Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 16, 1924, Page 13

TROLLEY COST 1S REDUCED BY USE OF BUSES Savings for Electric Lines in Cities Pointed Out Adoption of motor buses by elec- tric railways will do more than any other measure to stabilize the trol- ley business and earn the godd will of the public, in the opinfon of A. J. Brosseau, a director of the National Automobile. Chamber of Commerce, Railway Association convention im Atlantic City October 9. iting experiences of the United Sleetric Railways, Providence, the nsylvania-Ohio Electric Co., and where, the speaker outlined six profitable uses of the motor bus as linked with electric operation: business does not warrant invest- ment in railway equipment. avy traffic areas to han- Jie local passengers. In light traffic hours when cogts’of power station operation can ve ‘saved. 4. In developing new territory, as feeders to rail routes. 5. In city transportation, to meet public demand fgr bus service. 6. In inter-urban transportation, t» meet public demand for bus serv- he What I have in mind,” said Mr. Brosseau, “is the use of each form of transportation in its place and in the way which best suits the pub- lc’s convenience and necessity. “There is a, place for hoth {Continued on Page Four) Hudson; Coach i is roomy —Has trunk rack on rear. speaking before the American Elec- 1. In thin traffic regions, where This is the season of the year when the eyes of the world are on football, shorter skirts, «and cross word puzzies. Pity the poor em- ployers. Yes. The West Yellowstone high- way is in excellent shape with the exception of a stretch for about fifteen miles west of Casper which has been allowed to become rutty following the recent heavy snows. If your Ford brake bands chatter a bit, don’t deal too harshly with them. They may be female bands. The used car sales in Casper de pend largely upon the price of shoe leather. No chains—plenty of pains, Have you tried the mountains for a real winter holiday? Sparky's candidate for the auto- motive hall of infamy: The bird who swings his car completely about at an intersection without a warn- ng signal of any kind and causes an undue wearing down ofan innocent motorist’s brake bands. This ts to-be Nash week at the Nash Casper Motor company. The arrival of the new cars a few days ago, gave birth to the occasion and Mr. Carr and Mr. Treber hope to show the cars to a great number of people during the next few days. Give the “goofy” motorist the “razz.” You may help to cure him. They say that the man who makes no enemies never amounts to much. Zhe same saying does not apply to motorisis, however, as it is usually the bost drivers who keep their high- way friends. The Casper Motor company is dis- Diaying for the first ‘time, the-jmitiat models of the new series of the Good Maxwell. Natural wood wheels and ba'loon tires are standard equip- ment on all new models. The same ‘engineers who designed the new Chrysler cars are responsible for the Maxwell. Wyoming highways are true ‘fits'’ to keep in chape in the winter time. When. the car bumps along a bit, don't fill the alr with blue smoke. the public buys it. greater degree— been famous. , 132 North Center Buick Continues its Leadership For the seventh consecutive year Buick has first choice of space at the National Automobile Shows. This signal honor is awarded annually by the National Automobile Chamber of Cornmerce to the manufacturer-member having the largest volume of business for the preceding twelve months. ? In winning and in maintaining this enviable position year after year; Buick conclusively that the true value of any automo- bile is reflected in the consistency with which Since the introduction of the 1925 Buick models, public patronage has increased to an even A tribute to the Buick engineering skill and manufacturing ability that have provided newer and better Buick cars without departing in any ! way from the fundamentals of power, economy j and dependability for which all Buicks have CASPER BUICK COMPANY ) better automobiles are bullt, Buick will bulld them has demonstrated Phones 2260—2261 || THE AUTOMOTIVE MELTINGF Conducted by “SPARKPLUG” months to gain funds, | a re ne OE CASPER, WYO., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1924. da Crihune . SECOND NEWS SECTION NO. 17. ir xtesdadtons ais Advance Notes On Industry } It will not smooth thes! only adds materially state highway departmen keeping the roads open One authority says, with most of our Ame! is the general opinion married people that on a full house. Wake up hounds. Bill O’Brien, Salt repreren- rt company, tative of the Stude: Casper distribut for, the new en in Cas- Studebaker models, has per off and on during'tlf past week unloading and deliverig cars. He is expected to be entiged in this altogether delightful oegpation dur- ing the greater part ofthe present week. Bad hill—Look out for a spill. (This Mother Goose ‘stff may be chiidish, but ‘read it 4 it has lesson.) Some drive made by] wheel trucks. The Studee Motor <émpany finds used car business ‘ty half bad” and have disposed. of 4 goodly num- ber of thelr used orghdization mem- bers during the past Week. Mr. Swift who seems to be geferally in charge of sales is thoroughly optimistic. — It 4s possible to métor to Billings at the present time with very little highway difficulty. rie railway to supplement v { steam rail. ey is it that nobady craves a sit to Yellowstone;park in ber? Ask the isngi-man. Mr. Johnson" of the Casper Motor company invites those who are me- chanically. inclined an@jwho really enjoy watching skied! mechanics perform repair jobs" scientifically, to visit the shop at the Casper Motor company sometime in the yery near future. Without batting an eyelash (Continued on Pare Four) service tn the convey ksengers hetweer Port. BY AUTO a TREMENDOUS TASK Argentine Trail- Bltzers. Fight Fighting Their Way North Against Many Obstacles in Trying To Negotiate Journey 22 the north on May After tre- mendous difficulties in }the desert 4NCON, CANAL ZONE. to United Press,)—Francl vath and Julio Osvath, Ar country of Chile, and broken young men of Hungarian regions of northern . they left “Buenos Aires on ¥ reached the , Peruvian on 1924, on a proposed au August 26, at Sama. September to,New York. They 23 they reached ‘They ‘are ee erest of the Andes b: driving a stripped car which was built in January, 1918, and had heen in service five y¥ a de- Mvery ‘vehicle for a a t in Buenos Aires. The idea of a Pan-American high- way has been in recent years a@ popular dream, appealing to the gen- eral imagination even/more than the long-talked-of Pan-American — rail- road. If these resourceful young Argentinos can plow their way through their achievement will give the idea an impetus and probably erystalize into a positive movement tor the building, link by link, of the highway. In Panama, the present road pro- gram provides for a highway from the Canal over half-way to the Costa Rican boundary, 200 miles from the Canal, and already the newly elected delegates to the Netional Assembly way and reached Santlago, March 24. There they wofket to . A New and Finer MAXWELL IsHere | Built by Chrysler, Have you seen it? It’s'n great car. Enjoy the Evenings With/a Ratio Let us demonstrate one of our sets in your own home, Atwater-Kent, Freshman and Sleeper e ALEMITE SERVICE STATION tana St. Helens ana ‘sinier. 8 distance of 60.6 miles. running trains and busses over oparaile! routes. The Boston & Maine cail road bas replaced tram service with a White bus op e 2.6 mile rur cetween Ashburnham and Soutr Ashburnham Mass. Fares trom Portland to ieetaiet or intermediate pointe Lied the same as by train. ickets on wnterch: ble, the traveler peine permitted use ticket or either bus or train. Running time af the busses is virtually the sam as _for trains Bostor and Maine raflrona Hike armerone ather atenm ene te WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 15.— Complete abandonment of the use of plain clothes officers in the work of bringing automobile speeders to jus- tice within the next year {s predict- ed by the American Automobile as- sociation inga spectal dispatch sent to all affiliated motor clubs through- out the country.from its national 112 South | Durbin Phone 1904-W headquarters in this city. The prediction is based upon an exhaustive investigation of the po- Mce methods of the principal cities ‘with regard to the arrest of speeders and motor law vialotors, and has been advanced at this time oWing to wide-spread oc@iticism of the action of the police commissioner of this city in experimenting with uniform. ed officers in its campaign against lawlessness. According to the Three A's state- ment to motor‘elubs the Washington plan is but @ flare in the pan, the leading police chiefs of the country favoring the abolition of plain clothes officers as essential to the syecess of motor law enforcement. - tion wes @ pronounced PLAIN CLOTHES OFFICERS NOT AS EFFICIENT AS UNIFORMED MEN IN ENFORCING THE LAW Of the 61 police chiefs consulted, the dispatch shows, only 3 reported the use C2 ununiformed gitionis ir in Plenty of 133 North Wolcott It’s Here Now! Be-sure and protect your car with the Perfect Radiator Fluid NO EVAPORATION—ONCE FOR ALWAYS AUTO SERVICE CO. T STEAM RAILROADS INSTALL MOTOR BUSSES; BUS REPLACES TRAIN ON BOSTON & MAINE Qperates branch or short iines that are oot profitable and such war the condition of the Ashburnham- South Ashburnham line « rup o! slightly (ese than three miles Where sucb conditions exist the motor bus. decause of its Gexibility and tow operating cost. oilers a solution both orofitable to thé operutor and satisfactory to thr oubhe. The Boston & Maine bus instal succesr trom the start and ip .cniacing 6 train it nas effected considerabit savings over rai) cperatior and ir addition gives @ more extenue service. he trai- carried on an’ averag of 33 oassengere p day while th average oumber carried by the ou: 1s around 100. A crew 21 four me: was oecessary for the train opere tion while the bus is operated vo: miy one man. The Bostor & Maine te now son sidering extending pus service t “itchbure. a city of 100.000 nann ation eight miles trom Ashburr nam and alse motorizins oth+ short lines of which the road o» the work of catching speeders and 5 ‘reported 4 dual system traffic officers were both forms andsplain clothes. Of the 52/cities now using uniform- ed police exclusively for traffic law enforcement 23 had at one time tried whereb¥ in unl. plain clothes men* and abandonee the system, Commenting upon the facts, Thomas P. Henry, president ‘of ‘the A. A. Ay says that the trend of en- forcement being toward uniformity, as with all automotive legislation, the secret méthod of arrest cannot expect to gain favor and must be discarded.” “Just another instance of the law of the survival of the fit- test,” Mr. Henry explains. The investigation revealed the fact that of 54 affiliated’ A. A. A. clubs that were questioned on the matter of above board methods vs. the es- plonage system only one club fa- vored the latter. It is poli that, through their organi: motorists are now in a ‘position to oppose vigorously and successfully any plans for the return to methods (Continued on Page” Four) Glycerine Phone 2370 Contnuing its protest agains WAR AGRINGT SPECIAL TAXES 1S CONTINUED BY AUTO CHAMBER All Members of Congress Being Bombarded » With Demand for Repeal of Levies on Motor Manufacturers. these war measures.” A Big Step In ‘Advance in the Method of Buying _Automobiles chase Plan marks the most funda- mental advance yet achieved in the merchandising of automobiles. It has brought a Chevrolet car within the reach of every man and woman who can start with a few dollars and save a little each week. Moreover, it provides these pur- chasers with a decidedly worth- while investment paying 6. per cent, A strong and well known insur- ance company absolutely protects Cer buyers cee in—today— and let us ex- in how easy and how quickly vane too, can own any Chevrolet on our show room floor! NOLAN CHEVROLET CO. 322 South David St. —Mail This Coupon NOLAN CHEVROLET (6% Certificate Dept.) Please mail me fur Gas, Oils 863 South Ash 322 South David St., Casper, Wyo. Purchase Certificate Plan. Phone 2100 for Detailed Information CO., TRUSTEE ther information on your 6% U.S. Tire Prices Reduced Again New shipment just arrived See us for U. S, Tires and Tubes ALSO CAR STORAGE and Car Greasing GENERAL REPAIR WORK GATES WILLIS GARAGE Phone 1891-W “SNUBS THE REBOUND.” We are Casper Dealers for this popular and nationally advertised product. 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The letter, which ts signed| motor vehicles in the United Stat by the chamber’s taxation commit-| ono third of whom dre farme tee, C, C, Hanch, chairman, is as|us many more of whom 1 follows: trial workers, small ant “It is six years since the end of| others of moderate income. , but there still ain on| “We believe that this will appeal ute books some discrimin: to your judgment as an unfair cor es, which con-|dition and we hope that wh special burden on certain] teform agaih comes before cc and their customers. That| you will urge elimination of all of these are war emergency m -