Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1924, Page 64

PROBLEM CREATED |MARYLAND TO BUILD | 80 MILES OF ROADS BY BALLOON TRES e 5 o e Goodyear Says Developing Accessory for Present Cars Was Real Achievement. “Quitc the severest problem put up ta tire designers in Tecent years was that of d balloon tire that vould fit present cars” says P. W. factory manager of 'th Tire and Rubber Company. successful solution of the vari- ses of this problem and the tire that would give of low pressure driv- | P wnd still be adapted to the intri- chanism of the automobile way chievement, he says nd of High-Prexsure Tires. am convinced,” says Mr. Litci that the low pressure or balloc because of its ¢ ding qual i its greater protecti ) the echanism of the car and engthening of the lifo of th will, within a very few years, domi- e the tire industry and drive out the high-pressure tire, as surely as cord tire drove out the old-fash- ed fabri “However, 060,000 cars were built 9 out of 100 of the 11, ind trucks now running for high-pressure tir ds of owners wanted tires but hesitated to go to e of scrapping thelr old ri So the first prob- re designers was to build tire that would fit present wheel pmient without expensive change- e fhe require- zeable tires der and body adapted to Along this e Tent th interch #hould have adequate fe clearance and should be Present gear ratios All Problems Solved. Bacn of these problems has been o in the wterchangeable tire which is no wit balloon sure n cal popular 4.95 in- substitutes on _such s Buick, Dodge Jordan, Chandier, F Willys for wh able **The inflation comparison follows x4 (regular) should carry ffty- five pounds press-we. “33x4.95 (intersbangeable) should arry thirts pounds pressure 31X (ballovn) should two pounds pressure pressures are figured normal load, “The difference ifi pressure between the balloon tire and the interchange- 2 o varies with the dif- < of tires. The 31x4.40 ir ble tire that replaces the x3'2, and the all dia- loon tire carry the same in- thirty-two pounds Difference Is Slight. larger s the difference greater than six pounds, How- lere also the interchangeable on tire Will carry pressures only ore than h that reguired v regular or high pressure types. e interch ar r is negligibl wrison will show this is affected by the dis- r of the axle t carry for a higher xi. But every sidered this sub- frequently g »f as much as three- ghths of an inch, due to tread wear, ieighth of a worn tire ground th and a new tir i “nce has no perceptible effect on gear ble balloon ke the small diameter balloon s an_efficient low-pressure tire ng all of advanta ng and long life to th FEWER AUTO THEFTS tire, tire, giv: car. quent | car, | Knight, Hupp, Velic | on Lateral Highways, Of- ficials Announce. Special Dispateli (o The Star. BALTIMORE, April g | eighty miles of new road construetion {can be started this year with funds | made available this week when Gov. Ritchic signed the bill providing for a road bond issue, according to John Mackall, chairman of the state roads commission. Letters were sent frouy his office to all county joners inform them that would be sp this year on al roads, and askir them to make recommendations in to which roads in their untics should be im- About mediately a respective roved first On later: wds, the state pays half the e e on_improvements and the county the remainder. counties will appre th as the state appropriate: sioners also wes ghways of the would s improved On these roads state the cxpense @ the aid. Mr. Mackall hears from commissioners of the various counties he will p an improve- ment program for this year and will begin as soon as possible to let con- work, which more than ch Were put will be ) to the new rted th under :ompleted, Mr. Mac EXPECTS TO EXCEED 156 MILES AN HOUR onstructic Special for Indianapolis Ind.,, April car hie has entered 00-mile rac anapolis speedwa usual, May 30, Milton, twice winner of the Indianapolis | speea ake, near Los Angele of 141.15 miles an hour. Milton, the recogniz |king, who drove a | car over the sands of Daytona By . at the ratc of 156.4 miles an hour, the fastest any human has ever officialiy traveled on four wheels, is | expected to get even more speed out of the tiny Miller special of 122 cubic |inches piston displacement, which was especially t for the inter- | national rac | Driving the |in the inte | which will by ommy wheeled bed of Dry at the rate classie, mount over the sixteen-cylind in to fall in the . when the small st time last vear, a nd the Indianapol AT Of competitive Ked into them. ymmy Milton who won ace and broke the time- r that no driver who ev | had won a 500-mile race could repe | Milton also won in 14 His backe |are confident t he will m 2 | three tim: this year, contending t | he will have the test car on track. Milton's preparation for the dianapolis race has been thorou; He took his new car to the long | sweep of hard earth in Dry Lake and made his unusual test in a strong, un- | favorable wind. The wind resistance slowed the car several miles an hour. His car was far less than one-half the s of the one in which he est. lished the world's straightaway r of easy rid- | ora. |BREAKS N. Y.-D. C. RECORD David Hem"lricks Sets New Mark REPORTED ON COAST | ™, - qore. 11 arimates Southern California Club Says 956 Cars Recovered Out of 1,483 Stolen. os A 1] Calif., April 26.— Motor vehicle thieves are having hard aledding this section through a -operative campaign in which the city, county and state authorities ve united forces with the theft bureau of the Automobile Club nf‘ Southern California. Thefts at thi of the year usually are pnr-‘ cularly ne as crooks who ive been wintering amidst the| nge groves are returning to their and their act ordinarily is to steal a high- | r in which to make time ent rapid recoveries of se that were well on thei ard the Atlantic coast and ailing of the thieves has serv, low up the activities of the ed tribe, | During the first three months of in Los Angeles th stolen, of which 8 overed. or approximate irds. The average of recoveries s zrowing higher under the influence cf the intensive co-operative campaign against motor thieves. 3 TRUCK USE INCREASES. Survey Shows Farmers Buying New Transportation Units. NEW YORK, April 26.—A rapid in- rease in the percentage of farm ucts shipped by motor truck is idicatedin a survey recently com- ted at Altoona, Pa., by the Penn- vlvania &tate College Acricultural Iixperiment Station, The report asserts that the growing rominence of the motor truck in the 1ransportation of food products into Altoona, and in their distribution to carby points, has been made possible extension of hard surfaced roads throughout Blair county. During the past vear the motor truck brought in 67 per cent of whole milk into Altoona, and 40 per cent of «0) dairy products, according to the rarvey. Percentages of other farm products hauled by truck as compared to rafl- road transportation were as followe: Fegs, 68 per cent; dressad poultry, ws per cent; cabbage, 48 per cent; onions, 19 per cent; potatoes, i1 per cont; tomatoes, 27 per cent; apples, 76 per cent; peaches: 39 per cent’ pears, 21 per cent; grabes, 7°per ccnt; strawberries, 33 per cent; raspberries, 100 per cent, and plums, 58 per cent. NO CAUSE FOR ALARM. The motometer will register a little nigher on a warm day when the radi- ator is full. Don't be alarmed. After tho excess water starts splashing out | through the overflow pipe the normal tevel will be again reached and the motométer will register as you are ac- customed to seeing it. PROPOSES FEDERAL AGENCY. If a bill introduced by Congressman 32. H. Fern of Connecticut becomes a 1aw, the stolen automobile traffic will be wiped out. He Droposes to regis- ter all cars in a federal agency by way of reports provided the.govern- David Hendri | broke the New utomobile spe | morning, when he piloted a Dort tour- | ine car over the 246 miles of high- way in 7 hours 11 minutes. The new record was established despite a driv- ing rainstorm between Jersey City and Bel Afr. Mr. Hendri one of the n local Do York-Washington was accompanied by nbers of his firm and Tho previous record was held by Brailer Gish, formarly of Washirig- ton, who established the fastest time between the two in_1914. IMIONIZ ERVICE TATION Authorized By the Factory Ontario Garage 17th and Kalorama Road Phone Col. 8727 BUMPERS — SPECIAL | Badger Spring| Nickel Channel Bumpers—black and Bumpers — in- mickel. Installed— | stalled— $7.50 $5.00 Will fit 80% of all cars. ESSENO AUTO = co. Main PR, X 801 H St. N.W. vuy a can of Ebonite today. Use it to lubricate the transmission and differ- ential gears. You will notice how easy it will be to shift gears. How well it lubri ates, stops noise, prevent friction, (wear to parts) and saves repair bills. If its superiority is mo’ convincing return the can and the purchase price will be refunded. - - Sold by reliable denales in five-pound cans and appointed mervice stations -where you see the checker- board design pump and mervice station sign. EBONITE Has No Rival— There Ix No Substitute. EBONITE (1IT'S"SHREDDED OIL) FOR TRANSMISSIONS AND DIFFERENTIALS BAYERSON OIL WORKS. ERIE, PA ment by the manufacturer, one copy which goes to the original buyer. Tommy Milton Testing Out Miller | 26.—| 1world's speed | motors | record early Friday | THE SUNDAY Things You Want Done When Car Is In Repair Shop Make a note of the things you want done when thé car goes to the shop for repairs. It's the best way for you | to remember what needs to be done. | There is a new method of reboring | cylinders and a process of lapping | them in without removing the cylin- der block. If you are going to have any of this work done inquire as to whether any shops “in vour locality arc equipped for this newer way of doing it. The secret of touching up the car with black enamel that will last is first to sandpaper the bare spots, in order to remove the rust. Unless this is done the enamel will not be able to get & proper foundation. If a large | spot_or a part of the car is to be touched up it is best to sandwich a coat of filler in between the sandpa- pering and the enameling. AUTO HELD UPBUILDER OF COUNTRY CLUBS | Sites Now Selected for Natural | Beanty Regardless of Rail or Electric Lines. | The country club as it exists today | is one of the most striking examples { of the influence that the automobile bas had over American life and hab- its, says Fred C. Chandler, president, | the Chandler Motor Car Company. What would the country, club be without the auto? The answer is, “It wouldn't'” Of course, country club fore automobiles, but they were dif- ferent from the clubs of today. The old-time club limited in its ac- Jll\'n by the very fact that it was situated in the country. Sites were chosen not for their beauty and suit- ability, but because of their accessi- bility to residents of the city, and At meant that the club must be lo- ed near a railroad line or an elec- came be- the clubs’ development ‘The automobile has made a visit to the country club o simple and convenient, as compared with the olden days, that it is entitled to all the credit for the rcmarkable devel- apment of this phase of American life The clubs of tod ro purposely laid out in secluded and picturesque . yet are morec quickly accessible than the so-called country clubs that uscd to lie alongside the main line of the railroad However, It their field of activit have been so greatly automobile. The country no longer a | mere rendezvous for golfers and a re- | creation ground for the young people. it has, instead, become a true club, transferring to its exclusive and in- igorating surroundings the social tmosphere and comfort of the best ty clubs, in the extension of that the clubs changed by the club is MANY TOUR HOLLAND. Special Rates Offered Those Wish- ing to Ship Machines, Holland as 2 touring country f becoming more popular each year and | the automobile association therefore announ i3 ecial arrange | ment—members wishing _to motor { there can do so on a modified system of freight charges and passenger fares by utilizing the Folkstone- ushing daily service of boats. Motor cars or cycles, with or with- out side cars, are carried on the pas- senger boats. Special freight vouchers and passenger tickets to Flushing and back, avhilable for eight or fourteen days, be issued by the A A. at ordinary single fares. Customs papers |and temporary driving permits are | supplied. All arrangements are made | beéTore the member leave ngland - | o trouble will be experienced on the lother = . 1% r @ motor_car with wheelbase not eding cleven feet | from 3 e 1o Flushing and bae ; ars with wheelbase the charge for the double jour- 15 shillings: for & motor cyele comb £1.10. The cost of ight-da «t-class return ticket ‘rm boat is £1.15; fourteen-day ticket, 2.12.6. eycle ney will be TRAFFIC CONGESTION FOUGHT BY CITIES Conditions Create Unusual Reme- dies—San Francisco Considers Novel Garage. Traflic congestion in brings forth many unusual and in genious remedles. Baltimore, 1ik& Boston, is considering the three-day- a-week idea, by which cars with even license numbers can park downtown on even dates and those with od numbers can use the downtown streets on odd dates. San Francisco is sidering the erection of a skyscraper garage for all-day parking to relieve tho congestion of downtown streets. Most cities which o experi- mented with the restricte parking idea have found it more or less of u failure. A town which has ten thou- sand automobiles parked in its busi- dess ‘district _enncts “one-hour’ parking law. If the law is served, ten thousand cars are moved from one place to another every hour. But they are not removed from the re-| stricted area, only shifted around in | L Merchants who have been most heartily in favor of restricted park- ing, claiming that cars parked in front of the places of husiness keep away shoppers, are in many localit reversing themselves, finding that re- stricted parking keeps shoppers away from their loculities I results In decentralized shoppin otx. ‘The parking and traffie blem of the cities, now in a stage, is | to some extent a foreru the traflic and parking problem of the highway as it will be he future Well traveled main ro: are w demonstrated in many cases 1o b too narrow. Many main arteries of travel between large cities are now being widened at a great expense. which could largely have been saved had plans been made ten years ago for widening. New T 15 1 wisel. built when plans for expa sion are made at the time of build- ing. EXPLAINS FROZEN HORN. | large cities Motor School Head Solves Michi- | gan Man's Problem. | “A motorist friend told me the other day that his auto horn frozc up every time the weather got cold,” A | G. Zeller, president of the Michig State Automobile School, Detroit “I Investigated the trouble and dis covered that it lay in the spring at- | taches to the hammer, it being vibrator type horn. | “This spring. a flat one, was com- | posed of several thin le Some one had greased them very thoroughly with something that congealed in a | cold temperature, literally freczing | the thin sheets of steel together and | forming a solid strip of metal too stiff for the magnets in the horn to mo: | “One of our students cleaned off | the grease, substituted a compound that would not freeze, and now the horn makes as loud a racket on zero | days as it does in warm weather." | | 250,000 | chandising 61 pe Means More Than Going Over Brakes Safety inspection of the car does not end with testing out the .brakes and greasing the steering gear. It has to do with every part of the car, including the bat- tery, the carburetor and the elec- tric wiring. A dead battery would prevent you from going into low gear and using the starter-motor to pull the car off the tracks should the engine stall on a grade crossingg An unreliabl adjusted fo would fail eration w wirl carburetor; or one lean a mixturs you when sudden a s essential, Neglected possibility -of blow out some night hitting it up along the highway, leaving you In total durkness. PRODUCTION LARGE. 250,000 Dur;;ts Made Since Plants Opened. A summing up of the Durant Motors, Incors the datc activities of ated, from a4 half years ago, to March 1, shows that the xociated 1924 organization and as- companfes bave prodpced otor vehicles and sold more than $155,807,000 worth of merchan- 50,000 cmployes are on The aggresate manu- ity of all Durant ,850 " cars. More than te enpaged in the mer- Durant products e net profits for 19 8 after provision aceording to the bals cember 21, 19 - cording to i EX 8.3 1,000 ¢ and total the Wheels Rimx BALLOON :: Furnished and Installed John A. Wineberger Co. Ine. 700 Ga. Ave. DLESALE AND RETAIL SERVICE TIRE CO. 1336 14th St. N.W. USED TIRES “r SALE! ESSENO AUTO ¢ CO. Supply Main Xain 801 HSt. N.W. Frauin 10283 ] R RO GARAGE One that your property—ons that you can Tou do not own & car already. TERMS AS LOW AS N \*\*‘ umOP» RI>0 & it—it is ome of the livest inve bave the space to erect them. %.. R Let Us Build You a will incfease the value of Tent if $5 Down—S$7 Month Rent it to some one—let them pay for stment propositions for folks who own lots or . IO Il;llmllllllllg’ Bungalows Garages CONTINENTAL TRUST BLDG. oML R R MAIN 7984 I IlIIIllIIII'IIIIII1Illlllllml'llllllllfllllllllllllllmllll“mfi . Jor Economical Transportation J CHEVRQLET =S| f | ® '. Procrastination May Lead To Disappointment Franklin 8480 ' Barry-Pate Motor Co. 1218 Connecticut Ave. 627 H Street N.E. Lincoln 642 Though Chevrolet’s production schedule for 1924 is far in excess of that of a year ago it looks as though there are not geing to be enough cars to meet the demand this spring. Customers’ orders to date are more than ab- sorbing our shipments and the reserve stock laid dn during the winter which we had hoped would be sufficient to take care of the immense sales is being rapidly depleted. Knowing that after a ¢omparison of values you will select a Chevrolet as your new automo- bile we ask you to place your order now while we are still able to make immediate delivery. Terms can be so arranged that payment may be made out of imcome instead of principal. Luttrell AFEET Sales.Co. 14th and Rhode Island Ave. N.W. Main 2483 Ourisman Chevrolet Sales Co. of first production, two and | 1924 —PART ‘ 7 Hours—11 Minutes New York To Washington Establishing New Non-Stop Road Record Dort again conclusively proves re- liability under trying conditions. You are éordially invited to ride in the car that made this run and drive it yourself. 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. Springtime is Overland time —with lots of places to go and healthful pleasure in go- ing. Big power to take you. Big comfort to rest you. Big reliability. And the pleasure of extreme economy. Ride to good times in an Overland! Champion now $655, Sedan $795, £. o. b. Toledo. 495 R. McREYNOLDS & SON Sales, 14th and Park Road Sales and Bervice, 1423-1435 L St. N.W. Phones Main 7228.7829 JUSTICE MOTOR COMPANY FRANK N. JUSTICE, President + 1515 14th Strest N.W. Fraklin 5174 A. HAYDEN & 00., W. T. MONTGOMERY E, T. B., Md. 329:331 Pa. Ave, S.E. G. EDGAR SOUTTER, McCURDY & MaoWHORTER, Quantico, Va. 1685 You Bt. o OVERLAND WHEELER COMPANY 1821 14th Street N.W. North 9819 DAVIES MOTOR CO. 1020 Connecticut Avenue Franklin 4358