Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1927, Page 32

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. DECEMBER 2 ) In The Motor World BY G. ADAMS HOWARD. A New Year Resolution, l homes are brightened with the giits | The placing of traffic lights ™ has to Director Harlan, there has those not so fortunate, there is re- | Not been a fatality on the <treets and Jaicing over the old one that still|avenues where ihe signals abound person New Year are rapidly approaching, | was killed this year on Massachu- : < avenue, but it was at the time resolutions that at times prove dif-| of night when the lights had heen roved worth. raflic its According of the holidays. In many there i |1 rejoicing over new automobiles. In “¢hooses” to run. Thoughts of the | since their installation. A and with them the usual New Year SC ficult to keep. The time seems pro- | turned off, so that fatality does not pitious, therefore, for one of those | Prove an exception. ) resolutions to concern careful driv-| Mr. Harlan ‘is very decided upon ing during the coming vear. | the efficacy of the lights. Now that Such a resolution, if kept, would ' sufficient funds have been provided prove not only a source of happi-| PV Congress, it is his intention ness to the immediate family, but| have many more of these signals in- to the families of every onc, whether | stalled. A plan is under considera- those familics are motorists or pe-| tion to place a light at the intersec- destrians. Most resolutions carry. as | tion of Massachusetts and Wiscon- a rule, some personal or perhaps at | Sit avenues, where in the rush hours times selfish motives. A resolution | ©f the morning and evening trafhic is for safe and sane driving in 1928| Very congested. Both avenues are would carry none of those ideas. A |arterial highways, and much con- broader and more beneficial plan for | fusion has existed at the intersec- the interests of all could not he|tion. Many smash-ups have occurred found. and surely is in keeping with | a0, innumerable " collisions just b spiritiof ithe season. avoided. Motorists seem undecided Motor accidents are occurring daily | A% 10 the right of way, forgetting in Wachington and in all parts of | that where there is no sign or light the country. The growth of popula- | 1he tniversal rule always applies that tion and the increase in the number | the machine on the Tight has the of machines on the streets is not the | Privileee. A traffic light at this point only reason for accidents. It is not | Wonld prove very desirable. aitogether the number of peaple and | , Attention has”heen called by the automohiles that have increased ac-| director to the wisdom of placing cidents in many of the farge cities, | StOD Sikns on Fourteenth street from but the attitude of the people them- | Thomas Circle to Spring road. Be- seives. Santa Claus cannot change | ore they were placed there, he says, this attitude, nor can he bring ces- | the average collisions were about 80 sation of accidents as a gift to h a month. Since their installation, mamity. A proper resolution by in- | Mr. Harlan states, these accidents dividuals could, and it is up to them have been greatly reduced, and that alone. for the month of October, only jour accidents were reported on that The National Capital ranks nine- | ¢St The placing of signs causes o s much adverse comment until their teenth among the cities with pu- N lations more than 100000 in the jeg | SUECess is shown. A citizen com- of Sunor Satalities for the fist 10 plained both by telephone and letter months of 1927, according to the recently to Mr. Harlan about the statistics_compiled by the National| PACIE of a stop sign at an inter- Automobile Chamber of Commerce | oy oo UPtown mnear the corner RN otk | where the complainant lived. He New York leads the Tist with 807, | Stated that the sign should be placed and Chicago falls into second place| to mm;\el_lrnmc going east and west in the mortality league with 390.| 10 0P instead of stopping north Wiachington during ihis period io| 200 South bound travel. The rea- credited with 63, just 2 behind Kan- | 20" given by him was that the ST squeaking of brakes annoved him, Only 4 cities out of the leading and that the noise would not he as 20 show a decrease from the qme‘_“"‘" if the sign was changed. period of 1926. These are Cleve-| ¥ i land, St. Louis. Boston and Buffalo.| There is a certain class of motor- Washington alone remained the | ist that evidently have the wrong same. | conception of a one-way street. The * x % % The ?rfil 20 leaders in fatalities | one-way street is not an arterial are_as follows highway, e New York, 897; Chicago, 500; De-| strect goes ot ghee the ook, 2 it 313: Philadelphia, 271;" Los | right of way at intersections. The Angeles. 246: Cleveland. 187; Pitts-| speed law is the same on these burgh, 162: Baltimore, 142; St. Louis, | streets, although many motorists 119; San Francisco, 112; Cincinnati, | think or act differently. . H2: Milwaukee, 108: Boston, 106; | ticulariy necessary that these falee Buffalo, 105: Newark, 104; Toledo, | impressions are changed, for the 91; New Orleans. 79; Kansas City, | majority of streets that are one-way i Washington, 63. and Akron, 61 | were so made because they were P narrow and somewhat dangerous. In a report by the street nafi'xc’,‘\o""'h‘”"‘"“ of traffic rules on committee, Alvan Macauley of the | (N€S€ streets would absolutely undo ew York chamber says, in part: | their useiulness, Yielding 1o the scientific forces of | _1he right of a motor evcle police- sensible regulation. better facilities | Man 1o exceed all speed laws and and education of the individual, the | "fringe on all Jaws of the road in trafic toll is beginning to recede. | (Tort to make an arrest has been Cities are achieving this result by | debated in the minds of many mo- getting at the root of the m“m“mmu. It is therefore interesting to and looking upon traffic as the pub- | 10t€ that the Court of Appeals of lic's transportation system, wh h | Maryland does not give the police- must be handled with the recogni- | ™An that right. The case grew out tion of the requircments of the ve- | of 3 motor cycle policeman who in : the roadbed and the operator, | PUrsuing a fleeing motorist, struck a “Cities and the public have paid | {ruck and was killed. ~Later his the penalty of 2 hit-or-miss approach | family sued the truck driver for to tifis subject, but the activities of | Ie8likence in not passing in the municipal and school authorities in | {T"1CT. Of an intersection. In a Municipal Court judgment was ren- the past two or three years are | A s bringing favorable results, lered against the truck driver. Rut this judgment was set aside in the ; Prelim nary evidence seems to indicate that higher court. In handing down its opinion the the total of accidents for the entire | country in 1927 may run 5 per cent | higher than in 1926, though there | still is a chance for the entire coun- try to effect a reduction. It seems likely, however, that the total for the 10 largest cities will show a bet- ter record than for 1926, and this achievement can be chalked up to a | sdientific, businesslike meeting of the situation. “A city which is not reducing its accident record is not properly gov- erned. No ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ can prop- | erly explain away swch a situation Traffic can be administered witn much better efficiency and safety than has been the case in the past | few years. It is the task of the municipal government to get resulis, 2nd 5f human life is not being ade- quately protected, the authoritics are falling down on their jobs. “Much has been said indicaring that in the last analysis traffic diffi- culties are due to the inattention or other defect of the person who s | driviug the vehicle. In so far as this statement is true, there is a good deal that can bhe done hy w of remedy, Law enforcement can dea! with the irresponsible citizen, hut the big problem does not lie with the willful violator. The number of vio. | lations can be materially reduced by hetter signaling and by more ade- | te street facilitics that will make | it easier for the individual 1o operate his car without hazard “Furthermore, psychologists and physicians are learning a great deal about the prompiness of human re action to emergencies and are huld ing up various tests which will show an individual his abilities or defects 3 an operator. These tests do not | mean that certain persons should be declared sncompetent (the number of these linited), but th indicate what corrections are needed i arder 10 pro for differemt 1ypes of op eraors For e the Highw Board | und that ce of 1 and green prefer that color-blind prople may more re Aetect the differences facts i reaet b learne s hely boeles “i rec service compelled him to know the rules of the road, and he was patrol- {ing the highway for the purpose of enforcing these rules when he met and all using vehicles on the high- way it was his imperative duty to avoid danger by the olservance of these rules. The fact he was an officer in pursuit of a driver of an automobile who was exceeding the speed limit made his swift pace none the less dangerous, nor did it relieve him of the legal duty to ohserye due care for the protection of those whom he knew, or by the excrcise expected, 1o be using the highways t the place of the accident. So. {although the original and concurrent | negligence of the truck driver were a cause of the motor cyclist’s injury, It was a comparatively remote cause, and in the chain of circumstances, the proximate cause was the fault of the motor cyclist, since his negligence was the immediate, clos- ing and efficient act when and as he received the injury of which he died.” Attention should be called 1o the recent action of the Chamber of Commerce in favoring the com- pulsory insurance law. Massachy- setts s0on may not he the only State to adopt a wise law. i U. S. FIRST IN AUTOS. [ America Leads World in Rogiatra- tion of Ca The United States ranks first fn the regint of Tl United Kingdom In gecond, with a 1o itration of Ti42% passenger cars 21000 buasses wid 245,387 motor 1ruck s i 15 third with T83,764 passenger card, 1003 bussen snd 84950 tor ks Canadi on Butomoblles, Fesearcl s order r u Hed Inl about Leen be Aven, hovien rank fur e of tie Uied Kingdom in popu lstion per motor vehicle In Cag ' are 107 persons 1o every autey vl i the Lnited Wingrom 43 10w motor i W. A T. A TO DINE. Niuth Annuas) Banquet to Be Given ut ble o iman, which . mobile f i rom airplane 1e . " et sons ery notraining operators le it not e elaborate te priv MeIor car owner, it clear that much can be accomplished by ver rigid e.amination | mg of moter v A hus eratons Thewe o of the ma e tical 10| Washington January 4, and careful trai op o The Washington . bt Attomntive it ninth s We evening 1l the Washington Hotel be todd offheers will bue dnstulien Chester W Warington, chiimin of cutertmnent i b o bbb g v, bl el Ldent fram New Yor rable percentaye le miles Yoo are re Jannry Nuwly for & oo i 4 s and should hay ahove thove of I may tor il Car oper ‘ wton 1o 19 bandle e o the " al ik yot Dis yents wnd 1 Keep Garage Clean, b i s b, the " Vit ol noth yeplra o e o g en o iy the " o et it et dint Free and unbin Pt of Vb vy b sl o Gie gn vage Hour Ss Wtered with ey ol A vt ik sl obstrucons St AT Ol iy Do T another st e 1 Ve b vepalier. A clean plice Vake g it 1o work bx one of the real that, inaucements 10 doing the thing the his car needs ot tie moment So, from 1 that a yes mare thay Washingtonians eome tatishactic viile the number b ould apyiear order s or, ¢ the 1, fatahities Aot " that ne " of remained the same, accidents have to It is par- | Court of Appeals said: “The officer’s | his death. For the safety of himself | of reasonable judgment should have | own | DOWN THE ROAD—There Is a Santa Claus, After All. D Z //7,,;,// 72 7 | | | | | 'WELL PLANNED ROAD SYSTEM WINTER MISHAPS CAN B REDUCED Motorists and Pedestrians Can Cut Accidents by Proper Care. .Writer Points to Michigan Program For Highway Construction As Ex~ 'amplc For “How to get there" is the subject of an educational feature on highway studies by E. E. Duffy, economic motorists and | Writer, who discusses some of the | cithin their | Problems of the motorist of tod - traffic mis-| A long, long time ago a little lady ps to a minimum it they will hut o tin Rome with gnize certain fundamental difficul- k on her face. She was | ties in connection with driving and | (ressed in the finest raiment that her | walking during this season which is|father, a xilder of chariots, could the moat prolific in serious accl She loved her new clothes so Thix point is made in a statement [MUCh that she had donned them for issued today by the national head-|no good reaxon at all, unless it was to | quarters of the American Automobile | fe¢l the soft woolen folds. There was | Assoriation, in which are enumerated | Peally nothing to do that afternoon in the considerations every one xhould - vme, so finally the little lady gath ponder in the interest of safety. und her frowningly | and returned to her home. Believe it Footing 1s Treacherou thus hegan the familiar say- The most significant feature ter driving that should appeal to Ko. | every one is that footing for both| And we of this modern day, some | The plan is really a regional high motor cars and pedestrians is most | hundreds of years later, find ourselves | way plan, covering all the territory treacherous and insecure during the | in much the same situation when we | within a 15-mile radius of Detroit, current season, the statement saya. | drive the restiess automobile out of n mapped and Certain steps can be taken to offset |the garage on Saturday or Sunday. |scheme of thoroughfares has been laid this condition, but their effectivenexs | There is one slight difference. There out. According to this plan, there will is limited, and unless the driver and |is & place to go—hut try to get there. |he a rond every three miles on a 201 walker both realize this it is possible | Finds Congestion. foot rightofaway. The radial main 1o turn their basic safety into a defl | P ik M o {arteries also will be of thix width. nite hazard, it is pointed out. | qoriie hopeful motorist finds that the [o,ch mile interval hetween the siper- “Both pedextrians and motorista [ (1sIC tondn, thowe W MO highways, roads will be built upon have concessions to make to the fact P sl i %04 120.000t rights-of-way. On halfm |congested that their advantage s in||>" . Hhigrls s snowy, fcy streets are treacher e mullified. | Mhe sereat. ad. | 1008 the rightsof-way will be 86 DURC BAVRithe titemen. LHh ge of the antomobile ix that it | V9% torist's responsibility demand; the farmer, salesman and | the addition of such safety equipment |[EVRER 0 CENEG, BRI Moe ] as chains, and, secondly, the realiza- |, o5, 0 ve valuable time. Rut when tion that there is such a thing as ut 5 : LU good roads in n community ave the driving “any | Rty (de That | "deption rather than the tule, these e vt (oo roadw will he crowded with motor T i it ot b ety | Vehicles and slow movement of traffic Ghlivon iiires, (hining WNQ, Clhsr MUSH lagiin comes about. Inimnny. St o il p e | stances where there only a few dent analyses made by the 950 clubs | core, that make up the members Lt e nclii s ki American Automobile Assoc i Ran. Human Factor Large. system devized to “This Is due to the fact that motor- | Miral congestion ix the ixts often are lulled into a false senwe | Plan. - Wayne County, Wt asopl presence of | Which Detroit ix o these und purtenanc more automobiles | to_ modern motoring. 1t ix not to he | than in any other s questioned that enrs o safer, but! s b ash tratic pnodations the safety Inherent In any ear stifl | by building both longe and wider must be hrought out by highly intelli- | Pavements. A minimum width of 40 gent deiving. The huoman factor fw| feet has beenextublished all | Irge and always will be large. Driv- | county ronds addition to thes ing which brings no mishap ix that | Wide highwi super - highways whieh recognizes that a street surface | from 100 1o 204 fect in width are bo which has low frictional valine necessi- | g provided, taten & longer atopping distance not fe most notable of these xuper only fer one driver one pedestrian, | MEhwave is the Detrolt-Pontine Road but for every street user,” 04-foot thoroughfare, 17 miles long, The duty of the pedestrian to rec.| NoW In servic Thix rond provides ognize virtually these same facts is | two 44000t concrete lanes and a 40, 1 amount, the A. A, A. belleves, foot nrea fao pld transit tracks he The stutement continues: | tween, he trame on this roud before “The pedestrtan xhould ||ndn-v‘r~lulul‘ widening wax upward of 25,000 vehi the viewpoint of the motorist in Win- | clex dafly, Now that adequate room ter. How many tUmes hive serious | han heen provided for the xwift pas mishaps resulted from thoughtlessness of pedextriuns' typical mccldent of this character is that resulting from fay-walking. This practica {s greatest in Winter and the pedestrian who resorts to it ma toree severnl drivers to apply thelr brakes | with dangerous haste. The result is L u wkid that may involve several carw | in n crash. the conmequences of which ! are often futs ‘Temptatio e tempt hurey Neither Ix w0 much of A one'n dext bl an Wl | « the footing | tortabie. Bat hant | too many coldents 1o be Vit slgnifie OF Wl the Courtenun reg and for pedestrinns s nh wonnt, Winter in the mort difientt dn o [ [ which 1o eor s need But 1F | should net avold this haaed [every one wonld Tor briefly (he The greatent loss of 1ife may be ot L wiid of wuch w concension the pren | teibuted to e practice of vanni vatton of hundreds of prech W [ ear dnon closed grrnge The man Hves 40 e not o be questioned | fumes of e exhaust thus eannot but that a more wholesome attitude | eweape and quickly get n their deadly waould be deyveloped | affect. The st symptom of carton Chust n whight willlngness 10 cons | pannside poisoning s a b che and | wlder the harder conditionn of Winter [ drowsiness, AU s appenvance, the | and wn effort to get the-other person’s [yotoriet should lose no Ume i getting Slewpoint dx il Gt I necessiry gt (e open @i becnise onon take much of the tragedy out of cold e wtrikes hard nnd fast ther driving he person who s heen oy ol e 1o o place We van gel plenty of fresh wiv Art Deinl vespliation ey prove o it AUTO REPAIRING ALL MAKES Gardner, Flint and Hudson SERVICE A SPECIALTY T.J. CAMFIELD 1615 O 8¢, N.W, North 0767 Tiron And Avren Twe the co was made and a definite, inuing plan for im- ‘nt’ coverfug a period of years was laid out. This first plan’ con- iplated the improvement of about 20 miles of the 1,370 miles of publ s outside of the cittes and villag entire W0 miles originally ined have been constructed with i adhere to the scheme laid t that ti 4 r fie conditions of 20 v what different than those of to. 0 the early plan has been revised larged, One hum seven miles more of been constructed. There & proximately 507 miles of concrete Wayne County, and additio ge will be created annuatly. Street users, both i pedestrians, have it province to reduce Wint o Separate Grades, Where the 204-foot super-h Intersect the grades will be sop into three levels. Local treaffic will b carried at the elevation of the adjcent property. One super-highway will | eross above the local fntersection and | the other will cross below it. At in torsections of the 20 highways With tha 120-fo0t and the 8§ foot hixh | wavse there will be a twolevel cross | ing with the narrower highway pass iz ander the high-speed roadway and vapld transit sections of the wider highway, Lut meeting the local road Wavs | Such conrse | pense, highway br My comprehensive e city and Detroft traffic Michigan, In ed and wh nufactur 1 the wor of will, of pate traffic involve a a program wreat deal but the avoidance of ad building ix ke the painful of chopping off o dog's tail At a time. Wayne County officlals ar the opinion ney has aet been saved pugh the expenditure hetter pryements, hecaus antomobile operating costs and lowe prvement maintenance charges, 1 ment maintenanee f hefng vapidiy to a minimum and each year's qu of new conerete roadways brings about further reductions, Throughout the country there ave 1 other cities and counties that reduce their hishway costs \dneh highway 1 of the lower Im; A |15 the most heavily traveled plece of [wavs, More highways will mean conerete in the United States, If not | greater veturn per dollar of highway In the warld investment Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Preventable If Automobi]e Owncr USCS Care the victim has not be ed 1o th adly fumes romedy, however, I frouble by exposing deadiy Dinmes Newve el W Raage eIy necomary o run the car MORE | qut ot the gar an noux the o | enizine will o without halking The WA P process out mhile. n iy lghtly slower and w wonstderahly o dAnnperons I every motorint Wil reconiz the Pilanger of this poisonous ks and care fully mvold s presence. the Winter WL be free from u type of that has hecome ncreasingly commn Wurtig the last (ow fovern ment antists and others declave, . i | In to Hurry. vy one s to nov walking nea e vinin to court ery your, n host of ugencies corned with the protection of hu e dne | e polsoning, o | anesclf 1ot 18t plpe, | Fun 1 Tonger ot - | 10 i the i on for e Tow Inmite warnings apuinst of enrhon monosi uet of the automobile oxh el Winter s venulting f muy for the why m an i bl ¢ cuume of | without it | tlitie SO N 0 ey i ca attributed sensonn during which | o v ol Uhe other deiver | utely i | ' o no reimon, save | Uompl 1 nee, Cmotor v or | " | | | | ol PTractton generally i best at low wieds me Where jEnd Your Gear Troubles Transmission and “Rear Axl Troubles Are Due to Faulty Lubrication. for Ebonite-T for tranamis- L niame’ and KHONITE'R for rear axl and you will have scientific wear lubrication, EBONITE (Combination of Pure Oil) 20 Cents a Shot At Filling Stationa and Qara, ] PAYERSON OIL WORKS Columbia 5220 = Ve Dry Curtains Before Storing. Phere ave times diing cold wenther | | When the car owner feels thiat e o | Lol iy b oy ed e apien FoOA pecautinn s necessry i this et on. i il never shonh forel away when they wre wel 1 e chinees of anildew and | are gt e curtaln ol When wot, b 1 in the ki Al d G ey iy Speedometer Trouble? We Bepaie AN Mabes- CREEL BROS. INEEAT Hth B NW, Pot, 430 Mantactiias ol sl Muter Parts { ! { | l i Fotting tukie Virgs 1" " e eaciiing 4% 1o il H Weciiie Eguip " A ne years ago a surveyv of | | stays just a fraction u | reckless {n the extreme, according to | results in scores of ‘skid | | | | of funds for | | contends. | | u be the selfixh | xage of many m-re cars, it probably |through n well planned system of high. | Commissipner | | Baughman, { { ahead on the course they are proceed. | | | accident EXCESSIVE SPEED SAVES FUNDS AND AIDS TRAFFIC| ! Sees Continuous Toll Exact- | servant | cleay HIGHWAY MENACE Motor Vehicle Commissioner { ed by Reckless Driving. BALTIMORE, ciall.—Too gi December (Spe- t speed with reference | to traffic conditions, curv slippery | weather and other speclally dangerous situations on highways is | mtinuing to exact a needless toll in the, fnjurics and property damage in Maryland in the opinion’ of Motor | Vehicle Commissioner E. Austin i HKaughman. | A rate of speed eaches or | the legal maximum without regard to the high- way surface or dition, is often | de tha Baughman, t on wet pavemen " every rainy ioner, who Commissioner “Driving s savs the Commi \dds: “These ‘skids' result in over- urned vehicles collisions with | other vehicles or stationary objects off the highway when attempts are made to reduce speed upon approaching meeting day.” such gency Dangerous Curves Cited. “Approaching curves at a danger- ous speed where attempts to alow swn come too late, result in the ditch- 5 of the car, serfous collisions and | smashups, or a crash into poles or haz or an emer- Dim lights and fo regnrded indicating cautious operation, and pedestrians and oth highways are not seen until too late to stop. hecause the speed was too | fast_under the conditions outlined. | “Speed, like fire, may be a good but when either ket bevond | ol they become bad masters and | ents of death ruction. The motor vehicle law, Commis. | sloner Ranghman points out, specifies | thit the speed of @ motor vehlcle shall | at all time be a proper.” having prope ard to the Wilth of the highway. proximity of intersections, condition of trafe, weather. Approaching Intersections. cury sharp turns or hills, there fs an_especial requirement for slowness i cantion, Commissioner Baughman are often dis- necessity for | as a result| users of the contr the Sense Needed. sy 1t would have been to avoided Killing und injuring so people it the operators had common sense in governing the 1 of thelr vehicles to conform | With safety as regards the conditions eXISting, on the highway®" asks the hav many “Future cidents,” contends Col can easily ba prevented 1t operators will at all times govern | their sneed 50 as not to exceed A rate | at which they can safely stop in a ! distance which can be seen g or about to take. v AE this common sense rule is twavs followed, will then become the | NEVAnt which will enable safe and transportation and the grim of death which is in many Instances so nnnecessiry, be reduced. harvest | hazard, and, according to Mr. Harland, | | | should be traveled with extreme cau-| |of them are in the ver | downtown business zone. [ impor | purpose of expediting traffic and mak- 'HARLAND CITES 12 MOST | PERILOUS STREETS HERE | Classification Follows Analysis of Traffic Accidents in District Over Period of the Past Twenty-four Month BY JAMES F. CHINN, After a careful analyzim of traffic accident records which the statistical experts of the traMe department have e d : painatakingly collected and compiled |1 FHf for the last two years, Traffic Y)lrm:lhr"nl appr William H. Harland has listed the 12| the in« most dangerous streets in Washington. "r"'?j’_'l ,,",’,,',’,,,’1’3:,,. dn other words, these 12 streets have | FA0Y Setermined bheen the scene of more traffic acci. | (A0t for dents in the two.vear period than any | P208 & Fars of the other traffic arteries within the " :r':'ifn " District of Columbia. They are the | “/gration bero streets which confromt the motorist .I"mur“ » with the greatest potential driving | *¥" by I'hn District Commiss, s program of ex | ready has been authorized ¢ To Buy More Lights will T ol jtions where aceide: leur, One of these synchronized tion. All of these mo-called thoroughfares are in the ] section and run through what is de- seribed as the congested area. Some heart of the “‘dangerous” \ rthwest | Sixth Street Cited. Although it barely horde: congested distriet, Sixth street is the most dangerous of them all, judging | from the accident statistics. In the last two vears more vehicles have col- lided on its narrow stretch from Penn- | & sylvania avenue northward to Florida | r'<id ¢ avenua fhan on any other street. HAve pee The other 11 streets which Mr. Har- | oot i land has labeled as “dangerous” are: 138t wee; Saventh street, Fourteenth street, F street, F street, G street, H street, M street, Connecticut avenue, Georgia | avenue, Massachusetts avenue andif,m i Pennsylvania avenue. Thes streets, of course, carry the | the calender vear o greatest volume of traffic, and the ac-| [OF 145 COM€ cident hazard therefore is naturally [ CEARC, T TR greater. Ilowever, Mr. Harland be.| qPCration an lieves that the number of accidents|TPsrt = can be lessened materially it motorists | 8 B¢ Taee o would drive more carefully. In J b Mr. Harland's chief complain with [ 283 THou” Washington motorists is that they | Irecesting svear. | fail to slow down at the street inter.| (4t tR€re have hee sections. The accldent statistics bear | out this statement conclusiv majority of the collisions recorded on these dozen thoroughfares occurred at intersections. Seeks Safety Plan. While Mr. Harland realizes that the | safety of motoring is dependent large- Iv on the driver himself, he is en- deavoring by e means at his com- | mand to make the streets safer for the pedestrian as well as the motor- | ist. " Signs inscribed with wasnings and cautions have been placed at strategic points all over the city—lo- | cations where accidents have occurred | most frequently. Electric signai | lights also have been erected on the ant traflic arteries for the dual street, f ‘he d 63 for the £ Of the 7 them werd ckh while playi vear five ch vehicles wh Aside fro t showing the chief ¢ aceident data 1w ing these highwavs safer. Although there has been rather vehement opposition to the electric traffic signals, Mr. Harland proudiy points out that there has n been a f accident on street since the installat lights there on 5, nearly two years ago. The same true of Massachusetts avenue, the except instance a pedestrian was chasing a dog early in the morning before the lights went into daily opera as struck by a machine at the tersection of Thirteenth stree The value of the electric s accident preventive has a deep impression on Mr. H some | Automobiles Help INSURANCE RATES Teach Redskins | Paleface Ways! Increase in Personal Liab Lower Average, Due to Safety Coun: LESS IN BALTIMORE H The automobile is serving as an agency to teach the Indian the white man's ways. something which 100 vears of education and the reservation life has not entirely accomplished, according to the American Automobile on The “gas buggy.” n hile is known to m given him something the extent that he earn money to buy ene. The Indian has taken to the tomobile as his forebears took to the forests and the streams. He likes to ride. and it makes no dit ference whether the car is new or old, whether it is perfect or rattle During a recent parade at Neopit, Wis, 130 Indian families turned out in automobiles. The Indian pre- fers the machine to a fast team of ponies. To get one he must work and earn money and many are do. ing #o—just like the white man. sured hiz enforced | t BID ACCEPTED IN CUBA. ' Road Oficials to Send Delegates m";‘w Cleveland Convention. policy Cuban ed an road officials have accept. invitation roferred v the New American Road Builders’ Association to attend the convention and read ahow to be held in Cleveland during the week of January 9. The accept ance was made following the ofcial | encouragement given merican Satance to road construction in Latin American countries The Cuban delegation arrive in the United States shortly after January 1 and will be guests of the American Road Builders Association. The representatives will study road construction and inspect materials N machinery manufaotured by \ an cancerns Cuba plans the expenditure of more than $10,000.000 on her Central High. Difficult, but Shoul Two units of ¢ are denied hrake » v are ha on many task of cases under and the w noises, relatively b will $427,500 D. C. QUOTA. War Excise Tax Patd on Automo- biles Lant Year. A total of $407 500 was ¢ob v ofrom residents of the Disteiet of | umble for the puesent Federal war e msserger antomobiles pecording to the rexearch department of the American Automobile. Assocka: | ton Marvland vesfidents paid $792 250 Wl ot iats of Vieginda paid $1.048. 0 The total of all the States was S48 43T NS ctod last ead ty on For Prompt Anti-Freeze Winter Accessories wWo 24-Hour PARTS and SERVICE ; s Ourisman-Chevrolet 610.616 H St. N.E. 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