Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1925, Page 58

6 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C LERGTHOF TOUR GREATERTHS YEAR Improvement of Roads Has Made Possible Longer Trips, Says A. A. A. Head. Automobile tourlsts motor to thelr favorite summering places this season at consider less cost than they have been able to do so hereto fore, in t of Thomas P. Henry, pres of the American Au- tomobile n, who points g of factor in the may e opinion de- crease in travel cost. Encouraged by the progress made in this direction, Mr. Henry has urzed all affillated A. A. A. clubs to make every effort to simplify tours and to give members the benefits of the Ehorter rou “It will cost less to tour the same country this year.,” Mr. Henry de-| clares. “This saving is entirely aside from the cost of operating the car. and hinges mainly upon the better routifg of tourists. Shorter distances between given points some in stances represent most tying de- creases in travel expe: when con- sidered for ail travelers over an en- tire season ““Motorists will be able to reach more distant points by reason of more direct routes and fewer detours. Their mile age may be np greater than in previ- ous years, but they will return home knowing they have visited more of the placks they have always wanted to see. Help to Families. “This development should be of par. tleular interest to the family whose touring activities are confined to a definite time period, for it means that many of the trips formerly impossible can now be made with ease “I belleve most motorists will see the advantage of reinvesting their sav ings in additional travel. Instead of being content to go to the same places this vear and pocket the savings due to better and &horter routing, they will in all probability go on to still other places. I base this belief upon reports from club officials to the ef-| fect that already they have been called upon to map out an unusual number of extensive trips. “'For some time individual clubs of the A. A. A. chain have been seizing every opportunity to encourage the development of shorter routes between principal points through making such recommendations to the various Legis- latures and road-builders. The A. A A. has co-operated in this work by ancour-img the shortening of Federal- aid trunk lines where it had previously been planned to reconstruct directly over existing roads. “Preliminary reports from the vari- ous highway departments show that where extensive road building is planned for the entire touring season alternate routes of a very acceptable nature are being provided. Bridge Cuts Costs. “An instance of the savings possible in the new season's touring is the Toute connecting New England with New York via the Bear Mountain Sus- pension Bridge across the Hudson River. It has been customary for mo- torists crossing the river below Al- bany to spend several hours on holi- days or at holiday seasons waiting to cross the ferries. Not only was con- siderable gas wasted as a result of waiting in line, but most motorists, in order to make up the lost time, drove faster than they would ordinarily, thus spending additional money for fuel and repair bill “Due to the reduction or elimination of grades when roads are rebuilt, many motor tourists will find less ac- tual hill climbing necessar: en they the motor | Motorigts of Washington will have {an opportunity to witness remarkable |exhibitions of car performance when [the world’s kings of speed gather at |the new Baltimore-Washington Speed v, near Laurel, July 11, for the mile dedication run | The automobile race track is known ]in the industry as the laboratory of the omotive engineers and car manu turers, and every fmportant race has resulted in improvements in the motor |gur. According to automotive experts, he motor race is the most practical ratory for testing motor and chassis performance and endurance Notable among the improvements ot car construction resulting _directly from automobile races have been the development of the four-wheel brakes, |disc wheels, wire wheels, various typos of shock absorbers, new methods of |iznition, olling and better allocation |of the welght of the machine. Balloon tires, almost in universal use now, were first given a sterling est on the race track. Four-wheel srakes came into vogue after they had sroved invaluable to the speed demons |traveling at a rate of more than 100 | miles an hour. Small Motors Best. Another feature of the d of the motor car directly attributable {to the speedway {8 the development of |the small motor. It has been con- clusively demonstrated in race after race that the prize does not go always to the giant motors. In fact, the ten- dency In the construction of motor |racing cars has been to decrease the elopment size of the motors. In_ 1911, Ray |Harroun won the first 500-mile In- dianapolis classic in a six-cylinder | Marmon with a piston displacement of |447.10 cubic inches, averaging 74.59 |miles an hour: in 1915, De Palna was |the winner in a four-cylinder Mer- edes with a piston displacement of 74 cubic inches, averaging 89.94 miles |an hour, while this year de Paolo won |the race in an eight-cvlinder Duesen- |berg with a piston displacement of 2080 cuble inches, averaging more han 100 miles an hour. Contrary to popular opinion, the {present-day racing cars are consider- |ably smaiier than the average car o |the street. The motor of de Paolo’ |car, with which he won the Indian- |apolis and Altoona races, is two-thirds | the size of that of a Ford. It is pre- dicted in motor racing circles that the speed cars next vear will be even smaller, with a maximum piston dis- placement of 93 cubic inches. The elimination of skidding, the de- velopment of better and stronger tires. the improvement in drive shafts &0 back over their favorite routes this year. “One important factor relating to increased economy in 1925 touring is there will be less actual road-building and more reconstruction, patching and general maintenance. The so-called road-building program seems to pre- sage endless detour sirns and dela: but it is really nothing more nor less than a gigantic maintenance program. “The motor clubs of the A. A. A. system are accordingly working to the end that the secondary routes be given due prominence. The latest maps show newer and shorter distances be- tween points. In #ome instances it was found that special interests stood in the way of the motorist becoming familiar with the shorter routes, but the wisdom of simplifying touring for the average péreon and of reducing the mile cost of touring has rapidly sained headway, until there are com- paratively few cases where personal and entirely selfish interests are suc- ceeding in diverting travel that could better go by a shorter route Races at Laurel Next Month May Bring Car Improvements Engineers and Manufacturers Look to the Track to Show Up Defects and” Suggest New Features. o and many other parts of the Aauto- mobile are the results of experiments conducted on the race tracks with cars subject to the most exacting condi- tions and the severest strains. 8prings, as we know them today, are largely the result of racing develop- ment. The long, curved springs of a decade ago have glven w to the shorter and flatter spring h fewer leaves, providing easier and more comfortable riding. Stronger steering wheels and sturdier frames have been developed as a result of experiences of dare-devil drivers on the speedways. One of the most i nt lessons taught by racing pr been that of proper lubrication quired years of tests in racing to convince the motor world of the necessity of pres. sure ofling to every engine bearing. The improvement in valves aleo can be_traced directly to the speedways. Four-wheel brakes were used o racing cars ten years before they came into popular favor for ordinary use. Fred Duesenber wheel brakes for the in 1915. The straight-eight, the demountable rim, the small diameter road wheel— all came from the racing crucible Thus, the trend in motor manufa ture in large measure i8 governed by the dictates of the motor speedway. Promoters of the new speedway at Laurel predict that new speed records will be established at the forthcoming race. They base their assertion on the fact that this track is more heavily pitched than any other in the country and has been constructed so as to eliminate the necessity of siowing down on the curves. These higher speeds may result in further improve. ments of the motor car as & means of transportation. HOW TO SAVE GASOLINE. Reduce Friction in Transmission for Coasting. Frictlon in the average grade of transmission lubricant is sufficient to cut down the free rolling—or coast- ing—of a car as much as 15 or > per cent. Most of this power loss, however, occurs when the car is just getting under way and while the grease in the transmission case I8 congealed. One way to churn the grease and reduce this dragging ac- tion 8o as to save a little gas {8 to press out the clutch, after having started up, and allow the momentum of the car to help. If there 18 a downgrade so much the better. With the gears in ‘“second,” and the clutch pressed out, all the gears but one in the transmission are revolving. This quickly stirs up the sluggish lubricant Gentlemen When your wives go to the country, our home-cooked din- ners will keep you in good health and spirits. Our chef for years prepared meals for a former President and his friends. He pleased them, and as our popularity grows he pleases our patrons and will please you. We seérve the best dinner obtainable for one dollar. Wyoming Cafe Cor. of Columbia Rd. and Calif. St. at 2022 Col. Rd. Iby the old friction drive system, but 1925-PART 3 CENTRAL AMERICA MADE OVER BY IM- PROVEVENT O+ ROADS | (Continued from 17t E 21 Speed in a Pinch Vital to Safety In Auto Driving MOTORWITH MORE SPEEDSIS SOUGHT Transmission That Will Give Endless Ratios Needed by How quickly can you crank your engine if it stalls? If you are back- ing around with the idea of turn- ing in a narrow street or road, how quickly can vou get through with the job if another car suddenly ap pears? If you are going uphill in increased to nearly just 10 years later. The motorist rejoic whelming, world-wide o value and necessity 33 Manufacturers. high gear and the car is running |ter roads because he has 8o slowly that vou could not get the “causs. of | nabior out of the way of anything quickly, igh good 15 mor hat gort of job do you make of clas: 7 It automobile manufacturers had| 4 > & St er class of citizen, E available ‘a transmission capable of | NINE into second? Can you shift s of cltizens obviously have ben . | into second gear going downhill it 25 glving ratios of engine to car speed | [0 {SCONC Reir BOWE & | ;’r“"‘l‘x"“‘fm"“g‘r;";“nj,“r;‘;:".‘r"']"‘i‘;m{'m een| “A little practice might show you Farmers Wealthier. [ hat would at the same time be sub.| DOW unsafe vour driving actually : network of good| ! 1s. A little practice might shew vou the interaction be. | stantially effictent, quiet and durable 4 - t Al tatios. automoblies Wenld he| how essential it is to know what |tween peopies hway communi Abtven the e pce oud, to do even though you don’t have |cation improv instance, not driven the greater part of the time| ,,ny “occasions to display your on | skill 1 ¢ are foodstuff ningo cities tk in Santo | at a comparatively e bringing with the assurance high speed ratio of greatest fuel of Automotive Industries, in a paper| o T as et read at the Summer meeting of the | PHILADEI_PHIA ROAD ':Tlxr o ._.{mm..,. Feelye Mtiwp, Soclety of Automotive Engineers at fa 0L ML (OLE0 SOUTIAR Eus g Spring: g of the subjec Joints out tha White Sulphur Springs, W. Va ! v E The mechanical change speed gear, TO B PENED JULY 4 | the increased purcha: ; l-‘-l which aljpws only three or four speed | world X"'flrk" m”fi ;| i b changes, has been unsatisfactory to roads has doubled the importation car users and designers, according to Mr. Heldt. There have been many efforts made to produce a transmis- sion that would permit of an indef- inite range of ratios from zero to max- imum speed. Such a range was given motor vehicles, 1,464 cars and truc valued at $1,020971, being br into his_country uary 1, 1924. As the cars increase in number over any nation’s highways social condi tions reach a point where everybody wants to own a car. sSmall incomes 0t Jan New Highway, Delayed by Bridge Fight, Will Shorten Trip to Aberdeen. 1920 to that was too bulky, wore too rapidly E ’ p longer tolerated and the and had comparatively Jow power| The Philadelphia road will be|@'® then no 1 ransmiesion efliciency. {paved over ita entire length in time|¥oUnE blood of the country works Considerable attention has been|to open the thoroughfure to traffic|hard to better itsell and double its earning capacity. Instead of becom ling an end in iiself, however, the au- tomobile becomes a means to an end Citizens find that car ownership helps them on to higher goals. The roads, it appears, must come first, which explaina why there is at | present an unprecedented world-wi highway construction boom and wh progressive nations are-investing in highway communication inpreparation | for an International era of motordom { wheh will do for the world what mo- |tordom has already dome for the | United States, Canada, England and other countries | Good roads make the nation, and | the nation will be still bigger, strong- | er, and on the way to greater progress | it ‘every one takes a hand to make | good roads world-wide. | | Approximately 4,200,000 passenger | Shire SnAt810,000 motor truske see i) States. | use on the farms in the Unite given to hydraulic transmissions, with a view to wsing them on trucks and other heavy vehicles, and it has been suggested that desirable results would between Baltimore and Aberdeen by July 4. according to announcement by John N. Mackall, Maryland State commissioner of roads. The distance be obtalned from combining direct|to Aberdeen and other points north drive with the hydraulic gear. A |will ba shortened by 7 miles by the great number of transmissions of var. |new road, on which construction was iable throw types have been invented |begun in 1921. but with little commercial success, he | The highway was delayed last stated. The most advanced design|year owing to disagreement over the | row being tested in France provides |location of a crossing over the Bal- for change of ratio by the reaction of | timore and Ohio Railroad tracks near e rear axle housing changing the | Stepney. in aHrford County. liesi | antularity of a piate. “A transmission | dents of that section objected to combining the variable throw and the |eliminating two grade crossings and inertia principles is being developed |substituting one overhead crossing. in_England. The railroad agreed to pay one-half The inertia principle make use of |the cost of the new overhead cross- energy supplied by the rotating drive [ing, with the stipulation that the shaft, and stored up In reciprocating |two old crossings would be elimi- or oscillating weights, to deliver the nated. Although sections of the new tored-up energy to the driven shaft [road have been open to traffic more at the same rate at which it was ab- |than a Vear, the Stepney overhead sorbed but with the relation between |crossing was only recently com- power and speed altered. pleted r LIGHTER 0! 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