

NOVF.~tBER

FIRST

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BEN H. PETTY, Pro­

[essor o[ H ighway En­

~in~rin,l{, h:1~ heen

with Purdu,e Univer­

sity sinct 1920 with

th~ exception of- a

three year period dur­

ing World War n when he servcd as a

~bjor in the Corps of­

En)lineers.

Prufes5()r Petty has

hnd charge of the An­

nual P u rd 11 e Road

School since 1924; has

kept abreast of the

whole highway pro­

~ram throu~hout the

c(junuy and c.specially

in the middle west j

and is a prominent fi~_

ure in highway engi.

neering circles.

Professor Petty was

born in Nebraska and

recei,'cd his M.S. in Civil En).(inccring from

Purdue in 1913. H e

is a member of the

American Society of

ei,·it En/o!ineeTS, lhe

American Road Build·

e rs A.'iSOCia[ion. the

High way Rt:.Iiearch

Bo.1rd rllld many other

nrganiz:'lI.ions.

Pbn for a I:tig time! ,Mark yonI' C;llcnJar now! Do it immediately! Oc­to~r 31 and NOl'/:': mbe:r [.

Friday e\co;nJt preceding c:on\'(':mion for wOSt! nct ha\'i ng other or~anized e.n~ tf nainmem, :l trip to the Radio-TV na­tion to witness a telecast has heen set uJ'l. You will ~ nOlilied when to make res­ervationS' for this fea lurc. Bowling will be: in order aftef the tclecnst. 1lle Sher­man is equipped with [he finest bowling alleys. In fact, your whole convelltion pro,l{ram is packcd full of information, good food and fun.

I LL I NOIS HIG H WAY ENGI N EER

ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT

By B. L. C HANEY Chairman, Golf Committee

The Chicago Cllaptcr of [he I.A.H.E has arrangl1;J for:l repeat performance at WooJriu)I;(; Golf Club~ Lisle. Illinois. on July 12, 1952. The fa\'OT;l!;'k reportS and (ommcms which we received :1f[(::r our 1951 tourney make it increasingly diffi. cult to SlaM' an even more sucCI: suul outing this year. \Vc are, however, at· tempting (0, and an:: cum::Gting some of the shoncomings obscncJ in the p:m,

while at the same time retaining all of the enjoyable and successful features.

Our caterer has assured us [h:'l.1 he will make (very e(fort [0 secure the same quality of prime rib which he sen'cd lut year. The beer stulle \\'i\1 again l>c open with an additional stuh: ou the seconu nine, fully stocked with beer, pop, herr­ing and .;heese.

Almou}:.h this tournament has golf as one of its many features, many activities to imerest the llon-golier a re again pJanneJ, such ;IS horseshoes, softball, re· freshments, cloor.prizes, cOIwcrsation and an occasional small card J::3I1le.

In order to further inerea$e the com-

ANNUAL

petition for the Chicago Chapter Trophy, now held by the Elgin Chaptu, we arc gOlnX to split the various chapter teams int{) two-somes matched again$[ a two­some from :lnothu district. In orcler for thi" to be po"~ibk, it wii.1 be necessary fo r the dist ricts [0 design'ltt; their ehartcr teams 115 early as they em. If any tum members can notify us in ad"3m:C' aS- to the tce.ol! timc Ihc)' desi~, we wiU re· serve thai time. It is, of course, mn pos­~ible to set a r~.ofT time for other th:lll chapter team members since our murney even contemplates taki1lg ca re of those J!olfcn who have trouble getting off me tct!. (C()",i'l/I~d <111 pi/ge 11;)

TOURNAMENT

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ALL DAY OUTING TEE-OFF TIME 8.00 UI.

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AFTER JULY 8. 195Z

SECOND QU ARTER 1952

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Last August. J. R. Fay. Superintendent of Highways of Hancock County. supervised an

experimental Rock Salt Stabilizing job on 5 Ys miles of secondary road near Carthage

HERE'S WHAT SUPERINTENDENT FAY HAS TO SAY NOW ABOUT ROCK SALT STABILIZATION

Throw-off: " Our main objective was to retard the loss of surlace material during dry summer traffic. This was definitely accomplished during the dry weather following the stabilization ... the road was practically free of dust."

Ride-ability: "Tbe ride-ability of the road is superior to untreated sione or gravel."

Durability: "We are well satisfied with this experimental section of road. It stood up during the winter better than open gravel or crushed stone roads on our system. During the sleet and ice storm last winter. it was the only road free of ice."

Economy: " ... costs were reasonable. and (we) are satisfied that they can be substantially reduced in any further work."

Seaman Mixer working portion 01 SY.. mile Roc:k Salt Stabilizing le.1 road ne<l.f Carthage.

Let US show you how to get results like this on secondary roads or primary road bases. Ask for Pamphlet No. 103.

for further information, write or call

Streets and Highways Division

MORTON SALT COMPANY 120 50. LaSalle S'reet FI-nancial 6-1300 Chicago

12 ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

Truckers Attack Validity of Increased License Fees --$28,000,000 Per Year At Stake

By JOHN A. S H ANEM AN

Bureau of Re$ear~h and Planning

Since last faU two Jaw suits of p.1rticular importance to the Di vision of H i,gh­W:I)'$ have bc:t:n before the courts of this State. The subject of litigation is the validity of th e: increased truck fee.~ as enacted by th e: last 5t:.)sion of' the: lcgislaUlrc. ;lnd at stake is \}e-t"I'cen 2[) and 30 million dollars .a yea.r in highway construction funds. The plaintiffs in the suits afC .several groups of truck owners and opera!'OI"5, who comend that the motor "chide laws of the State, 3S 3zm:nded to incTt'a~ the truck fees, :uc in violat ion of both Ihe Srale and Federal conStitutions, hence invalid, and the dcfemlant is the State of ll1 ino i~. or speciJicai!y, the ofJici:ll$ of the State charg~ with the administr:l­tion and r.nforc~mt:1lI of th t': law.

To understand wh:1t has bet':n happen· ing it is ne::(l.'s~ ry to review the proyi. sions of the Motur Vchide Law, in ref· ~rcncc to truck~, as amended by the last' $CSsion of the legislature. Briefly, thc Sixty·seyenth General As~cmbly enacu~d Senate:: Bill 96 which affectcJ the owncrs and operators of trucks and buses in the following manner:

(1) It, ;ncro:ascd the fcc for all trur.ks, buses. :tnd uailers register«! in we SI~te of Ill inois ex,,:pt the class of truch weighing- bs than 3.000 pounds.

( 2) It provided for ~ new dass of. bU5CS oper.lled wholly within cilies, or a close radius thC'rcof. 10

be' rexistered as 1l1ltn icip.11 bu'scs, at a fC'c tl\(: s~me 3S they had heen charged previousl}.

( 3) It repealcJ the mileage weight provision whereby truck operators who tra.Ydcd a $mall mi!e::age in

l11inois could chooK to pay a fee ha:;ed 011 the:: numher of mib they reponed as u:n'ding in the State.

(4) unain olher minor changes in n:gistration c1a~scs and 1l0menc1a· LUrc wcre: m~de.

Both [hc State and Fctleral constitu· lions place:: defini te limitations Oll the taxin~ power of the legisl:lturc. For ex· ample:

( I) A tax !t:dtd must he uniform ;\s 1(1 the class taxed; that is, it may n()(. discriminate in favor of one member of the. clils$ as against an' other member.

(2 ) The tax must be commensuratc with the pri\'ilc~e uo:td and it must 001 be: .~ larKe :u to con· fisc;ate the husiness upon whi..:h it operates.

In additinn 1'0 the linlit!ltions upon lhe taxi ng power there arc other constitution· al sa{c~uards which the legIslatu re must not violate. For exam ple. in delegating the adminislnllion or e::nforeement of the laws it enacts to the exe<:uli Ye brallch of J.!ovcmment, it must sct up rca!!Qnable st:mdards or rules to guide the a}-;cnc.y charged wi th administration of the laws.

A law which " ;alates any of these prin­ciples is in violation of the constitution, or ullconstitutional, henec void and of no effect and any pcrson adversely af· fected by such a law i~ legally entitled to have the l:lw so ded:lred in the proper COU TIS of the State and Natioll.

The legal proccdure for accomplishing such 3 purpo~ consists of the persons a,l.lgrieved fi ling a suit in one of the ci r­cuit courts of the State alleging- that the la IV about to be enforced violates eithtr, or both. the State alld Fede ral eonstit u· tion, slatin~ in what n::~pects this is SO and asking the court to issue an injunc. tion forbiduing the enfou:cment of the l:!w.

After such :l suit is filed it is incum­bent upon the Attorney Gcncral of the State to defend thc sui t. The trial or hearing i~ held in the circuit court in which thc suit is filed. Each 5ide $ub.­mits whate\'cr evidence it helieve!> nec­~~ary to sunll;n its ~!1eg:nion& <lfld to deny its opponents' allegations. AIter the circuit eOUrl had heard the evidence, :lnd liStened [ 0 the leg:ll arguments it must declarc the law either unconstitutional and i$5ue a perrmlOCIlt o rder, o r injunc­tion, fo rbiduinx thc State from enForcing it or d5C': declaTC the law constitutional :lnd di~miss thc caSt'..

In ei thcr e\'cnt lhc loser ;0 the lower court may :lppc:ll to the l!1inoi5 State Supreme Court. In the Supn::me Court the argument, or trial. consists ernirely of le~al ar~umern5, all of which must be written, but elleh side is giYcn 3 short time for oral llrgumem to point out the importallt points in their written argu­ment. Ordinarily the ded sion of thi ~ coun is fi nal although Ih l" loser nuy ~~k for a rehetring if he believes the court erred. The State SUI)rc:me Coun will de­cide qnestions d~pendent on hath the Slalt' ami Federnl eonstitutiOlls but in questions im'olving the Fc:der.ll constitu· tion there i~ a (unher ri,i::ht of ap~.a1 to the U. S. Supreme CoUrt.

( Qmfinl/.-d Dn PUNt! 18)

COLLINSON STONE COMPANY MOLINE ILLINOIS

CRUSHED ROCK • AGRICULTURAL LIMESTONE

MILAN

SECOND QUARTER IS52

• CRUSHER PLANTS AT CORDOVA

For Every Purpose For Better Fanning

ERIE

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EXPRESSWAYS-(c"nt;IJIuJ from /XI1lt' 1)

mc.nt of truck trntTie to and from the post office would be greatly hampered and the hazard of such local movements to high speed traIIie through the hllild­in): would be se r iou~. C'..onSC"quently, it was decided to mise the de\'ation of the expressway roadways lhrough the Post Office Building about scvcn feet above the Roor of the original an.:ade. To ac­compliNh the separation of local and through traffic will rc:quire elltensive al­ter:Hions to thc aistin).: building.

The Congress SUttt, South and North.· west Expressways ",ill intersect in a huge traffic interchange in the ;lrca boundl!d l>y HalstC(l, V~n Burcn, Dts­Plaines and Ha rrison Stro:ets. TIl;S inter­changc which will be of the semi-direc· tion31 type will provide for traffic mo,'c­Illcl"lt from any direction to any other di­rection and the ,'olumc of traffic paNsing throu}!:h it will exceed thc ,·olume at nn y other poim in Coo"" County. The design and construction of the interchange is complicated by the fact th:lt a four track sub\\~J.y portal will c.xtend aOOm nu feet cast of H::JlstL..J Sueel in the medi;\D of the Con~rt:ss Street Expressway.

BetwCt:1l H ahtt'd Street and Sacr~ mell-10 Boulcxard. ;\ diSl:lrice of nearly th ree miles, Ute existing Metropolitan :Lnd Ga r~ held !'lark c!ellauxl structure. lies within or adjacent to the riKht-of"way of the expressway. It is plann~d to n:build the rapid tr.msit facility in the median of the: expressway but it is necessary as a con­struction stage to relocate the rnpid tran­sit tr:lcks temptJrarily while the express­way is being l>uilt.

.Bene.fi. u Of & pJ"«SW'ays

Expressways in uroon arcas arc:: ad· minedly expeusi,'e and difficult to can· st ruct. There is a mild deoote going· OD

among hilihway and trnffie en~incers as to whether some hiJ.:h" ... ay const:nJcrion i~ uver de~igned. It is bdieved by some that malty fO.1cls a rc: Ixing built to such hiJ.:h st.and:uds. thereoy increasin$! the

cOst, that the mileaJ.:t' is limited eOIll· pared to what could be built to lesser standards. However, there 5Ct::ms to be complete aj.(fccmcnt on lhe fact thHr in urban areas where the ultimate width of rij!ht-of-way must be acquired initially that highways of expressway Iype: are r.ccessary and iu.~tified.

A statement lhat ha s nearly become an axiom is that the public will pay for Jo:ood roads whcther they arc buill or not. ff)l;ooJ roads ar.:. not built the p;!y­lllent will take the form of conJ.:estion on inadequate f;lcilitics, additional (l"all­c:I time, incrc:lsed operating (osts and most important, in terms of the tragic loss of life and loss of productive effort due t<l personal injuries and prOperty Jnm;\gt!. If roadw;IYS are huilt having ,1deql,late cn pacity and safety, measurahle benefits will accrue to the dri,·;ng public in th e sa"inJ{s of the losses mentioued aoo"e.

The. causes of many accidents involv­ing two or more. vehides :trt "built out" of modern t:..:l(preSS'\~lyS. Intcr5eCtioll col­lisions. heHdon collisions and side swipes, those caused by oocking out of alleys and drivcv ... ays and pulling away from curo parking :Ire e1imimtted. More il11. porum is thc fac t that pedestrian tra fTic will be .separated from vchicular traffic. necords show that considcrnbl)' more than half of all tmfTlc accidcnts involve :I pedestrian.

It can Ix. shown b)' assigning accepted vHlut!S to the diffeft'nt savings enumer­ated aho,·e that Ihe a).:"}t"re~ate ol the sav· ings will exceed the annual cost of main­tenance, operation and debt. su\'itt on the in\'t~strnenl. For example. the Cook County H ighway Dcp,1rtment estimates tha[ the an nual $I\'ings to the mowrinJol puhlic in using the completed portion of the Edens E:.:pressway is !loout $3.000,· 000.00.

Expressways A Part Of The Total T ransportation System

Completion of the exprt:ssway sy~t.em in the Cbica)1o Meuopolitan Area win

nut fuflli~h a cu re·aU for the current naffic prol>lem. Expressways call be only one importam part of the o\·cmll trans· portation facilit:ic.~ of the area. Action must ~ taken (0 reverM:: the trend of morc and more people who resort to the use of privRte \'~hides for every day tr:l\'eL nle best step in this direction would Ix: to erC:lle a modern. convenient and attr.tctive tnau tran~it service that would sen.·e many thousands of per5tlnS

who now reg3rd driving their own ca r as;t matter of 1lt.'(CSSilY. If such ;t diver­sion of pri\'a[t~ vehides can be accomp. lished the: results will Ix: less conxestion on all major thOrouKhfares and an ex­tension of the period of adequacy of the expressway systcm.

Are You the Boss? Watch Yourself Go By lu,t lt~nJ ~s;dc arul wa,,:h )· '.lUl~lf RQ bj"J TIl;,,\:: \If )"oua.;l{ :I.J "he" iruacad of "I. .. rkk 1lawo, find (:lu ll ; ("rgel \he man i. ),(>11, And SU"·o; 11> mukc )"our o;"timil tl.· ring true. The f~\llu of <)th~rs Ih~ will dwarf RllIl

.,hrink: I.<"c·~ ch"", ~ruw, ~trullger b)' \Inc m;/ihl)· link Wh~" y,",u. with " ho;·' It>" ,;ub,titule for ··1:· I i .. ,·c m,.,J :uilk 11m! w:"I!ched )'(lursc:lf go b)".

(SrI",:,;r",)

Read the above and TH INK. We read so much about the emplo)·ce pleas­ing !lnd "getting along" with the Hosr--­hut how about the other way mundr Are you the kind of Boss that "Gives Orders ·· and expects them to he carried OUt "Of elsc··? Remember, your em­ploytt:, or the man who works beside you, ma)" he morc human Ihan )'OU Uf:, or c~·cn better to do your job than you arc.

"WalCh Yourself Go By-Put yourself in his place. H ow woulJ you like to be tre!ltcd as }·ou treat him? Think about it..

"When you, with ' he ' as substitu te for T have stood :lside and watched vourself go oy," mnybe. you w(}n't likc ;'ourSc:lf so wdl.

Mt. Carmel Sand and Gravel Co.

NEENAH FOUNDRY CO. NEENAH. WIS.

Manhole Covers

Mt. Carmel. Dlinois

* Appliers of Road Oils and * Asphalts

* Producers of Specification Sand and Gravel

Catch Basin Inlets Roof and floor Drains

Standard and Special lIenu; for Sewers and Drainage

Coal Hole and Cistern Covers Building Columns, Plates, Thresholds, e tc .

" WRITE FOR CATALOG 'R: SECOND EDITION'·

308 W, Washington St. CmCAGO S. n.L.

ILLINO I S HIGHWAY ENG I NEER

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What Is The Illinois State Employees Association?

Addrfl"" of th Pre.id,J1I1 01 the A,tllllol Dill1LU M eeting H flld ill the Stdte AI'mo/'ll. Sllriflflfield, JUinoiil, A1, ... i/ 19, 195ft, uJ 'Which Fourleell

II llndred. Stule Employee. A ttended

New Chaplers wc~ or)t:lnized in Ot~ lawa, East St. Louis :md Quincy, during the year. We now h.we seventeen chap­ttO which include. hesides thc~. chap­ters ~t Peoria, SprinAlield, Effin)i;ham, East i\Ioiinc, Jacksonvil le, Lincoln, Dix­on. Alton . EtAin, Kankakee, i\1:inlcnn, Chic:l)o!;o. Normal and ('alcshurg. There an:: at prc~f11 over 5000 member); in ,1..>00<.1 slnndiu,q with ducs p:lid. In the next few mondls we cXJ.lCct 10 organi7.e chapters in S('vCI:lI mher loc:llilies.

I nm often :ukcd this question hy em· pl()yecs~ "Wh:l' is the purpose' of the Stale Eml)\oyCtS Association: what spc:­cillc:r.lly will il do f()r mer' The Con­stitUlion of this Association $lalt5 we 3re or1(:l.lliz.ed for the sole purpose of pro­motin)t the interest of el11pluy(."t:S under Ihe provisions of the State Em(lIQy~es' Reti rement Act. This or)"raniz:ttiol1 i~ :he medium through which you, 3 S a State empluyc:e, may ha..-e a voice in reriK­men! m:ltters. includinx viul legislation. All employCC$ should rt'membcr the As­SOC"iatioll is enti rely a k l)afate entity f.rom th e: State Employe\!.\· RClirement System. The system is :111 admininrali\"e hody charged solely with Ihe responsibility of administeriu,l( the retirenlcnt law as it :appe;l.fS on the statutes,

When the I>cesent retiremelll act be­c.11lle effcrtive un Jalluary I, 19H , it was considered one of Ihe soundest and ben in the nation. SOllnd retirement p1:1I15, however, like wu nd huildin,l(s, mu~t be modernized occasionally to keep abreast of :I rapidly ch:tnginA b:onomy. Since 1944 a numbcr of chan~es have been madc in our n:un::mcm act, mmt of them desirable and heneficial to employco;. Ou~tandin1( amendmenti mack by tbe !.Lst 5Cssion of the Gelleral Assembly whi..:h increased benefiL! to employe¢5 included;

l. Minimum annuities of $65,00 per Illomh for crnployeu retiring at age 65 or over with 15 or more years of service.

2. FuJI rctircmcnt benefits at aJ~e 60 i[lsle:ld of axe G5 :15 herelOfo~c.

3. Increase of the maximum S:liary. 011

which contributions are delluclw and benefit)' l);IscJ, {rom S4800.00 to $7500.00 per )'ear,

III order to finance the addition:tl COSI of thesCo :Int.! olher liberalizing amend-

SECOND QUARTER 1952

mCl"\lS, employ« contributions were in­creased from 5~o ro GO o' Employees ac­cepted this lnereasc: without serious rro· test as their fair share of lhe addition:!1 COSt_

A number of amc:mlmenu til the reo tirement a rt since 19H were originated by employees. RetlUCSlS were transmitted hy local ehapler officers 10 your Slll\e president and referred to the association's

M. M. Emm"ridt, Pr • • ldenl . Ullnolt State Employee. Ann.. lor 27 yeor •• with 42 yeor. 01 Stale .ervice. ond who doe. not contemplate relireme nt

lOT ." .. "ud more ye(l.rI.

legislative cotnmittl:e. After approval by t.hat eommiUee they were prescntw w the Publ ic EmployCC$' Pension Commis· sion and after approval there presented to lhe General Assembly with the en­dorsement of both your :Issociation ami the Public Emplo)'ec:s Pension l .3wS Commission. This pnxedurC' is in the accepted trndition of repll:seJ1lativc gm'­erJ'lIueJU and pro\·ides adelluatc screen­ing of. prop05Cd legisl:nioll so ol1ly dr;­si r .. hle amI souud recummc.lldation~

n=:tch the floor of the le~islalure. In recent years we have bet'n con­

cerned with legisla tion hefore the Na­lional CooJ{rcss lIS well as the Ccncr'Jl A~scmbly of the Stall! of Illinois. 111erc nrc now p(nd ing in thc second 5es~ion of the H2nd Congress clc~'en bills to

nmenci the Social Security Act. A ma­jority of th~ provide for the revision of thc Social &Cu rity Act to pcrmi.ss.'lbly in­clude employees now cm-ered by existing pension sY$lem_ We will clo.sc.ly watch the pmp;ren or th'-'Se bil1i aod rcpon 10 you btcr as (0 how any legislation passed may affect the Sta te EmployC"t:s' Retire­mem Act in Illinois. You may rest as­sured that we will scroll!,:ly oppose any lenislat..ion Ihat would weaken our preS­ent act or decre~ emploree benefits.

A number of chapter offil-'::rs h:l\"e ;!sked also how to keep membership in· terested and active durin~ periods when ICAisb.t..ion is nOI a main topic o[ discus. sion. Some chapters have a well planned year arollnd program of social functions such :IS Christmas parties. summer pic. nics and various other entertainment and recrea tional activities. We heartily en· doJ'S(" such programs as we hclieve thal they improve employee relat ions and morale.

r feci all chapt:ers should jZi\'Co consid· eration to a problem that eonfron\.$ us now and mOl}' become more serious in the yean to come. 11l.J1.t is tht problem or assistin,l:: members and all State Col­

plo)'rts in planninJ( wiKiy ror the ye-drs after they retire. We h:t\'e learnl:d that a number of emplo),ees now retired are Ilot contented. In scme cru;cs this lila)'

be duC' to their annuity no t providing adequate in~ome in toJay's eCOllomy. In other ca$CS. howc\'er, the trouble i$ IIOt financi:tl but is due to lack of pboning for the retirement period. We do not havc a quick: solution to thts problem at this time: hut We: do fed much can Ix J;"ained uy ~ rttoKnitiou of its existence ~nd a free exchan,gc ()r idl":ls and di$(:us­sinn rt' ){a rdin)t it. There;s a considerable amount of information a\'ailahle on this subject and we will be xlad to COOJXTdte with local Ch:'lp tl:fS by furnishing S()urces for such mlller;a!.

J believe that if all the chaPters will stimulate 3"i\' ity in the area.s I have tucotioned that we will have a big~cr and better :usociation in 1952 alld th\' years :'IhcatL

It was one of mother's busiest days, H er small son, who had I;ct:n playin).: outside. came in with his pants lorn.

"You 1:0 riJ,:ht ill and take aft your ,).lIltS and wait till 1 tome. in to mend them," she scolded_

Some time: Later she camt" in. The: torn pants we:re lying on a chai r and thl: cdbr door, U$ually mut, was now open. l...<ludl)· and angrily. Jihe called down· st:lin. "Arc you running around down Ihut' without )'our paUlS on?"

'·No, madam," came the answer i ll a deep b:.us mice, 'Tm just rl:ading the J.:3S meter,"

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ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT­( Co"rin"rd from p"ir II)

TIle Chica~o Chajller ;s pa rticula rly an.xious to a~ain gred any of our friends who regularly attend, but are even more anxious 10 attract as many new ones as posSible. ThoS(' pl:anninl{ to :mcnd should make up me;r mind as e:uly :II

!"Oslih!e so that proper llrraOj.lcmcnts CUI be made 10 accarnrnlXble th('rn.

Do nOI be a "John ny Come Latdy" since it is the l3[e r~n;Hjon, that serio ously i ntr:rfe~ with the committ« , the cluh :i nd Ihe Co1tcrer. IT IS LATER THAN YOU THINK!

ll.L1NOtS ROAD BUILDER'S TROPHY

This Hophy is :.nnu:ally awnrdeJ to Ihc: individual shooting Ihe lawen gross score.

GOLF PRIZES 111e ):01£ prize!! will Ix awarded on

the lowest n('1 SCO~i aftt.r handic3ppin,!!: earn ~ol fer U!>illJ.: OJ system which com­bine.~ the lxst fe-Jl:U res of the PEOR IA H ANDICAPPTNG SYSTH.'I and the CHICAno DISTIHCT GOLF ASSO­CiATION HANDlCAJ)PING SYS­TEM. In this way, cnryone has :m equal chance of win ning a golf priu. Neither the K-Talc.h Jlolters o r the one d3y a year gnlfer is dther f3\'0rt::d nor climin:'Itcd.

CHICAGO CHAPTER TROPHY RULES

I. Golfers chost.n as ch:lJltcr rcpn:senl3-tives must be mtmlx rs of I~ ASS()" CIATION.

2. The na 'nC$ of thc SoUers CrOlll c",dl chlil lncr selected to compete as a fou r­some shall he gi"cn to the SI.1ITcr be· fo~ the: tcc-off.

3. Temporary custody of the t rophy will Ix awarded chapter foursome with lowest combined j:lf05S score.

-to Permanent owner~h ip of Iropby wilJ be awarded to fi rst chapter ,,,,,inning it for three: consecutive tournaments,

P revious " 'innen

1946 Effingh:lm Chapter 1949 Chic:lgo Chapler 1950 C hica.l;0 Chapter 195 1 Flgin Chupter 1952 - - - • _~

h WQuid be apprcci:H~ by the (om­mittee: if each chapler or group wouid decide how many tickets they dc.~ire and het oruer in as soon as I>Ossible.

Golf and dinner tickets will be 5650 each. Dinn('r t icket separate will be $3.75 C'3eh (for mem~rs only).

Make reservations with A. C, Bmming, Room 1020, 160 North L~S~Ue Sln:et, ChicaJ,(o. 1l1inois.

+ 3/n tll'moriam + CHAUNCEY L. STRATTON

Chauncey L. $tr;m on, Engi neer of District 7, Ill inois Di\tision of H ighways, dicu the morning of .March 27, 1951, at his home ill ML Vemon. H is age was 68 years, II months and 16 days.

Chauncey beg3D work with the H igh­W3Y Dep:trtmem in September 1935 and up 10 the time of hi$ dea t.h was a C ivil engineer in the MotOr F ud TalC Oflice of District 7. He served as Secretary and Treasurer of the Illinois Highw3Y Engi. neers., and w:u Associare Editor of this m3~a7.ine.

H is m:lny frie nds in the district and SI:lIe extend their d~p sympathy to his wife and dlughter who sun';"e.

MRS. CORA BERTOLINI

Mn. Corn Be rtolini, j:lrandmother of Fr.mk Noonan ( BU~3U uf De.iign). Dis­trict 10. passed away .suddenly 011 ~, .. rar.:h 24, 1952. Funeral S('r"iccs were con· ducted on t.1:Irch 26, with buri:. \ in Mt. Carmel Cemetery.

Our Jeep sympathy is extended to the berca\,t.'d.

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1& T L L I N 0 I S H I G H WA Y ENG 1 NEE R

Ge neral Highway Ma p s of Illinois Counties

By O. W . KRIOOE

The pu~pOM: of thi,s article is to ac­quaint our rcaden: with the C(lunty Gen­era! Highway Maps, their availability, in· fo rmation Oil the maps, their usefulness, and po.5sibilities.

One of the imponam runcliCllls of the Hi.J:lhway Plannin~ $llIdie.s that were slarted in most- states in 1935 and 1936 was to obtain road data from which to pn:pnn: count)" highway maps. These maps WNt first published in Ill inois in 1937.

The primary function of these maps ;$ 10 show all public roads ouuide of incorporated areas, the Toad surfa.:e type, alld the: cultural development served by these roads. In addition to $urfa((: type', the Federal·aid syStt!I1l, Stltt·a id system, marked routes, bridges oyer 50 feet ,span, and grade Sl:pa rlllions arc ~hown on the roads. The cultural dcvdopment is shown by usc of about forty different ~ylnbols differentiating bctwttn farm units, huuses, businesses, $(hools, church~ e~, post offices. airports. elC.

Several other f~tures are added in· cludin,:: place n;lmts, drainage, parks, and rai lroads. Uuincorporated placd are shown by na.me only, but the incorpo· rated places arc shown by their limitS. Extensions of the primary and State·aid SY5temS, (hc population. and the center of the municipality arc shown . The draina.l':C' is l imit~ to principal rivcrs and strcams with their major feeders, Railro;tJs are shown hy (inC line repre­senting any number of- tnch used by a single company, and all ~l":J.tions along the route, whether thae il a building or not, arc ;ndical'ed by symbol.

Complete fidtl rc:sun'CYS have been c<>mpkted fo r 74 of the c~unties, and of thCSt!, 43 have been rtdraWll on a poly­conic projection principally by usc of aerial plx>tQAraphs, and Unitro SlatC$

Phone 6-4414

Geological Sun'ey traverse data. These redrawn counties are as follows: At"'Ufldcl Fuh",) Li.vingHon Putnam ChampaiKn G":"fl~ Lo"," 51. Clair CJ3Ik Crunlly ~btli,n n Sangamon (,.J2~' H~I1Hn Marshal! Srnn

Coo' ,:u;kJQII Menard T1UWC!!

Crawfor!! 1:IS~r M<"Irgan v~rmilinn

lliw;!t In)e) Po:<'Ina W~b:I$h

[)<mgl:).5 K :lflI:: l'r rry While nuPag.: LaS:dt ~ Pian Wi!!hmron F.tIG:l r L.awrence Pope Wnndfof(l Franklin I.rc J>ul~)ki

Nine: addition;!1 counties have bttn ~­drnwn on the polyconic projection but do not contain resun'cv data. Several more years wi\! he required to complete the rcdr.tftinJt of all cou nty maps.

Tn the hea ,·}, TlOpulatcd :Jrca~ whert' loads and cullum l development are con· j:csled, supplemental sheets are prepared at a lar~er scale. As an example the Du· Page: County map is comprised rtf one map sheet of the enti re county at a scale of one inch to the mile, and nine to ..... n· ship maps on r.eparatc sheets al the ~ale of five inche~ to th., mile-. One map sheet is ~uIficient for the majority of the C<lun· ties, for which enlargcments of thC' ron­gested areas arc shown on the map sheet.

AH countY maps are a"ai lablC' a~ blue line prints at the senle of one inch to lhc mile, or as lithoxraphic reproductions at the sc.1k of 3Pproximatdy one·hal( inch to the mile. TIle inch to the mile- set are on sheets thirty.six indtes in <lne dimen· sion, but vary from thirty inche! to SIYl v· six inches in the other dimension. The lithop;raphic: set are on ~i tllliform sheet ei)l:hta:n inches by twenty·four inches so fhat the}' con be bound in book form. The inch to the mil~ series is revised in part 3nnually, but Ihc half·inch tl) the nule- group is printed only when the sup­ply is depicted, o r a C{)unty is redrafted.

Information rega.rding General High. way Map for Ill inois om be obt.ainw from Mr. W. L. Esmond, En)/;"inet:r o{ Rt:scarch and Pbnning, 126 EaSt Ash $rreet, Springfidd, JIlinois.

The first' step in makin~ thesc maps is the construction of a polycouic grid at the ~ale o( one inch to the: mile. The Jo:rid is sta rted by loc;lting each five minute latitude and looJ;itude line on a hea\'y P"lX'r or pialt; ' mllter;"!. T r2ver", p<>ints from th(' United States ('.cologie,]! 5ur­\·cy data 2rC' then loca ted u pon this grid and acrial photographs. From the aerial photogr~lphs . . ~tion lines arc drawn be­tween lr::lVerst'. points, then other sct:uons arc obtai ned. Railroad strip mal)5 and highway pl:ms are of cotuidernblc hdp in lying traverse points together.

A sheet of Imcing doth is placed over this $!riJ anu the .section lines arc fJace(1 upon the dOlh. TIle nc"t step is to add [he roads, citics~ and drainage. A pre· liminary prim is ffi3de at this stage 50

that the field Ual'3 can be transferred to the print hy varin\!s colon. Additional informatiOn as railroad stations listed in the OfTicial Guide of the Rail roods, post officl':s in the Unit.,d States Pm!.11 Guide, airports from the Dh .. ision of Aeronau­tics, and the SUt C' parks fronl the Di"i­sion of Park$ and Memorials are added. Aerial photograpb~ art of th~ greatest help in makinx these locations.

A "st,ickup process" is used 10 add thc cultuml de"dopmcnt. U)· this is mc.1llt tbe symhols are printed on transp.1Tent shcC'ts, with 3n adhesive substance on the back of the sheet. Individual symbols ~rc CUI uut and adhered to the tr:lcinJO: doth oy pressurC'. TIle purpo~ of thi s method is to obtain clear cut fea tures.

Altc.r .all the information has been transferred to tht original tracing the map is rt::ldy for makin.lra ,'andyke neg· ati,'e £rom which blue line prints arC (lh­tained. :Ind a lithograpbic reproduction i~ made from the original.

TIle a((UJ"Jcy obtained cannot be ex· presSc!d by a pcrcC' ntage figu re; howevef, in the fony·thn.·e counties red raned few :lcl'lJaI inaccuracies t<ist ucept fo r cu r· relll ch:m,ltcs that occurretl sincc the fidd data wa~ repon ed. M:my of the changes

(C",uimU":a " ,. "IlKe 11)

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SECOND QUARTER 1952

Sand and Gravel BU ILlllNG MATERIALS

ROCK ISLAND. ILLINOIS

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TRUCKERS ATTACK­(Cont;, ... tt/ /Nm /'iIKt' 13)

With this u.,(k~rounJ in mind it is c:uicr to umlctstand the li ti,R:ation con­ccrnin~ the i n c rca~J u uck fCt:s.

As pointed (lUI aOO,'c, the principle­effect of Sc:n:llC Bill 96 was to incrca5C the rc$tistration fees for all trucks, lTail­crs, and most buSc!~ in Illinois. The in­Cn.:-"sN fttS arC' nominal fo r trucks weiJilhi llj; less than 16,000 pounds ( the St'n':atcSl incrc<lse {or an)' e1llSS in this weight j:roup bcinJo: bUl $36.00 per yat), but arc much grt-alc r for the he-'wier trucks (amountinj: to S7H .00 fo r trucks weighin~ from ;9,000 to n,ooo pounds) . TIle other major cha n,l:cs wcre d imil~a­tion of the mileage weight option 3ml citation of :1 municipal bus cia,s. In all o lhe r tC:Spt:CI .~ the l1)()tOt \'chide law, :IS

it has cxincd for more than 30 years, was 1('[1 unchang:cd.

There were n\'c suits filed by \':!.rious truckin): inten:.su a ttilckin~ the coruti tu­cion:!.lity of Senate Bill 96. Three of these, in Cook County, were nor presscd. lbe other two. in K:mc and S:mg:lI11on Counties, were trict.l ill their rcspecti,'e circuit courts. In both these cases the trial (circuit) coun found th(' Motor Vehicle Law 10 be uncon~titutional as :Imended and issued pcrm:menl injunc­Oon.5 rest ra ininJ.: the Stlnl! hom collecting {tt$ at the incrcaM:d flne.

-Ille case in Sallwullon Count y was the first to he trieJ. C..ounscl for plain­t iffs in this case were I loffmann and HotTmann :lOcl Hu),; h J. C r;lh;101. Jr.. both of Spri nJo:nc1d. Ul inois. The State was rcprescnte<! by Wil1illnl C. Wines, Assistant Attorncy Gene: ral, Frank M. Pfei/T"'f of SprinJ:hdd. Ill innis, Rn.1 Johll T. Chadwell of Chka~o :IS speci:!.l as­sistant :\ uorncys General. In their corll­pbint t.he: Jlla inti ffs a\l c)(<<1 that die act was discrimin:ltory, confiscatory. con­Tai ned undue ddeg:ttions of administra­tive ,Iuthority in respect to the r«iprocity pro, ision:i . the IIJ.:ricultural cxemptions, and in the definition of certain ,·ehicles.

Defcndants :!.Mwer consisted of:r ge l.lcral denial and c:videna: to prove that the tax was not discriminatory and wcll within the fnellU!! needs of the State for h i.l/:h­way purposc:.s. The Kane CoU nly cast followed the same Il.lttern in allarki llg the law. in bolh C.1.ses the evidence was quile simi la r.

The Sall~:lInon County case: was :11'­peale<110 the SuprC;me Court by Ihe State in the lanuary teml of tha t court. Argu­ments by both siJes bc.fo~ the court look place on January 12, 1952. On March 20. 1952, the Suprellle Court o[ the Stale of ll1inois filed its opinion which fuund the law, as amended. \'a l i<1 in evcry respect and reverd the judl,'Cme.m of the ci rcuit (O Ur! in Ih!': Sangamon CounlY casco

H owever, the story is not quite ended. The iud~ll1ent o£ the ci rcui t court in Kane <Aunty has been appc..l leu to the ~fay term of the State Sup reme Court and will be argued about May 20. In ad­diuon, the oriJ.:illal plaintifrs in the San­Aamon County case h:we asked the State Supreme ('.oun (0 rehear their case. H owe"er, in "iew of thc unanimity of the opinion of the Supreme Coun in the San,l...-amon County case it scc: rns unlikely that the plaint iffs in ei ther case will be succcssful , but umil the Supreme Court dispo.\CS of these two cases, the Stale m n nUl collect any or the increased (l'CS ell­aclctl by St-n:tte Bill 96.

The plaimiffs in both the K.1ne and Sall~amoll Counties caID have also ex­prosed their intentions cf c:uryi nA the "Xht. 011 the (ien!':ral issue, 10 the U_ S. Supreme Court 5hould they he unsllccess­ful in the: State cou ru. If this is Jane: il will be sometime next winter Ixfore a n nal adjudiQtion can be: m llde hy thal e;:ourt.

Drink to fair women who 1 think 15 most entitled to it. for if a nyth ing could e\'er drive me to

d rink, J She;: ceflainl y could do it.

6tRV1N() OUR COUNTRY

(;ail1ard Krewcf left {or $C:"fvicc with the army 011 May 1'5, 1952.

Robert A . Jenscn, e mployed in the Burc.1u of Design, Chicago, since Febru­ary II , 1952. W31 inducted into the armed forces on April 22, 1952, and i, now stationed al Pan Sheridan.

Lester \Y. H olcomb. of the Carbondale Chapter. a member nr the Military Re­scr'·e. was £cca l1e:d to 5C:n'ice on Ma), 8. Lester has lxen connected with the Ma· tcrtah f>c:pa rtment in District 9 since June 1951.

LIFT SPAN DAMAGED-(C<Jntj"urd from pilir 9)

H ighways aJon)l: wi th Mr. Townscnd. Mr. T OloCUi and the author. Much learn­ed couocii was obtained from Mr. Bel­ford, Mr. Kilpatrick :lOd Mr._ Kesterson of the Di"ision of W ,n erwaY5. With these ll1en a$siSlin)!; Gene: Mahoney, Su­perintendent fo r D . / . Mahoney Co., the bridJ:e \\'3.S festored to working order and returnee tQ t~ atl important mtltorisl.

\Vhen you sec ~ married couple CO l11-

ill~ down the SlJ"ei...'t. the one who is two or three steps ahead is the one thats mad,

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Carbondale District Association of County Superintendents of Highways Meet At Metropolis

On~ of the !ar~est mect in)::"s of the As­soci~tion of County Superintendents of Hi).:h\\'a)'s of the C,1.Ibondalc Di~lricl W(lS held at Metropolis in M:l$S:lI~ Coun­ty on April .1, J952, with Mr. Frank W . Lauder of Massac County :.oing as host of the dbi r.

The: mcclinJo( was honored by the pre.\· tnec of Mr. Frank N. Barker, Chid I-lixhway Engi neer. his assistant, ~'I r. Elmer KniJ.:hl. and .,,-It. George H . Baker, F,n~inccr of Local Roads and Streets. all or Springfield , Illinois, who :m;vcd :11 Metmrolis Airpon :It 9:30 A.M. in :1 Cessna plane, pilotcd by R:IY­mond T. "Susie'- Ellh. a former Car­hondale hoy.

Mr. Barker. Mr. Knight and Mr. Ha­ker were prrSC'nt 10 d iscuss with the county supcri nt~ncl~rIlS, county commis­sioners and supen'isors and other imC' r­estell pC'.f50ns any qlH:stions pen-aining to the desi~n policies u.'iCd in count)' .and township Motor Fud Ta:'( impron~_ments.

The mC'Cting .... 'lI$ attended I»' the: fol· lowiu,tl members of the a~SOI.~illtion: Lee Atkinson, County Superintcn,len! of Pu­laski CoUnty and Actin~ C'.oullly Super. intendent of Ale:'(;mder County: R. D. Brown, Sr., of Saline County: A. J. H ess­man of Randolph Count)': L. 1-1 . H inkle, Count)' Superintendent of Union ami Johnson Count~: Orlie Pro\,art or Per· ry County; C. B. Soward of Ilardin County: Fred W. Thane of Williamson County; Russel W;1rdrop of Pope Coun· ty; ('~1rl Worthen of Ja ckson County, and Frank W . Lauder of Massac County.

Members presclH [rom the State of Illinois Division of Hi)lhways wtre F. N. Barker and George H .- Haker of Sprinxfidd, Illinois. and Wm. D. Mae­Lood, C. E. K~n, L. Spooner, H. E. Kline. Thco. MiJja.u and C. L. Smith

of Carbondale, Illinois. Gucsu present included L. D. JOlla and T. D, Pepplird of the' Bureau of Public Ro.1ds; E. R. Knight, Assistam Chief H iJi:hway En~i­n«r, formerly from the Carbondale dis-

P. N. Barket. ChleJ Hifl hway Engi­n eer. State of JIlln oi" and Frank W. Louder, Co. Sup! .. Mo.U o. e: County.

who. woe hOl t to th. A .. oc:louOD.

triel, ~nd Me$srr. R. E. Hllroldson, Ardis Smith, Leslie Walker :lnd 05car Day, all of {he Carbondale t1isLrict office.

The follo ..... ing COUnty oommi»ioners and supcn·isors were p~scnt :'IS gueslS of

Mr. Mc:Leod, Mr, Kniflht . Mr. Baker, ODd Mr. Barker at Me lropolis.

the ass«;iali()fl ; John I liduk and Sil:.s Gaither of Franklin County; R. T . Me· Dowell of H:ud in CouIllY; Joe Throg. monon of Johnson ('..ounty; uo H ind· man, H arr)' Brown and Roben Shook

of Perry County: H enry Horntrop, Hen· ry Foss and Cun i,; Comer of Massac County: C reddic Will iams, Roy Shoe· maker of Pope CoUIllY; Alben Maasberg of Randolph County; T om Maxwell of Saline Counl)'; I-larry Row of Union County and George Williams of Wil­li:lInson ('.ounty. Other gucns were Joe Yallaly of Randolph County, Joe B':lUcr lind Clifford Givtn road of Franklin County, Ed Mittendorf of t." ~ssac Coun­ty, P3t Patterson, represcnting lhe John Fabick TrnC'1or Comp.1ny; Bud Nix of the Franklin Asphalt Company. ;Uld Don c.uey of the Weslern M3chinery and Enxine Comp:tny.

The businus m«tin!,: was held at Ih~ M:IS;s.1C Count)' Court House at l\'feHop..

L. D. Ion ••. Bur.Qu of P1.Ibllc: flood., a nd C. E. Keen, DisL 9 Engineer,

Loc:al Road" ond City Street..

olis, at which Mr. Barker a.nd Mr. Haktr answ~re.J ~ numbrr of qu~5tions, and discussed at great len)!th the numerous queslions arisinJ:: o \'c r the desiJ::n stand· ards SCt up by the Division of HiJ::h .... '3ys. 11k Barker Im·tted OJXn diKuuion anel a~kcJ the SlrouP for their idcas a~ 10 what Chllll!,:CS they thought shoul(l he:. made in the. State'5 desigll poiiciu. Sug­gestions by Sl:ve:nJ commis~iollt: rs, super· visors and county superintendents wert: pre.~nted and discussed. The m~ljnfX was tc:mpor:uily adjourned lon~ cnou~h for nil prt:scnt to cnjoy a chickt:n lunch·

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SECOND QUAR TE R 1952 "

Aerial Pictures of Edens Expressway

(Se~ pag~, " rJl\d 6)

The aerial pictures of Edens Exp~ss­way, which :lre show" in this issue. were taken by C. C. Oleson, Principal RI:­~arch Engineer of The Portlaml Cement Association.

Mr. Oleson takes tbe!iC "Bird', Eye Views" as a hobby . I-Ie contends that to show the overall da:ign and its (eblion to known surrounding,: an aerial picture j" the:. only anSwer.

Ahhou)lh he holds a commercial pilots licenSe, he Aies only for enjoymenl. H is fascinatiOn for photography enables him to combine both fly ing and pholO~raphy into It very interesting p--,stinv:.

I-lis en~im:'Cri.n.l: background includes construC{iotl experience on concrt:le pave­mem nnd brid~es ill Pennsylvania, Wis. consin. Iowa :lOd Mis5(Juri :md SUI)(rvi­sion of COlu.relc work in Ihe SomerSCt District of The Pennsylvania Turnpik('. For eight YC3rs he laUllht Ch'il E,np:ineer­ing m South Dakota State College.

. Clerk (0 a suspiciou! looking couple III the hotd lobby: " I don't believe that you people arc rcaUy married."

"Sir, if my husband werc here, he'd mllke you cat those words," she said.

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A kiss is a peculiar Prol)O~i(ion. Of no use to on~. rei absolute bliss (0 two. Th~ small hoy gels il fo r 1I0thin~, the younJol Illan has to lie for it, and the old man has to buy it. TIlt: ooby's right, th~ lo\,er', privilege, aDd the hypocrit~'s mask. To a young girl, faith ; 10 a mar_ ried woman, hope; and to an old ma id, ch:lri t)'.

A woman who can spot a blonde hai r on a man 's coat across the room c:w't always Set a pair of ~(lngc: doors tcn f«t wide.

Dlinois First State to Initiate Sufficiency Rating System Designed Solely For City Streets

At a special rn~[ing in Sprin,l!ficld on April 15, 1952, th~ Bureau of Rcsearch and PI:lIl nill~ released. for application by the sevent! hi,llhw:\y districu, its Suffi­ciency Ratill): Systt::m for the Urban Pri­mary System.

ru i noi ~ thus !xx.omes the fi rst State 10 de\'c!op and apply such :I system solely for r:l ting d ly suC:C(s. The Urban Suffi_ ciency ROlling System is ,:imilar to the ra tin$t SYSfem uq:d in evaluating: Ihe rural hi,M:hways with such changu :IS arc necessary due to the diffetcnt character­istics of the roads.

The districu have been asked to CO Ul ­

plete the: r:llin,t:: of the first j!roup of .o;Ueeu; 10 be rate,l hy June 1. 1952. l1\ese rarin){s will Ix u~d for dctcrminiuJ! the priority of projccu in du: Sixly-eighlh biennial construction proXr:lm.

It is anticip:Hed Ihn :I full report on the development :md :lI'piic:'I[ion of this sy.S[~m will be made in the neXl is.iue of the ··minoh Hi~hway En}{incer."

MYSELF

r h3,.,e 10 li\'e with myself, and so I want to he fit for my5C.1f to know. 1 Jon'l "'''ant to stand, wilh the setting

sun, And hate myself (or dIe things I've done. I want 10 /:"0 Ollt with h~ad e!'crl. I want 10 deserve all men-~ respect, But here in the slru,l.:gie ror faille and

pdf, I want to be ahlc to lik!: myself. I don't want 10 look at myself ami know ThaI I'm hlu5\'er lind bluff IIlld empty

show. I n~\'er can fool myself, and so Whatc\'cr happens, I want to grow Mort' ahie to be more proud of me, Sdf-respeclin~ and cOflsci~ncr &rt.

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"BIIJ." TURLA Y RETIRES

WiUiam B. Turlay, Engin«r o( Per· mils for Oistrict 10, retired on 0 well earned pension at the ",;:e of 66 with over sixt«n yC':lfS of service. on March 11 o{ this )·e-Jr.

A few days ea rl ier his fdlow workers jo!:I.\'e :I. farewell luncheoo at the dining mom of the Western Society of EnJo!;i­neers, attended by more than fi fty fel· lows from the District Office, to honor :m esteemed rriend and fel low worker who, on advice of his ph)'sician, fou nd it neccnary 10 move to a more fa\'orable climate.

After luncheon was $Crvoo Carl A. Anderson, president of the Chica.e;o chap-­ter of the Illinois A~:;oci:ilion of Hi~h·

w:ly En~ineelS, presided as lIlaster of ceremonies :1Od a.ddresscd lhe group witll 3 few well chosen rema.rk5 bewnning wilh a poem, written for the occasion br "Dick" Harper, one of the g roup, en· tided

"A FAREWELL TO BILL u .

" We are met (0 honor a co·worker and friend about to !'Ctire, his pension to S~IIJ. You arc free. at l:lst. Hill to t mne or to ~o from Chicalolo to Florida or Itl O ld Mexico.

" But when::\'er you go. Bill, by rail or by hus. do not forxet )'ou11 be remem­bered by U$. And maybe somctime if our luck htllds sway, we lIlay follow youc footsteps ami lC;lve, tOO, some day, the pen and the ink and tht: tr:lI:inAs. too. and Slart heading south as the wi~ ones do. to ~pend the last of our remain· inJo!: yl'ar~ where the sun i~ w:arm and the blue sky cheers or to bCe:Jthe the air with th ... sa Il ~;!; t:t".R, while you by on the beach and let the world go hang.

" We ~re here to wish you and yours well sped, towards a long and a happy life ahead. We hope you can .!;how dl~t 3n en,!{in« r can chanJo:c his pace and nO( strip :1 1fcar. So, ;:000 luck to you, Bill. [rom the whol ... per50nnd. f'JOOd health, ~ood living :lIld ~ hearty farewd!:·

GENERAL IflGHW AY MAPS-(CQf>/jtlllrJ from pagc 17)

will not Ix made unlil a rc:invcmory of the coun!'y maps arc redrawn ; they arc: malChed !I,I(ainsl the redrafted !lJjoining (:oum;c5, thus any crror in the j!ritl c::an be dctcctN and corrmcd.

Road ali~nOlc:nu lue obl.1incd directly from aerial photogmphs except (or roads built ~in,e the photugraphs were taken. Inc fO.1d s nOlan the l)holOArnphs arc drawn from available ro.1d pbns, or if none: are aV;:Ii\ablc from the held sun'e}, data.

County m.1pS ha\'c been U-'!eJ for other purposes than their prim:lry funnion. They were used as a base for 1937 and 19H ("..ounty TralTie MapS, :;Ifld will be used for the proposed 1953 cuunty traffic stri t:s. Tlu:y scrved :lJ: a i)'iSC for the cla5.\;!i.rlllion of hip:hways as requested ill HauS(' Bill 820, 66th General Asem­bI)'. Ex.:unples of other U5e$ could be fo r a mail route. school bus rOllle. St:ate­aid route. or Feder-JI Aid Secondary seric~.

Rase prints, or ixl~ rcproouClions 01\

tracing cloth. ur paper. may be obt~illed with, or without the cultural develop-­menr or surf:lce type. Th is gives n(!cde(i sp3ce to add symbols within ro.,d bands :lnd space to make notations alonJ:: ro,1ds. Reprodul!lions of this baM': in different !ln~t':!i 11.15 unlimited uses.

If you wish to be miserahle. you must think about yourself, what you wanl, wh:n you like. ""hat rcsJlCCI people oUj(ht to pay you, and what people think ('If you.

Followinj.!; the reading of the poem which seemed to expn::ss the sentiments of all , a sincere tribute was paid hy Ken· Delh A. Johnsoo, answered by "Bill'· who slated thai the tou~hest role he had 10 fllay in getting Ilpprc .... al oe the many perlllits was requesting approvlIl of permission to reti n::.

Longest Employed In Highway Dept. Retires

On r:ebru:try 4, 1906, Mi~5 Bonnie Grace Neher accepted a temporary posi­lion in rhe Highway Department which was to h:rve luted two weeks.

On May 15, 1952. although not )·ct of n::tironelll age, Miss Neher leJt the depa rtment, with forty·six )·cars of faith­ful service: behind her.

There Wf..'fe five melU~rs in rhe de· p3rtmenr in 1906, under lhe sLlpt:n'ision of A. N. [ollll son , who was the first Chief H ilolhway Engineer. The ofEicc .... 'as loe--1led in the: State House, I»ck of. the Pharm:tcy board.

Miss Neher served durin,:: the tenures of ei~ht Ao¥ernors, and has the distinc· tion of heinA' the longest employed, in yc:nrs, of, anyone in the d ep;utment.

J\·fiss Neher, although very photogenic. refuses to he: phOfOJ!rllphed. We nrc therefore unable: to inserl her picture ill our ma~a:t.ine.

H er many aMOCiates and {riends wish her continued good health, and much good luck ill her new clld l.'::I \'ors.

co. SUPT. IflGHW A YS CARBONDALE DISTRlCT­

(ConhntW/ from f'QfI<: /9 )

con, wilh the John F:tbick Tmnor Com· pany bcin~ the host.

Following the aher·lullcht.'01l scssion, the majtlrity of those present were driven to JOPPo1, Il linois, where they were can­d ucled on 11 si~hl ~llg tour of the lIew multi·million <loHar power plant being ere'ned thcre.

The meeting d id :l ~rcat de:ll to con· vince lhe county ~nd mad diStrict men that the hi~h officials of the Divi sioll of Hi~hw3ys 3t Sprin~firld arc very much intcre51ccl in their problems and the problems of the local people. :and 3 .TC al­ways anxious 10 hdp solve them.

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ELGIN Elgin Chapter l'IlCctings han: httn

dismntinued through the sUlmner months fol1owin)( a joint meeting with DuKanc Chapter of the Ill inois Socicty of Profcs~ian:ll Engineers on May 9 :lnd will he rcsumed again in September. Chid H ighway Enginetr F. N. Barker together with E. L. SheR:rt7. and E. D. Dryfoose of the Bureau of Desi,c:n Wl're visitors :It our chapter mtclinK on April

9. Mr. 8:nkcr :lddrt"s~ed the j.(rQUp and answered many qucstions fmm the mem­bers about the program and policies of the Division of H ighw:lY5.

EI~in c'h:apttr's Annual Dinnt"T-]):an(e was hdd at St. Andrews Country Clnb on April 25 :lIld :III precnt t:njoyed :I

nlighty fine p:lny wh ich I:r.sttd into the wce: small hours. We hear, ullolfici:ally,

thaI rome of the ),ounj;\"e:r. stu.r(Ii c: r mem­bers whose dancing-dogs were still in )tood shape at closi ng tin"\( merdy ad­jourt\eu [() the home of a hospitable mr.mlx-T, turncXl up thc raJio and con­tinlle(1 the party theTC. How wt: old· rimers would lo\'t: to turn bark tht: clock :about 25 y("ars to tln~ time wht:n w(', 1U0.

Wt:Tt: nc\'er ready 10 ):0 home.

Hay Kocol, who has Ix-en with us fur the p..1st year, resi$lneu ~hy 9 to take 3. position with the Gallaghcr Asrhalt Co.

Dist. Dc:sign Chid George Squires, who has been ill at his home recently, is

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District Notes now IXlCk [() work apparently as good 3S

new. Four ardtnt fishermen (Geor)te Booth,

Gordon Docringsfdd. Joe Miller and "Dutch" Grosskolf), who rt:(e:nty made the trip to Wisconsin's Wolf River for the white b.1SS run, rrport only fair ~­suits, and as usual, the bij! nnes gOl away_

DIXON

The bowlin~ 5C.1SOn tnJcrI April 24 when LA.H.E. team No. I took two ~ames from tcam .1'\0. 2. TIl e: laller WOn $90 of prize moncy, howt'\'er, by tnding tip in a tit for second place: in the 20-ttam lea):!ut,

1\t the regular meeting of the Dixon Chaplci Iidd in J:IIIlI:lry, tile following officers were d«ted for 1952: President, Dick l.yons: \'iee-president, Herbc:rt Reeder: se.cret:uy, H:u r)' H anley; neas­urer. Ken Hanktns ; director. fkrnard Kennedy. The m«tin!!; in April w:u a .social e\,ent with a showing nf sliclts by members who had SOllle vcry nice \ ' 30(3.·

tion ~en(s (Q 5how. nIt lunch cummil­tee did :I good job at both mtttings.

The construction program will soon be in hi!!;h ge-... r. Carl H oltm:1JI and Ralph D;t\·is arc b.1..:k on the superhigh­way ~oth of Rockford which got .:I. hue sl:Ht last year. Herb Richmann linished a bla..:k-top job in )0 Da \'ics~ County \VDich was left from last year's p rOj!ram.

Fcrd Peti tti is on a 14·mik widenin):! and black.lull job on I~te. iZ ncar Shannon. Ed Ryan pinch -hit for him the first twa wt:C.ks as Ferd W:l~ hnn<:ymooning at Miami Beach. Mike Mas::liob is residcnt nil a wideninJ; and '-I I joh at the E.:ut city limits of F reeport.

Joseph I. Kachir has mO\'ed into a re­cently purchased hOllle where there: will he no ~l"aif5 for ~lrs. Kachif to climb. He has rented his othtr rlace tn Frnnk &botka who WilS anxinus to get into a l;Jr~er housc-.

V. X, Smiley recently Spellt t wO C11 -joyablc weeks at his wintcr home ncar Pon Richey, Florid:l.

Our Jistri" has lost two engineers when Wah T~"lac decided to return to fo rmt:r hauntS in Ala$ka wDcre hc will work (or thc Government, and DwaiJl Lill ie wilt leave June 1 to work in Free­port. Dwain has been a 5upcn'isitlj:: cn· ginccr on mailllenance the past [\\"0 ycars, workin;::- out of FreqxHt. Rcrnie Post has left Researeh Dept. to work for <in Pont in South C1 rolina.

Herbert Riehmann, Ir., and Ferd Pe­titt; joined the r:lnks of ,hose who enjoy full cspen~(S. Herb ma rr ied Mi~s Jean Rogus in EI~in on March 29. Ferd was married on Apri l 19 in Chicago to Miss Irene ~{aIlninK' A reception followed at the Oak Park Arms and a brge time W:lS had by all :lccording to Henry Os­hack anti the Ricbmann's who wcu: thcre. As ~mjoncd before. Fe.rd ~penl two dreamy weeks at Miami Beach. Both men O1arriul nurSl:5 and thcre O1\l5t be !oOfIlethinK to this combination :u ~ many of our enj.<inttrs have DurM:S (or their ho:llcr hah·cs.

OTTAWA The (ODSt·ruction $Cason has started

:lOd man)' of the engin<:ers ha\'C" left the officc for the wild hlue. YOlldC" r to gtt in som1: contr:tewr's h:l;r before he gets in theirs.

Lindo Corso is on Section 1-40· 1\ in Kankahe Count)' .

Bill 1<la3. and Carl Patelli are on Route I wiJcnin~ and resurfacing.

Tom Holdtrhy is o:ompleting the ft­

surfaciDl{ nn Routc,; 49 ~oIIld 116.

A. D. McRcynolds will be :u Sttlion 16 R. I in DwiJ!ht as soon as the min SlOpS.

J.:uc (;ulick is handling a sllr\''}' pM­t)' and con!ilruction on Section (33-35) BY.

Joe:- Marek i~ instnHllcnt lIlan fo r )c.<5e on th", survey parry. Th~ r .. !lows had ~me noetum:l l \ i5'

ilon the other ni~h l when thcy wert busy shootiJ1J{ Polaris. Scetn.~ thc loca l folks of Crescent City did not under­stand thc midnis:ht workin.ll:s of lesse :lnd Joe and sent the const.:lbulary out 10 in\'csliJr-lte the hoys. ImaKine their sur~ I)risc when the answer to their question, " What (10 )·OU think ),OU :,Ife doil1jlT' was "Why wc are shootin~ Pola ris." One wonders if Joe Marck·."i ncw Hudson and hi~ alergy to j.(irls did not have the lOCal police altru .. 'tL

R:ly Kyles and Walter Anderson h:l\'e Route i thmu~h Ottawa well torn up and thc detour in J!;ood shape for vae.' ­tiontrs.

E. P. Daly is on Sectinn 7~TXl in Spring Valley.

Tom Norris of District j is on Sc:ction 140 R in Kankakee Count)"

Jerry Rafferspcrger has had J. had ses­sion with his OOck. Se<:m5 as though that happvlS to those. connected with the ri~ ht..(}{-way Jtp.1rtmcnt. It is a ,t;ood th in~ Andy Mdoan rt:Co~nizcs this and

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takes those looJ! V:!C:ltions infO thc: Brit­ish West Indies.

J<lck WeiJ!le has a new boy :11 his house lind hIlS been thinkin,.; seriously o( buying some stock in LaPalinn ciga rs.

w AU$tin joins the ~rdcn club and i5 complainin~ about the weeds in the adj3ccnI g:uucn.

Carl Gerdin,g joined the ranks or the: be.nedicu on M.;y 17 and though we ha\'c ~i\'en him our best ribbin,g we sin­cerely wish him every happiness in hi s marri:l,gc.

A. D. ~kReynold5, sL1 rtinR the aUlO­mal ic division with the clIrria,lo\c Oll! of position. say.,. he would make Ihe rna· chine lcd baJ by slOppin,lt it after all those r(" 'olutions. The name of the ma­eI,ioc ;, not ~ivell ;:u il J~ nOI \VlUT,lIlt a ny free :ulvcnisinJ.;.

loho Grayhack. Jr., ha~ a new power ~ardt'n culth'alor and has bttll thinkil1J! aloud '''n,at a couple of wh~h and :.I cushion !iClIt would 1lI .. ,ke Jo:~Hkning so much c:.Isier."

PEORIA And .so I\'e come to tht' dose of an·

other bowling kason. p:lrtially successful with some di$ll1poi ntments. We teamed up with three teams (rom the U. S. En.ll:inccn and with our Consltuction, Design :lnd Maimenance t~ms, made a six team I C:.l~ue .

And thi s is the way we finished: I. Construction ( H ighway). 2. I..o,:k, (U.S. Eng-n.). 3. Office ( U.s. Engrs.) , 4. u· "ces (U.s. Engrs.), 5. Design ( H igh. \\':ly),6. Maintenance ( Highway ).

So we IIlUSt take our hats otT to the Conuruetiol\ team oF- Captain Tosetti, Fron, Tarr, Vespa, Burnham and Dun· canson for their crowning achievement. We arc not goin}:: to say much about the

District Notes DesiJ.:n and Ma imen:lll.·" , ,..:ams I"IC .... pt better luck nC'-.Xt year.

Since the last puhlication a h~by was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Barney, If. The baby. tOO, is a junior, but it happens to be. a little Air! ntuned Marsha Ellen Bamey~weighl H l!:.s. . 14 07,s., born March 6, 1952. Wayne 8:1rl1e1, Sr., sur. ,·il·et.I.

Jack Kane, who served sel'ernl mol1ths in the army with the 332nd Topographic EnJ( ineering Company, has again reo turned to work . H e a(:lcd as sur,ey of­ficer in char~e of the survey stction. Jack seem$ to think dun he has had his fill Clf the army. for the time being at least. and was Jo(lad to return to civilian duty. He i$ oock on the job with the mainten· ;l nte dep:lrtment.

AmonJ.: thoS(' t:Jkin,ll ;I later wimer I·a· cation were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dra· ~nUII, who made a trip to the we5/; coast via Tulsa, Am:Hi1Io anJ Phoe.nix to Lon~ ikach, uriCornia. The warm weather they expa:ted was not very Illuch in c\,idenec. On the return trip over the' sou thern rome 10 San Oic,l::o, Yuma, El Paso and Mexico. snow waS encountered just cast of Sall Die.s;o. The enti re trip, howe\'er, W2S reported as a I'ery fine olllin,::. The west has evcry· thing.

After :I rather prolon~ed sick spell which started December 18, 195 1. Mr. J. S. Towcn n.'tu rned to work about the middle o[ January 1952, He claims to haw- ~f1 ver)' milch improved and (dl Ihat thc rest which was imposed on him w~s quitc welcome and beneficial.

Amon", those vacationin,i: in March were Mr. and Mrs. H. U. Buchanan, who spent scI'eral Jays in Hnt Sprill)lS, Ark­all s.;IS, where they repotud the weather was balml)' and Rowers i ll bloom, saw the races. and they claim th:lI the food

~nd hotel prices wen: quile re:uon~blc. They also report trun the baths for which Hot Sprin,l.!s is noted were :111 fhat was claimed for them.

Connructw,n season has S!;uted Wifh ~

\'c::n~eance. Good weather hel ps a lot. A5!i~nmcIlt~ this sumn~r arc Cy Mor· rQw who is handling the improl'e ment of KnoxI·i tle Al'enue which extends from the north city limits of Peoria beyond the dist rict effi e<:. H e is assiJteJ by F. Kramer and Bob Smith. Clarence Rhode and "Cork),- Sutherland arc supervising the: widcnin~ and rCstlrrncinj:l' of SUI Rt. 91 nc..1r Williamsfield. Glenn Worner and l:tck Quinn arc Oil th e widening alld resurfacing of S81 Rte. 88 ncar Edel· stein. ETV. /ksscrer and "Mot" Moreno are 011 the widenin,!!'" and resurfacill}:: of SR I Rt. 8 Ilcar Galcsbur~ . n us 8urn· ham is finishin~ the widenin~ and reo surfacing of 581 Rte. 8. west of Peoria. Bob Schmidt is completin~ :a new bridge. north of Gi lesburg on U.s. Rte. 1 ;0. Wayne Uarnc:y Ir. and Jack Oller are on SBI Ih.. I ll, from r..'forton to Tremont Junclion, which is being widened ~nd re~urfaced. Jcrry Klein i~ superdsi ll).: thc paintin).'! nf Ihe H al'ana Brid~e and two Sp.:lOrt River Brid):cs in the same \-lci nity. Jack Harland is finishing up rcsurfaein.t: of the Powerton·Manito road. Leon Scon is finishin}:: the widen in.: and resu rfacing of S81 Rl. 8, near Eureka. Red Uhl is still out on $Uf\'ey from Mer· ton to Peoria. Bill Mi lls and fI.,t. L. Dor· ris are 0\11 for the materials depMtmenl. H . Tl,lwnscn.1 is wondering where mcn will come from for the remainder of [he iohs that are comin): up.

PARIS Effectil'e June I, C. 8. McNdl)', Main·

tenanee Fidd Enginetr with headquart. ers at Champ.aiKn, will be made Assistant

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Office and Plant Located 2 miles East of East Peoria on Rt. US 24

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Di strict EnJ.{inee.r of R~a rch and Ph n­ning. TIle position vaca ted hy Mr. j\.[c.

Nelly will be taken by Kcn Ch:tse. of const"ruction.

Seneca Abel, who worked for the dUi­tr ict from 1940 to 1942, has retu rned aud Slarted 10 work on May 14 as re.~iden t engineer 011 F.A. Route 17, Section 50A, ri r the :airport road nca.r Mattoon. Since 1942 Mr. Abel has worked on \'arious en­gineering and construction jC)b~ through­out thi!; country and G uam.

During the neXI three months :t tOlal o( 24 new employc<:s arc to report for work. Of this number there are seven recent .l(rnduates, who will be permanent, and seventeen uncler~raduates fo r tem p­orary crnplQ"yment.

Thc con ,lruction department i'f ready for a big year. ConSLJU(lion and resur­facinA jobs arc being Slaned throughout the district and witl keep the a)nstruc­lion departmenr well occupied.

Congratulations and best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. H arold Momoney . After a "whirlwind ·' romance, they were married on May 3 and art: livin~ in MMshaB, Illinois.

M r. and Mrs. H erlx.rl Truman arc en­joying the ~unn y? weather in California.

Mr. Bil! Sprang, past editor, has reo siJl:ned to takc employment with the Uni­veual Omcre:te Pipe. Cornp:lnY of Pius­burgh.

SPRINGFIELD

TIle Springfield chapla enjoyed a re:<: ­ord attend:l.nce ;It their March dinner meet in}!" held at the Mill C.-tic. After a del ightfu l meal prece'di ng the' regular busi ness Jelision, Mr. Elmer Knight 1f-Ive an informal talk including a question perio<1.

Mr. Knight u pressed the dcp;)rtment's dl:si re to obtai.n a st ronger bond in per­sonnd relations. H e outlined the imme· diate chalk:n~es of Ihe dcpllrtmem, and our :aims al)d ambition s of the near tU­tun:. H e slrI:ssed the absences of "c:ngi_ nef:rinj! brain" and our inability to hold young enginccrs in eng in~ri ng ~ilions in the dcpanment. In conclusion he wd­corned any con~U1Jctive criticism rega rd-inK the JqlannlCm'S welfare. .

At adjou rnment, both Mr. Knight and the membership fe:lIli zcd that some ac­complishment had hee.n rcached and that such informal ta lk ~ should be rt:peatcd_

Many of the local <1 thldicai!y inclined cnJ..:im:ers are losing their bowling aile:}' pallor and acquiring a golf course tan .

"

District Notes However, it is interesting to nOte I .h~t rni ssin~ a five pin will cause: the s;lme shrill ~hricks of anger as $1icing a golf ball off the (airway; that an 8-10 split will result in anguishC(/ tones of horror idenucal to those.. emitted after hlowinp :J twu·foot pULL And while pin ooys are usually less insultin/{ than caddies. here is what happened to ('.ceil Chenoweth toward the end of the oowling sca$On. It was the tenth fra me:. and Traffic was trying to pull one nut of the nrc. Cecil unlea~d a powerful hea' ·c that spccl un­C!rringly pa~t the head pin. Then, p;n~ hcJ!3n toppling- rorward, and whcll thc dust clea red, all ten had fallen . Amid hoots of derision from the opponents and re lls of encoumgemen l from his tea m­mates. the bowler prep.1fed to try for the double. But, he had trouble placing his thumb ill the thumbhole. The 11li~chie­VOllS little pin boy had sent forward his opinion in the form of a printed booklet of a well known bowling equipnlCllt manufacturer (:mi t1 e.d "Tell Pill Ti ps for Belter Bowling:'

The hi~ happy fami ly at Second and Ash has lost ~c"eral old friends although new facC$ continue to appear. D isnict 6 fCcently welcomed H oward P. Fl"lIzee, hut hid fo nd fa rewell to Dave Ro~ow ( to the. Du Pont plant ;It Augusta, (~or­gia) and Jim Gang ( to the McLean County High way Qe;pMtment ) . When the 44th N:nional Guard Ulli t uepartcJ for Camp Cooke, California. they look with them Lt. Frank McKinney and Lt. lack Ru\'l t;y.

Two ehanJ.lC!s in income: tax status wert'. filed a short lime ago. [11 May, the Raymond Gedaminski f:unily added a bahy J!;irl to their deductions. " OLUC·' Langfelde.r and J\'lary Agnes Dunham will probably use. a joinl income lax bbnk fo l!owing their wedding in June.

EFFINGHAM The cigar smoke was pa rueularly

[hiek la tely fo r the stork has visi ted our district and the foHowing new arrivals t:>kc thei r place in the e\'erwowing list of llew babies of our young enginccrin~ families: Cher},l Lee, oom January i. Mr. and Mrs. Ma.x Lamb: Linda Kay, born Fehrua ry 17, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Rotramel; W illiam Michael, born April 4, Mr. and r-.-[rs. W. F. Anderson ; Kath­erin e: Di;me. born April 14, Mr. anl l Mrs. H~r1"lld Wcar.

William Cox, civil etll;ineer ill the dc­sign and construction dep.1ftmenlS, mar· ried ~1iss Eileen Merryman of Vandalia. \\'i ll iam Brady married Miss Wanda

Morgan of C:umi . We congratlll:lt~ the two Bills arid wi .~h the brides happiness ali wh'e..~ of en,qine<:n.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gamble and son Rohen visi ted Mexico City on their va­l-a tion. They brought oock pictures amI plcas.:mt memories of the floral br:amy of Old Mexioo. Boh was able \.0 m:lke use of his kU(.Iwicdgc of Sl>-1ni sh and young llob wore the old Con(e<lcrate cap, just in casc.

M.r. and J"[r.;. James Dinkhdler also look an extendc:d v3C.'ltion t ri p thmu).\h the E.15'·, ,·isitin.r: Pitt~hu rgh , Washing­IOn, D. C., New York City, and tarrying at Niag:lT:l Falls. ll1ey returned home I.hrou~h Canada and Chic:a);o.

Mr. ~nd J"lrs. James Van Deusen aT( On vacation in Florida <It thi. time but !oon will return. Ji m to his dUlies as a~iStant mainten;lnte enp:inetr.

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kell arc traveling throu.gh the Old South al the present time and will Iry to jl:ct to Key Wc:st befo re relurnin~ 10 the old drafting board.

The annual banquet of Ule Effingham chapter o[ the LA.HE. was held Satu r­day night. 1\1.a ). 3, .at SI. Anthony Hall. $e\·enty·four members and guests were present (or the. night's e,·ellts. Harold \Vear, president, WaJ; maSler of ceremon· ies :l nd Allen Ausun was pro,gram chair­man. After :I delicious dinner, the e\·c· ni n~ was spenl playi ng cards.

H. Bruce Smith returned from the Arm y a"II rt:~umed hi~ duties with the Hi~hway de lmrtme..n ~. Bruce is 1I0W

working in the design office.

EAST ST. LOUIS Mr.F. N. Barker. Chief HiJ:hway En­

ginttr. addressed :J. mc<lin)l: of the St . Ciair Chapter of the Ill inois Society of professional Engineers 3t the Elks Club ill Bc.llevillc on Apri l 18.

The mectin~ W";1S held as a dinner mt:eli nJ..: with studcnu &om nearby Junior College and Hi~h School Senion haviIl~ be.e.11 iIn"iled as guests.

Mr. Barker spoke on the opportunit ies for youn.!! e. nJ.l:ineCfS in all branches of the profession, incl uding the H ighway Dep~rtmcm . He s,1 id thnt there is a short:J.,Re of engi nec.r5 and that thi .~ shorl­age will e<mt inue for some years, due to the demands of the armed forces and illdustry and the small !lumber of SIU­

dents now in the ellJ!inl'ering 5chools. On A I)ril 26 the personnel of the Dis·

trin S highway office hdd a dinne:r­dance to cc\ebrate the apl>oi.ntlnent of

ILLINO I S H IG HWA Y E NGIN E ER

J. L. Gary 10 the position of district coWoeer.

The P,Lny, which waJ sponsorc:d by Ihe: East St. Louis ch:aptcr of the I. A. H. E., was held lit the :mracti,'C: Elks Club in Belleville. It was att c-nded by II

lar~(' gntherioJ.: of friends of the new dis­trict cnxinccr, induding the: district em­plo}'ees, their spoUSl:S or clau:s.

Following a good dinner Mr. Gary ex­pressed his appreciation for the many good wishC$ and (On~ralub.tions cxn:nd­td to him by all those prc:scnt. and asked for the coopcr.nion of all prtS(nt in hdp' ing him to succesdul1y C3rry OU( his newly acquired responsibilities.

Dancinx to the music of a )ix piece orchestt3 was en joyed by the young and liXhl footcd members of the J.::Ithcring :after the dinnc:r, whik SOnle of t.he 1Il0~ scdalc-miud\.od cnl(agccl in c!lrd playing or JUSt "isitinx around. AI! in nil the evening was :an t'njoyabk ont' in C,'\'C,' ry way.

The.: fim annuul hanquet of the D is· trict 8 LA, H .E. Bowlin.: League was hdd TIlUr$(ia)', "by 8, at one of t.he prominent dinin)!; spots in the vicinity of East St. Louis, known as the "Cow Shed." i\ delightful feature o( this bowl­ing banquet wns lhe presence of the cheerin.l: section (invited wives aud/ or Kirl friends of the team mcmbtrs). lind alSO sc\'eral distin~uished guests includ· illg our new district engineer, J. L. CafY :md Mrs. Gary.

After a delicious su:ak dinner had been enjoyed, l-IIlI"\'ey Hofflnan, the league president, made a short talk ex· pressinx ~r.ltilude for the first succ::enful bowlill~ season jU51 completed and then turned the pM(l:cdi ngs over to Roland Schmidt, nlaster of ccrclIlOJlies, who pre· scllled the priZe awards to the tl'am cap­u ins, to be 5hared among the members of all the teams.

District Notes The lell,gtll' rh:ampions "Matc:riaI5

Tt.arn" wa5 awarded a permanent trophy fo r th('ir ach i('\'t~ment. J:u::k \Videner, member of the Maintt'nance t(,:.Im, was presc:med wilh a small pbque for mak· ing the most improvemtll[ ill hi~ average for the season.

With the approach of warlll weatht' r, 5C\·t'ral jobs have st3rtt'd in this area. H . C. Stanwood, Bob Wiley, Jirnmy Bcalllon and Hu).(o Herold are already Out 3S resident engineers and S('\'tral more jobs will be opening- up shorLly.

Tom Moore of Moore Bros. ComlTuc, tion ('.ampany is up aud around a,qain lifter undcr...:oin}: alllput::l tion of oue of his lc~s. It will be good to St'C Tom ooek on tht' job.

A dinner mCC:l ing held at the Broad­\·iew HOIel, G§t SI. Louis, on Februar)' 22 was auendt'd by the directors and thei r spouses of the DiSlriCI 8 Chapler of the Egyptian Credit Union. The oc­casion was the annual meeting of tht' Southern lII[n"i$ Credit Union .~, TI,osc in attendance were Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Olbrich, Mr. and l\·irs. R. /. Plaugher, Mr. :lOd Mrs. Geo. Clausen, Mr. and Mrs. K. Andres, Mrs. Crnee Altrogge. ~-fr. and ~'l rs. John Danzer, Mr. :md Mrs. H('my Buser, Mr. :.Ind Mrs. /. P. DuFour, ~k Louis Burg and Mr. A. P. Kettcnhofen.

Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Maxwell an· ,noullCcd the birth of a 00)'. The chi ld is their .s«ond, the other being a gi rl.

The family of John R. Dan7.cr were honored by the Ean St. Lvuis Boy ScoUt ("Olin of HOllor on February 26, when Dean O;lf\l,cr, 16. rect'i\'ed his E,'glt' ScOUt Awa rd and br(){her Warren, 13, TeCt'ive'J his life: scoot awa rd. lloth Mr. and Mr.s. Danzer ha\'e hc:en activc in .scoUt le:lder~hip sincc the ho)'s were old cnou,l::h to join [he scoUl r<lnks as Cubs. Mrs. D:In'ler bcC-JIl'IC a Cub mother and

Produce r of All Asphaltic Types Plant Mixes

M.r. Dan7.cr Pllck Committeeman. Mr. Danzer later became Cub Master (or four )'e~rs and tben assumed thc duties of Assistant Scoul MaSler of Troop 12 and has si nce conlinued in that cap.1eity. ~'Ir. Wm. F. Horky of the local TOads and streets dcpanmcnl is now Scout Maslcr or Twop 12. Mrs. Danzc:r con· li nut'd as Cub Mother until the yoonger SOil, Warren, graduated (rom the Cub program.

The Danzers have one other child, daughter Susan, 5, who is as ),et 100 )oung- to join tht' Girl Scouts. althou;.:h she has miSled very fcw mecun,l::s of the Cub 1)'1ck.

A EinJo:l'f print m3ehine :mived ill the office rcct'ntly. A collection of fin~er prints wi ll be: ~athered as soon ~s IU­structions arc rt'rtived. No one ~ms nervous aOOut it so apparently there' arc no skdelOns in anyone's closet.

C racc AltrOJ.:~e has returned f.rom a recent \'acation in Old ~'Iexico. The fricndly rel:nions which our COUntry en· joys with Mexico wcre prooobly strength· cned by Gracie's visit.

(;len S3wyer has started at the bonom in puu in.'!' a new roof O\'cr his family's head. TIl(: b.1scment is finished and he has staned working hi.ll'her up.

CARBONDALE

Frank W. "Sam" Borish has bet'n of­fi,ially appointed 10 the posilion of as· sislant district enginccr of materials in District 9, replacinJ( Lt. Col. Frank P. Brock, who is on military leave ser\'ing as cornrnandin,l:' officer of the USth Combat EIl~incer B.malion :.I ttachcd to the 44th Division :11 Camp Cook~, Calif.

"Sam" is:. charter member, h:.ls ~n'C'd 'IN rrcsidcnt Jnd ddcJo:alt' of the Carbon­dale charIer of the 1./\.1-1.£. and has beell Vl'ry active in its social all-din. We

Hot or Cold Lays

CHAS. G. GllMORE--ASPHALT PRODUCTS, Inc. Moaern Asphalt Plant Mixtures

ANNA. n.LINOIS

SE C OND Q U A R TER 1952 "

;tIl extend to him oo r ben wi,h",s (or hi~ suecen in his new position.

NeweSl Di.neic! 9 engineer to cam the distilll:tion o[ Lhc "Grandpa" nomencla­ture is E. F. hEd" Cf.lrtin . Ed's son is MIS,ltL E. F. Cunin, Jr., Hq . 15th Corp. AU Section, C:tmp Polk. La. His grand­son W;l$ born al the Army H OSI)it:lJ there on April 2, and was prom ptly dubbed "E. F. 1.11 :" AccordiuA (0 Ed, the " III"' \\'ci~hoo 6 lb. 10 oz. :101 binh. and is :1

hlue c:ytd blonJc. Ed is now in the dmx5 of pl:ml1ins:- to vis it the new addi­lion, following which w e :lfC c()n fident we'll hear more news of the j::randson's pmwc~s and accompli5lullCIlIS.

Camp Cooke, Calif., April to-Lieu­tenant Colond Frank Hrock. fo rmerly with the S[~tI: Hinhway dep:utnlcnt. isn 't lenin/.! his tale nts ACI rusty while he's on aCli\'( duty with the 44th Infan­tl)' Di"ision at Camp Cooke, Gill if.

Ahhou)l:h the colond's job as cornman· der of the 135th En)lineer Battalion keeps him busy, he still finds lime to 1ll3ke first ·hand inspections. Here, he gives Scr~e:l.Ill Milo Plcskae of Com­pany C some pointers on usi nJ\' :t float in finishing concrete, while Second Lieu· tenant R. C. Hadsdl. Petersburg, 111., demonstrates. The engince.u arc busy making improvements ~round Camp Cooke, whcrc the 44th Di vision is un­dergoing intensive tr",l ining. (Official U. S. Army Phot:o~r,lph.)

District 9 and the Carbondale chapter of the I.AH.E. Rgrel the loss of th ree: of their promising yoong eng ineers., who have entered othe.r fidds.

Charles "Chuck·' Gray left April 17 to accept a position in the Research dcp.1rt. mell( of the Granite C ity Steel ('.ampa ny,

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District Notes Cr:mile City, III. "Chuck" entned the service of the Highway clC'p:lrtlllent in June, 1949, :lOd was lmigned to the oon­struction department.

Joe Adams, who has worked wilh the materials deparlment ~ince April. 1951, It'Si)l:ncll on May 10 to aceept a position with the Trianj(le Construction Com­pany, Kankakee, II\.

t..k anu Mrs. E. D. Hano.'aru held open hou5C on May 8, the occasion being their 25th weddinlt annivers,uy_ Over 100 of tht':ir friends fro m Carbondale and the neij(hborin): ,jtll'S turned out to wish E. D. and Kathleen continued happiness and success.

!{ c:fre~hments were s.: rved throu~hout the e,·cninM and music was furnished by Mr$. Will . D. ~·bd.cod :l.nd he.r violin. Mr$. R31ph Gidd ings at the piano and Mrs. Theodore (Ted) M.iJiails, voca.l ~­lee-Lions.

The Harw,uds ha.'·e two boys, Din·id. who is altendin~ Doke Uni,'ersity, ",hue hc will receive his M~ste r '~ Dc· .l!:n~e in En)tineering in June; and James. who is a freshnmn 111 Carbondale ("'..()m­munit y H i)th School. David and his wife were unable 10 atll:.nd, bm lames Wli,s official photographer at the Opt-II house. We regret thaI pictures lllken du rinJ! the cveni nM are. nor available at this time.

Wheels :u e turning and the duSt is HyinJ.: on the relocation of U. S. Route 51, throu.{::h lhe Southern lIIinoi$ Uni­,"CuiI"}' c:lmpus :'11 C.:a rbondale. III. 111 .. w(lrk is ho:: inX donc hy the: Triangle Con· struction Co. under lhe 5upcn'ision of Resident Engin«r A. B. Harris. nli~ relocation will eliminate three hazardous street turns and one four-way stop through the present ronj(estcd Universi ty campus and, when linished. will be wd­corned by tJle City of C:trbondale, the Univr:rs ilY ami the tra veling public.

Work is liiso well under "'aY on the widcllinJ:: and rC's urfaein~ of Roul~ J3 fro m the nonh edge of Murphysboro 10

Pyan's Wye, somh of Pinckneyville. This work is bein~ dum: by the Cha rles G. Gilmore: Asphalt Products Company, Inc., with L. C. Teas scrvi nx a~ resident en~inecr. When complctcd, Southern Illinois will have :a well-su rfaced 22' p;:il'cmellt from Murphpboro to East St. Louis.

Thc rd o..-a tion of Routc 3 between Chester :and EV:lnS\'illr: is progressing mpidly :lUd should be complcted Ihis summer. This proicct is being done by M. HocJfken Company &; H oefTkC'n Bros., Inc., Bellr.ville, 111., with Arnold

Lenzini serving as resident en.{::ineer_ Two large bridj:lcs are lxinj( constructed 011 this relocation, with Gcofj(e Cheno­weth and Dick Miley acting as fe sidell! enJ;lill ttfs. When this relocation is com· 1l1ett.-d. aUOIher 22' hiJolhway will be avail­llble from Chester to SI. Louis via &lIe­ville.

x "eral other relocation. widening and resurfacing projects arc in lhe: making for District 9 and should he under IV3Y before long.

CHICAGO \Ve are .RIaJ to wclcome Major Rich·

ard Go\terman back 10 us after 17 months overseas of which fiv e tnnnlhs were spent in Japan ami 12 months in Korea. Dick was rdeascd from active dUlY on April 5, 1952 and is now settled down to a more peaceful nmO$phcre in the bureau of construction.

We trust th31 this is the be,;inning of our boys coming back 3J.:ain t1nd that war and rumors ol war shall s()on cease and men shall know it no more .

Phil Sawicki (hureau of construction) ~"ent the month of March in Florid:1 fe­cuperat;n,\( l rorn his serious operation.

P. A. Watt ley ( bureau of local roads and ci ty streets) spent th r~e weeks in April ,·acationin.l!: in Florida.

Carl Mr: rbitz (bureau of local roads 3nJ city meers) spent three wed:s of his v:tc:ation tra,·din~ on the west coast.

JOSr:ph Pecenansky (bure:1U of con· wuction) Sl1Cnt the la51 wec:k of Febru· ary mking in the Mardi Gras at New Orleans.

Elmer Bronke (bu fe:lu of construe· lion) )j>e.nl the bst twO weeks of March "ac:uionin}! in Florida.

K. L. Brown (<ksign engineer) Spt.llt the week of May 12 [.lnching up on fi sh­inJt.

LUC KY FELLOWS, H U H ? The pretty and "i"aeious Miss Shirley

Knoll , who labors SO loyally in pounding out these nOles, has a beautiful sparkler Oil the finger of her left hand.

Miss ~1:iry Kimmey (bureau of au­d its) also has a hea.utiful sparkler on the fi nj(C'r of her left hand.

We congrJlulate the hll,·ky fdlows. WEDDING BELLS

A very prelly and illlpr<!ssi,'e ceremony was solenmized til 3 o'clock in the afler­noon of May 10, 1952 :It Old St. Stevens Church, when Miss NailL"}' M:'Itie W rO­!:xl w:1$ IIniu:d in holy malrimony wilh Robe rt E. Kronst ( bureau of design).

A ren-plion for rdati l'es and fr iends

IL LIN OI S H IGH WA Y E NG I N E E R

wa$ held al 6:30 P.M. (1.1 G ut 's H all , :I{ter which the happy couple: le ft for Ne ..... O rkaos on their wC'ddin)l: trip.

\VI: extend our best wishes to this fi ne couple.

We have: JUSt received "'lord of. the marri~ge of Edward Delor),: howc .. 'cr, no further details arc a\,;jl .. blc.

Congratulat ions.

STORK GIFTED To Mr. and Mrs. Loui5 Conti (bUfC':1U

or dc.~i J.:n) 2 hoy, Richard Louis, at Edge­water Hospit~l on M~r(h 28, 1952 and weighing in at 10 lbs. 3!oi 07..

To Mr. and Mrs. W alter Peterman (bureau of trallie) a boy, W;I[te r C .. at St. Anthony IioSI)i t:!l on .\ 'farch 14, 1952 and wc:i).!hinA in :\1 , Ibs. 3 oz.

Mn. Pc:term:1I1 is the (ollner Ilclcll Lynch, who was for man y years supt·r. vi.sor in the: bureau of audiu.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Baker (!>u rcau of desiJln) a J::i rl. ' 0.111 Ellen, :11 Michael R~ HO$pit:l1 on Apri l 16, 1952 anu .. n "ighing in at 6 Ibs. 3 oz.

Con,2ratul:uions to these nne parents.

, :lck H . Rohlf, employed in the bureau of expreu ..... ays since June, 1948, ~signcd from the Division of H ighways May 16, 1952 to accept a position with Roben A. Black Comp:lIly.

Walter Sih·d tri. employed in the bu· reau of con5truction since July, 1950, reo ~i~ned from the Division of Highways April 25, 1952 to acccpt :I position with Allil!d Asphalt Comp~ny.

Don:lld It Focht, employed in the bu· reau of design siucc January 2, 1952 rc' 5i~"cd from the Di vision of H ighways M:lreh 14, 1952 to accept 3 position with Ve rn E. Alden Compan y.

Albert Flyer, employed in the hureau of desip;n since February 5, 1952, resign· ed {rom the Division of Highways Fcb-

District Notes ruary 29. 1952 to accept II POSilioll wi th the U. S. ("("'ernment and is now sta· tioned in Anchornp;e. Alaska .

F.dward V. Ga llaghcr, employed in the bure.au of design si nce February 18. 1952, resi}{ned £rom the O;\';s;on of H i,2hways March I , 1952 to acct:pt a position with thc Bendix Corporation al South Bend, Ind.

Will i:lln A . Fcliss, employt':(1 in the bureau of desi~n since Fehruary 18, 1952, resigned from the Division of Hi~hways March 7, 1952 to aCl'ept a position with T.V.A. at Knox\·iHe. T elln .

Edwin J" Bacharz, employed in the bu­n:au of design since AUJl"\1Sl. 1950, re· ~igned from the Di"isiol1 nf H ighwa ys r-,·farch i. 1952 to accept a position with Corn Product Refining Comp.1ny.

Nick Ciorlu. employed in Ihe bur!;".!u of C(llUtruetion since 1948, rtsigned fron} the J)j \' ;sion of H ip:hways Apri l. 1952 to accept a position with Robert A. Rlack Company.

J3mcs E. Anderson. Cml)lo)"cd in the bureau of design sincc Junc 18, 1951, re· siJlned from the Division o[ Highways February 29. 1952 to accept :t posi tion with H . , . SnitoR", structural enginc:crs.

On Apri l 24, one hundred 3nd fihy members or the Chiell).:" chapter, their wi v~ and }{Ucsts. p:athercd at the Brook· wood Country Club in I\ ddison, Il l.. for lheir Nint11 Annual dinner pany. The clubhou se w:u beautifully deconled and as each couple arrh'cd the lady W:15 givl! ll a carnation which added IQ the fes tivities of lhe occasion.

At ei).:ht o'clock Norm Bef::p: ~ an· nounced that dinner wa"~ bci nj,t sen"ed and everyone Aatherctl in the main din­inJ.": I"()Om. The club had .sc:t up fifteen tables accommodatin).: ten pc:ople each. [n the center, the N imh Annual bi rthday

uke, large enough 10 K n "e the one hun· dred al1d fi ft y ~uCSts, was on display.

Afu~r e\'eryone had fi nished thc main course, N ick Cot$, act i n~ as maSter of ccrcmonics., introduccd Mr. J. P. Tuthill . district engineer, and requcStnl he cut the bin.hda! cake fo r the ent ire party. Inasmuch aJ culting this cake: into exact­ly 150 p;cees presentl'!d quite a problem, "Tut" was handcd a l:l rg<: pair of divid­ers and a sliue rule to make the ncccs~ary calculations. After many suggestions were offe r~ from the audience "Tut" mana.l!eu 10 cut one; piece :lOd the cakc was wheded Out to thc kitchen where the kitchen staR" completcd lhe task (If cuui n~ the t ake.

While lhe dessert was being servcd Nick C<Jt$ int roduced tile prdenl of· fiecrs of the Chj c.1~o chaptt.r and 01150 introd uced all of the past presidents of tht. chapter.

The ninth annual party was planned and produced by the fo llowin.': mcmbcrs of the enlertainmc.nt eommin«: AI Uronke. Nick Cots, Ken Johnsen, Hank Spoerl. Phil W:m lcy. Ticket S,1 leS were handled by the following members of thc reser .... ation commiu c:c: Norm Ik~gs. B. L. Chaney, Frank Drnsda. l...a rl Merbi tz, Fred Kirchner. Ted O lson, W. C. Peter· m:lI1 .

After eVCT)'one had finished dinner they all ~a t hera.l in thc lo .... '<: r lounge to \\aIKc. T he party ended shortly after midn igh t. E,"cryom:: .seemed to havc en· joyed Ihc.rnsclvl!s.

SAFETY FIRST

There's :l ce rtain rulc [hal will C:Hry you f"

rf you will on ly mind it. Don't $te:p in the path of a speeding car You'll find more room behind it.

MOI~INE (;ONSUMERS (;OMPANY PRODUCERS OF

SAND - GRAVEL - READY MIXED CONCRETE PERMANENT Bun.DING MATERIALS

Office - 314 • 15th 51 •• Moline

Sand and Gravel Plants At

MOLINE. OTTAWA and BARRY. 1I.L.. and laGRANGE. MO.

SECOND QUARTER 1952

Phone 2·5541

"

u51Jn " How do you knuw she\ so cul­

turctl r' ';Wdl, sht: (an adjust her ~hould~r

straps with only :J (;lint shru~ of her shoulder,"

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.• , hear he m~rried her bcc.,usc her unde leh her half a million dollars."

"That 's ;J lie! He'll h:l\'t'. married her 110 mntlcr who left it to hed"

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One of the .~ Icnol:ruphcr$ had been comi n~ 10 work in snch shoft low-neck· ('d dresses dun the office mana~er fell ( .. lIcd UI)()D to speak to her. " Miss Jones," he 5.1iJ, "when you dress fo r the offi~ lomorrow, don't you think you could shol\- a li ll ie more decorum ?"'

"Listen, you old go.11," $nap~d Miss Jones, "jf you want 10 see more , decorum, ),ou can just go to a burlesque show:'

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Housewife ( to I»intcr in next room): "A re ),ou work· 10/0:-1 doo't hear anything ?"

Paimer: "Well , p didn' t think I'd he pult'inp: il on with :l hammer, didja lad)" "

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11,e wife was sining OIl a har wi th her husband and had w:lTched him toss off drink afler drink, Finally ~he turucd to him, "LiSten John," 5he said, " that Sluff mar be le~al, hut i l'~ nor compulsory,"

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Cannib.,\ Kill.'!; : " What for lunch ~"

am I having

Cook: "Two old C:inniool King :

again,"

maids." "Ugh!

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Left-o\'ers

A dean of women :.II a lar:ge ClH:d college be~an an irnl)(mant announce. mC::nI to the: assembled students as fol­Iow$ :

"Tt\c presidCnI of the collc).:t and my· ~If ha\'e decided to HOP necking on the campus,"

Met by :1 galt of lauj!hter. the good woman , somewhat Austered , eOnl inucd: "Furthe:rmore, all the kiu in~ that has been going 011 unde:r my nose must be stoppedl " ..

A maiden filed :1 breech of promise suit agninSl a GI, who denied e\'ery' thulg.

"Didn\ you sa)' you were going to Florid3 with her," :uked the Judge.

"No. your Honor. All J saiJ wa~ that was going to tamper with her."

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A YOU I11:' clergyman, after deli\'ering his first funeral sermon, wished to invite lhe mourners to view the dep';lrted. I; e became eon(used an d s.1id :

"we win now pass around the bier." --0-

A wealthy man, intent on 1ll'lIrilllony. told his l ri('.nd one day thaI h('. was 60

and asked: "Would it be bener if I told J young lady whom I'd tike to marry that I'm only 50?"

"I'lt be perfectly frank with you," his frie nd replied. "Your chall~es would be bener if you'd teU her )'0" were 75."

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Here's (0 the world and :a in' , it p;rnnd. Just got a d ivor~(! from myoid man . I lau~h,ed and laughed al the rourt's de·

a Slon. They g:l\'C him the kids :and none were

hi$·n.

Cal':lgc O-' ... ner: " Fourtttn dollars? Tll:lt'5 o\ltragcou.s-1 wouldn't jXIy Mi­chelangelo to p.1im my ~araHe at that price!"

Paint!'r ( truculently): " Listen, if he IJII("$ the job for ~ny less, wc'll pickct the place!"

( YOMr ~~,. IlG?Ulot g_T­a.t.e t1l.e age "01" Oaf! 4"" tlumticity of the matte-r prmtlld on tlli. pag • . )

Tnffie cop : "Don't you know what mcan when I hold up my hand ?" Lady driver: "I should - I\'e ~n

tcathin}!' school for 20 ye.-.rs." --0-

"Did you ewr kiss a girl unexpected. ly?"

"You can't, TIlc dosest you can rome to it is to kiss her .sooner than she ex­pected."

Off5pring: " Paw!" Father: "Now what?" Ofhpri!l~: " Why didn't No"h ~wat

both Ries when he had such a Aood chancer'

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'" understand he takes her to mystcry plays instead o{ dances,"

" Yes, they lo\'e each shud­der! '

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A tobacco £<lrmer re[used to allow his dau,.-:htcr to enroll at coll~ge, because she had 10 usc: the same currieululll :1S

the men!

An ~nlighlenin~ and int~ r· estin/{ con\'e rsation took place at lhe 7.00 one day when mamma Gnu walkcd up to papa Gnu and s..1id: "I've gOt );:nus for you."

--<>-A bank president, extremely

.scnsiti\·c about h;s b.1.ldness, wore a hat at all tillXll to co\'er up the fact.

One day while the porter, an old em· ployee, was swcepin,i: Out his office. the prt!liident :nked jokingly, "Why is it that after .. 11 these yc.lfs you still don't ha\'e an account with us~"

" ikc3USC, ho!;s," the porter 3nswercd, "you 31 .... ·3)·5 look like you're about to go :;omewherc."

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When 1 was ),ounR and £ree {rom sin, Kind ladies gently tucked me in ; nut now I'm old :lnd bald lind stout, The ladies lca\'C mc tucke.rcd out.

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Before marriage .. man yearns for a woman. After marriil,io:e the "Y" is silent.

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S~\'iJl g- ;s a way of spcndin~ money without ~eltin~ :lny fun out of it .

ILLINOI S HIGHWAY ENGINEER

'"E DlEIEL Da-

the result of SO years of experience in

building track~type equipment-has:

POW •• . .. (rom a " Cat" 4.6troke Dia d devdop. iug 148 bell IIP-130 at t ile drawbar. Oil-cooled a luminum p i&lol1& and .... el ·l)'()f: cylinder linefil lower repair 0081'8. Pre-comhuU ion cha mber in. lura complete amI clean burning of low-co,n fuel s.

AI •• COOLID OIL •.• by separate, oil.t;QOling radi­Itor mou nted bes ide watt r.coolillg rad ia tor. Bearings, pill ion,. I nd other pllru operate al lo,.,'er t eml)eraturdl. Oil IUe a nd c ngi l1c life it )}l'()longed.

LU •• ICATlOM ... full' lJrCh UrC lIyl lcm assures proper lubrication for all m(wing engine parts. Full-flo .... fillcn increase lime hetween oil changes 10 240 hOllra.

, ...... ' ••• 0 • .. . 5.~pecd . oonstalll.-mCfih t ra ilS­mi5l:lioll with hdiCilJ geanl. Fon.'ard Iml re\'erse lever .. peed. ebiJtll-tcducea eyde time.

'I ... L D.,VI ... bull-gean; - c ut from forgings anu htQ l· trea ted-are crown s.IUI, ved for long life under heavy loadll. ScIf. adjUlitillg bellows' ileals keep dirt, dUBt, water oUl-oil in •

• ou •• , ..• impro\'ed d tij ig l1 ... rimli llow welded into Olle,ltro ng unil. "Hi·Electro'"·hardencd for added life. Self-adjuliting bellowl 'lIeals keep out barmful e1en/enll.

PACKI . .. rai ls, l, ill.6., linkl! and rollers " Hi­Electro'" hllrde ned for exccpt ionally long lire. Coulllt rborcd links overl lll' for tiglltt.:r, beller­Jealed jointl .

.... u. I •• VIC • . . . prompt a tlellIion wllere"er and whenever lI~d. Skilled mechanics tbat know equiplnent. Modern loo\s tlUll eave repair CO!Its and time.

Th e!e leal ureJ , iue the D8 more CtI(Xlcit;r ... cupadty to set mo" work dOriC pI lower COil ouer thO,uond, 01 service-houra. Jf>e 0011 give you th e story 01 the trudor tht!! ha~ w/lal it taka . • • jllM ,ille U~ a call!

PAnEN TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT CO. 620 S. 25th Ave.

BELLWOOD, ll.LINOIS

Highway 51 South ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS

.. Catertlillar"

Traetor-

Tile Traetor That Bas

'Vllat It Takes:

More work jor Ie" money over a longer Jlerioti 0/ time-lilli" . the recor,l t.Jull "Ca' e rl)illar" DB Trac:Lor. "ave e.'ab li6lI etl in 'he cO/u'ructioll jielrl.

JOHN FABICK TRACTOR CO. 3100 Gravois Ave.

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

MARION, ILLINOIS SALEM, ILLINOIS

PEORIA TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT CO. 512 Harvard Ave.

PEORIA. IIJ.lNOIS

"CATERPILLAR"

T he graph on the photo of a soil-cement road· at the right shows accumulated yardages of roads and streets paved with soil-cement since 1935. when scientifically controlled soil·cement paving was introduced.

As the graph indicates, soil-cement paving has soared in the last five years. There were 36,436, 144 sq. yd. built from 1946 through 1950. That is more than twice the yardage built in the previous I I-year h istory of soil-cement paving. During that period (1935 through 1945) 16,823,014 sq. yd. were b uilt.

There are four significant reasons for this amazing growth of soil-cttnent paving:

1. 11 15 ECONOMICAL Generally about 85 ~r cxnt of the required materials is soil on the site or nearby.

2. CONSTRUCTION IS FAST. Construction or maintenance crews Quickly learn the simple operations of building good soil -cement pavement. Though scientifically controlled, the process is fast and easy. E xperienced crews have built as much as a mile a day.

3. 11 15 DURABLE. In all parts of the country-from 40"F. below zero to more than 1000 and from arid regions to places exceeding 60 in. of rainfall a year-soil-cement paving has proved its durability through long years of service. Practically all of the soil-cement pavement built since 1935 is still in use, render ing de~ndable. all-year, all-weather servitt.

4. MAINTENANCE IS lOW. Wherever maintenance rec~ ords have been kept the extremely low cost of main­taining soil·cement pavement has been demonstrated. Usually an occasional seal coat applied ove r the bituminous surface is the only maintenance ~uired.

For more information about eronomical, durable soil-cement pavement write for free, illustrated liter­ature. It is distributed only in the U.S. and Canada.

PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION 33 W. Grand Ave., Chicago 10, III.

A notionol orgonilolion to r",praV. ond ."' .. nd 1tI .. u .... of pOl1lond ,_","", and __ r_ ... lh'O\Ogh "' .. nrift, r ... otch ond _nginnring ft.ld work.

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QaaDtiIy ..... Quality m HIghway FAginoo big Peoria TndIIc Bu.-ey Origin ..... _ 01 Traffic Su..oy -8cbooI C<oooiav Slop SignnIe -16th AmaIUd c.a.-... -Wbcrt· .. H ZL t If to Yow Stat. Hlghwa,. "The Col: ... of IloacIIH • My ~ as aD. EngineeriDg' Aide ODe-Way __ Qdcugo-. Loop_

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STAFF

J. L. CAr,HOIJN, Tress. & Bus. Mgr. 209 J efferson Aile., Elgin, TIL

R. A. LoNIfl/ , t::ditor E. N. WYMAN, Adv. lUgr . 409 N. Spring St., Elgi n, 11I. 4051 N. Harlem Ave., Chicago, LlI.

A*,ociate Editor, R. J. KENYON, Elgin H. C . REIi:DER, Dixon J. F. HEUUHY, Ott8wa OSCAR FROST, Peoria JOSEI'II WELLS, Pari.;

H. R. H URBELL, Springfield F. C. NF.lJlu:s, Effingham A. P. K~~F..NHN'tN , E. St. Louis H . P . M c K£ltEGHAS. Carbondale ROGER NUSBAUM, Chicago

A'.!llci(fte ERIc THORSEN, Elgin

B/f,j,ten M lwtlgers

E . l\f. BASTIAN, Dixon A. L. DU:RSTE1N, Ottawa A. C. TOSETTI , Peoria R. W. JOHKSON, Paris

C. R. N ICHOLSON, Springfield !'tux K LAM B, Effingham H. T . HO~'nIAK, E. St. Louis H. C. K.~wATH , Carbondale FRED K I RCH N ER, Chicago

n.LINOlS ASSOCIATION OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS OFFICERS I. C. BLlSS, Chairman W. E. BAU )lANS , S~retary G. I. T AI.BOTr, Treasurer

ELG IN G . D OEK IN('oS F.El.J) , Pres. J . H . LEJ\'Z, V .• Pres. EDDY LUND, SIl('. C. NICIIOLSON, Trea~. J . L. CALl/OUN, Dir. L. L. SCfll.AEFLI , All. Dir.

PARI S H. H. ROBERTS, Pres. W. W. WOODS, V.· PreS. D. R. SC IlWART'.t, '3ec.·Tre89. G. 1. TALBOTT, D1r.

DIXON R. N. LyoN'S, Pres. H . C. R[Iilll:R, V.· Pres. H. R. HAN'U:'Y. Sec. K . H. HANKINS, Tress. B. A. KENJ\'EDY, Dir. W. O. MOORE, AlL Dir.

SPRINGFIELD C. R. NrCHoI.SOs. Pres. J . L. PARK, V.- Pres. E. W. GlLIIERT, Ree. See. R. L. OTTO, f'in . See. J. J . ,VAvER1NO, Treas. H. L. BRANTLEY, Dil'. W. E. BAUMANN, Dil·. G. G. SCHOENHERR, D ir .

CARBONDALE L. C. TuS, Pres. V. T. KUPEI., V.·Pres. W. E. STALLMAN, Sec,

J. A . BLll."T"l, Treas. C. E. K..r.[N , Dir. H. B. SETTt.!:, Alt. Oil'.

OTTAWA W. E. ATRI NSON'. Pras, J . H. MARTIN, V.-Prell. J . F. HF!RUUY, Sec. E. E. HAGGLUND, Trens. J. E. RAJ.' PF.NSPERCER, Oil' . R. W. G£lIUNO, Al t. Dir.

EFFINGHAM U. 1. WEAR, Pres. D. R. CoNNOR, V.·Pres. RAY. ,JENKI""S, Sec. R. A. WENTE, TrellS. I. C. BLISS, Dir.

PEORIA R. J. A CKERllAN, Pres. G. D. WORNm, V.·Pres. JOHN E. HAULAND,Sec.·Treali. A. C. TOSE'l'TI. Oir. T. B. J OH NSON, Alt. Dir.

E. ST. LOUI S ~. R. AJI..ES, Pres, C. B. HART, V.·Pres. R. L. SCHMIDT, Cor. See. C. L. CRAWt'ORD, Fin. See.. R. A. O'N EILL, T reu. J. P. D u FOUR, Dil'. H. T. B Ot'FMAN, AIL Dir_

CHI CAGO C. A. A N Ol.'RSON, Pres. P. A. WATTI.F.Y, V.-Prt'll. N. GIORBA, Treas. T. D. HOLLOWAY, Fin. S~e.

ALlimT BA.-f1, IlK. ~ K. L Baows, Dir. R. J. N£'tII'ELL, AlL Dir.

--~ ~-- -- ~-- - - --ILLINOIS HlGHWAY ENGINEER Volume IV. Number 3 Entered as third class matter at the Post OHice 01 Elgin, Illinois. under Section 34 66 01 P. L. and R. Yearly subscription 311.20, payoble in odvonce; single caples 30c Mailing address: 209 lefferson Ave., Elgin. !II.

QUANTITY and

Qua~lf In Highway Engineering

The highway construction industry in Illinois ag3in has bcmmc a big business, SO big that engineering per50nnd to perform all the necessary functions of th e highway dcp.!rtment is being stretched and stra ined (0 the limit. The use of studems in engineering to perform insp«tions and other minor engineering fUilctions during \'acation time has !xcn a great rdid, and has aided materially in upholding the quali ty " r cugim:c:ring by releasing engineers from minor duties for more Im porta nt engineering work. Th is in itself has demonstrated that many minor bu t nct:cs~ry fUllctio ns in highway engineering can be perfo rmed by sub-professional and student persollneL

Hut the "fly in the ointment" is th:H the \'ac:arion period for the students is only Ihr~ mOlUhs, wh~reas the hea\'y construction period is ~ight months. This situation could be r~rnedied if more u:ehnical colleges and un iv~rsities would C' it h~r adopt lh~ cOOfXra tiv~ system in the engin~ring (ourses where half the students in each course would he work ing while the other half would :mend d~ sscs on :I momhly or quarterly b.1Sis, or arrange the curriculum in such a manner that balf the nudents would have vacation during May, June and Jul),. and the other half during August. September and October. Such s)' st~m5 integrated with the engineer-in-training program of the highway dep.1nm~nt would be immeasurahly \·aluable to the studeOls in his futur~ as a profe!is ional engineer, and at th~ same time would fill the sub-professional positions in the hi1;hway organ izat ion. It would also be an opponunity and source of nn3ncial ~ss i stance to many potellli31 c:n}lineering students who otherwise could not al10rd a college education. BUI most of all , such an arrangement would add to the inter~st in and im pro\'~ the quali ty of highway engineering.

Ther~ i$ also another way in which interest in h ighway enginet:ring can he stimulated. and young men from our r:lnk ~ be gi\·en the opportu nity to wntribute the (ull value of their talents to highway engineering. Industry has found [rom experience that scholarships :lnd fdlowships granted to worthy and talented young men in their technical dep.1wnents arc necessary in this very competitive business world. Moreovcr, these grants by private business are auracting many of the potentially high e.1l iber engineers away from highway engineering.

We ~hould learn lrom industry and set up schoLtrsh ips in highway engineering. not only to attract young engi neers, out also to ~ccumu!ate thc beSt in highway engineering knowledge into our own depart. ment. One man out of every hundred engineers in the department, or about ten men, arc all tOO few 10

be taking advanced training in some phase of highwa ! engnieering. The Ill inois Assoc:alion of H ighwa)· Enginccrs could well take the initiative in this s~p by awarding two $500 scholarsh ips a year to in·train. ing ellgin~n from ilS rJnks. Ry doing tbis the Asso ciation would nOt only be adding new laurels 10 itself, but would really be doing something to make highway engineering one of the most sought after courses.

With greater cooperation between school and job, and with greater usc and training of real engineering talent, both the quantity and quality of highway engineering should be immensely improved.

Wh:u do you think? R. A. LONIER, Editor

THIRD QUARTER 1952

Peoria Traffic Survey Ezetrrptll F rf)m Talk B y FRA N K V. H OUSKA,

Engineer of E conomic RCllco. r eh, Illlnoi~ Di vil.ion of Highway. at Pcoria, Ill inolB, May 8, 1952

The principal hindrances 10 motor \'chick traffic in the not too J istam past were mud, bumps and r ll1~ on main highways in rural areas, but these have been largely rcmo~cd in the last two or three: decades by great highway construction programs. 1 \\Ienly-five yC:ltS ago we, of the: illinois Division of (Iighways. wcrc concerned almost exdusin~ with connening the cities and communities of the State with each other by means of a ribbon of concrete which at that time seemed vcry adt,!u:I!C in width hut which is too nnr­row for present day speeds. The main sneets in the cities were in most ca~s already paved and all we had 10 do was to connect our f\\fal highway improve­ments to thesc city pavements :11 Of ncar the city limits. AS:l result, we now have a highway system of all-weather hard· sutf:leed roods connecting all of the cities and the larger COmmUlUtiel. Despite the fact th:n many of them :1I"C too narrow and winding for present day speeds. and wc fear that the present ra te of highway income will not Ix: surTicielll to keep all of the roa{h in firs t c1:m condilion, it is possible at the presc:nt time to travel from :lIly community in the State 10 any other community with a rair degree of com fo rt and So'lfety if the ~pttd is kept at a reasonahle figure (or the conditions encountered.

All facts a"ailable poim to the sections of main highways within and in the cn_ "irom of the larger ci tie! as the most important in tra ffic scrvice and at the same time the least adequate in their present sbte of impro"~m~n'. Peoria is no cxception in this respect.

T oday it is ill and near the 1:lrge cities ,hat traffic is delayed and i:1collvenienccd by congestion which causes waste of \'al . uable time, increased gasol ine consump­tion and additional repai r ,osts, as well :IS irrimtion and fatigue fa: the: car occu­pants. These unpleasant experiences oc­cur alike to motorists who Ir:l\'c:I betwec:n the city and its 5ubmbs, and to those who travel through urban are:lS from other parts of the St.ate or from other states. Therefore, the problem is of mu· Nal interest to the city as well as the State :lnd Federal gove:rnrneIllS.

It wil! cost a great amount of money to improve the highways :md streets in and neo1r our larger cities so Halflc can move with greater speed and fewer SlOps. Therefore, it is essential that both the city and the Illinois Division of H igh­W:lys ha ve detailed information on traffic mo\'ements and desires within and ncar the city. Without th is information we run the risk of building a "dud"-ie, a

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~Trcct or highway improvemen t that fa ils to ser\'C tr3ITic it was imended for be­C.1Use of improper location. It is ma inly (or the purpose of avoiding the construc­tion of such "duds" that wc wish to make a comprehensive traffic survey of the Peoria and East Peoria areas.

The survey is a cooperative project he· tween the ill inois Division of H i}!hways. the Federal !lureau of Puhlic Ro.'lds, and ci ties of Peoria, E.1st Peoria, Peoria Heights. Creve Coeur, and BartO!lvilk. Although the ci tie:s arc not being asked to participate in the d inxt costs of the sun'ey, there arc many ways in which the city officials and local civic groups (an be of gn:<l t assistance. At the present time we are asking that the sun 'ey be gi\'cn favorahle publicity for we feel that unless this is done and the people arc fully informed about the sun 'ey we wil! not get their cooperation, and as a con· sequence. the sun'ey would not be en­tirely 5uccessful. There will be other ways in which the cities can cooperate and one of ulesc will be in furni shing some information on location of dwe.lI­ing unit~.

A great amount of traffic information in this area is already available from the many LIafTie cou nts th~t have been made in the past few years by usc: of the trof­fj, counting machines which you have no doubt seen on your streets. This in­formation wi ll be available on traffic ma ps and will show the number of vehi­cles per day at the present time on each and every one of the present streets.

Howevcr. this is nut sufficient in[or­Illation, because mallY of the main traffic arteries ha\'e already reached or e\'en ex­ceeded their ultimate practical capacity, and some drastic action is necess,1fy to provide reasonably sarisfa<:tory highway fac ilities to handle the present and ex· pc:ctcd future trafTic \'olumcs. "1(: ligllt­of.way of present streets is too narrow [or any fu rther widening of the road sur­face and there is generally too much cross trallie interference to accommodate traffic on II system of major nreets at grade. The drastic anion needed is either a relocation of some major thor-

oughfa res or , widening of the right-of­way o[ present thoroughfares by usually costly moving or denruction of lmi ld­ings. Before deciding on the location and JXlint of greatest need of such high­way improvements, we should know what would serve the tralTic the best. To determ inc Ihis. we must know just where traffic is coming from and where it is going. Su,h information will be pro­vided by this proposed traffic sun'cy.

There are scveral methods of making ~uch studies, but for this area a comhina­tlon of a roadside interview method and a home interview method WllS adopted. Information on travel within the Peoria area by people living outside the area will be obtained hy interviewing all driv­ers of vehides on each of the highways entering the area. The locations of thesc interview stations arc showlI 011 the at· tac hed map. A tOfal of about 50,000 in· terviews will be made at these locations. Information on travel with in the area by (esideills of the area will be obtained by interviewing .1 selected 10% ~1mpl e: of residents in Iheir homt:s and obtaining from them a record of all the tr ips made the pre\'ious day. We will thus a\'oid having to imerv iew drivers of vchic.ies at very high traffic volumes such as we had Oil the Franklin and Cedar Sm~ct bridges in our survey about two years ago.

At the roadside interviews each driver of :\ vehide will be asked four que5-uons--

I. Where did you start this trip? 2, Where will this tr ip end ? 3, What is the purpose o[ th is trip ? 4. Where do you reside?

f( the trip eAtends th rough the entire Peoria Area, the driver wilt be asked a fifth question-Will you (or did yO\l) make a stOp in the Peoria Area?

The residents oi thc area will be asked 10 deseribe the extCnt and the purpose of each of their trips made the previous day , A record of each trip is desired \, hether it is made as a driver or pas· senger in a flIr, or as a passcnger in .1

bus or taxi. It is planned to start the interviewing about June 9. The roadside interviews can be completed in about six weeks and the home: interviews in about two months. After that there will be .1

period of six months to nine months o( analyz.ing the great volume of informa­tion before the information is available and then will £ol1ow the second part nf the sun'ey-the period of application of the data to the problems of the a~_ How long this second pan will take will depend on ,he availability of engineering personnel.

Having this detailed information on traffic in the Peoria area will be "ery

ILLINOIS HIG H W AY ENGINEE R

useful in making decisions 0 11 se\'era.i immed iate problems such as:

I . DclCrmining the best location for new high type uaffi(: facil ities.

2. Selec,ing an Uroon Federill-aid Highway System for the greater Peori..1 area.

3. Selection of a system of arter ial streets.

4. Design of new thoroughfares and design of new improvc;nents on present ~treeu.

The traffic sun'ey will provide basi(: information from which a long range highway plan for the greater Peoria arCI may be: prtpared. This plan should in­clude definite recommend1tions, (:ost esti. mates and a program for improvement of the cities' major sm:el systt'm, as well as of the State: and Federal primary high. way~.

The ahwe described survey will be UIl­

cier the direaion of John D. Mattison, District Engineer, ably assisted by T. It Johnson, District Engine:er of Re~arch and Planning.

PEORIA AND VICINITY OTRAFFIC INTERVIEW STATIONS

TH I R D QU AR T ER 1 9 52

Prospecting For Gold By HEI"RY K. OSBACJ.:

I always had had a desirt to do somt prospecting for gold, SO when my broth­er-in.law, Bill. suggested the: ide:a, the answer was a very definite "yes." The hackgroulld for [h is .scene was my vaca· tion in Februa ry 195 1 alld the prospect· ing was to be: in the mountains north­east and east of Me:>:!. Arizona.

Our list of equipment was sma!! and simple, a gold pan, hamme:r. pocket knife, tweezers, and a canteen. No over­night trips were planned, so that kept the el.{uipment to a bare minimum; be­sides that, camping equipme:nt can get mighty heavy toward the end of the d1Y.

We scouted OU[;} (riend Ji m, who was interested in prospecting and knew some­thing about it and could show us somc of the rudiments of prospecting; sueh as where 10 look, what to look for and how to l):ln. thereby saving us some valuabk time: of whi~h we had very linle.

The finl day it was decided to tty some of the rugged mountains :lround Canyon Lake, locatcd on the Apache Trail. To reach some of these: desolated locatiO:lS we proposed 10 use: an outboard mOlOr boat and wind in and out of The cn nYOI1S, via Canyon Lake, which 5trctch­es out fOT approximately 13 miles, in some very wild and rough country.

One morning \'cry carly the three of us set out and arrived at Canyon Lake, just ;u dawn was breaking. a mon ~autiful sight and fortunately we had re:me:m· l!ered 10 b:ing our cameras, loade:d with color film.

We headed our boat il\lo ;,11 of the back canyons that we cou ld find , then would heach our boat and the:n follow The: washes up the mountain sides, stop­ring to pan wherever there was a pool of water or shallow spot.

The results of a!! this for the better part of thc day turned up no gold. but plenty of mica, commonly known as fool's gold.

On two other occasions whe:n we didn't have a [uil day to spend, we: tried locations nearer home, but again our toil uncovcreJ nothing but mica.

The: fou~th day it was to be: JUSt Bill and lllySC'lf. We: decided to try our luck in the: Superstitious Mount:lins, the: loca­tion givcn in all of the fables of the "Lost Dutchman Mine." We took the road as far as it Went and proce:eded from thert on foot. The word " road" is used \'e:ry loosely here.

We ge:nerally followed a dry wash, wnere: , at intervals there were snull pools of watcr. which were \'ery handy in pan­ning our samples.

(Con,;"" ",ti Oil P"¥'" ~ ) ,

Repor(On The

eJAI9in ani J)lslinaUdn Traffic Survey

PEORIA METROPOLITAN AREA

By G. M. LOl'G1.ty

An O rigin and fksrinarion traffic SUr\"~y was conduct~d in the Peoria MC'tropoli-Ian Area during the SlImmer of 1952. The purpose of this was ta-

l. Select an Urba n Federal Aid H ighw:lY Sys«~m for Greater Peoria.

2. Selcct a sysu~m or arterial streets. 3. Determine the best location for new high type: traffic facilities. 4. Provide traffic data for the design of new thoroughfare_~ .

5. Provide trarTi: data iot the dCiign of improvements 0:1. present ~trt:ets.

The: genual method used in (ond",:I­iug the sUtH:Y was JC'\'cloped by the Publi(: Ro:ads Adm inistr.Jtion . The Pe­oria Metropolimn Traffic Survey Area included Peoria, Peoria Heights, East Peoria, Creve.' Coeur, North Pekin and 111001 of the unincorporated :tTC'1U :Idja·

c~nt the.reto. A cordon line W2.'l establish~d around

th is Inttropol itan artll. The SUT\'~y was divided into tWO parVi, u ternal and in· ttrnal. Zone areas were designaled both il1sid~ and outsidt the cordon line.

Tht external survey consisted of J3 in· t~rview stations established whe.re the cordon lin~ intersected the 1Il0r~ im­portant roads ~ntering the uea. Inter· ... iews were conducted for the three 8· }.our .hift~ providing a full ·N ·hour tfaf· fic ftcord at each 5t~tion. SigllS, barrio cades lind lights wert set up lO direct the traffic. St.1te police officers were in con­trol of th~ traffic at all times.

Classified manual traffic counts and automatic machine counts were t.1ken at each station during the interview period.

Both d irections of traffic were inter· view~d. The interview established ( I ) the type of vehicle, (2) state of registry, (3) number of passengers, (4) address where trips originated, (5) addrrn o( destination, (6) purpose of the trip, (7) the Illinois River bridge that was crossed. and (8) address of intermediate stops if the trip extendcd through the entire :'Irca.

Th~ internal sun'c), was conducted by selecting a rcprcsentative s:unple of homes inside the coroon line and actual­ly securing d:ua on all trips taken by all members oC the household for a w~k day by means of personal interviews. Th~ addrc5sts chosen for th~ interView were taken from Sanborn maps provided by the Peoria Associ~tion of Commerce

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and the Illinois Fire Insurance Company. T o complete the traffic picturc, all

major lTucking comp:mies and all taxi ca h comp.1n i~s furni,~he:l trip data on a representative 5.1 mple of Iheir vehides.

In order to cheel [he completeness and accuracy of the int~n'iew data, a ~rec.n line was established across thc area, roughly follow ing th~ toc of the bluff, utending th rough Pcoria and Peoria H~ighLS. Classified manu:tl and auto· matic machine counts were takcn at 28 stations established at intersections along the screen line. Mr. Fred Rogers was ill charge of the screen lin~ cou nts. In ad· d ition, lI ille 2-J·hour machine counts w~re taken on low traff ic \"olume roads that were intersected by the cordon line.

The following statistics indicate th~ scope of the surve)'. There werc approxi. mately 84,000 roadside interviews. The roadside interviews represented 92 ~{, of the toul trallie, Approximately 0.1 ";" of th~ people interviewed refused to g ive th~ information desired. There were 5200 home imcf\'iews obtaining informa­tion re!:lti\"e LO over 26,000 trips. 7500 truck uips were r~porteJ in 1340 inter­views. 1639 taxi trips w~re repomd in 14 interviews.

Hc:ldquarters (or carrying on the oflic~ work were provid~d by the Peoria School Board ill their administration building at 300 North Monroe SI. Mr. LaVerne Tarr was in charge of the orTice work.

Thi ny temporary emp!o)'ctS, HIlnl of them Bradley University students, were selected to carry on the interviews, and keep the code up-to-da t~.

The sur\'ey was a cooper-nive project between the []]inois Division of High­ways, the Federal Bureau of Public Roads and the officials of Peoria, East

Peoria, Peoria Heights, C reve Coeur and Ban o[)\·ille.

The survey was under the general supervision of Mr. W. 1.. Esmond, Engi· lIeer of Research and Planning. alld di­rectly ~upervised hy Mr. John Mattison, D istrict Engineer, and Mr. T. B. John. son, District Research and Planning En· gineer.

The assistance, adv ice and cooperation of the following organi7.ations arc her~­by acknowledged:

Offici~ l s of the Public Ro;lds Admin· inrJtion. The lllinoi5 Fire Ins. Company. The Peoria Journal, The Peoria Star, The Peoria Association of Comm~rce. T he Peoria School Boa rd, Officers in District 8 of the State Highway Police, Local Radio S[ation.~, and Thc District Mainten.mce Dcpartmelll.

With the field work completed, the balance of the coding and the tabulating and ~na lyz i ng the data w ill get und~r . way. In a few month$ the: infMmalion necessar) to soh"e the problems men· tioned in the first paragraph of this n:· port will be available.

EDITOR'S NOT E: In discussing cx­periences e~couilte.red by itltcn-iewers, some \'ery Interesung eonditiollS arose, \\ hich. fo r the Illost part, had to be: cen· sored. Let's L1lk ahout them at our next cotwent ion.

PROSPECTING FOR GOLD­(CQnl;,md /rom ""/it' J)

Se\'eral hours of this brought us no luck, but d id work up a nice appetite. so we Slopped on a ridge to eat; from here we spotted what looked like th~ tail ings from a mine. Curiosiry killed the (at, but not U5, we investigau:d. Somoone had done a great deal of work here at one time, ~ shah approximatdy four fee t in diameter and about 30 fe<:t in depth testified to that. through the J;Olid rock at that. A wooden ladder was buil t dOlm into the shaft, but its presc.nt condition did n't invite trespassers, so we stayed O:'U. Howe\'~ r, our hammers w~re PUI 10 work and we 5.1mpled the rock around the vicinity and took the samples back with us.

Next on the agend:1 was back to the ~arching and continuation of our pan· ning and working on deeper into th~ mountains. AU of wh ich was to no avail :IS we didn't find any gold.

On the way back to the e:lr we came aeros~ (llIutlle, wo~pcctor, who we found "ut was from the middlc west ~nd spent h i~ vacations out here prospecting for gold.

Every man should remember that it is much e::15ier to li\'~ with in an mcollle than to lil"e without olle.

I LLINOIS HIG H W AY EN G INEER

School Crossing Stop Signals In a few lIlino; ... localities .school CTQ!;sing signals have: been convcrled in their

opcrntion LO gi\'(: a steady red instead of the st.1nd,rd £lashing red indication. This is mooiiicJ tratTie sign,1I wmrol wh ich is given no recognition in the Illinois TrafTie Act or the Illinois Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Sucets and H igh­ways. Therefore, it is illegal.

Studies made of "arious opcr:Hions of IiChool crossing signals indicate no change in the nandard flashing red operation, simulating SlOp sign control, is necessary or desirable when supplemented by adul t or s.:hoot safety patrol supervisors.

in 1946 a manufacturer of school cross­iog signals rtqucsted approval from the Division of Highways ot the type of de.­vice: they were rnanufanuring for SolIe in Illinois to local groups and officials coo­ce: rned with school ch ild protection. It ('o!lsistecl of a single face red !l:lshing bc:lcon installed in a diamond shape sign leading "School CrossinA':' h was cle. 5igned lor PO'l mounting and to gh'c indication only from the near right. A complete installation at an interscctioll or a mid·block crosswalk consisted of two or the:sc units, one erected on each approach. The flashing red period was controlle:d by a time clock so that the: operation could ~ limited to sehool crossing periods on sehool days only. The lIorm;!1 operation as originally set up in the controllers pro\'idecl ror full pe.riod flashing red for approxinlatdy one hour. morning, noon and e\·e Ring.

The request for approval was rejected because the de\'ice did not seem to eon­form with any Siale and national SI:tnd­ards. The manufacturer was directed 10

the Chairman of the National Joint Committee on Un iform Traf1'ie Control Devices for considerat ion of the device, with Lhc understa nd ing that the J1linni ~ Di vision of Highways wou ld be gu ided by the lindings and rec(Jmmend:tliotls of the comm ittee. Subsequently approval of the de\' ice was obtained From the Joint Commiuce ancl appro\'al for use in illi­nois {ollowed. Approximately fony in. stallations of the original de5ign were made.

By 1948 ohscrv:nioll5 had shown that the indication given only from the near right was resullillg in many inadvertent violations. It was found, also, thatlllany rear end cotlisions, mostly ot a m inor na· lUre. had occurred due to insufficient warning of the start of the red Oashing period and that Lhere were numerous violations due [0 the unnecessari ly long Oashing periods. Casual (Jbservations like­wise rcvcalttl that Lhe \'ast majority of motoristS were hcinJ: subjected to this SlOp control when thert were no ch il­dren auemptinJ: to cross the street.

During the academic year 1949·50 5tudics were conducted at the University

THJRD QUARTER 1952

ot Illinois under the direction of Profes· sor C. C. Wiley of seven diffcrcnt de· signs and operation:ll cycles. A report of

this study has been published under date of June IS, 1950. The present stand1fd of design and operation is an outgrowth of this study. The rtporl appears to fa\'Or the use of a steady red cycle, but it was not adopted because of its questionable

Iq,'ality and because Lhe proof was not !<ufficientl y conclusi\'e of irs superior ef­fectiveness as compared with the IllOst efficient of the fbshing types, which is the present standard.

The linal design and operation of school crouing signals provide5 for two­way, two-<olor heads ( red and yellow) 'vith push bUllon operation. The inter\':ll equence is as follows: I. Dark $ign. 1.. Steady ydlow 5 - B seconds. 3. flashing red 30" 60 seconds. 4. Flashing red with overlapping yel. low 3 .seconds. 5. c,uarameed period of 60 seconds da rk

sign.

T he Problem: Determination from fidd studies

whether flashing red operation, simulat· ing Stop sign control, is understandable ancl safe. If founcl to he confusing and unsafe, 10 determine the most satisfac­tory method establishi ng legal operation.

The Procedure: Traffic behavior stud ies under aClUa l

Sll«t tr:.ffic conditions of the following dlTee method, of opemtion:

Flashing rttl operntion with push hutton control using standard sc· quenct:: stated in the foregoing.

" Flashing red operntion for full pre· determined periods without push hUllon.

III Steady rcd operation with push hut­wn contr(J1.

Each of the ten High way Districts were requested to investigate each school flas hing stop signal instaJled in their re· specti \'e artas. Forms were furnished 10 correlate the information gathered. Com. ments by the obsen'ers we.rc shown in the ICHers of transmittal of the com· pleted forms.

Sixty-two 0~r\'3tion$ were made at ;9 instalJation$, divided as follows:

Twen ty.two observations at 22 loca· lion~signals hcing two·face, two­scetion flashing rtd . wiLh a yellow warnin6 period, indications appeared upon push.button actuation.

11 TwclIIy.ninc observations at 26 loca· t ions-5ignals hcing one·face, one· section flashing red ind ication 01>" crated by ume-clock only for one· h:ll{ hour or longer pre·set periods.

111 Elevcn observations at I I locations-­signals same as (1) except with steady red instead of !lashing rl::d indication.

At the outset it was expected that minor SUett traffic would exhibit some confusion as to its rigbt..of.way pri\·ileges uncler Operation III. Also, it W35 be· Iic\ecl that minor slreet namc would nullify much of the hcnelit 10 children under Operations I, II and III by not granting right..of-way to children while making mming movcments. There was

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16th ANNUAL CONVENTION n.LINOIS ASSOCIATION OF lfiGHWAY ENGINEERS

October 31 and November 1. 1952

Conve ntion Headquarters - Hote l Sherman

At Chicago

The: Ch icago Chapter of the: Itlinois Association of Highway Enginee.rs has arrangt'd a \'cry uniqu~ and interesting program for the Convention to Ix hdd Friday, October 3 1, (lnd Saturday, No­\ cmber 1, 1952 at the: HOld Sherman in Chicago, minois.

On Priday evening, fo r those who af­rive carl l' and nOi pialUlillg other activi­ties. a visi t is planned to the Hadio T -V ~t.alion to witness ;) tdc:ast. A fler anent!­iog me Id«llst, there will be bowliug ttl

the Hotd Shennan 's alleys. Those who wish to panicip:uC': in these affain should

ficia!1y opened by the chai rman in the Louis Sixteenth Room at 9:30 A.M . T his room will be set up auditorium style and it is planned to ha\'e exhibits of interest fo!' all attending.

A frer the convention is formally op­ened by the chairman, the address of welcome will ~ by Mr. Elmer R. Knight. Assistant Chid H ighw:lY Enginttl'. fol ­lowed hy the shon husiness meeting pre· sided over by Mr. C. J. Bliss, chairman of the Board of Directou of the A~w­ciation. Mr. Frank N. Harker. Chid H ighway Engineer. will also address the

for a bus [our o[ the Non h Outer Dri\'e along Lake Michigan and the new Edens Expressway. Ikfore reaching Edens Ex­pressway, the buses will stop at the Fire­side Restaurant, which is a wdl known eating est tbJishment on the Northwest siJe of Ch icago, fo r lunch_ A vcry tany luncheon has hccn planned and should appeal to all.

At the concl usion of me luncheon, the buses wi ll then proceed O\'er thc elllirc length of EJt'ns E~pr .. _~~w"y 10 the Lake­Cook County Line. To make this tour more imcresting. on thc rellLrn trip there

PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION LABORATORY, SKOKIE, D.L.

Thir ty . pec:iaUud laborO-to.ries Io.r rese o.rc:h O-nd development in portland cem ent and conerete are housed in the A ... oc:iatioD'. ne w laborato.ry building. which co.ntain 0 total 01 98.000 1Iq. It. (mo.re than two. Clcre.) o.f no.Or . pace.

notify your C hapter Convention repre· sent:uivc jmmed i~tdy , so tickr-ts and res­ervations can ~ made- in time. Also for those arriving Friday night, Room No. 105 in the Hotel Sherman will be avail­:.ble for Convention Hcadquarteu and general mccling placr-.

Registration will sta rt at 9:00 A.M . on 5.1lurda y in Ihe Assembly Room directly opposite the Louis SiXIr-enth Room en­trance and the Con\emion will be of.

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Convcntion at this session. There will th(1I be a brief intermission and then the technical session will start with the main ;tddre s.~ by Mr. Bcn H. Pcuy, Pro­fessor of H ighway Enginer-ring. Purdue L'niversi ty. speaking on the "Colossus of Roads."

After the business and tech nical ses­sions are finished, it will be timt: for r('_ laxation and rcfreshmcnt.~> SO cvcryone will adjourn to the bus loading station

will be a stop at thc Portland Cement Association Labonllory at Skokir-, Illi­nois. After the inspection 10 Uf of m(' P.C.:\. Laboratory, the buses will then return to the Hotd Sherman in plr-nty of time for the b.lnquel to be held at i:OO P_M.

The banquet will be held in the hotel's "Bal Tabarin Room" and it will be set up in cabaret style. A very tasty and de­licious menu has been arranged and this

ILLINOI S HIG HWAY ENGINEER

will Ix: followed by after dinner cnter· ta inment. Mr. Kenneth A. Johnson will act as Master of Cere.monies and he has prom i~d a ~al trea t for ~Il and one that you won' t want (0 mis'. During the banquet, the hOld has S(vcn large pro­jcclOr c:lmer:lS which wil! throw scenes of "Old Chicago" as wdl as more recent ~iews, upon the walls of the banquct room.

Mr. Johnson will alter the usual ,lfter­dinner program. Arrangements have been made with Mr. Rolxrt E. Ligare of the Chic.ago Lighting Institute to gi\'e a demonstr:uion of "Light Magic." This demonstra tion will re\"C:.u light sourcC$ of all types, sizes and color, 5uch a$

inc;lIldcsccnt. mercury, Auorescenl, ultra violet and chemical cold light. The dem­omtrntion will be ofTercd in ;1 general rather than a technical manner and will be of interest to the Wi\'("5 prescnt, as well as the Engineers. Mr. Lig:lrc 's dem­onstration lIIill be in k~ping with the theme of the Convention, "Expressways ir. Cook County." It should be puticu­larly interesting aI this time for "Ex­pressway Lighting"' is the next stage of work in connection with the Expressway Systelll. As is always the ctlstom, dane· ing will follow till midnighL

11,e theme of this Convention is "Ex_ pressways in Cook County," which is be· coming lIlore and morc a ,'ital part of our highway program as the volume of traffic increascs, especial1y around the metropolitan areas. By referr ing to the June issue of "Thc Highwa)' Engineer," )"ou will S(C aerial views of and an ill· lereSling article on Eden's Expressway, over which the bus tOtlf will take those attending the con\·ention. The cost of this tour along wiIh the lunchcon at the Fireside Inn, will only cost each person $3.00. The cost of the t icket for the oon· quet will be $3.50 per perSOIl so the total COSt fo r all attending taking in all events will only be $6.50.

From the abo\·c outline of the Con-

\'ention program, you will note that there is plenty o( entertainment planned for the ladies attending. T ickets for all the event$ will be in the hands of yotlr chapter convention repre5t:mative, so coo­tact him immediately fo r your tickets and comc prep:>rw for :1 real good time.

Fellow members, remember this is yotlr Convention, planned by the com­mittee for you and your enjoyment and

Sherman Hotel

pleasure. The committee a$sures all therc wi!! be plenty of entertainlllent. good food, along with the technical and business sessions. For any ftlrther infor· mation ~gard ing hotd reservations, tick· ets, or anything else about your CoI1,'cn­tion, kindly cont.1ct your chapter repre. st:ntati\"e or Mr. T ed 01sol1, Chairman, at 160 North LaSalle Street, Chicago I, 1 11inoi~.

LETS all "Ian now to be in Chicago :I t our Annual Convention and enjoy the good fellowship of our Association. We'll be looking for all of you at the HOTEL SHERMAN on No~ember I, 1952.

I. A. H. E. CONVENTION

Contact Your Chapter

Representative and

Make Reservations NOW!

THIR D QUARTER 1952

Cutting Costs But NOT Service

By J . O. POKORl\"y

At the prc5t:nl time, on Illinois pri­m~ry routes, there arc fou r P05U :n t h o:'

interSCClion with rural roods. Two of the P05t5 arc on the State Right of Way and to them are affixed route markers. The other two posts are on the rural R.O.\V. and support the STOP signs.

It appears thaI by placing the STOP sign posts at approximatdy the inter~c· tion or the respective shoulder lines, or back slope lines, that two posts could be el iminated, for the route markers may be fastened to the STOP sign posts. Also a route marker on each side of the rural road appcan supertlous. Why not stag­ger them at alternate miles': T raffic will still be served and the cost of Inllintaill­illg sig/lS will be materially reduced.

Differences of opinion will exist reo g:HJing the placing of the STOP signs within the R.O.W. limits of the primary route. Howc\'er, let us admit ,hat few travc!ers actually stop at the sign but crccp beyond it as the sight distance is inv;lriably impaired by crops, hedge fences or other ob5tructions.

A complete change o\'er now is not advocated. However, as signs require replacement the system could be pill il1lo opcr;uiun.

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har :lnd glo\~s, hold a little trowel in one hand, and tel1 the man where 10 dig.

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A womall is a mali'S sob ee, btlt if it wasn't for her he wouldn't need any wiacc,

Alton Sand Co.

Foot of Henry 5t.

NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Sand for Concrete and

Bituminous Construction

Tel 2·1111 Alton. nt.

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Test Proves Rock Salt Best for Ice and Snow Removal

A COml)arativ~ study of Rock Salt and four OIher lYres of icc and snfl\\' con­

n ailing agents on eight miles of twenty-foot wide pavement is given below.

The test shows wh)' more and more Rock Salt is being demanded e:lch year by

prol:rcs.~ive Illinois Highway Engineers.

Q UI!S TJO:"S TO BE M ATF.RI:\I.S AVAILARL£

A SKEl> Of' " COOl> icE A~'U SNOW RI:!:'>IOVA I. CINUI:!RS I CE-ACIl~T R OCK OR SAr\'D RJl~IOVINO

SALT C rN"lJERS SAN!) & SAI.T CI I EMICALS

I. Will ;, retltllre , No Ya y" y" Yo. huge amOunt of matc-rial?

2. Is it e:-:pensive? No y" Ya Yes Ya

3. Will ;t '" thro~vn No Ya y" y" No off?

4. Witl it blow aWl)' ? No y" y" y" No

5. Will it dog gllttus? No y" y" y" No

6. Is " e:.:pensive to No y" y" y" No dj~tfibute ~

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~ 7. M us! it be mil/ed ? No No Y" No

8. D~ it t ie lip a lot No y" Ya y" No of equipment?

9. Will it economically Yes No No No No do a qual it}' job of ice and snow removal?

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USE MORTON ROCK SALT For Ice and Snow

Removal -to Assure Clean, Dry Povements This Winte r

Safety Is a primary obiecl, and economical Morton Rock Soli is Ihe quickest and ecuiesl way of dearing povements ofter those winter storm s.

Morton Rock Salt should be spread during Q snow or im­mediCltely after 10 prevent the bonding of ice CInd snow to th e pavement. Morlon Rock Solt ', penetrating ael ion quickl y changes the hardest pocked ice or snow into slush which is easily removed by traffic aellon or blade. One Iruckload of Morlon Roc k Sa lt will do the work of eight truckloads of abrasives.

Donlf be caught short

order your MORTON

ROCK SALT

NOW Ayoiloble for the fiut lime,

a new bulletin on ice and snow remova l, yours upon request .

.IoIO~TO"" SAlT COM'"'''' $,,_ Oft<l Hl.~ .. . , OJ.;,'_

120 $ooo,h lo~I" SIr_' a.k .... ~ 3. Imool.

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What's Happening To

Your State Highways llIillOtS has embarked on the biggest road improvement program in its history

to rehabilitate over 7,400 miles of primary highways that already are, or soon will be: deficient. This program is g iven greater impact when the :n'crage citizen realizes that if all thoS(: miles of highway were stretched out in a stra ight line they would reach from Ch icago to C:lfXtown, South Africa.

This tremendous highway restoration program , which will extend over a lO­year period, wi!] require an estimated ex­penditure of $115.1 00,000 each year to complete.

Just c:xactJ), how did this critical high­way situation come about? To lay the foundation for the answer to that ques­tion we must go back a score or more )cars.

The great bulk of m illOis ' c1< isting highw;IY system was built during the 19205. lly the end of that decade there were approximately 1,600,000 motor vc­hicles registered in the stntc nnd they were tTa \·eling about 12 billion miles each year on our high ways. In 19.'50, the number of registered vehicles had risen to more than 2,600,000 and they were traversing the state's highways at the rate of nearly 28 billion miles annually . The number of heavy trucks registered in the state in 1950 was six times the total of 1934; medium-size trucks were three times Illore numerous; amI there were half again as many light trucks.

In the 1920s a two-lane highway was constructed uf 18-foot wide pavement, six inches thick, with no sub--base. Shoulders were si:< feet wide. The he.wy duty highway of 1952 is 24 fect wide, iO inches thick supported on a 6-inch granula r rub-base, 3Ild with IO-foot shoulders.

The modern multiple lane heavy-duty h ighway design provides for two 24-£oot concrete p.wements selXlrated hy a 40-foot center parkway. This type of divid­ed highway is considered the safest de­sign fur large traffic volumes. Back in the 19205, the pavement and grading costs of a two-lane highway amounted to $29,000 per mile. A four-lane divided p:H'cment of modern design costs $210,-000 per mile.

Costs ha"e shot upward because of the increascu quantities required to bu ild the modern highway adequate fo r serving today's motor traffic_ The price of con­crete pavement and sted reinfo rcement bars has spiralled. So have labor rates.

Soaring costs of maintenance the last few years ate up big chunks of the funds available for highway work, leaving only

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a relatively small amount available for reconstruction . \Vithout additional rev­enue the smte was headed fo r the day when maintenance costs would consume all of the road funds.

That then was the situatiun in ;] nut­shell when the 67th Illinois General As· sembly convened in January, 1951. A Ilnancial shot-in-the-arm was needed if TlIinoi_' were 10 ~Hrn:~.fH\1y reh~hil ita te the 7,400 miles of primary highways in such dire nttd of restoration.

The legislature charted its course of action along two lines. First. it voted an increase in the motor fuel tax rate. A one-cent boost, raising the tax from 3 to <I cents a gallon, went into effect on Au­gust 1, 195 1. An additional one--cent a gallon tax will become e[ecrive on Jan. 1, 1953.

The state, however, does not receive rhe entire amount of gas talfeS paid in Tllinois. It gets only a portion . The tax revenue is also divided among Illinois cities and counties and-for the fi rst time in Ill inois history-township$ al50 get a share.

Since the additional revenue from the motor fud tax hike would come largely from passenger car owners, the legisla­ture worked out a formula for increasing license fees paid by motor trucks based on modern Us,1ge of the highways. This was considered an equitable method silKe it assessed a fcc commensurate with the \'ehicle's use of the roads.

There were abollt 382,000 t rucks reg-­inered in Illinois last year. The truck owner, in registering his vehicle, is com­pelled to state the largest Aross weight he intends to use during the year and his fee is graduated accordingly.

The legislature enacted a truck talf schedule to require heavy trucks to pay for road use proportionately the same amount pa id by the average passenger automobile.

The formula set up hy the legislature fixed truck license fees much like a freight bill for the use o( the highway system. When we pay a freight bill , two factors arc given consideration-weight

and distance. Thus, the truck license for­mula sets fees determined by the weight of the vehicle and the distance it travels. And the ftt schedule follows the gener­ally recognized principle that the aver­age truck travels fa rther and of course weighs more than the average pas5Cnger car, and that the average heavy truck Lra\,eis farmer than the average light truck.

And now let's take ,\ look at the sched­ule to sec if these new fees will be nml­tiplied exorbitantly over the fccs previ­ously in existence.

Of the 367,000 trucks registered on a gross weight basis (exclusive of govern­mental and agriculmral vehicles) in the sta te last year, more than 81 per cent, or about 299,000, feJl into the classification of 16,000 pounds or lighter. The new act provides that ill 1952 and 1953 these truck owners will pay from $0 to $31 more a year (dependent on the gross weight class of their vehicle) for their licenses than they did previou.ly, and from 1954 on the increase will range from $0 to $71 annually over tha t paid in 1951.

Fifty-fi\'e per cent of. all the trucks fall within the 3,000-8,000 pound bracket. On this classification the license rate goes up !8 ill 1952 and 1953 and an additional $6 in 1954.

Only 328 trucks out o[ the 367,000 reg­istered on the gross weight hasis cOllle within the 59,()(X) to 72,000 poun d class which wi ll pay the maximum license fee in 1954. That increase will amount to $ 1,168. These trucks number less than one-tenth of one (Xr cent of the total registration.

Under the old three-cent gas tax and liccnsc fee schedule, the p.1ssenger car owner was payi ng $1.75 per 1,000 ton miles traveled while the big commercial carr ier. from 50,00Q to 59,000 pou nds, was paying only 78 cents. All other class­ifications of trucks, with the sole excep­tion of those of less than 3,000 pounds, also were paying less than the passenger car.

H owever, certain truckers have launch­ed a court fight to have the new fcc schedule thrown out. The lHinois Su­preme Court has upheld the validity of the law. T he case is now all appeal be­fo re the United States Supreme Court.

With these two increases-in the mo­tor hlcl tax and the truck license fecs------­the state ex(Xcts to realize about $66,000,-000 annually tor (he highway rebuild ing program. Add to this approximate.ly $16,500,000 in federal aid which is anti­cipated, and you get the sum of $82,-500,000, which is the grand total of funds available each year for the construction \\ ark.

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"The Colossus Of Roads" "The Colossus of Roods;' that's thc subject of ProCessor Ben H. Pcn y's [echnial

t.11k [0 be gi\'cil at the Illinois Association of H ighway Engineer's Convention on NO\'cm\xr 1. As Prokssor of Highway Enginecrin$l' at Purdue Uni\'crsity and one who has rubbed dbow$ with all of thc prominent highway cngincc:rs in this country, his talk promises to be an oULStanding (catun: of Ihis year's meeting. You surely will want [0 hear him and J can assure you it will be worth a trip all the way :ICroSS

the Stale of Illinois from tip to toe just to hear this outstanding discourse on Ex­pressways and their devdopmcm.

The theme "Expressways" has been choscn for this year's Com'cOlion be.. , au~ of its prominence in the pr~nt Il linois H ighw-ay Program. Profes$Or

Prol .... or BeD H. Petty. II.GeI 01 the High· way Engineering De partment, Purdue UnIYemly, LaFoye lle, Indiono and Con·

vention teo;hnieol . peoket.

Petty W<lS a member of the pla nning boa rd and Expressway C'.onsu1t:Ull when ou r Cook ('..ounty Supc:r-H ighw:ty Sys. tern was planned.

A brief biography of Professor Petty was presented in the last issue of the " llIinois H ighway Engineer." In addi·

tion to this Profc~sor Pc:tty is now com· pleting the last year of his fi,'e year mem­l>c:rship on the Executive Comm ittee: of the Ilighway Division of the Arm:rican Society of C ivil Engineers. For the: fi nal two years of this term he has served as Chairman of the Committee:. Last fall the American Road Builders Association made him Preside", of their Educational Division and this automatically made him a member of their Board uf Dirtc· tors. More recent ly he has been ap­poi nted a member of the Executive: Com· mittee of the American Road Builckrs Association allt! made a member of their newly created Committee on Technical Acti, ities. He has been editor o[ the H.ighway Extension News issued by Purdue Universi ty for over 20 years.

The Ulinois Association of Highway Engineers is indeell nallered by having Professor Ben 1 J. Petty for its T echnical spc<lker this year. He wiJl discuss with us the general highway program, espe· cially rdating \0 Expressways and Super­Highways. You just cannot afford to miss this 0Ppo,nunity of hearing him speak in his own inimitable: way, and of listening to two or duee of his choice highway stories and of meeting him and knowing him persollally. Plan now to attend the entire Com·cntion.

MEET YOU IN

CHICAGO I

SCHOOL CROSSING­( '<mljnun fro,., /HIt .. 5)

lill ie, if any. c"idencc that either condi­tion was an important consideration.

Commcnts by o~T\'ers indicated that at al1 su()Crvised intersectiolls children trossed in closely sp.1ced groups. The 10\011 time of these crossings under Op­cration II represented a very low per­centage of the total permitted time, and long periods of controlled time when lhe cros~ings were unoccupied ensued. \Vhen chi ldren were presc.m motorists seemed \"Cry circumspect and careful, u ­cept under Operntion II .

Observations of Operation II sho~ that our of 9,795 veh icles entering the imerscctions 8,389, or 85 pcr cent, were Slopped unnecessarily (no children pres. em) and !O2 stopped with child ren pres· ent but were too imp.1tiellt 10 grant the right-of-way. Three hundred ninety.four drivers exhibiting either impatiencc of sc:cmingly unnecessary regulation or ig. norancc of the meaning of the signa l "iolaled iu ind ication by moving through the intersection at s~ds over fi,'c miles per hour with no children presem. An indeterminate number of these may have violated the signal inad"en cmly because of the indication being given by one-way signal bees [rom the m~ar right only. Nine hundred ann ten motorists (9 per cent ) stopped when children were prcs­ent and yidded the right-of·way propcr~ Iy. One thousand nine hundred and eight children crossed the sm:elS opposed by 1,012 vehicles. There were no acci­dents.

Operations I and 111 set up crossing in­tervals by push button actuation . Out of 5,192 ,"chicles checked unuer Operation 1 :lnd 3,1 i3 under Operation III 89 per cent in (:Ich case were unimpeded in their tra\'ei. Under these operations only 212 and 29 motorists respectively were Mopped unnecessarily during :L portion of the stop interval when children were r.Ot in the crosswalks. There were "cry

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In TAi, Artide, Th ree Eltgitleer~ ill Trnin.illg Speak Ul1

By RI CIfARD HILL

Aftcr I had completed my Junior year in mechanical engineering thi.s Junc, I began looking for a summer job. I wamed a job that would provide some cngin«ring experience. The: summer jobs available at the Division of lligh. ways seemed ideally suitro Eor this pur­po"'.

After filling out an application bbllk and talking to Mr. Buchanan, J was hired as an Engineering Aide. Mr. Bu­chanan imroducC'd me: to Harry KluS5, the Assistant IXsign Engineer o( District 'I, "lid Illy cx~ricnces began.

Mr. Kluss losl no time in providing me: with a job to do. Thi~ first job, as ),ou may hillie guessed. was the plotling of cross sections.

Although this is a routine: job [or civil cngillt"l"ts, it was a new exper ience for mc. Aftcr some practicc, r learned to plot cross s«LiollS quickly and accurately.

Ahcr 5("vcral weeks of cross sections, I w:J.s assigned to work as R:J.Y Acker· man ·s helper. Ray is pre~ntly designing Ihe approaches to Ihe proposed new bridge in downtown Peoria. \Vhilc work· ing for Mr. Ackerman, ' performed such tasks as making tracings, prints, com pu­talions, and detai l drawings.

During my fi rst fe w days at thc ollice. I was particula rly inu:resu~d in thc Mon­roc and Marchant calculating machines; and immedi:lIely proceeded to learn 10

use them. I frequently asked some of the older men for information regarding the l'se of the machines; and, as always, Ihey were very cooperative. This, in ber, was one of the outstanding Ihings I noticw about the personnel of thl: d ivision. All of the engineers were al·NaYs ready to help the younger and less experienced men.

Another faClor Ihal helped makc the job a pleasant one was the excelkm equipment available. There was an ade­quate supply or ilcms $l..Ich as plani­meters, scales, pencils, pens, erasers and p.lper.

In conclusion I woul(1 like to say thai Ihis was, withom any doulJl_ lin; \X:~l

iQb I havc ever had. I would like to ex· pren my appreciation for ~in.£: able to work for the Di\' islon. I would like also to express my thanks to Mr. Kluss whose patience, friendliness and underuanding ha\·e earned him the respect of a][ em­ployecs.

THIRD QUARTER 1952

By DoNALD L. LILLY

I am indeed happy to have this oppor· tunity to cxpress my thanks to the Illi­(lois Division of Highways fo r providing summer positions with at{raCli\'e salaries for engincc.ring students in the field of Highway Engineeri.ng. In order to grad· u:ue from the school wbjch I attend a sUldent must h:H'e at least one summcrs work in his field of ((:lining. I am glad that this year I chose to work fo r Illi­nois in Division 4.

My work has hcell in the field as in­strument man in the p.uly n.-aded by c. C. UbI. J have learned many things about running line, cross-stttioning, note keepi..ng, running curves, and the other details which must be ineludcJ in the making of:1 st!{\'ey. I arn sure that much of this knowlcdge will be. called upon in the future.

Another reason why I have cnjoyed my summer here is that those whom I have worked for and with have bttn friCIldly and cooperative, which makes a person like his job. I am sun: tha[ the Tllinois Division of Highways holds a good fmure for an engineer.

By RALPH LEISTIKOW

\Vhen , st:arted to wllege, it wasn·t unusual for the graduating cngirll::er to stan his c:areer with some fi nn selling shoes: such was industry'S need for young engineers. During the course. of my schooling this sim.1tion has chauged. Due lO Ihe great draw on manpower caused by the ··cold war" and the near­record rate of production caused by the ~imultaneous war-time .1111..1 peace-time condition, the competition of industry for the gradu:u.e engineer has bttome sharp. For this reason the engineering studen( appreciates the chance of gaining experience through summcr-ume employ­Inelll. so that he wiil be more capable of choosing the work for which he is most 5uitoo.

For the pasl twO summers, I n:we bcen fortunate enough 10 ha'·e been employed by a local government and by a state go,·ernment. The first summcr, I work· cJ for the City of \Valerloo, Iowa, as all inspector on a storm-sewer cO:HlruetiOil. The recent summer I ha'·e spent in the Pcoria office of the Illinois Division of

Highways. I believe that these two sum· mers were well spent, for I learned some­thing about the engineer's techniques in the licid and in the office, and I found thc WOrk to be most interesting. There is one thing. howe,"cr, In:11 ~rll~ to ~ a drawback fo r government employment and that is public opinion. The publ ic does not seem to understand the opera­tions of an engineering oUice. For in­sta nce, if a person has to drive over a had section of road, he Cln not under· st:md why the road isn' t repaired imme­diately; he docs not realize that there are other roads that have a higher priority than the one ovcr which he tta,·els. \Vhcu something is to be done with his road, he is grouchy and uncooperative with the st.1 te CIllploycc.s, bccausc of the inconvenience cause.d hirn. This sort of public reaction is prohahly a hangover from thc days when state highway or· {ianizations paid little attention to public relations. However, now there is a pub­lic rd:ltions program which announces the imentions and work of tne highway department. Due to the governmental connections of highway work, the de­sired rcsu!u of Ihis public relations pro· gram will prob:lbly be slow in corning about.

AS~iUming that the public relations pro­gram will in time have its effcct, all en­ginccrinn gradu.lle 5hould consider other factors invoh·ed. The Division of l1igh­wayl is putting all of their new engineer­ing employees through a 36 rllomh (rain. ing progr:UlI. During this 36 months the employCt' work5 in all branchc:s of the division. This is certainly a COIll_ mendable program and will no <!oubt prove benefICial to both employer and c.mployt;e. The salary p;tid by the Divi­sion of Highways to its engineering eln­ployces en:Lhles it to compete along with other org:miz!nions for graduating engi­J'ttrs. Additional compensations arc: the vacation plan, the si(k leave, and the re­tirement plan. An engineering graduate would be wisc to consider the Illinois Di­vision of Highways as a placc to start his ca reer.

Besides the benefits listed, I found that Ihe fr iendly atmosphere which preva ils in Ute Peoria officc is something which might be nard to find elsewhere. T hcre­{arc, I would considcr returning to the JJlinoi .~ Division of Highways. Ilowe\·er, when gr~dtt:ltion rime rolls around fo r m"" I will. like many others, h3" e three alternati\'cs: to be drafted, to enliS[ in 50rne branch of !>Cr.·ice, or to find an t:.'lse.nti:ll joh (probable draft deferment). Therefore. there will be a few years after graduation heforc I ean consider finding :l job with some ~uch organization as the Illinois Division of Highways.

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transportab le and is set up at any location in a few minutes. Connection is to a 6 Volt -ailtomobile battery or 120 Volt A.C. supply. Antenna unit may be placed by the roadside or mounted on a car. Meter and recorder elements are cable connected ror convenient obserVl.l l iou imide or outside a car.

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cation in a great variety of engineering uses where accurate speed measurements are es­sential. In the enforcement field the meter is becoming an increasingly indispensihle item to police au thorities in curbing violations.

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Comparison of State Motor Vehicle Taxes in Dlinois And United States

By JOH N A . S UANEl-!.4N

At the reque~t of the Motor Vehicle: Laws Commission· the Bureau of Re­~arch and Planning conducted :J. survcy of Slale motor "chide taxa in the United States to clc:tcrrnine the position of Illi­nois in relat ion to other sta tes in the amount of taxu assessed the operators of thc variom types of motor "chides.

In a surrey of this ly~, ~C;IUSC of the nature of the motor veh icle t~xes in the variou5 SL1[es. it is necessary to carefully ddlne the various \'chicles and to assign a rtain oPl"r:l1 illg characteristics to them. Each st.'!!e was 3iikcd to rcporr the amOUnt of t.1XCS the owner or operator would pay for the opcrdtion of the "C­hicles under consider-It ian, during 1953. The yea r 1953 was ch~n because the lax rates for thal year Co1n now he: accu­rately determined.

The survey covered in detail 12 dif­fere nt "chicles in 50me 22 ~pa(:l te uscs. In selecting thc vehiclcs to be: used and in the :.assignment of operating charactcr-

°Stt "~I:islation hy 67th GellCral A~mbly," ··Il!. ...... i. lIighWll ~' F.nginttr" 1951, I'ounh Qu"no:r.

istics thc: Bureau followed previous nud­ies madc by the Bureau of Publ ic Roads and a nudy made by GrilIenhagen :.and Associates for the Citizens Public u ­penditure Survey Inc. of New York State.

Questionnai res were sent to all the Mates and the District of Columbia and r('plies were received £rom 42 statu. The reports from the sc:veral states were re­viewcd in the Bureau fOf uniformity and lahulations prcpared showing the rank of the v:.ar ious states, by ordcr of total state taxes collected, with the st.1 te col­lecting the highest amount of I.u:es list­ed first.

Space: limitations do not permit giving the: rank of each state for each "ehicle in all its various us-es in deta.il in this issue of the: " Illinois H.ighway Engincc:r." But of particular interest to the reader wil! be the rank of Illinois for the following vehicles: Rank of

Vehicle lJIinoia Small Passcngt.·T Ca r ( 1950 Ford V8) 21 Large Passenger Car ( 1950 Buick

Roadmaster) .. __ _ _______ IS Pickup T ruck ( Private Use;

4,600= Gros~ Weight ) 19 Medium Truck (For Hire Usc;

12.5()()# Gross Weight) _____ ..38 Medium Truck (For Hire Usc;

185()()# Gross Weight) _____ 21

,

Light Semitrailer Combination (For Hire Use; 24,QO()# Gross Weight)_ .26

Medium Semitrailer Comhinauon (For H ire Usc; 40,000::: G ross Weight) _ 15

Heavy Semitrailer Comhination ( For Hi re U~e; 55,OOO1t Gross Weight)_ 22

Five Axle Semitrailer Combination ( For Hire Use; 66,000::: Gross Weight) 27

Bus Illtn.state Service (28,000F Gross W eight) ____ ._27

The results of the survey dearly indi­cate. :as shown by the sample given abovc, that motor vehide taxes (con!ist­ing of the st.1te license fee and motor fud rox:) in Illinois, assessed the various \'ehides, arc not OUI of proportion to sim ilar (axcs collecteJ bv the olher states ill the country. .

Golf liars ha ve one advantage o\'er the fishing kind-they don't h:l\'e to show anything to prove it.

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A small town is one where the folks know all the neW5 before me paper comes out. but mcrely take it to oS«

whether or not the editor gor the stories according to the w:ay they hea rJ them.

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One-Way Streets - -C/UCt19(J $ L(J(Jp

By JA.MES L. FOLEY, JR. (Assoc. Mem., ITE) Bureau of StM:et Traffic, City of Chicago, Illinois

( Fro/It "TmjJ'ic Etlgint6r1nq," Sl:pt. '52 1881U)

On NO\'cmbc:r 10, 1952, the City of Chicago put into operation a system of one-way streets in t~ untTal Business District. This system was the result of many years discussion of the pros and cons of ollc-way strccts. The problem was studied inlC:nsh-dy for o\'cr a year by the Bureau of Slrect Tr:aflic in CG­operation with a special committee ap­pointeJ by Mayor M:mi n H . Kcnnc:!ly. The Chicago Park Dim ict, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Chicago Motor C'.o.1ch '.empan)" the Chicago Motor Club, Ute Chicago Association of Com­merce and Indunry and the C hicago Pl:m Commission were represented on this committee. The commincc w:u J.

working committee which analped <hla collected by the various parlicipating agencies.

Conversion of many fo rmer streetcar lines to rubber tired equipment d imi· U;:lIcd ont: of ,he major stumbling blocks in earlier attempts to de\'dop a one-way 5treel system in the ·'Loop." This usc of free whed [{:ansh veh ides permitted route changes which could not h:ave been effened with fixed r~il equipmen L.

The systcm installed consisted of five adjacent streets pro\' iding :an alternating pallern of thrcc wenbound and IWO cast­bound streets.

The: strccts presently in onc-way ope:ra­lion are: Adams Street-Westbound from Michi·

gan Avenue to Jefferson Street Monroe: Sueet-E.1Stbound from J efT~r­

son Strcct to Michigan Avenue: Madison Street-Westbound from Mich­

igan Avenue to Jefferson Street \Vashington Boulevard-Eastbound from

Jefferson Street to Michigan Avenue Randolph StrCCt - Westbound from

Michigan A \'cnuc to Jefferson Strcet

On completion of II new roadway now under construction through Union Park, the one-way operation of \V:l.shington

Boulevard and Randolph Street will be: eXlcnd~d west to wnneet with the ex­i~ting p~ir of one-way boub'ards. Wa sh­ington and Warren. At prescnt these: IWO houlevards converge: in Union Park into two-way operation on Wash ington Boulevard.

During the study which preceded the sclection of directions finally choscn, serious consideration was given to a plan which would ha \'e provided that the di­rrction be oppositc to thosc final ly chosen. Some of the engineers cooperating in the devc\opment of the system felt that traf­fic operating on Michigan Avcnue would he bencr scn'cd if the alternatc plan were ~lected. Howe\'er. adjusunenlS ha\'c been made to .Michigan Avcnue controls which pe:rmiued the successful operation of the selected plan.

As is usually the casc in the selcction of one·way streets, fear of the eflect of ene-way streets on business was expressed by some of the merchants. After sever.ll mectings, all interested parties agreed [0

a trial. To date, no complaints have been rcccived, On thc contrary, fu\'orable com-

The complete syst~m incl udes :a sixth sueet , Jackson UouJC\'ard, which is UIl­

der the jurisdiclion of thc Chicago Pa rk Dist rict. It is cxpected that this sUttt will be: included :as an eastbound stlttt as the more comprehensive Loop plan develops. One-W(l.Y Streets in Chic(l.go Loop

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Dlelll by the newspapers and others hu l:cen recdved.

The benefits expected from one-way cpc:r.nion were: I. A len to twenty-five per cenl increase

in capacity. 2. A reduction in accidents. 3. Improved speed through be: tlcr pro­

greSSLOn.

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!lleilt was shown in midblock accidents, which were reduced £rom 144 to 72.

MorninJ; rush hour speed and delay runs made be:fore and after the inst.1Ila· lion of one-W:ly strccts show an aver,lge increase from 8.0 mph to 11.65 mph. The increase "aried from 27% on Madi­son Street to 59% on Randolph Street. In the evening rush hourJ average speeds 011 the westbound one-w3y streeLS in-

creased from 5.9 mph to 12.8 mph. On Was h ington Stree t speed in ­creased from 3.2 mph to 4.9 mph while Monroe Street decreased from 5.8 mph to 2.9 mph. Eastbound speeds should improve when the system is completed .

T ill; Randolph Street Market pre· sented a special problem. Si nce 1880 the Randolph Mar­ket has been in ex­istence between Des-plaines and Halsted

center roadway 40 (eet wide and two 36 [001 local d rives to septe the market area. lnis d ivision was accomplished by the construction of three foot separating islanJs.

Ikcause Ogden Avenue, lhe e.xisting logical connection between Randolph Street and Washington Roulev.lrd, is now overloaded, a new roadway is being constructed through Union Park. III ad­dition to provid ing the cap:tcity requited. the proposed roadway will provide :I

safcr and more expeditious connection be:twttn the proposed one·way Randolph Stlttt and the existing one-way Wash­ington Boulevard. The present con nee.­tion between Warren and Washington Boulevard will be retained.

The installation of the east-west one­way system permi tted a marked improve­ment in progressive signa! timing in the Loop. 011 the east-weSt Strttu a 25% offset wa5 used. Th is resulted ill a dou­ble ahemate sy)tcllI Ull the north-south strccLS. A 65 second cycle was used which provided an east-west progressive speed of 17 mph and a north-south pro­gressh'e speed of 20 mph.

Plan 01 re eoD. truetion at Union Parle Str~LS. At that time I HI foot pavemcnt

T he basic split was changed from 50/ 50 before the installation of lite ooe­way streets to 55% for the north-south streets and 45 % for the east-west one­way Slreets because of the greater capac­ity or the bttcr. Minor adjustments ha\'e been made at several locations to reduce Volume counts mack during the an­

nual Cordon Count in May showed that westbound Ir:lrTic leaving the Loop in the average e\'ening rush hour increased 1 7~~ . E.Ulbound trafl'ic, on the other hand , was unchanged (I~s than 0.4% decrease). TIle va riation between these percentages probably is due to lile reduc­lion of eastbound t:ap;lcity in the prescnt unhalanced system. The balanced ca­pacity will he aU:lineJ when the other eastbound strut is added.

A comparison of :Iccidents on the one· way SU ttLS for the first five months of 1951 and 1952 shows a 22Yl% reduction in all accidents. The greatest improve-

was pro\' ideJ for traffic and ma rket operations. In 1908 the market and pavcmem were extended west to Sangamon Street. In 1923 the widened 1l3\'emeIH was extended to O,l!den A venue.

BCC:luse of lhe imporunce of the market, the entire 118 (out pa\'emem could not be made one-way. The pave-ment was divided.

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'THIRD QU ARTER IS H "

1952 Annual Golf Tournament By P HILIP WA'I'TLEY

Promptly at 7:30 :I.tn. the first fQur­some tced off lO open up the Annual Golf Tournament of tnc Illinois Asso­ciation of H ighway Engineers.

The Chicago Chapter of the Associa­Tion again a<:ted as host for the entire State anrl once again Steured the facili­ties of the Woodridge Country Club lo­cated on Rou te 83 just south of. Lisle:, Illinois.

As lIsual. the weather was perfect and the course was in perfect condition. Members continued playing throughout the entire day. Refreshment stands were set up at the ninth and hftecnth tees and seemed to I~ quite r opular. 1\ tot;ll of 252 coke~, 624 orange and 540 bottles of heer were consumed along with quami­ties of crackers, cheese and pickled herr­ing.

Six of the chapters entered {cams ill the competition for the District 10 tro­phy. This year the Elgin Chapter four­some won, for the second consccutive year. The chapter that wins this match three con~cutive years is entitled to per­manent possession of the trophy.

T he results of the (<'am play arc as f()llows:

ELGtN J( ~). Harris _ _ _

R. E. Walter __ _ ._

Elmer Ila$<.·mao ~ J. Lcn~ __ _

TOlal

OlT.>I.WA

~.4)-U---87 __ 41 -36--iJ

12-40----112 42-42-84

lnl (".()y~U ~~=======45-43----SS R. G. Kenyon 42-41--1t3 W~lt Anon50n '10-39--79 Claude lknhe}' 40·42--82

Totol

CHICAno

N. C. C;Mua ========42.42~R4 W. sit-'c,!ri _ 41-40---81 c;e.-.. J..ckwn 43-45-88 I. ll3Ikvw. ki H-<\ i~\;()

Total 343

PEORIA A. F. Burnham ~ __________ 12_3S--Sn A. c. l"O$etli _ __ _42-U-~5

W. M. Mill, _____ .__ 45-U---88 D. M. Cl'>Stdlo ____ __ .. __ 49·H-~3

T",~I _ _ _. __ . _ ___________ ]46

DIXON An Crom 49-4~ ~5 W. Cronh"'g ___ . __________ 52-49-101 Haruld Buwen 45-4.5----- 9fI Ilany Hanley _. _ _ . __________ 44_42_ 86

Total

IS

EFFlXGHAM I. C. Bli~~ _____ . Ottis DaplXrt ___ ._

)()<' Ga,;c:or _.-:====== J}(:In Ranq _

------...54-48-102 ._ . __ 42-42- 84

53·52-105 54·56--111.\

Total

Pilli Wallley

L. to R. Albrecht, Beggs and Harry Clausen, of Morlan Sa lt Co.

R. E. \Valtcrs of Elgin and D. Sharkey ()! Pcoria tied for thl:. low gran for mem­bers, each turning in a 77. J. TravefMl, county engin~~r, won th~ low gross hon­ors for guests with a 75.

In order to facilitate the starting of each foursome, the names of the rlay~ rs on the [e~ and those ncxt up were writ-

ten on a blackboard placed next to the first tee. A total of 292 members and guests played golf during the day.

For dinner, the Chicago Chapter en­gaged the services at a catering wmp.my, who scrved a ddiciou5 dinncr, consisting ot a truit cocktail, prime ribs of bed, browned potatoes, string beans, salad, roils, corree and apple pie fo r dessert. In order to >eT\"e the 411 m~mhers and guests who had dinner, th~ catering com­pany ~rectcd a large circus tent and the meal was rerved outside.

Immediately after dinller. B. L. Cha­ney, chairman of the gol f committee, gave a brief address of wdcome to all those present and rnention~d that th~ prime purpose of the annual tournament was to promote good fellowship and that he conside~d the affair a success when cveryon~ had an enio~'able time.

This year, B. L. Chancy appointed the following committees to assist him in the promotion and production of the annual gul f tournll.ment:

GOLF TOURNAMENT July 12, 1952

T icket distribution-A. 8raming Registration desk-F. Drasda, T. Olson Starter-E. Bronk!:, K. Brown, J. Tuthill Handicapper- R. Nusbaum, R. Newell Procurement o[ prizcs - H . Spoerl, E.

Bronke, N. Cots BC(':r stubs-greet~rs----J. Murphy Miscellaneuus games-T. H olloway Official gr~ter--al first tee-No Beggs,

j. Tuthill, R. tonier, C. AnderS(Jn Publ icity-Po Wanley, F. HansfonI Pirture~:. Albrtcht Business manager-K. Johnsen

Hank Spoerl acted as master of cere­monies and distributed the various golf amI Jour prizn. "Shuny" MI)"i<::r, B.P.H.. representalive. did tlle honors of tlraw ing the names out of the box for the door pri7.es.

Two of the Chicago chapter topnotch phutographers, C. W. Albn::cht and Geo. J3buve\t, spent the entire day t.1king 8 mm. color movies uf all the intercsting events. \Vh ile these movies have not as yet been reviewed, we fee! the quality will be good. These movies arc available to the indi\'idual chapters. just send your reque~h tu thc secretary of the Chicago chapter.

PICTURE AT RIGHT ) I. W elcominq Address by Chaney. 2. L. to R .. W. A. McCree . Spoerl ond Col • . 3. L. to R .• Turlay, Tuthill ond Kukrol. 4. General view of Reqis iralion Tent. S. L. 10 R., Unidenlifie d, Zimmerman. Mur­

phy, Ric),ler and Imber. S. L. to R. , Unidentified, Ha jek, Newell

a nd Peltenna n. ? L. to R. , Mair, Kronst, Peter., Thoma •.

Johnsen and Giannelli. 8. L. 10 R. , Anderson. Mannier. Sp oerl.

Chaney and Cols.

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ONE-WAY STREETS, CmCAGO-( Conli~lI~d irom pa~" 15)

or eliminate congestion points which de­,'doped.

Left turns, formerly prohibited ill the Loop, were permitted from the one-way streets. However, full utiJi7.atl0n of left turn circulation was not obtained ~. cause of left turn prohibitions which were retained on the two.-way streets. The resulting b;u.:k up of traffic in right turn lanes has been reduced by elimi­nating these prohibitions along LaSalle and Dearborn St reets.

A serious conRict between transit vehi­cles and other verucular traffic occurred at the '<'1St end of Washington Street. A I>Jgh volume of bust:s was required to cross two lanes of otl:er tralTie in approx­imately 200 fttt to make a left turn into Michigan Avenue. At Randolph and Ca nal a similar condition existed because the buses had to use the left half of the subway under the Northwestern Station to make a left turn into Clinton Stce<.:t. Experimenul loading zones were in· stalled in the left half of the nreet. In both cases a 4 foot safety zone was painted to provide a 10 foot bus lane at the left curb. The acceptance and usc of these unorthodox s:tfety zones has re· lieved two points of serious congestion . To further reduce weaving movement of buses the safety zone on Randolph

at Wabash was placed in the center of the street, thus a!lowin}:\, hvo blocks (or weaving from the right curb lane to the left curb iane.

The changeover trom two-way to one­way operation was effccted smoothly through the cooperation of all interested agencies. The Chicago newspapas and radio sta tions gave the system wide puh . licity in advance ot and during the changeover. The Chicago Police Depart­ment increased the Loop TralTic detail to 200 men. The courtesy and under­standing of the police contributed much to the favorable acceptance by the public.

The main '!uestion now being asked by many is, " \Vhy not north-south one­way so-eels in the Loop?" The answer is that considerable study is he in}:\' and has been given to the problem and it is hoped that at least one pair of north~ south streets can be put in operation shortly.

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few violations of the signals, which is due in part to the two-way signal heads giving indications from the nea r right and fa r !el t. There wen:~ no accidents.

CONCLUSION (a) Operation n is inefficient and un·

safe.

WHAT'S HAPPENING TO HIGHWAYS-

( Conl;'lI<~" from pag~ 9) With $115.100,000 needeJ an nually LO

carry out the la-year program, even the addcd revenue will fall short by S32 .~ 600,000 of mcetillg every need. The high­way division intends, however, by the intclligenr use of a priority raung sys­tem, to devote the earliest attention to those highways in greatest need of im­pro,'cment while the correction of less crit ical Jdiciencies may have to be de­ferred beyond the lO-year period.

( b) Prom the standpoint of effeCliveness, there is little choice between the flashing red and steady red opera­tion when actuated by push button. The steady red indication is illegal under the provisions of the Illinois Traffic Act and since these provi­sions are identical with A<.:t V of the National Uniform Code, it would appear to be inconsistent with na­tional practice to legalize it by amendment. Furthermore, the stud­ies do not indicate that such action is warranted.

(c) At most of the intersections incl uded in these studies, the crossings by children were supervised by adults

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Frank L. Thomas Retires By CHARLD3 N. A. RICHARDS

Frank L. Thom~s, District Construc­tion Engineer of District 2, retired July 21, 1952. after 33 YC.1TS of service for the Division of H ighways. Though he was ollly 60 years of age in September of 195 1, Frank wished to retire while he still had his health and to enjoy life with his wife, Mary.

F rank graduated in civil engineering from the Uni\'ersity of Vilgin ia in June of 1913, with a B.s. degree. After grad­uation he spent some lime with the engi­neering staff in the construction of the Panama C11lal. He was a member of the New Jersey National Guard and saw service during \Vorld War /, 35 a Second l.ieUlenalH, when his unit was called to the colors.

Upon his discharge from the United SUtes Army, Frank resumCeI active inler· est in the engineering profession . He ac­cepted a position with the fIlinois Di­\is;on of Highways, reponing to the Springfield offiee on lo.iay 26, 1919, 3nd to the dist rict olTi tC the following day. Eo1T1y in 1922 Frank waS promoted to district consuuction engineer and held that posi tion until hi s reLilement. It is the bt:lid of this district that Frank was senior d istrict construction engineer in the whole State ha ving held that posi­('ion continuously fo r 30 yI:US.

During this 30 years his patiencc was often tried by new engineers who arri\'ed from time to time to assume positions in the construction of our highway $ystem. Frank had faith in these flew r«ruil5 and with palience and understanding, helped correct their faults and errors, aJdiug praise when due anc thereby lk­\doping a construction force of which he was justly proud. All the present bure3u chiefs and their :lssi~[ants were some of lho~ new r«ruits whom Fr3nk so ably instructed and gu ided in their early days with the depa rtment.

A coincidence of interest took place on

Frank's la st held trip as district construc­tion engineer 10 the construction in prog­ress on S.lU . Route 6, Section 17R-2. On this last day the contractor started break· ing out the old pavcment which was [on­)uuned under Frank's supcT\' ision as his firs t job for the State. Frank reported somewhat remorsefully "My first job in the "State of JIl inois is going out with me.

To show their deep appreciation for Frank's long and helpful sen'ice :'II! me engineering SLaff of the distrin gat herctl at a farewell stag held June 27, 1952 . frank wa~ presented with :'Ill Argus 21 (lllllera :15 a reminder of the C!;tccm with which he will al ways be held by the en­gineers of District 2.

Frank's future plans arc not as yet def­inite. Immediately upon completion of his dmies with the depclrtmellt. he and his wife, Mary, left Dixon on an extend­ed and lei~urcly tour of the West. Frank and ?I.·fary arc lovers of the outdoors so ldl well equipped to do much camping. Their tour is [0 uke them thru the beau­tiful Black H ills, Yellowstone Park. where Frank proposes to do some fishing and Mary to keep an eye out for ~rs, then on to Seattle lO \'i5il reiati,·es. I.n California they will visit wilh their son and daughter, returning to Dixon hy the southern route late in September.

Lastl y, we oE Dimict 2 lake this op· ponuniry again [0 sel\d frank and Mary our beSt wi$hes for their health and hap­piness for many years to COllle.

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or school safety patrol boys. In every inst:l nce, the school (ro~ing ~ig llal

should be augmented hy qualified m~rvision.

It is recommended that the present pol icy (Operation I ) remain unchanged and that all signals not so equipped be converted to push·bullon control and r rm'ided with tWo-way, two-color heads.

Retirement of Harry B. Sennott

July I, 1952, marked the retirement of I-larry B. Sennott, after over 40 years in cnginc<:ring, most of which wa~ with the Illinois Highway Department.

Harry was a n:lti"e of \Vaterloo, illi­nois, where he W:l.S born April 17. 1887. He receivcO IUs cUuc.1tion in the public schools of Waterloo and the Uni\'crsity of Missouri, graduating in 1911. After

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work ing for th~ Missouri Pacific railroad in Arkansas, 2nd bIer as sewer insj)l!ctor iu Murphysboro, he accepted a po~ition with the young Ill inoi s Highway depart­ment and reported for work in Spring­field in Augost 1914. There he was given a st:lck of reporu and a lrain tick­Ct, and level rods and assoned luggage. At Paris he lOok o\'er a5 ruident engi-

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MERTON M- MEMLER District Engin~r, Dist. 2

M. M. Memlcr was ;appointed District Engineer of District 2 at Dixon cfleeth-I: Jul y I, 1952. lie was born in Johnson County, Iowa, and atu:nded the public schools and the Univcrsiry Qf Iowa at Iowa City, graclu~ting with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in June 1923. He

reported for work with the Division of Highways at Dixon on June 9, 1923 and wa~ assigned to design and right of way in the: office: and to SUl\"cys :mJ comUU(­

lion in the field, until March I, 1930 when he: was promoted to the position of District Iksign Engin~. On Sep· tember I, 1947, he: was ad\'am:cd to As­~istant District Engineer, which position he: held until the recent appointment as District Engineer.

He was the director representing the local cha pter o[ the Illinois AS$OCiation of Highway Engineeu ill 1943 ~nd presi­dent of the Rock River chapter of the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers in 1946. He is a Past Exalted Ruler of

Does the Mississippi River Run Uphill?

By CUR.:NCE W. HOFF

Bureau of Research And Planning Division of Highways

This curious question regarding the Row of the "Father of Waters" ap(Xars now and then in press and radio. T he follow ing reply regarding that great river, which fOTInS the western boundary of minois, was prepared several years ago by the Map Information Office of the U. S. Geologica l Survey.

The answer to this question regarding the ~1ississippi River depends upon the eX3C1 meaning of the word "up" in "uphill:' Wehster's New Intern3tiollal D ictionary defines it as follows: "Primar­ily, up denotes direction of movement contrary to the d irection of gravity, that is. ra~"3lly away from the center of the fanh.

\Vith regard to flowing water, the first part of the defin ition is correct, and the second part is essentially correct when applied to a particular poin!. D ue to the rotation of the earth its shape is not ~pheriC31 but is that of a rotating ellipse. Sea kvc1 at the north pole is 13.4 miles nearer its cemer than at the equator.

In the case of the Mississippi River, a long stream flowing south, the water flows townrd the 5C.1 level surbce with a drop of approximately 1470 [eet in c1e\·ation. The sea level surface is 3.9 m iiCl' farthe r away from the cemer of the earth at its mouth than at its source:. The ri\'er therdore flows away from the center of thc earth by 3.6 milel. but 10-

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ward the lea k\'cl surface. This may be termc:d "uphill" by the use of the second part of the: definition of the word " up," hut it is certainly downhill by the firn p:!rl of it.

The above confusion ariscs from the f.Jct that the word "up" has. by general us:age, many different mcanings, some: of which do nOI refer to directions away from the earth. For example, people in a city may s(Xak of going "up-town" to Its business district though the ground surface may be down gr'lde slightly to· ward it. ThereCcre, the only definition of "up" which applies with regard to the flow of water is that which indicates a di r« tion opposite to the d irection of gravity, and the statement that the Mis­sissippi River flows uphill is colllf3ry to the basic meaning o( the. word.

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Mrs. M.1ry Phillips, moth~r of Edward F . Phillips ( l1ureau ot Design) pasKd away on June 7, 1952. Interment All Saints Cemetery.

HILDA OLSON BRADBURY Mrs. Hilda Olson Bradbury, mOlher

of Roy W. 01son ( Bureau of Construc­tion ) passed away on June 19, 1952. fn­terment Mem orial P:Hk Cemetery.

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ton set 3n all time high state: r«ord for the most tons of bituminous concrete: mixed in one: day. On September 5, 1952 Gatla~hcr Asphah mixed 1762 tOilS of bituminous concrete binder course in 12Yz hours with their l\bdsen plant lo­oted at Wenona , 111. The: resurfacing was on route 116A north of T oluca. Su­perintendent for Ga!1agher is Armcn Avedisian. Engineers for the: Sw.re: Or· ville Evans, residcm enginttr; lohn Gib· bons, proportioning enginttr; and Rob· crt Kemp, inspector.

Mississippi Palisades State Park (Se~ C&l!~T)

Carmll County, north of Savanna on State Route 80; 897.9 acres. Rugged cliffs, r isin~ maiestica!ly 250 feet above the 1-'lis5issippi River, densely wooded a~as and atlr:lct'ive valleys are combined in Mississippi Palisades State: Park, one of the most delightful rn:rc:ation areas in Illinois. Unique rock fo rmations resem­bling human figures, and an abundance of plant and animal life m:lke the park an ideal one for sc ience students. A fine camp ground is pro\' iJed for park vis­itors high above the Mississippi Ri\'er. Located in ,10 old or<:hard, the area is situated above the ruins of ancien! lime kilns overlooking the scenic ri ver valley.

HARRY B. SENNOTT-( Con/h"'ed from flaKe 19)

neer on a twO mile brick p:n<emerll job, rei ie \'ing P. F. Jen 'is who was I~ing transferred to Dan ville. His su rting saI· ary was the then fa ir sum of $75.00 per month .

Harry left the department about 1919 and engaged in the contracting husiness for five years, He then went to Califo r· nia to work for the cities of Glendale and Los Angeles. In 1927, H3rry reo turned to Illinois and went to work in

District 8 under Charles Slaymaker who was th~n d istrict engillccr. In 1933 Har· ry was appointed d istrict construction engineer and held thi§ position until shortly before his retirement.

Married in 1916, Me. and Mrs. Sen nott becamc the p:treots of six children, five of whom are sti ll living. The elden son is practicing medicine in Jefferson City, Missouri. and the other 50n is warehouse manager for the Cyclone Fence Com­pany in St. Louis. Two daughters are engaged in journalism and the youngest daughter is a sophomore at the Univer­sity of Missouri.

The Sennott's will li\'e in their newly constructed home a( 112 Bolton Dri\'e, Jefferson City, Mis50uri, and Harry plans to continue his lifelong hobby of catch­ing fish , He has in the past been known from Canada to Florida as a fisherman and teller of fish sLOries, and at a cere­mony the day before his retirement, the employees of District 8 preKoted him with a rod and recl and a supply of fis h­ing tackle, and heanfeit wishes for a long and happy future.

Having been well liked by all who knew him and workto:d with him, Har· ry's ready wit, fishy stories and philo­sophical quotes will he: missed by all or us, and we hope to hear from him, at lCa5t occasionally, for a long rim~ to come.

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ELGIN Chapter meetings which were: sus~nd­

cd th rough the summn months will re­sume in September and we arc looking forwa rd to a big turnout for the: first meeting.

J. L Miller, our mairnenancc engineer, has been laid up with a broken leg for SOlile time: but should be: back at the office in the neaf future:. This bit of lxId luck was the: result or a fall from a step ladder while: repairing an awning at his home.

La rry Bolin, who resigned some months ago to take a P(Uilion with the C. B. 6< Q. It .R., is back :lgain and he: couldn't have returned at a more: oppor­tune time:. Constru.;tion and materials $eClions personn .. 1 life: ~prc:ad out prc:tty thin now and are hr:lcing thcmseh'es for a bigger work lood when tht engineering aides go back to school soon after Labor Day. R~ccn t engineering graduates who

have joine:d the District I stafI since the: date of our last issue includc Roy Rell from the University of Illinois, Ken E\" erelt from Tri State, Steve Goodman from Chicago Tech., Louis Pol man, J r. from Nolte Dame and Dean Dempsey, Dick J:acqucs, Ed Kalile. An Raeder, Nick Steffens :a nd John Westberg from Wisconsin T e<:h.

John Leek will return to the Uni\'er· sity of Illinois in September whert: ht will teach in the College of Engineering and continue his work 1nward a Master's Degree. john is a graduate of the Yale Traffic School and has been :I big help to the tr.lfTic S«tion during the summer month~.

Engineering aide:s who h:1\'e been with us during the Sumnler months indude: Ed Archibald, Nonn Kouba and Joe Murray from the UniH:rsilY of Illinois,

District Notes Bob Anderson from Missouri School of fo,'lines, Ch:arle:s Brophy from Valparaiso, T om Byrne from Illinois T ech., Walter Lincoln from I larvard, Neil Morton from Northwestern, Dave I\'elson from Purdue, Bill Shell from Iowa State, J~ Strcck from Wisconsin Tech" Ger.lld Smith from Bradley and Stan Je.nsen, SteVe Kakavas, Boh unz and Bruce KI:Jas from the Uni"'ersiry of Colorado. So long, fellows, )'ou\'e 1x:en a hig hc:.lp to us and we'll sure: min you wben you go back to school. We have ltiecl (0

make your assignments :IS vaned :md in~ tercst ing as possible. \Ve hope you ha\'e benefited from them and will look for· ward to seeing you again neXI June,

This is the \I~\lal time for our vacation round.up and we always enjoy hearing about the fur places where OUt mt:llIl.cu have heen during the paSt summer. The Paul Hiebers seem to have won first place fo r the longest tr ip of the year with a 4000 mile circuit through Missouri, Oklahoma :Ind the Colorado Rockies to tht: Teton country and Ye:llowstone. They reUirned through the Black Hills and Paul reports that the number of \' isitors at the western p.1rks is hreaking all records thi~ year.

The: HOnlCr CaltS were also out in Lhe west \' isiting in Moman:a where H omer lived once upon a time before he became a highway enginc:c::r. He says it's still pretty wild out there in the hack country away from th e: bc:atc:n paths.

The W. D, Wilsons motored to Mon­ln~al in e:lrly September to meet thtir MJII, Ted, 011 his return from Europe. Ted, who will he: a $Cnior at Elgin High this fall, was one of a group of outstand· ing American students selected to spend Ihe summer as guests of \':arious Euro· pean families.

The Gordon Doeringsfc:.lds and the

Jim Len1.S both report plcasallt vacations ~pent ill a IcaUy (001 !pot - along the shore of Lake Superior in Upper Mich­igan.

The Fritz Radloffs vaclluoned at Lake­in·the-Woods on the Canadian border. They left the Gtr at Warroad, Minn., and wel\( in '10 miles by boat-and Frit7. says this is one time when the big: ones didn' t get awa y.

pC1)ple who didn't get away to the far places include: the Borruds who were at Stoughton, W is., the Winjes who wenl to Omaha, Grace Fitchie: who braved the summer heat at St. Louis :and the C han \Vells who were at their conage: on L.1U·

derdak Lake in southern Wisconsin. The consolation prize for the shortest trip should prohably go to " Ye Associate EJ jtor" who m :m:lgo:d to slip away for :t week at the cottage m~ar McHenry­doing a littl e: repalr work 0 11 Ihe old shack, a bit of swimming, some saili ng, and a "~ry cOllside:rable amount of just plain ordinary Io.,fi ng.

OTTAWA The news £rom the Ottawa Chapter

is wr:lppcd in conslruction work. The JX:lk of the construction season is ap­proaching fast. The feeling at this writ­ing is just how big will the peak 1x:.

The bright ray of sunshine in this year "'lS Claude H ershey, Ir .. joining the rank of the bcneJicLS. On Saturday, July 26, the wedding 1x:lIs rang for Miss Maril:' Ida Onken and Claude H ershey, Jr., at SI. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church at Buckle.y, Illinois. That's r ight, Claude was on construction on Route 25 near Buckley in 1951. All at O uawa wish the newly weds every happiness. Incidentally, Claude at this wriling is busy stlking F .A. Route 2, Section 66R, Minonk 10 Rutland.

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Francis Sexton has heen hobbl ing :lIound his work on crutches, wearing dark glasses, hut, no tin cup. Guess some one caught him stealing third in :1.

kitten ball game and SeXton's brakes locked.

LeRoy Austin resigned from the Ot­tawa off ice and I undcrstaml is working fo r the State of Michigan bridge office.

Herb Rich mann has moved into con­struction anJ has Bob Gust to help hilll on S.B.1. Route 2, Sectinn (55 & 56) W ,RS.

Ray Kyles has Carl Gerding. Walter Anderson, Joe Marek and John Weigle wi th him covering work in Ottawa and work between Mendota and Somonauk.

Jesse Gulick has a group of new fd­lows with him on Route I, Section 17 alaI 17B.

Ewing Daly has fini shed his Route 7, Section TX l at Spring VaHcy.

Allen McReynolds is holding down Route 17, Section 16R-1 at Dwight.

Lindo Corso holS Bill Flaa, Carl Pando Ii and Tom Norris holding down the \vork around Kankakee.

Andy Meloan anti Tum Holdc.rby are busy on Route 8 (Stttion 22-23) W.RS :l nd Route 25 (Section 33-3 ... 35) BY.

Orville Evans, Phil Falmo. Claude Hershey and " Limpy" $exton arc on the job on Route 11 6 (Section 108-109) W, RS on Route 2, Section 70 FXA anti on Foute 2, ScClion 66R.

Norm $everson am.! T om Yanndlo hon'!: formro the " helping hand suney party" and move to :lIly job needing ex· jJe rt surveying or staking work. Cans from other districts for their help GUillot be accepted.

Our d istrict has a new district engi. I~tt r. at the mid.year. John Grnyhack, Jr., mm'ed from assistant distr ict cngi. nttr to distr ict engineer, changing pbces

IJistrict ~otes with Kendrick Har~r, We congrallliate John on his achiew:ment and shake Kendrich's hand on his fine leadership. We hope that we may na\'e both of these gentlemen with us for many years.

Terry Smith, our research departmellt Simon Legree, has Ihe lawn of Kankakee in an uproar with a origination and dcstination survey.

PEORIA Picnic

i'et)ria cha)"tler held a picn ic ror mcm­hc:rs. families and friends on Saturday, June 14:1t Detweiler Park. Allhough thc we:nht:r mall trieo to put a damper on the plaIn in the morning, old "So\" made his appe:lrance soon enough for .. group of i5 to turn out fo r a hig :dler. nooll and evening.

Variuus conteSts were hc:ld including a sack race, guessing con tests and a marble hUIll for the children. The " Hol Shot" surveyors tested their skill in pac­inJl :00 feet. We find that a chain is still a nttessary piece of equipment for sur· vey parties, as the follows were defeatcd at uleir own game by Cathy Clayton. Corky Sutherland's girl friend, who paced 99.37 fee t. Jack Harland's fttl were just a little too big as he ended up with 100.67 {ttt. Cork)' d idn't do so bad himsdf, as he marked off 99.30 fcel.

Bdore chow lime an abbreviated soft· ball game was played. It WllS called al the end of two innings bCCllUse the fc­male attendance feared the threatening weather and insisted that lhe food should he served. Some: of the fellows were mumbling that maybe: we should lc:ave the women at home, hut those that wcre not in quite as good condition Jecidcd tha I they had hlld enouJlh.

There WaS an abundance of food (guess we had better continue to bring

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• • • The dc:s iJln office has taken on an

empty look now that the construnion season is ill full swa)'. H. T ownsend, our construction cngineer, h.:t5 acquired a few mare gray hairs trying to spread the available men around on the various jobs. With nine more sections being :1I\':lrded due to bids r«eil'cd on August 19 he really has a problem.

Si Morruw i. helping out by handling rnur sections which we undentand totals ahaut one and thrce: quam::r million dol­I:ln .

Sincc the la)1 i.) • ..uc, J ,, ~k Parish. who was assigned to the bureau of research, has resigned to take a position with the engineering department of the Butkr Rrothers Company of Galesburg. Best wishes for success ill your new work, Jack.

kan G. Quinn, who W:IS assigned to the: construction deparuncnt, was re­'C lltl~ transferre:d to the materials depart· mt:m in Springfield.

Henry C. Bankie, Elio A. SU2U and Edward J. Weber were recently pro­moted to CE I.

\VI:. wish to wdcome Kenneth Pear­son, Jnseph V, Zigar and Leonard W. Zinich to Distrkt 4. They all recently re· ported for assignmell t.

W. I. Pood. after searchin..: for the right kind of lot, found olle to his liking and is now starting to build a new home :11 2319 Peoria Avenue,

Bernard W. T illey, who has bee:n ac­tive ill a lTairs of the American Society of Civil Engineers, recently received word that he had bttn appointed to local qual. ifications comminee of the society in

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th~i r District 8. \Ve know that Bernard wil! make a good addition to this com­mittee.

Disrrict Enbrinccr John D. Mattison , his wife and daughter Bobby, recently returned from a vlICauon trip through the Northwest visiting Lake .Louise and several of the National parks C1HoutC. He reports that there was a lot of construc­tion work going on out west on the high­ways there.

Oscar F rust, engineer of local roads and st reets in the district, accompanied by his wife ";siled his brothers in the west this summer. He says th:u he just left Califomia the night hc:fore the earth­quake occurred there recently. After 6nishing dinner ill Sail Lake City, he heard someone call his name and dis­cover~u that Gu~ B~mba", and his wife were in the cafe. They were on their way to visit &iends in California.

District 4 Associntion of County Su­perintendents of Highways held their an· nual picnic at the Kewanee Country Club un August 6. Quite n n\ln1I~r of those prcsclll played golf in the afternoon while others did a bit of horse shoe th rowing, some even had Mlme pretty warm games on the fine concrete shuffle bo.1rds. Elmer Knight, George H. Baker <l nu Don S. Magwan of Springfield were in attendancc. About 200 stayed for an excellent chicken dinner with all d1e trimmings.

PARIS The Association's annual gulf tourna­

ment held at Woodridge C'..ounuy Club was enjoyed very much by the two four­somes and two score keepers anending. Due to the rivalry a:Jd the amount wag­ered, it was thought best to appoint Har­old Roberts and Ralph (iher tu act as both score keepers and referees. Even

District Notes Bill Waller has nothing to cry about now over the 21k he 10$t.

Following close to the referees, the fol-lowing convers.ation was overheard :

Harold R.-"How many, Joe ?" Joe B.-" I had a four." Harold-" I know you had at least

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Joe -"Two didn't mum because I didn't hit the ball."

T hose attending the tournament were: Harold Roberts, Ralph GheT, Bill Waller, John Cychol, Glen Talbott. John Keller, Wilbur Wood, Joe Brtngiolo, John Mul­grew and Bill GarTney. Glell Talbott ~nd Harold Roberts drew gate prizes and each received a very Ilice I~rsonal gift. Fifteen RAT-IS to the Chicago Chapter for a swell time.

The only births noted this quarter were in Don Schwartz's canine fam ily.

During the month of August. two lIew employees have joined the fold. Mr. Fred Stoat has returned from act;"e dutv with the Navy reserve and at present is in design. Jack Bellinger has been as­signed to the right of way deparunent.

Oue to an oversight on our p..1Tl, the construction news will not make this issue but we will try to make up for it in the next.

EFFINGHAM The Effingham Chapter at their last

regular meeting noteJ that the annual watermelon feast was missing. This mat· tec was corrected and a special meeting will he called if necessary to heat the current watermelon sea.son.

The In Service Highway Training Program was inaugurate!.! Jul y 10 ;n District 7. R. B. Walters. assiStant de­sign engineer, is supervisor of the pro­gram in this diMrict. Although the pro-

gram was designed primarily for the }Olmger engineers, several of the older men profi ted by the diseussions. Mr. W . A. M~Cree, one of District 7's graduates, now in Springfield, came down to help with the orientation part of the program. (Sec photo on next page.)

The Effingham High way Engineers held their annual picnic on Sunday, June 13. Inclement weather forced the group inside. The attendance was 75, counting extra small children.

The IAHE Annual Golf tournament was attended by our team comprised of I. C. B!iss. Otis Dappcn, Joe Cascor and Don Ra ney accompanied and en­couraged by Tom Selman . The team needed more encouragement. The judges would not mention their score publicly and neither will the boys.

Mr. Dewey Connor, Exalted Ruler of the Effingham B.P.O.E .. attended the Elk's 88th Grand lAJdge Convention, held in New York City July 13, and Mr. and Mrs. Connor alw visited with rela­tives on the east coast during the sojourn.

Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Simonds have been vacationing in Michig.l.n and visit­ing with their SOil Bob who is in t rain­ing in an officer's school for the army.

Mr. /. 1-1. Ward visited with his fnm­ily in Californ ia and returned by air­plane. The going hy highway took four days and the return trip less than eight hO\ITs.

The. \\' . H. Wodfers and children are H O W on a long trip through the Black H ill~, Yel lowstone and California. They will return by way of the G rand Canyon and aIM> see Boulder Dam.

"'If. and Mrs. Fred Nehren and son Fred s?Cnt their Vacati011 in the Rocky Mountains visiti ng the Jackson Hole and Grand Teton Parks. The cold mountain streams and glimpses of moose, elk, b<-:ar

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and antelope were II welcome change from this summer' , heat in the mid­wes[.

Samuel W ilson relUrnro to the Divi­sion or H ighways, July 2. after serving in the U. S. Army.

Mr. and Mrs. Victor Bonuechi have II

new daughter, LaUf:) Lea, born June 13. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Van Due.scn an·

nounce that they are again grandp:Hcms. Thdr new grand-daughter. Beth Ann Jolly, of Springlidd, lI1 inoi!.

A THIRD set of twin daughters for the T om Sclmans! Mrs. Selman and the six girls au~incd national fame in the newspapers whil<: Tom and Thomas, Ir .. were: pla~d in the background. T he Sclmans r~~i\"ed approxioateiy 15UU l(;lters suggesting names for the new twins. They have chosen Christine Anne and K:lIhken Mary.

Alan Tryon and Mary Lou Qu igley

District Notes

were married on the 28th of June in lJuincy. Alan is a resident engineer in this distr ict.

The drafting room is a lmost empty as cOlIStructlon hits its peak but the lirst snowRake will change that.

EAST ST. LOUIS The Credit Union is assisting many of

the new young engine~rs in keeping alive until they gCt their first pay checks.

Edwin L. Eddleman took :I vacation un Augun 16 to 25 with the announced purpose of taking untu himself a wife. liest wishu to the newlyweds.

Mr. A. J. Allic has returned from his vacation anu fishing trip to Korthern Wisconsin. He reported the wcather was cold and made 110 claims as to the nUIn­

hn or size: of fish caught by him. Miss Marilyn Kuehn, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Emil Kuehn of thc local rO:l.(ls

and streets department, was married Sat­urday, August 16. The groom, Mr. Barr, i~ a r~ent graduate in det:trical eng;­ncc:ring a t the U. of nlinois.

T he 26th Annual Engineers and Con­tractors picnic was the usual big success this year. It WaS held August 9 at the American Legion Park at Bellevil!e. with about 200 in attendancc.

The E. S1. Louis Chapter sponsored the annual family picnic of the office ~rnplo)"t:"e$ of District 8 on July 27 at Lindenthal Park in H ighland. Swim­m ing, free food and soda pop was en­joyed by all-cspecially the youngsters.

The construction program is in full swing. The residell[ engineers and as­sisunt~ are finish ing up and starting new jobs in such rapid succcssio, that il i~ diiTicult 10 keep track of them.

The bowling league is being roorgaLl· ized for the new ~ason which is sched­uled to begin Septcmber 4.

CIUCAGO GflIham-Browll

In a beautiful candlelight SC"lIing, Miss Marion LaVerne Graham, the pretty daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. M. Graham was united in holy matrimony with Mr. Taylor Duane Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. K. L Brown (F.ngineer of Design) on Satu rday evening, May 24, 1952 at the Oak Lawn Community Church. with the Re\·. S. Bauer officiat­ing. A reception for 150 relatives and friends followed and aftcrwards the hap­p)" couple left for Lake of the 07..:l rks on their honeymoon.

Kowalski-Nubie A very pretty wedding was solemnized

on JUlle 14, 1952, when Miss Dolorcs Kowalski and M.r. Joseph F. Nubie (Bu­reau of Construction) were united in holy matrimony a t Our Lady of Vilna Church. A reception for rc:[:ltives and

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District Notes (riends followed, aherwards the happy couple left for New Orl"ans on their honeymoon.

Pepin-Ooon Miss Lorena Pepin and Mr. Roy W.

Olson ( Bureau o[ Conslruction ) were united in holy matrimoll )' on February Ii, 1952 at Royal Oak, .Michigan. Al­though Roy boasted of his confirmed bachelorship, he nevcnhekss could not withstand the barrage of Dan Cupid's arrows and has now joined the company of learned men.

Congratu la tions to these fine people.

• • • It's vacation time again and me fol­

lowing Cllginccrs and their families jeft on sight-seeing trips to various pa rts of the country.

R. A. LonieT (our editor) to New York and the New England Coast.

A. C. Ihaming ( RD .W. engineer) to Montana.

T. D. Ho1!oway (off ice engineer) to Texas.

B. L. Chanq' (construction engineer) to southern poims.

R. D. Harper (bur~u of design ) to Canada.

J. J. Bene5 (bureau of design) to Miami, Florida.

Roger Nusbaum (a~sociate editor) vis­itc'd his folks in Indiana.

K. L. Brown (engilXer of design ) to Kentucky and Tcnncsste.

I f you can spend a ~rfenly useless afte rnoon in ;I perfectly usdess manner, you have learned how (0 live.

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Professor Warren of Harvard Law School concedes mode:rn you Lh a little: ; "An A.B. clegree nowadays means that the holder has mastered the first two letters of the alphabet."

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Lr. (JG) Donald Longley, so:! o( Mr. and Mr~. G. M. ulIlgley, was recalled to the Navy in March of 19'52 and assigned to the USS Seminole.

He is now convalescing in the U. S. Naval Hospital at On:amiJc, Cali(omia from injuries incurred early in July.

1st. Lt. Garry \Vilson was married the middle: of May to Miss Jan Mclennan in th e: Army Chapel at Fort Bliss, Texas. Hope that it won't be: long lx:fore YOll

arc back in Dist.rin 4. We all send our congratulations.

I'vt. Allan Barney, son of Mr. and Mrs. \Va yn~ Harney, was marri~d to Miss An ita Louise Nelson on July 5 ar the Fim Methodist Church in Peoria. Aft~r a hone,'moon to northern Wisconsin, he hau to' report to his new station, Port Huod, Tex:lS where Mrs. Barney wil! won join him.

Don M. Gordon. employed in the Di· vision uf H ighways since February, 1952, resigned Oil June 10, 1952 to enter the officers candidau: school and is now sta· tioned at New Port, Rhode Island.

\\'il! ialll James Poad. Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. ,. Poad, was m~rried to

District Offices Complete Sufficiency Ratings of Major Portion of Urban Primary System

The Sufficiency Rating System fo r [he Urhan Primary System has been applied to the approximately 465 miles of the urban primary system by the several dis· trict offices anu reports of the results have been submitt~d to the Bureau of lkscarch and Planning.

The priority ratings of th~se sections of roads thus establisheu will lx used in programming projects for the sixty--eighth hienn ial construction program. However, the district reports ha"e not yet lx:en completely analyzed, so 110 report can be made at this time, but it is anticipated that a full report on this subject will be:: made in Lhe next issue of the "TIlinois Highway Engineer."

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There's a reason why men may now grow a mane

Lik~ yO\l set: on a horsc's neck. The barbers have boosted their price~

aJ,"<lin. Jt 's one way to beat thelll , by heck.

The same may apply to the opposite sex. Particularly the modern cutie.

Why wear their hair off the backs of their fleck.

To look like a horse's patootie?

R. D. Harper District 10

When a wife explores a man's pockets, she generally gets what th~ average ex· plorer docs----enough material for alec· ture:.

Miss Ann Eldred on August 9. Both arc recent graduates of Bradley University. Bill, Jr., ~xpects orders to report for service with the Air Corps Enginccrs as :t 2nd Lt.

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You're always yakking :lbom how you love to kiss the girls. Don't you know it 's unsanitaryr Did you ever stop to think of all the live tFrms you leave on the girls' lips whell you kiss !.hem?

You can stop worry:ng right now, my lad! When J kiss 'em those germli are Jead- J crush 'em to death.

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Laboring over some work that he had bro\lght home from Lle office, a weary ~ngi n~r was becoming increasingly an­rooyed by his tcen-age tlaughtcr who kept gabbing over the telephone to a high school chum ahout her cxpcricncC!l at the dentist's that afternoon.

Finally the exasper.11cd father looked ~cross the room at his wiIe and said; "I don't begrudge the money it's c()sting to have Betty's teeth straigh tened, but ­good heavens! _ J didn't intend to have her mouth wired for sound!" ~

A young man who had just received his degree from coIlege fIIshed out and said, "Here r am, world ; 1 have my A, B,"

The world and I'Il teach bet."

replied: "Sit down son, you the rest of the alpha-

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"Good morning, Mrs. McCarthy," said the doctor, "and did you take your hus­band's tempera ture as I told you?"

"Yes, doctor, I borrowed a bJrometer and placed it on his che.st, It said 'very dry ' so I bought him a quart of beer and he's gone hack to work."

The minister called at the Jones' home one Sunday afternoon, and li ttle WiIlie answered the belL "Pa ain't home," he announc~d, " I-Ie went over to the gol f dub:'

The minister's hrow darkened, and Willie hastened to explain: "Oh, he ain't gonna play any golf, Not on Sunday, He just went over for a few highbaIls and a little stud poker: '

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"Just think of it;' excbimed the ro­mantic young newly­wed," a few words mumbled over your head and you' re mar­ried ."

"Yes," agreed the old cynic, '"and a few words mumbled in your sleep and you're divorced."

" " true that

One of our H igh­way Engineers told us this one. While he and his wife were travel ing through the Hlue Ridge Moun­tains th is ~umlller

.. ~ Y ... e '\7"",1;7(1 't;?"tP" @~""'1l l:::7eiI®al" IJ!~"""'. 'i:;{JI!!>VI!JG>rlt

women are wizards when it comes 10

f:tct ~ and figures? You got me there.

But I do know the women with the best

facts much quicker. they Slopped at a _ one_pump gas stlltion before a mountam­eer's cabin . After the man told the pro­prietor to !ill the tank, his wife asked: " Is there a rest room here?"

"No, ma'am, tllere isn't ," replied the gas man, "but you'll find a mighty comfortable rQ(;ker up there on the porch:'

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T he Bickerings hadn't been getting along too welL It wa .. 3:00 A.M . when George unsteadily reached the top of the stairs. His wife, opening the bedroom door, remarked, "So, home is the best Flace after all,"

"Not so sure," .>aid George, "but it's the only place open."

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L:l\vyer to SlenO! "\Vhy an:: you al­ways looking into the mirror ?"

Steno: "Because your wife told me to watch myself when I was around you,"

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Did you hear about the hillbilly who said he didn't Ilse toothpaste because none of his teeth were loose ?

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Here arc some "DafTynitions" as sup-plied by Hudson News Letter:

Toupee: Top secret. Hillbilly guitar: Yokolde. Photographer: Fellow who gels his

positives from the negative, Bureaucrats: Guys and I50les. Pessimist : "Man who financed an op­

tim ist. Committee: Group that keeps minutes

and throws aWJy houn. Automobile finish es: Lacquer and

Litluor. Wife : Nix master. Quick-change artist: Stop.-and-go sig-

nal. Wolf: Big dame hunter. Marriage : The bill for cooing. Tact: Lying aootl! others as you

would have them lie about you. Deficit: \Vhat you've got when you

haven't got as much as if you had noth­ing.

Old timer: Fellow who remembers when the babysitter was called " Mother."

Yes man; Stooping to concur.

figures learn the ~

" Honey, Ah loves )"011' bamin' suit! " '"Sho' nuff ?" " It sho' doesl "

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HEAVEN : 1952 wages, cends, 1932 prices, and 1910

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1926 divi­taxes.

A thoughtful economist has just writ­tell a lOO-page "Short H istory of Money." \Ve could write a history of ours in six words: "H ere it isl There it goesl"

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\Vhen a boy marries, two opinions pre­... ail at th~ home he is leaving: H is moth­er thinh he is throwing himself away, and his sisters think the girl is,

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One hitch hiker 10 the other- "That's right, just sit there and let me work my fi nger to the bolle."

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\Ve undcrst:lnd that ticket.~ for a H ol­lywood garden party were issued to ad­mit " Bearer and one wife,"

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R. A. l .os LER, Editor E. N. WniAN. Adv. Mgr. 409 N. Spring St., Elgin, III. 4051 N. Harlt:m Ave., Chicago, Ill.

Arsocinte EditOT~ R. J . KENYON, Elgin n. C. REl:m!R, Dixon J. F. H ERLJHY, Ottawlt OSC'.AR FROST, Peoria JOSF..PH WELLS, P aris

H. R. IlUBDtl.I., Springlield F. C. NEHR}'N. Effinghalll A . P . KETTENH'OFEN, E. St. Louis H. P. McKER.r.HAN, Carbondale Room NUSBAUM, Chicogo

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ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS OmCERS I. C. B I.ISS, Chairman W. E. BAUMANN, Sccretury G. I. T ALDOTT, Trea,'<uT(!r

fo:LGIN G. DIJElUN(lSFELD, Pres. J. H. LESZ, V.-Prell. EonY Lu!':n, Sec. G. NICHOLSON", Treas. J. 1.. CALHOUN, Dir. L. L. SCHLA£FI.I, Alt. Oir.

PARIS 1-1. H. RnuERTS. Pres. W. W. WOODS. V.·Pres. D. R. SCHWARTZ, See.·Trca s. G. I. TALBOTT, Dix.

DIXON R. N. LYONS. I'rel!. H. C. REEDER, V.·Pre8. n. R. HA NLEY, Sec. K. H. HA NKINS, Trca!!. B. A. KENNEDY, Oir. W. O. MOOIlE, Alt. Dir.

SPR INGF IELD C. R. NICHOLSON, Pres. J. L. PARK , V.·Prcs. E. W. GILBERT, Re<:. Sec. R. L. OTTO, Fin. Sec. J. J. WAV£ltING, Trefts. H. L. BRANTLEY. Oir. W. E. BAUMANN, Oir. G. G. SCHO&N HERR, DiT.

CARBONDALE L. C. TEAS, Pres. V. T. KUPEI., V.·Pres. W. E. STALLMAN, Sec.

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OTTAWA W. E. ATKINSON, Pres. J . A. MARTIN, V.-Pres. J . F. AJ'.RLlHY, Sec. E. E. HAGGLUND, Treas. J. E. RAt'FENSPEltGER, DI\,. R. W. Gt..'tUNG, Alt. Dir.

EFFING HAM II. 1. WF.AR. Pres. D. R . CoSNOR, V.·Pres. RAY. JENKINS, See. R. A. WENTE, Treas. 1. C. BLISS, nir,

PEORIA R. J. ACKER;\1A:\' , P rei'l. G. D. WOKN~, V.-Prel!. Jou N E. H AIlLAXD, Sec,· Trea.,. A. C. TOSE:TTI, Dir. T. B. JOHNSON, Alt. Dir.

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1':. n. AILES, Prcll. C. E. HART, V.-Pres. R. L. SCH:"IIlDT, Cor. Sec. G. IJ. CIL\\\'FQRD, Fin. Sec.. R. A. O'NEII.J., Trea.s. J. P. Du Foua. Dir. H . T . HOI'l'14AN, Alt. Dir.

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lL.l.rnOlS HIGHWAY ENGINEER Volume lV. Number 4 Entered os third closs motter 0\ the Post Office 0\ Elgin. llIlnols. under Sedian 34 .66 01 P. Land R. Yeorly subscription $1.20, payable in odvance; single copies 3Oc. Moiling address: 209 Jefferson Ave .• £Igin, Ill.

WTH this issue oC tht ILLINOIS HIGIIWAY ENGINE.f.R. the lI1 illots

Association of H ighway Enginec:rs begins its fourth yea r in publ ishing :t

m:lg~:dl\c chronicaling the (vents ~ncl activities of this organiz:lIion and of its individual

members. But mOSt imporL1nt. the Association through the medium of this magazine,

has endeavored to keep its readers infmmed on matteu pcn :lining to the highway indusU)'

in this State, on thinking, on engineering. on rcsear(h. on government, and on mallY

other of the interesting facets of a compiic:ued and extc:nsivc business. Now and then

other articles are insencd, which, though not directly connected with highways and

engineering. we hope arc none the less ilHcrcsting because they arc inCormative and arc

the product of engineers.

To make the magaz.inc doubly inu·resting. we ha\'c no paid editors. writers. and

photographers. It has been a cooperntive underL1k ing, and most artides have ~n

written by engineers from the rank and I1le of the minois Division of Highways. For

these voluntary contributions during !.he p"st three years, the stall of the ILLI NOIS

HIG H WAY ENG INEER is indeed grnteful. and we hope that in the New Year an

eve l1 greater response will be made by al! the highway engineers !.hroughout the State.

We tha nk our m~lly readen for their interen in this publication. Their words and

I.,uer~ of (onunend:uinn, cnngratulation. good wishes. and eonstructh'e cri ticism ha\'e

been our greatest inspiration. We hope to meTit hcaring &om you again in the New

Year ahead.

Last, but by no means least. we wish to thank our adven isers for thci r confidence

In the ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENG INEER as a profitable advertising medium. We

hope thal in the New Year our magazine wi!! become even more v:liuable to you, and

that your confidence d uring the p"SI three years will grow wilh each succeeding edition.

With a thank you in our heart~ for three successful years of publication of the

fLLll\'O IS J-IJGHWAY ENCaNEER, we wish our readers, our ad\·ertiscrs. ;1nd our

contributors, in the n:lme o f the Illinois Association of H ighway Engineers, a Prosperous

and Happy New Yeo1r.

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FOURTH QUARTER 1952

The Colossus of Roads By BEN H. PE'ITY

P l'ofessor of Highway Engineering .Purdue Unlvcn!lty, Lafayette, Indiana

Note: This 11l1pe'f twas 1u~ed (/8 t he basil! of an ll;t;temjXIrnllCOU8 {ul{{re811 at the 16th Annutl l Ctm.ve1ltiol~ of the IIlitwis Associtl.ti()11J of Highway E'nuineers, Chit;ago, fi lil!&is, Novembm' 1, 1952.

Ben H. Petty

It is $0 comforting to speak under the bann~r of a 5ubjccI title so broad that one cou ld wander on and on with little dang­er of ventu ring beyond its protective cover. When Norman Beggs asked me to suhmit a title for this talk. [ had no par­ticular idea in mind, so J dashed off a list of three or four til l ~s from which he probably sdn:tcd this as txing the kaSl mysti fying.

It is not original with me. Whocver coined the phrase "CoIossus of Roads" wasn't fool ing about its impiic.1tions. In the good old U. S. A., for instance, we have approximately 3,002,509 miles of rural roads, of which some 1,616,157 miles arc surfaced . The l:mer figure in. cludes 202,223 miles of high·type pave­ment, 364,252 miles of low.type bitumin­ous surfaces, and 956)14 miles of non­dustless types, such as grave! and stone. In addition, there are 319,233 miles of urball streets of which 11 5,000 miles a re high-type pavements.

The Bureau of Public Roads listing for Illinois as of 1949 ( latest I have a\'aiI­able), including hath rural and urban, follows; Non-surfaced . __ _ Low.type su rface ____ . I ntermediale.type surface _ H igh-type surface

19,909 miles 76,204 miles 6,135 miles

21,551 miles

TOTAL ___ 123,799 miles

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Think what a H ollywood publicity ~gent could make uut of these statistics on road and street mileage in the U. S. A.! T o him, such a road system wuuld be not only colossal, but slUpendous, gi­gantic, terrific, sensational - and now atomic! And when we stack our roads up ngainst all others in the entire world, we are inclined to concede that the buy from H ollywood would not be too far ulI the bc.1111.

That 202,22_) miles of high type rural favcmclll ill lllc Uuited Slat"~ wuuld provide eight parallel, high·rype high. ways clear aruund the world at the equa­tor. That is an interesting observation , but those roads are performing a fur more useful purl-'OSC spread out through the 48 states in a network of husiness and pleasure carrying arteries as they now arc. After all. who would w~nt to spend time moturing around the world at the equator when there are SO mallY more interesting, hospitable and safe places to visit, which most of us have never scell, right here in the U. S. A.

With an annual ro.1d and street expen­diture of 4 1/3 billion dollars in these Vnite<l States, th is colossus becomes even more colossal in stature. This sum is greater than OUI" national dcbt for any year up to and including 1917. There arc maoy countries on the face of this earth thar would be very happy to be able to provide all annual governmental hudget of such magnitllde.

In most any country on this globe, an ~mple supply of good roads is a measure of progress and development. In coun· tr ies where a good road system does not exist, cond it ions in general are about as [hey were back in the year one.

Motur vehicles are a mC:lSllre of good roads. No roads-no motor "chicles! As a means of comparison, there are more motor vehicles in Arkansas than in Brazil , South America (a country larger than the United Stales). There arc more motor vehicles in Nevada than in China ( larger than the United States). Therl' a rc more motor vehicles in Kansas than in all of Asia. And, there are more motor vehicles in North Carolina than Oil the continent of Africa.

Yes. when we rcally get a {ull and complete mental picture of our road sY5--

tern with all its connotations, it makes the real Colossus of Rhodes look like s.omething from _the five and ten-cenl store.

So What? The react ion of be roo In"ny of Ollr

people to all the foregoing would prob­ably be, "So What? " This attitude is one of the major handicaps you road men are facing in your ceaseless endeav· ors to provide the public with "the best·· in highway service.

Folks JUSt seem to take our highways for granted. They are only mildly or not at all concerned with such questions as; H ow do we happen to ha ve the finest system of highways on the face of the globe? Who huilt them? Who paid for them? What do they cost ? What legislative hattles were foug ht to a sue· cessful conclusion to make these roads possible? Who maintains our roads? \Vhat engineering and administrative qu~lifications are required for location, design, construction, maintenance, opera­tion, and research in reaching our pres­tnt high standards of road work? \Vhat salary and wage scales, working condi· tions, tenure of olTice, retirement provi. sions, etc. , prevail in our highway de· p:lrunents: H ow an~ road funds raised.) Do those who pay the bilb contribute, not only in proportion to road use and henefi ts reccived, hut also in proportion tn the damage they do to our roads?

The clear-cut answers to rhese and many similar questions must be force­fully driven home in the minds of our people before we can ever hope to be provided with the 4·M·s ( men, money, machinery and materials) desperately nccded to keep the roads we now havc in good condition and to continually ex· pand and improve the systems to meet the ever increasing traffic demands.

There is a crying need fnr some real­istic puhlic relations in the highway field . H ow mi~rably we have muffed th is urgent obligation ! Basically, the people are O.K. We simply have fallen down 011 the job of letting them know the full story of highway improvement. What appears as commonplace to you who are actively engaged ill highway work is news of vital interest 10 the average citi · len . \Ve can't re:uonably expen their wholehearted interest and suppon if we persist in keeping them in the dark as to what is going on in the highway de· parunents. At long last, some of our industries have rea:ndy become aWaTt' of how \'itally their businesses are affected by the condition of our highways and ha,·e embarked on 3. multi-mill ion dollar ad\·ertising program in va rious publica. tions to promote "higger and better"· highways.

Far too many of our people seem to

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[e:d that with 1,616,557 miles of surfaced rural ro.1ds, 12Yz% of which arc high­type 1)3\'emenrs, and 22~ o/o Me ;n(errne­d iMe or low type bituminous, the joh is JUS t about finished, and we can now rest on our O,'l($. Tbe ben :ln~Wer to Ih!ll screwy conception is Senator Claghorn's classic:ll remark, "That's a joke. son I"

Where Are W e Now ? We still have 1,385,952 miles of rural

"dirt" ro.1ds with no surfAcing wh3te\'er and brgdy ungraded and undraine:d. During the wet SC3sons, much of th is mileage is impassable (or many weeks and months out of each year. During )uch periods. these roads 3re useless to those hundreds of thousands of human heings (juulike )'OU and me) who must depend on them for access to markets. to school. to church , to ncighhors, to medical service, and to many other things which make life wonh living. Sure, some o( them could be ab.'tndoned. hill most arc the only life·li nes for tens of dlOU$3nds of our good cilize:ns,

In add ition. there are the se\'eral hun­dred thousand miles of roods which el en though surfaced with gral'd or stone. arc substandard in width and alignment (hoth horizontal and ,'enical), :lIld dan­gerously handicapped by narrow, we!lk· elled and broken down cu ll'ens 3nd bridges. Neglected maintenance because of limited funds places many of thest" roods in only a slightly hi)!her cl:ns than our "dirt" roads.

H CliT Those Bridga Falling? That terrific prohlem of what to do

about all those old dilapidated culverts 3ml bridges really gives me the )hake:s when f give it a good think, The prob­lem grows more serious by Ihl' hUHr. \Ve have neglected them so long that m:lI1Y (If them which have not already collapsed arc living 011 borrowed lime. \Ve can', de!:ly the day o[ judgement much longer.

The problem is more 3cute on our township alld county roods. bUl the many bottleneck, de:t th.lr.lp culverts 3nd hridges on our main highways 3re giving our st3te highway men head3ches galore. The St3te problem is more costly b«ause they h!ll'e mOSt of the larger structures on the:ir hands.

fybny of thesc structures were built 30, 50 or 70 years ago, 3m] ~me even ha ve reached the cenwry mark, Timber struc­tures arc rottil)g out, piers an<1 3hutments arc undermined, 3nd Roors arc in dan­l,i:erous condition, Concrele 5t ruclure~ are llisintegrdt.ing b«ause back in those da ys the: conception of \1'3Ier-Cemellt rat io was. "if a little water is good, more is heuer;' and the use o[ clean gral'el, $.1nd, and stone for aggreg:ue was "just some fool idea of one of 'them there' white-colla red guys." And only enough cement was used 1'0 color the mix I

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Protecting steel bridges by periodic p:linting has httn considered as a useless luxury ill too many localities. And when they were cleaned and painted, these op­erations usually ceased at the top of the w~ds, vines. :lnd pil .. of .!('hris Mound the footing o[ dle end·post, with no at· tention whatever to the stringers and floor beams, The paint might just as well h3"e been poured into the stream for all d)e good it did in prolonging the life of the entire structure.

Did you el'er stop 3t one of these old steel bridges 311d thoroughly remove the accunmlated dirt. wttds, etc.. from around the trUSS foot ings Oil top of each abUfment.' Try it sometime 3nd you may be shocked by the disclosed deteri­orated condition of dIe foot ing itself and the abutment' ends of the lower chords and end-posts. "Too hard to get al\"

You know, if some clever scientiSt could del'ise a sound recording gadget th:ll wOllld eliminate all other sounds and record only the sounds of cul\'eru and bridges as they are collapsing 311 Ol'er the three million miles of roads in this country, I am confide:nt the com­bined dlen would sound like hail stolles f31ling on a lin roof. Sad, but nOl too [Olf-fetched!

A Big Job Ahead Reganlle5s o[ the stupendous 3ccom·

plishments of tbe P3S1 in highway im· prOI'Cment, we still hn'e a job o[ huge proport.ions ahead of us. We can't. like Micawber, just " put it orr \lIltil some­thing turns up." The: needs are imme. diate, and the t:apidly increasing traffic volumes and weights arc d3ily accentu· ating the necessity of better and more extensive hi~hway traffic facilities.

111c figurcs beto\\' show that motor

vchicle regiurauon has increased over 5 Yz times in the 31 years (one gellera­li(ln) from 1920 to 1952. Trucks and comhinations alone ha\'e increased aoom 7Yz times in the 30-year period from 1920 fO 1950. Added to this. is the \fe· nlendous in ~rease in gross weights of these \'ehiclu, along with the gre:l1 in­crea se in mib travelled 3nnually by each \'ehicle.

Another disturbing item. in the quota­tion below, is the 34% of the 100a\ high . way bill going into maintenance, Th is runs :a high as 60% in one or two St:lte:s. Unless we step up our reconstruction and new construction progr3ms appreciably, this could conceil'ably reach 100% with no funds left for construction. Th~ horns of the dilemma arc obvious.

Each stale has a certain mileage of roads to maimaiu in as satisfactory condition as possible. Good anu prompt mainten­ance conscn'cs the original investment. As p3I'ements get older. maintenance costS increase. A pavement surface has :\ fai rly definite liCe. beyond which it is more ecollo01ic31 to p:ltch, widen if de· sirable, and completely resurface; or tear OUt and rebuild entirely.

Bec3use or conditions, many of which are bc)'ond the control of resptJnsible 0(­ficl:lls, many miles of our state highways ha\'e long since passed the end of their economical lik Therefore. the excessil'e maintell:lIlce COMS arc eating up funds which under ideal condit.ions could and should be used for r«onstruction and new construction.

If we short-change maimen3nce and launch out on 3 m3 jor construction pro­gram. then what happens to OUt neg­lected, existing rOlld surfaces? Rough

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A recem puhlication entitled "Ade'luale Roads for :l Stronger Ameri~a," distrio.. uted by Nationnl Hi ghway User's Conference, carried the following information:

Motor Vehicle Registra tions

Passc:.nger Cars Trucks and y~, (lJld udcs Taxicabs) Combinations Bu= T otal 1919 458,377 10.123 468500 1920 8,13 1,522 1,107,639 9.239,161 1930 22,972,745 .J,5 I 8,747 40,507 26,53 1,999 1940 27.372,397 4,590,386 72.641 32,035,424 1950 40.166,730 8,238,632 143.206 48,548,568 1951 Over 52.000.000

During 1950, a tot31 of $4.270,000,000 was spent on all roads and street's in lhe~ United States. This was dinributed roughly ::as follows:

f\.'ew Construction 56% Maintenance _ _ _ . _______ 34% Administration ~_~ _____ 5% Interest on Indebtedness _ _ __ 3% llighway Patrol _____ . . 2~{,

100%

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RESURFACING

(()/ten 811el J hOIl GRAND DETOUR BRIDGE

By D. A. BRANIGAN

The fi r$t quaru:r iS$U~ of the Illinois Highway Engincc:r contained ::all article on an Open Sled floor of the Gr:lnJ De­(Our Bridge o\'cr the Rock Ri ver in Dis­trict 2. This artide described scveral ac­cidents which occurred when the bridge floor was icy and the approachi ng pave­ment was dry, and abo g:l\Ic an accoullt of a considerable amount of criticism of the f)i \' i ~ion of J lighways for designing this type of bridge floor in ::I rural area on a high-speed highway.

During the win((':r of 1951 and 1952 hingcd signs were erected and a watchman was on JUly after Thanksgiv ing Day to provide definite and positive warning whenever the bridge Roor was icy. Actually the~ was less than a doze''' days throughout tht: willler when such a warning was nec· essary. No accideDlS cccurrc:t.l during this ~riod_

After a thorough study had !xen made of numerous SU);­

ge.uion .~ for diminating the weaving action and the occa-sional icy cooting on this type of Roor, it was decided to place a bitu­minous concrete surfacing course: over the: open steel Roor in order to eliminate the weaving action from the open ned grid floor and to permit the application of cinders and salt to the bridge Roor.

Three small cxperimenl:al sections were constructed 011 One end or the bridge floor, all of which had some type of bilU­minous concrete placed so that it filled up the optn sections of the steel Roor_ This material was supported by corru­gated sheet mel:al placed under lhe steel Roor. This sheet metal was supported by small diaphragm members of the bridge Roor.

The two and one·half inch depth of the steel Roor was filled with a d ifferent bituminous concrete miXlUre in each sec­tion. Ordinary -'eold.b.y" was used in one section; a sptcial mix using "ermi­culite as a part of the aggregate was placed in another section; and a special mix of Waylite fine and coarse aggregate

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and. asphalt was placed in the thi rd seCUOI1.

The top of thi~ bituminous concrete was Ic\'ded off even with the top of [he stcd grid Roor. After this surface had been in place for :I few da~'s, it was noticed that the bituminous concrete in

-Left-Welding Stude to Floor. Right-ExJ)onded Meted in Pla ce,

all three experimental sections had a ten_ dency to shrink away [rom the steel grid so that it was quite likely that this ma­terial would pop out of place under hea_ vy traffic in cold weather. In addition, depressions commenced to wear in the surface that would more than likely hold the brine from 5.1lt and calcium chloride which would probably have a detrimen­tal elTect on the sU.'cl floor sections.

N'ext a tcst section was constructed ill the District yard. Several sections C)f the stccl grid floor were laid on a concrete slab. Shcets of metal lath wcre placed ovcor the open steel Roor sections and an I- I I hituminous concrete surface was laid over this support. This test secUOII was subjected to heavy truck traffic for se,'­eral days without any indication of weak_ ness or wear.

The metal lath supported the bitumi­nous concrete in a satisfactory manner and District Engineer Memler recOIll­mended that the entire bridge Roor be

rc:.su rfuced with I-II bituminous concrete supported by galvanized expanded metal shccts somcwhat heavier Ih:1O the metal lath sheet~ used in the test section. This recommend'aion was approvcd by bOlh the Brid~ OrTie .. :llltl thl' BllrC:1II of Maintenance and instructions were given to Mr. Memler to proceed with the resur· facing of the entire bridge Roor hy pl;]c­iug IWO one·inch l:l.yers of I- II bitumi· nous concrete over expanded metal sheets that wert to be laid on and rigidly at­t:lcheJ 10 Ute sleel grid Roor. Mainten­ance Engineer Ross advised the District Engineer that Unit D of the Stale Day l.:toor Forces would be available (or this resu riacing project.

[n order to obtain a smooth riding sur­f:lCe throughout the length of the bridge, it was deemed advisable to raise or in· c rease: the height of the finger expansion joints to the surface of the 1· 11 floor. It

was also necessary to provide angle iron shoulders along the Olltside edges of the bridge Roor to hold the bituminous concrtte in place. Surface: drainage was pro\' ided through optnings under the sidewalks on each side of the bridge. This bridge has a (-all of ap' proximately six fcct in the 996 foot length of the bridge.

It would ha ve been dilTicult and rather expc:lUive to raise: thco interlocking expansion joints, consequently onco and one-quaner by two inch bars were wcldcod to Ute intcorlock· ing fingers of Ute original joints. A seven-c:ighths inch by one and thrtt·fourths inch bar was welded transversely on each side of each expansion

Jom! to hold the 1-1 1 surfacing material. Since no suitable detour for l1l inois 2

was available o\·er Rock River, at least one-way traffic had to be: maintained O\'er the bridge at all times during the resurfacing of the Roor.

It was deemed advisable to place all of the expanded mClal sheets on the bridge and raise the expansion joints be­fore any bituminous ~urfaeing material \\las !:lid. These sheets had 10 be held rigidly in place so that they would not be dispbced by traiTic before the bitu­nlinous wncrete was laid. It was also ad\' is.,ble to ha\'t: Utt: new floor firmly attachcd to thc steel grid Roor.

A rather nO\'c:! and interesting method was used to fasten tht: expanded metal ~ heets to the o~n steel Roor, usillg the Nelson Steel Welding Process. Soft studs one· fourth inch in diameter and one inch in length were welded to the steel floor in a rapid and casy manner with a small hand welding gun. The studs to be

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welded were inserted in me end of the gun and welded to any SJX>I on Ihe steel Roor by merely pressing the trigger of the welding gun. Each stud contained a granular welding flux in the end to be welded. Porcelain collars were around this end of the srud to shield and con· line the arc and (0 control the weld fillet.. When the trigger on the welding gUll was pressed, the stud was automati· cally lifted to create an arc between the mil.! and the steel floor and then plunged into the mohen metal to form an unbreakable weld in a frac­lion of a second. Later the porcela in collar was broken off and the stud was bt.nt over a mip of the expanded metaL A Nelwelder power unit, battery unit. charger, and controllcr were rented from the Nelson Company for this project.

The studs th3t held the ex­panded metal sheets were Sp:lCetI on one-foot centers lon_ gitudinally and two-foot een­ters laterally oyer the enti re bridge floor. Trnffic was di· rected O\'er the expanded met· :II sheets on one-half of the bridge floor while the sheets were laid and fastenet.! to the other half.

The 1·11 hinder course W:l5 placed on one-half of the twenty-six foot roadway for the COlin: length of the bridgc and the traffic was then car­ried on this hali while the binder course was placee on the other half. The one-inch 1·11 surface course was also placed on one-half of the bridge at a time so that one­way traffic was carried over ,his bridge throughoUT tht en­tire resurfacing project with· OU I interruption.

The bituminous concrete was spread :Ind finished with a Harber·Greene finishing m3-chine and compacted with a tandem roller. It was neces· sa ry to omit the tamping op­erat"ion on the binder course as this action had a tendency to shake a small amount of the Jines through the mcsh of thc expandc{l metal, and also set up a sevcre vibration in the bridb'C' Howe\·er. a smooth compact sur­f .. ce was obtained without the tamping action.

The I-II bituminous concrcte provided a smooth non-skid riding surface which pr:Jct ical1y el iminated the \'ibra tions in the trusses from heavy trutks. This \.j­br:ltioll was very noticeable when heavy tfucks were drivcn over the open grid

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floor before it was resurfaced. Apparent­I)" the cushion ing effect of the bitumi­nous concrete and the 3ddilional dead load on the bridge servc-d to reduce th i ~ vibration SO that it was not noticeable.

The open 5ted ,i: rid floor wei~hed 18.4 pounds per squa re foo t. An additional dead load of 31.2 pounds per square foot was added by thc resurfacing. This bridge was dcsigned fo r an H-20 loading. The dead load from the new floor has reduced the capllcity 10 approximately an

mer.aeiag Height 01 Finger Tointe.

PlaeiDg Binder CQuree.

1-1-16 loading. The total cost of resurfac· ing this bridge was 527.227.94. No douht the cost of this project would have been lower if the emire bridge had been do~d to tr<l ffic 50 that the work could have been performed in a more economi­cal manner.

The planning and ~ upc:r\'ision of this project was carried on by District Engi­neer Memlcr, DisHicl Maintenance Engi­ncer Malay, and Field Engineer McDon~ aid from the District Office and by

M:limenance Engineer Ross and his as­sistants AI Rausch and Ed Raich of our Springfield headquarters. The smooth efficient manner in which the v3rious phases of this project wcre coordin:lted so th3t the mo,'ement of traffic on illi­nois Route 2 W3S not interrupted at any time was due to the ingenuity and re­.>Ou rccfulnes5 of Larry Robbins, the Gell­eral Foreman fur the entire projecl.

BOWLING

Twas a long dark alley And at the other end St:lnding boldly in their pl:lces \\'ere ten tall men.

Nevcr speaking any languagc Ncver fighting back Standing therc SO pruudly Fur fea r, there W;IS a lack.

I stood there looking tow:lrd them

Wondering how to get all ten Took my stance to hit them all Those ten tall men.

I got so tense in waiting My hand felt so asleep Wondcring if to go up fast Or let the shot hook deep.

Finally got my nerve up Finally stood there n ill Wondering if my average Would help us fill the bill.

1 started toward Ihc fuu l line Bclll.!ing low and then Letting loose my bowling ball Toward those ten tall men.

I set the baJJ down easy It started hooking slow It hil the leader of Ihe tribe J saw the two pin go.

Men were fa lling all around My heart was swallowed when Amid thc dlln and all the fuss There stood thc sevcn-ten,

Checking over State licenses for 19; 1 we find that /3 states had slogan~ .appear­ing on theirs.

It is inle~sting 10 note that the state legislature IXlssed a law in South D3kota allowing a rcplica of the ML Rushmore National Monument figures to appear on their license plates_

Why wouldn't Illinois' SUle outline be nice on our plates? I think il would be a nO\'e! idea.

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They Call It . . . "Police Actionll

By RICH ARD H . GOLTERMA.N

This night was extremely ("old, the sky d ear, and :l biting wind from Manchuria swept acros~ the Yellow Sc~ :mJ the Kimpo ~ninsu!a. It was 11:00 P.M. on March 3, 1952, a memorable night. in view of the fact that I at last had orders­onlcrs five months ovtrdm:, that wou ld liberate me from this land of suffering and bewildered pc!oplc.

The word Korea, [ had learned, means " morning ca lm ." Yt:t a t this moment I would look to the nonh and watch the flashes from he:wy artilk ry, and each time feci the ground \'ihralC under foot.

, had <HrivcJ early at Scou! Cit)' Air­port-this was the Jay for which I'd waited sc"en teen months.

Inside the (luonset hut passenJ.:er ter· minaI, I moved as d ose [0 the pot-hdlicd stove as possible. I was surrounded by a handful of half frozen G .l :s ri~h t off Heartbreak Ridge and the Punch Bowl, and others from outfits identified with lhe "policing action" around the iroa Triangle and Bunker Hill. t\mong them were beardet.l Turks, fie rcest or :1 11 U.N. lIoopS, ;md two news cOTTc.spondenls who wen· wa iting for "Whttls" ( trans­portation ) to take thcm up on the lines.

The plane was late-that was S.O.P. (standard ()perating procedure) as Kim­po and Seoul were at the end of the air route, and only too often scheduled fl ights didn't get there. I had lime to reminiscc-ro reli"e briefly those: e\'ents which led to my Ixing in "frozen choscn."

The significance of the attack on the Republic of Soulh Korea by Soviet tra in_ ed North Korean armie5 at 4:00 A.M. on June 25, 1950 was not immedi:n c1y ap­parent until I reeeh'ed my special grttl­ings from the Presidelll on August I, 1950.

Thi s recall was accompanied by Ihe usual hot rumors : intercontinental move­ment of priority troops and supplies: a training unit around which troop carrier units could cxpand: or perhaps another Ikrlin Airl ift. A ~\"ere blow had been dealt, for on the morning of October 29. 1950, we cranked up OU! then wa r we3fy "Gooney Bird~" ( twin engined C urth Commandoii) and headed for the Ha­waiian IslallJs Wil le 2400 miles awa y. How would I forget thi. date. when just five yean prior. r h:ll.l been separated from World War II .

The rescr,'es h3d 3pp;irendy heen re­called to relie\"e the pressure on thosc "regulars" who had enjoyed tht" benefits of plush occupation duty, hut who also

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were apprehensi\'e about "'swea ting out"" a war.

The overnight stay in Honolulu was much lOO short. I n:membercd Ih~ t some­times in the future rd planned to re­turll. The he;\uty of these islands was

Han River Rail ApPI"oach •• to Seoul.

soon lost as wc approached Johnson Island, a 4600 by 600 foot rock wh ich from 5000 feel looked no larger than a navy Aattop. A misappro."lch to the run­way here meant a di p in the ocean, if you wc: re lucky. On to Kwa jeJein (only the 1\"avy would live here), :Uld to (;uam

Runian Bllill T·34 Tanks "0111 of Adion:'

where gu tted bun kers and twisted trees stood as mute evidence o! a bit of the Pacific campaign. The last lap. Ciuam to Kyushu, southern island of the Jap.­anese cha in, was the roughest--of nine hours airoornc-we h3d "driven" Ihru fi.\' C and one half hours of "soup," sleet and freezing rains. I made eoncaCl with

Fukuoka control, asked for an altitude, and receil'ed a quick " Air Force 9'54 tah 7000." The entire crew promptly broke out in a cold sweat- lhere were a dozen ship~ at moo feet milling around on in· strumenu. [t lookcJ [ike we might not make it after ali I Instructions for letting down o\'er final destination were excel­lent and at 200 fttt we broke out o,'er a thin $.1nd bar peninsula, muddy and un­inviting, as a prospccti\'e home. I can still hear the crew yell to pu!l-up the gear and head hack from whence we came.

As I recall there wasn'l lime to com­pletely u npack. The incoming ships and crews were pressed into immediate sen'­icc. U.N. uoops had ad \"anced well into North Korea. but had met stiffe ned enemy resistanct" some fifty miles £rom the Manchurian border. Several days prior on October 27, R.O.K. troops hacl contacted the fi rst "Chinese Volunteers," and on November I. the U.S. 8th Ca,·­aIry Re~ iment had been ambushed by thc Chinese Reds. It was impossible to suppl y entirely by air our :scattered troops Hill mo\'ing north, and we were forced to chute ca rgo out on C'mergency re~l uisi­tiolls to units in a tight squeeze rather than land and u nlo.td.

By NO\'ember 15, the 7th Marines were at the Chosen reSlt'r"oir and had gained eonuol of electrical power output to North Korea and part of Manchuria.

Although the U.s. 7th Division had reached the Manchurian border on Octo­bt"r 211, a general " Advance South" be­gan on the East Coast in the face of an estim:ltw 200,000 Chinese Hws.

Could 1 e,'cr forget the cou ntless trips day and night-gasoline up--woundcd, do d lind dying back?

We "part time soldiers"" wc:re gelling

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mr. R ichard GolUrmllll 1I.'(l.(I o-ne 01 thOle lonunate 'el/ows that haPJJt!lled til be at th e right a.ge IIJI" U llcle Sam fo c«ll all him. fo-r h€ilJ dllnllY World 11'(0' fl . He Berved ill Ih(l Air Carp {lul"illg Ihe. illvasiolt of N orth A/riell. lind Url ly then w ail f(/lI liIHle(L in Eng­/u1ld il~ (' bombardment groltp and flllW llltmfJrOIfB ·miesiolls over Ge1"mlln y the IlItter purt of the W llr.

Af'~ World Il'lIr JJ he jinislted Itis sr:hO()/ing at Northwenel'", U llive7"8it.y find 1fJorked for t he St.(tte a~ (III eng i.­neer durin g Ihe 81wmUl r 1/1011. 111.11 . I m ­",cd;M~11I "fUr h", ymdlw.HQl t nil 1t1UII

ill act'il!e charge of COIl8trl/ctiQ1t work for the State H iflhw/llJ1 JA,P'W·tm.ent cO"llJrtrl(ctillg the highwIIY gl'adfJ fJfllXlra­

tio-WI ctrr-rlling DempRter Street OVIW E Mit. g~prelllfu;ay 'whell t rouble broke o-ut in Korea.

MI". Go/!eNlta)1 'was all actille reRl'lrve flna hill II"/lit UtIlS one 01 th(l first to /11:

ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

mu/cd into actille lIeruice. He 'W1lb' in Koreu flying a 8 -26 bt)}lIbu tmt-iJ SIH:it tit/I.e as the ra'1!id challgell in. aitit'lde affected h1$ ear.. He 11)(18 groltmled. however. the commanding offiCfJr fOlfnd Ollt thot he h«d hi01ul;oy eXptlTumCfl (l.lld thi, 'U-'f'8 ellou,,1t til /rulI.flf~r him. to K impo Air !"1'eld where. hfJ 'JIla. lit udive ch/H'ge of 'rebuifdillg and m.(lin.­t(l.inillfl thi. Ilil'" field mttii hfJ wall re­leMed i1l }9Sf . H e retl/med to the Stutflff with 0 commiBRi&n. of Majm- und we 1uticomed Mm baek intu the family of ellgineerR with the Stale Hi"hway De,JUTtmen,t, 'where he ill 110111 serving in the ctJpacity (If IIl1pervumv engineer on r,mll/trllctit)l!.

a (Iosc of something we'd not dreamed of jU5t 1I few momhs before. There were l:mdings on hastily constructed strips in narrow \'alley~ or on some pl~tea\1 high in the rugged Korean moumains. These ~ttip$ were constantly changing owner_ sh ip. aud it was not too uncommon tn make an ~pproach for landing only to be gte<'ted by a volume of small arms fire or light tlak. I recalled again the story book tales of landinJ! in snow plowed 5tril)5 on forty inches of ice on the chosen reSCTl'oir from which the 1st Mllrines and 7th Inf:antry struggled to escapc at temperatures around minus ~2 · F. From here we evacuated men whose limhs were black~ned with gan· grene-whose wimer clOlhinJ! had been stripped from them by advance Red dc­menu. Even the litters had to be chopped from the ice before they could be loaded. By IXcember 24, those that were lucky had reached Hungn:lIn SOffie sixty miles southcast, and had been evacuated.

Here we put Ihe turch lU tbou","Js of tons of ralions. clothing. equi pment and gasoline we had flown ill during prc­(ceding weeks.

Stati~tics. however, indic:lte th~t we had managed to help cvacu:nc by sca ~nd air approximately 105,000 men, 17.-500 vehic1e~, 350,CMXl tons of cargo, and 91.000 Koreall refugees.

It was in late February, 1951. Lhat I receh'ed orders transferring Inc to a night photo reconnaissance squadron in KOrc.l.

These orders were designed to gi\'e Troop Carrier men "comoot experience." Seemed I'd :a lready had a fair share of this type of experience during a tour over Europe in heavy bombardment. Each night our n ·26's were om over "NorLh Gookland" in an attempt to pin point and define any moving object, suspicious lights, or general enemy activity. Our crew h:ld rO:lmed into the fa r corners of J\'orth Korea. photographing enemy in­stallations, power plaots 00 the Yalu River, airfields. bl!ildup areas, and troop concen trations. Our efforts wcre often

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rewarded when we "vectored in" night inttuders to rocket or bomb with napalm or high explosives the ~rgets we had uncovered.

Too often we found ourselves the tar· get of Rus.s:i",n r.>d",r cOlurolled ack.ack, and evasive lactics proved less effective with each successive trip. The contin ual sun'eillance of the Reds through day :and night reconnaissance, plus the COOSt;lnt hammering of 1500 miles of m:ain line rail and railroad traff ic by 5th Air Force bombers and fighter-bombers had almost

Korean Lobore r. and their "Two Wheelers" all. Airfi.ld Con.truction.

completely pre\'ented a build.up of per· sonnel and materi:al, and had reduced the Chinese potential for a 1a.rge scaled at· t;lck.

Orders again. this lime uan~ferring me to the Installation Squadron of a newly organ ized wing. A physical di~bility had ahruptly ended my flying career. anJ

KorellD Women Laborers U.ed on Airfield COzatruCtiOll _ J(impo Air

Bnse, KOfeo.

1 joined the ranks of lhe "gr:avel grind­ers:' Our unit, whose primary mission was maintcn:ance and repairs of existing Air Force facilities, had been assigned the task of rehabililating Kimpo Air Base. which was then just three miles south of the front lines. It was the 14th of June. 1951 , that [ arrived with my con\'oy from Taegu after tWO days of eating Korean dust.

This was the s,1me Kim po I had Idl

the prece<'ding January amid a Ran,ing fuel dump, hurning planes, buildings and equipment. So timely was our exit then that we were forced to use the short southwest runway for rake-off to :avoid the heavy mortar fire already falling on the field. Since then our own bombers did excessivc bomb damage although the Reds had IX\'er 80wn aircraft fronl it. "Ve spent the next nine months repairing the damage our own forces had done.

\Ve were confronted with a multitude of problems, the immensity of which I never drcamed could exist. 1 bad soon found our greatest problem to be that of Logistic.l1 Support-we had praninllly no such support.

Heavy construction equipment so vital to our effort couldn't be pried loose from the depots in Japan. Requi~itions for tools were canceled as were orders for clothing alld personal equipmellt. Fire fighting appararus and crash reseue equipmcnt had to Ix shipped from the States.

Threads on hose conncctions, nozzles and rcduceT5 had not been standardized, and we preyed upon the willingness of ordinance depou ncar Seoul to machine the fi ttings we required. 1 recall how I lxgged for 200,000 hoard fcct of cut lumber, and months later recei\'cd fi fty. twO flatcars of random 1cngths--lcn and tweh'e inch timbers. In order to get one useful board foot of lumber, it W3.$ nec· essa ry to first rebuild a Korean lumber mill at J nchan, then cm the timbers and haul the cut lumber back to Kimpo some thirty miles. By this tillle my carpenters had ttaded our nails for other scarce ma_ terials. and we were obliged to begin trading lumlxr to retrieve an adequate supply of nails. This viciolls cycle re_ peated itscl(, and as a mcans of self preservation, ,[ permitted my non-coms to organize "scrounging" parties Ol C. l. 's who could swap or "moonlight re· tluisilion" the equipment we needed. Our "irregular" operations netted us most e\'erylhing from two-penny nails ~nd G.1. sox to a truck mounted crane complete with all but a few of its :nt.lch· menu. Carpenters worked with hand tools only-our power cquipmem had undoubtedly been hi.jacked somewhere llctwccn Pusan and Seoul.

My four C.l. plumbers found it neces­sary to tear down walls of bombed out build ings to recover pipc and fittings. She<'t meta ~ men had one pair. of lin snips and a few b.l11 p«n hammers. Equipment mechanics and porrable gen. erator men made weekly trips to areas directly behind the front lines to strip paru from wrecked vehicles and equip­memo Two G.!. welders werc elated when twO new portable arc wrlding rigs were fmally delivered, bm minus the

(COlllj,mrd on P~flt' 17)

7

Test Proves Rock Salt Best for Ice and Snow Removal

A comparative study of Rock Salt and lour other types of ice and snow can­

Holling agents on eight miles of twenty-foot wide pavement is given below.

The [est shows why more and more Rock Salt is being demanded each yur by

progressive IUinois Highway Enginttrs.

Qu EST I ONS TO BE MATERIALS A VAILAB LE

ASKED OF A GOOD ICI!

AND SNOW RE:\fOVAL CINDERS JeE-AGENT R OCK OR SAND REMOVING . SALT CINDERS SAND & SALT CHEMICALS

I. Will i, require , No y" y" y" y" huge amount of mate-ri:11 ?

2. Is it expensive? No y" y" y" y"

3. Will i, h< th rown No y" y" y" No off ?

4. Will it blow away? No y" y" y" No

5. Will it clog gutters? No y" y" y" No

6. Is i, expensive '0 No y" y" y" No distribute?

7. Must i, be mixed? No No No y" No

8. Does it tie up a 10, No y" y" y" No of equipment?

9. 'ViII it economically Ye. No No No No do a quality job of ice and snow removal?

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USE MORTON ROCK SALT For Ice and Snow

Removal -to Assure Clean, Dry Pavements This Winter

Safety is a primary obiect, and economical Morton Rock Solt is the quickest and easiest way of clearing povemenh after those winter storms.

Morton Rock Salt should be spread during a snow or im­mediately after to p revent the bonding of Ice and snow to the pavement. Morton Rock Salt's penetrating action quickly chenges the herdest pecked Ice or snow into slush wh ich is easily remeved by trefflc aclion or blade. One truckload of Morton Rock Salt will do the work of eight truckloads of abrasives .

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on effective Ice and Snow Removal

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New Bridge Proposed Over Illinois River

at Peoria

Peoria at th~ prcsem time has three: bridges o\'cr the llIinois River which

ca rry 50.000 vehicles d:aily. Thc..~ three bridges can ~ d~ribeJ as follows: Me­Clugage Bridge, (two lane, high level) construction ot which was started before: World War II and completed in 1948, is

IOC~lCd approxim3tc:ly 2.5 miles north of Main Street: (2) Franklin Street bridge,

(two bne) cunstructed 1911, is \ocalcd approximately 03 miles sout h of Main

Street and has bascllie lift spans for river tr<lffi..:; and (3) Cedar Street Ikidge. (four lane. high le,-d) constructed 1932,

is loc:ucd approximatdy 1.0 miles south of Main Street.

In 19~0 it was thought that even

though the Nurth Bridge (MeClugage Bridge) was built as thclI planned that evclIlu:llly :Hlother hridg(, woulu be nel;­

CS.~1ry to replace the Franklin StrCCt Bridg~ du~ \0 the fact th:lt it was old and becoming ha rd to maintain and also creatmg a bottle neck for traffic crossing the river especially during change of lihihs at th~ huge Caterpillar plant in

East Peoria.

Ther(' were many ideas as 10 the loca· tion of this new downtown hriuge. some

favoring a si te south o( lhe Franklin

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Street Bridge :md olhers north of this bridge. Accordingly, in I'.H7 a study was made by H. W, Lochner & Company. Chicago, which was financed by all [he

municipalities of the Peoria arc:! and the Division of Hig hw3YS. This survey r«~

ommcndcd that Franklin Stn:t't Bridge he removed and a new structure: built with approaches Oetw<.:cn Mun son and

Sanford Streets. This location was nc\'cr agreed upun by the various public bodies.

In 1950 an Origin ~nd Destination Traffic Survey (dcscribed in Vol. II , 1\:0.

2 of the Illinois H ighway Enginttr) was

made and as a r~su lt or this suney it was c:!elermined that the new bridge should be localed north of Ihe present Franklin Street Bridge, and that thc approoch in

Peoria should he between Jackson and Fayette Streets.

Mectings werc held at which the pr(}.

posed plan was discussed and after :l

public he:,ring which w:u held in City of PCQria Council Chambers, the City

Councils of Peoria and East Peoria .. greed to the proposed location of the new bridge.

Since that time further studies ha\'e been made and surveys made. Today the bridg(' seems n real ity sillce rights-ohvay

arc being purchased for the approadl in PWrm a nd borings ar~ being t.1k~1l fOf

the foundations of the brid~~.

The accomp.1nying sketch shows the

byout for the approaches on bolh the Peoria side and the E.1St Peoria sid~ as

tar as d~termilled to date.

It is est imat«i mat lhe l~ost of the hritlg~, incl uding right-of.way and both approach~s, will be $II,HOO,OOO. It is the

plan (0 finance the project using Federal funds, since US Route 150 will usc this

bridge, also Sta te {wlds and MFT funds from the fWO municipalities ;md Peoria

(,.ounty. T he probable completion of the bridge with the approaches from Knox­ville Avenue in Peoria lO Wash ington Slreel in Ea,t Peoria is sd for 1956,

Editor's Note: Thl" sketch accornp.1ny-

ing this article was originally prepared

tillder the direction of D. M. Costello for usc in connection with a talk he made

descrihing the bridge lO :1 th'ic group. the sketch W:l$ approximatd y 10 feet in

length. ThIef: pictures werc t .. ken of the origin .. l, thtsc thrtt pictures pasted to­

gether and a final picture faken. The photography was (lone through the cour­

te~y of the Caterpillar Tractor Company lIIith Mr. Ralph Morgan, Ex«utive As·

sisrant cooperating.

SUCCESS ? ··Be up to date," says the Calend:lf. "Push;' say. the Button. "Take pains:' says the Window. "Make light of e"erything.'· $.1Y5 the

Fire. " He sharp in your dealings," 5..1yS the

Knifl!. " When you find :l good thing, stick to

it;' :ld\'i~s the Glue Pot.

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16th I. A. H. E. Convention

cfndlAell Success The 16th Annual Convention of the

Illinois Association of Highway Engi­neers was helJ at the Hote! Sherman in Chicago on October 31 and November I, 1952. The altend3nce indicated remark­able interest in the organil..1.tion by its members and hard work hy the conven· tion committee and its chairman, Ted Olson. Abo\ll 85 Jdcgalcs and guests at­tended the tcl evi~ion program on Friday evening. almost 300 members attended lhe business and t«hnical session , 150 de!egate~ and guests made tht: bus tour to Edens Park Way and the Portbnd Cement As:;(><;iation L'looratory, and about 370 attended the cocktail hour, banquet, and dance.

The program, tho\lgh a full one, was run on Sl:hedule.

The Program

9 :30 a.m. Registration 9:35.UTI. Address of Wclcome~Elmcr

R. Knight. Assistant Chief H ighway Engineer

9:40 a.ln. Husiness Session- I. C. Bliss, Chai rman, Board of Directors (presiding)

10:15 a.m. Addres$ to Conventiun ~ Frank K Barker, Chief High­way Engin~r

10:4'5 ,un. Interlni~sion

11:00 a.m. "Colossus of Roads"-l3en H. Petty, Prof. of H ighway En­gineering, Purdue University.

12:15 p.m. Adjourn to bus loading sta­tion

1:30 p.m. Lunchcon - Firt':s.ide Restau­rant

2:30 p.m. Tour of Edens Expressway 3:30 p.m. Tour of Portland Cement As·

sociation Laboratory. Skokie, Il!inois

6:00 p.m. Cocktail I-lour, Bal T aberin Parlor, Hotd Shennan

7:00 p.m. Banquet Invocation--Carl Anderson Hal Taberin Parlor, H otel Sherman

9 :00 p.m. Dancing

At the business session two resolutions were adopted and referred to the Bo:lrd of Directors for con.ideration. The first resolution requcsted an im'estig3tion o( me feasibility of obtaining accumulative sick leave and longer annll<ll vacations

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AddrClflf By

F RANK N. BARKER Chief Highway Engineer

Mr. Barker spoke of the early history o[ highways in 11!inois beginning with the Bates Test Road, the first serious ex­periment on "Hard Roads." He elassed the early twenties as the "Golden Age of Roa{1 Building" wherein, with bond is­sues, 1000 miles of pavement were laid per year. Engineers earned 5125 a month and there were very few trucks to travel the roads.

During the "depression years"' of 1930 to 1939 we saw special Federal appropri­ations introduced to assist states in road building. Highway departmen ts were re­quired to take on WPA help and engi­neers salaries dropped to $100 per month. This period 3100 saw more and hcavier trucks using our rO:lds.

The years between 1935 and 19'19 were referred to by Mr. Barker as "smdy years." It was during this period that a highway planning survey was instirutcd. We also had me beginning of extensive pavement failures coupled with the proh­blem of very heavy trucks using our highways.

The war years of 1941 through 19'16. l'llW little or no bu'lding. no enforcem .. nt of truck loads, and a rapid and wide­spread depression in the highway systcm. The indecisive or post-war years of 19'16 to 19'19 saw legislativc failure to cope with the problem except for House Bill 820, but did produce a long range study of nceds, wherein it would he nITessary to spend $1 ,151,000,000 in 10 years or $1 J 5,000,000 eafh year to rcllabilitate the highways.

Mr. Barker referre{1 to the years from 1949 to the present, as the "era of ac­tion." We now ha\'c truck license in-

based on the length of service. The sec­ond resolution pertained to the Associa­tion sponsoring graduatc scholarships in Highway Engineering.

Immediatdy a[ter the: banquet the Chi­cago Lighting Institute entertained with a yery interesting talk lUlU demonstra­tion 011 "The Magic of Light."

The Chicago Chapter wishes to thank all who had a part in making the con­vention one to be long rememhcred.

creases along with .I{'lS ta~ increases to fina nce this construction. \Ve h,l\'e insti­tuted long-range planning. sufficiency ratings, annual pmgrams and the pha$­ing of (ksign work.

Opponents to mis h ighway program claimed that it would be impossible to complete it due to a lack of engineers, contractors and materials. The Giffen­hagen Heport s.1id such a program would take "three years to get under way"; however, the mission was accomplished in one year 's time.

The average contracts during the pe­riod 1932-1939 amounted to 519,477.000 a year. This increased ill 1940-1949 (0

an'average of $20,343,000 a year. In 1950 it dropped to $J7,O()O,OOO, but in 1951 it rose to $47,000,000 and in the fint nine month :x:riod of 1952 it has riS('n to the astounding figure of $70,000,000 in con­tracts. This included a total of 621 con­tracts (439 new and 182 carried over from 1951). 1200 miles of construction or reeonst~uction, 200 bridges and 23 grade separations.

The Division is timing this const ruc­tion to approximately $175,000.000 in the biennium. Income consists of $2.000,000 a month [rom motor fuel tax, registra­tion fees--which are a maximum in win­ter at1<1 amounted to $15,000.000 in Feb­ruary 1952-and from Federal Aid on various sections. The cash balance de­creases until Novcmocr and liS of Octo­ber 29 was a (Oral nf $3,300,186.00. "The problem," s.1 id Mr. Rarker, "is to get the balance ncar zero without going below."

With the coming session of the legis­lature, the Division expects to see argu­ments on the truck fee, gas tax. the pres­ent distribution of these fees and a H igh­way Classification Bill. "Rcg;lrdks~ of what legislation is enacted, it is the re­sponsibility of the Division," said Bar_ ker, " to continue our program. improve puhlie relations, and strengthen the or­ganization."

Mr. Barker concluded with the hope that al ~ En£illeers acquaim themselves with three pamphlets issued by the Di­vision. They arc:

"lIIill()is H ighway Reven ue and Needs Estimates-June 1952."

"Ii!i.nois Highway Designs and Con­struction Cost~Julle 1952."

" Motor Vehicle Taxation in Illinois-­August J> 1952."

Addreu BJJ EL.~lER KNIGHT

A!!sistant Chief Highway Engince.r

After asking for a moment of silent devotion in memory of Mr. Cicorge H . Baker, Mr. K.night commenteJ on the new spirit of enthusiasm which was be-

( CIlnti""ed "" page 13)

I L LINO I S H I GHW A Y ENGINEER

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CONVENTION SHOTS

(1) Mn. and Mr. Petly. Mrs. B899B. near-Mr. Johns.n and Mr. Be9'gB.

(2) The Ciorbas, Mr. Chaney. Ihe Goltennons and the Bloom­quist •.

(3l Mr. and Mrs. Dolton. Marie Lo)!;;er, Jerry Raich, Rose Anne Lanier. Boh Raicb. Mr. ond Mn. Calhoun.

(4) Mr. and Mr •. Broake, Mrs. and Mr. Spoerl. Mr. Murphy, Mn. ond Mr. Newall, Mrs. Murphy.

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( S) Springli .. ld Chapter, Di, .. ..tor Brantley and Mr. Schoen­herr and others.

(6) Mrll. Booth. Mill. Qnd Mr. Corey. Mr. and Mrs, Wood. Mr. DoeringBfeld. Mr. DUDcan.

(7) Mr. and Mfa. SCali, two unidentified. Mr. Buchana, uni­dentified, Mr. Mo.lI1!8on, Mr. Memler. unidentified, Peoria Chapter.

( a) M.s, (lnd Mr. Thorsen, Mig Schmidt, Mr. Coffey. Mra. and Mr. Nicholson.

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BUSY 3-MOVEMENT MODEL 826D INTERSECTIONS NEED

ELECTRO-MATIC®3 'Pia4e ~ The advantages of traffic-actuated control are

especially outstanding in handling intersections where three independent traffic movements are nec­essary to prevent danger snd congestion. Depending upon traffic volumes and other conditions a choice

of ELECTRO-MATIC MODEL 826D DIS­PATCHER, or VOLUME-DENSITY MODEL 1033 D ISPATCHER is available.

The following illustrates how right-of-way is trans­ferred under varying conditions of traffic demand. Note that phases are skipped on which no traffic is present. Each phase has time extension and memory. A typical four-interval signal color sequence is used. G, Y, snd R stand for green, yellow, snd red signals.

(a) It i~ It"""med that demand i~ present 011 each traffle phalle. Note that the dbspatcher includes each phase in the cycle.

Period : Street A: Street B: Street C:

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 G Y R R R R G R R G Y R R R R R R R G Y R

(b) Here it ill aDurned that w1u:n the ;reen Ii;ht ia ready to leave Phase A. there ia demand on PhaUJ B, but when reedy to le_e Phase B, there is no demand on PhS5e C. Therefore Intervala 5 and 6 for Phsle C are omitted #rom the cycle, and the veen li;ht 8kips to Phaae A. where thefe is a demand.

Period : Street A: Street B : Street C:

1 2 J .. G Y R R G R R G Y R R R R R R

(c) In this example, when the ;rt!en li;ht is ready to leave Phale A. there ;, no demand on PmUJ B, .so Interval. J and f. for Phale B ri~ht-of-way are dipped, tmd the I2teltn Ii~ht goes to Phase C in t espanle to demtmd there. From Phaso Cit /2Ot!s to Pha", .A. where there ia aJ50 demand.

Period , 2 S , 1 Street A: G Y R R G Street B: R R R R R Str .... t c: R R G Y R

(d) The usumption here is that there is dem.nd on Pha~ Blind C, but temparar-ity no demand on Ph ... A.

Pefiod Street A: Street B: Street C:

3 4 5 6 I R R R R R G Y R R G R R G Y R

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16th CONVENTlQN-( CQnlinllrJ from prIIt 10)

ing shown at this years convention. "The: spirit." said Knight, "is probably due to the: fact that H ighway Engineering in llJinois is :lc:ain rolling:' With a nearly unlimi ted amount of work to do, the Il ighway Engineer also ca n vote without hcing told how.

Mr. Kn ight pointed out twO things for which the highway enb>lnccr in Illinois can consider himsc:tf extremely fonu n:lte; (I) The people of this sti le ha\'e made a liule more money :l\'ai\:JbJc for the huild. ing of foods. and (2) an: blessed with a Chief Highway Enginccl who has a bet­ter concept of what it takes than nny other leader we have had.

"The rcason for ollr cnthusi:um," can­duded Mr. Kn ight, " is the ahil ity of Mr. 1l:lrker to sec certain pcrson lld prohkms and solving them. Our theme is now: Th:lnks to h ank Barker."

Add...,,,,, BI/

R ALPH H . MAJ'OR

Chairman Personnd Advisory Commit tee

Mr. Major K'v iewed 'juickly the hist­ory o( the organiz..1tion (If the: Personnel Advisory Committee by Mr, Frank Bark­~r. the Chief H ighway Enginc~r, aud Slated that the committee now consi~t~ of Mr, Clyde Ross, Mr. Ellis Danner, ~1 r. , . P. Tuthill and himself.

"Some of the real problem~ of the Di. vision of Highways," s:l id Mr. Major, "arc to att ract young EII~inttrs and 10

adopt :111 In·Sen'ice Tr.l ining Program:' H e s,1id thar the:se two problems ha(1 been turned on~r to his committee to solve, and they were now engaged in work ing ou! a suitable training program.

H is committee has hecn ad~'ised that the average starting s,1Iar) for gradu:lI ing Civil Engineers at the University of il li­nois was 5348.00 per month while that of the Division of (lighways W;\S on ly $325.00. To 10giGllly (ompete with in. dustry the commim~e had recommended to Mr. Harker the adoption of a starting

~Iary of 5350.00 per month. Mr. Barker has :Icceplro this and it is now in force.

Of course, there will be certain ine­qualities existing with the ra ising of basic salaries from 5325 to 5350 per momh. T o compcns.1te for this increase, the com· mittee has recommelHlell an ad justment uf those C.E.I\ C.E.l l's and C.E.lIrs making up to $4'i '5 per mOllth wherein inequalities ~xisted. Thi s measure has been presemed to Mr. Barker for ap­proval.

While cons iderin~ the subject of s,11-aries. the committee also recommended to Mr. Barker that certain legislative ac· Lion be instituted to gi\'e the AMistant Chief H ighway Engineer the compensa· tion that orTice deserves, along with the proper classification.

Due to incre.lsed respon~ihility , District Engineers have been reclassified from C.E.VI tn C.E.V II while Assis tant Dis· trict Engineers have been changed from C.E.V to C.E.VI. According to a rdist· ing and addition of new joh specifLca­tions, some key C.F..llrs have been re· classified to C.E. IV,

In rega rd to the Merit Rating Form, Mr. Major admiued that the for m now in use was not very satisfactory. H e ex· phineJ th is as bc:ing due to the fact that the .l.a me form mllst he llsed throughout the I)ep:lrtrnems of Public Work s amI Buildin~s and as a resu lt. must fi t all the di"isiollS within the department. H ow­e,'er, Major sa id a comm ittee was now a t work considering recommended changes.

"The Personnel Advisory Commintt has been 3sked to prep.1re a rttommend· ed change ill the pre:sent ~lary levels," said Me. Maior. 10 complying with this request, the Adl'i50ry Committee in turn, requested r~eommencbtions &om District Engineers. \Vhen these were presented, the ((lTnminee selected lhe one by Mr. Mallison, D istrict Engineer of District 4. \Vi tll a felV minor changes th is onc is beillg presented as recommcnded by the d ivision for legislative ;lCtion.

Illinois State Employees' Association

Following the IUllcheon held at the Elk's Club on September 20, 1952. the frill meeting of the Ho.1rd of Directors of the Illinois 51.1\e Employtts' Association was called to order by Chairm~ll Em· erick. Eighty members were present :Lt th is meeting.

The chai rman stressed ule thought that we as an assOO..1tion must be alen to the possibility of changing the retire­ment system by Congress to Social Se· curity, ~ i llC( during the past ),ear, three sta tes have bcc:n integrated imo the la tter ~yste.m.

H e fun her Sla ted that he had lc:trned through some sources, th:at all attempt 1V:1S being made to solicit funus alld ad· vertising for the Ill inois State Employees Association by misreprescnl3t1on. It was ~uggested that it might he desirable for the association to incorporate on a non· profit basis. However. in view or a. rul ing which had been made, it secms lhat nothing can be gained by incorpo. r.ating nor ('o1 n the name be prot~ted.

The chairman then called 011 the leg. islation Committee, which rerafted :15

follows: In th is report he outlined the progr:Hll tentatively adopted by the Board of Directors: one is to suggest the enactmen t of a widow's pension. Another is, in the e~~m a S1.1te employee is in­jured or dies under circumsta nces which may be service connected. that in any elent the sta te employtt should recei\'e ord inary J i~hi l it y benc::fits or that sur­vivors should rccci\'e ordinary de;Hh benefi ts pend ing determination whether or nOi the injury is service connected.

In prellious instanees survivors had to wait over one year before II Jecision was rendereJ. Another propo.'kL1 is lO revive one hrought up lit the pre\' ious se~5ion, to increase the minimum pension to per· sons who ha\'e al ready retired to $65 a month.

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riding for motorists, damaged tiref. bust­ed springs, broken axles, acci<\ents, in­juries, :mu death loom ahead.

But i f we don't crnbark on a sizeable reconstruction and new construction pro­gram soon, our mounting maimcnann: expenditures will COnlinuc lO ell! up con­strunion money um;l there is little or nothing left for the latter. And in the end our roods would become ~) h:lZ:trJ· OllS, despite all the money wt' could pour into 1I1:lilllcnancc, that the Jis,1sters p:lint­cd in the paragraph above would ~ upon us anyway.

wmmon sense would indicate a size­able program of rC!lIrfacing or rehuild­ing each yeaT in :Ill attempt lO rt'store a reasonable h3bnce between constructiun and maintenance. Time's :J-wastill'!

There arc a lot ot things that' should Ix: done in a road dep.1rtrnem that wC don't or can't do. As I view thc lagging P.1Ct" between Illa inlcnant;:c, r«OIUlruc­tion and nCW construction. and the ever exp.1.nding needs gC'oerated by incrC;Jsing traCTic Jcmands, I wonder what the end is going to Ix un1c:.s wmcthing revolu· tionary happells soon. The hig road· huilding push was hack in the late twen­ties anu the carly thirties when we built mile after mile of high·type pavemcnt. 1 '1051 of it is getting alollS towa rds (or

has p.15scd) the end of its economical life. now. h needs to be replacffi or widened, rCp;;Ii red and completely resur­faced. \Vhat arc we going to usc for money? A little more efficiency would help!

For 1Ill>l':lncc, many highway depart. ments are still opcr:uing under the s;,me arlmininrative and organizational set-ups the.y started with a generation or more agu. lust a few years ago, at the A.A.S. H.O. meeting in OklahOllla City. Thom· as H. MacDonald, Commissioner. Bu­reau of Public Roads, said in substance '·We have made great strides in the tech­nie;!l adVancellltcnt o[ our highway im· pro\·ement operations, but we have sadly neJ!l«ted the mooernization of our ad· ministrali\'e and org:lni7.ational :;ctups:·

B:ack in 1946, Charles L. Dearing of the Brookings Institution made this sig_ I~ifieant S!OItement that is just ;15 true to­d3y 35 it was six years ago. '·Our system of highw:r y linance: is ha~ic:rlly sound if it mccts one single and elementary test: Does it produc~ a rcasonahly fai r d istri­hution of total highway costs among those who deJlland and Ixnefit most di­rectly from road and street lISC? There is of course a corollary aud eq\lally im· portant test. Specifically, do the charges for ro.1.d and ~trcc:l servin'. reflect cflieient and progres~i"e puhlic management ?"

Expressways Since the theme of this convention is

·'Expreuways," I should conform hy say­ing at :east a few worJs on this subject. When first contacted by Norman Beggs relative to appearing: on this program, it was suggested thai '·Expressways·· be the subject of my talk. [lUi J quickly shied aw;ly from that subjecL Knowing that there prob.1.My would be in the aud ience such men as Major Qu inlan, Barker, Gunloo.:k, Campl'lC'!1, Jackson, Mortimer, Tuthi ll , Harrison, Kelley and others who know murc about expressways now than I will ever know, I nently side·stepped that one.

We are faced with the staggering prob­lem of providing ade(lu3le traffic facili ­ties to unsllarl the paralY7.ing u;afIic con· gestion in our metropolitan areas. Here we really get into the big money! In 1ll:lny cases, the right o( way alone cmlS more Ihan the construction. I have some (amili:ar ity with one sample of this na· tiun·wide problem. right hl:'r<' in Cnnk County, 11lillois. I have been impressed hy tht: thoroujl:hness and boldness with which the studies, planning and modern· i7.e(1 design have hccn carried on by the engineers. Where engineering opinion prevaih, I ha ve little fear of the end product,

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Rockddl~r sa id, "Non-action, in many (:in:untnanccs. is more expc:nsi\'c than a .sec:01ingly high.priced construction pro­gram. What is needed most is a hold and imaginative approxh ."

Commcllting eciito r i~lIy on the abo,'c statement, the ENG INEER ING NEWS RECORD cJ(prcsscd the following: "Too often the certainty of growth-:md the growth that will be engendered by the fac ility itsdf-:lrc o,-crOOked when (Ie­cicling whether an illlprovcnll: nt call be: afforded. Theil is whell a bold and im­aginative approach is needed."

These opinions :~re amply substanliau:J hy the follow ing quomlions from the September 1952 issue of AUTOt. IOUlLE FACTS:

"In addition to reducing tral1ic con­gestion, new super highway~ appear to spttd the t'conomic Jcvdopmcnt of areas through which they pa.~s.

"At least that is what has happened along the C:ulf Freeway in Tcxu, : • .::cord· iog to a recent survey made by that SIate·s highway dep;lTtment.

"Although tht 50-mil:: freeway. which extends &om Houston to Galv!!ston, was completed only last spring, some adja­cent properties already ha't increased in dollar value Illore than 65 per cent since 1946. when rood connruction was first begun.

"All along the freeway, property is be­ing developed and impro\·ed.

" In five years, one blighted are:! that funnerly contained shabby homes and a few light industries has beell transformed jilt" a plca:.;uu n:s;ucmial community, which OO.1Sts a mooern (euil husiness sccuon ;lIld a row of neat new factories.

"A nother section along the freeway which eonsisled la rgely of \':lcalll land selling for 19 cellls a foot in 1940, is he· coming all importanr industrial area. Cu rremly, lhe property is wonh S130 a foot.

",\ similar sccuon mortly "aeant len years ago, is being built up with multiple aparunent buildings. - -

"The most important yardstick of the freeway's value is the actual tr:msporta­tion service it renders communities and the motoring public.

·'Ilere is the record for one !iCCtion of th., ncw hixhway, nc:JT Houston, th:>t has been in usc four years:

''Traffic has reached an average of more than 75,000 \'ehides per (by. The heaviest" loads occ ur on weekdays which indicates that the frt."t:way is used primar. ily for necessary travel.

'·A total of more than 250 million ,·e_ hide miles ha\"t~ heell tr:l\-deJ on the highway so far.

"Tr:l\"el lime all the freeway is one-half that required on the older routes .

" The state highway depanment esti­mates that mOlOrislS alrtady have saved $12 milliol) in gas, oil and operating ex­pcn~s that would loa,·c piltJ lip in ordi­n:'lry stop-and-go city driving.

"The fal:lli ty rate h:ls been 1.6 per 100 mill ion mile$ of ,·ehide rra\·el. a~ com· pared to the over-all national rate of 7.5."

We mlU\ d isabuse the puhlic mind on the idea that such facilities arc too cost­ly. Let's Stop talking 300m the "cost per mile" of stich needed trafJic facilities ami substitute the ·'cost per vehicle mile" idea. On the basis of daily or annual lr.Iffic carried, I \'emure to guess that m:'lny miles of ordinary two-lane high­way$ being constructed now in Illinois and other states, costing in the neighbor_ h.ood of $100,000 a mile, will represent a higher "vthide·mile" (Ost than SOme of your expressways or fr«ways wsting a few million dollars a mile,

Some 8t lt Tightening Indicated There {lfob.1bly is not a single gO\'ern­

mental unit in this hroad land of ours th~l canna< pm forw .. rd a fairly p lausib l ~ argument in justification of an increa5Cd uudgel of taxpayers money to carry 011

and expand what set'rn~ to m;UlY of them is tlte most important work !x-ing done for tht' good of the people, Hut just how

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far can we go in this ever expanding program of raising a.nd expending tax mane)' ? (My Scot,h nature speaking now.) It Illay be that we :llready have rC3ched the ~ak sin,e there are inueas­ingly e\'ident trends of public opinion fa ­vonng curtailrm:nt. If this g:Hhcrs mo­mentum , some go\"(!rnmental units will he hun . but many will benefit by the enforced necessity of rcsorting to greater C'fiiciency, better design, diminatillg the frills. :md more attention to securing and ret.'lining qualified personnel on adequ3te salary rates.

Rather than curtail, we muSl increase highway fund s, and soon, if we expect l'O " keep what we h3n::" anu prm'ide the additional highway bcil ities so urgendy needed to cope with thc amazin~ C'xpan­sian of highw3Y lIafTic. 10 justi lication of this :Iltitude, I defy anyone to show cause why any other expenditure of tax funds ( with the possible exception of defense in war time) so greatly arTttts, Jaily, th" \'ery 1; \'e5 of ewoTY man, 1V0m_ an. and chilo ill this coulllry as do roao cxpcnditures,

And now m.:ty I wind up Ihis discus­sion with a quotation from an excellent public rd3tions puhli,atior: entitled "The R030 To Realit y," recemly <Iistributed by the I\mericao Rood Bui\<lers' Associa­tion. W:Ishington. D. C.

"The tn~.nd toward sUJurhm living,

the growlh of Commercial Iraffi, of .:tIl kinos, and the unprecedented pcace-timc mobilization program have all brought new and unexpecled demands on our highway synem.

" In addition, our industrial erTieiency has gi l't ll U~ mUle leisure, anJ more and more we are sIXnuiug this leisure un our highways.

" Well ovcr fifty-two million \ehid cs arc now jockeying for lI.:tvel space. The numhcr of vehides in use has inen:ased si tlcc 1945 at .:t rale of morc than thrcr: million a year. Our highway system has lagged far behind.

"Within the pa~1 few ye3U this in­crease has bc,ollle {jistrcssingly apparent to every American motorist. Each of us is daily frustr.lted by the confusion it has brought.

"New roaJs, adm ittedly, are costiy, Hut it is far more costly in the long run to

keep deferr ing c.apitll in\'e_~tmel1t in new roods."

It hls been an honor and a p1cl sure to p.1nicipate on this progr3m. Thanks for listening.

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j\'fr. Lewis Olmstead tben submitted the following proposal to the board \\ hieh had ix.'C1l brought 10 his attention

for whate\'cr action they wished to take; that state C'mployees with 30 ye.:trs of service be permitted 10 retire at whatever age they wish. In the di scussion thlt en­sued, the pension laws commission is not in (.:tvor of it, as it appears that the cost of ,uch a proposul is prohihitive_

Another proposal was suggcsteo by Mrs. Laura Sexton, rClf.l rding social se­curity. in thm we wilh our present retire:· ment S\'su:m should nOI aUow it to be­come the prime pension systt:m. and II.

sug~estion I\as made that the chapters wire their congressmen of their fed ings against social security. Mr. Cortwriglu was of the opininn that there is more concern th:)!} is necess3ry :It this momellt, and "'hilt: there is 3 possibility that ill the n~xt session of Congr~s$. these 5.1me lrnendments will be renewed, it docs 001 mean that we will be: fo rced into it. He rem inded hi$ listeners that we arc still ~oing to hal'e the perm issible aetion of the State pension system

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Gradually we sh ifted into high gear, and IOgether with an .\rmy Engineer Aviat ion Hattalion we attempted to do the impossible. My 5Un:cy parties were in the field hy day. :md duublcJ as drafts­men at night. Crews were blasting rock and crushing it with ;I battery of twenty. ton portable: crushers. We: Tan the port­ahle asphalt p1:lIlt until it hurn<':d down. The base wmrnanucr had ordered it mo"cd anyway because it (Cealed dust. So the insulted engineers promptl y s:l1-"aged the: rcm:ljns and movcJ it thirty miles south.

GClleJals and bird Colunels alike breathed hot and cold down our ncck.~. and the mul timdc of their [00 often con­flitt ing orders did nO( I~nd In air! Ih .. war ~fJOrt. h wu a rdid to know. how­~\'~r, that high~r h~adquartcrs had al least made an attempt to organi ze this confusion . The priorit), of collstructior\ projects Wll.~ suhj«t to hourly ch:mges, ou r cfforts W efe cont inually diverted, and somc major projects completely aban­doned. Hy politely ignoring a greater percentage of the wing commander 's or­ders we could make progress. Th is I did with no r~pris.1k

Korean contr:lCtor~ were awarded con­tracts in our attempt to speed up cum· pletion of priority projew. Most of thest' contracting organi7.alions were opernted, if nOI din:clly own~d. by high ranking go\'enum:nt olTieials or Korean le:tden.

I Indr r their present caTrop! govern­ment, and its influence on husiness and life itsclf, these contractors became :1 li :\­hility. We knew that :tny engineering unit or installation sq uadrull could do more efficient I)'. in less time. and at half the cost, th~ proiects awarded to native or local contraClOrs. I had tried. with­Out success. to Icg:llI), cancel thei r con·

tracts for illcumpet~nce, for misappropri­a ting G J . materials and for suh\'ersive acti \'i t i~s in general. I rl";membcr how a~tonished I was to find them supplied wi th detailed plans of our illst:ll1ation~­clearly bearing the "Restricted" stamp. Had it heen a coincidence to find ie t letdown procedures for Korean aiT b.1SCS. .locI yarious te.:hnical manuals m:lrkcd ·'C.onl1dem ial" in the hands of supposed­ly ignorant laborers? My suspicions of one of the chief engineers for the Choi Construction Co. Ltd. lV~ re confi rmed when I received I)I:WS th:tt he had suf­fered an untimely hean attack clurin~ an interrogation by security pol ice at Ihe YongdonK Do jail.

It was N(wernbcr 27, 195 1. The Heds and U.N. hael fi nally agr~ed to a battle lille to be for thirty days. An a rmi. stice wa.~ ine\·it:lble. At 3:1 5 A.M. on the following )auu:tr)" I , we welcomed ill lhe !\ew Year with one of the I:trJ.'est Red ai r alL1cks of th~ wa r. During Jan­uary and February, I had been plagued witb the problems invoh'ing winter con­struct ion- the t~mP'"ralUre had dropped to a ste.1dy 4° to li o F. By this time The face lifting at Kimpo was almost com­pleted - lil'i ng, admin.istrati ve, supply and maimenance facilit ies h3(1 been made a\'a ilable to 3600 men. and an ai r wing operating four Iypes of aircraft. We had built a sewer system complete with Im­holT tank and sludge driers. all the pioe for which W:lS made by hand on the job­site. We rehabilitated some tWO ;\11(.1 one­half Illi l~s of okl water s),stem, and con­slructe(1 three miles of n~w. incl uding a pump housc. anu th~ rehabili tation of a 240.000 gallon bullet r iddcn sted resc:r­\oir.

lbe runwa),s had been almost com· pl('ctdy resurfae('cd and extended somc 1400 feet with 800 feet of over run at e:lch end. Thi s extension alnne had in­voh'ed the movement of over 32,000 Cll.

yds_ of eanh. $e\en miles of new ro."u1 had been hili!! and ten mil~ rebuilt. Kimpo bo.1sted a new 100 bed hospi tal complete with a ~team heated surgery

room, and a hcli-porl where "egg heat­ers" ( heli -<optcrs) from the air tc.'\Cue S<Juadrons could bring wounded to with­in 300 feel of the operating room.

The b.1 Sf now had a BOO·5500 volt source of KMean electrical power and corn plete electrical distribut ion system. We had done our best with inadequate )Upport, and a minimum of materials and equipmcnt.

" Flight 301. Seoul C ity 10 Tokyo, r~ady for dcparture·'---this w:u it. 1 hur­ried to the plane fo r the night \\'a~ cold, and r had 8500 mib to go fo r that long awaited reunion with my fam ily and re­tum to civilian life.

make no little plans Daniel Rurnham, famous Chicago citi­

zen and architect of the Chicago Plan, who \\,:IS the designer of our present sys­tem of houlevards and lake·front parks wrote in 1909:

" Make no linle pl ,," ~: they ha ve no magic to stir men's blood and probably in themselves will not be rcaIi7.ed. Make big plans; aim high in hope anti work. remembering thlll a noble, log ical dia­gram once recorded will never di~, but long after we. ar~ gone wi\! be a living thing, asscning itself with e\'er-growing intensity. Rem~mber thai our sons and .i!randsons ll r~ going 10 do things that wooltl siagger us. Ul your wa tch word be order allli your beacon l"K'auty:'

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In the .pring of 1929 our highwa y mailllenanre p.ltrolman working oul of Galva was '·stuek" with some pblll ma­terial which became his propeny through the saIl'S efforts of a "fly .. by night" nurs­ery salesman_ On lIoh y 13, 1929, this ma o. Icrial was plautI'd by lhe patrol tn:ln, with some additional help, at a location we.,t of G;\ lvl! which has since become one of the mon auracti\'e 1:lOd!iCapcJ :lTe;l$ in this district_

During the next few years Inany simi­la r areas were planted by the highway di vision in eo-operalion with \'arious women·s duhs, service dubs, and other ci\' ic"minded org:lnizatiunl,

During this period there was consider .. ahle outcry from thl' layman as well as from 111'''1)' of the hiJ;hw2Y engineer, with reference to thc " pansy growers." o.·roadside fisb pool" :lnd "rock g:lrden constructors."

[t was not until a fe w yean ago th:lt the esthetic :lSpecl of highway construe· tion recei\'ed considl' ration among the highway engineers, This was brought about, no doubt. by the f~deral :lid laws alllhorizing the expend iture of fcdl' r;l[ money for highway landSl:aping_

Some one h:l5 s.1id tbat the three in· d ispensable yualities which every high .. way must po~scn :Ire: Utility. Safety. ~nd Beauty,

Throughout the stale there :H~ thou · sands of miles of l).a\'ed highways which h;n\! been buil t within the past twenty years. You recall the cry of the early !wentics. ·'Gel Illinois out of the mud:· There is a considerable nriation of right. of-w:l Y widths in this mileage, ranging from :l minimum of sixty feet to a maxi· mum of (Wo hundred feet or more. A typical section of one of our older roods fl'a turt's Ilarrow shoulder!>, deep d ilehes. ,mil steep slopes: while a typical section

of one of our most recent impro\eJ roods f~tun~s wide shoulders, shallow ditches, and Rat 5lo~s with rounded contours. At prcse.nt, it is the pol icy of the !)i \' i ~;on to plant the highways wh ich have a right-of- way width of eighty {eClor more.

H ighway landscaping and 5.1fcty go h:and in hand . Our earlier constructed highways w ith their narrow righlS-<lf-way an~ neither 5.,f( nor can they be properly landscaped. Therefore, a wide riAht-of­way is cssenU:.a1 for both a beautiful hil!h­way and a safe highway . A wide right­of-way furni shes sufficient Sp:lCC for a wide roadhed. Road surfaces can be widened when m:ccssary. and foot paths collsrru(too without the. purchase of addi­tional bnd. ( If in your day's work you han: nevcr had the occasion lO try to sn:urc additional right-of.way, ask the boss to let you try it SQme dme.) Land· scape pla nting can be placed in their pennanent location and allowed to de­\'dop lIatUl:.lly without the necessity of tr;uuplantins; them and without 16ngu of damage when the highway is recon· st ructed,

The standards as sct lip for correctivl' gr;lding, e~pecial!y in our Federal L.1nd­S(ape Proil'ct~, h~\' c not only madc morl' attracti\'e highways but al so 5.1fer high­ways, 0:lrrcctin: grading and reshaping of all earth wnrk to natural lines consists primarily of slope-flattening and the rounding of slope intersections, Nature ahhors a Sleep slope, Coosl:lntly by rain and frost she tears it down , making it neces5.1.ry for the mainten3nct forces tn continu.1.lly cle~1l the ditches 31lJ pave­ment of this earth which erosion has sluffed from the hanks. 111is co:tditio:l i~ not only uns.1fe for the uavd ing pub­lic. but it is a costly operation for thc Maintcnance Department. On the other hand-Ratteni ng of back slopes tenels to blt:nd the highw:l}' into the surrounding tupography and m~k~ it (;Lsicr to esta]" .. lish a covering of \'ej.!etation which will prnerll [he slope from em::ling, FlaHcn .. ing of back slopes also give'!! gre~tcr vis­ibility on curves, The Ranening of fill

slopes will m:ake many miles of guard rail unncct$Slry, with not only a Sowing in construction cost, but abo a reduction in the annual m:limenance cost, Unde­niably the Rattening of slopes not only makes for attractiveness and economy, but also for safety.

One of the duties of our bllldscape forces is the maintaining of the natural or existing gmwtll along the highways .. All dead trees and those in a position which is d.mgerous to traffic :lre re .. moved. The stumps are CUt Rush to the ground, if IIOt actually grubbed out. The remaining trees are tTimme{!. This trim .. ming consists princip;llly of the remo\':ll of dead limbs, interfering branches, and lower branches where it is nCCeSs.1rv to

provide standard traffic clearances ·and $ight distance~,

\Vhere pleasing views of the country .. side are obuinable from the highway, there is a te,dency {or travl'lers 1'0 stop and enioy the scenery, Opening vistas and the dc,-clopmenl of I,..rkmg areas not only add to the travelers ' enjoyment. but also to their s.1fery, This, likcwise, :lpplie5 to the picnic areas now being Ill:lintained by the division_

A few years ago while driving :llong the highways. especially 3[ night. in the winter when all one could see was a COil .. tinuous exp"lIue of white ~now-co\'ered rood way and snow covl'red fidds. the telephone and power poles indicated the direction of the highw:ly, /'.·ow on the higbways Ihat ha ve ocen (ree planted. the trees indicatl' Ihe direction in the same manncr. esp«iall)' where trees h:l\'e been massed on the outside of a CUf\'e :lnd where a slight curve is located at the top of :l grade, The lIttS :lTe much more attrani\'e th~n the sl:lrk outlines of thc hare poles. thlls having value fro m the standpoint of att racti\'cnCSS as W I' II as safety.

Shrub pl~ntings likewi~ ha\'c their place from safety's standpoint as both trees and shrubs have a tendency to minimizl' glare_ A massed shrub plant-

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ing in (he parkway between two one-way lanes, can be: designed in such a manner as to absorb headlight glare_ Also shrub plan[ings ca n be used at many loc;Jtiolls a~ ;I substitute for our guard fence.

There is no qUl:..u;on hut that the cor­rective grading and the impro\'ed con­struCtion methods ha ve made the high­ways throughout our state more aUrac­ti\'e;ls wc:ll as 5..1fer for (he tron-der.

Editor 's Note: Asked Harry Marshall to dash ofT an :Irticle fo r this issue con­cerning his work but he begged off due to lack of lime. I just happencd on thc above article wh ich appeared in the Au­gUSt issue of SarclY Hulktin whkh was publishct! in 1937. If one were to change the clcKripuve word used for ditches from "shallow" to " ample" Ihe an icle coulcl have been written for this issue of the ILLINOIS HIG HWAY ENG i­NEER, since the subject matter is ap­plicable to today's ideas.

From strength 10 strength go on!

Wrestle: and fight and prny!

Tread all the powers of darkness down,

And win the well-fought day.

- Wesley

GtRVIN{) OUR COUNTRY

Ralph D. Sutherbnd has enlis[ed in the Navy. "Corky," as he is known 10

his frie nds in District ~. reported to Newport, Hhode Island on October 24, 1952, where he will altend me N avy O.C.S. school. He has been in the or­gan i;wtion re5Crve for 5Yz years. Aiter two months at Newport he hopes to be comm issione<l as an Ensign in the Sea BeC!. H is enlisilllelll is to 1as\ from 15 months to th ree years. In the last six issues of the ILLI NOIS HIG II WAY ENG IN EER you have Ken the ca rtoons drawn b)· ·'Corky." Before he: left he submined nine additional sketches 50 we

can continue to enjoy his can oons through 1953 and 1 95~ . If his hitch is not ovcr then, he says he will submit additional drawi nJ(s if we wish mem.

• • • R. J. Corrigan, employed in the Rureau

of Design , District 10, si nce June, 1952 was inducted into the armed forces on September 17, 1952 and is now stationed at rort Sheridan.

• • • J. E. Kaindl, employed ill the Bureau

of Design, District 10, during the last two summer vacation periods, was in­dU(led into the arm ed forces on Septem­her I II, 1952 and is now stationed at Fort Sheridan.

Our best wishes to these boys in what­ever assignment Uncle S:lm has for them .

NOTICE

W e would like to have

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GEORGE BAKER Pi onool' Highway Engi neer

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The entire Illinois Di \' i ~ion of High . w:lys was ~JJ(.ned alld shocked, when word carne in the afternoon of October 7 lh:n Mr. George Haker had pas~J awa y:H the Mcmori~ l Hospir:tI ;l1 Spring­fieill. Illinois.

Mr. Baker had not compb incd of f~l­ing ill and mired 35 usw l Oil Sunday evening. October;. However, he awak· cIled early tbe next morning and com­plained of being cold and diSlressc:d. and ash·" ~1rs. Baker w call their physician. Ikforc the doctor arrived, Mr. Baker 5uffcrcd a heart attack and was rushed to lhe hospital where he succumbed the followi ng day.

Mr. lbker joillcd the Illinois Division of Highway ... short ly after his graduation from the University of \Visconsin in 1914. He served as an Engineer in vari. ous clp.1cilies in Districts I, .f. ; and 6 until 1930. wheu Ill;: Wali Vroult)tcd lU

Bureau Chid (of local roads and Strecu), the position he hdd until hi s death.

Mr. Baker devOI~d a li:etime of con· scielltious service to the []Iinois Division of Highways. It was his privilege to sec it grow from humble Qcgillnings with kss than 100 Engineers to its present size with O\'er 1,000 Engineers and a network of modern highways sp.lnning the entire State.

Mr. Bahr was gifted wilh a rich and W3rm personality, which endeared him to e\'eryone. It was th3t ever prcscnt frit 'ldly sm ile that u:stified to a fine spirit of cooperation not ol1ly in his serv­ice to the State but also to his Church .

ThaI his pl:lce will be truly di O'icult to fill can only he measured by the steady stream of mourilers who flied slowly and te.1r(Utly P.1st the hier, il1 order that they might pay their last respects tu their friend and neighbor who had so sudden· ly heen taken out of their midst. The huge floral display was a livi ng testi. mOllY to the useful and fru itfu l sen ' icc

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lin )'ne.moriam he rendered both to his State :md to his fd low_ll1en .

T hose of us who had the ple:lsure of being associated with Mr. Baker feel that our liv~s ha\'e been made thaI much richer, allu we join with Mrs. Baker and the fam ily in sh:uing the loss of her he­loveu husband. devnted father and a tried an(l true friend.

Mr. Baker le.aves to mourn his pass­ing. his wife, Delia; daughter, Mrs. Sheridan Glcnn; and a gmndson, besides a host of rc!ati\'es and friends.

Funeral sc:rvices were conducted on Thunday, October 9. from the Pirst Methodist Church with the Rev. A. Ray G rumma n officiating. Burial was in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Springfield, llIinoi~.

HOWARD L. BRISSENDEN Iloward I.. Brissenden. fhsistant Engi.

neer of County Roads :Illd City Streets in Dim in 7. died Tuesday. Nm·ember II, 1952. Mt. Brissendcn became ill while the family was visiting with Mrs. Brisscnden 's siSler in Chicago. and col­lapsed with a cerebral hemorrhage. on Saturday, No\·embcr 8. He d id nOI re­gain consciousness hefore his dc.1th .

Mr. Hrissenden was born at Shattuc, Illinois. J\ ugust 9. 1906 and moved to Clay City at all early age. at1endin~ grade and high school there. l ie grad· uatccl from Montana State College in 1928, with a B. S. degree in Civil Engi­nccring, reporting for work in District 7 at Effingham in June. 1928 as Junior I lighway F.n).1:inccr. He worked (ru",

this office until his death with the ~xc~p­lion of olle year in the Bridge Office in Springfield and three years with the U. S. Navy duril1g World War 11 . as Lieutenant and Lieutel1:lllt Commander in the Construction Battalion.

He W:lS active in the work o[ the F.f­fingham Chapter of Illinois A~soc iation of H ighway Engineen, being a charter member and having served as President of this Chapter, and a member of the State Board of Directors, serving as Chairman of the Bo.1rd.

The last rites were held ill [he Cen­tenary Methodist Church in Effingham where he had served as chai rman of the build ing com mittee for that church. Bu· l ial wa., in thc C lay C ity cemcu!ry ncar his boyhood home.

Surviving arc his wife RUlh ; two daughters, Beverly. 20, and Jane, II ; his parentS, Mr. and Mrs. j. E. Bri ssend~n, four broth{' r~ and one sister.

Howard was a highly valued member of the engineering profession with fri~nds

+ over the entire State. He has wrinen his own c:ul0l!l:y in the memory of those who knew him, by his honesty ami calm ef­ficiency. We a r~ all well aware thaI we ha\'~ lost one of our best engineers.

GEORGE SIMMONS M.r. George Simmons, an engineer for

the Sangamon ('...aunty Depa.rtment of Highways, form~r1y ~mploycd with Di· vision of Highways, died from injuries 5ust:1 ined from a fall during an in~pec­lioll of a ori(lge. He was a member of the ASPE and IAHE. ha\' ing recei ved the Retired Member Certificate at the 19'5 1 convention.

LEONARD M. COX Leonard M. Cox, aged 63. an employee

of District I for the P:IS( eight yC':1 r.<. d ied of a heart au.ack at hi~ Elgin home on December 21. tvlr. Cox, a Veteran of World W:lr I. was born at Richland, Iowa. where h~ maintained a resideoee in the old um ily homestead until the time of his death . After auending H igh School there he received his engineerin g training at Iowa State C'..ollege at Ames. He was previously employed by the Oi· I'ision of H ighw:IYs from 1924 to 1928 and from 1 9.~() to 1933. After per joJs of employment with th~ C. &. N. W. I{ailrood, Ihe Iowa Highway Comm is· sian and the Iowa Gcod~lic Survey, he returned to District i in 1945 and for the past several y~aT5 had been assigned to the lXsign SeClion. H~ had no children but is survi\'ed oy

his widow, a sister and tWO brothers.

ANN MANDERFIELD Miss Ann Mal1Jerneld, sister·in ·law of

our editor. ~r. K. A. Lonier, p.1Ssed away on August 25, 1952, at Houghton. Michigan. Funem l servic~s wete held at Houghton, Michigan.

WILLIAM F. BLAUVELT Mr. WiHiam F. Blauvelt, f..1ther of

George Blauvelt ( Bureau ot Materials, Ch icago), District to, passed away Oil

Scpt~mber 2, 19;2 at Springfield, Illinois.

MARTHA H. LESHEWSKI Mrs. Martha H . Leshewski, mother of

William Lc~bew~ki ( Dureau of Design. Chicago), Diurir.:t 10, passed away on October 17, 1952 at laSalle. ltlinoi.~. Fu­neral services w~re held at laSalle, illi­nois with interment at Oak wood ceme­t~ry.

We extend our deepest sympathy to Ule bereaved.

ILLINOIS HIGHWAY ENGINEER

ELGIN ChaptcT meetings 5in{c the summer

recess have been held at the Red Lion Inn on Route 25 with the most recent on Dec 10 when 30 members gatherc(1 to deC( the new ofTiccrs for 1953. Winners after a strenuous campaign werc James Lenz, president; Eddy Lund , vice-presi. dent: Ralph Duncan, SC'crct.'lTY and P. E. Tanner. treasurer.

t\'ew members since nur last issue in­clude: Roy Bell , Dick Jacques, John Westberg. 51<:\'( Goodman. Ed. Kalilc. Gordon Graham and Louis Polman, Jr. All except Graham :He ettent graduates who came to District I Juring the sum­mer months.

Some of our members. in recent months, h3\'( kit lhe ""anJedu~1 a nd ROlle far alidd. The B. M. Jones' went 10 Smoky Mountain region where Ben \ isi tcd hi s old home at Ashcvillt'. The R. H. Kress' were in Florida for a va­cation ill late No\'emocr. Dick 1."\y5 he prefers the i\-liami .1rI~a to any otht-r pan of the State.

With Ill'arly all of the [>ersonnel b.lek in the office after a bus. ~.son. most regular members of the C~nstruction :lIld Materials Sections can relax a bit and g:nher up the loose ends whilt. the De· sign Sectiun carries the b:J11. One excep­tion, a man whose life is ju.~t one busy $Cason after another, is Chapter Secretary Eddy Lund. H is duties as Soils Engi. neer keep him on the jump from hll to b te srring wh.·n Ih" addcd dUly of HI·

pervising the. asphalt phnts brings a real. Iy busy time.

Se"cral of our mem~rs have !>ct.n on the ~ick list r«enlly. Paul I-lieher was in the L.1ke Fore~t Hospital for :1.11 op­eration in early December but at Ian re~ POriS was recuperating at home. J. L. Miller is ~ill on crutches front that brok ·

District Notes en leg ...... vr.r;,1 mnnths ago. J. P. ( P.:tt) Dougherty. hospitalized for a [ew Ja)'s recently. is now cOlwalcscing at home but we hear it may be some time before Pat gets back to work. Al Ra iley is now in Hines Hospital undergoing treatment a,nd will prolxtbly hi: there for sorne urne.

Landscape Engineer Dick Kress was in Winnipeg recently to attend a confe r· ence Oil roodsidtc weed control, SO look out weeds, things will he rough in 1953.

The H ighway Howl ing League rolliug this year at Schneiders' Alleys completed the first round on Dec. 15, with fi rst place going to the team of 13orrud. Cash, Jenkin~, Wilson and Wyman. Individ· ual high scoring honors went to Lellz, Booth. Docringsfdd and Radloff in that order. "Inc second round will begin after the hol idays.

The Annual Oiliee Xmas Party was held at the Rtcd Lion Inn on Dec. 23 and all of us are indebted to Bill Coffty and his committee of Ralph Duncan, Pat BaldauL Jim Lcnz and Grace ritchie for a fine. time.

OTTAWA

The news o( the Ouawa District is \'ery scarce. Oce;lsionally a Resident En­gineer finds his way to Ou:.~wa. They usually look like a she bear coming out of hibernation with eyes look ing like twin boles burned ill an old grey blanket and their bellS tightened up to the last possible notch. \Vc knvw yvu Ioa\'<; h ,lt! a big construction year fellows , so let up on that routine. "Out of the night that was fifty below and into the din ami the glare, tllere staggered an engineer worn out 1.1)' the joh. dog dirty, and lo.1ded (or bear." Tho~ who have compicted their con·

struction work arc busy on finals and

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some :Irt' nuking S\lT\' CY' for the coming year.

The coming year is sha ping up and looks like it will be another record year in design work .and constmctiOIl work . We will get our Illinois road system b.lck to par with a few more years like 1952 and 1953.

Santa Claus arrived early this year and the Ottawa District fuu nd a large pack. age in its stocking . District 3 has been chosen as th(: site of a AASHO Test Ro.1d and aU of us at the District office are eager to participate in the T est Road design , con~rtlc tion and operation .

PEORIA The Unh'crsity of Illinois. Division of

University E"(tension, in coopcr:t t ion with the Collcge of Engiuccri..ng. :lIlnounced a course in Practical Foundation Engi­neering which is to be. hdd in Peoria during the next 12 weeks. Clas~s will meet at 300 North Monroe Street, in the Bo.1rd of Education Building. Whell the first class was assembled the followillg cnginttn from District 4 were in attend· ance;

\Vayne F. Harney, Sr., \Vayne Barney, It .. Mr. L. Dorris, Robert A. Duncanson, Ernest J. Giebclhauscll. Geo. W. Harney, lnocellte V. ylorent, Robert D. Schlllidt, Leon C. Scott, Laverne H . Tarr, Arthur C. T osttt i and Jo~ph Vespa. The~ men arc to he congratulated. \Ve arc sure that Prof. Will iam S, Polla rd will have a ~plend id clu1.

Ray Ackennan and his wife spent one week uf their v<lcll. tion visiting in the Ozarks :lIld reported they had a , 'ery gc:xxl. timtc. During his second week he played tile role of farmer, since he re­placed his bwther while he took in the stuck show in Chicago.

Abc Litvien and his wife spent their

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\>:u:::lt;nn .~r.inp' Florida. Abc fClXlrtS that he looked up one of h is old army buddies in Fun Mcyer :and that he took them on a pc::rwllally conducted tour of Edison's home. When he rClumc() to work. he lcarnro that our weather had bcrn swell while he was away and then. what did it do when he gOI back but turn bad!

Mr. and Mrs. George W. Harney tour­cd the New Engi:lnd States and part of Canada on their vacation. They reponed a swell time.

\Vaync Barney, Jr. and wife look in Texas on their \'acation, call ing on his hrother, Alien, who is in sen'icc in Fort Hood, Tuas.

The: McClinticks decided 10 visit the Ozarks during their v:Ication. It seems that they ale ill the ~:lmc rc~t;lura nl on the same day as the: Ackctlllam, but neither knew the other was ,hefe at ,he time.

Clarence W. Rhode and wile cooled off in Northern Michigan ,his sum mer while the rc:.o;t of us swel tered in the Pe· oria area.

Gus Burnham repoeted that he was standing on a golf course near L.A. the laucr part of July, while he and his wife were on \'acation there. and the ground naned to shake. 5ince he was standing near a tree he thought the wind was pretty strong but upon looking up saw there was no wind. Yep, he was there when the carth (lu:.tkedl

Tom and Marche Farrer lried some· thing on thelr \'l1cation recently. Th~y went to "orthern Michigan and experi. enced H snow storm and then decided to go south, so ended up in Oklahoma where they encountered some preny warm weather, the thermometer register. ing 95 degrees.

T wo parties for December ami both in the same week, the first one was given

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District Notes by the Illinois Sta te Employees' Associa· tion on December II at the SUte Hospi. tal in Barton\·ille. A tUrkey dinner no less, but you brought two one dullar presents if your wife or lady friend came along. \Vas gooci! Then. on De· cember 13 the IAHE Xm:.ts party ! Every. onc knew from past experience th:ll a good time was in store for everybody who :.t ttended these tWO functions.

Bob Scribner didn't take a vacation by taking 3. motor t rip bUl instead he stayed in Peoria and really put in a lot of work on his new house that he is building. Reports arc that Bob will be an experi· clleed home huilt.lcr when he completes his house. He really is doing a first class job and the house is about 90<'{, com· pleted.

Glenn Worner and fam ily tOok a trip to Chicago during their vacation and then Glenn spent the balance of his lime in com pleting some of those odd jobs around his new home. Says everything is now in ship.shape for the coming winter.

Bennie Rosenberg went to Mexico ag:ain on his vacation and now it COllles out-yep he aga in 53W that school le:.tch· er ther~we d idn't le::.rn whether or nOI the gal is a school teacher there or wheth­er she also comes down there for her vacation. It sou nds interesting.

Si Morrow, instead of hunting for deer with a rifle, as you and r would Jo. of all things went hunting willI his bow and arrow. He reports that he had a good ~hot at a deer bUI JUSt d idn' t hit the mark. Last year he bagged a big bm;::k deer so don't feci too bad :.thou! it Si.

Ken ny Tripp sold his house on Frye St. not long ago and is now building in Mission Hills, not very fa r north of the t.lis trict office, JUSt west of Route 88.

Art Steese spent the first week of his

vacation helping his SOll·ill-laW huild a new home and then the second week he took il easy down ill Oh io \'is iullg his relatives.

Bob Schmidt couldn' t gel his \'acation during construct ion SC'ason. so he went r:.thbir and quail hunting in December in Southern fllinoi s.

All the orner construction ooys who were 100 busy to gel off for their vaca­lions this summer, due to the heavy can· struction program. rushed to get thcm in before the fi rst of the yC3.r.

Here is the latest news (oncern ing the girls in the office. The slork will be flying o\'~ r the M:.ty home around the lirst of May.

Iris Meyer was welcomed to the sraff recently; it seems as though Edna Pettit h:.ts been really dieting lately. ( You hel­le.r be careful, Edn:a. you'll soon be. wear· ing Agnes McDonnell 's clothes.) Flash! Wedding bell s will be ring ing the firs\' or .March for Shirley.

r-,'Iiss ,oon Costello, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Costello (our congenial Assistant District Engineer) , was mar­ried to Lt. John R. McQuillan of San Marcos, Texas on x ptember 27 at St. Mark 's church in Peoria . F ollowing a re· ception at the Costel!o home the young couple left for a wedding {tip to New O rleans. La. LL McQuillan is head of physiologic:.tl training al San Marcos Army Air Basc.

Miss CoI~Itf" Srhm illen. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. \Vm. F. Schmillen. and Pred rich John Rogers, were m:.t rr ieJ !I t SI. Ann Church, Toluca, on November 27. Mrs. Hogers is a nurse at the T .R. Sanitarium in Proria, wh ile Pred is with the Bureau of Research in DiSl'rict 4. They will reside at 208 W. H ines, Peoria Heights.

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The P~oria Hiway Credit Union will declare a dividend soon, according to Treasurer and Manager Ken. Tripp.

PARIS The 16th Annual Cor1\'cmion of the

Illinois Association of Highway Engi~ neers was suf!icicrll proof that District 10 Chapter is an able and wonhy ~ponsor. Everything, including the weather, :tp­peared to be under colllrolo The follow. ing people from Paris motored 10 Chi· cago to a1[cnJ the convention and vicw the expressways: Mr. J. A. Bangiolu, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Gaffney. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Cher, Mr. ;lIld Mrs. J. C. I-larring-1011, Mr. lind Mrs. R. W . johnson , Mr. ami Mrs. H. H . Roberts, Mr. ;md Mrs. N. E. Spr:tg"uc, Mr. and Mrs. (;, I. Tal­bon, Mr. E. W. T obias, Mr, and Mrs. D. E. Waggoncr.

The Research and the H.O.W . Depart­mCilLS have tnoveJ into their new o([iccs, formerly occupied hy the pop corn stand. and arc relaxing a bit after their stren­uous moving job. The H ighway Dt:p.1rt­melH now completely occupies the Col­son-G reathouse Block. The addition!!l of­fice space also has room ror leetmes in conjunction with the training program now in progress.

After a very strenuous 5I:ason the Ma­teriab Dtp;utmellt of District 5 finall y got a "lift" from a contractor in the district. The contractor was SO anxious to obtain the pressed services of the de­partment thn[ his private airplane was put in to sen·ice. Mr. E;.rl McElroy fltw his plane to Paris. and after picking up inspector Paul Engclbcrth, retumeu [0

fXCll[Ur where an automobile wa~ wa it­ing to l:I.ke them directly to the gravel pit. After inspection of the material was made, Mr. Engelberth wa5 returned to the airport and flown b:lck to Paris. The entire opc:r:t tion, including traveling 160

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District Notes miles by pbnc :md 20 'niles hy auto and inspection of the material, was completed in two hours and forty-five minutes.

The wedd ing of Miss Rosema ry Sun­kcl, Paris, and Mr. Robert F. Kennedy, Tuscola, was solemn ized at St. Mary's Church in Pa ris on October 4, 1952 fol· lowed by a reception at the home of her parents. They arc now living at 41 I Yz South Ccmral Avenue, Paris. Hob, who has been with the H ighway Dep.1rtment since June of 1950, is in the Design 11e. p.1rtment_ Congratulations and a lot of good wishes to me Kennedys.

The C'.onstruction Department of Dis­trict 5 has had a very busy year. ]) ~Irillg the year they have handled a tot:!.1 of 67 uifTerent construction jobs and with a vcry few excepr;nnJ "II will h:l\'e been completed by the end of the year. Most of the hangovers are of recent lettings with the exception of two sections sta rtcJ in 1951.

It's nice to say that tourists should be happy aboUl U.S. Rnute 40. All new pavement on this route is in usc at the present time and good tra\,d is afforded through the entire d istriel. Re~urfacing has taken cMe of the thsee !lCctions yet to be: built before U.S. 40 wi ll be entire· Iy new.

t\ total of 29.89 miles of new pavement alld 8 1.69 miles of widening and rcsur­fac ing has been completed during the past year or is under construnion. More intermittent resurfacing has b«n clone this year than in any previous year. There is also an a ttempt to obt.1in a better r iding p.wement, both in thl! new tlnd resurfacing_

The annual Christmas party of the Paris cha pter was hdd December 13 at the Elks Club. A gay time was had by approximately 100 people. including the engineers, their wives. and all office per­w nnel.

SPRINGFIELD Mr. Don Fah s is very much impressed

with the efficiency of the highway police who ha\'e difficulty in distinguishing a hood lum from a highw;ty engineer. Howe"er, he stands closer to h.is r:lzor now.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wherry have changed their income tax Slatus. 9 lhs. and 9 02.$. worth. Oh Koyl

EFFINGHAM Little Tom Wente, S()n of Mr. and

Mrs. Ray Wente, jOlned our District In­fant Brigade on Septtlllbcr 18, 1952.

Tom Selman, wife and son and the three seU of twin daughters, loaded up their Nash and have left for warmn clime~. TulU has do:ided til move to California.

Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Major, on thcir vacation [Tip in Colonial Virginia. \'is­iled Williamsburg and Jamestown, lhe seene of the fi rst permanent English sct­tlement in America. They trnclct.l hy way of Brown County P~rk in Indiana, through the Bluegrass Region of Ken­tucky and White Sulphur Springs-a beautiful trip through historic country side during Autumn .

Seventeen swdems, who worked as temporary engineering aiues in Distr iCI 7 during the summer construction season, have returned to their st udies. This leads us to the rccords and we find thaI per· manent elllployees who rqxnted during 1952 numberl':d cight. Two !1wn h~ve reported for nl ilit.'1 ry duty, four have re­signed, one is on an indefini te !eave and we ha ve ]()st tWo th rough death. This lea\'es us wi th a net loss of one engineer for the year.

The Effingham Chapter was well rep­resented by the followi ng group al the Chicago Convention : Chairman I. C. Rliss and Mrs. Bliss, Mr. and Mrs. R. H_

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Major, r-.-Ir. ,,"J Mrs. J. L. V~n[)u~1l and daughter Jill , Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Bonucchi, Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Long, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Sills, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Wilson, Mr. and ~-I.rs. J. H. Dink­heller, Mr. and Mrs. H. L Wear, r-.·Ir. and Mrs. Joseph Gaseor, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Tryon, and Mr. and Mrs. Nile Blood.

Grandparents contributed their part to the convention by tending the smaller children at home, The hospiulity of the Chicago Chapter Was enjoyed by all at­tending the convention.

The last meeting of our chapter was interesting to all because we were seeing thai storms could be forecasl by radar ob$en'ations. Mr. Glen StOlit and Mr. Den St:l.&&5 from ,h .. Stale \Vater Sur­vey, Champaign, showed some of their sl iues and /llovie~ of a radar screen pick­ing up storms as br away as three hun_ dred miles and charted their mO\'ements and speed as they moved across the sky.

EAST ST. LOUIS

E. R. Ailes hccame the YOJngesl grand­father in the rlistrici in October.

I. W. Out! is now also an5w~ring to the tit le of grandpa for the first time.

A. J. Allie became the grandfather of .:J. 10_113 lb. boy, Michael BUller, on Sep­tember 4. He expects to make: him a gU.:J.ru on the Notre Dame football team. The fa ther hroadcasts for the CBS Net· work.

\Valler Shourd and Keith Dcnsull have been called to aCliv~ dut)' in the Armed Forces. They will attend O.C.S.

Major W. M. ( Bill) Phillips, formerly with the Highway Deparunellt, now with the Air Force, is stationed in Japan with the J.A.D.F. as Chief of De~ign.

Tom Spence joined the ranks of the double h~rnessed on December 8.

District Notes Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Berger :mnoune~d

the arri\·ol of their first born in Novem­ber. The child is a girl.

Geo. H. Shanahan has reUlrned to work after a two weeks tour of duty with the Naval Reserve.

Ted Kiburz spent a week in Ule hos­pital r«emly for some surgical rep.1irs.

Dorothy Schwart7., popular stenog­rapher, has returned home from the hos­pital after a serious back operation, but will not be able to return to work for some time.

Roy Blackwell. SU]"ICrintcndellt fur Thompson Asphalt Company. suffe r~d a stroke recently and is rcported 10 he in ~erious condition.

Willie Sm ith, ollr janitor. has resumed hi, duues aher a sojourn ill Jefierwll Ba rracks Hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. Don McJury returned n.'Cemly from Singapore where Mr. Mc­Jury was employed by the u.s. GOI'ern­Illen!. Mrs. McJury is the daughter of George Clausen. George then saw his two year old grandson for the first lime.

Elmer Knight was guest of honor al a dinner meeting of the E. St. Louis Chap­ter on December 3.

The bowling league is in full swing with four teams in action. The Admin­istration ttam is in the lead at present . with Materials, Maintenance and Con· struction bringing up the: rear in th~t order.

Mr. Wm. Finn, father-in-law of Henry Tocnnics. was buried on NO\'ember 26.

Bob Wiley is in the olfice making up his final estimate on a 30 mile black top project. As soon as he is fi nished, Bob will be in demand in the Design Dc· partment.

Pete Pakey has been transferred from Materials to Design.

T he District 8 representatioll ,I( the convention in Chicago numbered 17.

CARBONDALE The Carbondale Chapler of the LA.

H .E. set the date of December 6 as the n i~ht when the members kt their hair down and tumed loose by entertaining thei r wives or da tes at the Jackson Coun­try Club.

T he evening staned with a turkey d in­ner followed by a few entertaining off the cuff remarks by our one and only B. \V. (Bernie) Lollar. C.1rds, games and dancing- completed the evening's en· tertainmelll .

The ch.:J.pter welcomes the following new members: Eathon EUlott, Design Department; Charles E. Ripley, Materinls Department; Sidney E. Sm ith. Robert Allen and Charles Brown, R.O.W. De· partmem.

A belated report-Joe Roberts oC the Research and Pla nning Department nn:ll . Jy succumbed to the charm of the fairer sex; the young lady, Miss Vivian Orr. the date, July 20, 1952. Our best wishes arc extended to Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, who ha\'e established their residence in Murphysboro, Ill inois.

Bill Winning, fo rmerly attached w District 8, and now with the Construc­tion Depanrnent of District 9, had a grin from ear to car as he passed out cigars a short time ago. The occasion-a boy­their 5C<:ond.

And still the Grandfa ther's Club con­tinues to grow----the laten members: F. W. (S.1m) Uoriske, Materials Dep:m­ment ; Ted Mldjaas, Local Roads Depart­ment ; and E. D. Harward, Ma intenance !1epa runent. We might as well admit that we arc getting old, eh ?

Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Boulden returned recently from a two weeks \'acation in Florida, where they \' is i(ed with thei r d.:J.ughler-in-law, Mrs. Jim Boulden.

Mr. C. K. (Cub) Bair, accompanied by Mn;. Bair and daughter, Carol Irene, re-

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fort :I very enjoyable mo tor trip to \Vash­ington, D. c., and OIhcr points of imer­C5l throughout the East.

Ed Curtin reports mat his son, Mast.:: r Sgt. EJ Curtin, J r" is now stationed in Munich, Germany. Mrs. Ed CUftin, Jr. and son arc now making their home in Carbondale, nlino;s.

Mr. H. B. ( Herb) Settle, Captain in the Signal Corps Reserl'e, attended a Field Economic Mobili7.nion Course at Wichita, Kansas the fi rst week in Octo­ber. After the course, Herb was joined by Mrs. &tdc, and they motored to San Antonio, Texas and The Carlsbad Cav. erns, New Mexico, before returning home. Herb is altemate director of The Carbondale Chapter of the IA.H .E.

The latest on Lt. Col. Fr;mk Brock, now stationed at C.1mp Cooke, Califor­nia, as Commander of the I3Sth Engi. nccr Battalion of the: 44th Division: Frank is now busy building packing boxes instead of Highways, pr~par:lIory (0 moving from Camp Cooke: (0 Fort Lewis, Washington, due to the: discove:ry of oil on the Camp Cooke site:. Frank hopc:s to be home to spend a short Christ­mas leave with his family in Carbond:l.ic.

The District 9 highway basketball team limbere:d up for the: (on1ing season, which began early in December.

The returning players include Harry Ray, Harold Hofstetler, Prank MayhaU, Dale Harry, Bill Hartwell. Bill Stallman and Joe Roberts. New players added to this YelIr's roster IIrc Hob Hahn, Charles Brown , Gene: Johns and John Schrader.

Our team finished third in the: lc:ague of eight teams last $eason, but have hopes of be:ttering that 5tanding this season. Let's all ge:t out and give our boys en­couragement.

~lr. and Mrs. H. C . ( Duke) Kerwath spent some very anxious hours when

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District Notes tlle:y ,a:dvcu word that the dest royer to which their son, Ensign R. C. Kerwath, is assigned crasheJ in a fog while on maneuvers off the coaSt of New Jersey on Novembcr 16. \Vord was later re­ceived that none of the crew was in­jure:d. Ensign Kerwath is Supply and Procureme:nt Officer 0 11 the U.s.S. Pie:k­ing, assigned to Atlantic Co.1st Patrol dmy_

We arc happy to report that Paul Wil­liford, of the: t:X-sign lxpanment, is feel­ing fille and able to work again after a long and scriou5 illness.

CIUCAGO We :I.re pleased to learn that one of

Qur former Engineers, Mr. S. H . Westby, has recently been appointed lIIa"ager u[ the Housing and ument Products, Bu­reau of Portland C'..cmem Association. After leaving the Division of Highways, and before joining the Portland Cement Association, Mr. Wcstby was for a time associated with Columbia Sted Com­pany. According to thuse who know him be5t, Mr. Westby is fast becoming an international expert on miscellaneous concrete products. \Ve: congratulate Mr. Westby on his appointment.

We arc glad to report that ~lIS. Blanche Welsch. wife of Joseph P. We!sch, Bureau of Materials, has fully recovered from all abdominal operation ; also lean R. Anderson, wife of Carl Anderson, Hurcau of Design, who submitted to sur· gery on October 20, is well 011 the road to rttovery.

Mr. C. W. Albrecht has been appoint­ed D istrict Engineer of Maimellall(e in District 10, effective Scptembcr 15. 1952. Congrntulations Charley, il couldn't ha()­pen to a nicer guy.

Dr. E. Vcy of the llIinois Institute of Technology facu lty addressc-d the mem­bers of the Chicago Chaptcr at the No-

\ember meeting on the subj« t, "Stabili­zation of Shoulders by Electro Osmosis." While his talk was highly theoretical, it was neve:rthcless \'e ry interesting and in· formative . We arc grateful to Dr. Ralph Owens and the Institute for arr3nging this program and for their willingness and cooperation to send us di stinguished men ill sc ie: lltific fidds in order to make our meetings more: en joyable.

Dr. Ve:y did not corne as a total stranger, for many of the 62 listeners "cre fonner ~tudenLS at the Institute and this g3\' C them all opporlUnity to renew old acquaintances.

Have you hcard that the (ollowing have been slork-gifte:d since the llUt issue of our magazind

i\ boy to Mr. am..! Mrs. Edward Ouke, Bure:au of Design, on November 8 at Cuneo Memorial Hospital.

A boy to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Kroon, Bureau of Construction, on Oc­tober 30 3t lllinois Masonic H ospit.11.

A girl to Mr, and Mrs. C.1rl Mcrbitz, Bureau of Local Roads and Streets, Oil

November 14 at South Shore Hospital. Congratul~t"ions to these fine parents. \Ve arc sorry to report that Norman

Pearson, Hureau of t:X-sign, is still on the sick list. Howe\'er, we trust that he will be: back again very soon.

We were glad to hear from our old &iend Bill Turlay. who writes as fol­lows:

"Well I suppo:;e i{ you do ever th ink of me you a~ ~.\'ing that old so and $0.

5aid he would write but he: dido't nle:an it when he said it. so here goes.

"I am located here on a , 'ery busy 4-lane highway about 10 miles cast of Phoc:nix and ne3r the edge of the desert with the Camel Back Mountains in the distance. It is so dry here you have to prime your throat to spit.

"The temperotu re is between 9r and

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"The only place you see anything growill,g- is where they have irrigation. They ha\'c a JXllio here in the b."k with some garden fu rniture, where I can take sun baths, or si t in the shade under an umbrtlla.

'" 301 already about as black as the :\\'cragc Mexican. There is no place to go ,ll1d when you gel there nothing to ~C. , read in the paper you had three inches of snow sintc I left and I th ink right now I cou ld use some oC it ,

" I won' t be abk to tell for a month if this dim:lIc will help me or not but every day I can't help bUI th ink of O r. lando, Florida--bul that is a long way from here."

1'.5.- llill '$ address is W. 8. Turlay, Highway Motd, Route: I, Box 387, Tempe, Arizona.

The 1953 officers of the District 10 Chapter were elected at the December 16 regula r meeting. The> are:

William P. Rauch, Jr .. presidentj Fl· mer Bronke, vice.president: David J. 0'· Connor, s«.retary; T . D. Holloway. fi · nancia l St'Crct.1rYj AI Baker, treasurer; Jack Bever, trustee, grade I and II ; Roger F. Nusbaum, trustee, grade III and IV; K. L. Brown, trustee, grade V and VI ; Norman Bcggs, d irecto r (1 year term ); Carl Anderson, director ( 1 ycar term) ; Henry Spoerl, al ternate director,

Mr. Fdward Oleskiewicz has been ap. pointed. effective December 1, 1951, to the position of Maintenance PidJ Engi. neer, made ":leal\[ when Mr. Albrecht was appointed Distr ict Maintenance En· gineer. Congratulations, Eddie.

• • • Highlights of Activities of the ChiCllgo

Chapter during the year 1951

By P. A. WATI'LEY

As the year 1952 is now d r.Hving to a close, it is only fin ing and proper to re· vicw some of the events that OCClirreJ

during the yeliT. Thc Chicago Chapter made the de·

cision that, as far as possi":»le, e\'ery third meeting would be :1 business meeting. The. T"nInining meeling~ would ..... de. voted co a minimum of business and the majority of time gi\'en to entertainment.

Early in January it was decided to change the meeting place. After much (orefhought, it was agreed to hold all of our mtttin~s at the C learing Industrial Cl ub, which is located several hlocks northwest of th" Municipal Airport. This

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District Notes club ~m ... -J i<I ill ~pi re an a tmosphere of good fellowship and the cuisine has bc:t:n exccllent.

Olle of the highlights of the ~ason was tht: annual dinncr-dance held on April H at the beautiful Brookwood Country Club. One hundred and fo rt)' mcm!xrs and guests gathered for this occasion. An excellcm chicken dinner was scrvet.! and our Dist rict Engin«r, Mr. /. P. Tuthill, hat.! the honor of clltting the anniversary cake. Afterwards Kilty Kirk and her aU girl orchestra furnished the music for dancing until midnight.

The highlight of the summer was Ih" :> nnual State·wide Golf Tournament held at the Woodridge Country Club at Lisle, Illino is. Approximately 400 memhers

Memo to Diamet Engineer. .. 'SnClke· hipa' SwolUon ahould b e Iranalerred from hi. poailion all rodman. lor rea· aOD 01 hill lailur. to we a r aui labl. fie ld aUire."

from Ihroughout the Stale a ttended this evem, playing st:.rted :lL seven in lile morning and con tinued until 11\'e in lhe a fternoon. The association had the ex· clusive usc of the No.1 course at Wood­ridge.

At .<iK n'c1ock in th" evening a de­liciou5 ro.1Sl beef dinner was served and afterwards prizes were distributed.

Another highlight was the arrangement which has !xen mude to secu re oulStand· ing fIlen from various techn ical insti tu· tions as gU~1 spe;,kers at chapter meel· ings, thereby as~uring a vcry enjoyahle and profitnblc evening together.

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H ome is a magic word to all people of all lands. Its hold is ~Irong and deep amI there arc few among us who do not fed it- and we do not envv them. Sir Walter Scott has said this best of all in those immortal lines from "The Lay of the Last Minstrel"-"Breathes there the man with soul so dead Who ne\'er to himself hath said This is my own, my native land."

Northern Illinois is home [0 us. We were born here in the hills of Carroll County - and here we shall probably die ror the spell of years in this land is st r ong and roch things arc not light­ly cast aside.

we have watched over them through chi ldhood and adolescence. These arc yean to be remembered and all about us are scenes th!lt bring unforgettable mem­ories such as no other place on earth could ever (lo--memories of crisp winter afternoons skating on the lagoon or to­hogganning on the hi lls at the park; of warm spri[lg mornings when the birds sang !.heir loudest and growing things

In winter when the bi rds have gone and the land is stark and dead; when the snows lie deep and the wid wind chills to the very bone, our thoughts often dwell on that not too distant day

Sueh 8eClutyl Right Here At Home.

when we may retire [0 some snnny spot where it never snows, but we wonder if we would really be willen! there for longer than the winter months.

In the fina l analysis, we arc not at all

Ooh_ So Cool C1nd Lovely!

sure that we could leave ll1inoi s forever :15 so many before us have done for we h~ve lil'ed long in the Valky of the Fox and the rooL~ grow deeper with the years_

H ere our children were born and here

fOURTH QUARTER H52.

stirred with new life, and of ha;r;y au­tumn day~ with the smd l of smoke in the !lir, the rust le at fulle n leaves under our feel and the woods aflame with red and gold- memories of summers at the

lake, of you ngsters riding a pitching surf boa rd to the in­evitable fall, of tallt s.Li l s and flying spnLy on brisk day s when white<:aps fled down the wind (Ind of cool teen-!lgers calmly righting an overturned boat­memories of lazy hours on a sandy beach, of sailing in the moonlight and of fishing in the (I u i e t just after dawn-m.-mories of evenings when hot-dogs roasted o\'er a beach fire , of c!lnOt:_

ing in the stillness at dusk !lnd of chi l­dren singing on the pier as ;L full moon rose o\'er the l:lke. T hese are not tran­sient ti eS- $()()n forgotten-but are for­ever a part of this homeland and its hold

upon us. H ow can we leave such thitigs?

\Ve do not have !.he lI!llural wonders of Yellowstone; no scene here can equal the breath-taking beauty of i~ Lower Falls from Artist's Point-no view ca n match the splendor of the Grand T etons rising above the blue waters of Jenny Lake in Jackson Hole_ Here you will never know the awesome feeling that ( OnleS ~s you gaze into the unbdievuble depths of the (;rand Ca nyon or look out ac ross lhc tap of the world from the dizzy heights of Trail Ridge Road ill Rocky Mountain Park. You win not find even the broad "istas of the O;r;arks or the G reat Smok ies but it is a good place to live and aile never tires of the babn(ed blending of quiet towns and well-kept brms with the lakes and streams and wooded hills.

This feeling was never stronger wi!.hin liS than on ;L summer day long ago when we re turned from a tr ip through the west. \Ve had come with a rush from the continental divide, through Estes Park and down the Thompson Ri ver Canyon-across the hot, treele s ~ mile~ of the Great Plains and !.hrough the Valley of the Platte where things began to look a little beuef to us. It was still not the same though as we hurried across the farmlands of southern Iowa and through the Tri-Citie§---but as we turned up the Rock River Valley which has always been. to us, one of the finest scenic drives in the whole midwest, it wus almost, hut not quite, like being home.

As we turned cast at Oregon, we look­ed up at the great statue of Chief Black­hawk standing high above the river and thought of how he and his people must have loved this country. We could hard­ly wait as we dropped the miles behind us throu)lh Sycamore and on to St. Charles. We all fclt it as we reached the Fox and tumed lip the \'alley through the lenh>thening shadows of evening.

This was Home-and it was good to be here.

The horse ar.d mule live 30 year .'\nd nothing know of wine and beer. The goat and sheep at 20 die And never t!lsted rock and rye. The cow drinks water hy the ton And at 18 is m05\ly done. The dog al 15 cashes in Without the lid of rum or gin. The cats in milk and water soak And then in 12 short years do croak. The modest. sober. bone dry hen Lays eggs for noggs and soon is done. All ~niJ\lals arc strictly dry, They sinless live and sinless die. But sinful. gin ful, ru m soaked men Survive for three score years and ten.

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Applicant: -'Yes, I'm a bartender." interviewer: "\Vell, we can't do any.

thing [or you in that lim:. Can you do anyth ing dsc? COIn you pick lemons ?"

Applicant: "Can I? This is my fifth wife."

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golf so well [hat he began tak-

The cuties ad vise girls never 1'0 marry volufilccr firemen. There's no telling when a siren will break up their happy homes.

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Poor Pop, tired from a hard day, was neing pestered hy a stream of qucstions from little Willie.

" Whateha do down at thc office, Popr " Willie asked.

"NOlhingr' shouted Pop, about at thc end of his rope.

Aftcr a thoughtful P.1 USC, Willie thcn asked, " Howja know when yer through, Pop?"

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A di vinity student, " Fiddle" by name, rdused. to accept his degree:.

"The nJIllC: Fiddle," he: said, " is nm :lny shame:, bUl l coulun 't stand ' Fiddle:, 0.0: " - Lakeside Press

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One drunk talking to the other : " My wife h:u a sl ight impediment in her speech. E,'ery now and then she stops to bre:nhc."

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"What m:tkes you think you Me quali­ficd for a position in the diplomatic corps?" demandcd thc cxamincr.

ing morc lime from his p:u. toral duti~ than he should, until finaJ!y the Bishop haJ to send for him .

" \Vell," ;1lI~wered the applicant mod­estly, " ' \ 'c been married 20 ycars and my wifc still thinks J ha\·c a sick friend:' , . ",hi? You ~.'WA'n_. '" T""' .. ~ .

""8 !MIorw~""N..' 5 1J{Yr( Ajfm.£"iNk-.aLY" ~ . . .(-.<-~ , ' . .

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Production is one answer to inflation. That's why rahhit fur is cheaper than mink.

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Bishop : "My son. golf is an excellent g'J.mc and :l line rood 10 health and d e;]r ,".inking. But if om: plays tOO much he is apt to let the game influence:': his other dUlies,"

Young Mini~ter: "But, sir, wha t makes you th ink I am ol'crdoing this golf business.)"

Bishop: " Wel! , J noticed thai when you approochw the altar th is morning you held your pray~ r book with all in­t~rlock i ng grip."

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T he modern girl hasn't an hourglass figure, hut she makes e\'ery minute of it count.

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A stern employer was sc\'erely repri­manding a meek employee.

"Mr. lones, I undersland you'\'e been going o\'er my head," stated the em­ployer.

"Not that I know 0(, sir;' ventured the meek employee,

"Isn't it true that you've IJttII praying fo r a rai~?" askeu the cmployer.

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A mild lit tle man explained to the angry cook, " I didn't say the steak wa s tough. 1 just said I couldn't cut the growy:'

A tea wagon into Society,

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is a pushca rt that broke

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It's all right to drink like a fish , if you drink what a /ish drinh.

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Wh~n an old fashioned mther began shav ing a m: morning. he let Out a yell, glarcd at the long razor blade, then open­ed thc bathroom door and whooped, " Who's been using my razor for what ?"

" I did, father; ' called his tccnagc daughtcr [rom her room, "to open a can of sardines. It went :lJld got somc tccny­weeny nicks in it, but I took them all OUt with your big file,"

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Drivcr of Austin: " Please givc me a glass of water for the radiator, and a thimble o( oil for the motor, and a half pint of g:tsoline."

Attendant : "Sure YOlL don't want me to cough in your lircs?"

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A Dallas Negro was hauled into a traffic court in this city a while hack for making an ilIcgal turn. " I didcJen wa!H to turn , Judgc," he cxplaincd. " I wanted to go slra igh!. Hut then J S,1W a sign, 'NO U TURN: So I did!"

Liza, thc Negro cook, an­swercd the telephone ant morning and a cheerful ,"oice inquired, "What number is this?"

Li7.a was ill no mood for trifling qucstions, and S.1id with some asperity, "You ought 10 know. You done callcd it:'

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Thc gay young b.1chelor had been calling on a certain girl every night for months. Finally, one of his &icnds askcd him why he didn't marry hcr.

"Why, if I married hcr," thc u,1chclor exdaimal, " whcrc'd 1 go cvcry night ? I'd ~ stuck at homcr'

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What a world ! To he a \'alcdictorian and then get a job working for a (ellow who dropped out at thc 8th grade.

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The little boy was saying his praycrr at his Mother's knee. He: s,1id : "Oh, Lord, take good care of Yourself, 'cause if anything happens to You, wc're aU sun k!" .

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Another great dangcr o( one-arm driv. ing is that you'rc so likely to 5kid into a chuTch.

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The c.autiOU5 suitor who stlys on U1C

fcnce too long usually cnds up gettiug mc gatt.

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" CATERPILLAR "

Map aba¥e shawl No­tional System of Inter­sla,e Highways $elected by joint oction of slote highway departments and approYed by the Public Roads Adminis­tration.

• A section of the Detroit InduJtrial Expreu woy­on integral port af the Interstate System. Four· lone divided highways are recommended where peak hovrly traffic e ... ceed , 800 vehltle ,.,

The NotiClnal System of In ... terstate Highwoys-37,681 Miles af Pavement Linking the Pr inci pal Centers 0'

Population

Ever-growing Traffic Demands Long-lasting

CONCRETE PAVEMENT S TRENGTHENING the national defense and

meeting the ever.increasing peacetime traffic needs are the objecti"es of the recently approved National System of Interstate Highways.

Concrete meets every requirement of [he heavy traffic that this network wiU be called on to carry. For more than a quarter of a century thousands of miles of pordand cement concrete roads and streetS all over America have carried ever.increasing weightS and volumes of traffic and are still good for many more yeaesof service.

Concrete is economica l, too. Nor only docs it

usually COSt less to huild than any other pave· ment of equalload.carrying capacity, but it lasts longer and COSts less to maintain. Moreover, it s tretches gas and tire mileage, gready reduces wear and (ear on vehicles and CUtS pavement lighting COSIS. It also increases visibility. thus helping reduce accidents.

Concrete is 10w~onnUG/-cos' pavement. For help in planning your next paving project

write fo r a free copy of "Concrete Pavement Design." Distributed only in (he United States and Canada.

PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION 33 W. Grand Avenue, Chicago 10, lliinois

A notional o rganization to improve and extend the uses of portland cement and CQflCrele ••• through scientific research and engineering field work