Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1929, Page 53

In the Motor World BY G. ADAMS HOWARD. renewal of automobile driv- PPLICATION blanks for the 3 A been ing licenses have 2 printed and may be ob- | tained at the various police pre- cincts or at the Traffic Bureau. It is the wish of traffic officials that motorists obtain these blanks, : make them out and mail them in to the bureau with the accom- panying check of $3. This will })revem congestion and long wait- ng in line. The new permits will be mailed to each operator. The blanks are similar to the ones used three years ago. There are 14 questions to be filled out, and one question is divided into nine subquestions. Instructions Given. The following instructions are given with the blanks: “The renewal of motor vehicle operaters’ permits will begin July 1, 1929. “Permits expire three years from date punched in card. “File applications for renewal with director of traffic, branch of- fice, 1408 Pennsylvania avenue northwest, either by mail or in person. “Application forms may be se- cured at the office of director of traffic cr at the nearest police sta- tion. “Applications must be signed in | the presence of and by a witness. “Be sure to write permit num- | ber in upper left corner of appli- cation. “Make check or money order for $3, payable to collector of taxes, District of Columbia. “When application is approved, permit will be mailed to your ad- dress.” Anent Safety Campaign. It is to be hoped that the cam- paign to reduce fatalities and ac- cidents on the streets of the Na- tional Capital will be successful. the additional motor cycle policemen can make motorists more careful at intersections, the only remaining problem will be the pedestrians themselves. It would only seem fair to have ad- ditional foot men to apprehend destrians who walk against ights and dart out into the thoroughfares from behind park- ed cars. Complaint has been made con- cerning the practice of motorists coming into the city from Virginia in the mornings stopping to buy }l)(nperu at the Virginia end of the ey Bridge. The roadway is nar- row and much congestion has been caused, resulting in a few minor accidents. Sergt. Milton D. Smith has been detailed to watch the conditions. Complaint also has been made against telegraph messenger boys. ese boys on their wheels dart in and out of traffic, disregarding all regulations. This practice is dangerous and should be ended by the police. All-Night Parking Bans. Two weeks ago the all-night parking situation was commented ugon in this column, as well as the need for more garages. It was_stated that the majority of the large cities prohibit by law the use of the streets for public ga- rages, and that the time was be- lieved to be coming when Wash- in would ban such a use, ugh nce of the American Automobile Association the following regulations existing in some of the larger cities were found to be as follows: Chicago — Parki prohibited upon any street for d period long- er than one hour between 2 a.m. and 6 am. Cleveland—Parking prohibited longer than six hours between 10 p.m. and 6 am. Columbus — No motor truck shall be parked longer than six hours between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. No motor vehicle shall be parked 80 as to interfere with any garage. Indianapolis—No limitation of parking between 7 p.m. and a.m., except that no vehicle shall remain parked for a continuous } od exceeding 12 hours. | Jacksonville—No vehicle shall be parked on any paved street for the night unless disabled. Los Angeles—Parking prohibit- ed for longer than 30 minutes be- tween the hours of 2 am. and 4 a.m. New York City—Parking limit- ed to three hours between 12 p.m. and 7 am. San Diego—No vehicle shall re- main standing -within the con- gested district between the hours of 1 am. and 5 p.m. of any day. San Francisco—Parking limited to one hour between 3 am. and 5 am. ' Seattle—No vehicle shall be parked in the business district be- tween 12 p.m. and 5 a.m., unless | occupied by a driver. No vehicle shall stand on any street between 3 am. and 5 a.m., unless attended, | except when both front and rear lights are burning. Philadelphia—Vehicles may be parked on certain streets between 6:30 pm. and 3 am. No vehicle shall be parked between 3 a.m. and sunrise. 7 | 'Topeka—No vehicle shall be ,parked between 8 p.m. and sun- |xise for more than five hours at a | single parking. \ ew Orleans—No vehicle shall 8 | crowding of the Defense Highway and | be parked in a public street for | more than six hours consecutively. | Minneapolis—No parking on | any street or alley for more than six consecutive hours after 10 p.m. | Cincinnati—TIt shall be unlawful to permit any vehicle to park on jany street for an unreasonable | time—not more than eight hours. Boston—No vehicle shall be parked for more than one hour | between 1 a.m. and 6 am. | Atlanta — Parking prohibited | within the inner fire limits be- | tween the hours of 1 a.m. and § am. | The following cities besides Washington have no limitaticns | | of night parking, as there is no| mention made in their city ordi- nances: Kansas City, Detroit, Denver, Newark, Hartford, Galves- [ton and Richmond. TRUCK SHIPPING SHOWS INCREASE ;Overnight Hauling Helps Both| Farmer and Public, Sur- vey Reveals. | . Motor trucks leave Western North Carolina in the early evening. The next morning fresh strawberries are | served on Washington tables. About midnight, huge motor trucks leave Kalamazoo. The following morn- ing, housewives in Chicago receive crisp Michigan celery. From one-fifth to one-third of all fruit sold in New York City has made the journey from farm to market by motor truck. During 1928 more than 12,000,000 cattle, calves, hogs and sheep were shipped by motor truck to 17 leading American markets. This was an in- crease of 46 per cent over 1927 ship- ping. Much of this stock was trucked in from points as far away as 200 miles, while some shipments came from a dis- tance of 300 miles. To the casual observer, there may seem to be but few trucks on the high- way. But trucks, it must be remem- bered, operate at fairly high speeds for the most part and even the slowest of them travel along at & much faster pace than the two or four horse team that did rural hauling a few years back. Quietly, motor trucking has assumed an exceedingly important place in modern transportation. Trucks operate day and night, and but very little of | the night hauling has to do with a cer- tain {llicit business, It is entirely cor- Tect to state that most communities are unaware of the scope ol motor trucking. Every one benefits from commercial usage of the hard surfaced highway. ‘The farmer gets his produce to market quickly; to him this means increased profits, to the consumer it means food freshness at a lower cost. ‘The farmer is anxious to get his produce to market at any time of the year—and everybody has to eat. Com- munities in planning and building highways should stress durability and smoothness. LANES TO PREVENT CONGESTION URGED Cars on Defense Highway and An- napolis Boulevard Create Difficult Tangles. Special Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE, June 29.—Traffic con- gestion on the Defense Highway is due to the fact that many motorists return- ing to Baltimore from the direction of ‘Washingon have the impression that it Is a less crowded road than elther the Washington Boulevard or the Columbia Pike, according to E. Austin Baughman, Motor Vehicle Commissioner, Large numbers of cars are sald to have been using this highway recently in traveling between Baltimore and the Capital, the result being an unusual traffic jams at both the Bladensburg and Annapolis Boulevard junctions. The only way to prevent these trafiic jams, he declared, is to provide about 1,000 feet of road separating the two lines of traffic and diverting the north- bound trafic on the Annapolis Boule- vard away from the junction with the effect of this, says Commissioner Baughmsn, would be to divert the traflic from the shores and other com- munities on the Annapolis Boulevard and its side roads through Baltimore by way of Brooklyn. He declares that the trafic bound into Baltimore over the Defense High- way would come up into the city by way of Westport and that the two dense streams of automobiles which | employ each road on Sunday evenings would not have to cross. Last Sunday night, northbound auto- mobiles stretched three abreast on the Annapolis Boulevard south from its junction with the Defense Highway to the Marley Creek road, two miles south. A similar line of cars bound toward Baltimore stretched on the Defense | Highway from the Annapolis Boulevard toward Washington. The confusion was caused by the | jum",tlon of these two boulevards, it is| said. Harry D. Williar, jr., chief englneer, of the State Roads Commission, is planning to recommend to that body that a cut-off road be constructed to alleviate traffic conditions at Glen- burnie, where the Crain Highway and the Annapolis Boulevard cross. It is hoped the project will be carried out | before the end of Summer, Williar said. | iuang [Change in Auto Design to Protect Pedestrians Urged in New England | Br the Associated Press. | BOSTON, June 20.—A plea for a ‘c)unn in motor car design to protect ! the pedestrian is made by Dr. Timothy | Leary, medical examiner of Suffolk | County. | Dr. Leary’ points out that in one | year automobiles kill more persons in | America than the total death toll of | great disasters throughout the world | since the sinking of the battleship | Maine in 1898. “The front of the present automobile | ieould not be constructed with more dia- bolical perfection were it intended to | dnsure the death of every human being | who came into its path,” Dr. Leary says. 28 Killed at Once. speak with horror of the car of J\lla‘elrnlufi, but the highest record | of deat under the car of Juggernaut | was the killing of 28 human beings at | one time in India. And it should be | remembered that all of the Victims | were ready and willing to die. | “This modern Juggernaut kills an- pually in the United States almost 1,000 human beings for each victim of ts less efficient Oriental prototype, and | pone of the victims is willing.” 10 llonla'g statistics, Dr. Leary asserts, 4o not the whole story; — “Those familiar with traumatic sur- gery in hospitals” he added, “are | aware that even those who are said to | Tecover from their injuries often do so only in a sense which is incomplete. “The victims of skull fractures who do not die frequently show mental de- terioration, sometimes with a complete change in character, and may be con- verted from intelligent, capable char- acters into inefficient semi-invalids. Crippling injuries other than those due to skull"fractures ‘add {o the indict- | ment. | Pedestrians Chief Victims. “Statistics show that 65 per cent of | | all automobile deaths occur to pedes- | trians, and the pedestrian percentage is much higher in the cities than in the country. “Striking is the evidence that the high death rate among operators and E:mn'm in cars occurs in the ages tween 16 and 35. Rampant youth is largely responsible for this mortality, which is due mainly to collisions. The high percentage of pedestrian mor- tality, by contrast, is met with outside traffic on the Defense Highway. The |ti THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, B0, DOWN THE ROAD—Actions You Instantly Regret. HAVING PULLED CAR APART BEFORE REALIZING s LR o Wl n n A/)‘;/:' THE . IT WAS -;&@ A PERFECT DAY JUNE 30, 1929—PART 4. —BY FRANK BECK MOTORISTS’ DIGEST | BY CLAYTON GRAFF. According to almost complete returns now available at the United States Census Bureau, approximately 96,000 'rsons in the United States lost their ives in 1928 through some sort of ac- cident, Exact figures cannot be given, as a few States have not reported in full. Since the population of the United States is constantly increasing, a few comparisons are made on a basis per 100,000 population. ‘The trend of all accidents, exclud- ing automobiles, is downward, having dropped from 79.2 to 58.9 per 100,000 during the 10 years previous to 1928. Automobile accidents are steadily in- creasing. In 1918 deaths resulting from motor accidents amounted to 9.3 per 100,000 population. Each year has seen a fairly even increase until the 1928 figures show 20.3. ' The number of automobiles registered in 1928 was 21,379,125, where- as only 5,621,617 were in use in 1918. Looking at it from the number of cars registered and using 100,000 as a basis of calculation, the death rate has been reduced from 157.4 to 99.7. When we realize that approximately 87,000 was the total number of our men killed in the World War, it reveals to us that ac- cidents oftentimes right in our own homes take more lives each year than the greatest war of all time. Motorists as well as non-motorists could do much to reduce this huge toll of human life by exercising more care, but it seems hard to bring them to a realization of its magnitude. “Save-a- life” campaigns have been launched in several States. Much is being done along this line in all parts of the world. Our Government should launch a pub- licity campaign nationally along the “Save-a-life” idea to help reduce such fatalities. Locally, our interest is in the adoption of the model municipal traffic code which is being used in many cities with gratifying results. Most reports show a decided decrease in accidents after the model code has been put in use. This is urged as be- ing essential to greater safety and a help in relieving traffic congestion. High-Speed Cars Foreseen. ‘The Society of Automotive Engineers of the United States were in session from Tuesday until Friday of last week at Saranac Lake, N. Y. Nearly 1,200 members of the soclety turned out, making it the best attended convention held so far. These meetings are ar- ranged so that representatives from every branch of the automotive indus- try can discuss the pros and cons of the motor car and make detailed re- ports on experiments conducted in all lines. Aside from their own interests, it is their big job to reduce transporta- ion costs, hazards and inconveniences; to increase transportation safety, com- fort and speed. As regards the latter, from reports submitted, it was freely predicted that within a very short time, with improved highways, new auto designs would permit of passen- ger cars capable of a sustained speed of 100 miles per hour. The technical meetings were so divided into groups that it not only saved much time, but proved advantageous, in that members well versed in their line could be heard. Valuable information was furnished as to the best methods of design, produc- tion and merchandising of motor cars. The sports part of the program was to have been a very elaborate affair, each day being full of new features, but the heavy rains interfered. Production Sets Record. ‘The Department of Commerce reports that automobile production for 1928 throughout the world has established & new record. Of the 5203,139 produced Tunnel to Open Mountain Grandeurs To Tourists in Zion National Park By the Assoclated Press. MOUNT C. Utah. — Gran- deurs now inaccessible to the tourist will be opened with the completion, at the end of the year, of the Pine Creek Canyon Highway tunnel, Zion National Park, in Southern Utah. Cut through the face of a forbidding cliff, the tunnel, more than a mile in length, will open up the beautiful up- per reaches of the park over a scenic winding road, leading to Bryce Canyon and Mount Carmel. From the entrance of Zion National Park the road winds back and forth along the slopes of Pine Creek Canyon, climbing upward 800 feet in 4 miles to the portal of the tunnel through the high sandstone cliff. For 5600 feet the tunnel, 22 feet wide and 16 feet high, follows just in- side the face of the cliff on a 5 per cent grade until at the opposite end it has climbed above the walls of the lower Pine Creek Canyon. ;. From there the road leads through sandstone ridges and across rocky pla- teaus to the eastern boundary of the park and then to the Grand Canyon Highway south of Mount Carmel. At half a dozen points the tunnel ap- proaches close enough to the face of the cliff for galleries to be cut in its side, permitting views from on high of the win 'ing _canyon road, the turreted crags of East Temple and of the west canyon wall. Some of the galleries are llr(ke enough for several motorists to park their cars. Construction of the tunnel and route the United States manufactured 4,- 601,141, an increase of 1,020,761 over 1927. Counting those e in Canada, 88.5 per cent of the world total is ac- counted for, only 11.5 per cent being produced in all other countries of the world. The department estimates that 55 per cent of the total was for re- placements, as against less than 50 per cent in 1927 for the same purpose. . New York Adopts New Law. The New York State Legislature re- cently passed a law, which goes into ef- fect on September 1 next, providing for Tevocation of an owner’s license if he has been involved in an accident of which he is found to be the guilty party, provided he is unable to satisfy any just claims after due process of law and judgment has been handed down against him. He is not required to carry insurance or prove his ability to satisfy a judgment until after an accident and suit against him, Before license can be returned all claims have to be satisfied and he must provide in- surance to the extent of $5,000 for per- sonal injury and $1,000 property dam- age. ‘This is very different from the compulsory insurance being considered by many of the States, as it does not inflict & hardship upon the automobile owner until he is found gulilty of being the cause of an accident. 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Many problems were encountered. ‘The road to the cliff had to be bullt to transport the tunneling machinery. The machinery had to be taken up the face of the ciiff and work was started at several points. First the galleries were cut to the tunnel line, and then the tunnel was cut through between these points. The building was undertaken by the National Parks Service to stimulate travel in the parks. The work is being done under the supervision of the United States Bureau of Public Roads. The 8!, miles of road and tunnel in the park are being built at a cost of $1,500,000. Utah State Highway Department is building 15%; miles of road from the eastern park ndary to the Grand Canyon High as a Federal ald proj- ect at a cost of $750,000. do you shout A. A. A. TO STUDY CAR PROBLEMS AT SESSION National Officers to Be Elected at Twenty-Seventh Annual Con- vention, at Buffalo. At its twenty-seventh annual conven- tion to be held in Buffalo, N. Y., July 1 and 2, the American Automobile As- | soclation will give a thorough airing to some of the major problems now con- fronting motordom in the United States. In addition to the consideration of these major policies, the convention will elect national officers for the A. A, A. for the coming year. Officers to be | elected are the president, several vice presidents, an executive committee, a secretary, a treasurer and 41 directors, including the directorate of the motor bus division of the association. ‘The sessions of the convention will be held at the Lafayette Hotel, with the Automobile Club of Buffalo acting as host to the gathering and in full charge of its entertainment features, which include a visit to Niagara and probably a brief visit to nearby Canada. Every indication now points to a heavy | registration from more than 1,000 | A. A. A motor clubs in the United BEST METHODS OF TOURING FOREIGN NATIONS IS OUTLINED Traveler Is Advised to Take Own Car If Planning to Cover More Than 1,000 Miles on Trip Abroad. BY H. CLIFFORD BROKAW, Automobtle Technical Adviser. “See America First” is a good slogan for motorists. But many of them have seen a good deal of the United States, s0 nobody can blame them for wishing | to experience the delights of motoring | | in foreign countries. This sort of pas- time is becoming more popular each year. Probably this Summer will find thousands of Americans using their cars in distant lands and getting plenty of thrills out of such a vacation. Travel in foreign countries introduces those who take advantage of this sort |of recreation to quaint villages, hun- dreds of years old and entirely away from railroad connections. It intro- duces these travelers to hedged and well kept roads, picturesque scenery and opportunity to talk with the real | people of these countries, provided one is able to speak their language. In any event, they are usually assured of a warm welcome, since inhabitants of these foreign countries are noted for their courtesy and their interest in pleasing visitors. Touring in a foreign country, ecpe- cially in the European nations, where most of the American people go, is not by any means an expensive way to pass a vacation. One can take one’s own automobile or hire one after crossing the ocean. Travelers will find plenty of American-made automobiles in all of these overseas countries. Some people perfer the method of buying a car in Europe, and either selling it before re- turning or bringing it back. If a person intends to take his own car to Europe, the precaution should be taken of engaging space on the steam- ship at an early date, because space of this sort is somewhat limited. Also, automobiles carried as baggage must go on the same ship with the owner, Most of the ships which are now engaged in transatlantic service, even those going to Mediterranean ports, permit pas- sengers to take their automobiles along as part of their baggage. If one’s car is to be taken along it should be driven to the pier where the steamer is tied up and left with the proper person, recelving a check as re- ceipt. One need not be particular about having the gas tank full, since employes of the steamship company will drain this fuel out before the car is hoisted into a special hold of the ship for exclusive carrying of motor vehicles. water from the radiator. In this ex- clusive hold the car will be carefully fastened so as to avoid being tossed about in case a heavy sea comes on. Furthermore, the car will be protected by a cloth covering. As soon as the vessel arrives at what- ever European port is designated this automobile will be hoisted to the pier, European number plates will be at- tached, gasoline and water supplied, and it will be delivered to the owner when he presents his receipt check, at which time the automobile will be ready for setting out on tour. The cost of shipping a car across the ocean runs in the neighborhood of $150, depending somewhat upon the size and weight of the machine. Round-trip fares are somewhat less than twice the one-way expense. Whatever the rates are, they include the cost of United States customs regis- tration, loading and unloading, port charges, washing and polishing, foreign registration, plates, driving license and international customs pass. This last mentioned item is said to be valid for States and Canada. the M iy the British Isles, France, Belgium, Hol- land, German! They will also drain the | tir Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Poland, Ru- mania and Luexemburg. Some countries are not included, but customs documents can be obtained for most of these by paying a small fee. These documents as a rule allow a person to tour in any country for a period of at least one year. Plenty of road maps and tour- ists’ guides are available for conveni- ently getting by from place to place. A deposit of money is required when re- ceiving the customs documents, which is refunded upon the return of these same documents correctly vised. In- surance covering fire, theft and acci- dent can be secured at a reasonable ‘ute, ‘These policies can be taken out for three months, and cover .property cdamaged and public liability for an un- limited amount, including legal ex- penses. It should be unnecessary to say that before an automobile is shipped it should be gone over by a competent mechanic and put in first-class condi- tion. Motorists should see to it that the tires are sufficiently new to give reasonable service, and two spare tires in good condition should be taken along. In regard to hiring an automobile in Europe this depends upon what kind of a trip is to be taken. If it is to be extended, a contract may be made covering the use of the automobile and everything that goes with it, including the pay of a competent chauffeur. Jn making such contracts, however, the traveler should be certain that he un- derstands all the details and that there will be no misunderstanding as to what is included in the contract. The idea of purchasing an automobile in Europe is the least desirable plan, and is not to be recommended as a general rule, If one is to tour not much more than 1,000 miles it is more economical to hire a car abroad. However, if more extensive touring is contemplated one can take one’s own car at less expense. TIRE WEAR I.NCREASED BY STOP AND GO SIGNS |, Traffic lights have brought added highway safety to millions of motorists. Bnet' these signals take their toll on Every time a car is started, a certain amount of energy is required to move its weight from standing to any given speed. When the car is stopped this energy is again brought into play in about the same amount. This energy must be consumed by the tires and naturally the more starts and stops they go_through, the faster they must wear. In one test a car stopped four times in each mile without sliding the wheels and accelerated to 35 miles per hour as soon as possible after the complete stop. ‘This car wore the tire tread through half of the design in just a little over 100 miles. This same car, with new tires, stopped every half mile or twice in each mile and accelerated to 35 miles per hour. It resulted in the same tread wear in about 2,000 miles. This abuse can be modified, say tire men, by letting the car stop graduall; and by starting without so much dl!g and vigor. The traffic lights are oper- ated by a clock and the race to beat them is often futile. So with a rea- sonable rate of speed that will catch them in succession, more progress will be made with less wear and tear on the Austria, Switzerland, | tires. nafii’e'fof your car or whisper it ? When you have finished discuss- ing politics and the home team's batting slump and the conversa- tion turns to automobiles, you naturally would rather be an orator than an auditor. And when you are asked the name of your car, you want to shout it, not whisper it. The driver of a Chrysler-built De Soto Six is proud to talk about his car in any com- pany, for its name is accepted as a badge of real quality. Although De Soto Six sells for as low as $845, the price needs no apology from the owner. He found that he did not have to go higher to purchase com- plete motoring satisfaction. 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