Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1922, Page 33

Jual car models 79 TYPES OF CARS ENTERED % N NATIONAL AUTO SHOW Display 1n Grand Central Palace; New York, Will Be Largest in History. Once a vear the automobile indus- 2ry of the country makes New York city its headquarters for a week, Uringing with it the best that manu- facturers can offer to the public. The erate will be fn the palace, with an of nearly 400, thus making the the biggest in the history of the au- dustry, nly because number of exhibitors, but also ality of the exhibit have been made to pro ir more than 330 individ- 3 visit will begin mext Saturday, | January 6, when the twenty-third na- tional automobile show will open in Grand Central ace, to continue un- H 13, inclusive. A Varied Display. turers have spared no e vense to get the very b ready for the annual exihibition, with the result that the public will See an array of «arsy such as has never been gathered under one roof before. Competition | in automobile building never t ater, and tor this rea cividuality is bheing o S M ta Cmecied th e body wesigns and co will Le Tered will caus display this lower tour fioors of the | equal to tour city blg and K anny not needed tor crowded with ex i The the an urc =1 hibits. The first tw floors will b tvoted entirely to cars, with per- | aps three or four manu |ur4r.vi showing on the third floor. - re- mainder of‘the third floor and all of tourth will be nlied with = - been such otorist at the pala troken by the list of applic epace in this division of the show, with nearly 400 spaces reserved, the total is approximately 100 more than for any previous display Realizing that flattering <s convineing ave been tions for adje thar product the kind in the history of motoring. | Jivery exhibitor whose product lends itself to actual proof of merit b been requested by the show ¢ tee to mak his exhib a#s complete an illustration of the action of the article under working conditions as possible. Exhibitor rule, make y tablishing conviction in the minds of prospective buyers through the em- ployment of cut-out motors and chassis; as well as by hooking in electrical power to actuate the motors and transmission: Short of showing the car in_actual performance this has been the only available means of_demonstration The plan of the show committee does not comprehend any particular change in the method of displaying complete cars. To a great extent the idea is to add color and atmosphére to the floors that are devoted to the display of parts and accesori owadays, when eve other v tor to the big annual show is a motor- car owner, the accessories divide in- terest with the cars. In the opinion of S. A. Miles, manager of the show. the accessorfes can be displayed with such a wealth of illustration that a visit to that section will be liberal education to every motorist. It may be expected, therefore, that the windshield cleaners will be shown removing act the carbon | Temovers at the beneficient task of { disintegrating real carbon; lubricants and the methods of using them being Make service. Service here is dards.of Service. 616 Pa. Ave. S.E. 2119 18th St. N.W. 1740 14th St. N.W. 1000 Michigan Ave. 81 H St. NW. Seaton 45 Seaton St. N.E. 1621-23 L Main | This will be Fine Words Don’t Service I's what's back of the claims, that makes a good bond or a good batteries without discrimination —in the interest of longer bat- tery lifé and greatest possible battery reliability. Come in, and let us show you what we mean by Willard Stan- . Authorized Willar Service Stations Bradburn Battery and Electrical Service Modern Auto Supply 917 H St. N.E. v Lincoln 389% ‘The John A. Wineberger Co., Inc. 3700 G Ave. N.W. Columbia 565 S.W. Cor. 2d & Mass. Ave. N.W. Franklin 642 Smith’s Battery and Electric Co. E. J. Penning Brookland Garage Esseno Auto Supply Co Garage 306 Rhode Island Ave, N.W. "MAIN STATION Washington-Battery-Company Starts January 6. demonstrated as the motorist will have to utilize them. In short, the show of 1923 will go further than ever. not only in showing the motor- ist the latest devices, but in teaching him how to make the most of them. A most elaborate decorative scheme has been devised by the show man- agement this year. The gorgeous coloring of the American Beauty rose brought out in velvet, its richness accentuated by touches of gold, will be the dominant note. It will proba- bly be the most conservative, yet the richest note ever struck as a back- ground for the great exposition, and thoroughly in keeping, not only with the architecture of the building, but with the luxury and comfort-of the new models of motor cars. Designing and preparing the dec- orative scheme and the decorations themselves for a show of such magni- tude is a task of many months. That task, as far as It concerns the coming show, has been finished, and a force of workmen await the word that will give them possession of the big structure at 46th street. Three days will be sufficient to transform the vast spaces in _the four floors. The plan of show decoration was adopted away back in midsummer, and was followed immediately by the or- dering of thousands of yards of vel- vet and all the other supplies neces- sary to the completion of the work In brief, the desire {s to accommodat: the decorative treatment to the archi- tecture of the building, and this will be accomplished by boxing in_each of the square columns with velvet of American Beauty color in gold frames. The columns, in turn, will be joined, each to the one adjoining. by valances of velvet edged with gold braid. All the windows on the main floor will be similarly treated, with the addition of French curtains. Hach valance will be surmounted by a spe- cially designed gilt ornament. Mirror chandeliers, glittering with hundreds of electric lights, will be suspended in_the center court, both for beauty and illumination. The idea of palatial grandeur will be carried out at the inner main entrance by the employment of a great French window, backed by mirrors. The en- tire rear of the main floor will be a series of French curtains, shutting off the view of the windows and freight elevators. Quentions Contest. Blue, set off by foliage and flowe will be the color scheme for the x ond and fourth floors, and green will he utilized for the third floor. The great urns that surmount the cor- ners of the balconies around the court will be treated with floral deco- rations to give added richness to the whole. kreat has been the congestion around the main entrance at ti S during the previous shows tha management has increased the num ber of entrances, by one, nest week. done by utilizing the dcor just to the left of the main en- trance. General Manager Miles reports that | for the “questions” contest that has been inaugurated has drawn hundreds of | Elgin, Essex, Franklin, Gardner. and that it will take some sort them and decide on the ‘The replies time t winner. get under way until the show opens. | ington, Liberty, Lincoln, Mr. Miles das also &nnounced that, McFarlan, Marmon, Maxwell. M by | Mitchell, Moon, Nash, National the winner of the prize offered | THE MARYLAND ROADS T0 GET §3,150.000 1923 Improvement Funds Exclusive of $1,000,000 Carried Over From 1922. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 30.—Ap- proximately $3,150,000 will be avail- able for new road construction in Maryland during 1923, with $1,000,- 000 ‘more to be spent on work held over from this year, according to John N. Mackall, chairman of the state roads commission. Mr. Mackall Is now busy with the construction program for mext year. Before this is definitely decided on, he said, the ldeas of the various county commissioners as to what work_should be undertaken in 1923 will be considered, and requests for this Information have already been sent out. B Funds for the new work will be supplied by the federal, state and county governments. Post roads will require $1,500,000, half from the nited States government and half from the state, The same amount will be spent on. lateral roads, half to be supplied by the state 'and half by the counties in_ which the work s doneg In addition, $150,000 has been ‘ct aside for bridge construction. In spite of the fact that the work of the commission was seriously in- terfered with by the strike of the railroad shopmen, which delayed the delivery of much construction ma- terial, 1922 was a banner year for road buildilng in Maryland. The com. mission completed 151 miles of road —109 of concrete, seventeen macadam, and twenty-five gravel—at a total cost of $3,500,000. 104 Miles Carried Over. Work carried over to the cqming vear totals 104 miles and will cost about $1,000.000, Mr. Mackall said. In addition to this, the construction of the Robert Crain highway in southern Maryland will be continued, for which the unexpended balance of the. 0,000 appropriation for 1822 will be available in addition to a like sum for the next vear. The biggest independent projects on which the state has been engaged in 1922, were the Crain highway, the Severn river bridge and the extension of the York road to the state line. The York road work was completed It gives a direct improved highway, in connection with the Pennsylvania highw. from Baltimore to York, Pa., a distance of forty-nine miles. Mr. Mackall predicted that the re- celpts from the gasoline tax of 1 per cent per gallon would completely wipe out the long-standing main- tenance of the deficit of the commis- sion by the end of 1923, caused by borrowings of about $1,000,000 from construction and Severn river bridge funs. On January 1, 1924, the tax be- comes 2 cents per gallon. with the pur- pose of doing away eventually with the present system of taxation per horse- power. Chalmers, Chandler, Chevrolet, Cleve- land, e, Columbia, Courier, Craw DAgmar, Davis, Dodge Bros. Dort_ Durant, Earl, Elcar, Gray, C. 'S., Handley-Knight, Hatfield, vnes, Hudson, Hupmobile, Jewet Dorris, H. H: facts” contest will not! Jordan, King, Kissel, La Fayette, Lex Locomobile, ercer, ma, the National Automobile Chamber of ' Qakland, Oldsmobile, Overland, Pack Commerce for the best design for an!ard, Paige-Detroit, Paterson. Peerle: invitation that has been issued to! Pierce-Arrow, Pilot. Premier, R. & 000 automobile merchants through- | B, Knight, Rauch-Lang, Reo, Ricken- out the country was Miss Loulse H.! backer, Roamer, Rotar McLendon of the New York School of | Star, Fine and Applied Arts. The design is simple, yet striking, showing Washington arch, New York city, on one side and the Logan Monumcnl.ifollow Chicago, on the other. The following are the cars that will be displayed in Grand Central Palace: American, Anderson, Apperson. Au- burn, Barley, Buick, Cadillac, Case, Good on all makes of Lincoln 1430-J » North 9928 North, 7998 North 1021 Main 2219 North 3979 Nosth 1959 St. NW. 180 Six, Stanley, Stearns, Stevens, Studebaker, Stutz, Velie, Westcott, Wills Sainte Claire and Willys-Knight. The show committee consists of the {ng: ., M. Jewett, chairman: F. C. Chandler, J. Walter Drake and S. A, Miles, show manager. T oI /3’ = | SUNISAY STAR, o = D 2P LINCOLN SERVICE faction to be derived OTORS and AUTO STANDARDIZATION NOT LIMITING DESIGNS Resourcefulness Displayed in 1923 Models Greater Than Ever Before in History of Industry. Although the automobile industry has developed standardization to a greater extent than any other industry, the principal objection to standardization— |that it limits design—has mot been borne out. The 1923 models show more resourcefulndss in design than ever be- fore. The standardization of component parts has, however, increased notwith- standing. Engineers estimate that 15 per cent is saved yearly through the use of standardized parts and mate- |rials which can in no way be con- sidered as limiting individual design. The fact that a certain car uses S. A. E. standard ball studs on the steering-gear does not mean that the car is not properly designed, but it does mean that the production cost on that ?a-r! (and con- sequently has been able to cut his prices accordingly), because standard ball studs cost less than special studs made to order and have been approved by the §. A. E. as representing the best engineering ball-stud design. Standardization of Parts. The standards committee of the So- clety of Automotive Engineers has been working on the standardization of parts and materfals going into the make-up of automobiles and other automotive vehicles since early in 1910. Agreement has been reached on more than 250 various standards, covering such parts ball bearings, carbureter flanges, bolts, nuts, tires, rims and the vari- ©ous materials most extensively used. In material standardization the So- clety of Automotive Engineers has formulated standards which are widely used in' other industries, the S. A. E. standard steels being one of the best examples. A conference was recently ashington at which delegates of all organizations representing users or makers of steel were present, and it was decided to adopt a method of num- bering steels for all the industries of the Unlted States. The Soclety of Automotive Engineers and the Ameri- can Soclety for Testing Materials are to sponsor this work. As most important parts have been standardized during the last ten years, the average owner takes for granted today what was appreciated as real accomplishments yesterday. As an example, the carbureters manu- factured today are made with stand- ard flanges. ~ Defective carbureters can therefore be replaced without de- lay, as carbureters h standard flanges are carrled in stock by the dealers, thus making unnecessary the earlier procedure of wiring the manu. facturer and waiting from ten day: to two weeks for a new carbureter. The most important advantages of standardization are availed of by the manufacturers of the complete vehicles. The production cost is Towered and a large part of the s ing is passed on to the buyer, as is evidenced by the continual decrease in prices and increase in value. Meeting Twice a Year. The S. A. E. standards committes meets twice a year to consider the adoption of mew standards and_re- visfons of exlsting ones. The 1923 annual meeting will be held during the_annual convention of the society in New York on January 9. At this meeting a large percentage of the total membership of 5,500, constituted of the most prominent automotive en- gineers and dxecutives throughout the entire industry, will be represent- ed. The most important recommenda- tion to be acted upon is the report of the lubricants division, which has formulated definite speclifications for crankcase lubricating ofls. At the present time many oil com- panies market as many as 100 grades of ofl for varlous purposes. It will SSNEES the is in direct toits for its maintenance and E i Tl % | | i il I ' | It of the Ford require less meshanical render eficient world, It is significans and & matter of ! to Lincolnowners. utmost 0 prospective ownr m ersof cars that y { i a f LINCOLN MOTOR COMPANY Divislon of FORD MOTOR COMPANY JWASHINGION, Do maker has cut® core [ I g I i i | : | i ! 1 { be found, however, that many of these grades are different in namé and price only, the ofl figuratively coming out of the same barrcl. This condition is due to custom, however, rather than to any fraudulent intent. ‘The S. A, E. specifications cover 90 per cent of the requirements of the ofl Industry, thus eliminating a great many unnecessary grades of oil. The result of this simplification will be lower oll prices for the automobile public. There is also a great lack of uniformity in the varlous grades of oil sold by the different compenles, a medium-grade oil manufactured by one company being equivalent to a lght ofl manufactured by another company. The owner, has therefore been at a loss to decide what grade of ofl to get when it is impossible to obtain the make of ofl he has learned from experience is best for his particular car. With the present state of affairs, it is also possible for unscrupulous oil com- panies to put on the market oils which are inferior in quality. As there Is probably less known about the testing of ofl than any oth- er material, even ofl experts disa- greeing on the value of certaln tests. owners have no way of determining whether or not an ofl is satisfactory. This is in many cases a serious mat- ter, as the first- indication that an oil is not satisfactory is generally an ex: pensive repair job. The 8. A. E. rec: ommendation which will be act>d! upon at the January 9 meeting calls for ten grades of oil, suitable for all} types of cars and for operation in| summer or in winter. The specifica- tions have been given definite num- bers, such as 20 for a light o suit. able for summer use and 020 for a! light oil suitable for winter use, with supplementary grade-names which may be used If desired. With the| general adoption of these specifica tions it will be possible for the auto- mobile owner to call for an S. A. E. 20 lubricating oll and he will know exactly what he is getting. The oil | manufacturers are supporting the standardization work undertaken by the S. A.'E,, belng represented on the lubricants committee. Other organ- | izations which have co-operated with ! the S. A. E. in this work are the| American Petroleum Institute and the United States government Inter- | departmental committee on petroleum products. ) —_ 1 Rochester Club Joins N. M. A. The second largest automobile or ganization of New York state h affliated with the National Assoct. tion of Motorists, this organization being exceeded in numerical strength | only by the Automobile Club of New ' York City, which is also an N. M. A. | affiliation.” Secretary Donahue of the | Rochester club advises national head- | quarters that this action was taken | only after thorough investigation as| to the merits and benefits of national | affiliatio: ! Radiators and Fenders ANY KIND MADE OR REPAIRED. Gores installed in any make. 10 DIFFERENT MAKES TORS. WITTSTATT'S R. and F. WORKS 319 13th. F. 6410 1425 P. M. 7443. TRADE SCHOOL AUTO ‘iNDUSTRY | j | | LARGEST SCHOOL IN THE EAST Courses for Garage Owners, Salesmen, Electricians, Mechanics, Valcanizers, Ef - ; H | asFSE gl' C, DECEMBER 31, 1922 PART 3. i volume than it does by freight, when {this business and the truck fleet j work. ! may turn you will find that the truck 5 00 a NEW AUTO DETOUR. BALTIMORE, Md., December 30.—The following detdur in Montgomery ! county is listed in the detour bulleln‘ MOTORISTS GRATIFED BY UL S, RADS AD Officials of the American Automo- bile Association are highly gratified at the action of Congress in assuring federal aid for highways for the next two years. The appropriation of $50.- 000,000 authorized by Congress in No- vember for the fiscal year of 1923 has been included in the deficiency appro- priation bill recently reported to the House of Representatives. SAYS MOTOR TRUCK 5 RALROAD ALLY Engineer Whitten Declares Autos Lessen the Burdens of Transportation. issued by the state roads commission for week ending December 30. Clarksburg-Boyds — Proceed north on Urbana pike one mile from Clarks- burg; turn left (2.4), proceed across old Baltimore road 4.2 to 5.8. Turn left and regain main line at Boyds station (6.5). Length of detour 6.5 miles. Condition, falir. lines aro non-competing in the ma- Jority of cases. We have the railroads themselves using the motor truck to haul freight between terminals, we have the ex- press companies using trucks ex- It is a very common thing for the ceragp man to Speak of the truck |clusively to deliver and collect ex- < el et s the natural enemy of the | press packages. ‘ A fact not generally known is that rallroads. As a matter of fact, the| Cat in Delivery Costs. an A. A. A. club contributed the first truck 18 nothing of the sort, for with- out the motor truck the railroads of the nation would be lost and the busi- ness houses of the country would be more than ten years behind their present stage of progress, says F. A. ‘Whitten, chief engineer of the Gen- eral Motors Truck Company. The leading railroad executlves of the nation admit that during 1923 they cannot hope to meet the entire demand for transportation and every effort is being centered on holding their shipments to full carload lots over long hauls. Hauling Is Cheaper. This class of business the truck in- dustry can never hope to have, ex- cept in an emergency. It costs more and takes more time to ship goods hundreds of miles by trucks in large $10,000 for the promotion of federal ald to highways, this contribution be- ing made in 1903, about the time the first agitation for federal aid was started. Since that time the A. A. A. has worked consistantly for the fed- Agaln, we have the business houses of the nation using trucks to deliver g00ds to the railroad freight houses, collect them from the cars and make their city deliveries. This item alone used to add many dollars to the price of goods received by merghants when all this work had to be done by the 7 B e o e ot eequirad hours | €ral aid and the fruition of its plans to do this work, but the motor truck |and hopes in this connection is most hag cut this item considerably. feratitying en we have the spectacle of the! mp. foqe s 20 truck lines throughout the country | Aol ashety b ne L] Soting us “feeders” fo the rallroads | carried an authorization of $65.000,000 and bringing them farm and small. | {or federal aid to highways for the town business which they would not | fiscal year ending June 30, 1924. A Srdinarily get. . In the past it has|Clause in the agricuitural appropria- been the custom of many farmers, | tion bill recently passed by the House now truck owners, to let produce rot | 0f Representatives carries a cash ap- in the fields, due to the prohibitive D;?lr'"?!:ur‘flhol;':'“fi;'“rxg’"" ['olr 1924 ';gd obligates the government to provide price of getting it to the railroads | obligates the goyernment 1o, provias and to the markets. be placed under contract before the Ally of Balireads. end of the fiscal year 1924 and which This has become almost a thing of | may be pald out of the Treasury in the past, as many farmers have motor | the three years following. Thus §50.- trucks and ean get goods quickly and j 000,000 is provided for the current cheaply to the nearest market. fiscal year and $65,000,000 for the fis- And S0 when these and hundreds|cal year 1924. of other minor details are considered, These sums have been recommended there is little doubt but that the|by the budget commissioner and con- truck is an ally of the railroads and ! sequently have the approval of the will become more and more 8o dur-|President and the administration. the cars are loaded to capacity. But by the same token the truck can haul less than carload lots short distances far more cheaply than the railroads. The raflroads do not want owners do. It is profitable to them, and many concerns throughout the country are now making a handsome profit each year doing this class of ing_the next few months. ovember, 1922, COngress au- (Next week Mr. Whitten will write appropriation of $76,000.- on the motor truck and its relation | 600 for the fiscal year 1925. 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