Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1925, Page 79

. Highu‘ay System Big Factor In Increa.sing oS Homogeneity Roads Are Good Investment in Neigh- s and Mutual Understanding, Expert Says. borline. Federa system 1s making fo affordin te P ficance ous na offer sig ears ties. When the pr 1 thorized road completed, e more will e to a the has be n both Tiapin, chair- committee of ¥» Chamber of political explained b D nan of the highws the activ represent estment in neighbor putual understand funds for discussed by Mr, n raising Gets Greatest Benefit. Tt is recognize states, car user gets a more ir aproved highways class of the cor fact that than ity any othe It Iso a is 1 that ques re the Invest- taxes ted lle on Ak War Tax Removal. > Federal excise taxe however. easure levied on this and other industries and in all fund, and as the matter & them on warrant for lev the of road appropriation “The reason for the Federal Gov- crnment enternig into highway struction, moreover, is given in Pres- ent Coolldge’s message to Congress December 6 . in which he said ‘No expenditure of public money contributes so much to the national wealth as for building good roads.’ When we come to the considera- tion of how the States and local groups must raise their taxes, we find that this general pri favored ¢ the motor grou basis ple is clrcumstances re the bur- den the motorist is r tuly great, where maintenance funds have heen properly provided for and where general funds are not available, it y be regarded as equitable to have the surplus of motor vehicle fees de- voted to actual construction work Method Not Settled. “In addition to the matter of who shall bear the tax, we are faced with the question of what the wisest way to go about financing highways, whether it should be by bond issues @nd how much should be &pent an- nually for these purposes ‘In order to have a safe guide for the financing of highways, the follow- fng principles have been outlined by eareful students of highway finance ds is of | | nua | would overburden either property or the | | be as nearly u | the State shall be 1. The highway total ate ted budget defined annual expenditures in highway purposes nual highway budget should to the relative needs for purposes ad should be improved by diture of public funds In excess ng capacity. The return to the ic in the form of economic tation is the sole measure of he justification for the degree of im- G ne other transpc 3. Broad surveys made by the tes Bureau of Public Roads | ermined conclusively that to 60 per cent of the aver- n construction permanent improve- ding, dralning, ering and rights of the aining cost, all but rcentage of the surface can in_veconstruction and a definite addition to the Gommunity cding From = e studies wppears that highway bond are justified where the “pay- as-vou-go” plan does not promptly the highways economically and where adequate en- and economic control ave d from 40 led ures engl sary, assured Uniformity Prevented. s of highway development in the prevents the adoption may be set forth bonds to defer that portion of the an- charge for construction which i user. b) States tion prog can in the main construction from izing bond issue cost of special projects States where original construc- largely completed are con- chiefly with maintenance and d should depend on ave in cases of emer- ro where original construc- are weil under way finance normal new current funds funds to defl tion is States highway bond Issues should be serial in form and should mature over a period not exceeding thirty years. Highway bords issued by polit- subdivision of a state should be serial in form and should mature over a period not exceeding twenty years Pleads for Uniformity. “s. Serial maturities ranged 60 that the ments of principal and interest form as practicable Sound public financing requires that where motor vehicle or other | special levies are allocated to defray the costs of state highway bond is- | sues the full taxing power also of authorized to guar antee principal and interest in event | of failure of such special to provide sufficient revenue. “We now have 455.000 miles of sur- faced highways. Every ten years the total, including coi roads, will be around 800,000 miles, which will constitute a marvelous basic system excelling that of any nation in the world. “In contemplating this investment we may realize its value to us by re- calling that Julius Caesar, probably the greatest figure in the history of Rome, built the success of that em- pire on a system of highways which are in use even today “We do well also to remember the experience of England, which has founded its international system of ommunication on the groundwork which the Roman invasion laid down “In view of the enormous extent of this country, totaling 3,000,000 square miles, there is no other public work which is more deserving of our at- | hundreds of feet | Fraser tention.” THE SUNDAY TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUARY 25 5—PART 7. - CARS OF COMFORT TO COMBAT inte Claire Eight Sedan. What the Visitor May See at the Show The observing visitor at the automobile show will see, among other things, Duco., Valenite, Egyptian, Zapon and lacquer fin: ishes; air cleaners, oil puri fuel and oil rectifiers, Swan mani- folds, pressed steel wheels, pol- ished airplane metal trimmings, hydraulic four-wheel brakes, me- chanical four-wheel brakes, coaches, Duplex bodies. Low-priced, high-grade, five-pas- senger sedans; a variety of straight-eights, Fisher VV wind- shields, two-tone paint jobs, con- trolled headlights, labor-saving devices among accessories, heat indicators and thermostats. Canadians Plan Auto Road From Coast to Coast Hazardous Path-Finding Trip Opens New Play- ground for Tourists. A new and vast playground, called more beautiful by many than the most beautiful sections of the Swiss Alps, may be opened to American mo- torists as a result of the hazardous path-finding trip which Austin F. Be- | ment, secretary of the Lincoln High- way Association, made across Canada recently Bement's trip, the first ever made across the Dominion in an automobile, was widely heralded. For 63 miles of the distance he drove his official car over the tles of the Canadian N tional railroad. This was through the Fraser River canyon between Lytten and Hope, B. C., a section of the proposed transcontinental route which no automobile ever before had been able to negotiate. Seventeen tunnels and 150 trestles, some of them above the roaring River, had to be negotiated. It was the most severe test for man and car through which any motorist ever passed successfully. Bement proved that a way could be won by motor car through the passes of the Sierras which previously had been considered impassable to motor- Following his record-breaking the Canadian Northwest has awakened to the possibilities for de- velopment of the country through roads that will invite American tourists. Almost with the arrival of the Lin- coln Highway Assoclation’s car in Vancouver, Bement's objective, clam- or for a coast-to-coast highway In Canada, rivaling the Lincoln high- way In the United States, started. Be- ment added impetus to the movement by speeches in a number of towns and sities in the Canadian Northwest in which he relgted the story of the Lincoln highway and told of the comparative ease with which a mod- ern highway could be built through the mountains. ONLY PACKARD CAN BUILD A PACKARD At the head of the stairs at the Show. ' QUALITY CARS AT LOWER PRICES It is interesting to note that the remarkable recently announced on all enclosed models of were made in the midst of one of the most pi revisions Packard Six us years the Packard Motor Car Company has ever enjoy g The Revised Prices, at Detroit Five Passenger Sedan Seven Passenger Sedan - ($790 reduction) (8840 reduction) Five Passenger Sedan Limousine (8640 reduction) Seven Passenger Sedan Limousine Four Passenger Coupe Five Passenger Coupe Many will to the sli (8790 reduction) ($690 reductior (8765 reduction) ly. Connecticut at S - $2585 2785 2785 2885 2585 2685 k how such unusual price reductions can be made without test extent sacrificing anything in the car—beauty of line, per- fection of finish or quality in either chassis or bod: PACKARD THE SIX MAN W H O W OWNS ONE Pleasure and Service From Car Due to Clubs, Says A. A. A. Head Motorists Associations Supplementing Work of Manufacturers Brings Auto Efficiency, He Declares. WINTRY WINDS tra at vas probably Motoring pleasure is commensurate demonstration with motor club strength, in the|Square Garden opinion of Thomas P. Henry, presl-|surest way to enjoy a car dent of the American Automobile As “One speculates, in contemplating soclation. Without good roads, re-|this almost unbelievable picture of a liable signposts, touring service and[ past that was but yesterday, as other mnecessary aids—all which [ what the outcome of the first. anr have been fostered and developed by ad there t the American Automobile Assocla- | roads for automobile tion and its affiliated clubs—travel by | travel over, well marked routes, serv motor would be still a dream and the | ico in every recognized point of im development of the automobile would | portance and all the advantages which be in its (nfancy the progressive car owner of today The history of the has come to expect as a fundamental parallels that of the zutomobile in-|of his motoring. And one cannot help dustry, Mr, Henry points out, and|appreclating the fact that the organ when that organization was formed in | ization of the American Automobils 1902 1t foilowed none too closely upon Association in 1902 followed the de the advent of the motor vehicle as a( velopment of the American autemo- popular means of transportatic bile none too soon. Recalling the first annual aut CTab ANCaRtaE Aubo: bile show, in 1900, Mr. He s s . “For some years A A was In a state of infanc lowed the great ga the automo- s B bile’s popularity or th great of sl Sl fort, but there was me a time ther 2 i when, because it was backed b foremost car owners of t the assocfation was to ru the automoblle, paving the way the motoring of the future “There {s no better example of t than the passage of the Federal aid bill, which was accomplished through the untiring efforts of the A Batchelder, noted good roads advocats and perhaps the outstanding pers: ality in the crowded history of the A. A. A. Here was the A. A. A. at tempting to urge the building of roads the omobile already bought 1ight be more useful to its owne and here was the A. A. A. succeedin In interesting the Federal Governmer in building for a future road demand from the future millions of car own- ers. \adison the ‘What the Visitor Won’t See at the Show The observing visitor at the automobile show will not see freak engineering principles, drab bodies, pre-war models, prospects for old cars, knockers, expensive fads, the perfect automobile, saleswomen, kerosene carbure- tors, superchargers, cars that do 40 miles to the gallon, untried models. Straight-sixteens, one-way aisles, boasters, kidders, useless equip- ment, cars that require no care, air-driven machines, a lethargic crowd, unpleasant demonstrators, the car he does not want to buy, an uninteresting show. A. A A closely remely e adays, but at the at Madi- mystery | club mem- to the ber. modern automobile Stearns-Knight Blg Six Sedun. —_—e— “ELBOW GREASE’ NEEDED. TESTING SPARK PLUGS. The trouble with motorists | When there is difficulty is testing who endeavor to restore the original | the spark plugs by the “shorting” luster to their dull cars Is that they | method, call a neighbor to assist you overlook the main ingredient in any | and use several screwdrivers at the good polish—elbow grease. It is the | same time. With two cylinders of a only thing that the owner must sup- | six or an eight cylinder engine “cut ply if he is to get proper results. It|out” at the same time, it is very easy is always emphasized in the direc-|to note whether the cutting out of a tions. “Rub, rub, rub! And then rub | third cylinder makes any appreclable some more.” No polish is any better | differe If there is no aifference, than the elbow grease the owner |the last plug “cut out” is the gullty adds to it. one. Cites Early Instance. “It se there wer ms that at the pioneer shov not enough models to pver the floor space, so a flat oval track was bullt around the displa ostensibly for the purpore of trying | » cars. Looking back at this, s that this reason was largely camouflage, for the tr now USINE| .y that there fleets of cars to Suggest the possibility | tea, l',)‘;,‘,v‘_“,r‘ an automobile ; of their being able to advise the aver- | trustworthy slgnpost touring age car buyer just what makes of cars| sarvice and no one but the st are the best and the least expensive to ter to help one in event of trov operate. But investigation of costs with | “Twenty-five years ago we w one company revealed the fact that the | officially offercd the automobile, but driver still tells the story. The cars|the automobile club had not been dis- were of sccondary Importance covered. It ls quite apparent that the most is Still Mind Over Motor. Enough corporations ar A large part PRICES of the time, how y Page.) EW models—record-breaking sales and pro- duction—have madeit possible for Studebaker to reduce prices without lowering quality. Think twice before buying any car upon which reductions may soon be announced. Think twice before buying any car that has reduced its quality along with its price. Insist upon knowing all the facts about any - car you’re ideri REDUCED Prices on All Closed Models STANDARD SIX SPECIAL SIX Country Club Coupe $1345 Victoria . . $1895 Coupe . 1445 Sedan . 1985 Sedan 2575 Sedan . 1545 AN prices §. 0. b. factory Berline . 2650 At the Automobile Show and at our Showroom JOSEPH McREYNOLDS Commercial Auto and Supply Co., 14th and R Sts. STUDEBAKER T H:LS 18 A STUDEBAKER YEAR . 3 BIG SIX Coupe . .$2450 . . . . . . . . . . .