Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1926, Page 68

6 TRUCK OWNERS PREPARE + FOR REGULATION HEARING Investigation to Open October 25 Declared Solely for Purpose of Developing Data for L, €. C. Commiittee. Y WILLIAM ULLMAN, tors of auto togzethe: i other . idual arshalil 1 el motor S ane in intersiate with commor, on hew altarly situate question of Fed trucks, former pre Auton ‘ashington ard to the ton of 1 B, of the Washir Asgocation i interested motor Lun o ten 1 coneerns which cperate into the =u < y Maryland and are constantly in interstat ce, he says. Thjs situation ex ther metropol ir comm ists in the Committee to Be Formed. 1 organization « vhich | £ sul composi Di st steps tows itial commit with the : to the I on 1 in t I Owne Mar Board o and the missi form of « that the com pictw An effort form v hefore the en held in all ‘. | that oliv floats in|in the Interstate Commerce Commis- in. | slon hearings, nevertheless the.resul - | felt in the National Capltal. de l sub- the is be- | WHEN HIS LORDSHIP GETS A SUMMONS FOR SPEEDING--IT'S A BIG HA HA! { tween private and commercial hauling of the committee’s decision will be Private hauling is defined by the In- ~.| terstate Commerce Commission for the | purposes of the hearing as that in- 1| volving the distribution”of commodi- ties Ly the retailer himself. For in- ance, if a department store operat ing & fleet of motor vehicles delive {its own produs | Md,, or into Virginia, the haulage is { reparded as privately conducted. “This form of interstate traffic s not . |regarded as coming under the scope of any regulatory legislation. Commercial hauling, which is di- ;tly involved in the commission’s v, is that which is conducted under a contract by a truck fleet op- 1| erator to delver and distribute the commodities of a retailer or group of | retaiters. .| No definite statistics are available | | on the proportion of this form of haul- age in the National Capital, but it is ,known to be a good percentage of the i total. .| Members of the investigating com- , i mission explain that the commission |18 not reaching out for any additional | ¢ authority in conducting its survey. | Designating the - authority under | {which the Interstate Commerce Com- mission {s proceeding in the conduct | of the inquiry, members f the com- | mittee declarc they are acting in rdance with two principles peculiar | » the jurisdiction of the commission. ! Priuciples Involved. are: H The responsibility of investi. | Q the manner with which carri- ers subject 1o the transportation act | carry on their business. { Second--The responsibility placed | upon the commission under direction suggestion to make recommenda- tters pertain- 3 ing to interstate carriage. | 'The investigation js declared to be {solely for the purpdse of developing ¢ i full and complete information on bus and truck transportation, and not for | the argument of any particular ques- tion. It is the aim of the commission | [to develop information that will al-| nulation of wise and sound | that the newest forms tion will not be faced | takes from which ers now subject to the inter- commerce suffered in their days of regulation. has been made throughout - |the Learings that the investigators |are committed to any special policy jor that any opinfons have been ed with reference to the regula- 't motor vehicle carriers before since the inquiry begarn. LUBRICATING BLINDLY IS BAR TO BEST USAGE Repair Shop’s Replacement of Parts | Will Give Good Hint of Those to Watch. Merely following the chart in lubii- cating an automoblle isn't enough if the owner wants his machine to give the best performance. Ie must know the meaning of each lubrication proe- c8§. Too often the owner i3 inclined to stop greasing when the lubr starts oozing out of the mysterious { part upon which he is operating. et { haps the grease does no good at this { point. g e Perhaps one should keep on forcing in grease until it starts working out at other parts of the unit. Maybe one is overlubricating. It isn't o One hundred and sixteen miles to the gallon of gasoline. 1t doubtless will strike the average motorist as incredible, but this re markable mil has been achieved in England, To show what can be accomplished in the way of fuel mileage by clever manipulation and driving, & British automobile club racing car was sub- mitted to the test by club officials The one gallon of fuel used was an ture of equal parts of hign-grade ine and benzol. The car weighed 1,200 pounds and had a high gear ratio of 2.47 to L. Al though its engine has two inlet valves “ | to each eylinder, only one was used. | The rocker arm was remaoved on the to see what parte are being replaced | other. #'he car had no self-s because of faulty lubrication that con- | The car was accelerated to tented ftself with following the chart | per hour, then the engine w: ped, the clutch disengaged and the | state Cars Ride Hard in Low. In taking a demor ar potentfal buy ation of a new should remember cars ride thelr hardest {around 20 miles an hour. They settle | own at higher speeds, but some cars * {are too new to be driven at the speeds It which they ride most comfortabl many AS Leads the World in Motor Car Valu WALLACE MOTOR CO. DISTRIBUTOR Retail Salesroom, 1709 L Street N.W. Associate Dealers Hawkins-Nash Motor Co. Pettit Motor Co. 1337 14th St. N.W., Washington, D. C. 1308 H St. NE. R. 1ds & Son Nash-Rinker Motor Co. 14th & Park Road 1423 L St. N.W. 1419 Irving St. N.W. ‘Washington, D. C. ‘Washington, D. C. John R. Pendleton Co., Inc. Birvon-Nash Motor Co. 2312 M St. N.W., Washington, D. C. Clarendon, Va. Main 7612 Auto Runs 116 Miles on Gallon of Gas; British Experts Describe Unusual Feat| machine allowed (o coast until fits speed drppped to 15 miles an hour, The eclutch was let in, the engine arted and the process repeated again and again until 116 miles had been covered, THREE DRIVING TIPS Coast as you approach a rallrond crossing—but coast slowly.. It allows the engine to tdle and gives the driver a chance to hear an approaching train, It helps to keep the ventflator open when locking & closed car during hot weather. When the car shifts hard stop and start in low. Otherwlse it may re- quire a mechanic to release a jammed —and if it had been possible to build all the cars ordered September would have smashed all Nash rec- ords for a single month’s business. OCTOBER! At this writing it is a practical certainty that Octo- ber sales and production will surpass by more than 50% the largest pre- vious October on our books. Announcement of new models—all powered with 7-bearing crankshaft motors, the world’s sent Nash demand racing toward new heights. September clicked the 25thconsecu- {AMERICA LEADS WORLD IN BUS DEVELOPMENT 80,000 Machines Are in Use in TU. S. as Compared With 18,000 in Europe. Development of the motor bus as an fntegral part of the transportation system has progressed more rapidly in America than in Europe. More than §0,000 busses are being used in this country, while about 30,000 are in service abroad, according to the Elec- tric Railway Journsl. A majority of the busses in service in Europe are operated in the United Kingdom. The number is estimated to be approximately 18,000, of which 5,600 are to be found in TLondon. France boasts of w total of 4,500 of the large passenger vehicles, while throughout the rest of the continent not more than 10,000 are being op- erats smoothest type— < BY F. J. CARMODY. ‘With $300,000,000 worth of automo- biles stolen annually, and with cars valued at $60,000,000," remaining un- recovered each year, the time is be- lieved ripe for formation of a gigantic detective or detection agency, com- prising motorists, filling station em- ployes, garage employes and all others connected with the automotive indus- try, to supplement the work of polic and insurance companies in running down the army of thieves that is mak ing such tremendous inroads on mo- terdom. This is the vision of Representative Frank R. Reld of Illinois, who de- clares that the success of the under- world In this ramification of its activi- ties calls for united action to remove this reflection on American law en- forcement. Commenting on the state- ment of Alfred Reeves of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce ad- vocating a central automobile theft detection bureau and greater caution in issuing policies, Mr. Reed said. | these criminals can steel property of such enormous -value and go unpun- ished for their acts. United Actlon Held Remedy. United nction is the remedy for the situation as Mr. Reld sces and, to him, united action means w con d move on the part of every indiv who Dbelleves in accepting the chal lenge of the criminal element. Mr. eld, who is preside Great National Insurance Co., it 18 up to the insurance ¢ !to take the initfative fn the forma- {recovery of stolen automobiles. | “It i3 argued everywhere that surance rates are too high,” he says. {tive. The insurance companies, how | ever, will not be in a position to lower ithem until motorists and citizens | generally give their fullest co-opera- {tion and all agences directly connect- ed with the automotive 'fndustry do likewise fn a relentless war on the thousands of criminals who prey upon tho automobile owner. Defends High Rates. “The insurance company nmust pre tect its clients. It cannot reimbu the man who loses an automobile un less {ts rates are high enough. “When some means nre found to re- duee the tremendous losses from an tomobile thievery, the motorist will see that the Insurande compunies are ready to reduce rates.” According to Mr. Reid, the inroads made by the crivinal who spectalizes in the theft of automobiles is driving hundreds of thousands who never be- | fore thought of protecting themselve into the rank f insurance poll holders. This, according to Mr. Refd, is regarded by insurance companies as the most hopeful sign of a climactic struggle against the thief. “Self-protection is the attitude of the man who insures his car for theft,”” says Mr. Reid. “That is fine as far as it goes. Now, if the Insured automobilist will come to look upon the matter as general protection, if he will lock his car and take other stey to keep it from being stolen, if he “It 18 @ fine mockery of justice that | {tion of this enormous agency for the | “They are too high from one perspec- | AUTO THIEVES HELD VITAL $300,000,000 Worth of Cars Stolen Annually With $60,000,000 Remaining Unrecovered—Aid of All in Industry Is Urged. make himself an active agency for the recovery of automobiles that have been stolen, then the first step toward lower insurance rates will have been taken. Want Lower Rates. “FEvery motorist wants lower insu: a s So does every insurance company “The record of police in recovering stolen cars is an excellent one. Eighty out of every 100 machines that dis appear are restored to their owners by the police or by the detective agen cies working with the great nationa! insurance companies. “The States have a definite function to perform before the net spread to entangle the auto thief will have been repaired in one vital particular. Only 'Z'-t of the 48 States have certificate of title laws. In those States that offer this form of service to motorists the percentage of stolen car recoveries ix y higher than elsewhere. It motorists in the 24 which do noi have such laws were actively inter ested in obliterating the blot made by the auto thief on law enforcement they could procure the passage of sucl. an act in their States.” The insurance companies, tn Mr Reld's opinion, must tackie the prob lem of organizing every poasible agency in motordom in the interest of and drastically punishing They can p a gigantic organi energles tavard ns. vide. the. ation directin this end. he maint SHOULD SHOW CARE. Used Cars Nn_t ;ways in Good Shape When Sold. In buying a used car it should lLe borne In mind that the care the origi | nal owner gives a machine may be of little value to the next owner. One man may be very careful to keep the water pump lubricated and the gas line free of sedlinent, only to overlook such matters eeping the universal joints properly gre d and the spring leaves tree of rust. in- | “8 these matters quickly come to light. " TOWING AIDS BEARINGS. Common Way to Limber Up Motor Newly Tightened. Towing a car in order to limber up the motor after new bearings have been installed may or may not indi- cate poor workmanship. When bear ings are not made to fit just right, e way to wear them in is to tighten them up and tow the car around. If the bearings are properly scraped to the towing should not be neces- sy, On the other hand. the repafrer may want to tow the car to prevent | burning out the bearings by acci dental racing of the engine when first {turning it over. Make sure just why ! the mechanic {s towing the car. the 26th—with three exceptions— that Nash sales have exceeded the record set by the same month of the previous year. The tliree months noted above as exceptions were months when pro- duction was deliberately restricted to enable bringing new models into manufacture. The three new Nash series—Light Six, Special Six and Advanced Six —include sixteen models distin- guished with important new engi- neering attractions and dressed in colorful newbody finishes. The price tive monthand October will register range is from $865 to $2090f. o. b.