Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1927, Page 26

26 DEFENSE HIGHWAY FOUND DANGEROUS Conditions Described by John N. Mackall Are Subjected to Test. A survey along the National Defense highway, a 33-mile stretch of twisting concrete from the Natlonal Capital to the State House at Annapolis, Md., Just 15 feet wide on the stra'ght-away onA 18 feet on the curves, does not bear out the charges of John N. Mackall, chair of the Maryland BState Roads that cause for the scores of accidents on this road is reckless driving, probably brought about through indulgence in intoxicating liquor. Mr. Mackall, who says that he is not +a slow driver,” added that “when an automobile passes me 1 do not need to look at the tag to find out if it is a ‘Washington car.” The survey conducted by a reporter for The Star disclosed the fact that it is a mathematical impossibility or the 7%-foot busses regularly oper- ated over the road to pass without leaving the concrete and that scores of minor accldents in addition to the serious ones comes to the attention of the garage and tourist camp pro- prietors who line the road. Road Is Narrow. In fact, several of the garage oper- tors who estimated that at least 50 motorists, representing all sections of the country, stop at their es daily, declared that practically every one commented on the narrowness of the road and the risk Incurred in ariving over it, particularly at night. During two trips over the road. one in broad daylight, on September 3. and the other the night of Labor day. ® reporter for The Star chanced upon two accidents, one of which he wit- nessed -and one of which he upon at night a“few minutes afte had occurred. In neither cage was the driver either reckless or intuxXi- cated and in both cases drivers laid their trouble to a road so narrow that it permitted no margin of safety. The daylight accident occurred on & hill when a Kentucky car, trying to avold a truck, swerved into a soft clay ditch by tne side of the read and went in dirt up to its axle, nearly overturning. Its operator ac- counted himself fortunate that he had escaped injury and stated that he considered’ the Defense Highway the most dangerous he had traversed, although he had toured many States. The night accident occurred when the driver of a roadster, bound for Annapolis, attempted to avoid an un- lighted wagon which he encountered on a turn. It was well toward the center of the road. but when he at- tempted to swerve to the side of the road he found himself far from the concrete and ended his trip against a tree, badly damaging his machine. Traffic is Heavy. Mr. Mackall stated that the Annapo- tis-Baltimore boulevard carries three times as much traffic as does the Na- tional Defense highway. He admitted, however, that the Annapolis-Baltimore boulevard vas widened this year from 15 feet to 21 feet. “I think the National Defense high- way ought to be wider,” he said, “‘but I do not consider it unsafe. If a man drives at a decent rate of speed he will never get into difficuity.” Mr. Mackall regards 40 miles an hour on the 15-foot highway, which is clied ear whic rs to pass. U Upper Ieft—A w wide enough for two alongside the road when they meet. able to pass approaching cars safely of their course will rui the e Lower right—Another driver w an approaching machine swerved slig escaped any serious damage. it is necessary for either automobiles or busses to take to the soft earth busses are forced to run off the road. into the loose found his car :ay THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. SEPTEMBER 11. 1927—PART 1. SFESEND TOBANK | CRASH N GEORGIA | State Superintendent Sast‘ to Be Over. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA Ga., September B. Mobley, Georgia superintendent of banks. believed the depression period responsible in large degree for the series of bank ilures. which in the past 18 months have shaken Georgia's financial structure, is definitely end, he told the Asociated Pres: da 10:— am not going to say that there h W pper vight—This photo illustrates In order to keep within the white line Lower left. 4 by careful di htly toward him. The international regulation gov- erning aircraft performances Lor world records, which. provide that credit goes to the nation in which the flight was made and which resulted in the United States receiving credit for two_seaplane speed records made by an Italian plane ana pilot, finally has been changed, at the insistence of the National Aeronautic Association and now provides that the nationality of the principal pilot will determine which nation shall receive the record no_matter where it is made. The association filed a petition with the Federation Aeronautique Interna- tionale at Paris, world governing body for aircraft performances. the first of this year recommending that the regulations be changed, as under their provisions, speed records made at Hampton Roads, Va., last November, by Maj. Mario de Bernardi of the Royal Ital- jan Alr Force, in an Italian built plane, were credited to the United States. They were for maximum speed over a three-kilometer course of 258.873 miles per hour and for speed for 100 kilometers of 248.198 miles per hour. The American airmen quite ob- viously refused to accept credit for these performances, and every time a compilation of American records was made, space had to be devoted to explaining that in reality this coun- try was credited with two more rec- mometimes 80 lined with cars that they resemble a parade, as a “decent rate of speed.” ) Practical examination of the high- way conditions, however, going at a speed which at no time exceeded 35 miles an hour and averaged less than 25 miles an hour, resulted in the car, driven by an experienced and careful mver. twice being forced off the road- There is not room for three cars to pass abreast and seldom is there room for two cars to pass a car which has one wheel on the concrete. There are places on the road, notably between Priest’s Bridge and Ani lis, where 1t is impossible for a bled car to be pulled to the side of the congrete, since the roadside is a marsh. Telltale rut marks by the road were noticeable during the daylight drive and at night bright headlights sweep- ing around the curyes explained one of the reasons why deeper ruts were found in the soft sofl by the curves. There s scant roonf on the highway to weave carefully in‘and out of traf- fic and a slow car.or horse and wagon are followed by a lengthy line of creeping cars and irate drivers. Danger .of Bridges. Several of the bridges along the highway constitute perilous points, the survey indicated. The Vista Bridge, for example, ‘spanning the ‘W. B. and A. tracks, is so narrow that two cars, each hugging the rail, can barely pass. It is made the more dangerous - because its sloping ap- proaches of “the pitch on and pitch off type,” make it impossible to see an oncoming car until the actual floor level of the bridge is reached. A bridge of similar design, not quite so narrow, occurs near Lanham. Residents of Maryland as well as of the District of Columbia, both through written communications and verbally. have emphasized the importance of either widening the National Defense highway or constructing temporary shoulders so as to permit of a margin of safety as a practical protection #gainst the ordinary hazards of trafiic. NEW DESIGNS FOR COINS ARE PLANNED BY BRITON Faces on Silver Money Will Be “More Artistic,” Says Mint Official. Correspondence of the Assoclated Press. LONDON.—Col. R. Johnson, depu- ty master of the royal mint, is now considering designs for new shillings, sixpences, florins and threepenny bits. The new designs wil! be “more in keeping with modern taste and defi- nitely more artistic.” The present silver coins will retain the same faces, with the King's head, but the reverse will be an armorial de- sign. Flveshilling pieces or crowns, known as “cartwheels,” will be struck for the benefit of collectors. The coinage change is the first that has been niade since 1816, except for changes at the death of a sovereig: 3n 1816 a general coinage took pla Tne committee responsible for the change has been considering designs for two years, submitted from sculp- tors throughout the world. Before befng put into circulation the coinage must be sanctioned by the cabinet and given currency by royal proc- lamation. O NS See Town by Movie. Correspondence of the Assuciated Press. LONDON.—A score or more of men sit daily in a darkened room off Edge- ware road looking at lantern slides projected on a screen. 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