Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1925, Page 82

Unusual Year of Development Recorded for Motor Trucks Spirit of Co-Operat Transportation ion Between Various Agencies Has Worked Many Advantages. truck production In 1924 approximately 370,000 the largest years in the e industry. With the banner year, were made in the st year was the 1 point of production. developments, however, in mqtor truck a s shment. neratpd: using 2,500 busses; many inde ndent operators were successfu saged in _city and interurban bus ortation; the taxicab Industry a sound footing with large as well as domestic trade; the 1 Maine ¥ h the adoptio large Ameri rding to a report nd bus inc W indso America Still on Top. miles § ride by rail- ng to pay fon of motor s of all other to own ex- pose frc expe which uring th ich extra equipment for spe- or groups has added to the -profits of motor coach operation In any localities. “xpect to Supplant Trolley. industry that the perhaps ever, 1 tho mass trans- note that this manuf creas v head ack or wires be- | yme g increasin tal expendit Parallel Lines Increasing. “Another field into which more and , trolley companies are going is of motor bu = llel to T eat-for- fare higher r trolley service ¢ railroad atronage forr to the owners ger biles, wWho now rubber and egainiing 1 not use the t rhat 1d exis tor o C of their to realize, al- here exist that trolley field. willingly ad- desirabllity of setting up eading to the rail heads, to into 5 ies that con- demand for i has establishe Spol 1, wh ckets good fo s by elther rail » raiiroad which rvice and has co which it s the which @ short- am (Mass.) 1s the or bus Ashburn! Would Substitute Trucks. lines would wil n many it not al «4n- considerable full t business would be seri- apped. To this argument 1d Maine Railroad replies h do motor | |in effect that the railroad cannot afford literally to help subsidize busi- ness enterprise thus situated, that its duty to its stockholders demands that its business be run at a profit, and that where permission from the proper authorities can be obtatned, it proposes to drop branch line opera- tion which Is annually plling up heavy red ink charges against the rest of the system. “Of the motor truck itself it may be said that its production during the past year has kept up in ratio with general business conditions, reflecting during the Fall months the optimism prevalent in business circles. The great bulk of motor trucks is ab- sorbed by private industry, rather than in the strictly haulage fleld, whether by common carrier com- es or by those doing business on ract basis. s in the motor bus fleld the most important development of the year has been the great expansion in the se of busses by street railway com- | panies, so in the motor truck field the | most notablé feature has been the z attitude of the steam rail- ard the motor truck, which accompanied by a good deal rimentation by the Railroads Using Trucks. »mpiled by the Na- Chamber of Co the Fall of nited States ytor trucks 4 that 21 railroads are 1ly invest the quipmen adding to prese Mea . s ext y signifi- cant that the Pennsylvar d New 1 railroads, which began trucks to replace lc.l ns in 1923, considerably equipment. e Pennsyl- i@ now operate about 30 motor uck units, almost all of them in- lving the use of at least two motor trucks, while the New York Central > uses about the same number of rucks. In the cases of both these all truck service is provided ract basis, the cither own ks, outstand & nor operating events during d to the that th and the rafl are corolla and mutually beneficial her than com- ting agencies. The first was the transportation conference Wash- gton early January, retar: the Department of Commere o-operation of the United Chamber of | Commerce. At conference a | special committee containing motor | truck leaders and raflroad officials reported the results of their studies upon ‘The Relation of Highway Transport to Other Transportation Facilities’ and this report was adopted by the conference. Among ts in ¢ usions were the Co-operation Best Policy. The best interests of the and the rail riers lie in various agencies o | rather than in w public water and motor car- co-operation between the transportation steful competition *‘The greatest opportunity for co- | operation is at the points where the | capacity of the railroads is most | limited” and expansion is most dif- and costly; that is, in the ter- 1 areas of our great cities, Store-door dellvery by motor truck, which would relieve conges- tion In these termin reas and greatly increase the capacity of the freight stations, is undoubtedly the greatest contribution which can made to the golution of the te problem “‘Organized motor also relieve the ous forms nsport can railroads of vari- of uneconos service, such as trap-car s switching between local s s and short- haul shipments within the terminal rea. This will reduce yard con- gestion and releaso many cars for more profitable line haul. Should Be Supplemental. Outside of the terminal areas distance zones, varying nt locallties and for dif- ferent commodities, In which one typs of carrier, the motor for short haul and the rallway (or waterway) for long haul, is clearly more cconomical than the other, and in- termediats zones in which com- petition fs inevitable. The motor { vehicle also has a wide fleld where | there 18 no other agency available. | Motor trucks and busses should be | used to supplement the facilitles of | existing common carrler. | ~“'Passenger bus transport should |be so regulated as to securs the best service to the public, certificates of public convenience and necessity | as already required in many states being a useful means of insur- ing reliable and continuous ser: ice. Rall lines can often ad- vantageously extend or supplement their service by bus lines, and in States where this is now prohibited | such restrictions should be abolished. ‘Regulation of traffic and of alze, welght and speed of motor vehicles by States and municipalities having control should be made more uni- form within States as between tates. Regulation of the common- | carrier operations of motor vehicles, including rate regulation, should be | handled " by the Federal or State authorities, under the commissions | which now control the operations of rail and water carriers.’ | Forming New England Council. community where competition is troublesome the lessons learned at the ‘Washington conference, the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce | eponsored a ‘New England Motor Transport Conference,’ which was held at Boston on December $ and 3. Some four hundred rallroad men, trolley officials, motor truck and motor bus users and representatives of the public present agreed in formal olutions that a permanent New 1gland Transportation Councl should be set up, and passed a num- ber of resolutlons, including the fol- | lowing: “‘The motor truck interests in the steam | railroad | “In an attempt to bring home to a | DAY STAR, THREE TRAFFIC TRICKS. Headlights Should Be Switched Of ‘When Signaling Officer. ‘When slowing down in traffic shift to second before stopping. Acts as a brake, enables you to run slow with- out danger of stalling and gives you the advantage when trafiic picks up again. When signaling to an officer at night never have the headlights on. If you blind him how can he see your signal? In turning a right hand corner it is equally important to watch the on- coming traffic, for in order to clear the projecting apex of the curbs you must sometimes swing the front end of the car into the path of oncoming traffic. several localities of heaviest traflic should appoint committees to act with similar committees appointed by the rallroads to make a com- prehensive and unblased study of the problem. “ ‘Unregulated operation of common carrier motors can only adversely af- fect the public right to uninter- rupted, dependable - and efficient transportation. It {s unfair also to those agencles which are regulated and to the existing motor carrier operators themselves whose service to the public cannot best ba main- tained if it is subjected to a constant, wasteful attack from “fly-by-night” and financially irresponsible opera- tors, Should Be Regulated. “‘Regulation of the common carrier motor should be vested in a State authority charged with the task of providing the public with the trai portation which it requires. It should | be 8o regulated as to secure the best service to the public. To Insure continuity and reliability of service, sound financial organization should be | | ate control over motor common carrlers should be | placed in existing commissions of the various States. pre-requisite to the operation icle common carrfer, | er thereof should be obliged [0 receive a certl te of pub- lic convenience and necessity pro- vided that s in bonafide opera- tion on the t calendar day of the legislative sesslon at which the Jaw is séd shall be presumed to be in ssary to public convenience and necessity, and such lin in the ab- | wénce of evidence overcoming | presumption, shall receive a certifi cate for routes established by them. *‘B—To take out Mability insurance | adequate to indemnily injuries to per- sons or passengers or damage to prop- and cargo resu g from negli- fon. { tion should be enacted en- abling steam railroads, trolleys, shipping | companies and other public utilities to | operate motor vehicles | with their regular lines Seek Uniform State Statutes. { “‘It {s recommended that the public! thorities of the several New England tes charged with common carrier | resulation join in the formulation of uniform State statutes for legislative | consideration in order to place these | motor carriers under reasonable con- ftrol “Mechanical {mprovement of the com- | mercial motor vehicle continued to ab- {sorb the attention of engineers during the past year. Some of the leading de- velopments in this field may be listed as follows “Efforts to obtain increased power for celeration Introduction of mechanical devices to save time or expense, such as fmproved traflers and semi-tralers, demountable bodies, etc. “Development of six-wheeled vehicles with & third axle, both in motor truck | and motor bus design. | “Greater use of pneumatic tires and other shock absorbing devices on heavy trucks. “New developments in low hung chas- sis and other refinements of the ‘motor coach,’ s used for long distance, inter- city travel. Lack of Understanding Hampers. “One of the drawbacks in the success- | tul operation of the commercial motor vehicle has been the apparent lack of understanding of how to keep cost rec- ords, to allow for depreciation and prop- erly undertaks maintenance for th truck. There has also been a tendency | for the users of the passenger car, the | motor truck and the motor bus to act | separately with each other, which has |in many instances created public mis- | understanding of legislative programs | “Largely to help remedy these condl- tlons, the American Automobile Asso- clation, hitherto comprising membership exclusively limited to owners of passen- ger cars, has during the past year an- nounced a program for estabilshing national motor truck and motor bus | aivistons, to be composed of State sfons embracing for the most part exist- | ing State truck and bus organtzations, “In this program, the American Auto- {mobile Association has the backing of |the Natlonal Automobile Chamber of mnterce. It is & program which should eventually unify owners of moter | ¥ehicles all over the country, who have |by far much more tn common than many | of them have sometimes realized. The | expansion of the American Automobile | Association is & progressive development. Which should have a most helpful ef- fect for many years to come upon the evolution of motor transportation in the United States.” . i WASHINGTO. TYPES OF CARS Willys-Knight Six Sedan. FEARS ARE ALLAYED. Four-Wheel Brake Freezing Minimized. ting owners Trouble by one of the latest has to do with put- brake oquipped cars In a state of anxiety by warning them against the possi- bility of having slush freeze on the front brake assembly, a sharper and perhaps unexpected There are arguments against every |brake action at the front feature of automobile progress, and |car. four-wheel MAKING FIRST APPEARANCE thus causing end of the It Is quite possible to predict Overland Six De Luxe Sedan. conditions under which the brakes might become frozen, but if you drive as carefully as you would when your two-wheel brakes had done the same you would be actually safer. KEEP THIS IN MIND. The complete skip of the ignition is | a warning that the breaker points need attention. When one spark plug has gone bad skipping wiil be but Be prepared to expect any move- ment from the man on foot. [US I Sugiquits reealas NOTES ON ENGINE POWER. Reason for Increase When Gas Is Irregularly Applied. Perhaps you have noticed that the engine wiil seem to develop mora power 1t gas is applied irregulari; than when the throttle is openea gradually. There is a reason for this and it is known as turbulence. En- gineers have inown for some time that if the gas in a cyiinder 1s in & high state of agitation when it is fired greater power will be the result. Tha Ricardc head, a patented cylinder- head design now used on several cars both here and abroad, s designed to create such turbulence automatically, but the average driver can get a lit- tle taste of the results by opening and shutting the throttls after the car has gained considerable momen- tum. Greater power is often the re- sult, depending largely upon the type of engine. At a car speed of 30 milee an hour such use of the accelerator is not likely to injure the car itself by increasing backiash, but the practice sbould never be resorted to at lower speeds. At the Auto Show CADILLAC Standard of the World All This Week | W\\ omparison Further Shows UDSON World'’s Greatest Buy | Everyone Says It — Sales Prove It the world’s largest builders of six-cylinder closed cars permits Hudson to give values beyond all comparison. Being Economies in manufacture and the experience gained in three concentration on closed cars have resulted in the best cars and the lowest prices of our history. Despite the fact that Hudson has alone offered closed car comforts at open car price, its real appeal has been the brilliant character of its performance. With the Famous Super-Six Hudson has the famous Super-Six chassis. years’ Note These Prices Its motor solved the problem of smooth performance. It increased motor and car life to the extent that thousands of cars have service records exceeding a hundred thousand miles. The Super-Six was created by Hudson, is patented and belongs ex- clusively to Hudson, Note the prices at which Hudson closed cars are sold. Think of their values in good looks, in the way they retain their attractions and the little at- COACH.* tention and cost required to keep them in first-class appearance and condition. They have reduced closed car costs for thousands. They afford advantages to be found only in costlier cars, and yet their cost is but little more than cars whose sole appeal is price: Hudson is the “World’s Best Buy.” shows that. Sales prove it. ' Lambert-Hudson Mo tors Co. Service Station Comparison Freight and Tax E. Neumeyer Motor Salesroom SEDAN1795 SEDAN(L)1I895 ASSOCIATE DEALER Company Service Station Franklin 7700 633 Mass. Ave. N.W. 1823 14th Street North 7522 211 B Street NW. 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