Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1929, Page 54

JUNE 30. 1929—PART 4. LIGENSE COURTESY URCED ONSTATES THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SAFETY CANPHEN " e, AT HALFWAY AR 6 /EW YORK-BOSTON TRIPIS POPULAR s Gier e NOTORSTS OPPOSE. Motor Cycles for | Gty Police Work | GAS TAX INCREASE CHICAGO (#).—The motor cycle and | side car are to be replaced by Chicago | police w'th small motor cars equipped Roads Over Nation [ ! By the Associated Press. | A campaign for “through” high- | ways devoted exclusively to motor | Two Routes Appeal to Mo- torists—One Offers Drive Along Shore. Trips between New York and Boston have long been held in great favor by jotorists, but as a general rule only ¥o routes are followed—first, the shore line and then up through Providence to “oston, and, second, the inside route rough Danbury, Waterbury, Hartford, ipringfield and Worcester. ' The Auto- mobile Club of America, New York, erefore, in this article has outlined wo routes that will prove of interest to rotorists who like to tour in this sec- on, inasmuch as they both offer a variation from the older routes. Newport is one of the most famous Summer resorts on this continent, and can easily be included on a trip to Eoston without adding any mileage to the journey. In order to do this it is necessary to take the shore road out New York. Leaving the city via Jerome avenue, one runs to Ford- ham road and then to the Boston Post road, Just after crossing the New York City line, up in the Pelham Manor sec- tion, turn left off the Post road into the ! Hutchinson River parkway. This may be followed for a distance of 11 miles, passing through Saxon Woods Park up to Westchester avenue at a point about mid-distance between White Plains and Port Chester. Motorists will find this a Yery desirable route. The parkway was only opened last October, so a little bit about its history might be interesting. It was named after the Hutchinson River, whose bank it follows closely. ‘The river was named for Anne Hutch- inson, whose cabin, built alongside this stream, was surrounded by Indians in 1542 and she and her family massacred. At the end of the parkway one turns right on Westchester avenue to Port Chester, and then continues along the Boston Post road through Greenwich, Stamford, Norwalk and Bridgeport to New Haven. This town is known best as the home of Yale University. The university was first chartered as a colleglate school and was opened at Saybrook. In 1718 the college was transferred to New Haven and called Yale College in recognition of gifts received from Elihu Yale. Some hours may be enjoyably spent going through the various buildings. Fine specimens of architecture of different periods are numbered among the college buildings. The most notable group is that about the Harkness quadrangle. The room most interesting to lovers of history will be the one occupled by Nathan Hale as a student at Yale. This is located in Connecticut Hall, one of the oldest of the buildings, having been erected in the early eighteenth century. River Scene of Much Activity. At New Haven one leaves the Post road, which turns northward to Hart- ford and Springfield, and follows along the shore, passing through Branford, Guilford, Madison, Clinton, Saybrook ‘Thames River and the Sound. river the annual boat races between Yale and Harvard are held. The river is often the scene of the most interest- ing maneuvers of Government shippin especially of submarines, as New Lon. don is one of the important submarine bases of the world. It was in these waters that the German submarine Deutschland made its presence first known after having been the first un- der-sea boat to cross the ocean. Crossing the river to Groton, one con- tinues through Mystic to Westerly. Here the motorist will be well repaid if he will leave the main road and run down to Watch Hill, one of the best located Summer resorts on the coast, with &) the fine sickle-shaped beach. Returning to the main road at Wes- terly, one continues through Charles- town to Wakefield, where one turns sharp right for Narragansett Pler, and then up to Saunderstown, where the ferry is taken to Jamestown, on Conani- cut Island, whith splits Narragansett Bay in two. Boats leave Saunderstown every hour on the half-hour. It is a mile run across the island to the east shore, where the ferry is taken to New- rt. wN-:wport is & very old city as cities go in America, having been settled in 1623. Long before the Revolutionary War it rivaled Boston as a port, and far more than in Boston the evidences of this colonial seafaring are still visi- ble today. It is this colonial flavor that makes Newport what it i8, for there are other resorts in this country where fash- fon congregates and.has built beautiful houses. For the motorist who does not wish to make Boston in a day, either Watch Hill or Newport offer excellent facili- ties for an overnight stop. Continuing on from Newport, one runs via Portsmouth and Tiverton up to Fall River, and northward through ‘Taunton and Ponkapog to Boston, which is just 68 miles from Newport. From Port Chester to Wakefleld over this route one follows Route No. 1; from Wakefield to Saunderstown, Route 1-B, and from Newport to Boston, Route 138. This road is all in good condition at the present time. Boston Is Sig:tseers’ Mecca. Boston has always been a mecca for the sightseer, as there is so much of historical interest in and about the city. Any number of enjoyable short trips may be made to the north, south and wes A second route that will interest mo- torists, and especially those that prefer the inland country to the seashore, is the one running out of New York via the Bronx River parkway to White Plains and then past Kensico Dam to Armonk, Bedford and Ridgefield to Danbury, the first big town on this route. Danbury is noted especially for being & hat manufacturing town and the scene of the county fair each Fall. From Danbury the route runs on through Newtown to Waterbury, located in the scenic Naugatuck Valley. Water- bury, center of the brass industry of the world, is a charming New England city, rich in colonial and Revolutionary his- tory. The Mattatuck Historial Building, opposite the principal hotel in the town, is used as a museum for collections pertaining to its early history. Leaving Waterbury, one runs in a general northeasterly direction through Meriden, Middletown, Marlboro, He- bron and Willimantic to Danielson. Here one turns north and runs via Put- nam, Thompson and Oxford up to Wor- cester, in Massachusetts. ‘Worcester is a typical fine New Eng- land city, with wonderful old elms in its City Hall Park. The Declaration of In- dependence, which was being carried by courier to Boston, was first read in New England right in' front of the old City Hall, which was located on the same site as the present building, because Isaiah Thomas, a citizen of Worcester, insisted that the document be read to the people of the town, who were has- tily summoned together. From Worcester into Boston the route runs via Northboro, Marlboro, Sudbery and Wayland. On this route one follows Route 22 out of New York to Bedford, No. 7 from Ridgéfield to Danbury, No. 6 to South- bury, No. 3 to Milldale, No. 111 to Wil- liamantic, No. 6 to Danielson, No. 12 up to Worcester, and No. 20 into Boston. ‘This route also is all in good condition at the present time. Motorists from New Jersey, Pennsyl- vania and the West may make connec- tions to both the routes above outlined by way of the Alpine-Yonkers, Pier- mont-Irvi , Nyack-Tarrytown fer- ries or the r Mountain Bridge. From Long Island points fer- - con- nections across the Sound to the shore Toute may be had from Bayville to Greenwich, and also from Sag Harbor, Point of Montauk to N e w g e ool ineser Lok Hartfe COMPILEDBY THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERIC/ 12 £.53rd St NEW YORK CITY NEW MACHINE MAKES MOVING OBJECTS APPEAR MOTIONLESS Stroborama's Value in Studying Operating of Reciprocating Auto Parts Hailed by Engineers. Special Dispatch to The Star. [ DETROIT, Mich., June 29.—The part | research plays in the manufacture of the | modern automobile is shown in the con- | struction and use of special buildings equipped with machinery designed by | scientists for their study of car per- | formance. In the last two years major producers of cars have put millions into the | engineering branch of the industry. | Some of their accomplishments in these | “laboratorles” verge on what might have | been termed the supernatural mot so many years ago. The newest institu- tion of the kind is the engineering and laboratory bufldings of Graham-Paige Motors Corporation. The three Graham brothers have in this building realized a lifelong fond- ness for machinery of the specialized kind. One of the demonstrations given unsuspecting visitors is to have them walk up to a seemingly motionless elec- ith what is apparently printed slip pasted on one of its bla only to have their hats blown off while they read: “This fan is making 2,750 revolutions per minute.” Tllusion Explained. ‘The explanation is that the illusion that the fan is motionless is produced | by what is known as the stroborama, | a machine by which engineers analyze | the operation of high-speed gears or | machinery to learn how they function | in & moving car. | ‘The machine comes from France, and there are sald to be only four in the MILADY’S MOTORING BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. ‘Women, too, will learn that most cars | downhill quickest when they are g:ln. foeced uphill. Every woman naturally wants to get the quickest possible service, but too frequently she finds that the service station is busy and the job must wait its turn. Here's a little trick, however, that often produces good results: Don't mention all the things you want done when first driving in. Pick one of the easier jobs, and invariably service manager will put a man on the car. Once a mechanic is started then, in installments, ask for further assistance. -1f any part of the work really should be postponed to a later date the mechanic will say so, but in the meantime he'll complete much of the servicing which if ordered in bulk would have seemed too much for the {lf:m\liflu of the service station at the One of the tricks in testing drivers for their safety when at the wheel is to ask them to crank the engine quickly after having set the spark and gas con- trols in the wrong positions. I'm giving this away because it illustrates & safety point which can best be summed up by pointing out the importance of giving the controls a hasty check-up before stepping on the starter. If you are having trouble with the steering gear and find that it does not stay adjusted for easy operation per- haps it is because you park the car in wm;xn'e or outdoor space where the attendants are in the bit of over- working the steering gear in order to fit the machine into a special niche. Steering that must be done when the car stands still is harmful. Proof of devotion in the modern man- ner is the sight of father taking the small car to business with him instead of the large one. “How does the gas in a cylinder ex- plode at exactly the right moment to push its piston down?” asks a woman who has been giving a little thought to what goes on under the hood. She fig- ures that a slight variation might upset the order and wonders just how the precision of explosion is obtained. Her trouble, of course, lies in viewing the action of the ignited gas as an ex- plosion. It is really rapid burning. That is why the spark is timed to fire | this gas mixture even before the piston reaches the top of its stroke. It takes | & measurable amount of tinfe for the | gas to ignite “all over” and to start ex- | panding. It 19 the expansion that does | the work of driving the pistons down- | ward, | The accuracy of this process is ob- | tained by valve action and spark timing. Both the inlet and outlet valves of any cylinder are closed as the respective piston moves upward to compress the s vapor, also during the process of iting this gas and while the ex- panding gas is driving the piston down- ward again. The finer points of the timing are accomplished by the auto- matic or manual spark control—ad- vancing and retarding the spark so as to hurTy of slow up the process of igni- lon. ) I notice that most women give it the §is and start off with a wallop. -Its the best way I know to avoid stalling the engine,” explained one of them. That may be all right, but sudden starting encourages sudden stopping, and about the best way to stall a mod- ern motor is to step on the powerful | brakes so quickly as to stop the wheels | before you have a chance to press out | the clutch. i ‘There is no need to be alarmed if the ears will not mesh into low when you are trying to start. The first thing to do is to note just what sort of difficul- ties you are encountering. Is it simply a case of the gears not meshing and without their making any | noise during the resistance? 1If so, this| can be solved by letting in the clutch a| minute and pressing it out again, en- gine running meanwhile, If there is a clashing sound when you try to mesh, the clutch is draj A Hold it out a minute or so, and if this does no good switch off the engine. Press out the clutch, shift to low and| crank the ‘engine again. It's very considerate of the attendant at the filling station to dust off the top of the engine when he has finished g:xrrl.n( in a quart of ofl, but he may watching. I've seen an ignition wire mea away from its plug by just such y dusting more or less in the same manner that the household's finest vase comes ling. down during & spell of house c! (Copyrishte 1929, by the Russell Bervice.) { present.” says a bulletin made public United States. One is in_the posses- sion of the Government. By means of a cluster of neon tubes of 1,000 candle- power the stroborama can illuminate an entire chassis, engine or any moving part with a light timed to flash in synchronism with the rate of motion of the part under study. How it is possible to make the mov ing object appear motionless is ex- plained thus: If a man were in a dark room and an instantaneous flash of light illuminated his watch every 60 seconds, the second hand of the watch | would seem to be motionless because ke would always see it in the same position. The engincers say that such a ma- chine is of great value in studying the | operating of reciprocating parts whose motion is too fast for the human eye to follow. For instance, the stroborama. can determine whether valve springs are performing regularly and evenly, or whether valve tappets are remaining in contact with the cam surfaces at high engine speeds. The new Graham-Paige building also has & cold room for testing engines in operation at subzero temperatures. Polar conditions are produced by Te- frigerating machinery supplemented by blowers which give arctic blasts. Tem- peratures between 20 and 47 below zero can thus be treated. In this tempera- ture the engineering staff watches the effect produced not only on engines, but on starters, carburetors, oil pumps and other units affected by extreme cold. In the heat room temperatures as high as 140 Fahrenheit are maintained. Into this chamber go the cooling sys- tems, carburetors, manifold, gasoline pumps, gasoline gauges, thermostats, automatic radiator shutters and engine accessories called upon to work under trying conditions high above normal. Then there is a machine on which an automobile is placed with its front or rear wheels on rollers, to which wooden blocks are attached, making them irregular in shape. As the rollers revolve the effect of bumps in the road. way is simulated, and the car has to withstand the knocks it wéuld get in passing over a boulder-covered road. On this machine the research men watch the strains to which bodies, springs and shock absorbers are subjected and check them for endurance. Four dynamometer or engine test rooms are part of the equipment and a special “water brake” dynamometer is used for long-continued tests. The engineering building adjoins a final test building and concrele track on which cars take brief runs when they leave the assembiy line. ‘While week ending at Dayton, Ohlo, with R. H. Grant, new vice president of General Motors Corporation at Dayton, Ohio, W. S. Knudsen, president of the Chevrolet Motor Co., gave an interview in which, he said, his company would have distributed 800,000 six-cyclinder cars by July 1. “Prospects for the remainder of the year are fine,” he said, “and I expect to see Chevrolet exceed the 1,250,000 mark before January 1.” Faced by Need of Pioneering. Speaking of general manufacturing conditions, Mr. Knudsen voiced the be- lief that we have gone just far enough in making automobiles to make it plain we still have much to learn. “Thus far the automobile business has been one of repetition,” he said, “but all of us have been taught the means of giving the public a medium of cheaper transportation, mostly through the skill we have been able to recruit in manufacture. “There is no doubt people get more out of the money invested in an auto- mobile than in any other commodity. This has been made possible by cut- ting the corners of production. Now we must admit among ourselves that the last corner has been cut, and we are confronted by the necessity of pio- neering in a business of which we knew something 10 years ago. “We have come to the point in au- tomobile manufacture where the man with $500 to $600 can go anywhere comfortably and. safely.” (© ht, 1629, by the North American OPYHERL Newsbaper ‘Alliance.) OIL INDUSTRY AIDS AUTOMOBILE MAKING Expansion of Industry Partially Attributed to Petroleum Development. CHICAGO.—More than 41,355,123 automobiles were manufactured in the United States between 1900 and the beginning of 1929, according to a sur- vey of automotive industry compiled by the American Research Foundation. “Back in the days of wheezy two- cylinder models in 1900, the production of motor | cars totaled only 5,000 an- nually, or less than half the number that American automobile factories turn out in a single working day at ere by the foundation. “Output last year amounted to 4,600,000 cars, while predictions for 1929 sect this year's automobile production in excess of 5,000,000, based on an output for the first _four months of 2,187.634. “Of the total automobiles manu- factured in the United States in the last 29 years, 38,202,088 have been pro- duced since 1916, the first year that the outpu$ passed the 1,000,000 mark. ‘This phenomenal expansion of the automotive industry in the last 14 years would have been impossible with- out the collaboration of the petroleum industry. Big refiners such as Sinclair and Standard, by developing a system of gathering, refining, and distribut- ing their products that has never been paralleled for efficlency in history have made it possible for the United States j to outstrip the rest of the world in car 1 ownership. Moreover, through scien- tific research and experimentation in their laboratories, they have improved the quality of gasolines and petroleum lubricants and raised the performance standard of the Nation's automobiles. “Motor cars consume 80 per cent of all the line used in the United States, while a total of more than 2,500,000,000 quarts of oil are required to keep the engines lubri- Maryland Police Are Checking Up Motorists Who Have Failed to Get Stickers. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, June 29.—With half of the 30-day “save-a-life” campaign over today, State police now are stationed at important sections throughout _the State, stopping all motorists who have failed to display the official inspection sticker. a warning card, which is worded as follows: Safety “save-a-life” campaign, June 15 to July 15, 1929, inchfSive. You have not as yet complied with the provisions of chapter 257, acts of 1929, requiring the inspection of motor vehicles. It is requested that you have your motor vehicle inspected at once to avoid pen- aity. Inspection free. Time, only 10 minutes. Your co-operation to make this canmpaign a success will be appre- clated. Will Continue for 10 Days. This days, after which time the State police will then stop all cars not displaying the sticker and the owner will be sub- jected to a rigid police inspection, and if these cars are found unsafe for the highways, their driving license will be revoked. Commissioner E. Austin Baughman desires to remove from the highways of Maryland all junk cars, which are a menace not only to the driver of that car but to all citizens of the State of Maryland. Commisisoner Baughman says that this law is going to be rigidly en- forced, and he hopes there will not be a car in the State of Maryalnd that is not displaying the inspection sticker. He also stated that 925 official inspec- tion stations have been appointed. They are located in every town and hamlet, making it easy for the motorists to| get their cars inspected free of charge. He also stated that if any of the sta- tions are not giving the inspection as has been agreed, for the motorists to report it, and an example of that sta- tion will be made and it no longer will te allowed to act as an offical inspec- tion station, Accidents Are Being Reduced. He stated that the official stations are doing a yoeman's service in giving this free inspection and are making possible the success of this campaign. “Accidents are being reduced, fatalities are being reduced, and we hope that| at the end of this campaign Maryland | will take lts place in the Union as showing a decrease in motor fatalities, which at the present time are showing decided increase in all of the other | States,” he said. “The State police will inspect all of the inspection stations to see that mo- torists are treated in a fair manner. We are dolng everything in our power ‘They will hand each motorist | will continue for the next 10| travel has been launched in the Netherlands by that country’s asso- clation for fast motor roads. Detalls of the plans were sent the Department of Commerce by Paul S. Guinn, assistant commercial attache at The Hague. The plan includes the building of one road from Amsterdam to Rotter- dam and on to the southern border, leading into Belgium. Another would be built from The Hague through Utrecht to the eastern border, lead- ing into Germany, with a connection between ‘Amsterdam and Utrecht. [ITALY IS SPENDING BIG SUMS ON ROADS| Construction of Great Highway | System Will Cost $52,000,000. By the Associated Press ROME.—Italy has entered on one of | the most important national road- building projects ever advanced in Eu- rope. An expenditure of 700,000,000 lire | (or 336,000,000) has been author- ized, end improvements sufficient to| account for $16,000,000 already have been begun. Every province of Italy will be di- rectly “or indirectly affected by this sweeping construction program. And from the American_tourist'’s point of view it is high time Italy has awakened to the advantages of fine national high- ways, since her main roads up to now have been much below the standard of other large Euronean countries. The most striking profect is a high- way more than 1,000 miles long, run ning from the northwesternmost cor- | ner of the peninsula to the tip of the | toe of the Italian boot and then jump- ing the Straits of Messina into Sicily. 1t begins at Ventimiglia end includes San Remo, Genoa, Pisa, Civitavecchia, Rome, Naples, Salerno, Messsina and | Catania. A large section of the road| north and south of Rome is already un- der construction. to make this campalgn a success, so t motorists may drive in a safe and com- fortable manner. | “The campaign opened on June 15/ and will continue until July 15, after tain Full Reciprocity for All Foreign Motorists. A movement to have each State and the District of Columbia grant full reciprocity to all foreign motorists, both as to registration and permits, was launched here this weck by the legisla- tive committee of the American Motor- ists’ Association. A survey made by the association shows that only 16 §tates at the present time grant full reciprocity as to regis- tration of foreign cars. They are Ala. bama, Connecticut, District of Colum- bia, Delaware, Florida, Maine, Massa- chusetts, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming. This means that a motorist of any of these States may go into any other State having full reciprocity and oper- ate his automobile without the neces- sity of re-registration in the State to which he has gone. In States other than those named above a motorist can use his home State months. cal States permit a foreign motorist cither 60 or 90 davs before he must register in the new State to which he has come. “Reciprocity is largely a matter of declares Thomas J. Keefe, general manager of the American Mo- torists’ Association, “and there appears to be no logical reason why each State should not extend this courtesy to the motorists of all other States. “Operators’ permits of each State are usually recognized in_ all other States Our survey shows, however, that in seven States a permit holder can oper- ate none but his own automobile. Thes are the States of Arizona, Delaware, New Jersey, Oregon, South Carolina, Vermont and West Virginia. “The extension of full reciprocity, association believes, should be enacted in all State motor vehicle laws, and we are urging this in all States where it is not now granted,” General Manager through the affiliated clubs of the American Motorists’ Association. 28-YEAR-OLD CAR IN USE. which time a rigid enforcement cam- paign will be carried on by the State| police; and those who have not com- | | of 1929—will be dealt with severely. We | feel that all good-thinking motorists | who want to be safe will co-operate with us and make this campaign suc- | cessful. This law was created for those who are not interested in thefr own safety nor (he safety of others.” t & CHRYSL ER MOTORS NRODUC% FULL / ’ Maré ing the First Annivers ary of a notable Succes PLYymoUuTH One year old this week—is already a giant in fact and favor NE year ago, Plymouth was a brand- new name to the motor world. In the brief span of twelve months, Plymouth, now newly refined and improved, has become every- THE FULL-SIZE PLYMOUTH 2-DOOR SEDAN, $675. Special eqvipment xtre. 312 H. B. Leary, Jr., & Bros. where the fie finds i R Executive Offices and Service 1612-22 You St. N.W. alesrooms—1612-22 You S Connecticut Ave. and Que St and 10th and H Sts. N. t. N.W. { 0% Used Car Salesrooms 1321-23 Fourteenth St. N.W. 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This is being done| with radio receiving sets. ‘The automobiles will be painted _vrhl-; The recelving sets will relay orders from a | | 10w to be more easily identified. fc-nn;lu station to patrolmen. | police, said experiments had shown thes | motor car better adapted to police work CARE OF SPRINGS VITAL TO COMFORT Proper Lubrication and Attention Are Required for Easy Riding. Improper care of the springs of the | modern motor car is perhaps the larg- | est single factor in tne dissatisfaction | voleed by many motorists with the rid- Wg qualities of their machines, although, of course, lack of spring-control devices | also enters into the situation. | However, according to Oscar Coolican, | local automobile distributor, it is be- | cause motorists overlook the fact that registration tags from 15 days to 6|springs demand a very special type of | The majority of non-recipro-| attention that they fail to derive from | an | their cars that measure of riding com- | fort which the manufacturer has put | there. “Springs should be properly lubricated at all times,” Mr. Coolican points out. | “But they must not be over-lubricated, | for over-lubrication means that fric- tional qualities will be reduced, and in doing that one inevitably cuts the effi- | clency of the spring. “Graphiting of the springs is gener- ally a worth-while gesture, but one that need not be made frequently. If the | car is equipped with an instantaneous | lubrication system which includes the | spring shackle and bolts, the motorist is © | assured of a simple, effective solution of | one of the most vital of spring lubrica- tion problems. “Spring overs are excellent, in the OPinlon of leading engineering authori- ties, provided that before the springs are encased they have gotten the right | kind of attention. Covers are simply a | protection against dirt and grit finding | its way into the springs, and have no | mechanical properties of their own. In the fleld they cover, they are remark- ably worth while, but before using them the motorist should be certain of the springs’ condition. “The whole problem of riding com- fort is so definitely linked with the man- ner in which the motorist cares for his spring and _spring-control equipment that it is difficult to understand why so many car owners entirely neglect this phase of maintenance, “Thousands of cars that ‘ride poorly’ would surprise their owners mightily if the latter either attended to the springs themselves, or, better still, allowed a well equipped and intelligently manned | maintenance department do it for hem.” William P. Russell. commissioner of A. M. A. Leads Fight Against Unreasonable Burden on Car Owners. Opposition to the proposed increase of $145,000,000 in gasoline taxes which mo- iorisis of the country are faced with this year. is being voiced by the Ameri- an_ Motorists' Association in a_protest 2gainst further gasoline tax increases | being filed with members of Legisla- | tures in the States which will meet in regular session this year. | ._The increas in gasoline taxes con- | fronting motorists this year, compared | with last, is approximately 47 per cent over the 1928 gas tax, which aggregated | $305.000,000, the association’s protest | declares. The estimated gasoline tax for 1929 will approximate $450,000,000 | the figures show. | “In the District of Columbia the tax | Is but two cents per gallon. Motorists }as a whole, however, are paying an | average gasoline tax of 3.65 cents per | gallon. 'With the exception of five States, Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Virginia, the State Legislatures meet this year in regular on, and in most States there will be attempt to increase gasoline taxes,” declares Thomas J. Keefe, general man- ager of the association. Reasonable Tax Favored. | “A reasonable gasoline tax will not be opposed by the majority of motorists, but the tax must be reasonable and in no State should be for more than is required for current improvements. of | highways of general motor use. In many | States ‘the surplus gasoline tax funds | are diverted to other uses, which is & | violation of the principle of spectal tax- ation and is unfair to the motorists, { the association’s statement poinis out. “Due largely tn the esss v gasoiine taxes are incresce | :n many States have already placed an | unreasonable burden on tne motoring | public. In South Carolina, for ex- | ample, the tax is now six cents per gal- |lon.” The tax becomes a part of the pur- chase price of the gasoline and the mo- torist pays it with little or no thought | of the tax burden. “If & motorist would but visualize gasoline taxes as toll gates along the highway he travels, he would quickly recognize when the tax becomes an un- reasonable burden. Unfortunately, how- ever, few motor'sts think of gasoline taxes as taxes at all and seldom as a toll tax. Regarded As Toll Tax. “A two-cent tax,-however, means a | one-cent toll every six miles, assuming | a motorist gets 12 miles to a gallon of gasoline; a three-cent tax means a toll of one cent every four miles; a four-cent tax, a toll of one cent every three miles; a five-cent tax, a toll of one cent every two and four-tenths miles, and a six- cent tax means a toll of one-half cent | for each mile the motorist travels. 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