Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1922, Page 58

JOHN KLEIN Prop. 1n the car easy riding? Sit m erent seats. Note compa vibration and sidesway. Le khe reasom. Weatcott” has used ch v ateel springs since 1916, Tt first_car in its class fo b and has pointed springs are fiat nnder load. adding to comfort in riding. Proper angle of seats in Westeott is big factor I easy riding. Check this point with other car. 2. Ia the car ecomomical to op- jerater Check carefully for economy. Da not accept unproven statements. If you have time an actusl test with an auxiliary tank attached to the dash will give you facts. Ofl consnumption in the Westcott motor is so negligible that any ordinary test would not meas- ure actual comsumption. 3. What is the hill climbing abM- §ty of the cart - Westcott was not designed for excessive @ power and speed st the expense of gem- eral ecomomy and satisfaction, yet we riecms in this respect. while you are obeerving power and speed beyond your ultimate requirements: that ecoaomy and emeoth. ees of operation have mot been sac- rificed. 4. Slow npeed operation om high the Westcott ar walking pace. Note how smoothly aad silently engine runs. Westcott will atart an ordinary bill and maintain a speed to the top. Yom will not have ft gears frequently under traffic conditions. 5. In the car easy to steer and ‘operatet Westcott. 2 full-flzed. 120 inch wheel base car. torns without backis In a street 3 few inches more than 3 feet wide. Scientific balance. the ball crank tie rod and the Gemmer steering gear make Westcott a car that handles easlly and quickiy. { 6 Are the driver's comtrels com- ‘wenfent? Sit in the driver's seat and stody the controls. Westcott's gear shift lever and emergency brake lever are jnst where you want them. The comtrol switches may be operated without re- moving the right hand from the wheel 7. What about the question of Nweigh Vo helieve the Westokt weight. a lttle over 3.000 for the. touring car. with two tires. and filled with gas, This low weight tific distribution and not .mmmn Are the canemtial umits of real h-nu' Remember. no manufactarer bailds all e units in his car. Learn particu- larly_about the motor, atles. transmis- sion.* clntch. universal' joinis. and. elee. trical system. Weatcott units are the products of fhe foremost specialists. They are backed by a nationl partx Aistributing system. 9. What i the spring Btruction? Westcott uses hardened and gronnd steel bolts in bronze busaings. the cniy per- manent constrction. fimey con- t com- 16. Have you ever had differential freuble 3 Ask the slesmas to explain the West- cott-Timkez straddied bearing method of holdink the ninlon and ring gear in absolute adjmtmen 11 In #he frame properly Ptructed? DL The Westeott freme Max cirong croms 5 by guaset plates mhere Isdd‘g side rail is 7316 GENERAL REPAIRING STORAGE SPECIALIZING ON ACCESSORIES CONTINENTAL MOTORS WASHING CADILLAC STUDEBAKER BUICK DELCO-REMY STUTZ DODGE : REG. DEALER Towing and Road Repairing Anywhere, Any Time WISCONSIN GARAGE "y 1061-63 Wisconsin Ave Phone West 1373 DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE C. KLEIN WESTCOTT Here Are 43 Reasons Why Westcott Is Your Best Buy 12. What is the suppert com- struction at the rear of the rear springt Westcott rear shackies are carried in teoslon. giving not only easier riding. but also eliminating tendency to side- away. 13. What i the emergency brake -wrnnrr brake getting_an ac e rear wheels that actually applied to the brake. Pres. sure applied uniformlv om both wheels, entirely eliminating skidding. Has the car a straight N v the Westcott. under avegage load. enter line of the crankshaft, the main shaft of the transmission. the pro- peller shaft and the rear axle pin'on sbaft form a straight live. method only can ma: power livered to ‘the rear wheels with mini- mum friction and wear. By this 15. Has the car a simplified brake construction? In the Westcott the rear axle is entirs rods which rust. 16. Ha freese and the carbure: Th ily: an unfaiivgry 1t 'is practically automa: mixture being cecared by Iy operated shutters and floating ven- furi. There is no adjustment for the driver to make regardless of weather conditions. Has the motor a full pres- sure olling wystem? ‘Westeott-Continental motor has such A system, the only means of eecuring adequate and economical _Iubrication. e motor was pot to produce designed lar snd mmosoal at the sse- the spectacul - rifice of durability, but rather is buflt iet, consl) for wniform, stent perform- amce and fai vl e 1 serviee ability. 18. Has the car a medern top? The Westcott top is a built-in part of the car, of permanent cons ing the advantages of the usual 'il(’r top without the weight. as this top is actuslly 14 Ighter than the conventioral top. Plate glass curtains are provided st small additionz] cost. which will give you real comfort for winter driving. The top is lined. no unsighitly bows are visfble. What lubrieation system Is Westcott employs an_oll - tem.Not caly 1» ol the” ides Mul lnhd cant for all parts of a motor This syseem ia fay more conveniont’ thot any other ever A _ pressure £un is placed directly in each ofl cup ~no troblesome to make. This full force 3 shooting the ofl into every gection whers it 1§ neoded. The work of lubricating the car can be done in a few minutes. withont the mecessity of touching metal running board with a molded rubber mat to cover it. There is no wood or linoleum to warp and rot. wheel shaft? Weatcott has a eplise construction that can_never ‘loosen up -and _provi large number of adjustments fustead of only four, as in the usual comstruction. 22. Are xposed parts the car of dur: e-n-l! Westcott uses aluminum in all wuct parfs, even exposed boits, puts and screws. They will not rust and wil retain their good appearance. inatrument I board. carrying instruments, These arv zrouped in raised panels, each under n hermetically sealed gla 24. What is the windshield conm- windebield is. not Jus: built ‘into the cowl are_actuaily ballc into i, not ey anpport thi indeieid. bat " the. ineteament Soard and add greatly to the fighlity of the front of the body. The haif | set in 2 pernmuent rubber champe! making the whole comstruction water proof. \ 28. Is the bedy of The We Is the cowl ventilator Nereeme to prevent imsects emtering the car and shreuded to direct the atr cur- remt downward? Has ] r the mew mtylc = "”cmwnal.m metal, ioh il sell the hands? 2 weas the oio. Tashioncd guadran’ th - rpeor the mew medern comscaled typet 30. Has the ear sure acting deor lockat Ask the sslesman to explatm the - Westestt locks to you. 31. De the door hamdies open either way? : 33. Has the distributer au auto- matic spark advamee to take eare of the variation in meter speeds? 33. Has the sar a double tive cng rier as standard equipment or muni seme makeshift be provided for the sixth thre? 34. In the gasoline filler spoyt on the left aide, easfly reached at the ing station? 8. supply w- sasoline avafisble fnstantly by cra- ing a thumb lever? 36. Are cord tires standard equip- ment? ; 37. . Is there a locked compart- ment in the fromt door for tesist 38 - Is the adintor core earried in & eradle to prevent any possible damaget" 39, Is the leather ordinary biack leather or beutlml hand-erashed | leather in attractive colors? 40. In there a compartmemt *n the rea: the fromt weat? Does the ear Iave mew style b rrd ped head la ear equi ith -luk -b..'b'n o 43. 1 the ear-g mew model or In it_a model I-lll.loll war ragh and repainted Jdded to give the appearanes of 1 Few medel? This report, (the first of the 1922 touring season) gives a complete pic- ture of the present condition of the Lincoln Highway. The data are pro- vided by wire by the consuls of the 'agsociation from along the route be- tween the two coasts and is authentic: Division one—New York city to Philadelphia, Pa., 96 miles. Weehaw- ken ferry to Princeton, 52 miles; ex- céllent. Princeton to Lawrenceville, 5 miles; poor wornout macadam. Lawrenceville to Trenton, 6 miles; ex- | cellent. Trenton to Philadelphia, 32 miles; | excellent. One detour (3.5 miles), excellent and well marked, Elizabeth, N. J., west. Division two—Philadelphia, Pa., to Chambersburg, Pa.. 142 miles. Perfect road. One short, well markéd detour at Downingtown. Division three—ChambeFsburs, P to Greensburg, Pa., 122 'miles. Pe fect road. No detours. Be careful of speed in communities. Division four——Greensburg, Pa. to East __Liverpool. Ohlo, 82 miles, Greensourg to Pittsburgh, 30 mile: excellent. Pittsburgh to East Live pool, Ohio, 52 miles; caution. Inquire of Pittsburgh Automobile Club, 413 Wood street, as to most advisable route west, i. e., via Beaver north of the Ohio river or via Clinton, south of the river; dirt sections of both routes reported to be in bad shape; may be necessary to go via Beaver Falls to { East Palestine, Salem and Alliance to Canton. Lattér route much longer but paved. Division five—East Liverpool, Ohio, to Mansfield, Ohfo, 118 miles. East Liverpool to Canton, 52 miles: lent. ~ Canton to Ashland, excellent. Ashland to Mansfield d. tour north of Lincoln way via Olives- burg over good brick and poor old |- macadam, 20 miles. Detour at Manafield. Division six—Mansfield, Ohio. to Van Wert, Ohio, 111 miles; detour Mansfield to Bucyrus via Gallon, 25 miles; good. \Bucyrus to Osceola, 7 miles; excellent. Osceola to Van Wert, 79 miles; passable, but very rough in places (0ld macadam). Division seven—Van Wert, Ohio, to South Bend, Ind.. 116 miles. Van Wert, Ohio, to Fort Wayne, Ind., 35 miles; exceilent. Fort Wayne to, Ligonier, 38 miles; mostly falr to good. One snort sireten, north of Churubusco very bad. depending upon weather. Ligonier to South Bend, 43 miles; ex- { cellent. | Division Eight—South Bend, Ind.. to Chicago Heights, Ill. eighty-three miles. South Bend to New Carlisle, 14 miles; excellent paving. New Car- {lisle to La Porte. 13 miles; very rough o0ld macadam. La Porte to Deep River, 32 miles; good macadam. Deep River {to_ Chicago Heights, concrete. Division Nine. — Chieago Helghts. 1L, to Clinton, lowa, 166 miles. All excellent eighteen-foot concrete pav- ing, with exception two ' short stretches, good gravel: totaling about fifteen miles between Chicago Heights and Aurora. | Division -'Ten—Clinton, lowa, Marshantown: Towa, 164" miles. Cline ton to De Witt, 20 ‘miles; good con- crete paving, ' De WItt to Lowden, 21 miles; detour; Lincoln highway under construction. ‘new paving going in; detour likely to be bad. Lowden to Cedar Rapids. 46 miles; fair condi- tion, road beinz dragged. Cedar Rapids to Marshalltown, mile i good. Good Dirt Roads. Division _ Eleven. — Marshalltown, {lowa, to_ Dennison. lowa, 142 miles. Dirt roads reported in excellent dition, depending upon weather. detou: Division Twelve.—Dennison, lows. to Council Bluffs, Iowa, 76 miles. Dirt road, in good condition, depending upon weather: no detours. Division Thirteen.—Omaha, _Neb. to Kearney, Neb.. 204 miles.’ Hare surfaced west tol valley, 24 mile: detour valley to Fremont, 15 mile over good marked road. Fremont to Kearney; good when dry. Division Fourteen—Kearney, to Sidney, Neb. 226 miles. section reported Eood. to North Platte, 35 miles; will be graveled shortly, travel being de- toured south of the Platte river to North Platte, over fair road, 11 marked. North Platte to Ogallal excellent. Ogallalla _to Sidney, fair. Division Fifteen—Sidney, Neb., to Laramie, Wyo., 157 miles. Exceilent with exception of { short, rought section near Hillsdale, 20 _miles east of Cheyenne. H Laramie, Wyo. to Neb., Entire Gothenburg Division Sixteen. Rock Springs, Wyo. mie to Medicine Bow, 60 mile Medicine Bow to.Rawlins, excellent, with short rought stretch,near Wal- | cott. Rawlins to Rock Springs, mr, except rough east of Thayer .Yum:< tion. Division Seventeen.—Rock Wyo., to Echo, Utah, 150 mile Springs to Green River, 15 mil cellent; generally good to Lyma: miles. ' Lyman to Evanston, 41 miles; | muddy and bad, but cars going through. Evanston to Echo, good. Utah Streteh Excelient. ! Division Eighteen.—Echo, Utah, to Gold Hill, 195 miles. Echo to Sait Lake City, : excellent. { Salt Lake City to Tooele, 40 miles; ex Iceilent. Tooele to Bush's Ranch, 19 | miles: excellent. Fisher Pass, between Bush’s Ranch and Orr's Ranch (17 miles), in fair shape. Inquire of J. | Waters, Newhouse Hotel, Salt Lake | City, regarding conditions on desert. Goodyear cut-off reported passable, but very fough to Black Point. Black Point to Gold Hill, 12 miles: Spring, i ex- Gold Hill to Ely. fair. Shellburne Pass open. Ely to Eureka, fair, with several rough stretches on Division Twenty. FEW DETOURS NOW REQUIRED | IN TOURING LINCOLN HIGHWAY e Complete Data. on Condition of Trans-. contmental Trail Listed in Sea- sons First Report One of the things which has led the public to think d:fl'eremly about - the. Hupmobile. is its wonderful ! We know of no other engine that . responds so well and so willingly to X anydemndmdrivexmymake. Fallon, 191 miles," Fiats sast apd lml : of Austin badly rutted; balance airly Division T-enty-one.—hllon ev., to Placerville, Cal., via Reno and Carson C“Y. 183 miles. The Lincoln Highway from Fallon direct to Carson CILY via Lahontan -dam is in bad con- dition and is not recommended.. Fal- lon to Reno, 67 miles; fair to good. New construction under way, Leetes- Ville to Hazen, 8 miles; no detour. eno to Carson City, 30 miles; concrete. Carson City to Placerville, over sum- mit, not yet open! snow. This road wiH be open before June 1. Divigion Twenty-two. — Placerville, Calif., to Oakland and Sln Francisco, Calif., 186 miles; all paved. Division Twenty-thre to Sacramento, Calif., 146 milel road over the summit is not yet open, snow. Wil be open before June 1. Auburn to Sacramento, paved. —_— SCOUTS TO DRIVE - GOATS OVER TRAI[ Small Prairie Schooner For- mally to Open Glacier Highway. A team of domesticated billy goats, hitched to a miniature prairie schooner, and ‘driven by Boy Scouts, will officially dedicate Glacier trail by traveling the route from St. Louis to Glacier National Park this sum- mer. Glacier trail has for its road mark- er-a brilllant colored metal epameled sign bearing the picture of a Rocky mountain goat, and Bert Fuqua, sec- retary and manager -of the Glacler Trail Association, concluded it would be fitting to formally open the new transcontinental automoblle trail by first driving a team of goats over ft. Mr. Fuqua already has marked Gla- cier trail with the goat road marker from St. Louis to Glacier National Park. Before the summer is over the full route will be marked with this striking road sign from Jacksonville, Fla., to the Pacific coast. The goats that will be used for this AUTO TRIPS AND CITY SERVICE AT REDUCED RATES Main 104 Franklin 5262 OPEN AND CLOSED CARS 'y Seeing and Calling $3 and $3.50 per Hour OUT OF TOWN TOURING Atlantic City, Annapolis, ~ 3 3d. Baitimore, Renedict. boro. A MountVernon. Philadelphia E. F. GREGG Rear 1131 17th Street N.W. « FOR_ WINDSEIELDS OR BODIES. lastalled While You Wait. Taranto & Wasman 1017 XEW YORK AVE. N.W. - Automobiles Ring and pinion gears, axles, springs .installed \,\hlle you wait. Carey A. Davi 86 La. Ave. N.W.2 Phone Franklin 2525 Tbhmmmonthtyudmum . valuable, since it is accompanied iyt eco:my,lowrepmuanddwnbflnybx in & degree that is equally unusual l TT & FLE INC STERRE uF MING, B trail dedication were kids when Bg!'lllrad above the clouds’ on Going '0-The-Sun mountain in Gu;h v N tional Park. They were trained to hatness last ye: ux. Fugua. 2 & Stratton fiyer Juvcnlle huckbolrd automobile into & small pnlru schooner for the goats to haul. This unique outat will be Started on lu long trip from the Automobile Club of Missouri, in St. Louis, June 15, Secretary Fuqua is negotiating” to have a“relay of Boy Scouts of Missouri drive.the goats ou the first leg of their journey to the Iowa line, and there turn the novel Tig over to Towa Boy Scouts, who will drive the team to the Min- nesota state line, and there be re- lieved by Boy Scouts of Minnesots. | The North Dakota’ Boy Scouts will take the goats to Fargo and drive them mcross the Flickertail state. to the Montana line, where they will be taken in hand Scouts. who will end the journey at THE SEDAN $2850 (War price, $4350) FRAN KLIN NEW PRICES ' DEMI-SEDAN $2250 (New type) TOURING CAR $1950 (War price, $3100) by Montana Boy | linder cars have motor, clogged that it simy #tation, ihe main en- trance to Gllcltr National Park. It will take more than two months to make the journey-of 1,800 miles. PLANT ACCIDENTS FEW. Ouly one man out of the more than 7,000 that work in the various plan of the Cadillac Motor Company has lost the t of an eye in an in- dustrial” acclaent during the. past five | This” remarkable record has been made through efforts of the safety upervisor, foremen and officials of the company to have all men engaged in grinding operations or work of similar nature_wear goggles. Recently an exhibit of broken gog- gles has been placed on the bulletin boards of the different departments of the main plant. The exhibit shows the men how the loss of an eye was Harry ‘Burr, President 1814 E Street N.W. Washington, D. C. Main 7045 L A A saved by the protection of the gog- broken eveglass beled with the man's name and the gles. Each Kind of accident. ] 1a- Main 1297 - hn-ofm"fnu-hmnnu AlF. O. B. Syracuse T NO time in the sixteen-year history of Franklin six- the prices been lower than today, ex- cept for four months in 1916. And Franklin quality is now at its highest point of development. FRANKLIN MOTOR CAR CO Post & Schooley Formerly with Motor Co. of Wash. 1428-30 Church St. N.W. A F illing ROSSLYN VA. Telephone Weat 166 Try Lightning Motor Fuel When the Motor Balks When your motor lays down on the ‘job it’s up to you to fill your tank up with IGHTNIN OTOR That’s the sute cure for the balky with carbon - so y can t get started with- out a couplevf dozen cuss words. © Get the habit of stop}gmg at a “Lightning” Motor Fuel tion and youw’ll soon get out of the habit of stopping SO OFTEN. For Lightning -Motor Fuel takes you Phere and brings you back, with the maximum mileage per gallon and - the mininfum .Cnrbon Deposit per cylinder. 4 There’s a “Lightning” Filling Sta- tion in YOUR nelghborhood—and in EVERY neighborhood. STOP there for )umr motor fuel. N OIL UE Sta-