Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1925, Page 65

ENGINEERS MUST SOLVE TRAFFIC [ @ | | . Interesting Conclusions Are | b * traffic pla Jewett Co Reached at New York Conference. The problem of untangling the traf. fic situation in many of the cities of the country is a can be solved brains. at only by e a recent meeting tional town, ning City. Discussion developed at the confer ence brought out the followinz points on city planning with respect to traf fic: A" comprehensive tra must recognize that rail motor traffic must be co: 1 commercial v les st be rout away from avenues used chiefly cars; records of incom. oing travel will point the ving congested should be widened and sufficient play of the interna and regional plan held in city conference, New York ed by parking facilities grounds provided Alvan M of the > of the Na tional fle Chamber of Com merce, pointed out to conference that there is a great need for the in al citizen to take an actiye in 1 the city planning s have new traffic projects outlined, rrogress fs slow be active support he said Prompt Action Needed. The need f phasized. acce br the traffic which indicate an increase in £ March 0 per cent s had no fatali but in_th the confer The opin t since t lar problem by its Extent of Blame. what_extent sible the automobile is for the present overcrowd somewhat doubt Tuttle, city en ork. “While the argely replaced the does not ordi much space when 1d by reason of the t capable of moving out four times faster than the horse. awn vehicle, it requires only one th road space per uni while in motion. Simil senger car, which h buzgy way space compared with the two-whee €om. Tt is evident the present types of tax upon the s space than were se of 20 and that the iner ion is due rather t in number of vehicles in use than to the change in motive power large task that gineering This is the conclusion reached avenues: | A car second hand is worth two that | you push. Nothing in ‘the Name. ng of one of Amer- mobile builders, if not the recognized ventor of Amer- jca's first car, Elwood Hayvnes, serves to emphasize once again the,insecur- ity of fame and public recognition. Mr. Haynes drove his first product in July, 1894, and, just 30 vears later, in 1921, he lived to see his product van ish from the market : failure. Haynes is not the only name that has failed to keep its place in the 1tomotive sun Winfon is no more the name of an automobile. while Thomas and Chalmers, like Dort and Jeffery. have definitely passed out of the picture. Stanley, Apperson. Dur vea and few others appear to weather the storm of competition de spite reorganization and misfortunes. The picture of the hits and the misses in the automobile business | tempt_one 1o “What's in_a name? 1 to reply, “Nothing Sig | have just put over a $150. | The recent p }ica's pioneer deal in order to cash in on the success and ood will of Dodge, vet in the forth | process of th v said he 3 Lincol Lafy car from the | failure fist name to he | reckoned with in the bicycle field. yet to such newcomers as wrd, Jordan, Durant and many others Studebalker. also an old timer prior te the automobile industry, s still flour ome day @ group of the younger men of the suc cessful companies of the day will be | going back to Haynes as the name of | a new car, or that some of the far famed names of the moment will be past history? what Two Parking Pointers. Is that car in process of entering the coveted parking space or of leav- This is a question that puzzles and causes much delay. It is casily answered. Just look at the driver He will always be laboring » ‘when attemptinz to enter than when leaving it many When desiring to hack into a space | | visible ahead speed up a little in order |to zet far gnough away from | traffic behind to allow for more time to back in. Also prevents the man behind from cutting in. ! Three Traffic Tricks. H If the clutch drag: spinninz quickly eno for a quick shift into low from neutral and you do not care to run the risk of wait ing at a crossing in low with | the clutch helg out because of the pos. sibility should your foot sliy the gears in reverse. This will obviate the spinning clutch difficulty and should v foot slip off thg clutch be much ely to inflict personal injury. four-wheel brakes have come pularity many drivers make it rule, when drivir th gh heavy ic. to note whether the car ahead { the type likely to stop sudden his is somewhat hazardous ie as a whole is more imports does not stop try waiting with the the | of running into a pedestrian | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C THE SUNDAY MOTORIST | An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners [ EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN i than the units. If there is a four wheel brake car at the head of the line, and if the driver uses his brakes carelessly, the car ahead of you may stop just us suddenly, irrespective of efficient brakes It traffic is so ecrratic that you must accelerate for the quickest possible getaway, vet may be obliged to stop just as suddenly, keep in low gear That will give the quickest pick up with the least strain on the engine. and it will provide the surest and quickest slowing down when pedes. trians or other traffic get into your way a moment or two after heing told to go. Did You Know— That before grinding in the valves and removing them it is important to serape off all the carbon around them?” Should you remov a valve ound it, some of the carbon particles will fall down into the intake and ex } haust pipes. The carbon in the in take will thus suck right back into | the enzine the moment you s and some of this may ledge unde valve and cause it to seat poorly That the oil filler pipe in the aver engine also serves another pur | pose? This purpose is to allow for | “crankcase breathing "he pistons tend 1o compress the air in the case and so there must be a breather tube. Some engines have a scparate tube | for thix purpose, while otk com | bine the breathing feature with the | oil filler pipe. That it's a fallacy that a car has to be stationary before one can shift to low ? The idea secms to pre vail that with a selective gear. three. | speeds-forward transmission, it is im possible to drop down into low unless the car comes to rest. The difficulty. however, ia largely failure to appre- ciaie the engine speed required for a car speed of, let us say. merely five {miles an hour. The driver tries to | shift from second to low at an engine { speed suitable for second, and natur ally there is a crash of gears. While the gear shift lever is passing through { neutral position, and while the clutch | Is engaged. the engine should be raced | | for an instant. When the clutch is | then pushed out (isengaged) the shift can be made. It requires practice, but mastery of this point is a valuable safety feature. You never can tell | when it will be necessary | such a shitt | Something to Remember. engine. so far as carbon deposits go by feeling the inside of the combustion | chambers with a finger poked through the openings for the spark plugs. In are located directly over the valve pockets, so that your finger will not cylinder proper. You merely feel the { tops of the valve heads and the side of the pocket around and above them. Cire | at these points, arbon has |lesa chance wn. The HUDSON—ESSEX $12.50---Special---$11.50 Relined with Genuine Thermoid BRAKE SPECIALISTS | FREE TEST AND ADJUSTMENT || Champlain Motor Service Co. Rear 1420 K St. N.W. il then start to scrape the carbon | to make You can judge the condition of the | the average L-head motor the plugs | reach to the combusion chamber, or | [ MAY 1 greatest formation of carbon is on the inside of the cylinderhead, where it is not easily discovered. In a valve-in- head motor, where the plugs are in the side, the condition of the engine is, however, more accurately judged by this method. Auto Makers Set New Production Record in April Points Well to Know. I The idea that tappets will get nois. fer as the car is driven—by reason of | loosening up—leads to many ¢ car care. ‘The -tendency tappets to become quieter hy reason | of the pounding RGv 1l b Tayes |“.,.’,"" Nt over April which automatically takes up tappet [ The largest month clearance, provided the locking nuts|yecord was May, 1 for the tappet adjustments have been | Fo% #0040 properly tightened. What h most s is that the cle very slight when the car i hastening the period wh be virtually no clearance when the| engine heats up. This will often cause more noise than if the tappets were loose = > 7 Insuficient valve tappet clearance will cause camshaft wear. .Just fig ure it out for yourself. When clear ance is lacking and the push rod holds the valve from fully seating, all the force that ms the valve shut nsmitted airect to the . respective cam of the camshaft An en; » wigr aluminum pistons will show greater piston-cylinder clea ance when the head is removed full then it is cold. Re are Reaching @ new high monthly pro- duction (otal, the automobile ind try in April manufactured 420,373 = cars and trucks, representing an in crease of 16 per cent over March and | iously on | 1 the total single new, thus | n there will | ¥ include ¢ When Canadian figures have been re ceived for April it is probable that | the grand total for the last month | will 000 | pistons sometimes make the mistake | of considering the extra clearance as evidence of wear Checking Up Repairs. eansed by not | s A dot of trouble is knowing whether airer has com- | pleted the job. 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