item of interest September 27, 1913 Issue

Items of Interest

According to the announcement recently made, the Lincoln highway, which is designed to be a memorial to the martyred President, will pass through thirteen states. Where there are good roads they are included in the route, but where good roads are lacking, as in sections of the West, a first-class road for motoring purposes will be built. For this purpose the Lincoln Highway Association has already raised five million dollars, largely through contributions by manufacturers of motor cars and others associated with the industry. An effort is now being made to obtain a large sum through popular subscriptions among motorists throughout the country.

The states through which the highway is to pass are New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California. The route will start in Jersey City, following well-known roads through Newark and Trenton over the customary route to Philadelphia. From that city it will run west to Pittsburgh, thence through the north central part of Ohio to Fort Wayne and South Bend, Ind. The route will skirt Chicago, pass through Joliet, Rochelle, Sterling, and other Illinois cities, to Iowa at Clinton. Traversing Iowa the road will leave that state at Council Bluffs. Omaha, Neb., is the next large city that will be touched. From there the route is westward through Denver, north to Cheyenne, west again through Green River and Evanston to Salt Lake City. Entering Nevada by way of Tippet's Ranch, the highway will go to Reno, Lake Tahoe, Cal., and down the Pacific slope to Oakland and San Francisco. In plotting this route the Lincoln Highway Association has had in mind the desirability of easy grades and of reaching some of the most interesting scenic points in the country.

In its flight to compel domestic steel manufacturers to lower their prices, the navy department has accepted a bid of Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd., of Sheffield, England, for furnishing turbine drums for the battleship No. 39. The bid of the British concern was less than one third of that submitted by the Bethlehem and Midvale steel companies, and in addition included the payment of the duty by the manufacturers. The agent of the British company offered to furnish the drums for $57,436. While the officials of the navy department would prefer to let contracts to American concerns, they felt that the domestic bids were so excessive that in fairness to the department the lowest proposal should be accepted.

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