Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1925, Page 54

10 CALIFORNIA AWATS MILLION TOURISTS Spring Rains Assure Auto Parties That Trip Will Be Beautiful. April 11 throughout F assured Eastern 10 contemplate a vacation Coast this year a sojourn in the land of d flowe:s To the usually attended discomfort, but in ia rains are hailed they mean uty est are wel- no pre- October. the va- the ident of ans that all the rain ear must fall during ly Spring, or it ains, particularly ally there i May until ideal fc will not con: Million view dit West and gen business b ¢ over, it is ex- approximately one million al co Middl nd Pect Does riding on an absolutely smooth road constitute the quintessence of enjoyment in motoring? Most persons think an endless stretch of smoother-than-concrete highway would be the ideal situation for driving on a beautiful Spring Sunday afternoon. It is true that before the advent of the hard-sur- | faced road, automobiling was not very popular, but, after a careful analysis of th menta make-up of the human, H Horning, president of the Society of Automotive Engi- neers, advances the theory that all would not be so lovely if there were no bumps and ruts, both physical and ental, in the average motor trip. The absolutely smooth road would be very pleasant for a while, so far as the purely p effect was concerned, but opinion, | would become very monotonous | devoid of those elements of adven- uncertainty and change that very soul of pleasure. The asure of riding is in mild > and the sensation of moving space, but the mental pleas- points out, is in the chang- in Californians in adding to the tourist THE BY AUTOIST ing scenes, the relief from customary sights and thoughts and from the extreme boredom of living With ong- self. Judging Human Sensitivity. otwithstanding the sensitivity of the instruments with which Nature has endowed the human body,” says Mr. Horning, “judgment of riding qualities is as varied and strange as the individuals themselves, and may change from day to day, with the weather, the state of one's finances and his degree of domestic tranquil- ity, and is more critical when the car is not paid for, particularly when the payment is due. “Speclalists who deal with physical and mental Impressions, elther deli- cate or rising to the seriousness of a real injury, have given the very ap- propriate name ‘insult’ to them. These specialists tell us that two Impr slons spring from every insult—one purely physical and the other men- tal. Thus, with riding qualities, we are always dealing with both physi- cal and mental impressions which in- fluence the ever-changing decisions regarding performance. “The perceptions that cause an- noyance, fatigue or apprehension are SUNDAY CONTINUOUS SMOOYH ROADWAY HELD MONOTONOUS H. L. Horning, Analysing Mental Make-up of the Human, Believes Motoring Without Bumps Would Lack Elements of Adventure. STAR, WASHINGTON, Dii 30, APREL 1925—PART MOTOR TRUCKS AD TO RADBULDIG Use of Vehicles Held Largely Responsible for Highway Improvement. Much credit for the development of the good roads covering the entire country is due to the growth of the motor truck as a means of transporta- tion in business, in the opinion of Thom- as H. MacDonald, chief of the United tates Bureau of Public Roads. In the arly days of cyclists and motorists, when the various States began to im- prove their roads, there was much pop- ular resentment against the expendi- ture of public funds for the accommo- dation of the few who were rich enough to own motor cars. But with the grad- ual reduction in price of the motor vehicles, which placed them within reach of the masses, this feeling was overcome. “Open to Question.” “But whether the good roads move- ment would ever have developed into the solid industry it now is had it not been for the development of the motor truck is open to question,” says Mr. MacDonald. “Certaln it is that with- out the freight carrying motor vehicles there would not exist the strong eco- the total mileage of public roads then | tuminous concrete, in_existence, amounting to 2,151.570 | bituminous miles, nearly two. million miles were | practically all of these not improved with any kind of surfacing | in this 20-year period. material methods by which they “The total cash expenditure for road | structed also the construction and maintenanc by ah‘I]u od. States in 1904 was approx| tely $59, r '‘And with the chan, its predecessor, the bicycle, was a pleasure vehicle only. By perfection of design, the motorist has now been freed of the numerous troubles which beset the path of his forerunners, and the automebile is finding a place for itself as an instrument of business as well as of pleasure. et asphalt not only h roads been bu but the v are now con- product of this and ve VALVE GRINDING ADVICE. in Plan- Spend a Few Moments ning, Is Tip. Are you going to grind in the valves this Spring? If so, it will pay you to spend a few odd moments be forehand planning your method of Temoving the head. What must come off and what should not be touched” Just what kind of wrenches are you going to need? How are you going fo remove that ignition conduit? Will you need a special wrench to reach the nut that also holds the horn bracket? If you will settle all the points be- fore you start, the job will be done in balf the time and with half the are in the character 000,000, of which only $2500,000, or|ot the traffic there has grown up a about 4 per cent, was spent by or under | distin modern development in the the supervision of the 13 State high of the of the highway, way departments then In eXis users of the road have been More than four-fifths of the total Stat leo n o pay an increasing pro- controlled expenditure ion of their States — Connecticut New Jersey New York Owners of motor vehicles in a num ber of the States paid into the public suries a total of slightly more than ,000, but most of the States made o for the privilege of usin and of those which d to devote the mo to road improvement ends Result of Traffic Surveys. The recent traffic survey made by the bureau of public roads in a number of the States show that fully one-third of passenger car mileage is in the interest of some business pursuit, and it is fm- possible not to foresee that this business usage will increase in importance. “As for the motor truck, it has be- come a downright necessity. That both types of motor vehicle will become still more numerous, especially the motor trucks, is written large in the funda- mental economic facts which justify | effort. By systematizing the work them. one dealer is abie to grind valves on “The country which has been develop- |4 six-cylinder motor in three and ed extensively through the agency of the | one-half hours. railroads is now to be further develop- ed intensively with the aid of the motor vehicle and the highway. “Between the meshes of our railroad system there is land which the railroad cannot economically serve. At the cen- ters where the rallroads meet great cities have sprung up, and their rapidly multiplying population makes transport Hand Throttle Helps. it will so! blem to } Ma ng ve your hill-climb- | | | | ing pre ’mx a Situation in 1904 Cited. action uch was the situation in 1904, country then just beg work which has occupied it con! for the 20 years since. The roads of that time had been for horse-drawn traffic, and becau: the early ravages of the auto it is safe to say that scarcely a rottle, and e floor mat some > do with tricky hif hand t le inuously climb improved su and the manufacture of motor vehicles must continue at an undiminished rate for years to come, Seex Progress in 20 Years. “What of road building progress in the last 20 vears? A survey of high-[mile, with the exception of a s demand on the immediately tributary | way conditions made by the office of | mileage of brick, s ed the ensuing area which the rallroads unaided cannot | pubfic roads in 1904 showed that there| 5 years. It is reasonable presump- answ were then in the United States only |tion, therefore, that the now existing “The motor truck and the automobile | 38,622 miles of road classified as ma- | mileage of surface roads, conservatively with the improved road offer the logi- | cadam or stone roads. Roads sified | estimated at 450,000 miles, is a prod- cal solution. It is these fundamental|as gravel surfaced amounted to 108 uct of the 20 years of effort since 1904. economic conditions which inspire con- , and there were 7 for the higher types of con- only 6,870 miles fidence that the improvement of roadslof other types of surfa bri bi obile g1 It Is Unlawful to Drive With BAD BRAKES We Give 1.Hour Service Champlain Motor Service Co. Rear 1420-22 K St. N.W. nomic justification of road improvement that there is now, and, as nearly as it is possible to determine it, this strongest of all the arguments for road improvement -first made its appearance Just 20 vears ago. In 1904 only 411 motor trucks were manufactured in the United States. In the same year the automoblles were numbered by the tens of thousands. In 20 vears these impelling causes of bet- ter roads have increased to several mil- lions. “In the beginning, the motor car, like sts will invade the Golden his year. Preparations have de for an inc - T r last year u have been establi ds have been st widened, highv ~pened, stat iges installed and the by the Automc all connected with the amount of fuss a car s making. In the cars of later days the amplitude of vibration has been greatly reduced and the speed increased, but the Bureau of Stand- ards has found that vibrations of the seat of only 0.001 of an Inch can be disagreeable. It is the number of impulses sent to the brain that tires. re. There has been a vast of road work done in the forests, national monuments national parks, so that these wonderlands not only are more accessible but contain all necessary provisions for the comfort of the traveler. There a St asoline and freq which i more than 19,000,000 nal forests in California which aref open to the public for touring, camping, fishing and ex- ploring. The Automobile Clu California extends the to visiting motorists members, so that the from outside States m. < What Passenger Needs. ©0 enjoy a car the passenger needs to have in mind some favorable pre- conception or ideal, and once a defect or disagreeable incident occurs with as it does to its |a car the user becomes supersensitive mgtor tourists [ to that one thing. Nine-tenths of the obtain maps, |average complaints about a product touring information, advice on camp- |arise from this mental state. ing and outing, tempo: licenses mericans pay a high price for and other facilities m by writ- | the pleasurable sensation of accelera- | doings. The Americans take it on that the motorist |ing or applying to the headquarters |tion. At least 22 per cent of the fue] h, and this leads to our extreme this vear will find the transcon- of fhe club in Los Angeles or any of [consumed is due to toting around an rear-axle ratios. We are sacrificing tinental trip more enjoyable than it|its 30 branches located in population |ability to accelerate and the liberal |smooth engine operation on the aver- ever has been in the p | cen throughout Southern Cali- | use of that ability age for great acceleration and hill- he Natlonal Government has aided | forni “The English like climbing ability horoug replace- ments 1 T of Southern will same service al trails thor. d by this motoring zation west from Omaha, Kan- City Kent, Tex.. some 200 s east Paso. These three also have been improved since second gear, with the illusion results from the noise of the and the bumpiness of the car which accentuate the impression of great that gears rout ast Summer, so st acceleration on ST ORI EES T OO T e Every Woman Knows these things ~~ Some ‘ Men Do very woman has a stranfily powerful faculty, called intuition. She just knows things—most men have to learn them. Ask The Owner of a Year-Old Chrysler Six How it Performs Products like the Chrysler Six, that create first-year production records in the effort to satisfy demand, naturally cause an upheaval. Results that upset all the well-established conceptions of quality manufacture, performance, economy, riding and the engineer- ing of space, are subjected to the closest scrutiny. The Chrysler Six has been in the hands of owners something more than a year. Its new results are a matter of record; but it is equally impc rtant for you to know the proved endurance of the Chrysler, that it continues to perform brilliantly. The proper source of such testimony is the owner. The impor- tant g; you will discover if you will make such inquiry is fi(:at a year-old Chrysler Six performs with the same brilliance, eagerness and zest as it did 12 months ago when it electrified its p T. New results? Yes, and stamina and endurance as the records now show. 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Washington COMPANY 1800 14th Street ' Phone North 6062 Maxwell Showraom 1321-23 14th Street N.W. o 2% AR 1t was built in the spring of 1915. Its top was high, but not as high as the cost. The wheel base was great, but not as great as the depreciation. It cost a lot of money to buy and to keep—but it took the family somewhere socially. JORDAN \ 4 W] I on T A R e A L R I T A T TR