Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1921, Page 44

Revoking Licenses of Reckless Auto Drivers Favored byA.A.A. Proposes New Speed Law York, Without Specific Rules, But Requiring All to Drive Within “Safe” Limit. Establishment of a new automobile speed law in the District of Columbia and revoking of the permits of all automobile drivers who drive through the streets in a reckless manner is favored by the American Automobile Association. William S. Cllman of the associa- tion, in an interview with Commis- sioner Oyster last week, suggeste installation of the systém of con trolling Speeders in New York city, which has been found successful in the metropolis. He said there is no specific spred_limit on the main streets in New York city, but that » law requires all operators of motor vehicles to drive within a “safe” limit nd to slow up at crossings until they ars sure there will be no obstruction. The association also reiterated its previously lared stand in_favor of an anti-jay-walking ordinance. Declaring that the responsibility rests as much on the pedestrian as on the autoist, Mr. Ullman' said auto drivers should be required to stop for pedestrians when the traffic signal is turned against them. and that pedestrians should not walk through the busy downtown streets without taking due care. Mr. Ullman said the association takes a firm stand against reckless driving through the streets of Wash- ington. “We are an automobile as- sociation, organized to protect motor- on Lines of That in New ists,” Mr, Ullman said, “yet we be- lieve the automobile driver who, by his reckless driving, endangers the lives and property of pedestrians and his fellow-motorists, should be deprived of the use of his vehicle and his li- cense revoked. He is a constant dan- ger to the law-abiding citizens who must drive their cars on the same street, and to the pedestrians, who also observe the laws.” Such a procedure would involve even more Stringent tests to secure driver's permits than those now in use, Mr. Ull- man said, and permits are not granted until police officials are ubsolutely con- vinced-that the applicant knows how to operate his vehicle. | Regarding the present drive against speeding now In progress in the Dis- trict, Mr. Ullman said he hoped to see the speed laws in Washington made practically the same as those in New York, where certain streets are | designated as “no-limit” streets, with all drivers warned they must drive with care and within a reasonable limit of speed. “The present agi- tation will dle out in time,” Mr. Ull- man said. “But even now it is hav- ! ing a good effect and is causing many | motorists to drive more slowly than has been their custom.” Depositing of collateral will not cure speeding to any great extent on the streets of the capital, Mr. Ull- man_believes. Only by revoking of the licenses of speeders can a means be found to cure the excessive speed evil, he said. SEEK BUSINESS BASIS FOR HIGHWAY TRANSPORT Importance of Motortrucks to Mar- keting of Farm Products Emphasized. Concerted action to place the high- way transport of the country on a business basis has been taken by offi- cials of the highway transport edu- cation committee in conference re- cently. Constructive programs for research into finance, administration, instruc- tion, maintenance and other factors entering into the cost of highway transport were discussed. Roy D. Chapin, chairman of the highways committee of the National Automo- bile Chamber of Commerce called at- tention to the fact that those inter- ested in highway transport have the benefit of canal and railway expe- rience and consequently should not make the mistakes of former pioneers in transportation. By placing the roads and motor transport question on a business basis the full benefits of the investment can be realized, he sald. L. M. Estabrook of the Bureau of Markets indicated that motor trans- port i¥ of particular interest to the farmer, since 153,400,000 tons of farm products are transported over the highways to the railways annually and additional thousands of tons are carried on the highways directly to the markets. Prof. C. J. Tilden of Yale University stressed the need for courses on ail phases of highway transport in all universities, colleges and schools. over-size up to § in every size and ABUSE OF TIRES. Not Generally Understood by Motorists, Who Misuse Them. Terrific abuse given an automobile tire when run flat is not thoroughly understood by the average motorist, accord'ng to Miller tire experts. | Popular ideas of tire destruction are| vague, because there are few stand- ards upon which they may be based.| It is only by examining kindred forces that a comparison may be,made. The average force delivered by a blow from an axe on a block of wood is from 150 to 175 pounds. The blow of a sledge is from 175 to 225 pounds. A passenger automobile, each of whose rear wheels is carrying a load of 1,500 Pounds, run at only 20 miles an hour and dropping into a hole only as deep as a paving brick, delivers a blow of 250 pounds. This force—far greater than that of the sledge hammer—cuts and bruises the tire aga'nst the rim and is the cause of fabric separation | that puts the tire on the scrap heap. GREASE CUPS NEGLECTED. Many car owners habitually neglect the grease cups that are ordinarily fitted to the spring shackles for the lubrication of the shackle bolts. Un- less these cups are regularly turned down the grease in the passages be- comes caked and hardened, preventing the passage of fresh grease to the surfaces needing it. If at any time difficulty is noticed in turning down these cups, they should be removed and the obstructing matter should be carefully cleaned out and then they should be filled with fresh grease. inches Monthly Inspections Will Be Given by ' H Franklin Dealers cars Franklin e by dealers, effeetiv the factory Particular att nnny instances a small re ~ will rrect m chanlcal ailments which, if al- lowed to rum, would soomer or lnter develop into seri de- feets, resulting in re- pair b ‘e montl inspec- tion, will, in the opinion of of- ficials of the company, go a long way townrd placing in the ! minds of owners a correct un- | derstanding of the condition of their cars at all thues. - o WILL GRANT SCHOLARSHIP FOR “GO0OD ROADS” ESSAY Four-Year College Course for High School Student With Best Composition. Dean A. N. Johnson of the University of Maryland, C. H. Houston, assistant secretary of Commerce and president of the Lee Highway Association, and Har- ford Powell, jr, editor of Collier's Weekly. are the judges in the contest for a four-year acholarship offered for the best essay on the subject, “Good Roads and Highway Transport,” in a national contest among high school pu- pils, under th» auspices of the Highway and Highway Transport Education Com- mittee.. On the decision of these judges rests the nomination of a boy or girl to re- ceive the scholarship, which is the gift of H. S. Firestone of Akron, Ohio. The contest represents the first renewal of the Firestone scholarship, the first hav- ing been won by Miss Katherine Butter- field of Weiser, Idaho. Arrangements are being made by the judges to have all the essays typed uni- formly and given a serial number for their “consideration. After the judges have eliminated all but the best of the essays, a meeting will be held in Wash- ington, when they will go over the es- says and make their final decision. Probably the result will be known in time for the successful contestant to enter college the coming school year if the wintier is a senior high school udent. In the event the prize in given any pupil not a senior in high school. the award of the scolarship will be deferred until the winner is ready to take advantage of it. The scholarship is valued at approximate- 1y $4,000. NEW TIRE RECORD. Driven 26,000 Miles and Never Taken From Wheel. A new record for economy of tires on a car in the “big car” class has just been brought to light in New York citv. J. E. Brandenburg of New York reports he has one tire on the wheel of his Marmon thirty-four that has run 26,000 miles and has never been off the wheel. Another tire—the mate of the first—is being carried as a spare and is in good con- dition. Earl Tiffany of Astoria, Long Island, reports surprising longevity of tires on another Marmon. He claims to have gone 16,000 miles on the original tires. John S. Pillsbury of the Pillsbury Flour Mills Company of Minneapolis says he has used a tire on a Marmon for more than 18,000 miles. to below pre-war price. Can you afford to have poor piston rings wasting power and gas when your repairman or dealer can supply genuine \gaxfRoor Rings for $1.25 each—with Supereyl Rings for the top groove at $1 each? McQUAY ~NORRIS MFG. CO. <muay A S McQUAY-NORRIS :Sup RI To Control Excess Oil The Lpwel luu'-:-u— is 4:'; e rom ch prevents oil reservoir, whi eatering the com ur‘()ljf i NGS McQUAY-NORRIS The largest sales in our history have made it possible to lower the price of the genuine yxaxfraoe. Piston Rings ROOF REE.U.5.PAT.OFR “St. Louis, U. S.A. I N ! McQUAY-NORRIS FA\’\-F&CIUF Belar BALTIMORE o WASHINGTON Thix road avelds detours mear Newark, Del, and, although longer thon that through Philadelphia, is better. TEST FOR ALIGNMENT. - A rough-and-ready method of test- ing the alignment of the front wheels 1s to jack these wheels up an equal distance from the ground and spin them. While they are revolving draw a line on the center of the tires with a plece of chalk. Measure the di tance from the line on one tire to the corresponding line on :the other tire at the height of the hubs and both before and behind the front axle. The approved gather will work out at about three-elghths of an inch. I PISTON RINGS \zaniRoor years of leadership S0 T cxciuclre 3.oiede coastruecien: hich gives it agual redial pressare. PIKE'S PEAK CLIM FULL OFHAZARD Drivers Face Constant Dan- ger as Cars Race Around Unprotected Curves. The Pike’s Peak hill climbing con- test, which will be renewed Septem- ber B, is not only a test of the pull- ing power and speed (f a motor car, but is a nerve-racking test for the driver. Few of those who never w! nessed the race to the top of Pike's Peak realize what it involves. Like other mountain roads, the race course {8 cut into the sides of slopes. To o over the unprotected edge of the road would mean crashing down into unknown depths below, dropping down thousands of feet in some places. Racing cars mount the heavy grade at 40 to 45 miles an hour, in some straight stretches reaching a speed of a mile a minute. The timber line is reached at 11,880 feet above sea level and from that point on the character of the landscape changes. The average grade is 7 per cent and the maximum grade is 10%. No car goes very far at any time 1in high gea It is practically aH second or low gear work, and no car can descend with the use of brakes alone. The braking power of the en- gine must be used. The race course starts at Crystal Creek bridge and ends at the summit of the peak, 14,109 feet above the sea. The course meas- ures twelve miles and 2,000 feet. In this distance it climbs over 4,600 feet. ACCEPTS NEW POST. Harry W. Anderson Sales Manager for Duesenberg Company. Harry W. Anderson, until recently general sales manager of the Templar Motors Company, has been appointed to the same post with the Duesenberg company, Vice President Rankin has announced. .Mr. Anderson is known in the automobile industry as the man who built the first motorized high-wheel buggy in 1898. He was associated for years with the American Motors Company and later with the Stutz company. The new Duesenberg is making a car that is said to be the equal of its racing cars. It will sell for about $6,000. REDUCTION ON PISTON RINGS. McQuay Norris Company. manufac- turers of piston rings, has just an- nounced a reduction in the price of its product. The new price for leak- proof rings is $1.25 for all sizes and oversizes up to five inches in diam- eter. This includes practically all makes of motor cars and trucks. The McQuay Norris Company did not ralse its prices during the war, due to Increased use of its product. This year's sales are the largest in the company's history. —_ When filling the radiator of a car having a water pump system it is a good plan to leave the engine runnins. This for the reason that air spaces in the cooling system do not fill with water if the pump is not In opera- tion. The system may seem full, but when the motor is started the air paces are not filled with water until ater the engine has been started. Motor i | Washington Automotive Trade Association MADE VICE PRESIDENTS. Robert W. Woodruff and Mason B. McLaughlin were elected vice presi- dents of the White Company of Cleveland at 2 meeting of the board of directors on August Z. These men. with Vice Presidents George F. Russell and J. A. Harris, jr., will constitute a committee to be in'charge of all matters pertaining to sales for the whole country. Head. quarters will be at Cleveland, but each man, in addition to h's g al supervision as a2 membér of the siles committee, will have charge of oné section of the country. —_————— One out of every twenty-five farms in the United States is operated by a woman. $50 GIVEN FOR PUEBLO. The Washington Automotive Trade Association has contributed $50 to- ward the National Automobile De: ers’ Association fund for Pueble flood relie?, which has reached a. total 3 $1.725. The mob=y es been forward- ed to a committee. of whichk Thomas Botterill of Denver is chairman, for the relief of dealers and accessory men in Pueblo. The purpose of the fund is to help carry these men over until they can get their business es- tablishments back on their feet. Checks for the fund should be sent to the association, 320 North Grand avenuye, St. Louis, Mo. ADOPT. PENSION PLAN. Franklin Company Will Retire Old Employes. The H. H. Franklin Company, man- ufacturer of the Franklin car, has announced establishment of a pension plan which will reward old employes of the company by Its retirement pro- visions. The plan provides for re- tirement on reguiar allowance of all male employes who have reached the age of sevanty vears and all female employes: who have reachd the age of sixty and who have been fifteen years or longer in the company’s serv- ice. Exceptions are made in individ- ual casen where an employe requests that retirement be deferred until a later date. Annuities are paid monthly by check and do not mitigate against an em- ploye entering other work not preju- dicial to the interasts of the company. Annuities shall not be less than $25 a year nor more than 50 per cent of the annual wage. he plan. covering incapacitated employes ten years' service to those who have been twenty years in the service of the company, is regard- ed as exceptionally broad in scope. It! was adopted after a year of study of all plans of industrial pension by of- ficials of the Franklin company. —_— MAKES LUBRICATION TEST. Willys-Enight Stock Car Runs 211 Miles on Quart of Oil A Willys-Knight car, picked from stock, has just completed one of the most important tests for efficient lubrication and cooling ever held in this country. The car recently com- pleted a ten-day, non-stop run on a track at Fresno, Calif, covering 10,387 miles in 223.14 hours, running time, a running time hourly average of 46.34 miles. Gasoline consumption of the Willys- Knight in this test showed an aver- age of a gallon to 17.54 miles. The car used a quart of oil to every 211 miles and a_gallon of water to each 505 miles. During the period of the test a warm wave was upon Fresno, the temperature ranging from 112 to 142 degrees on the track. Time was taken out for meals and changing water and adding ofl, but the motor ran continuously during the test. TIPS FOR MOTORISTS. Tires should not be over-inflated nor under-infiated. If too soft they will heat rapidly and wear out quick- ly. If too hard the car rides hard. and although it requires less gasoline consumption, the easy riding quality of the car is lost. ‘There is No Limit to Holmes’ Comfort OLMES'’ wonderful comfort means more just matchless ease of riding. In the hottest kind of weather, for example, the floor-boards and entire interior of the car are always cool. For through the ports of the Holmes Aeroduct —Ilocated at the motor’s rear—air used in cooling the engine is carried directly back be- neath the car. Heat developed cannot pass through the pedal openings or be conducted into the front compartment byradiationfromthedash. MWSMMSMM Holmes models. It is not always necessary to buy new bearings when ball bearings be- come worn. The old ones can be re- paired and made almost as good as new by turning up the ball races and using larger balls of the right size. Injection of a little mixed oil and graphite between spring leaves does not take much time and will repay the owner in better riding qualities and freedom from squeaks. Care of this item will also prevent rust. SOUTHERN GARAGE CO., Inc. 1507 14th Street N. W. T HOLMES MERICA'S - MOST-COMFORTABLE *- CAR Phone Main 5579 Do not overprime when struggling to start a balky engine. The usual tendency of the man who does mnot know is to fill the cylinders with a mixture so rich the motor will not fire by pulling out the choke and filling by way of the priming cups. Leave the compression cocks open if you suspect the mixture is too rich and spin the engine with the starter. Thus the mixture will be thinned un- til the motor will start. £ SIGN OF GOOD VALUE, QUALITY AND SERVICE Transportation— MOTOR TRANSPORTATION is of particular interest to the farmer. L. ‘M. Estabrook, Associate Chief of Bureau of Market and Crop Estimate, in- dicated some 153,400,000 tons of farm products are transported over the high- ways to the railroads annually and ad- ditional thousands of tons are carried on the highways directly to the markets. The Motor Truck is the solution of the speedy delivery of this enormus amount of tonnage. Motorize your equipment, thereby, increasing its efficiency. BUY NOW! 1