Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1925, Page 58

THE SUNDAY 8 AR, WASHINGTON, D. C and MARCH 22 1925—PART 3 Midget Cc;r Unlikely in U. S. Unless Absolutely Necessary Desire for Finest in Autos Will Preserve Heaviest and Largest as Long as Condi- tions Will Allow Them to Be Used. BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. What of the car of the future? | Will the 1335 model essentially be @he same as the car of today Will congestion, new ideas of city planning, the diminishing supply of rude petroleum and other important Yactors alter, of necessity, the size xnd design of our automobiles in the vears to come? These are questions that are being #liscussed seriously by automobile ananufacturers, city planners and other publio officials. And through- | out these discussions the practicabil- ity of the small car for city use is being advanced. The midget car, seen on the streets of European cities, is attracting attention as the logical molution of our constantly growing 1raffie problem in this country Several of our leading car mar facturers are of the opinion that with- in a comparatively short while the average automobile will be about the kire of & desk. being fleet, comfortable and extremely economical. Already meveral cars on the American market sre pointing the way in this direc- tion Will Come Only If Needed. According to those who are follow- 5 this development carefully, the ry small automobile will become & | lity fn America when, and only when, there is a need for it. Some weight is given to this opinion by the fact that the only reason European motorists have demanded a midget type of automobile is because their pocketbooks have forced them to The best European cars, and the ones the European motorist buys when money is no consideration, are big machines. Why will Americans want extreme- 1y small cars? Just what are the fu- ture developments that may make the Furopean type of car a necessity here? What is thers in the future that would render our present sizes in cars obsoleto? Students of automot've trends sup- port the case of the midget car with logical reasoning. They contend that the future streets and highways, even with widening, cannot accommodate the future registration of cars if the average machine is as bulky as it is at_present Modern engineering will make possible to design small cars that will 4o exactly what we now expect of cars two or three times as big. Rapid improvements {n highways will simplify the comfort feature of automobile designing. Automobiles will become “one-man” cars because everybody wants to o hig or her own car. The trend toward apartment house necessitates great efficiency in the matter of garage space. Rising cost of operation and motor vehicle taxation will render small cars with small engines & necessity. The automoblle will continue to fol- low the trend so apparent during the last 10 years, namely: The elimina- tion of unnecessary welght and the discovery that it {s design and not welght that makes for comfort. Trade competition will result in forcing manufacturers to endeavor to zet the eame performance and gen- eral results with less car. On the other hand, there are as many equally earnest students who hold that the small car will not be- come a necessity because the building of wider rouds and redesigning of citles, which are being undertaken in all purts of the country, will make it possible to drive cars of today's di- menglons with the same comfort we would now have with midget. cars, and without any of the disadvantages. Will Want to Ride Farther. 1t modern engineering can make a midget car do the work of a real one, why do the American people not pay the premium of high duty and buy the minlature Euyropean cars now available? The motorist will want to travel farther from home in 1935 than he does now. Of the 2,941,234 miles of highways in the United States only ,000 miles are improved, many thousands of miles of which will have to be rebyilt. At the present rate of roadbuilding there would still be over two million miles of unimproved roads in 1933, excluding the thousands of miles of improved roads requiring rebuilding. Cars of present wheel buse, weight and riding capacity will be neaded to make the more extensive touring en- Joyvable. The *“one-man” car idea, assuming it to be a trend, would have nothing to do with the size of cars. A road- ster needs the same chassis as a sedan, Bugement and roofs a& garage speoe will take care of cars owned by spartment house dwellers. Operating costs of wutomohiles are not rising. Tires last longer, initial costs are lower, gas mileage is rea- onab. nd_repairs are HAVE YOUR TIRE REPAIRS Made by Experts e Fadakds Tire Wemme SERVICE ITRE Q. 1336 14th St. N.W. As EBONITE “Strings" to a Stick, Around the Gears MR. MOTORIST ‘When your gears shriek, stop the damage and restore normal conditions by filling the gear boxes of your Motor Car or Truck with EBONITE. Tt will put those whimper- ing, grinding transmission or differential gears to sleep. You won’t even get a whis- per out of them, and you'll save repair bills. Buy with your mind made Aup. Demand EXONITE. Take no substitute. At dealers in five-pound cuns, and at servios stations from the EBONITE checker-board pump only. be both attractive and useful. The turning radius of the average car| |should be made smaller, and cars| greatly minimized “for the average owner. Everything is Leing done to relieve the motorist from taxation burdens. America will awaken to the utter absurdity of taxing on a basis of horsepower, wheel base or weight, cars being taxed for road use only. The finest American cars, just as in Furope, are the heaviest and the longest. If the automotive trade starts con- centrating upon miniature cars as a manufacturing necessity a lot of new and smaller companies will do just what they have always done, namely, tempt the public to demand better things ‘These are arguments advanced in opposi to the midget car. It would appear that the midget car trend, if & trend at all, is one that will develop only with great oppo- sition In the meantime many practical- minded motorists feel that mueh can be done to keep automobiles as short as possible until we seecswhich way parking is going. Bumpers do not need to stick out so far, they con tend, and luggage carriers could be built on the left runnings board to buflt narrower, so that more machines ( can be accommodated on the streets and in the public storage places, These suggestions are taken as evi- dence that the very small car is not confidently anticipated as & future development (Copyright, 19; RUSSIA”PLANS 30-DAY | < AUTOMOBILE CONTEST & s 1,300-Mile Run on Program at Leningrad—Americans In- vited to Compete. S oo oo — BRASHEARS IS CHAIRMAN OF A. A, A, ADVISORY BODY American automobile manufacturers are invited to take part in a 30-day motor contest to be held in Russia this Summer, which will include a competitive run from Leningrad-on-|Sign-Posting of Roads Around the-Baltic to & point on the Black Sea, « distance of 1,300 miles. Washington One Plan of Motor The purpose of the contest is to Organization, stimulate greater interest in the pos- sibllities of motor transport, and will be held under the wuspices of the au- tomobile department of the Soviet board of road transport and the Au- tomobile Club of Moscow. Last year the Soviet republic imported motor vehicles valued at about $3,000,000. BUSSES RUN ALL WINTER. Never Miss Single Trip on Hard New England Route. Edward Brashears was elected chairman of the advisory board of the District division of the American Automobile Assoclation at the an- nual meeting of the board last week. He succeeds Dr. Frederick V. Coville. Stanley H. Horner was elected sec- retary and George Offutt, jr., was re-elected counsel. Ernest N. Smith, general manager of the national association, submit- ted a report covering the activities of the District division durlng the last year. Referring to the division's program for the voming year, Mr. Smith said th: division had {n centemplation the sign-posting of roads in and around Washington. Members of the 50~ ciation are to be supplied with new and improved emblems as soon as designs now being worked out can be put imto production. It was in- dicated the quarters of the A. A. A. Touring Bureau would be enlarged to accommodate the Incressing num- ber of motor tourists coming to Washington. The advisory board was authorized to work out a plan to encourage safety education. e FOUR-WHEEL BRAKES HINT, External four-wheel brakes, being TO XEEP MUFFLER CLEAN. | [ 0i0im i iraily cannot escape ber Tapping the muffler now and again | coming wet when driving for any helps to dislodge some of the carbon|distance on & rainy day. They should from its inner sides, which is par-|be adplied frequently during the tially blown out by racing the engine | the course of the run so that the & little. linings will not get waterlogged. With the motor bus & comparative- ly new experiment in interurban transportation, the test of its year- around serviceability seems to have been proved, according to figures from New England lines. Busses operated by the American Coach Co. of Boston on routes run- ning from Boston to Providence, Brockton and Lawrence are reported not to have missed & trip last Win- ter, despite snowstorms and other weather hazards. Moercover, with the exception of one trip when the coach was 10 minutes late, they are report- ed to have covered their routes on schedule. Diamond Balloons Have You Seen the New Diamond Balloon? Made in iwo types—those for present wheel ipment, and those for new small dismeter ?fiel& El!hnz‘peofi:&;'wndafilh riding uxury, an: ve gver The nmeothmMondd'eon a balloon tire is 2 guarantee s & o ance. Ithumdforqudkv‘d‘mghm ucts for more than thirty years—and quality in a balloon tire is the greatest protection you can have for your investment. Diamond Tire Sales % Company 1621-14th Street, N. W, "EBONITE SHREDDFD OIL) urs FOR TRANSMISSIONS AND REAR AXLES FRSON O1LWORKS THE TIME YOUR FRIENDS DISCOVERED You PRETENDING Ta BE A PROSPECT FOR A HIGH PRICED CAR — =—=—— N CANADA PROMULGATES RULES N\ TO GUIDE AMERICAN TOURISTS Regulations Govern Registration, Clearance Slips, Traveling Permits and Other Features—Speed Limit Is 25 Miles in Country, 12 in City. District motorists who are contem- plating touring into Canada this season will be on the safe side if they observe & few simple and definite rules and rez- ulations formulated specifically for the benefit of the American motorist in Can- ada. 4 These regulations, if observed care- fully, will help to make the motorist's stay in the neighboring country enjoy- able and free from unnecessary and |toms officials aggravating delays. of 30 days and a fee The following finstructions must be ' charged by customs broker. adhered to: 1.1t is absolutely essential that you carry your home State license registra- tion card for the car in which you' tend entering the country. o 3. When leaving the United States |4t port of entry.) notify American customs officials at| 5. For a stay of more than 30 days port of exit, who will issue you a clear- for only 24 hy the country, it is only necessary to d posit your license registration card wi the Canada customs officials, who w turning to the United States. It intended stay is more than ferent port, it {s necessary to obtain of 30 cents returned to the port of exit. port other Canadian officials (When leaving from than that at s and you are returning by the same port at which you entered th in return same to you when you are re- 2% hours or departure s made from a dif- touring permit from the Dominion cus- This is good for a period is This per- mit should be kept safely as it must be at a which you entered it is not necessary to leave card it is necessary to be bonded by the Canada ance slip, (This is issued to those in-|customs. The amount depends on the tending to be gone for a period of days, | value of the vehicle bonded. or who intend leaving Canada at another | 6. When making exit from Canads port) This clearance slip costs you nothing. Obtain it and avoid unneces- sary delays. 3.1f the intended stay in Canada is officials and upon entering the Unit States givo up the clearance slip American customs officials. release your touring permit to Canadian ed to N AR NN ! 5 = 2/ 32 — /. NATIONAL PARKS PREPARE FOR SUMMER TOURISTS 315 Busses Are Added to Fleet Now in the Yellow- stone. Preparations are being made the annual Summer rush of tourists to the national parks. Visitors to the various national parks in 1924 numbered 1,422,353, an increase of 11 per cent over 1923, according to Stephen T. Mather, director of National Parks Service. Many new motor busses have been added to the fleets already in opera- tion in the different parks to care for the expected increase in the num- ber of tourists this Summer, Yellow- stone National Park alone having a | fleet of more than 315 busses. The parks also are adding more trucks to be used for handling tourists’ bag- gage and hotel supplies WHEN TO COVER SPRINGS. The natural time to think of having the springs covered is when you find them bathed in water from wet streets of waning Winter and early Spring, but this is just the time to bear in mind a hint. Let the springs dry thoroughly before having them cleaned and encased. You don’t want to put on spring boots and keep the water in. for the Dimming Lights Dangerous, Illuminating Expert Say Safety in Night Driving Lies in Other Directions, Edison Lamp Man Declar Diffusing Lens Are Recommended. Dimming of headlights is a prac-,dimming whe tice that is fast going out of vogue|bIV be receiv - and one that is not only unpopular, | Drener® aniustiert e but dangerous, according to G. H on, It § rth wi wever Stickney, {lluminating e1gineer of |10 EiSut Easicf Cipihas ard whith the Edison Lamp Works. = and ing at night demands that the headlights be strong enough to throw a ray 100 to 200 feet in ad- vance. Although there has been some Another ph dificulty In directing the light where [ whichi espe wanted without subjecting other mo- | that of the torists to intolerable ¢, and th 1 light ha insure serio S e ming is said to solution | to illu of the probler Dimming blinds the curs for him as ser the glare does for « Safe driv-| in his opinic iver and in- hazard as hers. With in creasing travel, the more freque ble dimming becomes quite a burden. To | obviate this condition, probably the |95t e best scheme thus far devised is the |® ¢ e deflaction of the prismatic glass ler luminate the roadway enough light rising to t to cause serious glare Should Tlluminate Roadside. is desirable to have be inate the ditc It wide e or other the road Mr. Stickney say fally around slight cum fore, most of the lenses have prisms designed to widen the beam It is possible to produce the spread by the use of specially designed reflectors, and the light can be deflected by a slight tilting of reflectors “States, representing more half of the motor vehicle registr of the United States, have adopted regulations incorporating the prin- ciple of deflection and spread. These regulations are based on the specifica- tions prepared the Illuminas ‘ngineering Society after an extend- ed study of the problem in collabora- tion with some of the St ities, representatives of t Automotive Engineers, and c terested organi “Motorists have, w of a few c shown a real desi the regulation cation pract things are equipment sold me and, th the ex r reckless driv e to comply wi To make the app however, ary. First | must be capable of | ng the require r ments in ce second, motorists must them in adjnstment, especiall newing lamps. Adjustment Is Eas “I1f on u level road, the bright on a vehicle or by the level of the headlights, or are dark spots in the illumin area. it is an evidence of the need « wdjustment. 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