Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1928, Page 61

‘THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUARY 22, 1928—PART 4. e . o 0 . : : With Care Averts ~ 'l' BY A A A | Danger of Shoc ] 1] ] kA Because they have touched the » I gwuu mdadn} lnnltllnnk \\1rrs' and . . : | boen treated to a shock, most car State Control With Right of | owners are afraid to touch the iz- . | mition wires while the engine runt. thus handicapping themselves when : Appeal to I. C. C.ls 1 teating the lenition. They should 1 remember that so long as they hold Favored. | the insulated parts of the wiring ! there will be no shocking. — | “Test the fgnition frequently to note 2 Leghlation to provide for the regula~| NS 1ensth and regularity of the on of motor busses engagea in ter. | PUK: {m!e commerce has been placed square- v up to Congress as a matter of vital tmportance if the public interest is to | be safeguarded. according to the bus| | @ivision of the American Automobile 1 v D E T[] AG[;IDEN‘I’S The division issued this statement today in commenting on the findings of Attorney-Examiner Leo J. Fiynn, who in a report to the Interstate Commerce Commission recommends a policy of control by State commissions. with | —— meres Cammion " ™ Number Killed on Maryland % s tatated bus operaone sliateq wiin he & A &, Roads Held Greatest in His- tory of Automobile. and give hope for early consideration of | this N ide economic problem by | | “The findings represent over a_vear | Lol ©f effort on the part of Examiner Fiy and comprise one of the most com rehensive Teports on the bus industr$ | BALTIMORE. January 21.—Seventy- hat has vet been prepared.” cight persons died in automobile acci- Senator Watson. Republican, Indiana, | dents on the roads of the State, outside chwrman of the Senate committee on of Baltimore and other incorporated interstate commerce, and Represent cities. last year, according to a report tive Denison. Republican. Illinois. mem- by John N. Mackall. chairman of the ot the House committee on inter- State Roads Commission. te and foreign commerce. are spon- Grade-crossing accidents claimed soring bills to secure a suitable regula- more t one-fourth of the deaths re- tory law along lines recommended to | corded. most of the remainder oc- the Interstate Commerce Commission. curred on road (:lnflf‘n(sm“ 4 s F i In addition to those led on State Year-Round Service. roads during the year, 188 persons died “Metar carrier service has reached the i, traffic accidents in Baltimore and 12 stage of deprndable all- ton.” morc in other towns of the State. bring- says the bus division, “and the find- jng the total of traffic deaths through ings reported to the Interstate Com-'(he period from January 1 to Decem- | merce Com on show instances per 31 to 278 persons. ! where bus service was continued in The number killed on roads which sreas where rail lines were forced 10 are under supervision of the State suspend c as a result of Neavy Roads Commission was the greatest in T weather conditions. the history of the automobile, Mr. w strikingly that the public ngaekall said. In 1926 the number of sportation developed 10| rarqities on the 2.400-mile-long road degree. and these Palrons cveiam was 66: in 1925 the total was tected against wildcat’ 0p- | gnly 45, and in 1924 it was 67, ally irresponsible - | “orpere also were more accidents and ible practices | oo persons injured last vear than responsible bus lines. | oior pefore, the report discloses this kind, in_many in- | ¢ a growing tenden- | Chart Gives Statistics. T to_cross an imaginary line Known ' Tne gecidents. deaths and injuries 85 & State boundary in order 1o take | were shown in a chart included in the ok 83 an interstate carrier. Althollgh | report. ss follows: Accidents. 1924, 478 Soey cary pamengers stuiclly. dninsa- | jogs, 355: 1928,419:11927, 400, Persor e DAL division cited mpressive | e, 1924, 67: 1825, 45. 1926, 66; 1927, examples from the findings to show that | ags. Teseass. rass aar 0 19 P e e e B ey Fe,PoPUla” | ‘Most of the mishaps occurred during earriers In Indiana there are 185,000 | daslight hours the report shows. O e o 200 [ the total of 490. sted as 0o Eanapolis who have no direct rail com. | Ting i daylight numbered 3i6 and munication with that city. In the | ‘hOSC 8t misht were only 272 same State there are 600 towns and e LA sone* aere villages with a population of 50 or CaTs and locomotives at grade crossings. Thore which hath noy aieeet rall service | Seventy-eight others were at highway B Ttal o 280 of ey il seryice. intersections, 255 at tangents, 144 on g_gugr l;us lines and 500 by mol"‘fl;‘id'gg's 7 on steep grades and 14 & e ,,‘,’(;‘,‘.’,“,,.,,sgfiu‘:’,;,’,“ oy | ™ Causes for which the driver was at | Nation as a unit is becoming a net- | f2ult were listed as: Recklessness and work of improved highways over which | Carelessne: : willul violation of modern busses each day transport mil. | Taffic laws, 119; excessive speed at da- Tions of passengers ger points. 100 intoxicated drivers, 24, Rails Gain Freight. and two drivers were found to be aslecp when the accidents happened. “The steam railroads have undoubt- P edly lost much business to the new Careless Pedestrians Cited. highway transportation agency.” the re- | Careless pedestrians were cited as re- port to the Interstate Gommerce |sponsible for 13 accidents, and this fig- Commission says, “but it 1s also ure showed improvement over 192 robably true that in the aggregate this | when 22 heedless walkers fizured in co been more than offset by the gain | lisions. Unknown causes were held re- from new traffic created by the devel- sponsible for two mishaps | epment of the automobile industry. In| Under the heading of faulty equip- the words of the president of one of iment. the Road Commission investiga the great transcontinental railroads in tors found that defective brakes causce feference to the automobile industry: |4 accidents: glaring headlights, 13: drii- “Tis tmportance is so great, taken as & 'ing or parking without light caused 4. that the railways gain much|and mechanical breakdowns were cited from the f: traffic it gives in 11 cases. them than they lose from the freight| wet and icy pavements were found and passenger business it takes sway.’ |to be responsible for 19 accidents. Tire 1. 1925." the re- plowouts caused two others. Hit-and- an 1 per cent of ' myn driving made its appearance on total railroad mileage as of Decem- | State roads for the first time during . 1919, was abanconed and only the year. and three such accidents w 4.3 per cent of this total mileage aban- | recorded. | Special Dispateh to The Star doned was the result of competition ‘with motor vehicles.” The tus division has long advocated | 3. These carriers should be allowed to LCAS N. OIL. THE LADES VISITING THE SHoW WILL CONTINUVE T TRY THE BACIC SEATS. NOW HERES A BEAUTIFUL JoB Fon. YOU wiLL BE ABLE TO GHOOSE YOUR RADIATOR EMBLEMS Thorros e —-- 7 —By FISHER. WELL,WEVE- ADDED HOT AND coLD RUNNING WATER AND A THEY INSTERD | ME WHEN | 66T MY CAP. THERE WOULDNT BE ANY INLTHE, MOTOR- CNCLE e SN ]} OFFICER DETECTOR RESSH s ?} s ek g)guun snee HEAR HER TELL ME HOW TO \ = You WiLL NOTICE THIS NEAR THAT™ THE. POOZOZAK S CONNECTED DIRECTLY WiTH > / S M MORTIFIED VISITORS TO THE WASHINGTON AUTD SHOW WILL FIND MANY NEW REFINEMENTS. IERSEL MAKE A DAS FOR IT AND SKIP BEFORE ANYBCOY TO DEATH TO THE SAME POTENTIAL PURCHASERS WILL GO THROUGH THE SAME MOTIONS OF EXAMININGTHE MOTOR. EVEN THOUGH \T MAY MEAN NOTHING (N THEIR LIVES. OLD BOILER Wikl LOOK WHEN YOU LEAVE THE SHow Rule for Avoiding 1) [FORNA PARKS Loose, crushed stone is no fris of the automobile tire, as every motorist knows. There is a way of getting across such a surface, how- ever, without a great deal of hard wear on the tires. If the stretch | is not too long—and quite a few | of them are not becanse they repre- | sent patching operations—get up | enongh speed and coast across. This will take the drivinz pressure off the rear tires and will prove res worth while. If the stretch 15 ton long to be consted over, proceed at a mod- erate spred and avold jerkiness as much as possible. | FENNER WARNS OF CHAOS | IN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT State’s Four National Re- serves List 23 Per Cent of Country’s 1927 Visitors. All records to Califor) number of a's four in 1927. an e records v Chairman of Motor Vehicle Confer- | enece Committee Suggests Way to Lessen Highway Congestion. s ke the chans out of traffic man- agement and much of present-day con- gestion will be done away wi D. C. Fenner, chairman of the m vehicle conference committoe, at the Jan meeting of t field Safety Council, Springfield “No large railroad could under the divided authorit; exists with respect to traffic in our metropolitan communities ter how conscientious each official may be, when you have a there are “from has been no streetprogmm of b $1,514,134 REVENUE | FROM 1928 AUTO TAGS | Maryland Commissioner Repnm' $200.000 Increase Over 1927 Re- | ceipts for Same Period. BALTIMORE. January 21 (Spe- cial).—Receipts from the sale of auto- mobile license tags for 1928 issued so far total $1.514.134, according to E. Austin Baug] automobile com- missioner. s an increase of $200,000 over receipts at this time last year. “"An increase of approximately 25,000 n the registration of motor vehicles in | he State, bringing the total up tol 312,000. is_expected this year by Com- | missioner Baughman 1 Despite predictions of a saturation t in ownership of automobiles, the increase 1s expected to correspond ap- proximately to that shown in each of the last few vears. Of the total regis- tration, Baltimore City, it is believed, | will retain about the same proportion— 40 per cent—as in other years | Approximately 203,000 licenses have been issued so far this year, Mr.! Baughman sald. At the same time last | year 175.000 licenses had been fssusd The total registration of all types of motor vehicles in the State last yea: was 287429, & policy of primary State control. Such | engage in such service upon obtaininz | According to Mr. Baughman. the re- 8 plan is definitely proposed in | the certificates of convenience and ne- the Interstate Commerce Commission | cessity, as required under the transpor- examiner's conclusions and NOW | tation act 8waits action by the entire membership 4. The problem of regulating motor ©f the commission. The constitutional- | vehicle operation in interstate com- 3ty of such a proposal has been ques- merce is comparatively a new one. and tioned, and Mr Flynn discusses thir it is too early to attempt regulation by finding that it i a rigid law X 5. This regulation should not include usions, briefly summarized, motor vehicles operated by owners inci- are as fololws | dental to the conduct of their busines 1. Transportation of ers by 6 Motor carriers operating in inter- motor vehicies over the public highways state commerce should first be classed become a permanent factor in the to include those serviug routes between Nation's transportation system. two fixed terminals 2. Steam electric rallways hav 7. Original jurisdiction would be vealized this cordition and more ex- placed with State commissions, with tensively using busses to replace |authority tn appeal to the Interstate Jons or o serve as feeders. Commerce Commissions HE recently announced reduction in the price of Packard Eights and our increased volume of business in Packard Sixes brought us in a stock of Extra Good Used Cars This week's sale is clearing our floor and we have reduced the prices on all used cars on hand. Every car is plainly tagged with a price for quick sale and guarantéed to be as represented. All rebuilt Packards carry a 30-day warranty the same as new cars. 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