Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1925, Page 72

PLANSTDOIOBUS SYSTEN AS FEEDER New York-New Haven Rail- road to Establish Lines B as Experiment. bus experiment by ew Iaven and Hart- ford Rallroad, undertaken to provide a feoder system for the steam road. 1y develop a solution to the problem of whether a large railroad can enter 1he field of motor bus operation profit- ably. The New England Transportation Co. was organized by the New Haven road at & capitalization of $1.000.000 1o operate the bus fleet, which will connect the steam lines with gom- munities not served by trains now. Although there are more than 150 vailroad companies in the United Ntates operating busses or motor coaches on rai ren Rail road is virtually t large steam transportation concern to launch an extensive plan for the operation of husses to replace train service not 10w on & paying basis or to provide a feeder system to draw passengers from communities not touched by the railroad lnes. ‘Watched by Experts. Transportation experts are watching the experiment as a guide to other railorads that may find it necessary to ugment their regular passenger lines. They see in the raflroad-bus combina- tion the possibility for throwing new light on the field of motor bus opers tion. Whether the bus be made a valuable adfunct to the steam road is believed to be one point that n cleared up by the New England To benefit from further exten: of carrier facilities increased invest- ment in tracks and equipment would be necessary, but with a profit far I proportionate to that made possil by the bus line additions, in the opin- ion of transportatior authorities. Pro- monents of the bus lines assert that offer the possibility of a railroad ing economical transportation ities for communities which are in need of adequate transit facilities, but which do not furnish sufficient patronage to make rail operation profitable. They further contend that hus transportation can be maintained on the scale of the New Haven ex periment at a cost approximating one fourth of that of steam carriers. Four Bus Routes Planned. Four bus routes 200 miles long in Connecticut are planned as the begin ning of the auxillary system. In addi- tion, application has been made for 10 routes in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. There are now 61 independent hus companies in Connecticut oper- ating 300 busses on routes extending over 1.010 miles of highw Steam railroad lines in the State aggregate miles. tablishment of the bus lines is not the first entrance of the New Haven Railroad into the field of gasoline- driven types of transportation. For several vears the railroad has oper- ated about 40 gasoline rail cars. The busses which will run on the New Haven's routes will be the parlor car type, painted maroon. A million-dollar the New York, to take a achieved in motor car, S | de Many streets are like many drivers —too narrow for present needs. Character in Motor Cars. Criticism of American cars to the offect that they pattern too much after ch other may be true in that with | so many makes und models and such | keen competition a certain similarity | hetween cars is unavoidable, but there |is far more diversity than appears on | first thought. Some American cars are as different from each other as day is from night. There seems to be much evidence of cl ‘ter and_dis- tinetis particularly mechanical feature: On a popular V-eight a pressure system of gasoline feed is still used, though one finds it conspicuously ab- sent in other American makes. An- other manufacturer adheres to the idea of having the clutch pedal serve both s Lrake and cluteh. A third anufacturer has succeeded with an air-cooled engine, despite the failure | of other concerns that have tried it. | Some manufacturers are not bring- ing out annual models, while others |use the unnual model as a selling point. There is great popularity of lacquer finishes for bodies, but some e born to the high luster finish and will have nothing else. One car is now being equipped with a fabric body cover. 1f Amer distinction, one is justified in asking why there is such diversity in engine types. There is a marked distinction between high- | speed and low-speed motors, and no |end of varlation in the number, ar- rangement and firing order of cylin- There have been more improve- ments made in four-cylinder engines | the past year than in the six-cylinder type. Some cars hug the grouwd, but the designers of one of the finest American cars have decided that it shall stand high, and the new selling policy calls for standardization of the present models. American cars do not even look alike. One gets the opposite impres- sion through seeing so many of the same make. ar in Motor Accidents Decreasing. Motor fatalities have decreased from 8 per 100,000 registered vehicles in 1917 to 98 in 1924. The accident rate continues to de- crease, despite much carelessness and lawlessness. There were 1,986 motor fatalities in cities of more than 100.000 population for the first six months of this year, as compared with 2,038 last year. If this record can be matched for the balance of the vear, 1825 will not only show a decrease in the acci- dent rate but in the total number of s well. e more than 1.000.000 more red than there were at the For the first four months of 1925 the major railroads of the Nation carried 23,000,000 fewer sengers than in the same period vear. These people are traveling motor bus or in the private cars. o the manufacture of the Showing the Reason for Quality at Low Cost The exhibit consists of 40 remarkable photo graphs of the mostinteresting processesin mod- ern automobile manufacture. It will the sameinteresting knowledge that you would get by taking a trip through the plants where Chevrolet cars are built. Each pictureisaccom- panied by a it illustrates. It is an exhibit of unusual interest full description of the and value. Bring the children. Luttrell Chevrolet Sales Co. . 14th St. and Rhode Aero Auto 1101 King St. Island Ave. N. W. Co., Inc. Alexandria, Va. THE SUNDAY ST An Abridged Magazine for Car Qwners EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN Yet motor accidents and fatalities are being held down. Casualties at highway crossings, as reported by the Interstate Commerce Commission, were 560 for March, 1925, as against 581 for March a year ago. Are You This Man? He can tell whether the engine is running hot or cold simply by acceler- ating sharply and noting how the en- gine takes it. If there is a distinct carbon “ping” the pistons are running pretty hot. He knows when he needs to have the oll drained, even though he has not driven 500 miles since last chang- ing it. The oil pressure gauge on the instrument board shows too low a pressure_when the engine is being started off cold. He can tell whether his stop-light signal is working simply by watching for the flicker of the ammeter indi- cator when depressing the brake. Testing the Carburetor. The best place to test a carburetor and to make necessary adjustments is on a hill. Not only does the hill quickly reveal any need for adjust- ment, and also show up troubles which may not concern the carbu- retor, but it keeps the engine hot. Carburetor adjustments should be made while the engine is hot, not while it is cold. Watch the Oily Parts. Oil-covered parts of the car are us ally the most neglected, because they never look as though they need any attention. This applies particularly to the springs, where an appearance of excessive lubrication may slu{ply be an indication that the spring‘leaves have forced the lubricant out. The only place where_the lubricant can do its work is where it is serving as a bearing protector, and that necessarily places it out of sight. Consult a Competitor. Now and again a motorist is up against the problem of trying to have something remedied when it is a chronic fault of the particular device used on the car and cannot be reme- died. If the owner suspects anything of the sort and is sensible enough to appreciate that trying to have it re- paired under such circumstances would represent a useless expenditure, the thing to do is go to some company handling a competing line. Suppose the trouble is some annoy- ing habit of the carburetor. Is it peculiar to the carburetor on the par- ticular car, or is the trouble common to all cars using this make of carbu- retor? That is the question. Obvi- ously, a competitor may be able to shed some light on the subject. In trying to sell his own line of carbu- retors he must know the faults of those who are selling against him. If he doeb not seem to be familiar with the particular trouble, the owner can be rather certain that the trouble is Express Truck Chassis ALL PRICES F. O. B. MICH. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, OCTOBER 4, 1925—PART : Toatcanset've ramediear - <" | Detours on Popular Maryland Roads Lesser of Two Evils. It is all very well to raise the hood if the engine is hot, assuming that you are going.to stop by the roadside for a while. But with some hoods there is no provision for holding them open unless one side is swung all the way back 80 as to rest on the top of the other side. When in this position you have a situation where the hood is really folded to a point where the paint of the most noticeable part is between two hot sheets of metal. You might better allow the hood to scorch in the sun. Something Besides Air. What's in a tire? Well, air for one thing. The man with a flat tire is likely to assume that air is the most important ingredient for pneumatic comfort. But that is not the wholé story. In a typical tire and in its making such strange ingredients as tripoli, gilsonite, lead litharge, car- bonate of magnesia, talc, aniline ofl, alum pigments, mica and rosin are used. In addition, one also finds mica, asbestos fiber, carbon black, lime, zinc, carbon blsulphide, clay, sulphur, glue, lime, paraffin, petroleum, barytes and asbestine. v Now You Have It! (Answers to Last Week’s Questions.) 1. Pistons of cast iron but of too light construction will fail to conduct heat to the cylinder walls quickly enough to prevent semi-fusing of dirt and carbon against their heads. 2. Thermo-syphon is the name given to a cooling system based on natural circulation of water, no pump being used. 3. If the brake bands are concen- tric with the drums, providing for uni- form clearange all the‘way around, the bands will wrap a little around the drums when the brakes are applied. The car will stop with far less effort. 4. Painting the top of the open car with an aluminum preparation will keep out 50 per cent of the heat that usually comes through the conven. tional black top coverin, (Copyright. 1925.) PUTTING AIR IN TIRES. “Habit” Cited as Conducive to Un- comfortable Travel. Putting air in the tires before start- ing on a trip is one of the habits that make for uncomfortable driving and blowouts. In putting air into tires most motorists go a little beyond the prescribed pressure, knowing that un- less they do, or unless they add alr every few days, the tires are likely to have too long pesiods of underinfla- tion. This being the case, it is better to inflate the tires when using the car around the city and take the car on a trip when the tires are about right. Even if they are a little under- inflated they will pick up a little air through fast driving. ‘Why Auto Horns Hesitate. One of the most common causes of horn failure is too tight an adjust- ment. If there is any danger of hav. ing the horn fail altogether it is bet- ter to adjust its shaft so that it does not bear so heavily upon the da- phragm. The horn may not give out p_warning, but it is far are_Invited picture tri through an automo ile -%525 525 675 695 . 775 - 550 Ourisman Chevrolet Sales Co. 625 H Street N.E. Barry-Pate Motor Co., Inc." 1218 Connecticut Avenue Be Sure to See the Special Exhibit This Week * Are Announced by Highway Chiefs| IN CASE OF ACCIDENT | A detour of 1.8 miles has been estab- lished on the road through Catons- ville, Md. Westbound traffic is routed to the left at Frederick road and Bishops lane, following the latter to Bloomingdale avenus, right on Bloom- ingdale avenue to Bloomsbury avenue, right across the Frederick road to Ed- mondson avenue, left on Edmondson avenue and then left on Beaumont avenue to the Frederick road. East- bound trafic will turn left at Fred- erick road and Beaumont avenue on the latter thoroughfare to Edmond- son avenue, then turn right to Ingle- side avenue and right to the Fred- erick road. Traffic on the Defense highway will detour between Bladensburg and Col- lington by turning to the right at the end of the concrete roadway, then left at 3.5 miles and again at 6 miles off the highway to Collington. The road from Damascus to Brownings- ville has a detour 1.4 miles south of the intersection of the Washington and Browningsville road, turning right to Kings Valley, left into Damascus- Browningsville road. A detour on the Claggettsville-Kemptown road runs from Claggettsville north on the ‘Washington-Ridgeville road to Penns Corner, then left to Kemptown. e e War Taxes Still Paid. In 1924, six vears after the close of the World War, the purchasers of more than 3,600,000 new motor cars still were required to pay war taxes. Nearly $1,000,000,000 has been paid into the Federal Treasury bv Ameri- can motorists since 1917 TALKS ON PROCEDURE Chicago Motor Club Suggests‘ Methods of Value in Antici- pating Law Suit. What is the best procedure in case of accident? This question is answered by the Chicago Motor Club in @ bulletin pre- pared to {nform motorists how to pro- ceed at the time of an aceldent which may later result in a lawsuit. After getting medical aid for the injured in personal injury cases, the motorist is urged to get the facts to be used as evidence. “It is facts that win cases mor@y than the brilliance of counsel,” the bulletin points oyt, and continues: “It must be shown first that the de fendant was guilty of negligence and . @. b. Cleveland that the defendant or his agent was driving the car at the time of the accident. hen the actual damage must be computed.” The bulletin recommends use of a pencil sketch in getting ce, and points out that “in get- ting witnesses it must be remember ed that a disinterested witness, a by- stander, is more luable than an occupant of your car. The motorist involved in & crash; s0 s cautioned to make note of weather conditions, the nature of the pavement, skid marks, whether the brakes were applied. and to get the name, address and license number of the driver of the car, also to make tain that one can identify the | driver at a later time. Gas Production Grows Fast. The production of gasoline In the United States increased from one and lion gallons in 1924, according to the Department of Comm formerly A Fine, Roomy 4-Door Sedan—Not a 2-Door Coach! |Beautiful, Comfortable, Powerful! This is the Car for Your Money! PRICE can no longer deprive many people from owning and enjoying the greater com- forts an advantages of a real 4-door Sedan. Look at the remarkable new low price of the Cleveiand Six Four-Door Sedan—then come in and see the even greater ap- peal of the car itself. It is beautiful. You’'ll admire its style. You'll like its rich- ness. You’ll appreciate its roominess. It rides five passen- gers as five full-grown people like to ride. In traffic this Cleveland Six can show its heels to many cost- lier cars. It has the getaway. It has the power. In America’s mountain regions, Cleveland Six holds record after record for hill climbing. 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