Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1929, Page 60

g THE AUTOINDUSTRY ~ [MARYLAND 0 OPEN BOULEVARD ROUTES HAS PROGRESSED 1 None Envisioned Motor Would | 1,250 Miles of Main High- ’ ways to Be Made “Right-of- Replace Horse and Com- pete With Railroads. i | DETROIT (#) —Opposing_ schools of | thought in the early days of the auto- | motive industry found liberal oppor- | for expression, both orally and 1n | roduct of their genius. There were many who, almost with he birth of the automobile as dis- | uished from the ‘“horseless car-| age” claimed that the ultimate in, -propelled vehicles had been reach- | | there were as many or | perhaps not courag- | ough to predict a time | when a years output of the industrv | would aggregate 5.000,000 vehicles, did | envision the time when the automo- ould replace the horse as a mean: transportation, and compete railroads in intercity travel. | Fortunately meve who, w eous or da of local with the Espoused Taree Wheels. i One of the most prominent of the pioneers of the industry ardentiy | o e-wheeled vehicle: the *steering control also had s | So, too, did the steam and For the three-wheeler argued that it steered more | that it was much beiter in mud ; contrary to popular supposi- easily upset *steerinz after control it the whee! A a groun a circular | it was very element of risk such as be encountered in the way 7ard had been removed | he three-wheeled vehicle which v was the forerunner of today's | motor car, the “tiller” steering control, | the steamer and the electric passenger vehicle all have served their parts in | of | Way” Roads by Program. Special Dissatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, June 8—Twelve hun- red and fifty miles of main highways | of the State have been designated as boulevards, on which motorists will have the right of way at all times, by the State Roads Commission, and will be put into effect next Saturday. These roads, radizting from Baltimore City to every corner of the State, will greatly facilitate movement of State road traffic and reduce the number of accidents, members of the commiss Poles Put at Intersections. Poles are being installed at each in- tersection of a boulevard road to warn motorists. _Altogether, about 5550 such igns will be erected. Over 500 of them will be placed at crossings where two boulevard roads meet. At these corners luminous signs will be placed so the more important highway will become the boulevard and motorists on the other road must come to a fuil stop be- fore crossing. At 21l other points the boulevard traf- fic will have complete right-of-way. and all autos crossing or entering a_boule- vard road must come to a full stop be- fore doing £o All the chief arteries of the State will become boulevard roads. This includes the Washington Boulevard. Philadelphia road. Annapolis road. York road. Belair road. Reisterstown road and Frederick road. The Crain Highway and the Defense idighway will be right-of-way roads. and on the Eastern Shore it will possible to go from Elkton to Ocean City without giving up the right of way. ‘Western Maryland Routes. For Western Maryland travel it will sion | | | | ' aaceRsTOwn | | HARPR | reRRY the evolution of mechanical transpor | be peesible to keep on a straight boule- | tation and have passed on to figure only in the history of the automotive industry or to find a niche somewhere | numer« museums that go in rings historical. Wheel Base a Problem. wheel base was the ther early difference of n between I-ading figures in au- In favor of lengthening the | r it was contended that greater com- and less danger of skidding were | ved. Against the longer wheel | base it was argued that narrow rcads | de turning difficult and that passing | other vehicles might be dangerous if not_impossible | Front-wheel driving and rear-wheel | st the application of power to only one wheel, its transmission to two wheels and finally its application to | ur wheels furnished more differences | jon in the pioneer days of the | There was also the sugges- | steering by both front and rear but scemingly it survived only matter of fire trucks of great | | MOTORISTS’ DIGEST || i BY CLAYTON GRAFF. A committee of the national con- ference on street and highway safety, | which was organized in 1924 by the, then Secretary of Commerce, Herbert | Hoover, to analyze street traffic, pre- rared 2 model municipal trafic code | in 1928 which has been placed n the hands of all authorities having control | o traffic cn public streets or high- | ways. This was supplementary and in harmony with the uniform vehicle code | prepared in 1926 for adoption by the States. Substantial parts of the code are now in effect in some 15 States and | e a number of our municipalities | have been able to adopt the new or- dinance with few changes to meet | lccal conditions, A subsequent repcrt endeavoring to establisn a more uni-| gnals and | conference mmittee cf the American En- | Council, has been released. | gaing info much detail, and so cesigned | < to convey directions to motorists and ers quickly and clearly at the exact time and place when needed. Evén | signals and markers | > placed and used as recommended, thev will be of little value unless care- ¢ observed and heeded by all thas use the highways. The object of the conterence has always been to increase | the safety of pedesirians and vehicles without seriously retarding the flow of traffic, especially at congasted inter- sections. The efforts so far have been | mostly to regulate vehicular traffic, but | recent developments and statistics on | accidents reveal that it is quite neces- gary to launch a campaign to educate | as ‘well as control both the pedestrian | and mctorist in the use of the streets kbighw There has been some atached to solving these problems, | too much regulation will likely | the impatient driver to the side | where a sudden increase of | would make a new danger, es- | where children are accustomed | & ghese less traveled thorough- | as playgrounds i he t commissioners of Detroit, ly held a four-day cam- is city, with a squad of, 1y qualified police officers, when stopped _about 3,500 motor cars | a in various sections of | n of these inspections | h a large percentage of | v use on the streets that| nsafe it was decided to have test over a longer period in| 1deavor to have sufficient data to | r an ordinance to keep such cars | the streets and highways. Their f this first test found about | ith defective or looscly | that cars could not be a reasonable distance; 1-3 | with steering gear decidedly and a real menace: 1 pi hout horn or signaling cent, were without lights | ective lights; 1 per cent of | d wipers were of no use; 3| I cent of rear view mirrors were use- per cent of license plates were y instailed or could not be per cent of the operators had | permits | no The operating conditions of the ca: aside from the parts mentioned, was| not taken into consideration, although | that may be gone into and investi- cated at a later date. To put it another | y, only about five cars in six on the | of Detroit are really safe. ! out a check-up it is impossible | what exists in other parts of| v, but it is only r!nsflnahlei that the ratio of defective will be found about thel to suppose motor ca same SWER TO Y! vard highway from Ellicott City to Frederick, to Hagerstow land and then to Ke Legal authority for these boulevard roads was granted by the last Legisla- ture, which_gave the police commis- sioner of Baltimore power to open boulevard s‘reets in_the city, and the roads commission the same power in the counties. It provided that these streets must be properly designated by signs. INCREASE REPORTED IN SCHOOL BUS USE 51,000,000 More Children Carried “ in 1928 Than in 1927, Sur- vey Shows. Increased use of school busses by city and rural schools of America is re- | flected by the fact that 360.000.000 children were carried by school busses in 1928, a gain of 51,000,000 over the previous year. Another indication of the growth of the school bus industry is shown by figures indicating that on January 1. this year, there was a total of 15930 schools in the United States operating 40,875 busses, compared to 14,650 schools operating 36,960 busses on the same date the year before. School “officials_in many_cities are assuring the safety of children by supervised bus routes that protect pu- pils from traffic and other dangers to and from school. The increasing num- ber of rural school consolidations ha: ssary 1o s ing in several townships. In this way country chiidren are receiving the educational advantages enjoyed by those in city achools. GOLDEN RULE BRAKE SERVICE FOR EVERY CAR Move Faster With Greater SAFETY AND LESS EXPENSE Have Your Brakes High-Grade Linings at Low Cost SUNDAY 'STAR. WA HINGTON, D. €. JUNE 9, 'PISTON CLEARANCE ~ SEALED WITH OIL Lubricating Fluid Must Be of | Heavier Grade as En- | gine Wears. «“Ppiston clearance,” or the space in an automobile motor that must be “sealet by lubricating oil, increases on the a erage 50 per cent during the first 2,000 miles of travel and 100 per cent within the next 10,000 miles. This is asserted by C. M. Larson, supervising engineer | of the Sinclair Refining Co., basing his statement on actual measurements of | | practically all makes of cars on the| American market. “The space between piston and cylin- der is measured in thousandths and| ten-thousandths of an inch,” Mr, Lar- son stated in his survey.. “This may seem like splitting hairs, until it is real-| ized that when piston clearance in the average American car is increased by wear 8-1,000th of an inch it is no longer possible to operate the car without seri- ous loss of power unless new pistons or | piston rings are installed or a funda- Relined By Experts AMBLER AUTOBESTOS—JOHNS- MANVILLE—RAYBESTOS USED BY US We have serviced theusands of automobiles at a sub- stantial saving in dollars anc You 1 time to their owners. can stop by either of our shops at any time and have your brakes adjusted without additional cost. Our low, flat rates cover this future service. 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AUTO BRAKE 3360 M St. N.W. Phone West 2378 SERVICE CO. 427 K St. NW. Phone Fr. 8208 Be sure you get into CUR place on K Street! ics of oil pumping. etc. “This change in clearance comes gradually with wear, the danger point in extreme cases being reached in 10,000 | mental change is made in the mechan- | | passenger car group is about 20,000 miles, and in the fine car group the average is about 40,000 miles. “For perfect lubrication the average car requires a change to a heavier oil miles, while in the finest cars it may not | at about 2,000 miles of travel under nor- be reached untik 60,000 miles, or even more. The average in the mal driving conditions. a still heavier low-price | oil at about 12.000 miles, and generally 1929—PART 4. MARYLAND’S NEW BOULEVARD HIGHWAYS EXPECTED TO SPEED TRAFFIC Accompanying _map shows Maryland roads which will be- come boulevards with through right-of-way for motorists, be- ginning about June 15. The new scheme includes the erec- tion of signs at all intersections along boulevard highways, warn- ing the crossing motorist that he must come to a full stop before venturing across or en- tering the boulevard. The plan was authorized at the last ses- sion of the Maryland Legisla- ture and is designed primarily for speeding up interurban traf- fie and to reduce accidents on the high-speed-limit highways. The scheme's advantages for Capital motorists are apparent. The map does not show the far western part of Maryland. The boulevard highway in this section runs west from Hagers- town through Cumberiand, to Kevser and southward to Oak- land. requires new piston rings at about 25,000 miles. “Piston clearance is not the only ting taken into account in recom- mending the correct grade of motor oil Careful consideration is given also tc the character of the engine and the kind of metals entering into its construction. PENROSE GREAT AID INRURAL ENGLAND | American Gives $5,000 and | Pledges $50,000 for Beauti- fying Country Highways. | WILLITON, England (#).—An Amer- | ican resident of this Somersetshire town is one of the most active supporters of the movement to preserve the beauty of | rural England. He is Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania, who recently gave $5,000 to the cause. pledged $50,000 more on the conditicn that it pe matched with contributions from other sources. and then went to Spain to avoid publicity. When he returns he will undertake, at his own expense, a complete survey of Somerset in line with the aims of | the Council for the Preservation of Ru- ral England, which was organized about two years ago to fight the encroach- ments of “modernity” upon the quaint na anclent beauty of England's coun- tryside. Classed as Mysterious Person. ‘To his colleagues in the movement | Penrose is something of a mystery. They iknow only that he is a rather young American who resents the disfigurement | of rural districts in his own country and | still more the spread of highway bill- boards and unsightly-service stations to England’s roads, and that his checks. | drawn on Pennsylvania banks, are a'- ways good. English supporters of the cause in- clude the Earl of Crawford and Balcar- res. the Earl of Mayo, Lady Trevelyzn, and members of the counci stituent and affiliated bodies. The council's aim, its officials point out. is not to block new construction, modern improvement and the building of electric transmission lines merely because they are what they are, but to insure that such developments shall harmonize with what is best in the neighbrohood and “inflict the minimum of disfigurement.” Automobile service stations as they have been built in England lately are the articular bane of the friends of | rural beauty. Often atrociously ugly in themselves, these stations, so impor- tant to the motorist, frequently become centers of even uglier bill boards and nondeseript signs advertising the rival brands of what here is called petrol. Promiscuous tree-cutting is another thing the council hopes to abolish. Trees of great beauty, many of them with interesting historical associations, have been cleared away wholesale to make room for new roads or buildings. Persuasion, rather than compulsion is relied upon for resulis by the coun- cil, which has four photographic exhi- bitions of “awful examples” touring the country to awaken public interest and stimulate willingness to co-oper- ate among local authorities. New legislation is not sought except where existing statutes offer no foot- hold for cperations. SMITHSONIAN GETS HIGH SPEED GARS Alexander Winton’s Bullet No. 1 and No. 2 Are Placed in Institution. By the Associated Press The first racing car to roar along the sands at Daytona Beach and startle the world with its amazing speed has “>und a home in the Smithsonian Institution here. With it is its successor, a forerunner of the eight-in-line car. The cars, the Bullet No. 1 and the Bullet No. 2 are the gifts of the Win- ton Motor Co.. and have been placed in the museum beside other automobiles of ancient make. Seventy-two Miles an Hour. It was the Bullet No. 1 that Alexan- der Winton, its builder, first raced along Daytona Beach in 1901 to make a record of a mile in 51 sec ... It was a far cry from the 231 miles an hour made at’ Daytona Beach by Maj. H. O. D. Segrave of England, but the 72 miles an hour in that day of the infancy of the motor car was a noteworthy mark The engine of the Bullet No. 1 is a massive thing compared with four- cyl- inder engines of today. It has a 6-inch bore and a 7-inch stroke. Oiling System Elaborate. 1 elaborate ofling system is a fea- d cruce in the extreme beside stems used today. Separate copper tubes, each contzolied by a screw valve, run to each bearing from the ofl pump uated at the front of the motor. The cumbersome radiator hangs be- tween and below the springs. with barely 6 inches of clearance from the ground. The entire car is low, with the front and rear slanting downward. as in Maj. Segrave’s racer, but the driver sat above, exposed to the blasts. The car is believed to have been the first equipped with both internal and ex- ternal brakes on the same drum. “Fastest Car in the World.” In 1902-03 Alexander Winton built the Bullet No. 2, the “fastest car in the world” at_that time. Barney Oldfield and Earl Riser drove it on the sands of Cape May Beach, N. J., in 1905, attain- ing a speed of nearly 106 miles an hour for a 1-mile stretch. It was run in 34 seconds. The Bullet No. 2 is believed to have been the first eight-in-line car. In reality the motor is two four-cylinder engines couple ' together. It takes up half the length of the car. The engine is hung beneath the frame and the cyl- inders lie horizontally. That engine. too, is enormous in com- parison with the modern eight-cylinder automobile engine. Its bore 18 3 inches and the stroke 7 inches. There were 53.091 motor vehicles dealers in the United States during 1928. STOOD ALONE FIVE YEARS AGO—STANDS ALONE TODAY .](q "Chrysler came into a seemingly crowded motor car market and almost immediately swept its way into unprecedented acceptance as a quality product. That which ordinarily takes @ 994 years to achieve was won almost overnight. + 4 Why? Because Chrysler brushed aside outworn traditions in engineering, in design, and in performance. 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