Evening Star Newspaper, July 26, 1925, Page 51

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASH - MOTORS IMPROVED BY BRIGHT COLORS Easier to Keep Clean and to Find When Left in Pub- lic Garages. ‘Brighter simplifying car has obvia dusting abled th than it ywed every par: \dividual colc wners have 5 i [ MARYLAND REOILS ROADS| ON POPULAR AUTO ROUTES | Commissioners Announce That | John Smith and His Car John Smith is a character whom every motorist should welcome. is not selfish; BY FREDERIC K C. RUSSELL. He rather he is a motoring martyr, a chap willing and glad to have exploited, in an interesting way, his experiences for the henefit of the other 10,000,000 or more members of the motor clan. runs so well | is quite natural |it when he commenced wor )n slaps and was not at ed when he informed m that his engine pep.” “It's losing complained have to hay . A he emer e pushi “Oh, it n Smigh’ laughed power to power ning to susy pull out of I rather all sur somewhere and » common simplest t ppened to re I} y brake and com- to the car out bad “She's all that,” as th Cause of Power Loss. “Good enough to se s, and when you do Five Projects Are to Be Under |a Way This Week. Chesapeake E expenditures in the s last year amounted to | Highw United $950,653 ' 1 answer whether 3 take | rakes s a 1 don’t make half mike s. If they the brakes He ng. carburetor down for an tion sw ion, turs sed on the ¢ s enable pated | ing about | & the other | and had lost all its t I need | * he | test the compression in each cylinder while the engine was cold f the rings were worn,” I told him. ‘“compression would be lowest while the engine is cold because the pistons and ri are then contracted {and there ways a little more | rance between the cylinder walls the pistons. This ‘seal’ fis further reduced by the fact that there is little oil on the walls. Now if you will drive out front and allow the engine to run with a > the a o think T pro- - without ats my plan of d up with- ng the tires the same time Testing the Compression. “Now switch off the ignition and give me the hand crank again,” “Il see what kind of got while we're hill.” hand crank one or two half wa I gave spins and est boy to take | “It's easy to the boy “You these up hand rank you announced onny, your Dad’s one of ts who aren't satisfied e tappets reasonably nce 50 he gets the clearance d push rods re held slightly open warms up and ex tems. k over the engine x 16 of the gas goes out through | the exhaust ana e back into the | intake every time a cylinder is sup posed to be under compression, and when you lower compression a few s you lower your power ahout times as much.” “You win ith capitulated like a true motor sportsman. “But what if he compression hadn't been the until the valves a | | when the engine | pands the valv | When you ¢ ecal ght h: Next Week—Closed Car Traits (Copyright, 1925.) MONUMENT COSTS CITY PLACE ON NEW HIGHWAY Pa., Traffic Congestion, So Lincoln Route Is Changed Lancaster, n does not want to er, Mr. Mittinger says, < > traffic ponse. tion can be remedi g the memorial monument from placing it in a park, anizations have pro- a move. mov the sc but pat tested Uncle Sam produced 90% of the world’s carsin 1924. Here are the figures: United States France. . Canada .. United Kingdom Italy FOOD for thought, The reason men. 3,503,000 145,000 134,000 80,000 35,000 gentle- for the world-wide acceptance - of Uncle Sam’s their evident Their economy of and compact constr put competition beh automobiles superiority. is operation uction has ind. Germany. . Austria. . Beigium. Spain. . Czechoslovakia. ceeeeease. HESE Chev figures include the rolet, the lowest- priced real automobile on the market. For value, there is nothing in the United States to beat it. This means the best automobile in the world for the money. Dealers in Economical Transportation OURISMAN CHEVROLET SALES CO., BARRY-PATE MOTOR COMPANY, 1218 Connecticut Avenue AERO AUTO COMPANY, Alexandria, Virginia Gish Garage 17th and U Sts. N. W. F. S. Pohanka 1126 20th St. N. W. Caylor-Spaulding Motor Co. Clarendon, Va. 625 H Street N. E. LUTTRELL CHEVROLET SALES CO., 14th and Rhode Island Avenue ASSOCIATE DEALERS Lustine-Nicholson Motor Co. 301 7th St. S. W. S. & G. Motor Co. 1078 Wisconsin Ave. Kelchner Garage Rockville, Md. Owens Moter Co. 3700 Georgia Ave. L F. Bury Aracostia, D. C. Economy Auto Supply Co. Capitol Heights, Md. Refuses to End WASHINGTON, D. C., TO INGTON, D. C, JULY 26, 1925—PART 3. HIGH PRICE OF AUTOS BLAMED ON WAR TAX Purchaser Penalized, T. P. Henry Says—Urges Repeal of Federal Levy in Next Congress. Skyscraper Garage Is Held Legal in Downtown Chicago Skyscraper garages to solve Chicago’s downtown parking prob- lems may result from an opinion of the city's attorney legalizing con- struction of a proposed buflding, 40 stories tall, as a combination karage and office building. The building is designed 557 feet tall and to have a storage capacity of 672 automobiles. Twenty-seven per cent of all floors up to and in- cluding the twenty-third would be devoted to car space. Reduction of the prices of automo biles will be made possible if the war- time taxes are removed, according to officials of motoring organizations who recently attended a conference at the offices “of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce in New York. “Every one who owns an automobile s to own one is interested in declared Thomas P. Henry, president of the American Automobile Assoclation. “Its removal will mean mediate reduction in the cost of | wutomobiles to the purchaser, because all cars at present wdvertised tomobiles wa rgency measu similarly pen have been freed from thes 1 k it is only just that all the Federal | taxes on automobiles should be re- moved at the next session of Con- | gress.” Besides Mr. Henry, the delegates to the conference included C. B. W of the Natiapal Automobile Dealers' Association, H. H. Rice, chalrman of the taxatfon n | fle Chamber of Com. .. Viles of the Rubber As- iation of America, and Neal Adalr the Motor and Accessory Manufac- | ' Asso The N. 1 sociation of Taxicab Owners also v represented. SAFER CARBON REMOVAL. ‘ Draining Gasoline From Carbure- tor Eliminates Danger. The danger incident to having the carbon burned out by means of an| oxygen flame can be eliminated by tak ing a simple precaution. The danget usuall lies in the possibility of ig niting an oxygen-filled cylinder while its intake valve is open The flarhe th hoots back into the carbureter and causes the equivalent of 8 back fire. Experienced garagemen, course care to see th: valves fc cylinder are closed bef they proceed, but even then the a possibility of an intake valve be held partly open by a few particles | of carbon. To avoid all this simply | shut off the flow of gasoline from the | vacuum t: 0 the carburetor and until it s S. Like every piece of take 1015 14th St. SPEED TRAPS DEALT BLOW IN CALIFORNIA Final Knockout Delivered When Supreme Court Holds Law Valid. Speed traps in California were handed a final knockout when the Su- preme Court held the legislation en- acted two years ago to be constitu- tional The high court decision followed an appeal from the Superior Court of Orange County, where, November 9, 3, the case of Victor Fleming, con- Maintenance machinery, an automo- bile should have regular attention. Our maintenance department is trained in Buick work, and it is their aim to see that you, as an owner, secure the maximum service from your car at minimum cost. Stanley H. Horner Retail Dealer Main 5296 “Convenient to Downtown” victed on speed-trap testimony, was made a test case by the Automobile Club of Southern California. The legislation aguinst speed traps was passed after a hard battle in the Legislature. Several countles in the 7 State refused to abolish speed traps, leading to the test case. It is belleved, following this decision, no further temipts will be made to operate speec traps, since such evidence no longer bas standing in the California law. “The Human Desire to Own the Best Suggests the Cadillac” SUMMER CLEARANCE NEW V-6 CADILLAC AUTOMOBILES We have a few new Cadillac auto- mobiles, 1925 model, which we are offering at a considerable saving in price to you. MONTHLY PAYMENTS IF DESIRED ~/ The Washington-Cadillac Company 1138.40 Connecticut Avenue OPEN EVENINGS WILLIAMSPORT, PA. 5 Hours 22 Minutes «~+-215 Miles Best Train Time, 6 Hours 5 Minutes “A Great Ride in a Great Car”’ The report of an enthusiastic owner. This 8-Cylinder Sedan, Neither words nor pictures can'give you the remotest conception of what to expect when you sit behind the wheel of a Hupmobile Eight. You must be prepared for standards of performance and roadability heretofore associated only with the highest-priced and heaviest cars. And this is where Hupmobile excels, for it does everything and more than other cars, so easily, so buoyantly and so free from the slightest feeling of effort. In unison with speed far beyond your needs, pick-up that fairly takes your breath away, Touring Car (Formerly $2165) Now $1985 Roadster-... .. (Formerly $2165) Now $1985 Sport 4-Pass. Roadster (Formerly $2265) Now......... Coupe (2 or 4 Pass.) (Formerly $2525) Now. ...uu...uu. Sedan.......(Formerly $2575) Now $2395 Delivered and Equipped, including Tax and Freight. There will be no price re- duction on the 4-cylinder models. as interesting. and pulling power that sends you over the road in high gear regardless of contours or traffic speed, you enjoy economy of operation unprecedented in the eight-cylinder type. This enthusiastic owner said— “Business called me to Williamsport, Pa., and instead of going by rail, I decided to drive my Hup- mobile Eight Sedan. It was the first time I had an opportunity to give it a real road test. with which this' car performed surprised m traffic it throttled down perfectly, and wl stepped down on it on the open road the response was instant. I am glad I chose to go by automobile. It was a great ride in a great car.” The ease Read below further about this report and watch for others equally Equipped, Delivered for $2,395—That’s Less Than Most Sixes Yet It Is Smoother, Speedier and More Flexible Than Any Six at Any Price The most-talked-of car in the country gives a degree of performance which eclipses all claimants for comparison. The Hupmobile Eight cannot fail to please the most discriminating. But to appreciate these things you must see the car and drive it. Then, and only then, will you under- stand that Hupmobile has turned a new page in motor car history. A phone call to Columbia 5050 will bring the model in which you are particularly inter- ested to your door. All models, both Eights and Fours, on display at our convenient and attractive showroom at Champlain Street at Kalorama Road. In 1 HUPMOBILE EIGHT STERRETT & FLEMING, Inc. Home of the Certified Gold Seal Used Cars . Champlain St. at Kalorama Road PLEASE NOTE In quoting prices on Hupmobile Eights we give Wou the 'price you will pay, including freight, tax and all necessary equipment, such a8 spare tire. tube and cover. front and rear bumpers, four-wheel brakes, balloon tires, etc. Most companies quote prices on the bare ear at the factory, but you cannot buy any car that way. Their object is to make the price of the car seem low. The prices we quote are your cost for the equipped car at your door. Please bear this in mind when you compare prices. Columbia 5050