Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 7, 1923, Page 16

AUTOAGCIDENTS NOT LARGE FOR PROPORTION OF CARS NOW USED E T. Strong Points Out Important Point Often Over- looked in Discussing Smash-ups; Three Times as Many Travel by Auto as by Train. By E. T. STRONG (General Sales Manager, Buick Motor Company.) When automobile accidents are discussed in newspapers and other places, one very important fact is generally overlooked. And that is the number of motor cars in daily use and the tremendous volume of passenger traffic handled. In the proportion of the number of motor cars in use to the number of street cars or railroad cars, the number of accidents due to automobiles is very small. The motor car has long since Before us we have some interesting | Passed out of the confines of the er. We find that “there are today} recognizes not the Iimitations of one 55,250 rafiroad passenger coaches in city's streets or one state's highways. use, having a seating capacity of 2,-| It is an inter-city and an inter-state 270,000 passengers. The seating| Vehicle. And it behooves the motor capacity of 9,500,000 automobiles now | ist to know the traffic laws of each in use is 47,000,000. hamlet, town and city and of each state, or elso he cannot. drive with safety and security. The inequality of traffic jaws Places the tourist, if he fs as con- sctentious as he should be, in a very perplexing predicament. * In a strange city, he doesn’t know whether or not he is petmitted to use his spotlight. The traffic officer on the corner has a method peculiar to himself. In making a turn, shoulé the motorist pass around the officer, in front of him or in Back? Is the motorist within the law of the city if he should turn around in the middle of the block? What is he expected to do when following street cars or in passing them. Is the safety zone a place to avoid at all times or only when pedestrians are standing within it? What are the speed laws? | And then there fs the question of! hand signals, which, although given considerable publicity, are far from being standardized or in common use. A motorist often does not know what to do when he sees a driver ahead of him make some sort of a signal. The preceding car is as likely to turn to the left as it is to the right. Or it may be thet the driver intends to| stop. In the country, the laws, of the highway aré likewise quite-dissimilar. This is especially true in connection with the use of headlights, which we discussed several mon: on this’ difference in the laws respecting the kind of headlight lenses permitted. As wo sald before, despite the lack of uniformity in connection with all of these things, the number of auto- mobile accidents is remarkably small, The percentage would be even small. er if the same traffic laws were uni- versally used. The time has come when some ac-| tion should be taken to bring about improved driving conditions, not only | in the interest of accident preven-} tion, but also in the interest of mak-| ng it easier for commercial and =| tional tourists. af During 1 rail facilities should have to their credit 47,000,000,000 pas. senger miles. Assuming that the average number of passengers per automobile is two and the average annual mileage is 6,000 miles the automobile must be credited with 114,900,000,000 passenger miles this year. If other words, automobdfles now in uss) will total nearly two and one-half tim) the passenger mileage of rail facfiities. The use of automobiles has showed = themendous gain. In 1910 there wenp but 451,000 motor vehicles reg- istefed in the United States, while on July 1, 1922, there were 10,608,127. With this great growth approaching an almost universal use of the motor car; it 1s quite natural that there should be an increased number of nccidents. But the big point to bear in mind is that the number of acci- dents has not increased proportion- ately with the increased use of motor cars. Accidents cause@ Mrectly or indi. rectly by motor cars are considerably less proportionately than those due to other modes of transportation. And this is true in spite,of the fact that the latter are well regulated and es tablished by excellent rules and regu- Jations and the fact that they have warning signals, olectrical devices ) and scientific methods to assist in preventing accidents. And yet without any unfformity in well-planned and well-worked-out traf- fic laws, the automobile has proved itself an efficient, harmless machine, We do not mean in any way to dis- parnge the excellent work of other modes of transportation, but we be- eve that {f uniform laws and regu- lations governing the traffic of mo- cr vehicles were established, the number of accidents due to automo- Liles would be materially reduced. HUP SLES FOR ELGHT MONTHS GREATER THM ANY PREVIOUS YEAR’ biles for elght of the } | i ns of 1922 were z highest previous monthly s record of any other 14 years of the Hupp’ Mc tion’s history, a ouncement made lax! Hutchinson, genera’ tor Car Cor ing to an week by 0. r. number of Hupmobile hitherto culd have bee Hupmobile about 35,000 tales this 5 will tot sale cars. D? spite enlargeme troit = corr Hupp Corporation will be foreed tc oper capacity every jonth next year to produce the cars its sales organization has determinec Will.be ‘required. Plans are now be ing made to increase output up to close to maximum in January, and to| 3 raise i¢ still higher in February for the ‘expected sharp buying demand next spring. pad es CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY BOOKS now near! tires 8 at close to BERLIN (By Mail to United|3 Prees.)—-The German reading public has practically quit buying books, ac cording to Dr. E. Marcus, who made a thorough study of the book situation “My information, gather dealers in in Berlin. ed from a string of book Berlin, bears out my quit buying books on accor high prices,’ Dr. Marcus » German public cannot bt ‘ Day by day in every way people are learning that Hood quality is better and better. Hood prices have not advanced yet, but— = It’s a wise man that will get his price. Motor Truck Increase Shows |. How Nation’s Business Turns To Highway Transport Today That the business of the nation is turning more and more to highway transport is the indication of statistics on motor vehicle registration na of July 1, compilec by the bureau of public roads. Registration of pass- enger cars, taxis, busses and motor trucks totaled 10,620,471 on this date,’ an increase of 157,176 which {s a heathy growth as the first half year is the off season for registration of mew vehicles. ‘ The surprising fact, however, is that the 157,174 increase in regis- tration, motor trucks have constituted 116,701 against 35,080 passenge> cars and 5.443 taxis and busses. This means an increase of over sixteen per cent of the number of motor. trucks at the bezinning of the year. Figures are not available. to show what part of the increase of 5,443 or nearly eleven per cent in the taxi and bus registration is due to the in- crease in the number of busses traversing rural and suburban routes, but it is very probable that @ considerable part of the increase i# due to the development of this new form of transportation. It has been frequently sa‘d that the traffic is always reedy and waiting when good roads are built and that the commercial vehicle as a class is more handicapped br Inck of good roads than the pleaaure vehicle. The increase in the regisiation of commerciat vehicles covnled with the present activity in highway construction seems to bear out the statement and leads one to wonder how many millions of tons will be trans ported over our highways when the country is covered with the network of. highways now being planned by federel and state engineers and on which substantial progress is boing made, The follow!ng tabulation gives some interesting facts in connection with manufacture and distribution of the motor vehicle: 10,448,632 Cars and Trucks New Yt United States January 1, 192. South Dakota Oregon in 344 California Michigan ‘Texas North Dakota Bouth Caroilt Alabama Toulsiana Indiana Massachusetts - Missouri Wisconsin M'nnesota Kaneas .-. New Jersey - Nebraska -. Okinhoma, ‘Washington North Caro: Coloraco -. Virginia Maryland . Connecticut Georgia, Kentucky * Raw Materials Consumed in Manufacturing Motor Cars and Troks,' 1921 Tron and Steel, tons -- 1,464,090 Production of iron and steel, 1931 36,150,000 Peroent used in manufacturing cars and tri 4% Atuminum, pounds Production of aluminum( 1920 (Am. Metal Mark: Per cent used in manufacturing cars and trucks Copper, pounds Production of copper, 1921( Survey of Ci Per cent used in manufacturing cars and trucks Casper Sunday eorning Cribune HH And seals it compression tight! hats Spiers AR te the lower side of e ring is an angular groove that holds a reservoir of oil that -means instant and. certain lubrica- tion and at the same time erects a positive barrier against oil Jeak- ing through into the combustion chamber. Besides, there’s a serics of finely tooled ridges around the sur- face that means almost instant seating—certainly a big buy for ~ only 50 cents, all sizes. Snapp eT op—Aé The Pennsylvania Piston Ring Co. Cleveland, Ohio — (OMING ANTONO [La 70 mote 500 East Yellowstone Phone 812 tion of tin, 1921 (American eMtal Market) Per cent usec in manufacturing car and trucks -— Seed)‘ toma ye Sk inane SES Production of lead, 1921 (American Metal M: Per cent used in manufacturing car and truck: Nickel, pounds Leather, upho'stering, square feet ane Total production of upholstering leather, 1921, estimated by the ‘Tanner's Council at {4,000,000 square feet, but of which only 36,000,009 square feet was suitable for upholstering vehiclea. Upholstering cloth, yard. 4 5.357.0000, Imitation Leather, square ‘fect -. -- 88,400,000 Lumber used in manufacturing car and ‘trucks, feet —~-~-313.800,000 Glass (mostly plate gl: 16.500,000 Production of plate gli 55,000.000, Per cent used in man’ s 30 Top and side curtain material, yards 15,330,000 Hair and padding, pounts 16,000,000 Paint and varnsh, gallons -- 5,900,000, Average Cost of Cars Seventy per cent of a'l cars in use were purchased at less than $1,000, Ninety-four per cent of al] cars in use were purchased at less than $2,000, i Tribune Wantads Bring Results now before they do raise in cause the people need the’ necessities—food, forth.” money for and #0 clothing To Every Automobile Owner In Casper You can bring your car to one shop in Casper and have it Washed Polished Simonized or Greased Motor Cleaned Painted Upholstering Vacuumed Tops and Cushioris Dressed RADIATORS REPAIRED Motor completely overhauled by an ex- pert mechanic. ae And last but not least, your car can be painted in the least possible time and the work cannot be exd¢elled in any paint shop in Casper, Casper Simonizing and Paint Shop Corner Wolcott and Railroad Sts.. Cylinder Grinding and General Repair Work OF ALL KINDS Casper Cylinder Grinding Works W. J. SAGE, Prop. First and Park Sts. Phone 79 434-436 West Yellowstone Have You Ever Noticed . Just Off Second on McKinley—Phone 749 FORD OWNERS maximum service at minimum cost we are again giv- Re them the opportunity of our winter special repair ‘ob, get a card entitling you to the special special offer. 125-137 North Center St. SUNDAY, JANUARY 7, 1923. Autos Were Once A Luxury, But Now a Necessity : | HIS JEWETT is a thrilling car to drive—minds like a faithful bag goes like a scared rabbit—climbs like you ht no car ever could. Come take the wheel and prove it. Jewett is the huskiest car of its size— ©» not a light six. It has the best oiled - motor — which gives yey silence, smoothness and long life. It's what you would expect from a maker of high ast sixes—a well-behaved younger ~ =. rother of the Paige. The Doud-Weaver Motor Co. Phone 1700 7 a es The daily accounts of accidents due to careless neglect of motor carsP The brakes failed to work or some- thing or other went wrong. Don’t run any chances of beiag next on the list. Bring yourcar to us TODAY. Second Street Service Station ATTENTION ANNUAL WINTER SPECIAL Following our usual custom of giving Ford owners From January 3 to February 15 Cut out the coupon below or call at ane office and ice, We urge all Ford owners to take advantage of this THE UNIVERSAL CAR This Coupon Entitles Holder to Our “Winter Special Repair Job” At a Price of $1 QO For the Following: Clean Carbon and Grind Valves, including new Gasket and Valves if necessary, Reline Transmis- sion Bands, Test Coils and Spark Plugs, Flush Out Motor and Refill with Special Oil for Fords, Thor- oughly. Grease and Oil All Parts, including Differ- ential. THIS PRICE INCLUDES BOTH MATERIAL AND LABOR. This Offer Good Only Until February 15, 1923 EARL C. BOYLE AUTHORIZED AGENT Phone 9 Largest and best equipped Ford Service Station in Wyoming. A $20,000 STOCK OF GENUINE FORD PARTS