Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1926, Page 78

6 ADVICE ON BUYING AUTO OFTEN PROVES UNSOUND Many Owners Lack Technical Kno.wledge to Pass Judgment—Temperamental Traits Basis of Faults Wrongly I BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. * There never was a time when it ‘Wwas more dangerous to act upon the &dvice of other motorists when con- sidering the purchase of a new car than at present, because there were never more motorists who know vir- * nothing about motor cars and construction ng is wffered hy those :1d like to see an end to the mount of misinformation being round the country regarding and failings of the many was a time, they say, when e of a neighbor or of a something to the pro- but that day passed with th buying by the gen- eral public, which can never be ex- pected to understand why it does or ess with its cars. out, with considerable he situation, that the hulk of ‘experience” with cars ng less than experience with and human failings. ire getling to be more ions regarding cars, peak the truth un- inted. At one time a expected to say leased with his 1e kept it in the repair he time. Nowadays he < his mind, but_he does not deal , because he does not know the There the experi n motorists bought it was only the ) the hero who dissatisfied with jraised their cars because they want to admit their inability But cars today are ifetime. achines a like them, they say ¢ t now there appears to he a very for some method whereb; tell accurately just ] like their cars. Equ is it for them to explain cars seem entirely satis. 4 guide to those who are prying th, several useful sugges WARNS OF EXCESSIVE LUBRICANT DILUTION Effects Wrought by TUnburned Heavy Ends of Gasoline in Crankcase Described. ssive dilution of oil in the sce by the unburned heavy the gasoline fuel is directly to reduet of the lubricant. the greatest signifi- is horne out by tésts made at the Bureau ndards by S A, McKee, assist- “l engineer of the bu- n ant mechani rean. It in effect an the oillness of the nd that under certain con- ation of the engine this in increased friction and e piston rings and eylinder “Oliness” Defined. s is defined as the property Yerence in friction lubricants of the same the temperature of the ofl filn sed under identical con- ditions test runs were made with twn especially prepared journal friction machine. In < a light mineral motor basis of comparison; and a hlend of §4.25 per cent il and 33.75 per cent of ed. and in another ihricant was a light min- wi 2 per cent of oleic added. These samples were hecanuse their vi: v the same at the tempera operation. In the last test ends of spindle stock and cvi k e crude oil Moved, and 10 when wviscosity to produce equal vis the samples, of of the tests showed that tinder n conditions of bearing 4 and load on the bearing, all of n blends with kerosene ically identical friction, speed and high load the ing kerosene developed easing friction sooner Results Tests. nd the speed decreased. was faund that dilution also | cosities were | fO |" A motorist 20 and 30 per | was added to the dif- | as the load was in- | The | 1 2 per cent | Laid to Machine. tions have been set down. By follow- ing these it is belleved that much misinformation can be eliminated. “Every car has some good points; some bad ones. “The treatment a car receives dur- ing its first 1,000 miles often is a de- ciding factor in its ability to keep out of the repair shops. “A $1,000 car cannot give every- | thing that a $5.000 car gives. | “The more expensive the car the more intelligent attention it requires if it is to last several times longer 2l er car. h,‘;r“\l:l::‘;afinnd neglected, a $3.000 car will not last as long as a $1,000 ma- chine that is given good care. \ Skill and Ability Factors. “The performance of any car is closely rep‘ared to theé skill and ability ts driver. M"‘Bad service is responsible for'much dissatisfaction with cars. “Out of every group of cars there are some exceptionally good ones and some that are not so good, though they may all carry the same name- plate. “Manufacturers frequently make unseen but vital improvements in new models just after they have been in- troduced. “Most troubles with cars can be eliminated if a good mechanic is put to the task and the owner is con- sclentious about having wrongs made right. “The performance of cars now is definitely linked up with the kind of fuel used. A difference of as much as 10 miles an hour in speed on hills is possible in the same car with different kinds of gas. 5 “Psvchology plays an important role in one's success or failure with a car. Some persons cannot hear knocks be- cause they are not interested in hear ing them. By following these suggestions one can avoid running into many blind alleys. One of the several of these rules will explain the large majority of cases of dissatisfaction with a car. Role Psychology Plays. Just how large a role psychology plays is indicated by the ability o© some owners to overcome difficulties with expensive cars while using the same sort of trouble with the cheapes machines merely as an excuse to get rid of them and buy new ones. “I'm not having particularly good luck with my new car,” confessed the owner of a machine listing for $3,500, “but I can't afford to sacrifice this car in a trade for another one. I'm going to spend $50 and get rid of the trouble.” Another owner who had the same kind of trouble with a car that lists for $300 decided to trade it in at a loss of $150 and get another make. The trouble could have been remedied for $25. There are too many members of the | family driving some cars. No auto- mobile will stand for the habits of a number of different drivers. It is bad enough for any car if the driver rides the clutch or burns the brakes, but when each driver of the same machine contributes a different form of damage the car cannot possibly stand Jt. This is clearly demonstrated by a family owning two automobiles. The head of the household keeps one of them for his exclusive use and always has splendid luck with it. The other machine has to be replaced about once a year, and is usually a wreck when he turns it in. Advice May Be Half-Baked. When motorists hear a story about a particular automobile and its fail- ure to give service they should bear in mind the ignorance of the average person regarding the mechanics of machines and remember that many could not be happy with the finest things on earth. It is characteristic of one motorist to be enthusiastic over his car for the first six months. After that it is a piece of junk, in his opin- ion. Over a period of four years he has had six cars, and is now shopping 1 seventh. He cannot possibly pass out accurate advice. who was interested in {s subject to a point where he de- fed to make a more careful investi- gation went about asking owners of various cars what sort of luck they were having. A few weeks later he 'ame to the conclusion that the manu- facturers of one particular make of Car were turning out a vast number of lemone. It happened that the manufactur- er's annual production was well over 200,800. The percentage of cars in the hands of dissatisfied swners was no greater than for any ether car. It was fjust that there were more indi- viduals owning unsatistactory cars of this make. One has to be careful accepting ad- vice nowadays. And if one has any regard for the progress of motoring it is necessary to guard against being so frank as to hand out plain misin- A same oil blended with 35.75 r 1t of kerosene. This indicates t the addition of kerosene to lubri- ofl causes the ol film on bear- aces to break down under less wevero operating conditions than avhen straight mineral ofl is used, and ghat the kerosene decreases the ofli- ~d crankease olls suffer such rease in oiliness, concludes Mr. is reasonable to expect that & some periods of opera- he piston rings are operating in 3 n of unstable lubrication where 8 decrease in oiliness may have an appreciabla effect on frictional loss and w . There probably are times @lso, as when starting or stopping the engine, during which the ofl film on 1he hea 15 not complete and un- < in different parts of | some remarkably | cecte on tires. A tire that 1,000 miles in some | ¥ 10,000 miles in ! s EBONITE Strins oaSlck SoitWinds. <~ Around the Gears | Demand Ebonite when | you buy lubrication for | the transmission and rear axles. You'll say it's better. Just say “EBONITE” Be Sure You Get It. 20 Cents a Shot NE LLING WITH EBONITE o r"‘l{" LAST 2,500 MILES the Checkerboard npump From onls. and in five-pound eans. At All Good Dealers’ formation. (Copyright. 1 TEST SHOWS CAR VALUE. Comparison With Makes Similar Work Advised. Is your car up to par? It ‘isn't difficult to determine the answer to this question. To test your car's par performance, find out what is being achieved by several other makes called upon for about the same kind of work. Find the average of this performance for speed, slow and fast hill climbing, gas mileage, stop- ping and the like. In doing this, how- ever, remember that your light six cannot be expected to_perform like a powerful eight,’ but it %hould do more than a small. {nexpensive four. ENCLO 226.) Doing THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, \ DOWN THE ROAD—The Unpardonable Sin. THE WORKMEN \WHO CONVERTED MRS. VANDERGELD'S NEW COUPE INTO A LUNCH \WAGON. V ol 7 il SKYSCRAPER SEEN ASHOME FOR AUTOS 22 of 44 Floors in Chicago Building Partly Designed for Storage. An arrangement for handling cars for which many advantagesare claim- ed will be a feature of & new Chicago skyscraper which will devote part of 22 of ite 44 floors to the storage of automobiles. From the time the car enters the bullding until the owner gets it back again it will not he touched by human hands. This has heen accomplished by an arrangement of tilting racks on each of the four elevators used and on the storage floors. According to the new method, which s described in detail in Popu- lar Mechanics Magazine, the driver will run his car upon a loading plat- form before one of the elevators. From a master control board nearby an attendant determines what atorage rack on a certain floor is vacant. Key Designates Stall Assigned. He pulls a key from the lock hear- ing the designation of the stall as- signed and gives it to the owner as his claim check. Pulling the kev completes electrical connections that cause a storage rack on the specified floor to come to rest in front of the elevator. The car rolls upon the lift as the loading platform is tilted by pressing a button, the elevator operator dials an indicator, the car is raised to the floar selected, the elevator doors open automatieally, and by again tiiting the platform the car is rolled to the ator- age rack. To remove a car from storage the owner receives a receipted bill from the cashier and presents the claim key to an attendant, who inserts it in the lock on the control hoard bearing symbols corresponding with symbols on the key. This causes connections to he made which set in motion a transfer car on the floor assigned, and the storage rack automatically comes to rest in front of the elevator. Elevator Operator's Duty. The elevator operator, given a_ticket to get the car, dials the indicator to the floor assigned, and the lift stops at that floor, and again the doors automatically open. The operator pulls a handle, which causes the tilt- ing platform on the storage rack to rise at the rear, and the car rolls back upon the elevator, from which it is discharged to the ground floor, ready to be driven away. Advantages claimed for this system are that it eliminates nearly all chance of damaging the car while taking it in >r removing it from the bullding, gives protection against theft, and elimi- nates gas fumes. FORGET BEATING NOISE. Variation in Sound of Engines on Hill Harmless. The peculiar heating noise that oc- curs when a car with a different num- ber of cylinders than your own passes you on a hill should not cause you any alarm. It simply roduced by the variation in the speed, firing and vibration of the two engines and re. flects on neither. SURES We Enclose Your Open Car for Cold W eather Damaged Cars Repaired—Expert Fender and Body Work Done in a ‘Most Modern Plant Seat Covers—Tops Recovered— Upholstery—Wood Work WE USE THE GENUINE ONLY! Satisfaction Absolutely Guaranteed The Acme Auto Top and Body Co. Frank . Sigourmex, General Manager 1415 to 1421 Irving Street N.JA'. Columbia 5276 D. C. OCTOBER 17, 1926—PART 3. . sy sick | | LUXURY MADE POSSIBLE IN MODERATE PRICED CAR PAVED HIGHWAY 500 MILES LONG ‘READY FOR AUTOS IN VIRGINIA New Stretc}; Starts at West Virginia Line And Runs to Tennessee Border: Open- Opening of a stretch of paved high- way more than 500 miles long from the West Virginia line on the north to the Tennessea border will he ob- served by the State of Virginia on Novemher 17 as an outstanding road- building achievement to which it can point as conclusive proof that the State is making marked progress in the direction of road improvement. The celebration will take place at Christiansburg in connection with the ohservance of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the founding of Mont- gomery County. Addresses will be made by governors of Northern and Southern States whose highway sys- tems will be united by the newly com- pleted highway. Traversing the entire western re- gion of Virginia, the new highway will have the effect of making more alluring the scenic country that is so enriched with the historic traditions of the oldest of the 13 original col- onies. As a bdon to motorists, par- ticularly those of Washington and vicinity, as well as the great num- ber who journey farther afleld, com- pletion of the 500-mile stretch of paved roadway marks the passage of a notable milestone in the State prog- ress on a program of highway con- struction. Washingtonians have long been frequent visitors in various sec- tlone of Virginia, and their calls are certain to be increased by anv high- way improvements, even though they are not actually contiguous to the District of Columblia. Starts at State Line. The new stretch of Virginia high- way hegins at the West Virginia State line just heyond Winchester and fol- lows a southwesterly direction through such towns as Woodstock, Harrison- burg, Staunton, Lexington, Roanoke, Christiansburg,” Pulaskl, Wytheville, Marion and_Abingdon and ends at Bristol on the Tennessee border. It L makes possible a genuinely pleasur- abla approach to the Shenandoah Na- tional Park area in Virginia and the new national park area in the Smoky Mountain region, as well as connecting the great Shenandoah National Forest with the Natural Bridge Forest, the Unaka National Forest and the Pisgah National Forest, to which thousands of tourists are attracted. Towns Rich in History. Aside from being thriving com, munities of this day and age, the Virginia towns situated along the new- Iy developed highway are rich in the history of a region that has figured prominently in. the settling and up- building of the Nation. Winchester boasts of many a relic of the days when George Washington was employed there as a surveyor. During the Civil War the town was cupled continuously for two vears either of tha opposing armie: was over the highway to the South | that Gen. Sherman made his famous ride. In the neighborhood of New Market are three famous tourist attractions —Luray, Endless and Shenandoah caverns. Farther to the south fis Harrisonburg, a convenient center from which to explore the surround- ing section of the Shenandoah Val- lev. In the town of Harrisonburg there is Stoneleigh House, which served as headquarters for Gen. Sher- man, and was the hoyhood home of Dr. Walter Reed, Army surgeon, who gave his life to the fight against yel low fever. Birthplace of Wilson. At Staunton, 25 miles below Har- risonburg, the motorist who intends to take in the principal points of in- terest should stop to visit the Pres- byterian manse, the birthplce and boyhood home of Woodrow Wilson. Thirty-six miles farther.is Lexington, where is the grave of Gen. Stone- wall Jackson. On the way to Roanoke the motorist passes Natural Bridge, one of nature’s wonders, which with the surrounding land was granted by George III of England to Thomas Jefferson in 1774, The significance of the roadway just completed is further indicated hy the fact that midway between the termini of the 500-mile stretch of pave. ment is Roanoke, third city of the State in size and importance and center of a large section rich in min- ing and farming interests’ where a great variety of products are turned out. Every mile of the long highway is reminiscent of the day of the hardy ploneer whose courage and persever- ance made possible the era of the motor car. —— AIDS SAFETY SIGNALS. Auto Ash Receiver, it Used, Saves Outside Motions. Some appurtenances ranked as frills have real safety merit. Take an ash receiver, for instance. If a driver Wwho smokes as he goes has such a de- vice on his car, the chances ars he will learn to use it instead of allowin; his arm to hang over the side, giving all sorts of queer, meaningless signals as he flicks the ash from his cigar or cigarette. When He is called upon to give a real signal the ch will be belfeved. S Use Grease on Headlight Rims. Rub a little grease on the headlight rims the next time they are removed. The task of removing them at a suh- Il be made easier. | of automohile junk is not part RATTLING AUTOHT BY CLUBLEADERS Dilapidated and High-Power “Junkers,” Often Seen in Service, Denopnced. Collegiate flivvers and their rattling equivalents under any other name may have just the right amount of verve to suit some branches of the younger generation, but they have too little braking capacity -to strike the fancy of traffic officials, motor club leaders and others in many parts of the country. The same goes for a class of automobiles that 'has heen described as “high-powered, dilapi- dater junker which right now are coming in for some sharp denuncia- tion. ¥ The latest to enter the arena against this type of cqr and car owners is Todd Stoops, secretary of the Hoosier Motor Club of Indiana. Disdain Smaller Cars. A certain class of motorists disdain smaller cars, whether new or old, and buy” machines that once were high- priced and elegant.” says Mr. Stoops. “Such cars, even in a dilapidated con- dition, still have plenty of power as long as they will run. “Tinkering mechanics will go to junk yards and pick out an old auto- mobile which may be bought for $25 up to about $200. All the purchaser wants {s for the machine to go. It is immaterial to him if the automobile is about to fall to pieces. He seem- ingly does not care for his own safety or the safety of ithers. car has no brakes, but the purchaser ular. “It is hard to determine which is the greater menace to safety—the pile of rusty automobile junk or the one who drives it-—and some means to rid the country of this risk should be de- vised. “ompulsory insurance would not help. Tt wouid probably increase the number of junkers on the streets and make the careless driver more care- less. One Type of Driver. , “The type of driver who leans to high-poweéred junkers would prabably enjoy a vacation fn a hospital with all bills pald by some insurance com- pany and thd knowledge that his car would he paid for by the same insur- ance company. And the insuring of Junkers would ecause insurance rates to soar to prohibitive heights for the careful driver who keeps his car in &ood mechanical condition as a safety measure. “Some law might be enacted requir- ing drivers of cars of a certain age to post a hond for the benefit of persons they might injure or property they might damage, or a law might he en- acted making it unlawful to sell an automobile without first placing it in good mechanical condition. Such legislation would he constructive and great aid in eliminating accidents. are excluded. THAT others_ may appreciate the newly in;proved Dodge Brothers Motor Car as we do—the week of October 18th is set aside as “NOW Drive the Car” week. . Three cash prizes of $50, $30 and $20 will be paid to those accepting our invitation to drive this week and who send in the best letters, not exceedin to October 30th. Members of Dodge “Why I Enjoyed the Drive” letters which are adjudged to be the most complete and descriptive of the exceptional qualities now apparent in Dodge Brothers Motor Cars will be awarded the above prizes in order of merit.* Simply call at our salesrooms and the drive will be ar- ranged. Then, in your lettér, méntion the date of ride and type of car driven. Sign your name and address and mail or bring the letter to us. . ' SEMMES MOTOR COMPANY RAPHAEL SEMMES, President 8 Dupont Circle Main 6660 613 G St. N.W. 1424 Florida Ave. N.E. 250 words, previous rothers organizations 2819 M St. N.W. 1707 14th St. N.W, Maybe the | Inicreased Business Due to Sales at Low Figures En- ables American Manufacturer: to Develop Finest Example of Workmanship. BY FREDERICK €. RUSSELL. Thousands of luxury autc: -obilesare | made possible because of the great popularity of lower-priced cars. That is the amazing and totally yn expected development of the hour 'in motordom. Rorn of the success of quantity pro- duction an elegance in motoring equipage, hitherto impossible except at prohibitive prices, has come into being to make the American car the finest example of craftsmanship in the world, i Just when it began to look as if the makers of the Nation's finest cars were on the point of abandoning their high aspirations and confine their ac- tivities to the development of their Jower priced and more readily market- able models, the unexpected happened. It was found that the increased busi- ness through the sales of a greater number of lower-priced units made it both possible and practicable to de- velop the parent models into the finest cars in the world. Without this boost from the lower-priced versions of the country’s best cars, the new develop- ment would have been unthinkable. Luxury Already Assured. Already the trend has progressed to a point where there are models offer- ing luxury bevond the fondest dreams of the prophets of only a few years ago. Cars in any style or color one prefers. Gold-plated interlor fitments. Wheel bases upward from 140 inchee. Every known safety device. Absolute distinetion in finish and upholstery. Riding qualities unsurpassed. Power suffi~ient for twe normal automobil These are but a few of the featur now avaflable in the large and grow- ing ranks of fine American cars. Every few weeks brings out a new mnd?l of car seeking only to offer the ntorist the best. “Lower-priced offshaots of Amerlea’s finest cars are greatly responaible for the new development. Buyers have come to purchase luxury and, like the true Americans they are, they want the most luxurious. Because the public has been buyving their lower-priced models of good cars in generous quantities, manufacturers are able to offer Juxury cars at prices that are surprisingly low. One of the finest cars now on the American high- way, a low, powerful, luxurious closed job, ‘can be purchased for exactly the amount of money asked for a touring car model of a medium-grade automo- bile in 1920. With from $3.000 to $6,000 one now can buy the automobiles previously associated only with five figures. These cars are well represented in every American city and service and repairs are readily available, yet they are distinctive as the rarities of Euro- pean manufacture. . One Factory Notes Results. As a result of the popularity of a lower-priced and smaller version, the production of one make of American car for the first half of 1926 reached 16,800, as compared with an output of 10,000 for the corresponding period of 1925. The company hehind the car never was in a stronger position, which is one of the reasons why it is able to turn out a still finer automobile in-its higher-grade class. This finer car, moreover, does not have to he mar- keted with the thought that if it does nat catch the public’s fancy at once it will wreck the company financially. These better American automobiles-do not have to be successes financially. As a matter of fact they are excel- lent advertisements. A man sees one of the luxurious examples standing be- fore a mansion and desires to have a car from the same factory. He-is quite content to have the smaller, lower-priced model, just €o long as the name is the same and the same stand ards of workmanship and quality pre- vail. One of the most interesting fllus- trations of the advertising value of the higher-priced and more luxurious version of a car is found in the re- juvenation of a certain make of auto- mobile under the direction of the larger organization that now controls it. The parent organization features an engine of a certain type and prac- tically has control of this type in Amerfca. It is a_splendid advertise- ment for this kind of engine to have it used in the luxury car. The motorist reasons: “This is the THE , same’kind of engite used In that lux- urious car that e fust been an. nounced. It must b¢ theé coming typa, otherwise why shoult it be 4 featurs of %0 fine a car. I wan't g wrong buying a car with thif kind of power plant.” One of the quantity pioducers re- cently announced a new lme of cars carrying more of the custom featnres As a result of the increase. sale of its regular line, as well as of the mora luxurious models. the prices e tha Iatter have heen lowered. Thesw ra. ductlons were quite substantial and reflect the fact that with the Incraae in sajes of the lowerpriced modea, the luxury ear is coming into its ows at a price that never hefora has been possible with cars of this class. It has been suggested that manu- facturers might well sell their finest models without profit simply as an a vertisement, a builder of good will and a stimulus to pride of ownership. The industry at least is discovering that ' public preference, while continually Famperad by the pinching of the pocketbook, naturally gravitates to ward finer things. Gold-Plated Equipment. Gold-plated appointments are found in the new and finer version of a make of car which for the first time in fts history also has managed to bring out a model at just under $3,000. In the luxury car the inlaid vanitv and smoking cases are the kind one would expect to find in an exclusive jewelry shop. Regal effects are obtained through the use of hand-tallored fab. rics. The finest model of this lux urious lina is priced at $8,000, a price somewhere near half what would nee essarily be charged fop similar qual Ity and service if theres were no popu lar-priced model of this make to keep the business healthy financially. . The luxury car is here because the industry is on a safe and sound quan r-production basis. The situation now bursting upon motordom puts to rest forever the jdea that because America. has gone in for quantity in its cars it has left quality by the way- side. (Coprriht. 1926.) MARYLAND OFFICERS MUST BE COURTEOUS Governor Warns Police Against Using Force in Making Arrests. Maryland State police must not abuse their authority in enforeing the motor vehicle lawsiof the State, and any infraction of the rules will he dealt with severely. Gov. Alhert €. Ritchie has issued this warning after a conference with Oliver C. Short, State employment commissioner, and E. Austin Baughman, commissioner of motor vehicles. The State officlals were called to the governor's office to discuse the recant case of State Policeman Thomas Green, jr.. who, it was alleged. at tacked and beat a bus driver. Green ) was suspended. “As [ stated publicly when this case was brought to my attention, 1 did not agree with Mr. Short's dgel sion,” sald the governor. “Mr. Short however, already had decided the case at that time. He thought and still thinks, that the offense was not seri ous enough to warrant Green's dismis sal. The law makes Mr. Short's deci sion final, and T cannot. of conurse ask or expect him to render any deci sion which he does not consclentiousiy believe to be right “For this reason I am willing to con sider the Gyeen case as closed, but 1 want to make perfectly clear the policy which I «hall expect to be followed in like cases in the future. “This policy is that no member of the State police force is justified in atriking a citizen whom it is his duty ¢ to arrest, except in defending himaelf from attack or assault, and if an: State police officer violates his platn ta he dismissed duty in this respect. I shall expect him BOSS IS TALKING ONCE _MORE Economy ANY FOLKS.” § wiped his chamois, * economy. something must be ‘cheap’ in order to be economical. economy is something entirely Take here at ent! ance said the Boss, as he hands on a piece of *have the wrong idea about They seem to think that Now, real. true differ- ‘the Star. for we keep a close check on of vour car, its 1 ileage, etc., and notify vou when vour crankcase needs draining. and what par- ticular grade of oil and gas is best suited to vour car and all those little things which make for real economy in the operation of an automobile are yours —at the Star Service Station “The tires are not the most economieal. fore, we only handle such products cheapest fuel and oil, accessories and There. s we know to be the best--and the cost is only slightly more than that of inferior ones. The confidence with which our patrons honor than a us is of vastly more . importance few pennies. If you have not as yet become acquainted with our ‘old-time’ honest drive in NOW!" service, that makes for economy, ST Hhamk Fourth of a new series on “The Boss Talks,” which will appear in this paper every Sunday morning for ten weeks. Watch for them.! (7 Jhe MODERN. DOWNTOWN STAT!! STAR SERYICE: A BLOCK BELOW THE STATION AVENUE AT TWELFTH 12th and C Streets N.W. JNO R. BRIGGS, Manager