The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1926, Page 28

vss Research Bureau Hi Set Up to Study Cities’ Problems i. BY ISRAEL KLEIN Science Editor, NEA Service \ Traffic is being taken out of poli- ; ties and bungling into the reaim of scientific research. i It has been adopted definitely as Fy an engineering problem and haz al- ready resulted in the establishment of a special graduate course in the i southern branch of the University This course hi n special endowment and has been named the Albert Russel Erskine Bureau for Street Traffic Research. At the head of this bureau is Pro- or Miller McClintock, noted 1. Harvard Univ Municipal Research, is for the model traffic or- adopted by Los A fic survey of Chicago wi pose of untangling that ci culties, ‘ellowships are granted at the University of California, designed to encourage research and a profession- al interest in traffic engineering. Cities are sought to offer their prob- loms in traffic and suggestions are made for their solution. | “The traffic problem is an engi- | neering problem,” asserts Dr. Me- Clintock, “and must be approached by the ‘use of sound engincering technique, instead of amateur polit blundering, as is the case in most | jel Plan in Use tock sets forth Los An- | for others Dr. Me geles us the model city to follow, with its original code ot some 65 pages reduced to a_ simple, | easily understood code of 1 es, furth to ch can be reduced ut four pages of simple language In a twelve-month period,” Dr. | McClintock reports, “the new regu- lations have reduced accidents and fatalities by more than 30 per cent, and this is the face of an increase of 25 per cent in automobile registra- ion in the same period. ' “The new regulations, moreover, had the effect of reducing congestion by approximately 50 per cent.” sue Los Angeles Code Ontstand'ng features of the mode te adop ed by Los Angele: are: Simple language in the code, sim- signs and signals. N o direct traffi No walking in bu district nd no street crossing by pedestrians except with traffic. t moving 3 cod stapping at “boulevards.” ? a * ‘loading zones,” for ¢ where parking is hit a, thu: Jiminotine double- nd firther s ond no r yo to has first stopped 1 proceeds slowly. ; U. S.. Highway i Plan Called Unfair ; Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 27.—The unified federal highway system, as formulated by the joint board of interstate highways and approved ‘ by Secretary of Agriculture Jar- i dine, has aroused the ire of eastern motor officials. i One of the crities is J. Clyde My- ton, secretary of the local motor club. He calls the whole system a plan “dictated and dominated by the middle west,” in that such im- portant eastern states as New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland have been virtually ignored. \ “While the joint board,” says My-' } ton, “gave Pennsylvania only four United States roads, almost every highway in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Towa, Kansas, the Da- kotas and Nebraska is included in \ the United States numbering tem.” The neglect of Pennsylvania, M: ton adds, is repeated in the of New York, almost all the south- ern states and all states west of Kansas. “Many roads selected in the wes ern part of the country,” Myton de- clares, “do not carry 10 ner cent of certain highways in Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York, not even considered in the plan.” * Will Build Model i Auto Camp : Trenton, N. J., Feb. 27.—Trenton will build a model civic auto camp i to house tourists who make a stop j in this city. | Hi A great amount of-money will ; be spent on the project and the grounds will be furnished with all the modern conveniences possible. The camp will be situated at the : bend of the Delaware Ri ad y tance of five minutes walk from j the heart of Trenton’s business district. CARS FINE AID TO RURAL EDU- CATION “One of the greatest services ren- . dered by the automobile has been in furthering education,” says a leading motor personage. “It has enabled thousands of childrén in rural dis- tricts to get schooling who would therwise have had to forego this . and by increasing attend- try school was a little, ramshackl. building reached on foot by those within walking distance. Naturally, the attendance was small and the facilities and scope of instruction ( were necessarily limited “Automobiles have provided the means of bringing children to one sentral place for schooling from over a wide area. A much larger attend- ance has been made possible and the _ benefits of education conferred on many more. “By giving each school a bigger hie ~ community to draw on, more funds “. " fhave been made available to provide a higher type of inatruction. Better 4 gehool houses have been built, better é to work with have been the range of subjects has yroadened and more capable berate ian Set aga “The automobile hax proved a good a oe friend ta the country man.” : 7) SRAPID D WEAR Anything causes 2 % * epg with more or less side motion a runoing true, will grind bh .sthe rubber tread away faster than Pe ‘normal, Check your ear over to-) am + mav be passed, , replacement bi FINDING FACTS TO de on the General Motors Here are three tests of the many that are m proving ground near Detroit to learn facts about the modern auto: nobile and use those as a basis for future improvement. Photo above shews the acceleration test, with the use of a “fifth wheel speedo- meter,” found to be as nearly perfect as could possibly be obtained. Upper right photo shows a driver testing clutch pedal pressure. by means of a simple somewhat li 1 fish scale. Lower right is photo of a sep: us t> measure the pounds ar. 7 and app: of effort needed to steer a NUMBER OF WOMEN AUTO DRIVERS IS INCREASING RAPIDLY -REPORTS SHOW THEY DRIVE MORE CAREFULLY un is more Re! likel Remeniber the “good old day when iend husband drove peed Limit, is to work in the morning and left it more ¢ pedes- parked outside his office all ¢ and more observant of the drove home egain for dinner and j : regulations. the wife and kiddies for a s one point that practically haps too tide : gree upon in ¢ ing aj woman driv She “hogs” the ro rd to express their : ¢ woman, motori ts up in the morn- de rtesies and éonsidera-| d drives her husband to work, ons in driving that gne man would : ot expect from another Fewer Accidenis alway: niuch dis- er women or mien of mind} t men and} hose were the days when suf- meant no more than the right for today— 1 wife g Have There will cussion ay t display a.a.ion for an active orning the automobile shopp is lucky a in time to take him home in pmen. have hion on the evening subject | During th ew years th | ber of Women drivers has ine doubled, in fact, though no ¢ statistics are obtainable, observ leads one to believe that the incre larger ace of mind have ne é\ that the in feminine motorists is several hun- | by won dred per cent. cate that women are more ¢ , Are Good Drivers avoid emergencies. “what kind of drivers do women) ‘The number of women who own make?” is a question that many men cars in their own n isalgo-in- have still asking de. itonjobile. License spite women motorists h the pe as a matter Of ne off s compiled by traffic offi- of North Dakowa indicate that per cent of the licen man drivers who to women, This is than the | the time when aw | re men an automobile Ticense would have he been d with curiosity. | with the increased registration automobi the total expenditures total at least the huge estima to service day ee tir of wheel irre nisaly wobble ae result f ng knuckle. broken a bent d " A loose a Detroit auto! in be conceived if arts concer 1 rim unevely ed on _ione stops to think how easy it is ke which d will cause rapid to buy parts tod: ad wear als “Ser station everywhere | eae OSS 5 make it difficult to get more than} = 24 hou! ay from replacement | Sale of Motor hour ay from placement parts, Parts Is Heavy ;™°'° regar st. drives. | Iso the auto owner is driving | » farther and harder than he d to, and he is driving it the r “round, no matter what the eather happens to be.’ Hess of where the | Detroit, I The auto par ss, excluding an, © repai is expec! | $700,000,000° for outlay for. tires oil and such supplic reach a total of 1925. The 1924 figures showed that} auto parts replacement averaged, posts ave. being. used as highway $52 per car. At the same figure,| markers by the Massachusetts de- CONCRE OSTS USED FOR | WAY MARKERS IN EAST Metal ns placed on conerete | Traffic officials test the braking power of a car by seeing how far it will stop from’a given line. That’s too crude for autq engineers, who take into account the weakness of a woman’s foot on ‘he brake pedal, as against that of a husky-chauffeur. So they've designed a test ma- chine that measures the amount of deceleration and at the same time the pressure placed on the brake pedal. Weighing both is a better ej ning is to THE -BISMARCK TRIBUNE IMPROVE YOUR CAR About 1, y and 100 town ¢ been erected. The concrete posts for the are made by workmen of the mai tenance division of the highway ,le- partment t of approximately $5 each. 6 inches long, 6 inches squ the upper 6 feet 6 inches h: el corn feature to the s of the post is a bronze seal of the state which is sunk in the face of the post one foot from the top. partment of public wo! 500 signs of that t; line markers hi NO WONDER 1 soon, do INE DOT “| nt mateialc ate No? De adintor drain Bit: OLISH at the start. n of sedimen’ s sediment can he di a match stick of lodg nail up. thi handiest One and Purchaser: h “)that in Ameri Slinger. few minute AUTO IMPORT AGHT ig Dame Juggle THROUGH SMILING The social wor! was iting ‘hospital with flowe id cheer. The A. W. Lueas Co. joins with the citizens of Bis- marck in extending a cor- dial welcome to the visitors who will be in the city the coming week to attend the . Auto Show. P Kindly command this ory ganization in any way that . it can be of service to you. measure of the halo 4 ability of a car as driven by a certain person. Beosrs le apparatus is shown here, SS —— ’ BITS OF HUMOR |; “% There's a lady over there been watching ypu for ever she'll be asking for an in- She won't—she's my you know sed me for eight days? ave I been F What is the charge one - half much _ is The Ink o- While America is making great “Wonderful having strides in the ohile export | thes ht 2: “Dunno. 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