Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1925, Page 61

G0OD DRIVER MUST KNOW HOW TO TOW May Endanger Himself and Car Unless Versed in Fundamentals. Knowledge of the fundamentals of towing is an essential part of the equipment of every good driver. The average motorist has had so little ex- perience in being towed or in towing other cars that, unless he observes cer- tain fundamental rules, he is likely to endanger himself and his car, ac- cording to a statement issued by the ervice committee of the Washington Automotive Trade Association, Recognizing that towing is different from driving and that the motorist is likely to have trouble if he does not take full cognizance of this difference, the dealers stress certain points to be erved in the towing process. The tow line,” reads the statement, “should not be so long as to fail to convey to other motorists the fact that two cars are connected. Nor =hould the tow line be so short as to cause the cars to ram together. Signal Code Needed. “There should be some prearranged code of communication between the But the horn should not be this purpose, because it may be necessary for the drivers to sound their horns as a safety precaution. Arm signaling perhaps the best method for relaying instructions. Before descending hills it is safer and better for the cars if the drivers would stop and shift to a lower speed Too often the driver in the towing car will shift, but forget that the other driver cannot shift with his engine stalled unless the car comes to & standstill. “Keep out of car tracks when towing. 1t is safer for the car behind if the lead car avoids all obstacles that may interfere with the progress of a car that is depending for a large part of its power on a rope. A sudden jerk may break the connecting tie between the towing car and the ‘dead’ one. Pick Route Carefully. “Particular attention should be paid to the route to the repair shop. If both drivers know in advance what streets they will use, there will be less opportunity for misunderstanding and _confusion. “The secret of safe towing lies in co-ordination. Misunderstanding often breeds trouble that is far more serious than the original breakdown.” The dealers further point out that towed cars should use side streets as far as practicable and avoid congested centers, TROUBLE DUE TO HASTE. Difficulty Experienced in ‘“Worm- ing” Around the Garage. used for Ever wonder why it's sometimes so difficult to shift into low or reverse when worming yvour way around the garage? The trouble is that in your ‘haste to shift you do not keep the car stock still. This allows the pressures upon the gears to reach a point where shifting them can be accomplished only at the expense of much physical effort. This is even more of an an: noyance if the clutch happens to be dragging a little The remedy is to keep your foot on the brake pedal when shifting into or out of low or reverse, retarding the =park, too, if the clutch drags. Move Launched to Relieve Burden Upon Motorist, Which THE SUNDAY $550,000,000 Paid by Autoist In Various Taxes Last Year Averaged $32.35 a Car in 1925. More than $555,000,000 was collected last vear by State, municipal and Federal authorities in motor vehicle taxes, a sum that has been mounting ear by year. This figure includes the Federal excise tax, motor registra- tion fees, gasoline tax and personal property taxes. It means that every motorist last year paid an average of $32.35 in taxes of one form or an- other on his automobile. While the gasoline tax is gaining in universal approval as a just basis of taxation for road construction and maintenance, efforts are being made, particularly by the automobile manu- cturers, to obtain the repeal of the Federal excise tax on automobiles. The automobile Federal taxes now in force are 6 per cent on the manu- facturer's sales price of passenger ars, 3 per cent on commercial ve- hicles, 215 per cent on the price list of tires and accessories and an occu- pational tax of $10 on motor vehicles carrying passengers for hire seating frbm two to seven persons and $20 for motor busses seating more than seven persons. Commercial truck chasses selling for less than $1,000 and truck bodies selling under $200 are exempt, and 8o are motor busses used exclusively to carry children to and from school. Other Taxes Removed. A large number of articles, sup- posedly in the luxury. class, were taxed in 1917 for war revenue pur- poses, but this tax since has been removed from practically all with the exception of automobiles, cameras, lenses, films, automatic vending ma- chines, automatic welghing machines, sculptures, paintings, clgars and ciga- rettes. b e taxes on the cost E e O New York Opens Elaborate Camp For Auto Tourist Other Cities Now Admit Such Facilities Are Necessary. Progressive cities are beginning to look upon a modern motorists’ camp as a necessary part of the commu- nity’s activity. More and more cities are establishing such accommodations because of the growing popularity of motor touring. New York City is one of the latest municipalities to establish a motor- ists’ camp. It is within the city limits, 30 minutes from the center of activity by rapid transit, and has room for 1,000 to 5,000 tourists. Developed by a group of touring experts, the camp is said to lack nothing in the way of comforts for the visitor. It contains a general store, restaurant, community house, city water, shower baths, laundry service, post office delivery, tent platforms and bungalows, children’s playground, dancing_pavilion, library, motion pic ture and radio entertainment. The camp overlooks Long Island Sound. It will be opened officially May 2. tor vehicles, which are invariably paid by the buyers, netted the Government for the fiscal year ended Jurne 30 last $160,028,548. The registration fees collected by the various States, fees for driving licenses and gasoline taxes aggregated for the same period, $305,- 266,742, States’ Tax Totals. The proportion obtained by the sev- eral States, with their respective mo- tor registration, has been compiled as follows by the Research Division ;)‘f the Amerlcan Automobile Associa- on: State. Alabama ...... Arizona Arkansas .., California Colorado . Connecticut . Delaware Cars. 157,262 5 Motor Fee: Kentucky ... Louisiana Maine Marylan 3 Massachusetts . Michigan Minnesota . Mississippi Missourl . Montana . Nebraska. Nevada . N. Hamp. New Jersey New Mexico. New York..... North Carolina North Dakota.. Ohio ... . Oklahoma Oregon . Pennsylvania . Rhode Island.. South Carolina South Dakota.. Tennessee . Texas . Utah ..... Vermont Virginia Washington . West Virginia. Wisconsin . Wyoming 648,983 Total $305,266,74: It will be noticed that New York leads in the number of motor vehicles registered in 1924, while Pennsylvania leads in the amount of tax collected. The five States with more than a million registrations are: New York, California, 1,319,384: Ohio, Pennsylvania, 1,228,587; Illi PR gasoline _taxes, $31.196,917; s the wide difference in taxation between the States, and at the same time it shows the rising curve of taxes on the motor vehicle. The av- erage vehicle tax of the State levy STAR, WASHINGTO. in 1924 was $17.35, in 1923 it was $12.50, while in 1919 it was $8.55. The State levy has increased 100 per cent in five years. The figures above do not tell the whole story of motor taxation, for there must be added $90,000,000 ex- acted in several States as personal property faxes, bringing the total sum collected in motor vehicle taxes dur- ing 1924 to $555,028,548. John A. Ritchie, former president of the Fifth Avenue Coach Company and now president of the Omnibus Corporation, calls attention to this rising trend in motor taxation in the current number of Bus Transporta- tion. He shows that the motor indus- through the various taxes col- lected from it, paid more than all the American_raiiroad lines in 1924, in- cluding both steam and electric. Steam railroads paid approximately in taxes $350,000,000 and electric roads $66,500,000, & total of $416,500,000, or $138,500,000 less than the amount ob- tained from automobiles. Tax Use for Roads Urged. “The theory, which is steadily gain- ing ground in the United States,” he says, “holds that the amount of spe- cial taxes levied against the individual motor user shall always be limited to improvement of highways of general motor use and shall be devoted first to maintenance costs. “Owing to the wide variance of dif- ferent States in valuations, tax bur- dens, population and average wealth, number of motor vehicles used, geo. ; | €raphical and physical conditions, and the state of highway development there can be no fixed formula as to the proportion of the total cost of righways in general use which should be paid from motor vehicle funds. The guiding principle should be: No scheme of taxation should be adopted which will place undue burdens upon 2|any branch of the industry or upon the individual motorist.” “Tt Is quite natural,” comments the editor of Bus Transportation, ‘“that Mr. Ritchie should complain of the onerous burdens which many States are placing upon the motor bus. The rising popularity of motor bus trans portation has resulted in a hetergene- ous mass of taxation laws. Compara tively little scientific study has been given to this important factor of mo. tor taxation, but there are, fortu nately, signs of improvement, and more reasonable regulations will doubtless prevail in the near future. Function Unrecognized. “Mr. Ritchie is correct in saying that thus far there has been no proper recognition in the taxation laws of the country of the now dis- tinct status and function of the motor bus. It is frequently classified in tax- ation legislation as a truck.” “If excessive taxation is levied upon a public utility.” says Mr. Ritchie, “the public itself, in the long run, London Will Bar Slow-Moving Taxis From Busy Streets Slow-moving taxicabs are to be barred from certain thorouvghfares of London. There are so many public vehicles there with careful drivers, or mechanism so well worn that they cannot keep pace with the modern car, that the matter has been called to the at- tention of Sir Harry Maybury as chief of London's traffic committee. The “snail” taxis are all right for some of the oldest London inhabitants, contend the commit- tee members, but they must keep out of the way of the fast, up-to- date cars or else be arrested. AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS The Ford Motor Co. has es- tablished an assembly plant at Paris, France, where production will start about August 1 with a capacity of 150 cars and trucks a day. About 60 per cent of all passenger car mileage is for business purposes, according to the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. Gasoline is so high in Egypt—about 50 cents a gallon—that motor cycles with a high rate of miles to the gal- lon have come to be the most popular form of motor vehicle conveyance in that country. Ford production in England reached the quarter-million mark April 17, when car 0,000 left the plant at Manchester, according to a cable re- ceived by Edsel B. Ford from the English compan The Spring schedule of the Wil mington-Penns Grove ferry on the At- lantic City route is now in operatio On Sundays and holidays the fer: runs from 6 a.m. to midnight every hour. The schedule is slightly abbre- viated for week-day operation. ys the bill, either by an increase in the price of service or in a reduc- tion in quality or quantity of service, or its total cessation. The interests of the public utilities and of the pub- lic are one. ‘Transportation is the meat upon which our country has grown great. And to dwarf the development of the machines which are to use the high- ways would be as fatal to the eco- nomic production of needed transpor- tation as never to have built the high- ways at all.” LAST CALL" Have your brakes relined this week before the new traffic regulations go into effect on May 3. Free brake tests with Bureau of Standards type decelerometer. Special Attention to Ford Owners—30-Minute Bands Official A. A. and Testing Station. . Brake Adjusting Bring your AL A. A card to us and get this Free service. CLARK’S GARAGE Raybestos Brake Service Station 1625 You St. N.W. Phone Potomac 214 Let Us Test Your Brakes Before the Police Do 1925—PART THE OLD CHANIC SA One of the things I always guard against is the danger of developin’ a new trouble for & car owner when tryin' to remedy an old one. T've just had a sample of it with a cluteh. happened to get a car with a clutch that worked a little stiff the trouble for him and found that the clutch plate—tue back and forth as the clutch is engaged or disengaged—fitted a little too Every time the owner went to shift gears the plate tightly on its shaft. was a little too slow in cemin’ back. course, genr shiftin’ was a problem for him. 4 T cured this trouble by tellin’ him to squirt a little kerosene and engine oil on this shaft every 500 miies for awhile, some new trouble in the bargain. Kerosene, you know, will take away rust, but it also makes rust the kerosene treatment did was to rust the shaft enough to make it groan every time the engine was pullin’ hard. part of the chassis, and I'll bet we spent a whole day, all told, tryin’ to find out what was the matter. This was just the sort of thing I was guardin’ against, but it just goes to show you how easy it is to slip. All I was thinkin’ of when I suggested the remedy for the original trouble was to furnish the owner with a handy means of freein' up the plate. A mixture of kerosene and oil is excellent But I wasn't figurin’ on the rustin’ action of the kerosene. You've got to be particularly careful about this with the shaft of a clutch, because the oil tends to fly off to the cdges, leavin' alone to stay on the shaft and dry, and then rust. to the new trouble I've got to be careful not to do anytbing that will cause for this purpose. the plates to geét oily and slip. DATES AT NATION’S PARKS Schedule of Interest to Tourists the Coming Summer. For motorists who are contemplating visiting any of the great national playgrounds in the West this season The Star herewith gives the opening and closing dates of the national parks: Crater Lake, Ore., July 1, September 30:" General Grant, Cali tober 10; Glacier, Mont., J ', tember 15; Grand Canyon, Ariz., open all year; Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, open all year; Hot Springs, Ark., open all year; Lafayette, Me, open all year; Lassen Volcano, Calif., June 1, Sep- tember 15; Mesa Verde, Colo., Ma as well as of quality. that of an open car. 1138-1140 Conn. Ave. T he Standard The human desire to own the best suggests the CADILLAC The Coach Motorists are turning from ordinary this new Cadillac Coach from considerations of economy The cost of it is no more than New Cadiliacs may be purchased on the time payment plan The Washington Cadillac Company RUDOLPH JOSE, President Frank. 3900, 3901, 3902 CADILLAC o A chap down the street I looked into that one moves There was a draggin’ action, and, of But I certainly did giva him What The noise was carried to every the kerosene Now in applyin’ a remedy 15, November 1; Mount McKinley, Alaska, July 1, September 15; Mount Rainier, Wash., June 15, September 16; Platt, Okla., open all year: Rocky Mountain, Colo., open all year; Sequoia. Calif., May 24, October 10; Sullys Hill, N. Dak., June 1, September 30: Wind Cay Dak., June 1, September 30; Yellowstone, Wym., ber 20: Yosemite, C Zion, Utah, May 1 lif., open a October S e May Prevent a Skid. Tt will usuall id to apply both the emgrgency and service brakes in event a quick stop is neces sary. One brake band of either sys tem of brakes may be tighter than the other, but when all the bands are used variation is less likely automobiles to the World Italy Building Roads. Ttaly is building improved roads between her principal cities and the lake resorts r of special automobile roads recently have been completed between Milan and resorts in northern Italy at a cost of about 33 are no level cross- Q estion: Whyaremotor car dealers glad to see you when you have a Buick to trade in? They know that if they get it, they can sell it quickly — at a good price. Buick reliability has made Buick a first choice in the used car market. ® STANLEY H. HORNER, Inc. Retail Dealer 1015 14th St. Main 5296 25% More Power in the New Jewett Motor HE Jewett Motor improved! Itseemed im- possible. For no motor of any type or size has equalled Jewett’s amazing past performance. Records on hill and track, established 3 years ago by the first great Jewett Motor, still stand— unchallenged by any car. But even this remarkable performance was not enough. Months of research and testing have now produced this new—greater Jewett Motor. A motor so smooth—so quiet—so vibrationless at all speeds that you will scarcely hear it. Yet with power that seems limitless! 25% more than the old Jewett without increasing the size. And years of experience are back of it. For basically it is the same, big sturdy motor that has powered Paige-built cars for 8 years. Think that over! Eight years of constant im- provement with the same basic design. Far over a billion miles beyond experiment. A $15,000,000 company buildsit. A company whose principal executives have remained un- changed for 16 years. And a five million dollar zlant produces it. The most modern plent in the Study this motor! It's a six—big enongh— powerful enough to do the biggest job you'll ever askofit. ‘Tothemechanically inclined— Jewett’s tremendous increase in power is easily under- stood. Just read these facts: New Counterbalanced Crankshaft A massive new counterbalanced crankshaft— weighing 102 pounds—eliminates distortion. We know of no heavier crankshaft in any car. 30 pounds heavier than the old Jewett crankshaft. Its pins and main bearings are a quarter in:'h larger. Vibration is eliminated through dynamic and static balancing and the addition of counter- weights. There can be no “‘whip” in such a crank- shaft, Smooth, quiet operation through this tnotor’s long life is thus assured. - New Silent Chain Drive A new silent chain now drives pump, cam and timing shafts. Automatic tension adjuster takes up chain wear as it occurs. You do not find a feature like this in other cars near Jewett’s price. And there’s no need for service. We proved this feature right with two years’ use in the Paige without complaint. Now—improved—it is in the New Jewett. Permanent silence!is the result. Full Pressure Lubrication The New Jewett Motor has an oiling system identical in principle with the systema being used in the costliest cars. It's a high pressure, hollow crankshaft system that forces two gallons per minute through all main and connecting rod bear- ings—now extended to chain drive, valve tappets, camshaft and water pump drive shaft bearings. Forced out from the ends of these beasings by high pressure—oil is broken into a fine spray, lubricating pistons and pins. Metal never rubs metal—always a protective film between. Heat is carried away from bearings, insuring the ab- sence of friction. Wear is banished. Hence— Jewett'slong life—years of service-free operation. Big Cylinders—Big Power Extra cylinder size gives the New Jewett itsamaz- ing power. Each cylinder is 3!/4-inch bore—5-inch stroke—giving the motor 249 inches piston dis- placement. That means a motor with ample power—to carry Jewett’s sturdy weight up hills and through rough going in high—without ever straining. It’s the biggest motor ever put into a car in Jewett’s class—so big that it makes play of the work that taxes lighter, less able motors. Jewett’s power is never taxed. So it keeps its vitality longer—stays new for years. New Carburetion The improved intake manifold of the New Jewett is one of the biggest factors in increasing the horsepower developed by the motor. Square in shape—it provides a flat floor surface where the heavy, unvaporized ends of the fuel lie—spread out—completely exposed to the vaporizing influ- ence of the mixture passing through the manifold. More complete vaporization is assured—hence— more power. And crank-case dilution is practi- cally eliminated. A new top outlet carburetor is used, mounted on the right side of the motor— shortening the intake manifold. The manifold has a more intensely hot spot and functions ideally without a stove. The qualities of easy starting —quick acceleration and smooth running for which Jewett has always been famous—are now greatly improved. New Double Bearing Wrist Pins Jewett’s wrist pins are large—much larger than pins used in other cars in its class. Now, in- stead of being fastened in the pistons and having their bearings in the small end of the connect- ing rods— Jewett wrist pins are clamped in the rods and oscillate in the bosses of the pistons. ‘Wrist pin bearings are longer—bearing surface is spread over agreaterarea, reducing the possibility of pin noises. Here is another typical example of Jewett’s new sturdiness that means long life— service-free operation. New Interchangeable Main Bearings Main bearings in the New|Jewett Motor are uni- versally interchangeable. Inside and outside di- ameters are held to one-half thousandth of an inch. Bearing surfaces are as near 100% as pos- sible. Ifreplacement is ever necessary—it can be done on the road without special tools. . A simple operation gives you a new car job. Ask any Paige-Jewett dealer to show you this remarkable new motor. Get the facts. Then take the wheel of a New Jewett and make your own test. Five minutes will demonstrate its superior performance. 2 Wholesale and Retail Distributor 16th and You Streets—Potomac 772 Rhode Island Ave. Garage 900 R. L. Ave. N.E. ‘Alexandria Motor Company ' 117 N. Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Va. Open Every Evening Until 9 DEALERS Athey & Harrison Laurel, Md. Ricketts Garage Rockville, Md. Motor Sales and Service Co. * . 2015 14th St. N.W. Wash.-Westcott Co. 2114 14th St. N.W, E. B. Frazier Motor Company 518 10th St. N.E. WASHINGTON-VIRGINIA MOTORS, Inc.