Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1924, Page 49

GASOLINE CHEAPEST ITEM FOR MOTORIST Frequency of Purchases Cause.of Anxiety Over Annual Expenses. COMPARISON OF FIGURES Depreciation, Interest, Tires Hu\di List Made Public. | 1t must be because the motorist s gasoline oftener than anything nected with his car that the ks him so much. If he ever | . wn and figured the relative cost | of gasoline and the other charges for the operation of a car during a year he would be very much astonished to | distance. nd that gasoline amounts to only | about 15 per cent of what he spends | for the pleasure and profit of owning | @od operating an automobile. He invests on_an average, $900 in a car which | o good for ix | nd | of junk. | hip of the year for de- | per cent in- for the car A year. Say year at $30. a garage on ng $10 a ountry, run- | or letting it ¢ $400 he p: t will run to $o a Year for Repairs. - linch or on parts | r. Calculate | y—or, at the miles’ drivin t 2 . and it costs a oil, at 25 a generous | ts $10 for| 1ty of car owners ot all about allow r wear and Oil and Gas RAILROADS 'ust AUTOS. Unprofitable Branch Lines Discon- tinued in Texas. as decision ocedent for 1d the right of a scontinue its ARBON ENOCK and CLEAN VALVES in 5 Minutes for S0c & IC ¢ ED, POW ER, MILEAGE, fe of engine. We WH'" PAY MORE? '\I'HI‘IVIN PEY DOES T monials. We guarantee it own Aunto Supply h and S Stx. N.W. asper, 1013 N. C. Ave. . Erich D. Planer Co., 101 415 Nrookland Garage 1000 Michigan Ave. AUTOMOBILES | OVERHAULED | Painting and Trimming Bodies Built to Order 24-Hour Service Central Auto Works and Garage Wm. Benchert, Prop. 449-51 Eye St. N.'W. _Franklin 6805 Co. A comparison with other plugs readily reveals Champion auperiority of design and finish. A new Champion in every cylin- der means more power and speed and a saving in oil and gas. Champion X is 60 cents. Blue TESTS TRAFFIC SIGNALS. Springfield, Mass., Has New Tower Built by General Electric. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., April 18.—A trial installation of a new design in strect traffic regulation devices, de- veloped by the street light'ng engi- neering department of the (iemeral Electric Company, is being watched with interest here. Jt consists of a tower nine feet in height and flashes “stop” and “go” signals. At night it is electrically illumi- nated, and can be seen a considerable It is operated by a man stationed at its base or from a plat- form on the curb. The device is un- derstood to be the most improved type of its kind that has appeared. It is located at the approach to the Memorial bridg this city. PUNCTURE TESTING New Type Found as Good by Com- parison as High-Air-Pressure Kind. Do balloon tires puncture more readily than high-air-pressure tires? They do not. Thus is the question answered by Miller balloon tire ex- perts after making comprehensive tests on the various sizes and types of balloons under all kinds of road conditions. Technical reasons why balloons should not puncture more casily than other tires are borne out by practice. The actual surface of contact made loon tire under load 36.04 square inches. which is re- placed by the of 1,700 poun Tom. thesc the load pes pressure tire is 16 inches. pounds, hood of puncture. The balloon tire is disposed to roll over obstructions in | would | road whic! use punctures ordinarily oon, under load | - ures it is found that | re inch on the high- | whereas | §|on the balloon it is only 47 pounds | | With less pressure on all parts of the | contact surface there is less likeli- | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C., APRIL 20, 1924_PART 3. CARELESS AUTOISTS BLAMED FOR “JAMS” Traffic Congestion in Average City Fault of Drivers Themselves, Expert Declares. Traffic congestion in the average city is largely the result of careless- ness in the use of the motor vehicles that make up such traffic. This is the opinion of Ernest N. Smith, general manager of the Amer- ican Automobile Association, given in answer to numerous queries from observing motorists as to whether traffic in the downtown section of the city could not be greatly simplified if each driver would plan his errands and his use of the car. Irritating traffic complications, he explained, are just another evidence of carelessness, too many motorists failing to take the troubie to decide beforehand just where they can park | with the greatest efficiency and what | streets they can avoid in reaching | their destinations. “Jammed” With Cars. | “It is a fact,” Mr. Smith said, “that the streets are literally jammed with | cars whose drivers are running| around in circles. The eflicient mo- torist can tell by a quick glance down | the street ahcad whether there is going to be an opportunity to park and changes his course if the situ- ation warrants it. But the man who is careless in his use of the car goes R WINDSHIELDS OR_BO! Installed While You Walt. Taranto & Wasman 1017 NEW YORK AVE. N.W. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL R ALL CARS SERVICE TIRE CO. 1336 14th St. N.W. | trouble a parking ahead, cluttering up the streets, in- conveniencing himself as well as every one else. “Selfishritss Is not usually recom- mended as a desirable thing in mo- toring, but it is frequently demon- strated that the driver who in sefish enough to aim fo save himself trouble when using his car in con- gested districts invariably saves for others. He finds himself space and keeps it until he has attended to all his errands. Others benefit by reason of his de- | | termination not to dodge around aim- | lessly.” b G e FOR EASIER RIDING. Removing a leaf from each of the rear springs will make the car ride easier, but is not usually recom- mended. However, there may be cir- cumstances where little weight is car- | ried over the rear axle, and under | such circumstances no harm would be doné provided the car was equipped with rebound checks. ever, hard-riding springs can best be | remedied by graphiting between the leaves. Usually, how- | MINNESOTA EJECTS HALF MILLION SIGNS Highways to Be Freed From Ad- vertising, Declared WMenace . to Safety. The highways in Minnesots are to | be advertisingless and unmarred by billboards. Authorities in Daune county, which has ordered all signs down by May 1, phrase the keynote of the state-wide campaign thus: “Unrestricted outdoor advertising, as it to the beauty of our community.” The state highway department has | removed more than® half a million NEW TRANSMISSION LINING FOR FORDS MARVELOUS INVENTION 'ORLD IDE ONDER A Preduct Greater Than Its Name Christened ™ New Weave with Oil Pockets Baves Two Laber Costs Lasts Thres Times as Long your dreams. in a smooth, NON-CHA' And azles, and saves on tires and fuel TRIPLEWEAR N oo Chmtier $2.25 Per Set Crown of Perfection PROVEN PRODUCT OF ENGINEERING ABILITY The MAGIC performance of this WIZARD Transmission Lining i far beyond G band, redocing strain on drams, gears The saviug for ficet owners is tremendous. Solo owners as well are having TRIPLEWEAR installed now ‘The easy wiart on steep hills and smooth Eetaway clectric motor. Thousands of minnte ol pockets in each band is amazing; works Yike an An awured smooth stop. AR SATISFIES WHERE ALL OTHERS HAVE FAILED TRIPLEWE. Have a set (pstalled. You sure.will see the difference. “Safety First Guarantee with every set. SOLD BY BEST OF DEALERS PROPORTIONATELY PLACED FORD AGENTS QUALIFY Orders and Correspondence Handled by the Company DURWYLLAN COMPANY, Inc., Mfrs. Paterson New Jersey realize that Buick and practically~ all other fine car makers in America and Europe include JFour<Wheel PBrakes as Standard uipment | ~BUICK MOTOR COMPANY Washington Branch signs from Minnesota highways, in a campaign in which newspapers, rail- roads, housewives and civic organiza- tions have united, A &tate law pro- vides for a sixty-six-foot right-of- way unmarred by signs, applying to the seven-thousand-milc system. Rallrond Aids Movement. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Company announces it | along the road right-of-way encirci- ing Lake Calhoun, one of Minneap- olis’ beauty spots. Housewives of Crystal Bay, Lake Minnetonka, near Minneapolis, have voted to boycott all articles adver- tised on biliboards in their vicinity. According to the Minneapolis Jour- nal, “it is to be hoped that these ex- is developing and spreading | along our highways, is not only of-| fensive but in many cases a menace | to the safety o fthe public and mar | state road | |and country.” | wint revoke all permits for billboards | amples will lead to further orders restoring scenic beauties now ruined by roaaside boardings. Owners of vacant property along the main trav- eled roads may well co-operate in banning the billboards to which they have given asylum at small rentals They have thus becoms accomplic in the garish crimes against the ey that are so freely committed in t MONEY Advanced on Automobiles 1110 F NE Autemobile Laundry The onlly i Equipped ington. W ¥ Modes T HIGHWAYS RECEIVE AID. Nearly $300,000,000 has been given | month to the various states by the govern- ment in its plan of federal aid for E highway construction. At the same | The National Quick Service Auto time nearly $600,000.000 has been col- S Jected in taxes on motor vehicles by Laundries Co. the government since 1917. 1828 L St. N. cuumed Main 198 | Nothing Like This Has Ever Been Known Before With the creation of the Chrysler Six there was ac- complished an all-important evolution in motor cars no less valuable than the original invention of the automobile. This is a statement best proved by actual perform- The Touring, $1335; ance. The boldest possible claims are frankly and em- phatically made for this new quality light six. Try it and see for yourself how superbly it measures up to all that has been said—how, in fact, it is unlike any other car in existence. The Phaeton, $1395; The Roadster, $1525; The Sedan, $1625; The Brougham, $1795; The Imperial, $1895. All prices f. 0. b. Detroit; tax extra. 1331 14th Street The clicking sound of steel agaihst steel caused by push rods slapping the cam, which is common to other motors at high speeds—even those claiming to have force-feed lubrica- tion—is entirely absent in the Dort Six-Cylinder Motor. Here’s why! Oil Dort Sixes $1095 to $1595, at Flint H. B. LEARY, Jr. Distributor L 0 North 4208 Genl. Offices, Service Dept. 1612 U Street N.W. Salesroom Open Evenings and Sundays $300 Cash Balance Monthly 7 t | The Sport Touring Car i $1245, at Flint Quieter at High Speed Than Other Motors is forced through the patented hollow pushrads of the Dort at great pressure, so that there is always a cushion of oil between push rods and cam. Result: Silent operation at all speeds. This is the only motor in which every work- ing part is continually bathed in oil. IMMEDIATE DELIVERIES DAVID S. HENDRICK Dort Distributor 1012 14th St. N.W. Main 100 ASSOCIATE DEALERS Swann Service Station James T. Didiwick 717 17th St. N.W. Brunswick, Md. Box 75 cents. Champion Spark Plag Co. Toledo, Oblo CHAMPION Depcudable for Evers Bugine 14th and L Streets N.W. EMERSON & ORME STANLEY H. HORNER OREM MOTOR CO. 1620 M_Street N.W. 1015 14th St. N.W. Waldorf, Md. - Phone Frankin Phone Main 529 3860 FLETCHER MOTOR CO. C.C. WATERS & SON ROSSLYN MOTOR CO. Alexandria, Va. Gaithersburg, Md. Rosslyn, Va. |