Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1924, Page 47

OTORS a Road and Hotel Service Adds ¥ To Pleasure of Motor Tourists Big Building Program Makes Possible Travel on Land by First, Second Or Third Class. BY WILLIAM ULLMAN, Motordom promises much in way of special conveniences for the motor tourist this Fall, srding to | Ships latest reports on road, hotel, serviee | that must travel third class ove conditions throughout | American hixhways or that prefers Particular attention is] AR expenditure of a half billion dd called to the fact that never|!ars for new hotels this vear is assur- has it been so easy for the| h to the traveler who pre-| to reach the ideal touring|Ters to journey first class that the of the country, a condition | trunk-line and resort hotels will be expected to stimulate more | UD to their usual high standard this | season, | For the family that trav . there has been deve Iside lodiing h many | ering very satisfactory ac- | r those who do not| st or who may feel would benefit by apportion- their vacation budget for stopovers. is the great develop- | public camp, where for a nominal sum the motorist and his family can camp under conditions that inate much of the primitive with-| crificing the thrill of being out- | | travel is dividing itself logically into | the | three e at on the order of ace though with no har niences for the f: and camping the country being before motoris s second | ires en route. ped @ sys- the hotel building bo elopment of trunk-line through Federal aid, it is now pc ble for many vacationists to cover|dema greater distances throush heav ha traveled sections of the country, ar riving at their destinations in ti to have more opportunity to Heretofore thousands of vac have had to be content with camping nearer home. Hotel building i cities on m: nd Finally, ment of the motor establishing the campir event of wewther. | ore people wosld camp by | cept for the fact that this| Still new to them. They will | © d to try it, now that|S$ w hotels have opened cince this will offer them that they will have the hotels to fall back on if their plans do not work out as anticipated More Tranxcontinental Tours. | ' It means that more western motor- ists will be able to cross the continent | and tour th [; Where roac accommodations poor motori: tour their own ction of the or endure man attempt to ext More people fr. the country ar. England and camp out during Au and Septemt The will be available to mor eople from | middle West than ever before, outh is expected to bring to the North in their cars and with their camping regalia Similarly the Middle West is ex-| pected to nd many vacationists 1o the far-famed Columbia River high- w while t ational parks, i cluding Mount 1 o3 er Lak Where the his vacation f the sky than th picks out a public ca of his vacation. i the growing beauty of the | Through the development of | various systems it is becoming | Lle to tour any way you d Whether you make your stopovers most inexpensiv s or the public camps. u buy a special car, a | lio set and the latest in| ent, You can enj us much or as liitle can go your way i ¢ inst ‘nds m canol under | man | p each| | the who trail lom is undoubtedly At improvement in cars. the tour was def by endurance while wh A the | ally | knowing t to be f the Fopular D it are for ntribution of the timulation of tourin however, und in its ab to offer greater d speed. The Yellowstone ed farther from Dallas, S; cisco, S mited rounds ime owing hing these na b v motorists 2 fond of camping in the great outdoors do not relish the idea of camping en route to their a . preferring to| have a good night's rest in a com- | fortable hotel bed in order to relieve | the fatigu of long-distance main highway tr: ling. An interesting development in mo- tor touring is t ct that motor g motor fe a zood | By increas- ach of | brought when miles an hour W verag 1 for a trip. ing the averuge to 2 the nation’s vacation spots that much nearer. Owing to banking of curv inz of hie and mechan widen- 1 im- that can -not fail to | outing. and | le the now and the g . Atlanta or New York | of evernight a timist to say that this tou THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, nd. N ?77‘,"{‘/. P A P ettt G Y e {;l/.'fi‘?' i ; ¢ 7 & Z V@g/ e ) (VL7 RSN ase Auto Wheels Should themselves are avail- less danger, the opportunity twice as far in the vim for his annual motor in the cars travel sted to All those factors have made poss popular week rowded m ssary for th to confine his ks of his an g be turned into thanks to the v the perfected auto development and choic commodations With such s 11 conveniences one not have to be much of an op- ng season ceptional value to the merican people who be- to travel. cular nee 1921.) © type of disc wheel, for Instance, with it In cl wheels hoosing the proper of for vour car it ix unw e's opinion that one ajority of ad its advant: and if you best_type o should do ing to select the for your car wheel | t ions E e that it pa (Cop: To Meet Needs of Individuals Ouner, in Making Selection, Should Not Be Swayed | By Arguments on Utility Advanced by Others. jdoes not use a demountable rim, Lo | cha nsider | w from’ vour car me and v D. C, AUGUST 17, 1924—PART 3. o P e BN i §-2-3 than a wheel, favor of a demountable rim type. The same thing applies to wheels, and it should be remembere that sometimes easier quicker to change a a rim. particular requiremen Whether your wire, “steel detérmined boints in favor Be Chosen sh i You of each tion the in th To make a spring of a given siz get a bolt of that size and pl a vise. Secure the end of the sprin wire to the head of the bolt and wi the wire in_ the After the desired has been thus mad 1ges to the being made by itself. e spare complete wheel amount of If getting um mileage the bolt can ¥ coil 1 u would rather ct « Tim | be stretched to the > Vo et ¢ RG] you should decide in wire and whole wheel than This feature may meet your ould be I 1ignt of your own particular require- ments. | PLAN FOR MAKING A SPRING. | it in nd this can 11 Mile Cost Held Vital Factor In Modern Day Car Ownership Matter of Expense in Motor Travel Be- coming More and More Important in Purchases. BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. What does it cost you to *“roll” your car? Enough motorists are getting down to business on car ownersh d the matter of mile co: E actor. It becoming mor. more important to know how much ft costs to travel each mile than to know what the car i1s for, how much gas it consum and what the repair bills are, because the mile cost tells the whole story of ownership. If a motorist sho! high mile cost for a low-priced car, he is either careless in owning 1t or H6 has they can be found. Gas purch made a truly economical pure {and supplies are obtained fro: the If he gets an unusually low mile cost | fonthly garage bill, while transpor- he | tation i incurred in ded by most business alue of knowing Iot of money to make it live out its allotted years of what you call ‘ac- tive' service?* This is all par consideration casily as the g Jitem. All the mote fizure in the bills h t of d c itically record the depreciation nd above the annual “rental™® vehicle itself. It is easy enouzh to keep repair bills on file. Some owners are |clined to hide them, but generally ms justified in acrificing ine. Perhaps his car has | a plaything and not a real It to him. hat service Cost of “Rolling” Important, Every motorist can profit by find- ing out how much it costs him to roll | | his car. There reasons, however, | why many people hes to fisure things out, and not the t of these | is the matter of depre | car own figure this | horse.” and giye up before | For all practical purposes depr | tion can be figured on a very | basis. In purchasing yourau {vou can ascertain, for whether you are acquiring a one, tw fiv seven or ten year ., then, should be your bas culation. If you are buying a ca to la the average ow vears and the delivered s $1,000, vou spending $200 ar for ownership of the car itself. | sense, you might term this dd: “Of course, thi depreciation and re- i ends” Figure in s that is in any way a part of keeping the car in service, inciud- ing the cost of the car itself and all incidentals it involves. pairs and odds everythi Should Include Storage in Cost. S should be included in the " cost, even though it is a habit with many people to leave it The storage of the car is part operating cost. If you don't shelter it will get rusty You'll have to have it rep: Its radiator may instance, in he end of and pig the car vou are merely protection that helps le, just as you fill u morning to help poltsh for it looking decent. the day when to trade in for 4 a reduction f use of your t of owning to be confused. passed the period of will contine to give to some on to nurse them alone reach this point thes on price only out of Your car, the etaoi ctao shr emf emfwvbgk One Avenue of Expense. who keeps his car a num- e d spreads out his mile- The ave | ing this point, ;| suppose 1 neglect it repainted? 1 an who_trie: out of h 1o expe the obvious result of tin v Sixth P Hydro-Electric Power Plant at the Twin Cities Plant of the Ford Motor Company, St. Paul, Misnesota VITAL RESOURCES 0 market fluctuations affect the Ford Motor Company’s ma- terials, resources, men or machines. ahey are free from outside manipu- tion. 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