Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1925, Page 67

ALTO REGSTRATIN N DSTRIT 8752 More Cars in Operation Here Than in 10 States—In- crease Over 1923. New York was tire 8 sutomobiles, and in the first year, the feex collected mmounted (o the enormous sum of $934. New Thi;lgl 7{ or 1935. Rumors are already afloat regard- {ing new developments to be seen on nobiles in 1985. A particularly esting that persists in certain ergineering circles is to the effect that engines will be in the rear | of the car instead of under a hood in | the This strange to the motorist who is ac- customed to seelng the “horse” in | front, but the engines of steam cars | bave always been in the rear. Now the Rumpler, a German gas car, has in the end of accord- ed by Motor vehicle registrations Distrlct of Columbia at the 1924 reached a total of 88.7 ing to res just compi Burcau of Public Roads an ostimated population there were approximately every 11 persons, which was a higher average than obtained for the coun try as a whole. The increase in registration over the preceding year was 188 per cent The bureau's figures show that the end of last year there were 591,951 passenger cars and in operation in the entire representing a net gain of 11,045 for the year, or 16.6 per cent Passenger cars increased 147 per cent In number, while motor trucks | auto the rumor of front. may seem a bit at 17,- motor the power plant. 1f nothing more startling is de- ped it is believed that at least the poppet valye system must go, gas Increased at more than double that|peing admitted and expelled by some rate, or 3.9 per cent, indicating|ingenfous but extremely simple ar- rapid development of commercial use ! ment of valve ports, And there of the highways who visualize the engine of D. C. Leads 10 & entirely rotational in a Tn:pont of the number t is, instead of plstons work- operation, the District of umbia [ing up and down in cylinders, stopping was ahead of 10 States; namely, Ari-|dead at every extremity of their zona, Delaware, Idaho, Montana,|travel, & sort of turbine arrangement Nevada, Ne Hampshire, New will be used. The trouble has always ico, Utah, Vermont and Wyo v to compress the while the percentage of increase | line engine is the District was higher than that of | powerless without compression. But States lit is now believed that the super- he greatest increase in total regis- | charger development may eventually tration {s shown In the South Atlantlc|solve this problem. roup of States, wWhero the increase| App this ex. the cars: in | o is looking THE SUNDAY MOTORIS An Abridged Magasine for Car Qwners EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN already adopted the rear location for 1 far | was 21.5 per cent, while the minfmum is shown in the west North Central roup amounting to 10 per cent Truck registrations increased 4.4 pe in Kansas and 42.4 per cent in North Dakota. Reglstrations of more than 000 were reported for the ew York, 1.4 . 1,319,394; Ohio, 1 1,228,587; 11 Total grc faes amounted which $15 000, per cent, is applicable to highway work under the supervision of the State highway departments. 1,000.- lHowing 8 Cali- 41,600 Penn- nois, 1,119,236 from licen 192,000, of ahead, but those who are watchir foreign developments say that may not be a premature date for some newer things. Transmissions v eliminated, it is pre e clutches. rs already starts and stops on or off the ignition. or and battery ac- | complish the trick Automotive | greatly hinde cause discoveries by the trial and error system. discovery of ethyl gas, for instance, was a costly and somewhat wasteful process, whereas the neutrodyne prin- One of the | It's tightening the battery too much that crac a not letting them re AUTO LACQUER Lacquer is hard. durable and wear-resisting. It scratch, mar or scuff easily and will not chip or peel off. Lacquer retains its luster no matter how often it may be cleaned—the harder it’s rubbed the more it shines, Heat that would blister an ordinary finisly has no effect upon Lacquer. ¥ Lacquer will not rai Oil, grease, gasoline o the finish. Wiping mud from it dry will not scratch the finish—it helps to polish it. Dust, grit and grime won't hurt sional cleaning always restores its be Work Guaranteed for One Year Gardiner & St. John 1217 23RD ST. NORTHWEST PHONE WEST 2808 ciple In radio was worked out mathe- matically with very little waste ef- teach the automo- clamps will not spot. Battery acid will not hurt it alkali have no harmful effect upon 2 Lacquer finish—an occa- y and luster. Rhode Island Ave. Garage 900 R. 1. Ave. N.E. Alexandria 117 N. Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Va. i SUNDAY STAR, WASHI carbon encourages this condition and thus robs the engine of its power. That the spring control devices £hould be given a tighter adjustment a week or so after installing spring covers? With the springs perfectly lubricated they should be held down a little tighter in order to prevent excessive rebound. That in tightening the fan belt care should be taken to see that the pulley isn't thrown out of line with the driving pulley below? Unless both pulleys are in line the belt will silp off. T You're Wasting Gas— When you keep the throttle wide open on the steep hill while deliber- ating whether you should drop back to “second.” If you shift before the car slows down your engine has the advantage of more momentum. Mo- mentum is a gas saver. cesslon? When you hear the engine go dead 4. Why does a motometer register because you have choked it too much | lower than normal after the engine in starting. has overheated on a steep hill and When you start the engine before | then cooled down? you've finished your conversation with| 4. Why is it bad to run a cool en- People you are leaving. gine fast, aside from the danger of When you drive so carelessly as to|burning out a bearing? run fast, stop suddenly and yet have (Think these over during the week all the trafic signs turned agalnst[and look for the answers in this col- you in driving through congestion. |umn next Sunday). When you select a crowded thor- ST oughfare in preference to a quiet Now You Have It! one. When you decide Ide 10, Brease the| (4o yern to Jast week's questions.) Should the vacuum tank go d car and inflate the tires “tomorrow." it can be refilied by the following method: Crank the engine, either by hand or by electrio starter, for sev- eral minutes, with Ignitlon off and throttle «losed. The pistons then draw air through the vacuum tank suction pipe and the tank refills au- tomatically 2 Deta not used o What's the Answer? 1. What is meant by “seasoning” cylinder blocks? 2. Why is it inadvisable to test a car on a hill more than twice in sue- Worth Remembering. Cutting down the bristles of a whisk broom will make it harder to sweep out the car mats rather than easier. Trimming the broom cuts it down to a point where the bristles | raise too much nap, thus making the | | cleaning job doubly hard | | Pieces of a fresh blotter laid around { the top of the battery will save you the trouble of wiping off any water| r acld that you may spill over in filling the cells: Usually it is a mean Job to dry oft the top of the battery with & rag. A few drops hable cylinder all engines | son that some manut: into consideration the effect tion in gasket thickness adjustment of the valves have the valve tappet clearances just | right and then throw them a | little off by lowering the cylinder| head a fraction of an inch when you tighten the head bolte 3. The term “out-driving’ headlights is used to indicat dangerous practice of driving at speed though you were able tc see bevond the range of your head- lights at night. heads upon £ gasoline on the brake bands now and again will keep them clean, quiet and dry. thus in- creasing their efliciency.. Be careful not to allow the gasoline to run over the spokes of the wheels, for this will injure the paint Did You Know— That carbon in the cylinders will [ wear the piston pins and connecting rod bearings as readily driving a clean en with the advanoe A carbon kn ing more nor less than pr the glowing particles on acts the same as advanced spark. The ine gets the more the the the a Automotive Drug Store. certainly changing in Formerly a car owner went to drug store for bromo seltzer to calm a headache or for aspirin to stop a cold caught while driving through a raw rain. But now the drug store has gone through the novelty line, Times are motordom. a GASOLINE & ELECTRIC Reducing Delivery Cost Is Our Profession You may save money by consulting us before buying trucks. Information without obligation. TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS 1358 D St. NN\W.—SALES AND SERVICE—Franklin 5788 Our Reputation Is Our Bond UM €. T. ELECTRIC TRUCKS. i) il NN NGTON, D. C, MARCH 15, SCHOOLS TURN OUT NEW AUTO BUYERS Dealer Sees Fertile Field for Car Sales to Rising Generation. With the average ramily owning a car, and the industry assure a sub- stantial annual business by way of meeting the demand for replacements, to the automotive line. A man who drives one of the latest cars with hy- draulic four-wheel brakes, dull finish and other {nnovations says that the automotive drug store =upplies him with the following articles: Castor ofl for the brake lines and alcohol for the brake lines and the radiator. Also olive oil for the body polish. He is using a special oil as a carbon remover, and his druggist may be able to supply that, too. A lot of people look to the drug atere for first ald equipment and many are rushed there in a hurry following an error in judgment when at the wheel Heat Not Whole Story. A hot running motor is less likely to carbonize quickly, because combus- tion is always better and choking is reduced to a minimum. But if you have one of the newer and cooler en- gines don't let this point worry you. The newer engines attend to the pre- heading in the intake (Copyright, 16: 1925—PART 3. it s natural but not logical to over- look the enormous domestic possi- bilities among persons who have not as yet purchased their first car, ac- cording to Edward M. Wallace, local Oakland dealer, in discussing the trend of automobile sales Mr. Wallace polnts out that approxi- mately 25,000,000 possible buyers of automobiles are now attending school and that it is only a matter of com- paratively few years before owner- ship of an automobile wiil be a per- sonal desire of each. The younger generation, in his opin- presents a constant market for a sufiicient number of students aching the buying age each year to take & large percentage of the annual fuctory product. This point is clearly demonstrated in the case of the special schools,” Mr. Wallace explains. “A recent sur- vey of the educational market shows that there are more than 250,000 young people attending public and private commercial and evening schools, exclusive of special schools for the deaf. The object of these students i to become more proficient as sulary-earners, which is just an- other way of saying that they are on their way to buying their first cars. “A very large percentage of the en- roliment of speclal schoole fs com- posed of persons who already hold positions and who are merely invest- ing in education that will help them to rise to financial independence at an earlier age. Between the enormous enrollment of future car prospects nd the present market, therefore, e is an automatic stimulation ch is bound to be reflected in more first-car sales for automobile manufacturers.” Potomac Battery Co. 1236 12th St.N.W. Official Representatives American Bosch and Prest-0-Lite Owing to the tremendous demand for this service we are pleased to extend the offer below for ANOTHER MONTH! For the price of one hour’s labor our experts will do the sixteen jobs listed below provided no nmew parts are supplied or extra work is required. Exam. and seating gen. and motor brushes. Cleaning commutator. Checking charging rate of generator. Examining cutout and cleaning points. Testing spark from coil. Checking timeing of ignition. Lubricating spark advance governor. Checking clearance of rotor finger. Examining lubricating wick in timer. Cleaning and adjusting interrupter points. Cleaning and adjusting spark plug points. Examining fuse contacts, removing corrosion. Examining high-tension wires for weak points. Tightening all electric connections. Testing battery. Inspecting starting and lighting switches. THIS IS THE SEASON when the electrical equipment on your car should be examined and ad- justed. Neglect now may mean trouble and ex- pensive repairs later. AVOID EXPENSE—Bring in Your Car TODAY This Holds for Any Make of Car or Any Electrical System P. S—Our New Batteries are selling for as low as $13.95. It pays to buy here. SMARTEST ot o thy WIGHWAY Four Doors or Two? A Four door Coach— easy access to rear seat —ample room for five persons—full width front seat—Or—Two doors and a cramped interior. Which will you choose, price and quality being equal? The Four Door Coach is a Velie Creation— It is new—It is luxuri- ous—It offers the great- est value on the market today. Lockheed hydraulic four wheel brakes —Full size balloon tires—The wonder- ful Velie-built airplane type engine—50 horsepower Velour upholstery One piece ventilating windshield Automatic windshield cleaner Rear vision mirror Trensmission and door locks Plate glass windows Blue—Indestructible finksh Ask for a demonstration with yourself at the wheel UNGERER MOTOR CO., Main 8496-8497 1136 Connecticut Ave. Asseciate Dealer ABSHER'S GARAGE—1311 E St. S.E. E The New JEWET'T The finest car of its size ever built ummuuw\; New Silence Silent Chain Drive The Jewett motor is built with anew silent chain drive for pamp, cam and timing shafts. Chains wear, stretch sccuracy. Silence i ‘SEEMS almost Fkea stroke of genius—this New Jewett. Never before was there a car which you felt like calling a “gem.” Every fine of it is exquisite. Every detail is perfect. You can compare it with any $3,000 car and find nothing to condemn. Yet the price is about half $3,000. The Paige-Jewett engineers have done more than produce a car which is fine to the eye and delightful in details. They have created a car which is truly marvelous in results compared with what the world could heretofore expect from Results That Astonish Here, in a car so handy that you can maneuver it like a taxicab, is riding comfort that you have never experienced in any car under 125-inch wheelbase. Here is body room such as you find ‘Wherever you go in the New Jewett—whoever you invite to ride with you—you will be proad of your car for what it is—for what it does. The all- ’round results which the New Jewett offers are Fterally unbelievable. They don’t seem possible them and try them and feel them, youknow them to be facts. Here is a car of such perfection in engineering that you cannot hear or feel the motor. Yet it operates the car in high gear from two miles an hour to faster than you’ll care todrive. It whisks you away through traffic while other folks gasp and change gears. Quality That Stays And Jewett performance will remain that way. It is not a flash-in-the-pan that will lead you to the service station shortly. No car of its size was ever so stoutly built as the New Jewett. It weighs from 200 fo 500 pounds more than any car near its size today. These pounds of steel and big, stout body frames mean years of lasting satisfaction. It is only two months since we announced this New Jewett. Only a few thousand the coun- try over have had a chance to see or drive it. Yet on every hand you hear: “Have you seen the New Jewett?” You hear it with enthusiasm, with admiration. Apparently the world has been waiting for somebody to build a convenient- size car s0 beautiful, so exguisite, so finely engineered, and so able that you and your wife can be proud of it anywhere. Look below. Wherever you live there is a nearby place to fill your eye with the beauty of the New Jewett and fill your soul with the thrills of its performance. ous JEWEIT WASHINGTON-VIRGINIA MOTORS, Inc. 16th and You Streets—Potomac 772 DEALERS Motor Company Ricketts Athey & Harrison Laurel, Md. Rockville, Md. Garage Wash.-Westcott Co. 2114 14th St. N.W. E. B. Frazier Motor Company 518 10th St. N.E.