Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1923, Page 62

The Sunday Motoris An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners. EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN It's & wise man who knows his own Ford when he goes to the service sta- tion to take it home again. |a driver may find that the dev is to cut the air off just enough so that the motor won't boil over. Thx‘” ce he | purchases covers too much of the ra- Handle With Care. TFolks who are enthusiastic over the automobile and its great importance in transportation too frequently skip 0\'el'i the fact that an automobile also is an article of danger. Probably half the accidents in the country e due to the fact that drivers do not appreciate the hazardous nature of automobiling. A new driver never learns how careful he | should be when driving a car until he has run into something and had a ta of the danger that is ever present. One prominent traffic expert has stated that the only way to*reduce the number of accidents is to impress upon drivers the | thought that a motor c: a danger- ous article. He believes that when they | see the fact clearly they will face it ‘with commonsense driving. When a driver passes an approaching Sireet car he gets as far away from it as possible, not because he is afraid of damaging = the traction company's property, but because he instinctively feels that a street car is a dangerou: thing to meddle with. Yet he will pass | a motor car weighing four or five thou- sand pounds so close that the hubs al- most touch. How many drivers realize that at a speed of thirty miles an hour Thelr car | is traveling through space at the rate of forty-four feet a second? How man. drivers have conception of the amount of amage three thousand pounds can inflict when hurling through space at such a furious rate? When a freight car rolls along at only five miles an hour a motorist will shun it like poison, vet it is not capable of doing any more damage than a heavy machine do- ing sixty. The sooner we ceasa to regard the MOLOr car as a toy the sooner will motor. ists cease to figure o conspicuousiy in the accident reports. A fiction lover is n man who says he lets his wife drive the car hecause she handles it so much better than he does. Did You Know— That a bag of table alt rubbed on the windshleld every so often will prevent rain from freezing on the glass? The theory of it is that salt combining with water makes it brine, which has a swer freezing point than plai er. And you'llj find that it's more than theory if vou'll just try it during the next lce storm. That if your brakes fail when, driv- ing in the city ono way op the car is to scrape the tire t the ecurb? Drivers f heavily-loaded horse-drawn vehicles have long u ! this method of retarding their con veyances when descending hills. cording to law vou should be driv as near the curb as possible anyw If you are where you ought to hen trouble comes the curb is a means of breaking worth trying. Always in Wrong. Life seems filled with strange anom- slles. While speeders in Detroit are being sentenced to attend funerals of motor car victims New York is wor- rylng about what to do with “slow pokes,” who always seem to be fu-l neral bound at times when traffic is heavy and passing around them is dangerous. The 01d M_e;l:nnic Says: “Covering the radiator in winter is| = difficult proposition if good results | are hoped for. It's more than a mat- ter of stepping Into an accessory store and purchasing a covering de- vice, because the addition of alcohol, | during the winter months. { motori 1w or other anti-freeze solutions changes conditions. The main point in covers {diator core and that he is obliged to |keep taking the device off and put- ting it on again. Before any of my customers buy a radiator covering de: vice 1 tell them to test out their i diator with board. “They make the test on a warm day, which shows them just how much of the radiator core they can afford to have permanently covered Where the radiator shell is covered it will be found that the core cannot be covered very much permanently. If, after & motorist has bought a covering de- vice and finds that his motor over- heats when the 1 alw: of the interiining of the cover where it covers the shell. Sometimes this solves the problem. “I always tell them to make an allow- ance for a little lower boiling point due different sizes of card- , o the addition of about a quart of alco- | hol, which it is advisable to keep in the cooling system In anticipation of a sud- den drop in temperature. A mixtu with a high percentage of anti-freeze solution, however, completely upsets the whole plan; and for that reason I rec- ommend draining off such a solution when the temperature ix not_very low and keeping It in a coupl f five-gallon oil cans. When the weather is due for & zero spell drain out the normal solu- tion and pour in the other. T 's not only saves alcohol. but preveni wer- heating of the cooling system wh veuther moderates. Approved Rear Lamps. Apbroved rear lamps is the latest, being a Massachusetts idea which went|gave wax to eliminate the sidewalks ! into effect the first of the ve: lamps with number plate holder attach- are approved, and where the assem- blies are bolted rather than riveted to- gether the lamp and license plate holder each bear the same full name and must be_used together. Massachusetts is hot on the trail of s who drive with lamps and plates so arranged that the numerals n't possibly be read at night. Getting a motorist’s number is the last hope of another car owner or pedestrian who s been knocked down, run over or run into at night. so the Bay state de- cided to bar a lot of rear lamps that o u Only Pays to Use Chains. Aside from the safety feature of the sub, it pays to use chains when the streets and roads are even partially cov- ered with ice or hard-packed snow, be- cause in preventing the rear whee n slipping when the car is sudden erated, power is naturally saved. ¢ motorists feel thut thelr chains me too much power, and tha y overlook the fact that the same amount of power is consumed when the wheels are allowed to lose traction. Without the chains on ?he driver wastes just as much gas and carries no insurance against skidding. Erase Cgl; Marks. Tn ‘many cities it is a_rule of the lieve that the car is the sort that| police department to decorate the tires of cars with chalk marks as a means of checking up parking vio- lations. The officer on the beat makes a periodic round of the neighborhood, chalking cars which appear to need watching. If the chalk mark on the tire matches that on the curb, thirty, forty or sixty minutes later, what- ever the regulations are, the owner of the car is presented with a sum- mons. It is a good plan, therefore, ase chalk marks on the tires each morning before setting out for traffic. A tire that is covered with marks of previous dars not only in- creases the chances of a summons through erro: ds a cop to b I Branch No. 1 Jenkins & Driscoll Pioneers of Chevrolet in Waslzion We have grown with Chevrolet in Washington, adhering unswervingly ever since we started business to an ideal. Our present success is the natural, gradual outgrowth of this ideal: To assure your satisfaction by our service. OPEN EVENINGS Branch ;Xo. 2 1815 14th Bt. weather moderates, | suggest that he remove some | “he | Franklin 5627, THE SUNDAY ' STAR, “WASHINGTON,' D. C., JANUARY 14, 1923 ¢ | |TRAFFIC PROBLEM |FAVOR REGULATING IN CRITICAL STAGE| BUS-TRUCK TRAFFIC! Increase in Autos Puts Hard Task Before City Officials All Over Country. The large cities must make adequate | provisions for the automoblles in 1923 and solve a trafic problem that has come upon them so suddenly, In the |shape of 11,000,000 motor vehicles, { that trey have not as yet had time to {grasp its magnitude and make neces- i sary provisions. W. R. Tracey, assistant sales man- {ager of the Oakland Motor Car Com- pany, Pontiac, Mich., states that the problem has now reached an acute stage. “With New York city, for instance, jdoubling the number of its automo. biles every three years, and with De troit increasing its automobile regis- tration about 2,000 cars, including re- jplacements, every month, the acute stage the problem has reached may be fairly indicated,” he states. any municipailties are trying to {wolve this problem through ordinances by setting aside certajn main east- and-west oughfares for one-way traffic. This has considerably relieved trafe con- gestion, giving, as it does, practically double the driving space on these strects, with thé added advantage of & smooth, continuous flow of one-way traffic. Police Commissioner Enright of ew York realizes that drastic steps { must be taken to cope with this sit- {uation and has made some practical { suggestions which undoubtedly will | be_carried out. “The most important suggestion he jon 5th avenue and Broadway and |give the whole width of the street {to vehicular trafic. To care for the pedestrians, he would build the side- walks along the first floors of the {€tores and office buildings, allowing the stores to display goods in an ar- jcade effect. | “Other traffic experts advocate dou- ! ble-deck streets and highways in the large cities. In Detroit already there iis an automobile subway in the ap- iproach to Belle Isle. A double-deck street is in use In the approaches to the Grand Central terminal in New York city. Whatever the ultimate so- lution, the time is now ripe for real {constructive thinking and action on I this subject. ! The saturation point of the auto- | mobile in the United States has been {discarded as a will-o'-the-wisp—al- ways so far away that it need mot trouble us. The automobile has been the greatest boon to efficiency, pros- perity and health since the advent of the steam rallroad. Tt is the most { flexible form of Individual transpor- | tation the world has ever known, and |the world has never discarded or curbed an invention that makes for efficiency and_happiness, | “Therefore, it is high time that mu- Inicipal engineers begin to take defi- nite action to solve the traffic prob- )lem that is growing more grave each needs watching. Try Heavy ?aper. For those motorists who have dim- culty in regulating the flow of air through the core of the radiator in winter weather, the advantage of using heavy black paper over the lower half of the radiator, Instead of ! cardboard or leather, is worth noting. Paper shuts off some of the draft of cold air and, therefore, prevents chill- ing of the intake manifold and car- | buretor; but, being thin, it does not | keep the radiator so warm as to en- ! courage it to boil over. Copyright, 1923, by the Ullman Feature Service. Through these years we have gathered together a com- pany of men who take personal pride in having their every action actuated by this ideal of Service. Our continued ex- perience has equipped us with an intimate knowledge of your needs and proven skill in meeting them. It has earned us, also, an enviable reputation that pledges us to continue serving you as perfectly as is humanly possible. ¢ D. J. BARRY, President. BARRY-PATE MOTOR COMPANY 1218 Connecticut Ave. Botelor & Whyte 658 Penn, Ave, B, E, and north-and-south thor- ! Manufacturers’ Recognize Development Giving Rise to New Problems. BY F. A. WHITTEN, Chief Engineer of the General Motors Truck Company. There is no doubt in the minds of any of the major truck manufacturers of the country but that with the de- velopment of the motor truck and bus will come the passage of laws regu- lating truck and bus traffic. The motor truck has reached such a stage that it is playing a most im- portant part in the freight business of the nation, and laws are becoming more and more necessary to govern this class of traffic. Contrary to the belief of many per- sons, the motor. truck manufacturers are not fighting regulatory laws, but are actually welcoming them. The manufacturers realize that the motor truck is a “common carrler” of freight and passengers, and with this in mind it seems no more than fair that the truck should be governed in the same manner as the railroad when en- gaged in this class of traffic. Would Prohibit Overloading. Truck men favor the passage of such laws with a view to prohibiting the overloading of trucks (this pre- venting damage to them and to the highways over which they operate), algo to prevent unfair and unprofitable competition with motor-operated or other forms of transportation. Lately there has been a good deal of talk of passing laws which would put the truck and bus under the con- trol of the various state Public Utili- tles commissions, and this, 1 believe, is @ logical solution of many of the problems now facing the industry. It would be the height of folly to create a new bureau in each state to govern this regulation. ‘With the motor truck an admitted success in the frelght transportation fleld, one's mind naturally turns to the bus fleld and secks to find the an- swer to the question “What will the motor bus amount to? This is a question in answer to which even the best informed truck man could not give you an adequate statement of facts. Weé see ahead an era of bus transportation where thot £ands of these vehicles will be op ated on the roads as feeders to main trolley lines and the railroads and perhaps replacing the trolley car in densely populated areas. Service in Small Towns. We also see in the future an era when every small town in the cou try without railroad or trolley service will be served by bus lines. The business, in our estimation, is servative manufacturer does not hesi- tate to say that vast changes will prob- ably be seen in this field within the next decade. We believe that the bus will have 2 blg future in the transportation of school children to and from school. It has already made possible and prac- ticable the efficient and well equipped “consolidated school.” which is rapid Kdllpllcln‘ the “little red school” of e rural districts. And 80 we have a vision of business men using>the motor truck to lower the cost of their goods to the public: we see the bus operated to lower the cost of personal transportation and for the convenience of the public; and, lastly, we see regulatory laws to gov- ern welght, loading, speed and also freight rates and passenger fares so that a definite basis may be set down for motor vehicle operation. RECORDS OFTEN MISLEAD. Statement Relating to Mileage of Makes of Tires. Tire mileage records are often mis- leading. It is actually possible for a given lot of a few tires to run farther than the average and still bo poorer tires than others. It is not the point that the use of average tire mileages is wrong, but rather that the average mileage test, with no knowledge of actual running condi- tions, may be entirely misleading. Uniess something is known of the facts behind tire averages it is dif- ficult to make a rellable decision on such tests. The fact is well known that, under normal conditions, front tires will outrun rear tires. large portion of the tires to be tested are applied on front wheels it Is very possible that they may equal an aver- age mileage of previous tires used on rear wheels and still be poorer tires. It §s necessary to know on what wheels the tires aro run. Also to take into accoynt the running condi- tions, overloading, wheel alignment and accidents. Other influencing fac- tors in addition to’ natural tire fa- tigue are inflation, peak loads, cuts, repalrs, etc. Le use of aveérage tire mileages as an eMclent basis for determining the make of tire to be used should be discouraged, say Miller tire experts unless “the. figures are carefully an- alyzed and understood. In this way tive tire wervice. Miscellaneous averages without qualification and analysis are dangerous figures upon which to compare tire performances. “The Standard It a| only i it possible to determine rela- | —PART 3. MARYLAND AUTOS KiLL 226 PERSONS LAST YEAR Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, January 13—Auto- mobile fatalities last year in Mary- land took a jump over the number during the previous year, according to figures compiled in the office of E. Austin Baughman, commissioner of motor vehicles. There were 226 deaths from automobile accidents in 1922, as against 196 for 1921. The smallest number of fatalities occurred during 1920, when 127 people met death in accidents. In 1919 the total was 163 and in 1918 it was 199. During August of last year, the time when most people are traveling the roads in machines, the death list totaled 41, November was next high- est, with a total of 24 deaths, and September and October next, with 23 fatalities per month each. ~January of last year has the best record. Only nine persons were killed in auto- that month. According to the sixth annual re- port of the commissioner of motor vehicles during the fiscal year be- ginning October, 1921, and ending sons killed in automobile aceldents all over the state. This death toll showed an increase of twenty-three | over the previous fiscal year and nine more than the | mark of the year 1918-1919. The report states that the causes of accidents cover a wide range. How éver, the outstanding highest per- centage of deaths resulting from per- =ons belng run down while crossing {the streets or rural highways in- {dicates that some measure of re- | sponsibility rests with the pedestrian fvietim. of Comparison” Qur Service Department, when you call upon it, is prepared without delay to tell you what is wrong, and you may go about your affairs confident that your car will be ready at the time specified. ionly in its infancy and the most con- | Stanley H. Horner Retail 11015 14th St. N.W. 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