Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1922, Page 53

~ OTORS UNOEIPEDFED [ FRATTOHOBLE Pays Big -Dividend in Freedom From Tire Trouble and in Farmer Now Must Buy at Re- tail and Sell at Whole- Motoring Comfort. sale Prices. Have you ever had a tire go flat— BY FREDERIC J. NASH. when you couldn’t move for want of Otto Kahn writes the committee of a tiny patch? A well stocked acces- wory kit pays big dividends in free- the American Business Mén's Associa- tion that today is neither the loca- dom from tire trouble and In motor- ing comfort. Not only does it save lost miles, but time and money as tion of political or social Issues, but of economic problems. ‘The farmer is not.only our only well. It's the old, old story of a stitch in time saving—a flat tire and all the trouble that may go with it. Business men, doctors, motorists, one and all find ‘tire accessories indispensable at the most unexpected occasions, pre- venting emergencies along the road which take the pieasure and profit producer of elemental wealth, but he is the largest buyer of the products thy . It th re cour- Ceusly treateq !h‘ey Drobably. woula | of others, so that when we strike the think that the policemen wero ctr-lzhyl economic probiems he is the first man ut it is up to the members of the|we come across. With the develop- force to use their discretion when talk- | ment of the factory system &ng !ge ing to the different classes of drivers. |corporation, agriculture has been Maryland Foree Example. overlooked.” The farmers’ individual- The Maryland state police force is a|!stic industry is not adapted to the % POLICE COURTESY TO AUTOIST UNDERGOES MARKED CHANGE More Polite Attitude Shown After Maj. Sullivan Takes Command—Favorable Comment Heard From Every Side. |adam base. The pictures show in « novel way, by mears of an animated diagram, the rel proportions of sand, stone and asphalt binder in each of the two types of pavement. Each reel is approximately 900 fee: long and about fifteen minutes’ time is required for its showing. a new road under construction be: tween Mays Landing and Pleasani- ville, and leading into Atlantic City, . The pictures of sheet-asphait construction were taken on a road near Columbus, in Burlington coun . J. This county now has sixty iles of sheet-asphalt roads on a mac. ed upon trucks and hauled to the road. Here it i spread with rakes and then compacted by a roller. This picture shows that the mixed types may also be opened to traffic immediately after their completion. The pictures dem- onstrating the construction of as- phaltic-concrete roads were taken on ROAD WORK FILMS WILLBE LOANED In line with its policy of Informing the public, especially those who pay the taxes, as to the economlies that may be effected in the construction of highways, as well as the proper methods of construction, the United States government, through the bu- reau of public roads, Department of Agriculture, has just completed for | free distribution and use in motion picture houses, as well a® at conven- tions, chautauquas and educational conferences throughout the country, two reels of pictures showing in de- tail the construction of the various types of asphalt roads. The pictures were exhihbited for the first time at the recent American Good Roads Con gress In Chicago, The pictures were taken last sum- mer in New York, New Jersey, Penn- sylvania and othér statcs under the direction of E. J. Wulff, cenior high- way engineer, United States bureau Yhe New Oakland 6-44 Roadster BY THEODORE P. NOYES. Comments on the courtesy shown motorists by policemen have been especially frequent since the advent of Maj. Daniel Sullivan as chiet of the metropolitan police department. Courtesy on the part of members of the jolice force is in keeping with Maj. Sullivan's avowed intention of impressing on every man in the de- partment that his individual actions will either prejudice the public for or against the department as a whole. These favoiable comments have come to the writer not only from business men of the city. but from the ranks way he would probably say to him- self, “Why should 1 bother about men like that, I'll get it fixed when I get good and ready.” 3 It's all in the way its done, and Maj. Sullivan, a sensible and practical su- perintendent, deserves much credit for realizing that Washington motor- sts, as a whole, deserve the best of treatment. Of course, as in every community, there are some who understand no ANN-.,_ ; - At the worst, they insure the mo- torist reaching the nearest garage. Ordinarily they are splendid, though temporary, reinforcements and enable the tire to give the service demanded until a permanent repair can be made. But it's bad business trying to mak an accessory do the work of a perm: nent repair. The big idea in accessories, say Miller tiremen, is the putting' up in convenient form for repair use the out of motoring. use of the modern corporation. What sts, who, most | splendid le of wh be ac- H OF A fee Mifieied by the manner in | complished. ‘l:')l'pu::ru:ya;‘nclnt:‘g treat. ls suited to agricuiture is co-opera- e s benrare fio?-m:';:c"{fi:':fiwng}fi"bfif:% e which they are addressed by police- |ment of motorists. It is drilled in| el in Which the emount of stock | ;g0 " Jt's a new supply of miles for | Department of Agriculture. The pic- any {1imited by the amount of produce he contributes to be handled by the co- operative company. These extracts are mainly taken from the admirable article in the December issue of the Forum by Senator Arthur Capper. The present situation of the farmer is that he buys at retall and sells at holesal that he pays c: or at the most gets a credit for ninety days, them from the time they are accepted tures were produced as recruits until the time they are put produ particularly for the purpose of showing how the best results may be obtained in asphalt construction. They are loaned to T sponsible parties free of charge, e cept for transportation costs. Treating Macadam Pavement. The first reel, entitled “Building Bituminous Roads,” indicates the wide application of bituminous materials in men. Two Methods of There are two ways to Stop a | or arrest him. One is! nd the other discourteous. | The latter, unfortunately, has been the method used by a small number hington policemen in the past. decent. law-abiding motorist dues not have to be outed at nor tires. This is the reason that puti tube patching kits, blowout patches, tire flaps and cord patches into hun- dreds of local repair kits. ELEVATEDMOTOR - rrest. with representatives of that body re port that they have invariably re- ceived the most courteous treatment, whether they have been violating im- portant or trivial trafc regulations. Much of the credit for this training are a few engine features which show the up-to-date design and construction of the New Osakland 6-44 motor. Surely you will demand thess threatened to make him realize that he has violated a traffic regulation. If the policeman will inform him in a courteous manner the same results will 1 complished and a much bet- ter feeling promoted between the public and the police department. This change on the part of the in- dividual policeman is a most welcome one and every motorist in the city hopes that it is to be a permanent policy 1t certainly just as easy for a policeman to tell you that your rear iight is out in an ordinary voice as it is for him to walk up to you and at: Say, don't you know anything about the traffic regulations? How do vou get tnis way? Don't you know that Your rear light is out and that you are violating craffic law in stand- ing on the streets or driving without it No Willfal Violation. Nine chances out of ten the motorist had no idea that his rear light was out. If he had known he would have had it repaired immediately. - motorist is told in a_courteous he will be especially careful < about his rear light, but he is informed in the discourteous STAGE BLOWOUT OFBIGBUSTIRE Experiment Prcves Passen- gers Are Not in Danger When Such Incidents Occur. The introduction of the large-size pneumatic tire for busses in England! was hedged in by many difficulties because of a widespread belief that the use of these tires was dangerous. In case of a blow-out, men argued. the tremendous concussion of the escaping air would thrust the car off the roadway. The difference in height between the two sides of the car after | one tire had been deflated would be | 50 great as to threaten to overturn the vehicle, another argument. Pedestrians standing near might be blown from their feet by the force of the escaping air from the tire, it was said. The driver himself might even be in danger in case of a blow-out while the car was traveling at rapid speed. This belief apparently was wide- spread, and many men seriously be- lieved i To meet this situation, E. R. Pres- ton. managing director of the Good- year Tyre & Rubber Company of ¥ngland, in co-operation with two of the leading motor journals of the country, devised a unique test. Stage Blow-Out as Test. “We'll stage a blow-out of a tire while the car s in motion,” said Preston. “You con go along and see what happens.” The next difficulty was to figure out a way of blowing out a tire. The sturdy walls of the big pneumatic would be impenetrable to all but ex- traordinary obstacles. Special mech- anism had to be devised and install- ed in order to make the test. A nar- row and rutty dirt road outside of London was selected for the test. A heavy plank was imbeded in the roadway fitted up with a big iron spike sharpened to a razor edge and set so that it would strike the tire at an angle just outside of the tread. The mechanism was connected with a lever set six feet away alongside of the road. so that the operator could force the spike up through the wood- en plank just before the automobile came along, As the other men were rather dubi- ous as to the effect when the tire did blow out. ane of the Goedyear em- ployes volunteered to stand alongside of the road and “throw the switch” when the car came along. When all was set, a big bus, in which rode the representatives of the two motor journals, came flying down the road at 30 to 35 miles an hour xpeed. As it came up to the imbed ded plank the operator threw the switch and the big, sharpened spike struck the side of the tire just as planned and ripped a jagged hole through carcass and tube. It was a perfect blow-out. The tire was com- pletely flat within fifteen feet. No Serious Damage. But no damage had been done ex- cept to the tire itself. The men riding the car felt only a very slight jolt as che car struck th impediment. Examination of the sui face of the road Immediately after showed that there was no percepti- TIRES CORD and FABRIC NON-SKID & ‘RIB At Lowest Prices in the City 34x4%; $14.00 35x4Y; $15.00 £ g 33x4Y3 g:: 35x5 37x5 As a Special Introductory Offer FREE: oe= 3¢ 5 B low you estra 5 discount. The Reebilt Tire Co. (Imecorporated) 1623 14th St. N.W. of the Maryland police must go to Commissioner of Motor Vehicles E. Austin Baughman, who has made courtesy one of the stringent rules of conduct for members of his force. Moterists Give Co-Operation. Washington motorists, as a body, are trying to co-oper: with the po- lice department in obedience to the traffic regulations. The business man, who is abiding and decent, is not the e Who speeds recklessly through the street in deflance of ail When he unintentionally dis- some traffic regulation he is entitled to be advised of that fact in a businesslike manner. He will be more careful in the future. The same can be said of the woman driver, who at times is inclined unintentionaily to violate some law. With kindly treat- ment she, too, will strive to promote smooth-running traffic. The other class—reckless, wild. dis- regarding every law of the police and every law of ordinary courtesy—should be dealt with in a summary manner. They fail to incite sympathy from any one. That the policy of courtesy on the part of the police department will meet with the enthusiastic support of the main element which motors in ‘Washington is a foregone concl: ble lurching of the truck from the road. The wheels carried through straight ahead. The man who threw | the lever was not at all affected by | the release of the air. There was no relaxing of the car. Examination afterwards showed that one wheel stood about an inch and a quarter below the other as the result of the tire being deflated. ‘The news accounts of the perform- ance of the tire under these circum- stances were given wide circulation all over England, and photographs of the car before and after test, also pictures showing the car just as it struck the obstacle, were widely printed and commented on. The test has gone a long ways toward correcting the erroneous im- pression as to the performance of these large tires in case of a blow- out. —_— Nothing is more exasperating than the persistent leaking of a flange jaint on the manifold, where copper is used on the gasket. The trouble, however, nearly always can be reme- died by cutting a groove around the! post with a cold chisel and another around the hole in the flange. When the studs which hold the manifold in place are drawn up the gasket is com- pressed and partially fills the grqoves, sealing the joint. but only gets his money once a year. How long could you run a grocery store under these conditions? Tn sixty days at the farthest the shut- ters would go up and the concern close. With the farmer it is differ- ent. He buys some things, but he gets the rest out of the land, and so the closing up of his business is de- ferred until the foreclosure of the mortgage. As if this were mnot enough, there is something more and equal gs bad in the background. The farmer is compelled to hire help who can only, no matter what their good will may be, produce him one- quarter of what the return for their labor should be. At this spot the drama of the economic situation of the United States of America opens. So, then, here is the solution of the economic problems of today, so far as they affect the farmer, w s our principal citizen, and anything that affects him will run through the rést of the community. Ten years ago I wrote about the resuscitated turnpike (but without any toligate), saying that a motor train, consisting of three ten-ton trailers and a crew of eight, could deliver for thirty miles the product of the tree and garden to the cus- tomer at his house. This road can sell all the rarmers produce for cash, except cattle, grain and cotton, at re- tail to the consumer at a large re- duction from what he pays now and a much larger price for the farmer than what he gets now. goods fresh from the tree and garden, the hen nest and the butter from the churn The gpndition that is necessary to this is that the road shall consist of a plain concrete road reinforced with metal, properly drained throughout its area, and have one of the strong- est known supports for a building introduced now into the subgrade as a support for the highway road is good for ten-ton trali pay for its construction eve: years, and can be built for about one- half of what is being asked now for roads that are continually 'going to pleces. AUTO PENETRATES JUNG! Today the automobile has pene- trated the heart of the African jun- gle. In spite of the lack of roads and the tremendous obstacles to trans- portation of gas, oil and tires by ne- Bro carriers, many cars are in use by government agencies along the gold i HIGHWAY URGED Plan Would Relieve Congest- ed Traffic Conditions, Says Motor Company. - “An elevated automobile highway to relieve the traffic congestion of growing automobile centers is ad- vocated by Handley-Knight Motor Compahy. ‘Such an elevated highway’ will take from the congested districts in the rush hour a large proportion of the automobiles which attempt to travel the main arteries, and thus save time for the motorist, delay to the pedestrian, and increase the effi- ciency of the street below for the use of surface cars and trucks. “The citizens who must stand in a crowd while lines of automobiles whizz by would not be confronted with this difficulty if a good share of the passenger cars were overhead on a side street. No ordinances would be required to divert the passenger cars to this highway, once drivers learned they could proceed with a reasonable rate of speed and with freedom from starting and stopping annoyances. Approackes by Easy Grades. A highway of this nature, say twenty-five feet In width, would make it possible for three passenger cars to travel abreast. It could be widened somewhat at regular intervals to pro- vide a stopping place for bus lines to entrain and discharge passengers without Interfering with through trafic. Approaches to the highway would be at right angles to it, and at regular Intervals along its entire length. The approaches would lead by easy grades dpws to center and level of the cross streets. Loops could connect main elevated highways and give convenient access to over- head parking areas. “An investigation of the cost of such a highway by the Handley-Knight Company shows that a structure of reinforced concrete paved with a coast. According to Miller tire ex-|noiseless and dustless surface, artis- port officials, American motorists | tically modeled on the plan of the ele- would be appalled by the conditions | vated railways of Berlin, would cost under which these cars are operated. | only $200.000 a mile. Most of the drivers are natives who have little respect for tire or car and overloading is universal. - New Series Chalmers Six *1295 As motor car prices become stabilized, the remarkable investment value of the New Series Chalmers Six, at #1295, becomes more apparent. : In this car, with its wonderfully developed six-cylinder motor, the elements of ad- vanced value are unmistakable to those who know automobiles. AUl Models Equipped Wish Dise Steel Wheels and Cord Thves H. B. LEARY, JR. 132123 14th Street Telephone Main 4105 | It would add materially to the beauty of any city, and the Handley-Knight Company are strong advocates of 1f you wrote your own it could nét be more liberal than the very latest features when you choose a new car. highway construction. It shows the character of the bituminous materials, and demonstrates the principal labo- power plant. lorse chain drive tocam- ratory tests used in determining their Special 15,000 mile Motor Unie 2 and gé 20 suitability for the various types of Performance Guarantee Overhead-valve engine shaft &enerator. roads to meet various climatic and with valves enclosed. Tubrs trac conditions. A portion of the which goes with every Positive force-feed reel shows in detail all the varlous ow G44. Ask Cylinders honed glass- cation through drilled steps that should be taken in surface- L ol i mm‘;: treating a macadam pavement. This like crankshaft. scene opens with a large motor truck- pecial alloy pistons, ellip- distributor spraying the bituminous Si s Water pump intagral with :r)l]a,l«r!gl \;pnnt a;)r“x'flcmlam surface in tically ground. cylinder block. e suburbs of adelphia, Pa. The distributor is followed closely by a Exclusive design oil-seal- emy electrical aystem. horse-drawn wagon spreading the 2 ing piston rings. = stone chip covering. he bituminous ’.'.,-' macadam pavement is a type much Special Bronse-back Special motor superior to plain or surface-treated bearings. ance guarantee. macadam. In its construction the as- phalt is treated and applied either by mechanical or by hand distributors. The use of the small hand-pouriog } pots in applying the asphaltic binder | is demonstrated on a road near Pitts- burgh, Pa. This demonstration is fol- lowed by views showing the mechani- cal distribution of the asphalt by mo- tor trucks on a project in Westches- ter county, near New York city. The trucks are first shown loading at a railroad si from huge tank cars. They then leave for the road, where the material is applied under pressure at the rate of one and one-half gal- | lons to the square yard. Laborers are pictured covering this material with stone chips. A powerful roller then compacts the pavement. The road is then shown, by the passing of traffic, | to be ready for immediate use. Ac- | cording to engineers, one of the big advantages of asphalt pavements hu‘ that they can be opened to traffic as soon as constructed. The second reel, entitled “Building | Mixed Asphalt Pavements” shows | methods used In constructing both asphaltic concrete and the sheet as-: phalt types of pavement. This reel contains views of plants at Pittsburgh, Pa., and Columbus, N. J., where the stone, sand and asphaitic binder are heated and mixed. The “mix” is load- ' ‘The power, smoothness, flexibility, comfort and reliability of the five New Oakland 6-44 models are the natural results of such careful building. District Q' Company 1700 L St. N.W. Retall Phone Main 7612 Wholesale PRICES Roadster Sport b Seden _.% = - 1268 1685 B - s At Pactory Oakland Motor Car Company, Pontiac, Mich. ’ Division of Gemeral Motors Corporation The Universal Car ANNOUNCEMENT The following Ford dealers have been appointed sales deal- ers for the Lincoln Motor Car, now being manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. ’ ¥ The Ford policy is to produce in the Lincoln the finest motor car in the world.By this is meant, without reservation, the most attractive, the most comfortable and dependable, the most enduring and roadworthy, and by every standard the most de- sirable and satisfying car it is possible to build. . We ask the opportunity of demonstrating these qualities to your satisfaction. Authorized Washington Ford Dealers STROBEL MOTOR COMPANY STEUART'S GARAGE 1425 Irving St. N.W. 141-151 12th St. N.E. R. L. TAYLOR COMPANY HILL & TIBBITTS 1840 14th St. N. W. 14th St. & Ohio Ave. N.W. UNIVERSAL AUTO COMPANY (INC.) PARKWAY MOTOR COMPANY 1529-31 M St. N.W. 1065-1067 Wisconsin Ave. DONOHOE MOTOR COMPANY TRIANGLE MOTOR COMPANY 215 Pennsylvania Ave. S.E. N. Y. Ave. at N. Capitol St. ROBEY MOTOR COMPANY 1429 L St. N.W.