Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1924, Page 48

YOUNG GENERATION PROVIDES MARKET Desire for Independence Makes Possible Increase of 15,000,000 Cars in Service. People who speculate as to the fu- ture domestic demand for automo- biles and who occasionally reach the econclusion that everybody has an au- tomobile are overlooking the younger generation and its desire to be inde- pendent of its elders’ transportation facilities, according to a statement of the research committee of the Washington Automotive Trade Agso- ciatfon The committee finds that there is a growing desire among young people to own and operate cars of their own, a desirc that is being satisfied as quickly as they are in a position to buy. “Just as every young married cou- ple want a home of their own, so do they w a private garage with their own car,” the Washington Automotive Trade Association statement reads. “Merely having a car in the family no longer answers the purpos Within ten rs’ time it will be pos sible to increase the number of cars | in service by at least 15,000,000 with- out going bevond the rket of those youn, eople who are just starting | in business. The value of the by the growing underestimated 2 market created been a result of the fact | that until recently middle-agea peos | ple depended upon their sons and daughters to drive the cars them. When the young people did driv- ng exclusively. they could use the family car about as they pleased and here was no real need for them to Suy cars of their own. Today the Situation is quite the reverse. People well past are driving their own | ars, and are finding so much need or them that the younger people in the family are actually handicapped. This is developing a new desire, and had remained a mere plaything, a car to every 15 or 20 persons would have been ample: 5ut with younz and old finding new ind varyi rs, the time approuchin normal, onsible a car of ais or her own increase registration beyond pre- dictions of the optimists “It is merely a natural development which few persons were quick enough o foresee. Re men have iong since come to thrive on tha mar- ket created by the rising generation, but it is new to the automobile in- dustry. There are plenty of homes in the country for every ome, but the ger pcople want homes of their . and for that reason real estate never appre saturation point inder nor ng conditions. There are au -nough in the sountry to carry all who have time o ride, but that doesn’ in to satisfy the man who wanis to be ndependent. 2 Th ing has been more in evi- len rers of the Washington \ut Trade Association this »ast June than e n the h ory ‘of loe . Newlyweds | \astened to buy cars of their own, | vhile their elders. not to be put on he shelf 15 ordered new cars vith o made it easier for | to to be their own | uffeu Transportation becoming a ater factor in modern | any people forget that ars between skates nd that, « many ve nd ind too v a few v nd motor ¢ orist, one ha o keep on buying : CONTRACTS FOR ROADS IN MARYLAND GIVEN | Iwo-Thirds of Building Program Awarded Includes Construction | in Chevy Chase. ! BALTIMORE, July 26 (Special).— Approximately two-thirds of the con- Tacts to be let by the Maryland ate Roads Commission for the con- ruction of hard surface roads dur- ng 1924 have been awarded. Contracts covering the construc- jon of about 93 miles have already seen awarded and additional con- racts covering about 50 miles are still to be let. The awarding of contracts is lightly behind last year's schedule, out is gradually being caught up. Start of the work was delayed rcarly two months this year by the fact that the legislature did not ap- propriate the necessary funds until much later than usual. The gontracts awarded vesterday include ' Montgomery County 2.03 miles of concrete shoulder on Con- necticut avenue, Chevy Chase, to F. D. Moses, $22.836; .99 of a mile of concrete road from Colesville to Ash- ton, Ward & O'Connell, $28,60 AUTOMOBILES OVERHAULED Painting and Trimming Bodies Built to Order 24-Hour Service Central Auto Works and Garage Prop. Wm. Beuchert, 449-51 Eye St. N.W. Franklin 6805 | on The Sunday Motorist An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners. EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. Automobiles may come and go, but the old gas goes on forever. Motor Minds at Work. The scene is @ well paved steep hill. The time, Sunday afternoon at the height of the touring season. Three cars are already in process of climbing the hill. Another machine is coming down. The driver of the rear car golng up decides to pass the two in front of him, but finds that the car coming downhill is not golng to give him time enough to pass both cars. He finds himself facing a problem when the two ma- chines he Is trying to pass do not leave any space between them, and when there is no opportunity to’ slow down and get back into line again since a fourth car has come up be- hind him. Says this perplexed driver to him- self: “Confound my motor, It hasn't pep enough. It should have whizzed me past those other cars when [ first stepped on the gas. Why doesn’t that fellow at the head of the line hurry so that I can get in back to him? ‘This fool coming down- hill is_going to run into me. Why the mischief doesn’t he stop? These roads are entirely too narrow any- way. Wonder if the wife is getting ready to jump. How can you ex- pect safety with all these rubes on the road?” But another motorist’s mind is at work simultaneously. Says the man who drives the car that was just in front of the reckless party before he started to pass:_ “That fellow is caught. Unless 1 do something to help him there'll be a crash and we'll all suffer. Now if T slow down the cars behind will do likewise. But the man ahead will keep on, thus leaving an opening for that’reck- less cuss to slip into safety. T'Il just do the right thing and maybe he'll realize he has done the opposite.” Noisy Accessories. Much of the noise that comes from an old engine can be attributed to the water pump, generator, distributor and_ other aecessories to the enginc. If the engine is to be overhauled, a few dollars’ worth of parts to replace worn parts of these accessories Is invariably a valuable but often neg- lected investment. The 0ld Mechanic Says: These mysterious auto ailments wouldn’t be so mysterious if some of you car owners would have a little better memory. It gets me the way vou clean forget all about the time you caused the trouble. Brown brought his car in the other day and took about an hour of my time tellin’ me how he couldn’t begin to understand what ailed it He seemed to have forgotten all about the time he forced the car into some job it wasn't built for. Workin’ in the dark, of course, I was handi- capped. If 1 could follow these drivers it would be an easy matter for me to put my finger right on the trouble when they came in here with some complaint. Take that chap over there. He's goin’ to have a fine set of choked up cylinders the way he's keepin' that~ crankcase overloaded with oil. , I'll know exactly where *o look for the trouble and what to do when he comes in here some day with a long face. But thatll be a matter of luck. I can't follow ‘em all. I try to help em out, however, by in’ ’em to try to remember what they might have done to put the car the blink. Sometimes it helps. Most of the time they don't seem to think that any peevious bad treat- ment of the car could have anything to_do with it Now and again I find a chap who puts his memory to good use. When I was tryin’ to locate the reason for queer actin’ of an oil gauge on one car the other day the owner up and admitted that when he raced the engine in startin’ the other morning he heard a noise like something cracking. That settled it. 1 didn't waste any more time—and his money —lookin". Just got out the tools and started work replacing his broken oil pump. Two Touring Tips. If driving a2 new car of popular make and leaving it overnight in a public garage, unlocked, be sure to make a note of the mileage. A lot of new cars look so much alike that when they are moved about the ga- rage their owners have difficulty tell. § N N N N may have in mind. YOU MORE IN PERSON! BUNGALOWS 2 2 e L L L e 22T e 27 7T, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C., JULY 27, 1924_—PART 3. l ing them apart in the morning. One tourist tells of having had some kind triend give him five gallons of gas by mistake. One isn’t always quite 8o fortunate, however. If it becomes necessary to burn the lights when on tour as a precaution against overheating the battery the spotlight can be used to good ad- vantage without leading other people on the road to suspect that you have turned your lights on by mistake. Point the spotlight downward. Often a tonneau light can be used as a “waster” by inserting one of the spare 21-candlepower bulbs. Avoid using the tail light, since this is likely to be mistaken for a perma- nent warning from a stop light. * More About Balloons. As time rolls on and balloon tires begin rolling off the miles, motorists, manufacturers and tire makers are coming to know more about them Also the tire repairers. And the me who are having the experience are ready to offer a few conclusions. Some of these may guide the car buyer in deciding what sort of tires to put on his new machine. They are: The six-ply balloon is more prac- tical than the four, though sacrific- ing extreme ocomfort. Semi-balloons in four-ply are not strong enough to withstand ‘striking sharp obstructions and carry too much air to enable the side walls to yield to obstructions as in the casc of true balloons. Unless properly reinforced at the beading semi-balloons may rim cut. Spring controlling devices are required for satisfactory results from all balloons. Medium-weight cars allow an ann ing wall action in four-ply balloon Balloons will be built stronger in the future and will become standard even if they continue to use more gas, for they are safer. Touring Days and Daze. Touring may take one out over the broad expanse of the open ocountry, far from the maddening trafc, but it has its little dangers nevertheless. One of these is known as touring daze, a sort of stupidity that comes over a driver after he has driven a hundred miles or so without being obliged to use his wits. When he enters a town he proceeds at his touring gait and with the same di; regard for details. If he is fortu- nate something in the way of a near- accident will bring him out of his stupor before something serious ha in reality, a form of stupor. . the motion of the ca the lights on the roads cast sun through rifts in the dense foliage of the mountain country combine to dull the driver's sensibilities to a point where he thinks he is acting with trigger alertness if he stops in time to avoid hitting a car that turns into the road 500 feet ahead. He would contribute much to the safety of touring if he would stop the car, stretch and start off with sharpened wits when entering towns that are at the fag end of the trip. Hint for Traffic Cop. There is an idea in the traflic signal system now generally used in New York City that should be included in the customary handling of th =top- go” sign. In the tower sigmaling system it is customary to flash a red light when there is to be a_change in the direction of traffic. This acts as a warning, and not only speeds up traffic, but avoids the necessity stepping on the brakes. Chanses are more gradual. In the “stop-go’ Sign sys- tem the change is much too abrupt for traffic. 1t might be solved by holding the sign in a half-way posi- tion for a half minute whenever changing direction Two Parking Pointers. Store show windows can be stance when *making” Money Loaned on Automobiles 6 NTEREST M. A. DEMPF 1840 14th St. N.W. of or and | by the leaving & parking space. If youll look into the glass at your right you will be able to see tho space be- tween the back of your car and the machine in bsck of it just as you would were you standing on the sidewalk. This obviates the neces- sity of asking passengers in the car whether you have room to back a little further, or of taking a chance if you are alone. Try it the next time you are driving downtown. It the gears are to be used to hold the car when parking, always set the emergency brake too. When the gears are left in second or reverse the ~driver frequently forgets to shift to neutral before cranking. This may mean a forward lurch when the starter is used, with un- pleasant possibilities. If the emer- gency brake is set the starter will not be able to move the car. In re- leasing the emergency tfe driver is much more likely to shift to neutral. Lessons From Accident: What was generally regarded as a freak accident occurred recently in an eastern town. Somehow or other (the driver himself is not certain) the electric starter began pulling the car when in gear, and the result was that driver, car and all went through the side of a bridge and into a stream 25 fcet below. By some happy chance the driver escaped without a scratch, but unfortunately he does not seem to have any theory as to why he should have permitted such a thing to happen. He claims that he knew how to drive a car before tackling this new one, but the facts would seem to indicate that he was still a little hazy about the func- tion of the brakes. The lesson in accidents of this nature is the utter need for a more intimate acquaint- ance with the meaning of the car's control before becoming acquainted with the results. Observations. Now that investigations have re- vealed the exact cost of making gasoline, a matter which is said to have baflled legislators, the next step is to tackle the problem of find- ing the exact cost of wasting it. A statement shows that of 73,000 automobiles inspected in New York City last year 13,000 were defective. Fines were imposed on 2,000 drivers, but the statement fails to add that the fate of a lar number of the re- maining 11,000 will be found among the automobile accident and fatality statistics. When they start blaming the anto- mobile for much of the crime that flourishes these days, that is the logical time to remind them of the inestimable value of the automobila in aiding In the capture of these lawbreakers. 1f the operation of an antomobile | were so simple that one touch of a button would make it go and another touch make it stop some people would inslst upon ringing for ice water. (Copyright, 1924 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL RIMS FOR ALL WHEELS The Rebablo Sire Nesen SERVICE 1IRE 1336 14th St. N.W. you like to own It’s the Chevy Chase type—the design which we have created to meet the most exacting demands— it is just one of the scores of NEAT-APPEARING GARAGES which we have to offer, as well as being able to carry out any building plans or design you Think of These Low Terms! These are our lowest terms—and you will perhaps query the fact that it is possible to own a garage in a short time with payments in most instances less than you would pay to rent a similar building. WE WOULD LIKE TO TELL Our Experts Will Be Pleased to Call! GARAGES WASHINGTON CONSTRUCTION CO. Phone M. 7984 Room 1210, Continental Trust Building ment tax. AUTO IMPOUNDING LAW IS OPPOSED Dealers Claim Such Statute Would Suggest Car Itself Was Guilty. Sharp condemnation of the Nat- ional Automobile Chamber of Com- merce, the national manufacturers' organization, for advocating and pub- licly distributing coples of a motor vehicle impounding law are contained in a communication addressed to the manufacturers by C. A. Vane, general manager of the National Automobile Dealers’ Association, through the as- soclation’s representative on the Mo- tor Vehicle Conference Commlittee, Maj, Harry L. Stratton of New York. The Motor Vehicle Conference Com. mittee is composed of representa. tives of the manufacturers, the deal- ers, the Rubber Assicoation of Amer- ica, the Traller Manufacturers' As- sociation, the Motor and Accessory Manufacturers' ~Association and the American Automobile Association. The law suggested scizure of the vehicle and prohibition of its use where the owner has been convicted of reckless driving. In his denunciation of the proposed tmpounding law Mr, Vane declares: “The last people in the world to advocate a motor vehicle impound- ing law “should be the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. The next to the last should be the dealers. 1 can’t imagine how the idea was ever sold to the N. A. C. 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The legal significance of such a_classification is_appalling to contemplate. “We have no objection to any motor vehicle law that secks to place .re- sponsibility where It belongs, namely, with the reckless driver. We conce. the power of the state to deprive any owner of his right to drive a ‘motor car where his driving is a menace to public safty, but to im- pound the car is to effect dam nation of the vehicle and exoneration for the drive The Dealers’ Asgsociation advised the Motor Vehicie Conference Com- mitteo also that its membership is absolutely opposed to compulgory automobile liability Insurance. on the ground that it places a burden on the motor-owning public out of all proportion it proposes to confer; that it is a move toward state soclalism in that such insurance advocates are univer sally advocating state ins bureaus requiring such insura be written with the e and cluding private companies from auto- mobile insurance, because it is mak- ing more than 90 per cent of the owners of motor vchicles (the care- ful drivers) and_the financially frresponsibl m As EBONITE "Strings™ 1o a Stick, Around the Gears SAVE REPAIR BILLS That's why EBONITE protection is so vital to the proper operation of your motor car or truck. 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