Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1921, Page 52

PRESIDENT-ELECT WILL RIDE [ TO HIS INAUGURATION IN AUTO ‘Smashes Precedents Established by Long Line of Predccessors—Relegates ] Horse to Dodo Land. President Jefferson rode horseback from the Capitol to the White House when he was inaugurated. All other Presidents have used carriages in corresponding trips. President-elect | Harding will smash precedent: his| conveyance will be an automobile. This seems to be the last echo of the | relegation of the horse to the land of the dodo in city highway pas- senger traffic. says Coker F. Clark son, general manager. Society of Au- | tomotive Engineer: | “It is hard to appreciate fully the| part automotive vehicles have in our ! national life, not to mention the de- | veélopment that is to come in pas-| senger cars. motor trucks. farm, mili- | industrial tractors. motor | boats. aircraft. semi-portable engines and farm Jighting units. It is clear | that the- form and extent of use of | these are in their infanc Effect of the Eveluti “One’s mind can grasp only in a general way_what will be the man-| ner and effect of the economical de- n. production. use and servieing of tens of millions of these vehicles ‘The case is like the. sage advice. Pa; our debts, look cheerful and be kind: hen. if immortality exists you will »articipate. The intellect Verne or an H. G. Wells is not ade- tuate for the visualization of what he_autmotives will be and do. . “The people of this country have wen spending for motor cars. and heir parts perhaps $2.000,000.000 an- 1t is stated that more than expended for tobacco and bout half as much for candy, $50,- 90,000 for chewing gum. $750,000 for [and local organizations that hold fre-| moRey, in the transportation of large verfumery and cosmetics. $400,000,000 [ quent meetings in Detroit, Cleveland, | sums . through the thoroughfares of for toilet soaps. These are pertinent data in luxury and utility studies. “In the effort to restore that proper ‘conomic balance which is essential © national prosperity, the autométive | several times each vear and tgke a|cialty ‘of offering them s mgineers will play their full part.|prominent part at all the national|Service in the transfer of pa The achievements with which they :Te to be credited are a good indica- tion of this. It is said that most men have conviction. that some have cour- age, and that the names of those who have both illuminate. the pages of his- fory. This thought typifies the for- ward-looking engineer. He deals “sith facts and proceeds according to them. He has to solve the problems f- the “perversity” of matter. In wmowledge of operating conditions in aanufacture and of the policies that Hould be pursued in connection #Rerewith he stands between capital B labor, and probably no one can be reater assistance in the solution 2ROPOSED UNIFORM CODE FOR TRAFFIC,SUPPORTED Will Be Presented in Most of Vari- <.ous State I.expht\uu During” G disco, Reports ‘fromsPgactically. every state ) in_the Union fndicate-almost unagi: the proposed umni- hieh will be’ pre- ‘present term, De Mar, minertt - leaders Mthe -Aght for thh Lmtlorm code. o] ~ The proposed cod make ‘it possible travel from one to_the other wit harrassment as ul A ly <changing local laws and regulations. Ome “of its most important provisions is that requiring a system of illu- minated license plates in every state. A = Z 452 GAL. “GAS” A YEAR. Figures Show Average Consump- tion of Fuel by Autos. “The American Petroleum Institute - Has compiled figures showing lhel quzntity of gasoline consumed in 1920 by twelve states where such informa- tion is available. These figures, tak- en In conjunction . with automobile registrations, indicate a total United ‘States consumption of gasoline by .motor vehicles of 4.015,000,000 gal- _‘lons in 1920. The states reporting ac- count for a gasoline consumption to- taling 389,524,944 gallons. ““Without attempting to make any al- Jowance for consumption by other| agencies, and without including in the gempilation consumption by motor cycles and motor boats, the figures shown indicate an average nmm’ consumption of gasoline per car, both passenger cars and motor trucks, in the states given. of 452.1 gallons on the basis of 1920 automobile regis- ' tration figures. and motor trucks as of Decem- 31, 1921 The total registration of pu:enger! | tomotive | tering upon of industrial relations problems than ke. Second Decade of Its Work. “The national® organization of the men responsible for the design and production of automotive' apparatus in this country is the Society of Au- e Engineers, which is now en- its second decade of aggressive work on a large scale. It is work that is really done that counts. The man who is entitled to the greatest credit is the man who completes his work. The Society of Automotive Engineers has done much original constructive work that is permanent. That_ fellowship_ and loyalty of its members have effected for many years co-operation.that has resulted in great benefits to maker: and. users of automobiles and other self-propelled machines. stated by an authority that efficiency is the straight view of a strong char- acter. That is the sort of thing that | has actuated the Society of Automo- | tive Engineers as an orgamization. ts reputation is justly second to none in standardization activities, sustained consistently and most helpfully for ten years; in its_war work. and in the “furtherance “of the arts and sciences connected with automotive engineering. It has been essentihlly a democratic body. giving full scope for the best and most apt to work toward the good of the whole. Tt has been ever a resourceful organization. It has haa, in the words of Dr. Eaton, the spirit of real men working to- gether at a real man's job as friends dedicated to a worthy task © Over 35,000 Members Enrolle “The society has over 5000 mem- bers resident throughout the world, Chicago, Indianapo Buffalo, Bos- ton, Washington, Philadelphia Min- neapolis and New York. The mem- bers assemble in national sesstons automotive shows. A staff of fifty persons is maintained in New York. The annual financial turnover is in excess of $300.000. “The S. A. E. has establisheil over 200 separate and distinct standards relating ta materials and mounting dimensions involved in the construc- tion of automotive apparatus. It has a large amount of standard matters in process of formulation. The real value of the establishment and ob- servance of standards is just begin- ning to be'realized in a degree com- mensurate with their usefulness to thé many millions of people con- cerned. U. S. BUILT 16,000 MILES OF HARD ROADS IN 1920 20,000 Miles Will Be Built Each Year in Near Future. During 1920 the United States prob- ably Ruilt ‘36,000 .to 18,000 miles of hard-surfaced ' road—that: is, " roads built of macadam, cement, brick and gravel stone. It is probably not too various state | much to'predict-that within:thé next | 5ible to use the truck as a pay car. The 1186 "to 20,000 e .'“.m. dAd ‘then 25,000, 3 miles, say® Payil Clay, in Forbe# Magazin g To_the apato; What the "supstitat alloy steel rails for woo already meant to This improvement in th creased trainload 3 40,000 per cent. Just so.tHE¥ime will come when a two-ton truck in almost any one of about forty states of the Union will be able to do as much work as is now done by a five-ton truck. As to distances for passenger automobiles, they can be divided fa most_states by two or three, or in some'cases by ten. Already the 400- mile run from New York to Buffalo Ras been made shorter than many a TR of 200 or 100 miles, or even fifty, miles, in some of the interior and southern sections. ; Automobiles were largely -instru- mental .in creating the demand for good- roads, and now the roads are creating a further demand for aut mobiles. In 1909 we had in this country onl: about two cars for every mile of hard-surfaced roads, but now we have twenty-five cars per mile, there being about 8,000,000 cars and 316,000 miles of hard-surfaced road. One might say that every mile of new road makesa market for twent: five additional cars. This is not lit- erally true, because so many other factors, suchas earnings and in- comes, enter 'in; but it is true that the number of éars in use has grown | much faster than the mileage of good roads, and that it will probably con- i tinue to grow somewhat .faster for many years. Hence it i sonable to expect that in the long run the additional cars registered will be equivalent to at least twenty- five for each additional mile of good road. Let us notice how this applies’ to not unrea- the basis of an average consumption | the case. The 12,600 miles of road of 452.1 gallons per car, the indicated | built in 1919 made room, o to speak, gasoline consumption by motor ve- hicles in+the United States in 1920 Yons. Tha gasoline output of the mited States refineries in 1920 was about 4,870.000,000 gallons. MONTGOMERY Formerly connected with Jacobi&Montgomery Is now connected with the Re- pair Department of the— Dupont Garage Co. 2020 M St. N.W. Phone Franklin 4200 J. B. Kendall Co. 485 Missouri Ave. N.W. Tel Maln 484 - Headquarters for Auatomobile Springs Aato Top Coverings Automobile Tools Iron, Steel and Heavy Hardware Cap Screws and for 315,000 cars and trucks; and the 000 miles of road per annum which Was approximately 4,013,000000 gal-| ¥ shall scon be building will make | way at this ratio for 500,000 addi- | tional motor vehicles yearly. the VELIE SIX. It is ol excess of the VELIE. most exacting. “Buay That Telephone It has been Bullet-Proo_f t by banks,. publi a | bullet-proof steel. .ther protected by steel, The, i e o 06 N%’m‘ 'aéor’t - h - * éither or s |§“$‘f ‘operation a stand- On the lips of everybody is the marvelous rise of you consider that it contfins more good features than any other car costing hundreds of dollars in The new'VELIE'SIX has straight lin€s, a motor of great power and speed, and comfort to satisfy the Ungerer Motor Co. : 1136 Connecticut Ave. Member Wasbington Autemotive Trade Association. | Armeor-bodied motor truck used Cleveland for protection as well valuable papers between banks, railr ARMORED TRUEKS FOILBANDI GANES _Lars Carry Money for Banks and Public Utilities. ! Sporadic cases of lives lost and pay rolls stolen in The ambush by bandits of armed, but, nevertheless. practi-| cally ~defenseless, messengers in a number of cities in recent weeks, have kindled a new interest in the lead| taken in New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and'Cleveland utilities and other { companies having constant’ need to transfer money and other valuables. The lead they have taken lies in the direction of greater security:and en- hadced service, less loss of life and congested cities. Seeing an opportunity to render real service to industrial concerns, mer- chants ‘and others by making a spe- fety and rolls and money, while protecting their own transactions by means of the same conveyance, more and more banks are ( purchasing armored motor trucks. Serving New York Banks. Two White trucks, with armored | bodies, transfer thausands of dollars daily for. two big banks in downtown New York. One truck—a two-ton unit—carries a body of quarter-inch steel. In addition to the driver, two guards generally man the truck on its| trips. The guards, heavily armed, ride on the inside. The keys to the only door (in.the side of the body) are held in the branch banks or in the posses- sion of the guards riding inside the truck. In no case can the driver open | the door. In event of the truck being: fired upon, the steel walls of the body are of gufficient strength to flatten ordinary lead bullets, while, from their protected position in the interior of the “fortress.” the guards can return the fire of bandits through “portholes” arranged for such an emergency. “Auto Bank” in Philadelphia. Day and night, the “auto bank” owned by the Quaker Qity Cab Com- pany of Philadelphia, answers calls. Its chief responsibility is the safe collection of funds from theaters, tradesmen, fra- ternal orders, building and loan com- panies and other organizations which ! customarily receive large sums of money after the closing hours of bank: A small rear platform makes it pos- truck is often used to carry payrolis to ougying sections. he body -of the “auto bank” is” of Should the truck be attacked, the cashier could, merely by touching a butlon, drop. stecl curtain over all windows. The ws are fur- rglar alarm :system, connected large gorig in the roof of the If accideng should befall the driver, the cashier could cut off ‘the gasoline supply and stop<the truck by pressing a button inside the body. Mobfle Pay-Off System. In Chicago, the surface lines carry the fiay envelopes of thelr thousands of em- ployes to car barns and othery widely Boattered pay-off pjaces in a truck, all windows in which ire protected by iron bars and en alarm system. In some cases the truck merely carries paymas- ters and money from one car barn to another, while in others it goes into the country to pay off linemen, trackmen and workers engaged in special con- struction. The Cincinnatti (Ohio) Trac- tion Company also depends upon a two- ton truck for the safe transfer of pay- roll money to outlying car barms. In the collection of money from its many_telephone pay stations, the Bell Telephone Company of Philadelphia uses an armored truck. Other of arm- ored White trucks are the‘x ral Re- serve banks at Boston, Chicago and We employ a force of re- pairmen who are experts on all makes’of cars. Dupont Garage Co. ! 2020 M St. MW. i P{wne Franklin 4200 nly natural, though, when Velie Now™ Main 8233 NEW TYPE OF MONEY CARRIER. dispatch in the transfer of money and ! { by® the Federal Reserve Bank of d stations, express and post offices. Cleveland, the Claveland Trust Company, the Citizens' Savings and Trust Com: pany and the Garfleld- Savings Bank mpany in Cleveland, the First Nation- al Bank and the National Shawmut Bank in Boston. Briefly, the work which these trucks do is the same formerly done, only less efficiently, less promptly and'with more danger to human life, by trysted mes- | j tight _or high-speed bea sengers. They transport money betwocen main’ banks and their branches, banks and railroad stations, post offices and ex- press offices; distribute payrolls; collect devosits from stores which do a daily cash business; collect money from scat. tered pay stations of pubtic utilities; ! call for jewels, silverware a i valuables, to be placed in | posit vaults, and in general furnish a swift and sure specie service to con cerns having nced for such a service. FRANK R. ADAMS WRITES. OF MOTOR TRIP TO COAST Thinks Bandits Were Too Busy Selling 0il Stock to Trouble Him. Frank R. Adams, famous author, playwright, traveler and soldier, re- cently completed a motor tour from ‘Whitehall, Mich., to Santa Barbara, Calif., and it proved sSo interesting that he could not restrain himself from writing a letter about it. His letter is directed to Ray Long, editor of Cosmopolitan. He writes: “Once fifteen years ago when I fol- ilowed the Santa Fe trail on hofsc- back. the principal objects of interest adjacent to the beaten track were the skulls, vertebrae, ribs and other r pair parts of caftle. Now after tra- versing the same ground by motor, my principal memory is of almost equally numerous abandoned automo- biles, some buried, some overturned, others smashed and looted. There must be a story in each one. ‘Was warned all along the line to beware of bandits, but no one tried to rob me of my ten dollars. Probably all the professions are selling oil stock in the new boom towns. “If your Americanism wabbles the | least bit, the medicine is a trip from coast to coast by automobile. In no other way can you realize the tre- mendous extent of the land you own— its breadth, its heights and the depth of its mud, especially in Oklahoma. Also advise crossing Glorjeta Pas N. M., by winter moonlight. If you don’t slip you will carry away a last- ing_thrill. . “Was uniformly impressed by effi- not surface. | for the instant when the spark occurs, {The heavy ciency and courtesy.of western gar- age men. Am in favor of a movement to deport some of them to some east- ern cities 1 could name. “It was a luxuriously upholstered. high-powered four-cylinder Dodge Brothers’ open face caboose as did the trick. No repairs, no adjustments. al- most no gasoline Kept perfect time all the way. Short wheelbase, handy in mountain passes. Car would meet itself on some of the turns. .Th Amswers to Last Week's Question: 1. A car which jumps or runs in jerks has an engine which is mis- firing or is “galloping.” which latter is caused bv too rich a carburetbr mixture or insufficient air being fed to che cylinders. Misfiring could be due to a number of engine or ignition troubles, poor compression or poor | carburetion. 2. A heavy oil or grea is for slow speed bearings, transmi and eering gear and wheel ause these parts less loose fitting and there is space between balls or rollers of the bearings or teeth of the gears which must be filled to prevent noise with gears a heavy lubricant is necessary to cushion their action and prevent wear. The high speed in a tight-fitting bearing bushing or piston calls for a light oil which wifl merely form a_thin: film. constantly present on the bearing surface. 1If a heavy lubricant were used for the s it would cover the flow fast enough to In other words, would be cut in the lubri would not allow enough to the bear- ing. 3. High tension applying to the ignition system means high voltage. High tension current is necessary to make a spark at the plugs in eac cylinder under compression A volt- age of some sixteen thousand \'onsl is created in the ignition coll or mag- neto for each inasmuch 0s there is or flow of this electricity. amperage cepting the ignition current is not dangerous voltage is necessary for park to penetrate compression hin the cylinders. 4. A pair of automobile headlights will draw on an average of about five amperes of current from the storage battery when the lamps are burning. The electric starter when cranking a cold engine in winter consumes quite a large amount of current, about as much as eight or ten miles of driving at a speed which will charge the battery. 5. Carburetion is the mixing of the proper: amount of air and gasoline vapor necessary for the engine to run efficiently. 6. Two-point ignition is an ignition system whereby two sparks instead of one are made to occur in each cylinder at the same time. Two secondary terminals or two systems of distributing the current and two sets of spark plugs are used in this system. 7. Keep water away from all parts of the electric system. Use care in washing the car. Do not oil any part of the motor or generator, except the places specified as oil cups or oil holes —the commutator of the motor or gen- erator should riever be oiled. Be sure your car is not in gear when stepping on the starter pedal. This strains the starting motor and the battery. Lu- bricate occasionally, but do not adjust the silent chain which drives the motor or generator, adjusting it only when a great deal of siack is noticed, which may occur after long usage. Before making any adjustments be sure you understand the system. All of the above are points necessary to observe in taking the proper care of your car's electric,system. If a pump of a forced circulat- w If You < Use Mr. Adams as author of “The Time, | the Place and the Girl,” “A Stubborn Cinderella” and other musical come- dies, . One of his songs is “I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now 2" TRADE NOTES. Ben Logsdon, formerly connected with the Southern Carage Company and for the past few months with the Ungerer Motor Company, resigned frorh the latter last week and is now connected with the George C. Rice Aute Company, local distributors for the Stearns-Knight and Columbia L. 'B. D'Orsdy, who for the past year has béen connected with the Lambert-Hudson Company, resigned and is now sales manager of the Tulsa Motor Co., 1026 Connecticut ave- nue_ northwest, djstributors in Mary land, Virginia: and the District for the Tulsa car. conditions you for merchants ENN Lightning Motor Fuel ins: dealprs. Manufacturers Erie, Pao FOR TRANSMISSIONS Pennsylvanis f")eu‘u:%leum Products ERIE PERNSYLVANIA will use and gives O Sole Distrbuters hone Us For Particulars re. cool the eng 9. If piston eighths of the exerted when 1 | autom 2. When a car is running along a road and a sudden bumping is felt by the passengers what may be the trou- rk at a plug, butible | ing@ eboling s. | broken while the ‘engine was in op- eration, overheating would most likely 1t because which creates circulation of the water in this system. some water to circulate past the pump after the manner of the thermo-sy- | phon system, but hardly sufficient to ne while running. ! dr: pre ther. 0. ha a obile? le? lipping i trifle THE éLNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 20, 1921—PART 3. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR THE AUTOMOBILIS tem was it cone clutch leather facing of the cone condition, the | the or absorbed can be most e some form of powder. such as borax or soapstone or by using fuller's earth The exhaust valve of an auto- | mobile engine_remains closed until a | overed s power stroke. remaining one-eighth stroke the valve begins to open. is so_arranged because the force of exploding gases in each cylinder has almost all of the! a piston has reached eighths of its stroke, and the valve is | opened full amount of burned gas to pass out a pathfof the cylinder, which occurs during ant, whichfthe next stroke of the piston, called exhaust stroke. This Week’s Que: 1. ix it possible to overcharge a stor- age battery with a generator =il carly . How is the silent chain construct- ed so that ite operation is noiseless? 4. ‘What is benzol? ‘What the trouble which will cause an engine to misfire? 6. What care should be given the universal joints? 7. What attention should-be given to the timer or interrupter of the electric system? i 8. What advantages are there in us ing the best obtainable grade of gaso- line in_the automobilo engine? 9. What are a few points to remem- ber in handling the car -when turning | a_corne under: applie ding on_slippery pave 10. ed or Wi ments? What could cause a heavy pound neath the car when the brakes are n the clutch is engaged? BATTERY Ignitiod and SERVICI makes of batieries re ] ‘Hu fact which i upon us anew every day | by the experiences of Hup- | mobile owners. pm&?j_l $THE best car of T class is not merely a nice-sound- ing phrase. Sterrett & Fleming, Inc. DISTRIBUTORS Champlain St. at Kalorama Rd. (Below 18th) iHupmobjle: Phones: West 166 and Rosslyn 210. Dealers Not Now Handling Lightning Motor Fuel Should ere will be no regrets . Its high-grade oil flows ihto every mov- ing part, and stays ‘there. the’diffifi-ence right away in easier, smooth- er running, greater mileage per gallon of gas ‘and increased power. tion and reduces repair bi You So;[d in five and twenty-five pound cans by gRrages, gasoline stations and e€cessory Call for it.by name—EBONITE. BAYERSON OIL WORKS Chemists, Engineers, Motor Designers and Mechanics _ have tested and proved every merit claimed for LIGHTNING MOTOR FUEL which is rapidly replacing. gasoline as a motor fuel. , IF YOU WANT - 25 to 359, more miles to a gallon of fuel power that makes hill climbing easy, a clean, carbonless motor,- prompt starting and satisfactory motoring under any . f - LIGHTNING MOTOR FUEL Equally adaptable to passenger cars and trucks. es efficient truck operation passenger car operator the satisfaction he should enjoy in motoring. Obtainable at the Most Reputable Filling Stations All Over the Ristrict IL COMPANY Prevents fric- will notice stopped or is the pump only e YT Fi It may be possible for ! - esd::\-il‘_"B‘I"::;ry - WIRE WHEELS 1314 Sth St. NW. o s Phone Nerth 9340 Require attention and 2800 Sherman Ave. ps and the should be inspected every (Cor. Girard) eon mg;‘,,fiwz;}: 1500 miles. We maintain a Phone Columbia 5137 ¢nce of oil on the surface of || completé service station. £ This musl_ha di:ksr? FREE INSPECTION Casily done by appi NATIONAL SERVICE CO. 1610 14th. Factory Station about seven- During ! of th This bressure Seven - it allows the ions. ; i in the 2 . “It Conquered the World’s Worst Roads” Tulsa Motor Company : el it 1026 Conn. Ave. N.W. Phone Main 1636 (Formerly Located 2100 Pa. Ave. N.W.) s0 as to prevent possible skir | its | ¥ in the world” | 3 . . s { Compare the- entire make-up of "the expresses a S R 8 3 % > ey Stutz with any other car from - the ground up, from the most minute detail - . to its very expensive and complete equip- i ment, such as motormeter, wire wheels, spot light, Hartford round type shock absorber and cord tires. e 4 e North 5050 - . The Motor Company of Washington Conn. Ave. and R. I. Ave.,, at M St.. .~ ? . Phone Main 6177 5 e g “THERE’S. many a way of -4 doin’ things, but only one way'sright” . AUTOMOBILE TRIMMING perience, who exer¢; amount of care, andid ‘'ous of giving to patrons theyhaveinthem..® & « % WE EMPLOY ONLY SU€H WORKMEN. MATERIALS are of two classes—those that are guaranteed and those that are not guaranteed. : 5 - We use only guaranteed ma- terials, and whatever you pur- chase from us must be of this standard, backed by the reputa- tion of th® manufacturer. DE.- FECTIVE MATERIALS ARE REPLACED AT ONCE WITH- OUT QUESTION. Our business was not built on cheap priges, but on the quality’ of our materials, the high grade of our workmanship and the ac- tual service we give to our pa- trons—at fairprices. In our PAINT DEPARTMENT we maintain the same high standard of workmanship, ma- terials and service. It may cost you a little more to come here, but you get more than the difference in price in satisfaction. v o WE ESTIMATE ANY : ANYWHERE, ON ANY CAR. F. J. Stocking & Son Automobile Painters and Trimmers 926 N St. N.W. ¢