Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1921, Page 50

ply contra HEAVIER FINES SUGGESTED | Which “Won't Lust Long |CONTRACTS AWARDED __ :ieh Joyie TO STOP RECKLESS DRIVING Sccond fand Meckine | Who xays there's no truth in a man who wishex to dinpose of 339" and b fof $2.381. It will be seen from these figir> were let to the extent of $i2. ). sewerage and sar FOR ROADS AND STREETS iary contracts o the extent ot $n i Reports Show Proposed Expendi- |th» amount of money being spent (| | highway work is more than doubl: the | i jdinkesn ot | . Y being spent on Auto Speeders and Those Who Ignore the| Mot ases | ture of $17857.504 in High- | amount of money boink smont oo 2l he Atreetx a few days age: way Construction. 1t is nearly eight times tne valu~ Ri 1'1 “For Sale water supply work., nearlv four tim ghts o €rs become ore INu- ONLY $200 Reports to the Asphalt Association. | the value of the sewerage work an This Won't Last Long.” New York, show the extent to which the | nem:y s;:llePn nmo:hma; o —Areade Newn. highway construction program of the K WOrX. ileven southern s ‘one week ending April 16 et high merous and Dangerous. = — " |nation is gelting under way at tnis contracts alone amounting to §2.% = | Sunday for fear of something hap- | €arly stage of the season ~Durinz the | week ending April 23. 121, a total uf ! B = pening to them BY THEODORE P. NOYES. Juck would have it. nothing was com- | "R omobiis N ceas ing from the other direction. but it[man has been The advent of more seasomable g an apsolute certainty that not one|for a lang fime weather for Sunday driving and the of the three drivers who passed the [ lations of the predominance of good roads in Mary- !ine of cars knew it in advan the In that particular case nothing hap- land seems to have brought out an ,.peg byt less tham a vear ago the | i cver increasing number of reckless writer observed one of the worst! moto who endanger the lives of Wrecks imaginable from that F"I‘\A“ s ‘o e et on the top other users of the road. The la-:Sause. Two cars met on the top of s 127 hill. one had been trying to pass an-| fo) mentable part of it is, from observa- |ather. and four people naid ihe pen- ‘He has announced that he i tion of three well traveled thorough- |21ty of one driver's thoughtiessness|(o g0 after the road hogs fares in Maryland last Sunday, that|aRd criminal carelessness and_ the rec with all the - & = Dis. |, P’assing another car on a curve|authority at command. and hopes many of these reckless cars bear Dis- | brings. the offense under the same|in time to mat ¥ lessen the num- “trict of Columbia tags category and is punishable in states|ber of accidents on the state roads There are three classes of these|DY the same fine. On the road to| * ‘Roads Chairman Mackall is ha\'m:; Aeives e drivers wTo Wil ity Hagerstown some Sundays ago a|a chart made up shoxing every auto- pass another car or a string of cars |Marvland deputy sheriff arrested sev- | mobile accident that occurs on a state oing over the crest of a hill the driv- | °Tal Washin er who will attempt to do th ng other thing on a curve. and, iastiy, the 2 antideluvi will not has the i v time another moto blows his horn to zet by it is a good chanee to speed up and get him in a race . The first two practices. | ing almest crimina azainst the law in practic te in the Union. Pa e situation irded, involving an expenditure repeated vio- 0f $17.85 During the week end- One arm was all he used to stecr: bile laws and | Ing r\ln‘mm"'m 2 ":a(l" <;'“1_3‘2 fontracls| The other arm held Myrtle ing a greater | were let, untin 512,728, Road s e itustion than could |and sireet construction is a |1 | He took the curve a bit too fas by the average uilding industries putics were csponsibie for supporting data as to the ident and the degree | that_any of | a BO sed by dan- | I | the road. such ! obstructions 1o the| ng signals | edy these n motorists for pass- S on @ sharp curve in “If this ch: ne power that will pe R accidents are of solut A driver on hills and curve il the motorists _Is.tlfilalinn for « Y | stiff fines might v iearn con- and there are plenty o . Probably a few | ingz signs about these places. S 3 Y R £0 a iong way, to|larly enough, few accidents occur at xoing over the crest of a hill. where ‘““F“;'h’ “.""5 ";::“,‘“.“"""- 7 i such places, because the danger is so 9 : he Marvland state police on ont. 3 ki i B 4 increased considera-|found that most of the accidents occur . s aad i e DB w | tion on the part of motoriste in gen- | af places that are ordinarily sate. . | HIS is the season when you ¥ feral. no doubt the situation will ““ am absolutely convinced that g;t doub]e cofl"furt .nd st isfaction out of every mile ten"cases of motorists attempting to | o b u do this very thing were observed |Steadily improve. most of the accidents are caused by SS] <« and foolhardiness. last Sunday. Baltimore Paner Quoted. pure reckl 1 have st oing out on the roads || Fine Regarded Inadequate. Interesting 1o thin id T el inglouton e raads] e : Wil the minimam fine for wpecd=| ot mriteis in ne T timone e | o et irata of running nis any: | A Dollar you ride in an automobile. ing over thirty-six miles an_hour in| altimore Sun: |3 A0 ¢ concern is lest some fool . the open country of ,\|ar.\'lam‘l is $25, | hThre» state officials are worried | $05ia" run into me. No one En’oyed a fine of $100 should be levied on any [about the regular Sunday toll of | gward against the fool who uses 2 i ivi i motorist convicted of this practice. ! geaths and injuries as a result of au- | roads for a speedway when they are | s a Dollar Any .car earns bigger dividends in because. while a speeding car, if prop- | vriy controlled. can be brought to 3 tomobile stop, there no power on earthgitehe Autg sione: the Dives in two cars|goUghman and ashalliqc if they meet head-on on the crest of i tpe. 2 Aliouen ; a hill. . 3 . .| the derable time, | have more laws and better laws to} The motorist who indulges in thiSinone knows how to solve the prob-|zovern automobile traffic than any practice might just as well drive)jem ather state in the Union, and that the: along a crowded road blindfolded, as| *‘The situation is serious.” said GGov. |are enforced at least per cent bet- he will be just about as safe to him- | Ritchie vesterday. ‘and seems to be | ter and more efficiently than the laws | self and others as he is in bounding | growing’ worse all the time. Thelof other siates are enforced. The onty | | over a hill on the wrong side of the!Sunday toll of deaths and injuries|solution, it seems to me. is to divorce | road. from automobile accidents is appall-| the fool. the reckless driver and the| One case observed by the writer last | ing, yet there seems to be no way of | careless driver from tie automobile Sunday is_particularly worthy of | meeting the situation except. possibly. | but how to do it is too much of a! mention. Ten oars were threading |by educating automobile drivers 1o |problem.” i their way up one of the hills on the | the dangers of Sunday travel and H way to Rockville. This particular hill | making them understand the need of i e Mtesp and nothing can be seen over | extraordinary care when the roads is steep and nothing can be seen over | SXUTEONATY, Siney are an eversuis| COUNTY STORAGE PLANT. || proceeding in an orderly manner at|Sundav. < _ I About twenty-five miles per hour.| 'Wehave laws enough and as many [ will Hold 1,500,000 Gallons Bitu- | R SS minaus Road Materials. i €0 eerie ought to help the situation somew Bergen county, N. J., hag prepared Suddenly another car overtook the |Officers for the enforcement of 't 70 pass them one by one. The driver | OU b Ppass ) by watching for speeders and reck- | plans for a complete storage plant for | 3 i ¢ |1aws as we can get until the legi procession. and. scorning the slow | i i Speed of the massed cars, proceeded | tUré meets again. The state po had passed all but three of the carsi ¥ WAlChIng for speeders and when the crest of the hill was reach- | ©5% CRY(rE QUL Rl e can Beliyiiuminous road materials used in %o | stay at home. . . {fuation is not one that can ! Seved. happiness for the next six months e Te e v e, We have laws : . PnlenEe th Mmeat 4l conditions. Roaa ! than at any other time in the year. is in other states tell me w 3 accidents. They are Gov. [ €703 Ritchie. Automobile Commissioner Buy now. ed. but not before two more cars had | o' 2020 Tea) * By et 2 : 2 i £ : v the way. one of road construction and surface treat- " D hem was run downon the Annanolis iing. to he located at Hackensack, the | HE TREW MOTOR 0. Road Completely Blocked. boulevard last Sunday and had hiS | county teal, and having a capacity There they were passing grer the.:;"‘" h";:e“ . . 00.000 gallons. The plant will > rest of hill two abreast. blocking the | Always Damger in Sunday Motoring. + of four 50.000-gallon storage . - 4 o i oethe | s e e | two 4.000-gailon heating tanks Telephone Main 4173 14th St. at P slightest chance for life if an6ther!Sundays are enormous. and there is|and a hollow tile stérage warehouse. car had happened to be coming from |always so much danger that | have twentyv-five feet by forty feet in the other direction. Tt was really | given up going out on Sundays al- The county officials expect to save just like watching a child play with | most entirely. I rarely invite any of | large sums of money in Storage costs the trigger of a loaded revolver. As f wn to Annapolis for | through the erection of the new plant - FORDSON TRACTOR || MITCHELL Mr. Farmer: . We want to show yvou how much the Fordson will plow, how well it will plow, what the fuel consumption per acre will he—how well it handles everv kind of Commissioner _Baugh- | 187 coniracts for new roads’and strests TWAS THE “DOGGONE” CAR. | ¢o And the doggone car turned turtle d st —Arcade News ; Model 22-44 Three-Passenger Roadster, ! Model 22-45 Five-Passenger Touring, ] Model 22-46 Three-Passenger Coupe, Model 22-47 Five-Passenger Sedan, ‘ Model 22-48 Four-Passenger Coupe, Model 22-49 Seven-Passenger Touring, Model 22-50 Seven-Passenger Sedan, carried through the 1922 season. 1490 ' F. O. B. FLINT, MICH. Present lines of new Buick six-cylinder models will be Price Reduced $260 belt work. for $1490. Mr. Contractor: We want to show you how well the Fordson will plow, how well it can handle vour scoops and shovels or pull your heavy wagons or trucks from one job to the other—that it can save vou dollars and cents by doing the work of horses and S.Pmnger Touring Car 3-Passenger Roadster mules. Instead of talking about the Fordson we prefer to let vou see with your own NEW PRICES F. O. B. Racine. War Taz Extra Formerly $1750 eves just what the Fordson can do. s i 1y ! 4-Passenger Special e o o o o o o Tractors sold on your own terms—name them. 4-Pasaenger Coupe o e Fermerly $1050 . . Formerly $2800 . ; Arrange for a Demonstration With Any of the Following Dealers: | 5-P assenger Sedan o 5 er te o e ROBEY MOTOR COMPANY, 1429 L St. NN\W. Phene Main 2120-2121. PARKWAY MOTOR COMPANY, 1065-1067 Wisconsin Ave. Phone West 163, HILL & TIBBITTS. 14th St. and Ohlo Ave. N.W. Phone Main 356-357. DONOHOE MOTOR COMPANY. 21S Pennsylvania Ave. S.E. Phoene Linceln 303-304. UNIVERSAL AUTO CO (INC.). 1529-31 M St. N.W, Phone Main 186-187. : R. L. TAYLOR MOTOR COMPANY, 1840 14th St. N.W. Phene North 9600-9601. STEUART'S GARAGE, 141-151 12th St. N.E. Phone Linceln 6200-6201, These dealers can sell Ford Cars, Tractors, Parts, Etc., anywhere in the United States Immediate Deliveries on Tractors, Coupes, Trucks and Chassis Formerly $2900 Neumeyer Motor Co. Salesroom Service Station 1823 14th Street 211 B Street N.W. Telephone North 7522 Telephone Franklin 769 Open Evenings During Week May 29 to June 5 Until 9 0’Clock Avallable Territory in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia for Desirable In keeping with the national movement to bring about normal market conditions, Mitchell announces the very limit in reduc- tions. This extreme cut gives it price leadership among six- POWER FARMIN While Mitchell returns to old-time prices, you obtain an in- finitely better car. The models are really 1922 style and construc- tion, constituting values never dreamed of nor possible before. Investigate these savings. Come in and see how much you get e o o . . $1490 1790 2590 2690 MITCHELL MOTORS €O, Inc.,, RACINE, WISCONSIN Dealers Prices Reduced $300 to $660 On and after June 1, 1921, the prices on the various models of Buick passenger cars will be— 81495 $1525 $2135 $2435 82325 81735 82635 STANLEY H. HORNER 'i Retail Buick Dealer i 1015 14th Street. Telephone Main 5296 Open Sunday and Monday “When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them.”