Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1925, Page 81

Racing Drivers Reward Starter For His Fairness CRITICS OF BUYING ONTIMEANGWERED Fred Wagner's contribution to au- tomobile racing is appreciated widely, but by no class more than the drivers in the big speed classics. Shortly after he had waved the last car from the track in the Culver City race last month the veteran starter | was given one of the most pleasant surprises of his career when he was presented with a Ruick sedan by 19 i vers. champien, | > reward Wag! ss and sportsman who come into closest the contestants. Financial Soundness of In- dividual Makes Worry Needless, Dealers Say. There the ucture is no reason to speculate|started the mos soundness the credit| ner for his fi with regard the pur-| ship to thos chase itomobiles on time pay- | contact with it nents long the automobile buver is fina responsibles This | ient by the | Trade .\.~,~ml over of [ the keynot Washington Automotive ttion. jecause approximately $3,000.000,- | installment paper” H bankers and other | izations, there has | Ml ism of financing In | y y | civeles, some credit ex- | | » far as to sound a | st possible overinfla- ton Automobile sints ou uch cri ymobi | | Total of 11,329 Miles Com- N5 gwe. pleted, Making 1924 Record Year for Projects. borts that lit strue- ure of the car | | | the individus buyer, entirely sound it Buyer Held Sound. tomobile ound.” declares nent buyer is finan-| Tederal i completed the W. A. T Work on wid | roads for the year 1925 stands a s is the key to|record over any previous year, accord- it with re- | Ing to the annual report of the Secre- ent paper.” There is | tary of Agriculture, which records speculite | notable accomplishments in the direc- lon as the auto- | tion of giving the Nation a highway | not exceeding his | System of considerable excellence. The total length of the projects com in | pleted is 11,329 miles. The largest | per | previous year's work was less than | - |10.000 miles. Mileage completed since | {1817 is brought up to 46,486 miles. 12,463 Miles Incomplete. Tt lev prefer to pur | . These figures, however, do not tell Lt ihey prefer to DU | the whole story of Federal aid road derire to purchase o meqemy | work during the year. They account Bl mot s indieation of thais | for only those projects which are en- i i tirely completed, but do not tover the i iy road-building activities which were in o rogress. Incompleted stretches had sediiey tal length of 12,463 miles. The tary’s report states that a con- le portion of this mileage has ed nect to ‘install huyer limit is to the situation lies very tha 5 to 75 to situation | ul to ap payments of buying | g4, 2 tgaged their | been v embarrass- | Work which h their pur- isents a cost of approximately $243, £ such | 000,000. OF this sum, approximately ticized for | §111.000,000 was paid by the Federal and were sus-|Government. The total cost since eded their finan- {1917 to date has exceeded $845,000,000, { Many of these persons are and the contribution of the Federal table circumstances and | Government has been about $373,- | r grades of 000,000, i “This total Conditions Bett lincisseacaes of course, persons | in his report. “has been large enough position to buy, [to make .the Federal participation property, |effective without necessitating ex- this condition exists to a |travagant expenditures of State funds e than ever before [to meet it. As the Federnl excis fact that a motorist is able |taxes on motor vehicles, tires and mo L car out of his monthly in- |tor vehicle accessories have produced ther evidence of his finan- since 1918 Federal revenues amount- < 1o |ing to $800.000.000, it may be seen wnticpa he b s a |that the Federal ald highway expendi- weguard, all the forms of |tures have been far more than paid able o him before | by owners of motor vehicles. methods were | feels that he > to possess his car. “So long as the car buyer is finan- that accepted - time wary been ended repre- | penditure over | 1 exp says the Secretary today hould he fail Pay State Costs. r vehicle owners | State treasuries in | oline taxes during vear more than suffl. | | “The same mof | contributed to th gt license fees and Htutions | the last fi - the de. |cient funds to pay the State’s share of f the process of mator. | the Cost of the Federal aid s in | . {all States with the exception of New | | Mexico.” Gravel roads constituted the largest | neric SPEED COSTS IN WEAR. Unsprung Weight Below Springs | Often Suffers Heavily. of the car is too single class of approved types of con. struction represented in the highway construction work finished during the | year. This type totdled 4,203 miles. Portland cement concrete roads cover- {ed 2,807 miles of the 1925 addition to the Federal aid system, with graded ained earth roads totaling 2,064 unsprung | iften over- | - weight « casily but the ai — New York State revoked or suspend- ed 4,477 operators' licenses during the | vast’ twelve months, { I ol Studebaker! i Power Durability Frnish| NASH 'R. McReynolds & Son | Sales—Service | 1423-25-27 L St. N.W. | Main 7228 on g important pa cars i 1 hour over a rough road than but the higher speed means a and efficiency weight @ufi‘anvqifl Dwners AUTO REPAIRING Expert service and repair- ing for all makes of cars. FLINT & GARDINER SERVICE A SPECIALTY T. J. CAMFIELD 17th and V Sts. N.W. Pot. 1633 and Accessories 14th and Park Road N.W, Leon S. Hurley, Mgr. Col. 2619 fl"Sixly Years of Satisfactory Service” | { ‘ Sales Tires ___“The Accepted Standard Will Improve Your Motor The opinion of an owner who knows caburetors: Dec. 7, 1925. Creel Brothers, 1811 14th St. N. W., Washington, D. C. Gentlemen : i 1 am highly pleased with the performance of the Stromberg carburetor which was recently installed on my car. It has increased my mileage, improved performance and given me more speed. Most important of all, it has practically eliminated crank case dilution. As soon as anyone makes standard aviation equipment adaptable to automobile motors, 1 immediately install it on my car. We use Stromberg carburetors in aviation and they give universal satisfaction and the Righest degree of safety. Very truly yours, (Signed) Lieut. AL WILLIAMS, U. S. N. Williams has made the following offictal aviation Lieut. records: In 1923100 kilometers at 24367 mL per hr. § mi. per hr. mi. per hr. In October of this year he made an unofficial record of 302.8 miles per hour. Creel Brothers Distributors’ 1811 14th Street Potomac 473 Starting, Lighting, Ignition, A. C. Speedometers, Auto Parts, Radio ek L e L AL AU AL A L AT AL AT AT T AT L AL AL A LA A LA 1.5, AIDS ROADS ¢ { home ownershp one would not be lik | lenses, but just to be j cast the smallest EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN There is nothing new about the no- yearly model idea. The average car owner has been practicing it for years. Growing 01d Gracefully. Because an automobile is five 3 old, or older, is not a good reason why it sHould look shabby and perform un- istactorily. 00 many motor point where their ¢ them, when there is u distinction about their c they commence to rev The American idea in a state of decay after a few years.| Ivery one would be apologizing for the fact that the grounds were not| graded. If automobiles are to have a charac- ter and grow old' gracefully they must | kept up systematically, improved | and respected. The paper towel idea | in car buying and ownership is wrong. | Pephaps this explains why a small, | but growing, proportion of motorists | buy only cars that have “possibilities.” | Balm for His Wounds. oline prices present a constant y for the motorist. When prices h ownership | arc high he fears they will go higher. cet the dis-| When they are Ibw, comparatively s never reach the become part o certain_ air of C: and when rovery there owning a new « fact, the motor & shun the glistening stiff motor. They enterta tion that many p < speculating whethe n. It may calm him, however, to n that Mr. Rockefeller, sr., is| rsely attached to an old-time electric :| which he drives himself. Changing Balloon Tires. 5 | simple way to mount @ balloon e ¢ paid for or whether it is 3 peenamilungin 3 it ;i nd rim on a wheel is to insert 1¢ the prevalling style In car owner. | (% Vjve stom (hrough the wheel hote | ship were extende 0 the atter of | . X o s BIp erd extanded tothe waCets 0Ly natendion gt the thD:. |Oncoitha stem] Iy to see any real livable homes. E -{1s in the hole the tive can be lifted up | ] | |and on the wheel by simply turning tates would ‘o by the board. Highly | Y8 ning prized colontal homes would e extinet, | th® latter a quarter turn. " This saves ew homes would know no gr e e i tine., (el whesl| should not be too high off the ground. | The lower the better for this stumt. What's the Answer? How JOHN SMITH AND HIS CAR o much horsepow with 10 square feet of head sur- s traveling 100 1 Where was the __(Continued from Sixth Page.) throw the light around the intersecti thereby det lights were in pre Taking off the lenses, wned them | i opped with a_little absorbent cotton dipped | PIVing the emergen fn alcohol. Then I dusted off the re | taneously with the e brake.? flectors with a piece of dry | 5. How much alcohol must be used | cotton, being careful not to | to keep a radlator safe down to 18| the delicate silvered surface. degrees below zero? stalled two new ndlepower bu (Think these over during mith could use the old ones and look for the answers in spares. partment next Sunday. You may be wrong') 10s. a h for Focusing the Beam. Switching on the lights, we found | that each bulb threw a circle of light | just where the horizontal tape line | crossed the vertical tape line. k- was exaatly right for Smith's make sure the Spots were as small possible turned the focusing screw at the back of each light, first one way and then | the other.” This moved the bulbs for | and backw: DUCO POLISH | ht NO. 7 | I Safely Preserves Duco Finish J FOR SALE BY i he v e | ACME DUCO CORP. | 11421 Irving St. N\W. Col. 5276 | is ht focal point | cir 't you going to Uit Smith asked just 1 was bout to attach the lenses. I though | it was necessary to keep the light just below that horizontal line.” “The lenses attend to that,” I ex plained. “They will tilt the rays down just the right’amount. Of course. if they tilt them too ruch we can raise the headlights accordingly. We don't want to waste lignt by down immediately in front of red by lens, if any, can be judged by experi- | ment if the lens specifications are not avallable.” Smith could see thing that AUTO RIMS FOR ALL Rundlett Rim Co. 1336 14th St. N.W. e lights th, & e Convemently Located on Fourteenth Street Hawkins Nash Motor Co. | Sales and Service 11337 14th St. Main 5780 b that the perfect lights was just beginner's luck. Next week—Customs Are Costly. (Copsright. 11 || TAGS OF 48 STATES ‘Wide Range in Color to Be Found | speaking, he fears they will not stay | S | auired to overcome wind resistance if |\ JER OF RAINBOW HUES | in License Plates Throughout | United States. The wide range of the rainbow is presented in the list of colors of new license plates which will be carried by cars throughout the country during the coming year, In contrast to the Dis numy ground, will be the plates of Mayland and Virginia. Maryland tags will white letter nerals on a black plate. 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