Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1928, Page 58

DUTLINE OF TOUR THROUGH OLD NEW ENGLA THE S D. SEPTEMBER 9, 1928—PART 4. UNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, 'RUBBER AND MOTOR [N NEW ENGLAND Mountain Scenery and Lakej "“and Forest Panorama De- | 1 scribed as Ideal Features. : “* A tour through scenic New England | 8t this time of the year is ideal, and he following trip outlined by the| utomobile Club of America, through s varied scenery of the mountains, | ith the panorama of stream, lake, rest, rolling farm lands and the ast of eastern New England, with e ‘most enjoyable feature of a motor ¥ar trip—a first-class hotel at the end | f a day's run—has been well named | e “Ideéal Tour. reid Leaving the city. our route follows e Boston Post road, that historic | ighway jthrough the heart of southern | New Engiand. Immediately the city's | limits are left behind, the route, bor. dering -the Long.Island Sound. passes ! through thriving towns and prosperous cities, many of which® were founded | iR ‘Coldnial days. Greenwich, the first | New England town along our reute, 1s| rieh inRevolutionary legend, Norwalk teitnessed the final battle of the Pequot | War. Bridgeport, at the mouth of the | Pequonnock River, is a busy manufac-| tgring city. Just beyond Bridgeport at Stratford, the route leaves the Post ad and follows the west shore of the | fousatonic River to Shelton. We then | cross_the bridge to Derby and_follow | {):e Naugatauck River up to Water- | on Unless the motorist has started | erbury is an ideal place to spend the FUEL CONSIDERED American Chemists to Give Results of Research at Next Annual Meeting. Science’'s advance in rubber and pe- troleum will be discussed by research chemists from industries and universi- ties in the United States, Canada and Germany at the seventy-sixth meeting of the American Chemical Saciety, which is to be held at Swampscott, Mass., this week. Reports on rubber tests and addresses on the development of motor fuels will feature the sessions. tion"” will be held September 11 and 12 under the joint auspices of the soclety's division of nstroleum chemistry, of which J. Bennett Hill, chief chemist of the Atlantic Refining Co., Philadelphia, {is chairman, and the gas and fuel chemistry division, headed by A. C. Pleldner, chief chemist of the United States Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh. Prof. George Granger Brown of the de- | partment of chemical engineering, Uni- versity of Michigan, will preside. “Flames” One Topic Listed. “Flames” will be the theme of a paper by Stephen P. Burke, director of research, Combusition Utilities Corpora- tion, Long Island City, N.-Y. Prof. | Henry J. Masson of the New York Uni- versity will speak on “General Detona- tion Theory From a Consideration of the Behavior of Fuels in the Engine and Auto-Ignition Temperature.” Dr. Graham_Edgar, director of re- search of the Ethyl Gasoline Corpora- oiocx s 2 COMPILED BY THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA 12 £53rd St NEW YORK CITY ___Mmbotan Draltng ¥ Y] is trip early in the morning, Wat- | night. Naugatuck Valley Next. tion laboratories at Yonkers, N. Y., and J. C. Pope of the same corporation will Proceeding northward from the cit; we run through the Naugatuck Valley toward the Berkshire Hills, nasflngi through Thomaston, Torrington. Nor- folk and Canaan. Crossing the Massa- chusetts line -at Ashley Falls, we | enter the Berkshires af Great Barring- | ton and enjoy some: splendid views of | i the Taconic end Hocsac Mountains on | | our way_through Stockbridge and Lenox to Pittsfield. ard Our route now leads through Wil- ligmstown on_the Green. River, from | hich “polnt WDl GTlock. vount | Calles ” to Preside ‘at First| HIGHWAY CONGRESS describe “The Mechanism of Combus- tion of Normal Octane.” J. M. Camp- bell, W. G. Lovell and T. A. Boyd of the General Motors Corporation, De- troit, will report on “The Importance of Mixture Ratlo in Rating Fuels for Knock." ' Other speakers will include: F. A Smith, United States Burcau of Stand- ards, Washington; Pref. D. S. Cham- berlin, Lehigh University: O. C. Bridge- man, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology: Gustav Egloff, R. E. Schaad and C. D. Lowry, jr., Chicago; Prof. T. he States, and opportunities will be had to sce many of the picturesque and in- teresting places near Mexico City. There will be an interesting trip to he pyramids constructed by the Tol- tecs in the unrecorded past. Xochi- milco Gardens, the Venice of Mexico, will also be one of the places visited. Cathedrals hundreds of years old and costing millions of dollars will be of interest to all who make the trip to Mexico. Opportunity will be had to see some of the old roads, centuries old, A national symposium on *“Combus- | Eelcher, Mount Hopkins and other praks of the Taconic range may be secn. Crossing over the Vermont line, Ben- nington reca the bitter struggle of the Green Mouhtain boys for inde-| pendence. Continuing northward through Shaftsbury and Arlington we come to Manchester, at the foot of Equinox Mountain. This -charming, old world village is a very pleasant place to stop for .a few days and take ful advantage of the opportunity to enjoy the superb views from the 3,800-foot elevation of Equinox Mountain. Running eastward from Manchester we pass through interesting country not unlike ] western Scotland, with it tree-clad hills and old-fashioned farmsteads. | Through the Green Mountain range the route traverses Peru Mountain Pass, soon after leaving Manchester. A suc- cession of typical Vermont vfllnges.l bearing such old world names as.Lon~- donderry, Chester and Springfield . are passed, until we come to the bank of the Connecticut River, which is crossed over into the State of New Hampshite. the north of ‘Ireland or} | Session in Mexico City. Tours Planned. * |7 The second National Highway Con- igress and Exposition of Mexico will be |held in Mexico City October 3 to 6, 11928. The American Road Builders® | Association has accepted an invitation ito take part, acting through its pan- | American division. The congres: will ‘be officially - attended ~ by President Compton, the executive committee and several of the directors of :the assock tion - Many of the members of the as- sociation have made arrangements to attend. ‘The congress is held under the auspices of the Mexican Federal Highway Com- mission. Octavio Dubois, who is chair- man of the commission, is also presi- dent of the pan-American division of the Road Builders'. Association. Presi- dent Compton will present Commis- sioner Dubols with the certificate of presidency of the division in the first constructed by the Spaniards. Trips alto will be made to see modern road construction near Mexico City. Engi- | neers and contractors will be interested | to see the modern methods of road con- struction adapted to typical Latin American_conditions. ; The congress will be opened by Presi- dent Calles, who is deeply interested in the construction of a road system in Mexico which will not only connect with the United States system, but will form part of the pan-American high- way system. Several interesting papers will be presented, described by moving pictures. Arrangements are being - made for special cars to be run . from different points in the United States. The enthusiasm -shown by the Mexi- can Highway Commission in arranging for the congress assures a most inter- esting trip and cordial welcome to all | who attend. LAUREL ROAD READY SOON Special Dispatch to The Star. E. Layng, University of Illinois; Prof H. S. Davis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. and Robert N. Pease, Princeton University. In. addition to the joint symposium, session of the congress, which President Calles, President of Mexico, will open. Already the congress is an assured success. ~ Over 50 manufacturers of road-building equipment, mostly Amer- ican firms, will utilize 120,000 square fect of space for exhibiting and demon- strating -their products.. ~ The list of The route passes through North Charleston to Claremont and then east ward through Newport to Sunapee on the lake of the same name. Here again 18 a delightful spot, ‘where the motorist | may wish to linger dor a few days on the shores of one of .the Granite State’s | most beautiful lakes, =~ 1 s i S " .~ |products will include tically “every Mountain, Lae gfa River Views. |ijnq of machine used in hl(hvliy con- After leaving: Sunapee, the route [spryction and maintenance. Jeads through mauntain, lake and river scenery toward ‘the White l':(uunmlng Governors to Attend. by way of Cilleyville, Danbury and = Governors from 10 ‘Mexican states Bristol, past Newfound Lake+to West | wii‘he present to take part in the con- Plymouth end Plymouth. Our oute, | gress and view the exhibits. Al states ow almost due north, ascends the Val- | &l send a large number of delegates ley of the Pemigewasset, and Jeads ‘and road officials. ithe heart of the Franconia Mountains, | geveral Central and South American the scenery becoming more impressive | countries will be represented by dele- as we go on. Unbroken forest prevails | gates. or some distance, shutting the more |**Resuced rafiroad fares will be in evtensive views from our sight, but oc- | force and special rates have been grant- ntiomal glimpses of mountain Peaks od by all the leading hotels. The com- 4ndicate the presence of nearby ranges. | mission has planned special entertain- Beyond West Campton and Thom-|ment features for all who attend from ton, the narrow defile of Fraconia Notch is entered at North Woodstock. As the notch is ascended, the rocky profile of the “Old Man of the Moun- | talized by Longfellow's “Tales of a %ain” comes nto view, From the town | Wayside Inn"; Worcester, on the Black- ©of Profile we run via Franconia to Twin | stone River, to Springfleld, where we . Franconia 15 & charming |once again greet the Connecticut. Rich village lying under the shadow of Sugar | valley country is traversed between here Hill and attracts a large colony of |and Hartford. ~Here the route strikes Summer visitors each season. Here IS|westward and pursues a ‘somewhat @nother worth while spot for the mo-| winding course through Waterbury and torist to linger for a day or f0. Danbury, and then southward through From Twin Mountain, we have a|Ridgefield and Bedford back to New choice of routes, both of which em-| York. brace famous scenic notches of the White Mountains. One route would be to go from Twin Mountain northward tthrough Whitefield to Lancastey on the ‘Connecticut River and through Grove- ton and North Stratford to Colebrook on the Mohawk River. Here we turn eastward to the majestic and towering | Dixville Notch, a wild and rocky defile that is more Swiss then anything in the East. Here is also a lovely lake— Gloriette—and with unequaled facili- ties for all outdoor sports, the tourist will surely want to linger on his jour- ney in order to enjoy to the utmost the invigorating qualities of the healthful, balsam-laden mountain air. From Dixville Noten to Poland Spring our Toute lies through Grafton Notch, by‘ way of Errol, Grafton, South Paris and Norway. | Avother Route Described. | RELINING PRICES The second route would be to go from | = 4-WHEEL BRAKES owin Mountain through Crawford Notch by way of Bretton Woods. Mounts Willards and Webster guard the entrance to the Notch. From here convenient side trips can be made to chry’]“ ' 0 0 | i Cleveland | =] fnake his headquarters. while. he is in | this region Aftor going through the Notch, our Auburn Tuns via Barilett, and Intervale | T ) o Maine boundagy at Fryeburg, in | Hudson . 1 Willys-Knight s “Nash 1 (EL Equally Low Prices on Others ; Not Listed : *Hard Fiber Lining on Nash Shoes bury, famous for its old tavern, immor- BESTOS, brown brake lining, the all the famous scenic points of the| White Mountains and the Notch is an | admirable place for the motorist to| to the Saco Valley. Continuing, east with | Hupmobile Jewett - Oakland Mount Pleasant looming in the far dis- | tance. Long Lake comes in sight .and we cross a bridge at Naples with® Se- pago Lake stretching away to the right. | Some of Maine’s most attractive} gcenery is traversed on ’fl'\‘ls run_over Poland Spring, one of the most fa-| = P New England. and no | trip into this patt of the country can baPconsidered complete without & visit to this spot. We now 0 run south from Poland Spring through typical Maine country | 2 Portland on the coast, the largest ity of the Pine Tree State, finely situ- Cied’on @ hilly peninsula projecting {nto Casco Bay. BRAKES FOR YOUR CAR —relined with KEASEY and MATTISON’S CO.’S AMBLER AUTO- world; drilled, countersunk and riveted by mach to your car by skilled white mechanics who know their brakes anc render prompt, courteous attention to your needs. DRUM TRUING—$1.00 Per Inch of Width of Brake Drums BALTIMORE, September 8.—Work of widening 3.6 miles of the Washington boulevard from Laurel toward Balti- more will be completed within two weeks if the weather is good, accord- ing to John N. Mackall, chairman of the State Roads Commission. Mr. Mackall said shoulders to one side of the road have been completed, while the work on the other:side two-thirds completed. ‘When . the. work is completed that section of the road will be 40 feet wide, double the width of the remainder of the boulevard. The “entire road will be widened proportionately within two or three years, according to present plans. R. McReynolds & Son Studebaker SALES 1423-1425-1427 L St. N.W. Decatur 686 highest grade brake lining in the RELINING PRICES and Time Per Set ..$ 8.95 60 Min, 9.00 60 10.50 60 4.80 15 .80 .50 7.00 9.00 9.00 Auburn Buick Cadillac Chevrolet Dodze Essax . Huprmobile (1) Hupmobile (6 & 8). Hudson Jewett . Jordan Lincoln Maxwell Nash Overland Overland (6) Overland, Whi Pontiac Packard Studebaker . Willys-Knight . Open 7 A.M. to 7:30 P.M. e Seacoast Resorts’Included. Wa run along the ‘coast to Kittery, | e amown on our rogte in Maine. | We then cross the Piscataqua River,| Which forms the State line, into Ports- | Touth, N. H. Three-miles from Ports- | Genuine Ford LABOR AND MATERIAL FLYING Sport Sedan, iLuitrated above . $1995 Sedan . . $1845 Victoria . . $1795 Bands, $1.60 15-Minute Service mouth, out on “New England's rock- Se~ e coast.” is located New Castle. ! S ¢ represents the seacoast | Official ch splendidly e amous ideal tour. Ay S m f y csorts of this {: Totxt come Rye Beach, Hampton | Beach and other attractive scaside Places en route to the Massachusetts | boundary at Salisbury. Crossing OV(‘Y} the Merrimac into Nt‘\\'b;‘\rymr}l‘, our oute runs via Rowley, Ipswici and | . Cloucester to Magnolia, where there 18| Savings O ong. splendid beach, to Salem, Lynn | | Auto Brake Service Co. Phone Franklin 8208 Originators of Flat Rates and Specialized Brake Service Frank P. Leach, Prop. Coupe . . . 81625 Sport Victoria $1 85 Sport Coupe $1735 Brougham . . $1645 K St. N.W. Prices on and Boston. o “The Hub” is one of the motorist's | favorite cities for sightseeing, as there is so much of interest of Colonial and ‘ Be Sure you&:t in the' rs is nof right place on K Street! a tire shop. Revolutionary days to be seen in and around it. Leaving Beaton we pass through Sud- & | the division of petroleum chemistry will hold sessions September 12 and 13. “The Cracking of Vegetable Ofls and Fish Oils for Motor Fuels and Other Products” will be the subject of a dis- cussion by W. F. Faragher, J. C. Mor- rell and Gustav Egloff of Chicago. Among others who will read papers |are: Prof. G. L. Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Prof. F. W Padgett, University of Oklahoma: Leo D. Jones, Philadelphia; E. B. Peck, | Elizabeth, N. J.; Prof. George S.Parks, Stanford University; Prof. E. H. Leslie, University Michigan: Frederick 8. Bacon, Cambridge, Mass.. strom, Johns Hopkins University: f E. E. Reid, Johns Hopkins Unives 3 Walter P. Podblelniak, Bartlesvll -~ Okla.; Edward W. Washburn, United States Burcau of Standards, Washing- ton J. L. Essex, Riverside, Ill.: H. G, Schneider, New York University, and Charles Van Brunt, Schenectady, N.Y Rubber Unit to Hold Session. The division of rubber chemistry, of which H. L. Pisher, research chemist of the U. 8. Rubber Co. of New York City, is chairman, will hold sessions September 11,12, 13 and 14. J. E Partenheimer, Fisk Rubber Co.. Chico- Borg- of the committee on physical testing. ‘Th= report of the raw rubber specifica- matomic Carbon Co., Pittsburgh. meeting of the celluloid chemistry and rubber chemistry divisions. Among those who will deliver addresses is Dr. Ernst A. Hauser, industrial chemist, of Frankfurt, Germany, who will report on rubber structure research. Prof. G. 8. Whitby of McGill University, Montreal, will explain “The Structure of Rubber.” Benton Dales, research chemist of the B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio, will also speak. A symposium of ‘“Polymerization” is also scheduled for September 12, the rubber, cellulose and leather and gela- tin divisions of the society taking part. List of Speakers Scheduled. Prof. Whitby, Prof. Clark, Prof. Har- old Hibbert of McGill University and Samuel E. Sheppard of the Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y., will read papers. Speakers at other sessions of the rubber division follow: Martin C. Reed, Akion, Ohio; Donald D. Wright, Watertown, Mass.; Fred S. Conover and Harlan A. Depew, Palmerton, Pa.; B. W. Norlander, - Schenectady, N. Y.; A. A. Somerville, New York; Adolph H. Nietz, Rochester, N. Y.; Enoch Karrer, East Cleveland, Ohio: W. J. Kelly, Phila- delphia; Thomas Midgley, Dayton, Ohio;. L. B. Sebrell, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and E. R. Bridgwater, Wilming- ton, Del. A dinner the evening of September 13. at which scientists. manufacturers “UOISTAIP 19qqna Ay} JO SUOISSAS aul 3501 [IIA ‘IGUIISSE [[[M SI0}BONPA Pus pee Falls, Mass., will submit the report | tions committee will be presented by E. B. Spear, chief chemist of the Ther- | ‘That automobile production for 1928 will set a new high record for the year was Indicated in the reports of auto- mobile shipments for August submitted at the directors’ meeting of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce in New York. August production is esti- mated at 485,000, which is a new high total for any single month. The pre- vious record mowth was 462,000 in April, 1926. Figurcs are for the entire industry. A. R. Erskine, vice president | of the chamber, presided. has _been creeping up the eight months’ figure for this year is only 72,000 behind the 1926 mark. In months has been as follows: On September 12 there will be a joint | January . February | March April . | May June ... | July | August . | September . October . November |'December Total . *Estimated | Widnsssasssvssevsnsesbeeas HI08S20 RECORD AUTOMOBILE OUTPUT SEEMS ATTAINABLE IN 1928 Record August Production, Demands For! Cars Abroad and Increased Home Purchases Cited as Indications. 1926 there was a steady modification of output throughout the Fall, whereas present opinion of the manufacturers is that markets will be active throughout the remainder of the vear. It was the opinion of the meeting that with this condition in view the 1928 total will pass that of 1926, when 4,503,529 motor vehicles were manufactured. Makers point to the large demand abroad, prevalence of two-car families and the present low cost of automobiles as_the reasons for the heavy demand. The production during the first eight Production throughout tl’;;‘ Summ;r months of 1928, as compared with the on the records | correspondin v established in 1926, with the result that | is as fellmlu:g R 1928 1927 3,227,805 2,706,606 1926 1925 3.209.837 2,921,183 Monthly production of cars and trucks for the past two years and eight | SIgh scems as te 1927. 254,303 323,418 417,693 429,370 420,823 341,175 1928. 460,043 425,366 415,670 52 485,000* 271,649 227,467 141,033 136.685 3,573,440 175,290 TELEGRAPH IMPROVED. Company Increases Facilities for Auto Tourists. Increased telegraph facilities for mo- | torists and automobile tourists have | been provided throughout the country, the Western Union announced last weck. This move has been taken as a result of the increased popularity of automobile touring which has been reflected in the larger volume of tele- graph business at resort and touring centers. Motorists can now send a phone receiver and giving their mes- sage to the operator. A comprehensive survey recently concluded by the com- pany among hotels, tourist and travel agencies, railroads and- chambers of commerce in resort centers revealed that 1928 was a record-breaking vaca- tion year. This was due in great measure, it was pointed out, to the greater use of the automobile for touring. Gt There were 743 automobiles imported into Shanghai during the first six months of this year. Of this number the United States furnished 256, Great | SAYS MOTORISTS FAIL 'TO HEED DETOUR SIGN Case Proves Snap Judgments May Lead to Blunders, Jose Declares. Snap judgments, decisions made with- out a knowledge of all facts relating tc the case. lead motorists into blunders | that ofien seem inexcusable. and the !"flflnur" sikn, quite common in and around Washington at oresent. provides an excellent illustration of this point Expressing this opinion. Rudolph Jose, direc of the Washington Automotive ‘Trade Assoclation, declares that motor- |ists should be especially alert to read |all of the directions that are given on the detour '¢n. “Apparently the word ‘detour’ stand< |out as the only important part of such |a_directional sign." says Mr. Jose i"Thls is particularly evident in con- | nection with the closing of the north- ern end of Wisconsin avenue. About a half mile north of the District line |on " this thoroughfare incoming traffic | meets a detour sien directing it to enter | the city via Connecticut avenue. The rse and explicit as could . Yet, Marylane' av horities are find- |ing that motorists, especially tourists | tail to heed i*- message. { “The Rockville pike, the continuation of Wisconsin avenue, is a two-way road with the trolley line occupying the parking between. The motorist driving southward on the west half of the road meets the detour sign. Instead of not- | ing that it directs traffic over to Con- necticut avenue, the driver merely cuts over to the east half of the road, pro- ceeds against the normal traffic flow to the District line and finds there the point where the detour actually begins. Thus he discommodes himself and all other users of that popular stretch of highway simply because he did not read th~ whole legend cf the detour sign.” ‘This sinfle instance is typical of the mistake that is made by many motor- ists in like circumstances, says Mr. Jose. | It indicates that thc intelligent effort made to divert traffic around the area where it must proceed with undue slowness and discomfort is wasted upon the motorist who sees only the word “detour” on the detour sign, In previous periods in motoring, Mr. Jose points out, traffic authorities were accused of seriousl blundering by fail- |ing to make detour signs as clear and explicit as was easily possible. “They have an excellent opportunity | to return the charge to their erstwhile accusers today,” he concludes. telegram to any point in the United States from thousands of wayside ga- rages, refreshment stands and phone booths merely by lifting up the tele- Britain, 110; Canada, 102, and France, 67. Dealers are optimistic with refer- ence to Fall prospects. | Grocers in the United States use 11,452 commercial vehicles. re you one of the great majority whowont buy the same kind of car again AR above fifty percent of car owners, when. asked in a recent investigation if they in- tended to buy another car of the same make as their present one, said “NO”. They are the dissatisfied. They know that they are not getting all the motoring pleasure that they might have and so they will turn to some- thing different from what they are now driving. If you are one of these dissatisfied ones, don’t buyanew caruntil you havetried outa 1929 Reo Flying Cloud, the car thatdoes all things well. REO MOTOR CAR COMPANY, Lansing, Michigan CLO Sport Brougham $1745 Roadster . . . . $1685 Sport Roadster . $178 £.0.b. Lamsing REG THE TREW MOTOR COMPANY JOSEPH B. TREW, President 1526-28 Fourteenth Street N.W. 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