Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1923, Page 64

INCREASED SPEEDS BECOMING SAFER Better Roads and Simpler Cars May Throw Present Rules in’ Discard. How automobile highway traffic will be safer at forty miles an hour than it now i§ at twenty-five is a new subject of discussion among au- tomobile men and motor vehicle au- thorities. 1t is generally belleved that the raising of the speed limits tn many sections of the country fore- casts fewer and fewer restrictions on speed, and that the increased safety of higher speeds today presages the time when forty to sixty miles an hour will be far safer than the nominal highway speeds of today. Capt. Harry M. Horton, local auto- mobile dealer and former aviator, in speaking from the manufacturers’ standpoint, claims that speed is a relative conception at best, and that by changing the conditions under which motor ca operate it is pos- to double e speed and at the same time decrease the hazard. Improved Highways. The radical improvement in high- ¥ is one f the most striking ples of this.” Capt. Horton say “The modern concrete roads, with their smooth surface, generous width, Ktraight layout and absence of steep ills offer an clement of safety that ceds that afforded D ing. A motorist himself 1 slowly over the winding, roads of a few years would not protect him kless driver who might be driving over the same road at an inappropriate speed. “For an accident on a broad con- erete highway a greater amount of recklessness or misjudgment is quired. Thus a careful mo travel gt a good £ ing that there is far less danger of trouble from the other fellow. Cars Stcer Hetter. ly ex slower dri another one of the factors ders higher speed safer, and the in- orease in braking capacity is but one of these. The new cars steer easier, agcelerate quicker, hold the road bet- ter, and, in general, control better all around. “Just the element of safety in tires make higher speed safer than ever before. car was hardly safe at twenty an front -whe an ever higher nembered that d more and _more know better how to . and with better the matter of natural conse- speeds it vers are eXpe! cars and higher s quence. “Even those that they were ponsibilities of find that th is the who have never felt adapted to the re driving a car now have less difficulty driving safely and with the ease of mind that makes for safety. This simply because the manufactu adding ev convenience for sim- plifying the process of properly hand- 1ing a car. “Increased highw speed there: fore the natural consequence, and it should not be long before those who look upon the subject broadmindedly will see that, In comparison to the safety afforded the motorist at forty miles an hou the former eeds of fifteen, twenty and twenty-fi were highly unsafe and genuinely reck- loss. _ Sugar made from corn cobs sells for $120 a pound. | the, T}/le Sunday Motorist An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners. EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN An experienced motorist is one who mits how little he knows about cars and thé' business of operating them, ) ‘Why Cars Are Popular. There is nothing that changes the life of a family so much as acquiring a motor car. Not even the arrival of the stork with an embryo flapper 8o completely digs down to the roots and turns up the richer earth. People who motor are aware that their lives have been changed by gas, tires and repair shops, but the actual facts are not clearly under- stood, and they're Interesting. Briefly, the automobllé develops an immediate desire to travel, which, as is generally known, is the greatest single factor in educati With cars people widen their circle of ac- quaintances because it Is so eagy to go places, and because with every- body out and about more there are many more opportunities to-meet. There has been a marked increase in the interest shown by the public in sports, the popularity of the game of golf in America being possible through the convenience of transpor- tation offered by the motor car. The monotony of three punctual meals a day and other home tradi- tions have been done away with, familles dining more frequently at the best hotels in the country and balancing the expense with freguent picnics along the open road of health and recreation. Take any conventional family, give it an automobile and Wwatch the change. It virtually learns to come out of its shell. Fifteen miles an’ hour, as a car mpeed, becomes strangely popuiar with motorints when in pelice court. The 01d Mechanic Say! “A lot of drivers don't seem ‘to know why double clutching is neces- sary when shiftin’ down from ‘high' to ‘second,’ judgin’ from the number of transmissions 1 have to repalr. “While there are a varliety of clutch types, each with its advantages, it is the Lliveliness of the clutch that counts for gear shiftin’ and for gear life. The quicker a clutch will accel- erate or decelerate the easier it Is to shift gears, and when folk speak of one car as being easler to shift than another they are unconsciously praisin’ or condemnin’ the clutch. “Where a clutch is not as lively as it might be—as when the engineers agree to sacrifice liveliness for some other advantages—it is necessary to luse a clutch brake or stop in order Hotr when ajuse & Cluteh bigke 2 to slow down the clutch when- the r is shifting up_from ‘low’ to ond' and ‘high’ The only way, therefdre, to speed up the clutch when shiftin’ the other way, as when ‘second’ on a hill, is an instant while the gears are passin’ through ‘neu- ) speed it up by accelerating “This is called double clutchin’, and it must be practiced diligently by driver of a clutch that isn't so lively if he wants to make every shift quietly and without danger of strip- pin’ the gears.” Selling Plans Vary. It you would buy cars wisely it is well to bear_in mind that different makes are offered on different mer- chandising plans as in any other line. All cars are not priced, handled and 50ld on the same basis, which means that the value of each merchandising plan to each buyer depends entirely upon his specific needs. Some makes prepared to take in old cars at top rates; others take no trades at all Some give service; others do not. Some offer better terms to dealers, a matter which often makes consider- able difference to the buyer. Some sell direet through agents, through dealer organisations, through _distributors. You should know the merchandising plan of the car ‘you are considering. ' t should fit your particular needs. Some Automobile! It isn't on the market yet, and you may never be able to buy it exactly as described here; but it would be some automobile. Here are the spec- ifications: Power plant: Twelve in a row, Knight type motor. Brakes: Four-wheel, two brakes to & wheel, compressed air, hand-valve operated. Transmission: None. OIll drive. ‘Body: Convertible, Sport car or snug sedan, as desired, ~ Equipment: Air cleaner for carbure- tor. - Electric, variable-speed . fan. Unit oifing system for entire chussis. Self-jacking wheels for tire changes. All prices f.0.b. local agency! Ventilating the Car. The ultra-moderns claim that there Is no such thing' as catching gold from sitting in_a draft, and that as a consequence it makes little differ- ence how the windows are opened in a-closed car., But motorists are catch- ing cold every day as a result of caretessnens' in‘the way windows are opened, and it.would seem practical to suse ‘& [ittle system in han- diing the windows of the closed car. Drafts usually originate when win- dows are.opened in staggered fash- ion, the wind sweeping crosswise through the car. -Lowering of the windows' from the top Is sometimes conducive to neuralgia, while lower- {ing’ & ‘window full often causes too mueh _cold ajr to blow directly upon | the driver or his passengers. If pos- sible, it s best in warm weather to open’ all the windows; while If there is much wind the car can be well | ventilated without danger of dratt by closing one entire side and opening the other. To keep the car comfort- able in cold weather, and If there are no passengers in the rear, the open- ing of a rear window is suggested. It requires a little study to Know Jjust how to ventilate your car prop- erly, but It's better to experiment a Jittle than to assume that you have got to be wncomfortable: and then come down with a cold. In the Stilly Night. A patient suffering with insomnla— or, was it automobilja?—recently passed the wee hours of the night making a little experiment. It seem- ed as though an unusual number of folks were burning the midnight oil out on the main highway, and it oc- curred to him that the world's aggre- gation of statistics still lacked in- formation as to how many automo- bilists were night hawks. So, commencing with the stroke of 2 am., he began counting the cars as they passed. By 2:10 exactly ten cars had rolled by, and the insomnia pa- tient began to feel that he had start- ed something that would beat count- ing sheep. Just as he formed this jconclusion three cars passed simul- taneously, the thira actually sound- ing a horn so that “traffic” give way. That completed the investigation. The patient promptly fell asleep and has been much improved ever since. He began to figure out how many hours of sleep motorists were forfeit- ing in the mad desire to tear off the miles without patronizing the hotels. It made him downright sleepy, The floating population of mid- night motorists is getting to be re- markable. Apparently a lot of folks are bent upon beating the old maxim by figuring that if they don’t go to bed at all they'll not only be early to rise, but some one hundred miles ahead of the game. Did You Know— ‘That_the slow leak at the bottom of the radiator may be due to water be- would tween the shell and the core? There is usually & poor fit where the shell of the radlator comes up to meet the neck, and if the washer in the cap is not tight any water that overflows is likely to run down into the shell. water can collect in the shells of cer- n types of radiators to keep them dripping at the bottom constantly. The remedy, of course, is to guard against putting too much water in the radiator and allowing it to leak over the neck or_through the washer of the cap. That water pump leaks are as fre- quently caused by too much lubrication of the shaft as not enough? If the shaft is excessively greased or ofled it becomes smooth as glass, offering every inducement for the water to leak past the packing cap. On the other hand, if the shaft is not greased at all it be- comes rusty and tQe rust in acting as an abrasive polishes the shaft, or per- haps cuts it a trifle, thus offering an easier means of escape for the water. Keep This in Mind. ‘When grease starts working out at the right brake band the tendency is to assume that there is too much lubri- cant In the differential, whereas the leakage is a cue to add more. It means that the lubricant is excessively thin and that, being thin, it has leaked or is in process of leaking out. Unless there is something wrong with the washer and the leakage has been excessive the remedy is to pack the differential with fresh grease, and, of course, drive more toward the center of the road so that the rear axle will be more on the level. Two Parking Pointers. To avold getting wedged against the curb whi leav o t places the rear wheels a little farther from the curb, making it easfer to get away when the car is next run straight forward and then backed with the front wheels pointing in to- ward the curb. > Sometimes if you pass a good parking space and cannot immediately back up because of traffic the drivers of cars behind will assyme from the stopping of your car that the streets are tod crowded to think of parking and will pass by the space you are after. Simply a case of DnctlBII psychology. Thoughts in- Pgssing. 'Fhe pedestrian who forgets where he's golng always shows a good memory for the motorist he foolishly gets in the way of. The convicted speeders out in Chli- cago who have been set to the punish- ment of “making little ones out of big ones” have simply transferred their ac- tivities from blocks to rocks. It won't be long before salesrooms will reveal ‘“twin cars,” the ideal buy for the married couple who want to go their own way with their own cars. Clearly a case of carrying the twin beds {dea to its logical conclusion. (Copyright 1923 by the Ullman Feature Service.) —_— HEADS TRADE BODY. Autorhobile Chamber of Commerce Manager Honored. At its convention In Chicago last week the American Association of Trade Executives elected as its president Alfred Reeves, general manager of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. This organization consists of the managers or other executive officers of 150 trade associatalons, producing everything from asphalt to zinc, and representing the key industries of the country. These trade assoclations handle scientific research work in materials; analyze markets and the expansion of markets, both domestic and for- eign; supply information for legisla- tive needs; co-operate with railroads in the transportation of products: dis- names and customs, and engag scores of other activities that will raise the ethics of business, decrease production costs and bring broader markets by lowering prices to the public. e Women who Kkiss each other are often gullty of counterfeiting. _|quarter. FLORIDA TOURIST ROUTES INSPECTED Mapping Car Now Checking Up on Condition of Roads for Winter Motorists. In order that the 364 touring bu- Teaus of the American Automobile Assocfation” may have the latest in- formation to road conditions along the main traveled highways to Florida, officlal mapping car No. 3 of the A. A.A. plloted by A. G. Seller, manager of the touring and tran portation bureau, and accompanied by R. W. Cullen, chief of the map division of national headquarters, left Washington last Thursday morning for Florida. This is the second in- spection trip which has been made under the direction of national head- A. A A, this fall. The oficial mapping car on this trip will cover road conditions be- tween the cities and towns of Wash- ington, Richmond, Petersburg, Va.; Greenaboro, N. C.; Spartanburg, 8. C.; Atlanta, Macon, Valdosta, Ga.; Lake City, Orlando, Daytona, Jacksonviile, Fla.; Waycross, Savannah, August Ga.:' Columbia, S, C.; Pinehurst an Ralelgh, N. C., and other points in the south. Reinspections Planned. The mapping car will go back and forth over all of the main traveled routes befors recommendations are made as to the best routes offered for motorists from the eastern sec- tion of the United States to all Florida points. The detailed notes will be used to check the new strip maps now ready for the lithograph- pra. ‘With the completion of the map- ping and inspection tour to Florida, the American Automibile Association will have avallable detalled strip maps corrected this fall from any of the principal touring centers as far west as DnvenErt, Jowa, to Henry Ford’s Principles —applied to our production makes possible the fellowing T $20.50 2% ymrds im length . 2 The following cars: Buick, Oldsmobile, Auburn, Dodge, Essex, Cleveland, _Overland, Oakland, Chevrolet F. B., Nash, Elcar, Reo, Hupmoblile. Inciudes’ top and rear cur- tain, 18x7-inch bevel plate glass window, new rear straps, 'm binding and first-grade le-texture material. Covering pads and bows, sometimes necessary, $8 extra. Gypsy style rear curtains, not ndanl on the above cars, $2.50 extra. Ford Recoverers, complete with fasten- e, et ; $6.95 Cdl.uol\l-hh 10-0-82 Rebuilt Top Co. 3412 Ga. Ave. N.W. ‘Touring $1065 w $1325 $1495 - points as far south as Miam! and St. Petershurg, Fla. Wil M Dixic Highway. As soon as the construction work now under way on the Dixie and og?r highways through Kentucky and Tennessee has progressed to a gohlt where all-weather routes to lorida_are offered, detailed strip maps of these routings will be made available. These routes will ma- terially shorten the distance to Flor- 1da from central northern states. 'The American Automobile Assocla- tion mnr department {s being del- uged wo:lt: o’;liilertax for 'nsu vnrlou; maps. affiliation recen lace an order for 125,000 maps. o USED CAR AVERAGE PRICE OCT. 1, $323 ST. LOUIS, November 3.—The aver?d age market price of a used automo- bile October 1 was $323.27, according to Lynn M. Shaw, assistant general manager of the National Automobile Dealers’ Association. This figure is taken from the charted figures based on reports by automobile dealers in eighteen states, made to the National Automcbile Dealers’ Assoclation show- ing stock on hand, valuations and lling prices as of October 1. The average price which the dealers of the country had allowed for the 899,600 used automobiles in stock Oc- tober 1 was $337.41. The difference between these two figures s the amount of 1oss on each used car that the dealers were absorbing. - This is a loss of capital investment, and does not include the money paid in sales- man’s commissions, advertising, build- ing rent, taxes, and other items of overhead and management. With all of these figures included the average loss per car will run high. WhatWill Your Car Be Worth A Year From Today? i L JEWETT SIX In the national averages of res sale value, the Columbia Six has stood either at the very top or near to it for a long time. That means that the Columbia Six is worth a greater percentage of its original price than almost any other car, regardless of price and class. ‘The very high rating given the Columbia Six proves also how unusually well it is built and how 1333 14th Street much longer than most cars it will continue to give an excep- tional quality of performatca, It will certainly pay you to ex- amine and drive the Columbia Six before you buy anothér car. Remember, too, that the beauti- ful and powerful Columbia Phaeton costs less than $1000 (f. 0. b. Factory) and that other Minker Motor models are correspondingly low. You are invited to come in— make it today. a9 Company C. W. Minker, Prop. Tel. Frank. 6544; Main 8799 PAIGE BUILT = \ Special Roadster $1195 Special Touring $1220 Special Sedan $1695 Prices at Detroit. Tax extra. Again Jéwett Proves Its Sufiremacy With the “Extra Power” Motor of This New Five Passenger Sedan - Over Higher Priced Cars have repeatedly made the statement that the New Jewett Six excels all other cars éxcept the big Paige, in performance. At a recent test held by the officials of Lincoln Park, Detroit, to select’ police cars, Jewett made the following records: Three-tenths Mile From * Standing Start EGARDLESS of the fact that this popular Cleveland model has a reputation for great durability, comfort and economy, a largé part of its popularity can be_,‘dire'ctly traced to the amazing performance g the motor of the average light six, “yet it .develops from 16% to 30% more power between 10 and 35 Onsbhal Mile From miles an hour. ing Start Car PAIGE JEWETT SIX A $1425 Six A $1750 Six A $1485 Six A $1350 Six A 81485 Six A $1045 Four A $1295 Six A $1350 Six A $1175 Four bearing steering spindles. 6-inch-deep frame. The Lincoln Park test wasn't the first time ewett Six performed itself into the realm of igher priced cars. It has done so consistently since its first appearance. Sales of Jewett are made daily to buyers who thought they had to pay several hundred dollarsmore toget arealcar. Prove this to yourself. If you want perform- 4 Time 37 seconds 37.1 eeconds 38.4 seconds 39.8 seconds 40,6 seconds i %o That's why the ‘Cleveland Six shoots out swiftly ahead in traffic— why it passes bigger and costlier cars on hills with an ease that is almost-unbelievable in a closed car .so moderately priced and so sturdily BE >>>>o>>H qualities of the new “extra motor under its-hood. Thisnew motoristhe outstanding engineering achievementin thelight six field. = It is more. compact than power” 0040\3&:@ N'b- paetan 53325883 pREeee &8 b4 & :.'Sggq OMALN - : And the New Jewett Six costs but $1065, z S s 7 f£.0'b. Detroit! Think of a car at that price, that out-performs cars costing over $1700! Think e MY . @ S ‘," Bt ..: 5 ] r X - Warringtoh Motor Car Co. - | olthe s ovr 0000w Six cvnen e V & ; k ; ¢ : lcm,kweu".ww«i:eqmledbyitshe ~ North 9860 dom from trouble. {5 LEVELAN = —Ieweummbemandmued,'ltis.l; ance, rugged strength, and a reputation for ex- weighs 2805 pounds. It has Paige-Timken axles acting reliability— drive the New Jewett Six CLEVELAND AUTOMOBILE COMPANY 2 Salesroom 1800 14th Street D SIX WASHINGTON-VIRGINIA MOTORS, Inc. 16th and You Streets—1028 Connecticut Avenue DEALERS . Fairfax Service - Station s s ispd i, Frazier Motor Co. 518 10th St. N.XE.