Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1926, Page 59

THE SUNDAY STAR, , WASHINGTON, D. C. AUGUST 29 aoy BUS AND TRUCK HEARING GAINING IN L C. C. Inquiry Revealing to Nation Great Extent and Value of New Transportation Unitse IMPORTANCE 1 BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. | In volume and scope and value unprecedented in the annals of the automotive industry, the ma result of the Interstate Commerc on the bus and truck situation is and is becoming more important and more thoroughly significant | as each new day’s session is writ It was pointed out in The St hearings would prove an advertising medium of the very first rank for the bus and truck as commo their mere existence thousands upon thousands of the public would become interested in thesc “new” forms of transportation and would for the first time become It is now intended to show ties—the breadth of the evidenc ings, the actual and potential value of it and to indicate the scope of the researches in so far as th the highly essential business of sengers from one point tc Certainly, it is true that never he- fore has such an intensive study of the truck and bus and the prob- lems surrounding made. The interstate commerce commis- sioners and those testifying before them are, in many instances, break- ng through to new ground, probing into hidden of vital ques- tions, horing far down Into mines of information and bringing to light new thoughts, still newer new visions. them been recesses angles, new problems Bring Out The average gome measure nd al Facts. citizen, aware in of the great signifi- cance of the motor as a common carrier and of the Government's recognition of that fact through the hearings now in progress, might not care to take the time to read through a report on one of these investiga tions—one is now heing held at San neisco—but he could not fail to be impressed by what one of them reves He could not fail to that these hearings are hringing out and put 1o paper many things which hefore were hinted at or ex- pressed as well on poorly founded rumor, that the hest transportation minds of the entire country work reading into the record and figures which are building foundation of truths to which industry and public will turn for many vears for reference and that a structure of research is being reared which will stand as a mile- stone in the development of a unit of transportation upon which we are Ehowing incre; dependence. At one hearing held some weeks Ago—it is selected as being typical of others—a provocative list of wit- ne.ses togk part in the proceedings The names these gentlemen and their official positions will be given, merely give some conception of the sirdling nature of these re- searches. The following experts were present and contributed to the sum total of the Nation's knowledge of bus and truck problems J. M. Davis, coufsel for cago. Milwaukee Brousseau, hamber of Chicago, B Luclus S wiy Indianapolis o B dianapolis Chester Moor Transportation A Barbour, vptian vetem: Charl farm implem reta housemen’s inz, Motor Truck Club of Thomas Snyder, Indiana Warehousemen's Assoc Edgerton, I’ K. Geweke, Cook Cou deners’ Associa i tional Industr “T'raffe Haynes, traffic director. ciation of Commerce Sprague-Warner \Wh Co.: J. W. Elliott. S fic Association: Paul J. Donovan, den Milk Co. Willlam 1. MacDon: Tnited States Bureau of Good A.J. Camp. National Tea Co.: of the Oklahoma Corporation mission. membher of the Illinois cultural Commissiol and Judge derson of the lowa Commission the the Chi- ul; A J. Automobile 8. Eustice, Quinc: ric Rail- Henry, action ute, In action Ilinois Mot ion: H. “Transport Wente, Association: 'l nd Cinc Teffries and Eas Kentucky ransfer and ation; 1.V Beek, League. Chic: H ith Wat Kah! Bor d w Com A Hen Valuable Results Predicted. Tt should be apparent array of transportation line-up of intellizenc under dis conuld 1p bur he vastly ins ntal in the form ons and in the nd scat sinion. s these that such an 1t such on subject on um tered ends of i Such names and connec will appear in the m in each divisio it be in line with the h by ux indus \s of industries in this point it seems | certainty that a *hi hereto i uck will many, even witl wries @n volved ese eleme o care ion fi e accumukatiol veat mass of evidence u process progre. From the point of gearch the science of it. if you will these Int te Commerce Commis gion hearings are of firstrank import @nce. Primarily, the amount of infor ation, specific « stailed. available on the sul the nd tru thas been mited, although the National Automobtle Chamber of C¢ merce has dene good work in keeping 4n touch with the tion. However the data whic hear 1 matlon to awill be Jegislate view of pure re nucleus resenrches prope solid WHEELS AND DEM RIMS Rundlett Rim Co. 1336 14th St. N.W. also without going into technicali- another. see | ss of data which is accruing as a ce Commission’s regional hearings | reaching monumental proportions | ten into the record books. ar recently that the commission's n carriers, and that as a result of aware of their actual importance. e being submitted at these hear- | ey touch every factor engaged in transporting either goods or pas- ENGINEERS PROPOSE COLORED INSULATION System Will Simplifly Wiring Prob- lems by Having Each Strand Marked. “Wherenthis wire goes,” one of the mysteries of automobile repairing for both amatenr and professional, soon be solved. ¢ identification of the v | rious wires used in the electrical sy tems on automobiles, trucks and mo- tor coaches, a subdivision of the | standards committee of the Society of | Automotive Engineers has proposed a | color code to be used for the covering | material of electrical cable, In this code unprotected live wires | would he colored red, while protected | live wires would be vellow. In pas- | senger cars low-tension or primary | fgnition wires woupd be red with a vellow tracer strand; wire from the ammeter to the battery would be red with a black tracer: that from the lighting switch to the junction block for the parking lamp and for all ground connections would be brown with black tracer: that from lighting switch to tail lamp would be black: wires to the bright head lamps would be black with red tracer, and wires to dim head lamps and signal lamps would be green. The color scheme for motor coaches and motor trucks fs very similar. “This proposal will go to the elec- trical equipment division of the stand ards committee, and upon its approval to the standards committee as a whole and finally to the council of the so- ciety tor adoption. A ROUTE CHAMBERS © 3 ¥ Sharpsburg s\ epherdstown ° o Charles Ay R Hard roads are available over the MARYLAN. Th & Westminster the history of the Nation whole route, including many enchanting b; ) Glenburnte ¢ Junday Stars MOTOR TOURS -paths into which hundreds will want to stray. 1926—PART 3. |Sands of American Sahara No Longer Terrify Motorists on Way to Coast. Drifting sands Sahara no longer torists going to southern route. scenic wonder. { brought about b | the paved highws lold ‘plank road | traversed in The I tween Ariz., |7 miles " wide Centro, crosses and similar ahara. Crossing thi to upon which 1 {taking investi | gineers. The |its narrow nopular placed by 120 feet in tion equal | rounding dunes. ar asphalt width | prevent erosion new highway inundation by is th The | shorten 3 hours new the instead | bours needed previously, | the motorist a view of he trip mapped above offers Washington motorists a fascinating tour that may be crowded into one day or taken comfortably over the week end. It |'Nidue phenomena in the country traverses a territory that offers a constantly shifting vista ranging from tranquil farms, somnolent streams, picturesque villages to teeming industrial ce ters and localities that have played tremendous parts i STREET TYPES GIVE MOTORIST PROBLEM Knowing How to Drive on Various Surfaces and Width Held | Factor in Safety. i Safety in driving depends in a large measure upon the motorist’s recogni tion of the hazards offered by types of streets, it is pointed out by | |agencies co-operating in the reduction | of traffic accidents. The following street types are listed | < those which the motorist should | now the moment his car is turged | into one a. Wide streets and narrow streets. | b. Asphalt, brick. wood block, | | macadam, sandy, clay and dirt streets | (wet or dry) ¢. Busy streets, d. Streets with e. Boulevards | street idle streets. and orc sty reets | corners. Drivers should appreciate the haz resulting from such conditions overn themselves accordingly. nerally speaking, wide strects are fer than narrow streefs. They offer | ace in which drivers can in their endeavors to avoid into persons, objects and | lex k. wood block, macadam, | 1 dirt streets each have | ‘teristics that may ng. Rain and snow | muke still further changes in the | character of stre Wood swells when wet. Wood block | streets, with curves and hlind ards - runnit other veh Asphalr, sandy, clax | differemn | affect safe dri o therefore, should he watched he uneven swelling of | blocks may res in \gerous bumps and “holes. i Moisture forms a thin filn over wood Dblocks and makes them un- usually slippe i fully |AUTO ENGINEERS TEST | 'ENAMELS FOR ENDURANCE 243 Samples of Various Wares Ex- | posed on Panels to Try Luster. Pests looking toward incr bility of black enam obiles and greater high luster are sing the used on preservation | being con- | | | L dur s | were but 3.381 t | the ducted b under by the Society neers. Three finish used itomotile o conditions prepared of Automotive Engi amples of enamel, the n bodies, hoods and fend ers by many manufacturers, have | been distributed among auto-making | plants, who are now exposing a1 total | of 243 test panels enameled with the | material. The purp of these tesis is to de- | termine the possibility of formulating | andard laboratory tests that will | give in much less time results that | are comparable with those obtained by the usual method of exposing test panels out of doors to the sun, rain, snow and extreme changes of tem. | perature. nine| ndard mpanies NEW YORK CITY TRAFFIC | Passenger Auto Increase me‘ 49,344 in 1915 to 363.404 in | 1925, Reports State. | | Automobile registration figures re veal the enormous growth in New York City traffic conditions in the last decade. In 1915 there were passenger cars using the | the metropolis, while in 1925 the num- | ber had increased to 363.404. a gain of 621 per cent. Ten vears » there | York, | while today nearly 25,000 are in op eration. | An increase of 381 per cent is noted | in the number of commerci omnibuses. etc.. which in 19 94449, as against 19.607 in 1915, There are 142 times as many motor vehicles on New York streets as there are street car FALLACY IS. EXPLODED. but 49344 ! streets of Electricity Not Generated | Means of Friction. Magnetc by and generators same famil belong to and are closely r lated in many respects, but they ma differ radicaily on certatn point: Like a pure generator, & magneto is simply an energy tranference ma- sto change between ind the electrical But the difference between cannot bhe grasped until one has ban- ished forever a common fallacy. One must get over the idea that electricity is zenerated by means of friction of the br es working upon the com- mutator. them Let Us Give Your 1t's a REAL PAINT and a hurry. No matter hov will put it in 2424 18th St. Mt Car a Crawford Quick Coat v day it Inoks now- < with the ne: we'll do it Crawford Quick Coat Co. Pleasant Garage | sibility that rests upon the shoulders [NS’I"RU(ITORS OF NEW DRIVERS HAVE UNUSUAL RESPONSIBILITY Maryland Commissioner Says That Salesmen and Others Can Produce Careful and Efficient Operators, or “Road Hogs” | but but work and Menaces. | them Whether thousands of new drivers | shall be safe, careful and intelligent “It is the instructor, who has the | applicant under close observation and | . 7 instruction for da or even weeks, | automobile operators or rondhogs, | \Cho has the opportunity to make of | speeders and reckless menaces to | him or her either a good or a bad | other users of the roads is a respon- | driver. And it is admitted. of course. | hat the relative number of good and | g | bad drivers on the highways has | of the instructor who teaches the new aiich ‘1o do with the safety of not only car buyer how to use his purchase. | that driver hut all other users of the This is the belief of E. Austin |highways as well Baughman, Maryland motor vehicle| “Unfortunately. f i at times a tendency commissioner, who declares that the |y HHES & ERCERCY driving instructor occupies a Dosition [the job,' see the applicant through in the scheme of highway safety that |the actual examination and demon- | is tremendously more important than | stration and let it go at that, with a great many of them realize. Dis any apparent interest in whether | cussing this point which he has seen |another careless. inherently ignorant | develop in his long v < head of | ind dangerous driver has been turned | the Marvland motor vehicle depart-|loose upon the highways. ment, Mr. Baughman says: | “On the other hand. there A large number of the new opera- | ome who apparently take the gre: tors licensed daily are the product of | o ™ ine’ (o see that their pupil the driving instructor. Of course, as| po.oughly able to meet and take S iy "‘{},;x‘,"n‘;‘fii‘r‘,‘l“’j“‘,‘:xf‘- ::: | care of the emergencies of driving be- type of driver who gets his license or | OF€ advising him to try the exam- : ; ination and driving demonstration who i denled it for incompetence or | fPation and 4 other causes. At the same time, the | [T their license. i comparatively few moments that these | “The examiners can pick out the applicants are under the eve of the |driver who has had this type of in- examiner in passing the test are all |struction almost as soon as they re- t0o short for a test of the knowledge | port at the office for their test. In of the applicant touching all the |addition to this, the drivers who are common-sense, day-to-day require- | instructed carefully by these who ments of driving. really take an interest in their work there is observable | on the part of | through with | LEAVE IT TO US Few people can tell at a glance whether a Used Car is as good as it appears to be. Which makes it doubly important to patronize a dealer who has a reputa- tion for giving honest facts and honest values. Semmes Motor Company RAPHAEL SEMMES, Precident. 8 Dupont Circle 613 G St. N.W. 1707 14th St. N.W, 2819 M St. N.W. 1424 Florida Ave. N.E. | | Main 6660—Night Phone, Main 1943 [ A USED CAR IS ONLY AS DEPENDABLE AS THE DEALER WHO SELLS IT "‘"‘i obvious along the highw “They still may ous and they others and a rules of safety, gratifying to the enforcement officer constitutes of can be picked out ‘beginner: lack ow a disposition to follow the | aq's otal of the as one checks the while driving | be somewhat nery.| Employment little in confidence. consideration for L {improvement and accessor which are not only olis; pay man who instructed | mately 1 | sponding week 7 | the shoulders and by believed Cool cars in Summer much as anything else. There is no excuse for the man to “sweat” dangewusly these hot days. m of a number of careful ohservers who point jout that there is a strong relationship hetween skillful driving and | controlled engine temperature, and that an overheated power plant is not always due to the timing system, carbon, oil or the fan. Not many drivers are aware that it isn't the speed of the engine that causes it to overheat, but the to the cyclinders per revolution of the shs cylinders suck in on each suction stroke, | sion and the more intense the burning of the gas when it is ignited This, however, does not take into consideration the quality of the | gas mixture, which will he considered presently i 'PAVED ROAD ACROSS This is the opini DESERT COMPLETED :.':.c are country has heen tran The « ¥ 1y motorists onstant trepidation gap of the paved road be- | se ind | composed of great dunes of drifting | of friction | those ever-chang ghway 1 ation was made Sfoot turnouts, subseript to the AUTO EMPLOYMENT UP. Conditions at Detroit Better Than Previous Week. s conditions automobile plants Automobile While this fizure represe A4 monument to the fover the previous weel 5,000 Jess tha ¥ California Instead conerete pavement, |t placed Thus elev Causing Heating. re the result of g ft. gear, it tle wide; maximun is necessary each charg 1en this burns » ofte W quarter of the nile her Tor h the motor individun ‘ Often the engine [ the car is run in se {while the individual the American |per charze are re a terror to me- | engine is running by the Miles an hour whil only 20, The exact re the dune ormed into 2 depend upon the g nge has heen all practic is the r the completion of [mueh fast that replaces th: formerly of 1t th o would he | the radiator Cali tion of 60 and the miles Yun dese Ton there also is the tion to the greatly The stri piston pins Atly increased Hercin skillf engine cool driyen up th found on the g sur problem months of pains by el . with | tion 1916 by | spee heen ve- | It i hill in plank buiit has v of the eng eliminates 1so brin noint where the the radiator is mo Under 10 to 15 mile overheat, whi tremely cool newer miles n, at of an eleva the sur with pes of fill soil t wind on. the | ife from shifting height constant an hour sands, which frequently closed to traf- | fic_the old plank crossing | highway time not only will (pproximately the econd throughout an hour weat the To climb a steep hill slowly piston gas heat overheat under whereas if it were driven faster woild he Tess gus vapor required power would be much cooler. overheats ond gear becau . Amounts of gas tively a the can tions, of course. ar I purposes the overheating f engine going so and ey such conditions, hitl’ COOL MOTORS RESULT ' FROM CAREFUL DRIVING |Excessive Acceleration Gives Engine Too Much Gas for Hot Weather, 1 driving almost as nically fine antomobiles ount of gas being fed The more gas the 1e higher the compres- in high open the throt sucks in the vapor and, is intens: within such condi stroke and ! Draft Causes Change. when small, the speed of 40 is going tior but for If the car t high speed of afr through to help cool the engine. When ctimbing a hill in second gear absence mentum to hinder the engine, in addi increased of ma element n the bear nder walls is iving can keep the he fa ter the car is "cond gear the less friction there will he per revolu Giving much the spee the car of the drag of the car up Aft through cars running i howd uphill will others miles an hour. models will run as high as 40 in second gear will be ex The Is Felt. in a ear pulling there will be a notles the by gine seems s difficult ced over a stesp zear will overheat except chassis at a higher handle the Usually high, the in runs + distance and then shifts il specd. » is rather diator warm. in Detroit showing slight factorivs | s lust week repor orkmen on their are heating by gas needed then Jin | it IS necessary "xi. | to maint | ing <o many for app for the corre ‘ 1 « [+ =S excessively p in second and shifts to high By that time the en When he finds hot he then thus encourages additional over- feeding the greater amount acceleration, after shifting to high gear, finds to feed even more gas in the same speed. and In shift- timgs on the hill he is Sixth *age Where To Buy Used Cars Many an honest and really able dealer is the victim of the new car he sells. If he happens to be handling a car that does not enjoy a really good reputation, he is under the neces- sity of forcing sales of his new car by making bad trades—by making too high allowances on used cars. Then in order to stay in business, he must try to pass those bad trades on. The Cadillac dealer is in position to give you sound, fair values in used cars all the year round. The extraordina- ry sales success of the new, 90-de- gree, eight-cylin- derCadillacbrings him the very NEW Cadillac now offered in 50 Body Styles and Types, 500 and Upholstery Combinations choicest used ecars on the market, and the widest assortment. Because of the long established Cadillac policy of selling all Cadillacs at the lowest figure con- sistent with good business, he is not tempted to make price cuts even under the guise of trading allowances. He pays everydollar the used car is worth—and he sells it at a fair price. The Cadillac dealer’s used car customers are among his best pros- pectsforused ornewCadillacs—and so each used car customer s treated as a customer and not merely as a one-time trader.® When you wanta used car, go to the Cadillac dealer. Let him show you what he offers. Color 90 -DEGREE DIVISION OF GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION