Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1928, Page 63

SPRING OFFICIALLY NEAR. CALLS SUNDAY STAR ASHINGTON, D. €. MARCH 18 AUTOIST TO ATTRACTIVE TOURS Week End Tnp Through ergxma and Maryland Outlmed That Combmcs Scenic and Historic Interest. BY G. ADAMS HOWARD. s Autom With the calendar Spring but three days away, motorists of the National Capital might well turn their thoughts 1, roads adaptable for which ly in this section With this idea in view, fip is laid out for the will earry the motor rical coun- cenic beauty of Vir- ginia and M land for a total dis- tanee of 350 miles e. alive cngagements, wle Editor with memories of the majority _adeguately marked with ablets, takes the h\\f\'“w\d from Washing- . from whenee he to Charlottes- Fn\m there the north along the Valley upward chester. rt of the apple road veers cast- just bevond ton to F swings ville and \\zh T and W the 10 New \m ket At this tow blosson ) ward crosses the ac, the ary through to Frederick. one towns of the n in a south- proceed through Washington. having of 350 miles without same road twice. ay Places to Stay. hotel accommodations can y of the larger towns te. so the motorist may drive as far as he hes before stopping for t h the exception of about cen Chancellorsville and where the roadway is im- not asphalted. the motorist ne hard surfaced highways his entire trip From Washington to Fredericksburg. a distance of 52 miles. the roadway is n . with stretches of as- ervening. Between these cities, hy places such as Alexandria, Vernon. Pohick and Quantico, e training camp. are reached. motorists cross the pictur- t-squ‘ Rappahannock River into Fred- ssburg. the city of many historical places of interest. B(lv!*("‘ Fredericksburg and Orange rugged and mostly unpopu- .a cd :')m Both Chancellorsville and Wilderness are passed. scenes of in- tense fig’x“ g during the Civil War. For hil l‘w :vad, although of hard places, but pass- | " discomfort, except in ex- rainy weather. Before Orange. | 1» scene of many horse shows, the good rad comes to the fore again and re- mains so during the rest of the journey. Country of Fox Hunting. Prom Orange to Charlottesville, the | home of Jefferson and the University of the highway swings around’ ugh Gordonsville, Mechanicsville and Keswick, where horse raising is the chief pastime. besides farming and dairying. During the hunting season Keswick, which lasts through the Fall and Winter, it is claimed that only two hunts were called off in the last two years because of bad weather. Sat- urday after Saturday the pink coats and the baying hounds can ‘be seen crossing owly rolling hills in pursuit of a t fox, when a drag is not used from Fredericksburg to is 71 miles. b‘a Tfl Charlmut\m- the roadwar fhownes more hilly y as it wends OWNER RESPONSIBLE FOR OTHERS’ DRIVING' Maryland Dealer Fined Because Prospective Customer Speeded Up. BALTIMORE. March 17 (Special). — «-That owners of motor vehicies should take 10 heart the fact that they, as 9wnere, are, under the automobile law of Maryland, responsible for the pro- ation of the vehicles owned by her they be the actual driver ime an oflenu is mmmlurd or ‘motor vehicle com- provision of the law with 0 many of its sections is applicable in its penalties to and operator is not, apparently realized by the owners. according ¥ Commissioner Baughman o 1 the the dealers a3 cars are being driven n employes, but 5 who are ore making ioner this week pointed tration case of perm: ted by a prospec- was testing of 60 m ties in exce e poliee drop- snd clocked them matter Commis- stalute pective gur v would be well for Uy take iought 1ons of the yein P 9 i oy e Low & tendency ok withough 1 Gond oo o1y Biwe it aled il the Thirty-five 1 s oeet its way through Waynesboro, circling the lower end of the proposed Shen- andoah National Park, Into Staunton after crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains at the foot of the valley. The distance is 37 miles with good roads throughout Staunton presents many points of in- terest. including the birthplace of Wood- row Wilson. and well known boys' and girls' sehools From here the journey of the famous Shenandoah Valley Pike commences, lined on either side by fts famous nat- ural caverns, visited annually from all parts of the country. From Staunton 1o Harrisonburg. the next large town, is a distance of °7 miles. The pike con- tinues in almost a straight line, running at times parallel with the Shenandoah River. up to New Market. Woodstock. Strasburg, into Winchester. a of 70 miles. Highway in Good Repair. The highway, asphalt all the way. is Kept in consiant Tepair, as it is the main thoroughtare through that section and one greatly traveled. New Market a for its noted battle in the . when the youthful cadets of the Virginia Military Institute pushed picked (roops of the Federal A large monument commemo- rates this_engagement. The highway between Winchester and Strasburg bears old memories of Sheridan's fa- mous ride. Winchester, taken and re- taken many tim the Federal and Confederate Armies, often during the same day. is a point of great historical a forces. st From Winchester to Harpers Feiry. the scene of John Brown's raid, the highway passes through the quaint towns of Berry: At Harpers Ferry the boundaries of West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland come together in a point. From : i a comparative short run into Fred- erick. the home of Barbara Fritchie and the grave of Francis Secott 2 The total distance from Winchester 50 miles. From Frederick the highway con- tinuss into Washington. fields of fertile crops flanking the roadsides. The short cut. which climinates Ridgeville, where the Baitimore road comes in, makes the distance now only 43 miles instead of 52 as heretotore Another route can be taken from er' Market through Luray, Sperryville, Warrenton, Fairfax into Washington. but on this route there are still two 7-mile stretches that have not been fully improved. This route, too, is one | of great scenic bcmm lle and Charles Town. | WEEK END ROUTE PLANNED FOR SPRING MOTORIS i LEGEND I || eaveo GRAVEL GRADED EARTH MILEAGE SHOWN BETWEEN B i . ITCITITCITrTTITT OUTLINED POINTS AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON s To Hagerstown Charles N Town S To Keyser 4, Frostburg [4 ) Berryvnlle )/ 1 v sMcxns SHENANDOAN) CAVE New Market‘ To White Sulphur Sprs. Sulphur Sprs. To flo/amfi:e To Lynchburg To Norfolh{{ To Richmond A Mechanicsville To Richmond CHARLOTTES- VILLE To Farmville 1928 -PART tory of Rubber Amonw Highlights On Movm Sereen | One of the highlights of a motion picture, “The Story of Rubber.” shown | here recently at the Burlington Hotel, after being filmed in a period lamng two years in Sumatra, an sland of the Diitch ‘East. Indics, was the fact that | it requires two rubber trees one year to | produce sufficient rubber for one 30x31; | tire, | .CAREFUL HANDLING URGED FOR NEW CARS :ermg» nnd Pnr!s Must Be Smoothed Out in First 500 Miles “The first 500 miles or 59 is ths most important period in the life of a new | automobile, and the manner in which | the ear is driven at that | termines to a larze extent the kind of | future servica it will g “The parts of a new c2r are carefully and accurately made, but just °s a palr of new shoes must be ‘brolien in’ before fitting comfortabl e new parts must also b~ adj fod in order to func- | ticn vroperly, “Hizh poi on th2 braring must be l:moflthrd out, tool and grinding marks |rra(h ally worn away, a high polish acquired.” 5 15 the statement of David Gregg, cearch enginecr, v'ho proceeds to give rfome cuncrt advice about breaking n new sutomobiles To quote Greag in part: “First, follow cxplicitly the ma | fac.urer's directions for the ‘breaking | in’ period, which usually is 500 miles. | After this period, and when the enzina iz warm occasionally 2ccelerate vp tn 40 or miles an hour. Immediately the specdometer registers 49 or 45 slow down to around 35 miles an hour. This enables the il to circulate fracly among the moving parts. “Tie | the parts to become accommo: full load operation without d: | burning or stickinz. which migit occur with continued hizh sa:=d running. “At the end of the first 1,000 miles the car should be driven back to tiw dealsr fcir a complete check. S the valve adjustment is correct, comoiescion even in all cylinders, ti distributor contact points checed. The operation of the steering gear and alignment of the front whezls sheuld be checlzed, and be sure the nuts which hold the whesls on the rear exle are ug t and without sign of loosensss. car properly broken in cnd regu- | tarly ciecked at a good scrvice station | should' give many thousands of miles | of carcfree operation at a minimum of von-Skid Paving Found by French In Process Stone Development of non-skid paving has been reported in Nice. French engineers had tried nearly every- thing on test rcads before finding that a new artificial “stone” being tried out on the streets of Nice will answer the purpose. These yellowish composition stones, v 3 inches, are laid diago- . like cobblestones, but with the joints cemented with a tar mixture. The life of the pavement is esti- mated at 35 vears. and experiments have shown that the artificial blocks are more durable than cobblestones and, above all, wear down without becoming slick and slippery. The cost there is estimated at 3285 a square yard. 'NICKEL PROVES AID IN HARDENING OF IRON Addition to Metal Eliminates Free Carbide Spots and Increases Wear. Cast iron is an engineering material that possesses 3 multitude of com- mendable properties, It is low in gos easy to cast and readily machine: These properties have been the primary considerations in its selection for use in many parts. according to a paper presented by Thomas H Wickenden of the Internationzl Nickel Co. at the re- cent annual meeting of the Socety of Automotive Engineers in Detroft. Its ability to resist certain types of wear has been recognized; but the character- istics of an fron excelling in its re- istance 1o wear constitute a subject of much discussion among metallurgists and engineers and their opinions are widely divergent. Any improvement in the wearing property of cast fron is heartily welcomed by the engineering profession, but improvements in this property must not seriously interfere 1 its other primary properties Numerous examples have becn cited in which a soft iron-has shown hetier »earing properties than a hard iron un- ain conditions. This fact may « regarded as a real news item, for the te is the usual occurrence and rw« not cause unusual comment. From the conclusion may be deduced hardress alone i5 not necessarily & true index of the durability of cast fron. but must be considered in con- unction with other characteristics When carbide spots thal are present ttute only a small percentage of he wtal area, a cons of few spots of hard material embedded in & sofler material, A number of studies on the worn surfaces of irons contain- « or phospho-carbide sve shown that the softer mate ears away, leaving the hard spot P ng out in relief on the surface, & condition that would result in rapia wear of the opposing material Besid being hard, the material in these spot: brittle and is easily broken loose It othen beoomes an abrasive between the two rubbing surfaces and results in scoring marks ¥rom this the conclu- slon can be drawn that the smallest pussible amount of excess phosphide and carbide content 1y desirable, not only to make the iron easily machin- £ but 1o mssure good wesring prop ertje Opservation of the life viety of cast-iton parts viben increased hardness s secured i treedom Srom free carbldes, U aring properties of an iron Jmprove the hatdness incieases also, (hat Mron containing Apprect shle amounts nilckel lakes a higher luster when pol Jehed than does & plain dron, w fact that undoubledly aids I its resistanio 1 wear Various expedients have been used 1o the foundey to produce the mou desi whle structure, hut probably the great eol progress has been made recently by the antelligent addition of nickel wnd 10 cast hion The effect ol S0 BiCKe) 1 NCHeBsIng quantities o fron is unique It addition will prevent or eliminate fiee carbide spo or white ron. while st the same Uim it will icrease e hirdness of the yrny portion of Ahe dron aue 1o the Tormation ite tstend of pearlite The s of - ehromium in o increasing Guantities vends o crease e amoun| of combined carbon o the funshied g wnd_ it the chromium 18 used in exceee, 10 will produce arews of free cay bide. By using hoth eonstituents 1o gether in the proper proportions. hoth of & grest vi shows that RALWAY CROSSING - PROBLEM STUDIED Solutnon Held Vutal in Report ‘ to Engineering As- ' sociation. | | | “The highway grade crossing problem iz one of the most important confront- ing the railways and public authorities at_the present time.” This was the gist of a report sub- mitted by the grade crossing committee at the closing sesslon yesterday at the P2lmer House in Chicago of the joint meeting of the American Rallway Engi- neering Association and the Engines ing Division of the American Railwa: A\mflnuon “The ever- present hazard,” said the report, “and_the growing density of highway traffic demand that serious consideration be given as to how the situation can best be met “While reports made public by the Interstate Commerce Commission show a reduction in the numbe. of both | grade crossing accidents and fatalities for th> first 11 months in 1927, com- pared with the corresponding period in 1926, there are still too many accidents |at crossings, due very largely to care- | lessness on the part of drivers. The | number of accidents at protected cross- ings indicates that the publie is not taking advantage as fully as it should of the additional protection afforded. | Crossings on Increase. | “Statistics show that, notwithstand- | ing the large exvenditure for grade separation each year, the number of grade crossings 15 actually increasing Every grade crossing constitutes a_con- dition dangerous to traffic and particu- Jarly to highway trafic. Accidents are not confined to crossings with bad ap- proaches or poor visibility. Experience has shown that they frequently occur where approaches and visibility are good; lack of caution and care in cross- ing seemingly offset the other advan- tages. “Crossing protectian s effective in preventing aceidents and at many lo- cations is all that is necessary or can he provided. In some locations grade separation i the only solution. There are many other crossings which can be | closed or consolidated end a serious ef- fort should be made in this direction. | Public interest and safety should impel public authorities to make reductions in the number of grade crossings one of their most *important_activities, Not only sre municipal, county and State | suthorities insolved tn this problem. but it should enlist the active interest of the Federal Government by reason of state character of much of the traffic. Ve have come into an era of long tours hy automobile travel and long distance bus and truck lines transcending State limits, and the Fed- ersl suthorities should be interested in the safety, welfare and control of this traffic, an well as that of the rallways. Solutlon Is Sought. “The excessive number of - grade cressings will continue until some | method is provided by which the sev- eral arms of the Government particl. pate in solving the problem. Herete fore, grade .sl|mlu||rvl| has been de rumm on. mud although great sums have been n.mm-d hardly any im- | pre has been made upon the grade cronsing problem. experience has shown that this method by itseif 1s not prace tical nor conducive to early results Lack of progress s nol due to physical engineering auficulties, put I8 & quess | of finance. The extraordinary ex- | attending grade separation hss elimiation; n fact, the coi At ws 1o discourage bhoth the ] s wnd the public authorities 1 surh undertsking { o wolve the problem adequately some method should he adopted that | 1o a large number of est- 45wt negligible expense a compisred wl- wrade separation. Buch plan uld comprise i the Arst place {ihe prohilition of new grade crossings | or thelr restrietion o unavoldable untions. Along with this, )t should um | | vide for the vacatlon or closing of ex Ioting grade coossings nob nanifestly neceseary for e conventence wnd wel fure of the community, or the diver- fon o relocation of highways 1o svold grade crossings The cost of dis | erslon usually 1 less than for grade | | repurition sna 1t will serve the puipos of elimination s well w6 @rade bepu vatlon Grade separation should be lmited 1o situations where none of the ather methods can be used and vhere the LMo 16 such s 1o require 1 This { plan will rerult i the grectest good (o | the grentest number In the shorteat fime and at less expense” lhnl (m nnvn is dismissed from thought has G Watch the Drain Plug. three months or so 1s a good plan. The gearset is one part of the car |move any chips of metal knocked ol the gears, or other foreigzn substances | such as grit or dirt The drain.plug. een filled with iubricant usually Incated at the hottom cf the nmz lllrlhl‘r and cleaning 1t cvery A | case, should be opened to allew all the | light ofl poured into the case will re- fall thus used to run out. Timing gears are a frequent cause of of aggravating noises in motors, expens | A firm detérmination “never to grow old” won for Dr. Anita Augspurg. leader the German Women's Movement, | a chauffeur’s certificate at the age of 70. The Cars That Bear Our Name It is our purpose that every car shall represent the integrity of man- ufacture we have endeavored to associate with our name throughout twenty-five years of industrial experience. stage de- . BUILDERS CENTER ON COACH WORK Manufacturers Stress Color » and Lines in Cars of This Year. As like pegots liks, the great increase in variety and beauty of standard auto- mobile body designs during the past year haa increased rather than dimin- fshed interest in custom coachwork. according to H. M. Stevens, and auto- motive sales manager. In the standard lines of bodies, un- doubtedly there never was a time when | manufacturers were offering so much as they are tod: There are more body styles, more color combinations and a greater variety of upholsteri Yet the current activities of custom enach builders are evidence of an in- creasing desire to express personal pref- erences through the choice of a custom body. Items apparently small in them- iselves impart to the finished car ths | same individuality that is contributed | to a drawing room through the chojce of furnishings and decorations. Choices in Color. Individuality is expressed in custom- built coach work, possibly in the choice of color for the body or in an unusual striping. It may be a little change in | the design of the body, the pitch of | ticability. shoit bursts of speed permits the cushions, the interior appointments or aecertain c ination of cloth, leather 2nd carpeting, expressive of the owner's own ideas of harmony and prac- When completed, the car exprasses the owner's persontlity as much as Gocs the home which he ha: designed aad built The new trend tovard greater use of custom coach work is plainly evident in the natioral custom body builders salons. For many years there hi been but two of these national exhibit: -—one in New York and one in Chicago Last vear Los Angeles was added t- the list, and this year San Francisc: will be included. Space Insufficient. At the New York and Chicago space was far short of exhibitors' de- | mands, and exhibitors are hoping foi more space in 1928. There is a greate; number of exhibitors - clamoring fo1 accommodation and individual exhibi- tors are also asking for larger displa; | quarters. As a further indication of the new trend, during the national automobile shows, two exhibitors of cars in th middle price field were offering town cars at prices which brought them intc the upper price ranges. The period o great prosperity in which we are livin: is making it possible for greater num- bers to gratify this desire for self- expression and the progress which has been made by American custom body builders in combining beauty with practicability has resulted in turning much attention to the American products which formerly went to European carrosserie. A wide variety of models and body tvpes —prices beginning a at $860. Nlustrated Model 619, 4-passenger Coupe, with J-Spced transmission, $1575. All prices f. 0. b. Detroit. GRAHAM- PAIGE COMPANY OF WASHlNGTON Factory Branch—1 E. b Frazier 518 10th Si. Motor Co. Logan's N.E. 1812 E St, G. 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