Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1922, Page 58

THE SUND “’AsHINGTOh, D. C., MAY 21, —PART 3. OTOR‘SanEl MOTORING AY STAR, | other hand, the great service now! = 2 Diow-out ls/concerned, Tord e, saotorist mhoutd oL ar-reaching possibilities of the fu- | t on long runs or during b e ? | ture must not be unduly lessened by ON FLEXING OF FABRIC U s oe nf | Ances D . | Oun e Own 1 e { viewing only one sideof the aues- prossure that could be The important point to remember is | tion. It is very desirable, the bureau r any condition, W not exceed | at all times to have enough pressure | ° i believes, that the makers of motor ceabl < fteen pounds—the average would and that it is very rare that one b | vehicles and the builders of roads| The heat that is noticeable in a tire [UICTR BOURES T LEE AR s uas itk o | 0 orls . | | should get together on this matter. |after it has been run for a few hours (Ul 3¢ SOCCER TIRE BE BRSBTS o | | Development of roads and motor |is generated by the tire itself. duc 10141, aut the casing. o | { transportation have gone hand-in-|flexing and bending of fabric and v Eight Modern Sites Between 4 Baltimore and Pennsyl- vania State Line. -} Diapateh ta The Star t : e » not able distribution of taxes for | c of | 3 Spvvian Dhpwtl o Fhe St 2 he Discrict are legal if they do mot |, "k (20, 051 s wimokt impos- Tevery five | tar at cver 1 IMOIREL. May 20.—The state come above forty-two inches fromiginle to see cars on vour right on the struction and maintenance, t o 0 o0 ge) upon t under To sion’s sysiem of camp|the ground at seventy-five feet inicross streets. Not only that, but itlincluding motor vehicle license fees. | for make it unne extraordinary circumstance it iste on the state road|front of the car. This means m.n makes an unnecessary tie-up ":'Ixml desirable restrictions of size, v up the tires are | rimental lf-‘l‘- ))H""_’ v*';"""fl S claa has been completed With|[to come within the rvsulaxiuns n} "It 'the bus drivers were instructed | the roads, will be discussed by a com- 2R " OG5 JITINOK | necessary to exert a force of over ablishment of eight modern {legal in the District. . to xtop on the far side of the streel | mittee of cngineers which will mect | hew October, followed by May and | thirty times the regular recopimend- o Ficlenr A e ¢ e cquipped with every conven-| It has been the unhappy experience | :lvx l‘:'em‘hrlo‘:ll‘l\gcdlx:f‘lrl:;xulll ‘hake for{!n Washington, D. C.. Ma ’& ':;l ll':e Boyemrer e e Rt e experis/claim, tivarsfore, {of many cautious and careful drivers. {smoother running traffic. bureau of public roads, United States: JEPTHTRY AL BEICer n st tcre i shatReta eIy h ol eiin ,mmission is now having | proceeding slowly along a poorly Speaking of the bus lines, it has|Department of Agriculture. Partici- pants in the confe 4 to guide tourists to the {lighted and uneven suburban road in|grive ko as near the right-hand | the Axsociation of State Highway Offi- sites. wnd is alsn having prepared 4 the District, with proper! focused ! curb as possible, which leaves the urul\ the burcau of public roads and bouklet describing eacn of the camps | lights burning, to be startled by the | maximum room in the strect for the | the automotive industry z 3 detail. \With the exception of one S 3 ceman, | Test of the traffic. “some of | Taxation and restrictions are, of M Cumberiand lehey | 10U command! of| agme) polCeman yicyyl qriv the busees forget o lcourse, legislaiive matters. the bu- urists free of | “Turn down them lights, or I'll runj a i larze !reau points out, but any agreement 4.;\'.-Aue.1u ou in!” d_between “the natlonal ‘and com and | atrectarorie i government officials and the i In the strects of the city there A al busses s automotive ndustry will have an im- o0 necessity for headlights. but there ! with the least delay to the regulariportant bearing on legislation. fare many places and conditions in the | street uh:mn-. i:‘nd to :hlx‘rlml keep A.\l $000,000,000 Spent In 1921, -loutlying sections where headlights | f47 o tBe right as possiblc XFhe urcau of public roads esti- re imperative for safety. ; F i mates that §$600,000.000 was spent for A s :umlme M’m”’e Siaces: wnil] 16th U Streets. roads in 1921, derived from the fol- camps) th. e 8 faces ,, . lowing sources: Local road bonds, > Mary- | these conditions is ecasily obtainable | "I"FE situation at 16th and U streets {0 odn i county. township and dis e half | by driving on any of the insufficiently is rapidly becoming a difficult!irict taxes. assessments und appro- | e Sha and fl\‘c'lllum! ated and uneven suburban |problem-—in fact. almost as bad as Priations, 14 vor|-~m, st-le'uluu(ll:g‘ =] L M thes 3 tee] . el A _japprepriations, per cent; Stu nnsyivania_line. |00l Y O e na rough. but | Scott crele, with its former “un- | L0 Sonds, 7 ber cent: motor vehicle 1 @ half acres inporeony living in the nelghborhood | Sdfety islands” For the last few |jicense revenues. 19 per cent: federal | {make it a practice to walk along the |days the police department has cre-taid. 11 per cent. and miscellaneous Five Acres in Frosthurg. isides of the road at night. making it "ated N <hi or one | Sour per cent s bl ERC IRKINE It Jated) Now Hampabiia dvéne for Much lignt has been thrown upon | thejtown |almost taiposaibleifontthe/imotasiat, «qu’nre south and one north a one f h na apeed | B ins five unless he uses his headlights, to avoid the effect of weight, size and spe R : to elim congesiion | of vehicles by rccent impsct tes ion to !running into them. 3 3 5 t <wimming pool| [t seems as if some of the police sh hours. The present “islands” observation of sections of experi . pmenion duty inithece sectlony over- use at this_point will not solve|mEhiel Tosd tested 1o degtruction by les east of ! look this fa They seem to reason | . YSo e VA0 M add to the con. | heavy traffic, and by trafic censuses & i = a st has ' oo, PV ¢ which show the importance of motor e Six-mile | thet simply because a motorist has’pugion. If some better solution can- | \negt SIOW the imporiance of i d 1o {his brizht lights burning he is break- 5,01 B¢ brought forward, New Hamp- ' res | ing the regulations. L ihHis avenie ‘abouldl bie contintuill as Need Limit for Londs. 1 _That the purpose of the regulation 4 gne.way street for the two squares. | 1t is well established that there itove camp is at the foot 8 fo harvss ( embirrass e which will make all traffic at this {musi be some limit to the loads & hill. twenty-nine miles motorist. making it impossible for p,in; pe cast and west and north and ' which our highways are called upon | east of Cur and. Three and a|him to drive Slowly along a roud full | south. Tt is a hard nut to crack. to carry, says the bureau. but, on the | halfl acres i n this plot. Efectric- | ©! holes, bad lights, with a chance ity is f Another site is two | Tunning down g pedestrian or bre = === E— 1 fleld. 1 the town liager: gas. iences. ming toward Bal- llkridge Farms _camp. iles A well is beinz dug there now argl the camp will be opened within & of the pay camp. oper under n oof the OVERLOADING PROVES EXPENSIVE TO TIRES Idechanical and Physical Laws De- termine Strength and Durability. Don't overioad y r tires—the. Tepay vou i ound doll. ings. They to mechani- hold just - a pound 11 not suspend Miller tire men say that the t govern the loads. carrying acities and ultimate service of are exactly govern the material things. he motorist ma ded and unde the same as those strength of other I have over- my tires and have withstood it.” They would poor tires if they did not. as a certain margin of safety must be al- lowed. The maximum loads specified Ly_tire engineers to be carried by POWERTOWN CORD TIRES We will continue for a limited nrrl«d our ndjustment pi Let ux equip your auto with mew POWERTOWN CORDS , Get away from —napplying the rh--llnx bugaboo. Poweflown Tire Sales Co. 327 13th Street N.W. Call Frank. 8175 World's Lowest Priced FULLY EQUIPPED High Grade COUPE *850 f. o. b. Flint, Mich. The People’s Car , See it Compare it Try it as Our Guest NASH-RINKER MOTOR C0. Salesreom . 14th at Irving St. N.W. Phone Columbia 3007 Service Station 1419 Irving St. NW, Phone Columbia 4467 ns two nml‘ town fimits of Frederick west of Ellicott | ring | OUSlY absurd . store and ail the conveniences | ococheague | their b “ven a nound and one|N0:e than in Australia. Argentina and | | 1 | i { A SUGGESTION has been made to {carried out, BY THEODORE P. NOYES. {1ts drivers to stop on the far side of {the street instead of the near side, {as they do at present. Coming trom behind a bus, Headligh “THE headlight law of the District | of Columbfa states that lights in Washington Meeting. the mo- been noted that the majority of the o will repre: ing up his car in pot holes. is obvi- | structions should be given the! 1 on du v in these sections to use | est judgment as to the merits e before stopping the mo- he man in the car, o . us the case may be. is not inz headlights for idie curiosity > blind other driver me Dependakje hampions of th e ca | | | | ljusted lights, but is th the maximum ‘of walking, to those in the car and to the ear itsel Bus Stops. the automobile editor which, if would make traffic cou- ! ditions on streets where the bus lines | operate much simpler. The sugges- | tion is that the bus company direct| | different size tires are not the burst- | loads of these tires. They are| loads under which the tires will ver maximum and most satisfac- inflation pres- manu- | those below which the | a tire should not drop | T maximum service It 1s poor policy to overload tires; It is an expensive practice BANNER AUTO COUNTRY. | Out of twelve and one-half million motor cars in the world, three quar- ters of a million are registered in the state of California. And almost a { quarter of a million, according to | wily | Miller tire men, belong to Los Angeles | % “tor | county, Calif. There are more cars in this one county than in the states or Maine, Connecticut, New Hamp- Vermont, Rhode Island. Dela- | . Maryland Virginia. West Vir- Noith Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky orgia Mississipp h Dakota. kota. Wvoming. Mo Mexico, Arizona. Loio Nevada, Tdaho. Washington and Ore- ®gon There are almost as many ca n this county as in all France, and Champion construction is simple and ef-' fective, and the ribbed core is truly unbreakable and practically foul-proof Ask your dealer to sell you a full set. Tennes- CHAMPION SPARK PLUG CO. TOLEDO, OHIO 1taly combined. Problems of Maintenance! and Restriction Subject for | sent Nation-wide Demonstration During the week of June 12th., there will be a nation-wide demonstration to prove that Lee Puncture-proof Tires are actually punc- :ure-proof Everywhcre, Lee Dealers will drive auto- mobiles equipped with Lee Puncture- proof Pneumatic Tires upon the up- turned points of. nails driven through heavy planks. Only a Lee Puncture-proof Pneumatic Tire can withstand this test. Beneath its tough, black tread is a three-ply, flexible armor of steel discs absolutely protecting the carcass of the tire and the inner tube against punctures. - See this demonstration. LEE Tires are sold by H. W. CUTLER. 2907 M st. n.w., Washington, D. C. PINEY AUTO SUPPLY CO., 4501 14th st. n.w.. Washington, AIMAN. Washington, D. C. NINTH STREET GARAGE CO. 1236 9th st., Washington, D. C. ROSSLYN MOTOR CO.. Rosslyn, Va. H. N, 401 H st. n.w,, P. F. TIPPITT. 712 E st. s.e.. Washington, D. C. BUTT'S TRAYLOR. Mt. Pleasant and Lamont sts.. Wash'n. D. C. YORK AUTO SUPPLY CO.. 3701 Georgia ave. a.w.. Washington, D. C. ACOSTIA SERVICE STATION, ln?’soedwmu road, Wuhluun, D. C DISTRICT AUTO SUPPL New Jersey ave and Q st. n.w.. Wl.li’l. D. C. DISTRIBUTED BY - 3008 Bhe MAGEE AUTO swnu VAR 00 14th Street N.W. Also Regular l"abtle and(:ord I i | | hand in the past, each dependent on | rubber. the other, and co-operation and mu- tire. The strength pneumatic Rubber Comp. be- ing less vactor vuilt into tires of standa —a mameless product, for which vou will pay just as much. Beware of cheap greases. that have no lubMicating v n- 8 Insist upon getting EBONITE. It's the greatest aid to the performance of an automobile. » master lubricant for Recommended by is a heavy-bodied oil Pennsylvania Petroleum Products Makers of Autocrat Motor Oils NI 108 tourmssOns pday The amount of heat depends upon the rapidity and extent of this | { tual understanding is necessary for |action. An overloaded or an under- {progress in the future inflated tire heats more rupidly than e !a properly inflated and proper 1- Led tire. Similarly, an old tire, due 10 AUGUST HARD ON TIRES. |weakness. is more susceptible to this Each vear. according (o the Miller | heat-producing “action than a new the DO NOT ACCEPT per il transmission engineer Beware oi the “Ju wood k Go to a reliable garage, gasoline station. or accessory dealer, and you will find he has Ebonite in stock for you. in five and twenty-five pound cans, service stations, from the Ebomite checker- pump. Manufacturers Erie. Pa. 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"WALKER MOTOR COMPANY, Inc. 1517 Connecticut Avenue North 628 John C. Walker, P'res. and Treas.—J. Curtis Walker, Vice Pres. and Mgr.—Robert U. Geib, Secry. (JORDAN JOIDAN Motor Car Company, Inc., C/lvelam{ Okis