Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1929, Page 55

LINKING AMERICAS IS HGHWAY PLAN Road Congress in Brazil Will | Push North-South Scheme. One of the major projects urged be- fore the second Pan-American Highway Congress at Rio de Janeiro in August by the United States delegation will be immediate action toward early comple- tion of the Pan-American Highway to link the farthest reaches of the North- ern and Southern Americas. President Hoover has named to rep- Tesent this country in Brazil a group particularly well equipped to interpret road building progress in the United States to the Latin nations. Maj. Prederic A. Reimer, East Orange, N. J., president of the American Road Builders' Association and a consulting civil engineer by profession, brings to the commission a wealth of experi- ence in highway affairs of his native State. Nationally, he has held active membership in the road builders’ or- ganization for 15 years and was a di- rector and member of its executive committee before his elevation to the presidency. Minnesotan on Committee. Charles M. Babcock, St. Paul, Minn., commissioner of highways of that State, a past president of the American Road Bullders’ Association and present mem- ber of its executive and highway finance committees, has played a prominent part in State and national road build- ing progress for many years. He was named as a representative of the United States to the first Pan-American High- way Conference in 1925. From Congress President Hoover se- lected Senator Tasker L. Oddie, Nevada, member of the Senate post office and post roads committee, and Represent- ative Cyrenus Cole, Towa. Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of the United States Bureau of Public Roads; Frank T. Sheets, chief highway engineer of Illi- nois; H. H. Rice, Detroit, treasurer and director of National Automobile Cham- ber of Commerce, and J. Walter Drake, Detroit, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce, who will be chairman, com- plete the delegation. Ten-Day Conference. As official representatives of the President, the group will be formally welcomed to the Brazilian meeting which opens August 16. After the 10 days of conference sessions, with many spectacular entertainment features to complement the study of all phases of road building throughout the Western Hemisphere, the United States group will study road developments in Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Peru be- fore returning to the United States in November. Everywhere they will find a warm ‘welcome, owing to the friendly feeling created by President-elect Hoover’s South American tour last year. The President’s observations of road build- ing needs of those countries have kindled a great interest in the subject, both in South America and the United States. During the tour the American Road Builders’ Association officials will con- fer with that organization’s honorary representatives, of which there are sev- eral in each of the 21 South and Cen- tral American nations, These honorary representatives comprise the Pan- American division, headed by Senor Octavio Dubois, Mexico City, president of the National Highway Commission of Mexico. As a road building project fostered by the American Road Builders’ Asso- ciation for many years, the Pan-Amer- ican Highway has tremendous possi- bilities for tourist and commercial ex- pansion, as well as for betterment of international relations. It often has been referred to by orators and journal- ists as a “highway of understanding” and a “pathway to permanent peace in the western world.” Auto Violations Decrease. BALTIMORE, July 13 (Special) — Excluding an increase of 6,000 parking arrests, there were less general automo- bile violations during the first six months of this year than last, the 1929 figure being 11,325, compared with 12,- 539 during 1928, according to figures of the Police Department. MOTORISTS’ DIGEST BY CLAYTON GRAFF. ent of Commerce an- from automobile acci pares with 506 deaths 1928, sult of accidents which occurred within the city limits, although a few occurred outside of the cities. For the years ended June 15, 1929, and June i5, 1928, the totals for the 78 citles were, res) vely, 7,799 and 7,227, which indicates a recent rate of 23.8 per 100,000 population, as against an earlier rate of 22.4, or an increase of 6 ‘per cent, in the rate in a single year. Of this number there was 80 deaths within the city limits of Washington, D. C., although .122 was reported as being in the District of Columbia, or at the rate of 222 per 100,000 population. Kansas City, Kans,, heads the list with a rate of 8.5, and of the 78 cities Wash- Ington stands twenty-fifth. Of the large cities, however, Boston, Mass, has a rate of 15.1, New York City 18.6 and Philadelphia 18.8. Approximately 58 per cent of new cars were sold on time last year, which is just 10 per cent smaller than 1925, when credit sales accounted for 68 per cent of the total business. Automobile production for the month of June showed a recession of about 10 per cent, notwithstanding the fact that the model A Ford reached a new high mark for any one moth of 215,000 cars and trucks. The highest monthly total for any one factory before was in October, 1925, when Ford turned out 204,000 model T cars. The Ford Co. reports a high dally record also, when 9,100 cars and trucks rolled off their several assembly lines on June 26. In 1928 the parts, accessory and tire business in the United States amounted | to $2,084,635,000. ‘The Court of Appeals in Kentucky re- cently handed down a decision ordering a refund to truck owners of all moneys paid for license fees levied on a basis of increased ratings fixed by the Ken- tucky Tax Commission. The court’s or- der, which will be far-reaching in its effect, holds that the manufacturer’s rating is the only basis upon which levies can be made. From evidence submitted there is no doubt that trucks are al- most universally overloaded, but this particular practice will vary according to the owners, the character of the busi- ness, etc., and to make levies on that basis would require every truck to be the subject of an individual investiga- tion. Any change in ratings will _have to come from the manufacturers. Al- though it is a generally accepted fact that only a few years ago a 3-ton truck that would carry 3 tons at a maximum speed of 18 miles per hour was entirely satisfactory. But today the tendency on the part of most truck owners is to de- mand a truck that will not only carry a 75 t0 100 per cent overload, but to also maintain an average speed of 40 miles per hour in open country. In 1928 there were 21,379,125 pleas- ure cars and 3,113,999 motor trucks registered in the United States. ‘Those mostly interested in safety on the streets of Cleveland, Ohio, recently sponsored a contest among the truck drivers of a large number of fleet own- ers. The project resulted in reducing accidents among these drivers, during the month of May, by 40 per cent. Such tests reveals the fact that accident tolls can be reduced somewhat when a spe- cial effort is made on the part of the drivers. It seems a difficult task to im- press and educate drivers and pedes- trians alike to exercise sufficient care to reduce this ever-mounting toll of acci- dents. The contest angle seemed to work better than any former scheme that had been tried. Motor car registrations prove that 55.6 per cent are owned in the rural | districts and small towns of less tha 10,000 inhabitants. Cities of over 500;: 000 registers but 11.4 per cent. ‘The parking problem 1s becoming more tense every day, not only in Wash- ington, but everywhere. In Chicago parking has not been permitted in the congested district for about six months. During that time only one fatality has been reported from the no-parking area, whereas before fatalities were most frequent. The outstanding fea- tures of this regulation is that it pro- vides two additional traffic lanes, for- merly taken up by parked cars. Where traffic jams formerly were the rule, now such jams are the exception. It fur- ther affords excellent visibility to eve one using the streets, due to the ab- sence of these parked vehicles, Traffic has been speeded up considerable. All these amazing read records are now held by FRANKLIN Los Angeles to New York and return—6692 miles in 6% days—beating previous secord by 10 hours, 36 minutes. New York to Chicago—340 miles in 18 hours, 3$9% minutes—beating previous record by 7 hours, 50% minutes. New York to Miami=—1541 miles in 31 hours, 10 minutes—beating previous record by 7 hours, 57 minutes. Los Angeles to Phoenix and return (Desert Derby) ~— 892 miles in 17 hours, 47 minutes—beating previous record by 1 hour, 11 minutes. San Francisco to Los Angeles—412 miles in 7 hours, 32 minutes—beating previous record by 1 hour, 25 minutes. Salt Lake City to Los Angeles—765 miles in 14 hours, 57% minutes—beating previous record by 1 hour, 19% minutes. Dallas to El Paso—687 miles in 12 hours, 54 minutes—beating previous record by 1 hour, 44 minutes. Mt. Washington climb— America’s steepest accessible peak—beating ‘minutes, 10-2/5 seconds. previous record by 2 Mt. Mitchell climb—highest peak east of Rockies ~Franklin holds also the round-trip record. Lookout Mountain climb==467, steeper than Pike’s ‘Peak—4.6miles per hourfaster than previousrecord. DOWN THE ROAD—Recollections. THE FIRST CAR. “AS YOU REMEMBER IT" Truck drivers are especially happy as_they get through for the day earlier, Trucks that are being loaded or unloaded in alleys or side streets are limited to 30 minutes, and must park parallel. On_ main streets an effort is made to hold them to 15- minute parking periods. The mer- chants whose establishments were in this district made an awful ‘“howl” when the ordinance first went into effect and claimed it would ruin them. The one who made the loudest noise has recently admitted to the traffic au- thorities that he is doing more business than he ever did before. Just recently in the City of New York the traffic of- ficials, in an effort to relieve the park- ing situation in the congested district, reduced the parking limit to one hour. Immediately the business men’s asso- ciation went on record as opposed to any curtailment of parking privileges. ‘The various merchants estimated that anywhere from 65 to 100 per cent of their trade was from the motorists. This parking problem is difficult of solution. If a long period of parking is permitted, customers cannot reach the shops by automobile on account of the parked cars. If it is shortened too much, then clients will have to walk, use taxis or street cars, except they driven by chauffeurs. ‘The real fact is that our streets are not arranged for parked cars and at the same time serve for an uninter- rupted flow of trafic. And they are not going to serve indefinitely for an ever-increasing number of cars. The problem does not seem likely of solving until our urban highways system is made over or provision is made to park cars off of the streets. EFFECT IS NOTED. As some indication of the effect of auto production upon other industries, it may be notefl that motor vehicles consumed a total of 6,700,000 tons of steel or 18 per cent of production; 441,000 long tons or 85 per cent of the rubber consumption; 98,000,000 square feet or 74 per cent of plate glass produc- tion; 31,500,000 square feet or 60 per cent of leather upholstery production; 1,000,000,000 board feet of hardwood Announcement I wish to notify my friends and the general public that T will open s thoroughly modern plant for the repair and HUPMOBILE WILLYS service of KNIGHT WHIPPET on Thursday, July 18th at 1909-1 M St. N.W. P. E. WISE formerly service mamager with Stervett & Fleming for 6 years A A string of SMASHING RECORDS gives strong evidence of FRANKLIN’S tremendous Air-Cooled Power THE ONB-THIRTY $2180 v ¢ THE ONE-THIRTY-FIVE $2485 # ¢ THE ONE-THIRTY-SEVEN $2775—SEDAN PRICES, F.O.8, FACTORY Jumber or 18 per cent; 25000 tons of sluminum or 27 per cent; 135,000 tons of copper or 14 per cent. Gasoline, road building materials and other metals and commodities could be added to a long list of similar items. PERFORMANCE Equals 1919 Auto Mark. ‘The total of the automobiles in use throughout the world, outside of our country is now equal to the registrations il;l:he United States for the year of Guayule Shrub Now Important Factor In Tire Industry Rubber-Producing Pla;lt Being Cultivated and Used for Auto Equipment. | By the Associated Press. SALINAS, Calif—Successful manu- facture of automobile tires from guayule, a rubber-producing plant, has led to an increased acreage of the Mexican shrub in 18 counties of California and Arizona. More than 4,000 acres are planted Jodgulyule in Monterey Coun- ty, Calif., alone. ‘The development of this new indus- try has progressed to the point where 1,600 pounds of rubber is obtained from a single acre at one harvesting. Since it requires four years for the plants to mature, this is an average of 400 pounds of rubber per acre yearly. Use of the guayule plant, pronounced ‘“y-u-lee,” for.extracting rubber is not new. It has been practiced in Mexico for more than 20 years, and from 1 to 2 per cent of all rubber used in auto- mobile tires has been guayule. How- ever, the California and Arizona under- takings are the first successful efforts to grow the plant commercially. The Mexican rubber product is obtained from native plants that grow wild. Pirst experiments with guayule in the United States were conducted by corporated, a subsidiary of the Ameri- can Rubber Co. In 1926 200 acres was planted, and each succeeding year an additional acte was cut in, until this year the company’s plantings total 2,200 acres, J. M. Williams, manager of the op- erations at Salinas, says guayule rub- ber can be produced at a profit on land suited to its culture. It should be of light texture, free from hardpan, in a climate of not less than 10 inches rainfall in Winter and level enough to permit the use of four-row machines and cultivators. Guayule rubber is not obtained, as para rubbber, by tapping the tree or pla; ‘The entire shrub is plowed out and ground up. The fiber water- logs and goes to the bottom while the _ frubber floats on top and is drawn off. 4,500,000 in Auto Industry. ‘The automobile industry of the | United States now employs 3,956,138 | directly and about 385,000 indirectly, or |a total of nearly 4,500,000 men, boys and women. the American Rubber Producers, In-|in POWER 10 REVOKE LICENSES UPHELD Maryland Motor Commis- sioner Is Given Support by Court Ruling. BALTIMORE, July 13.—Power of the commissioner of motor vehicles to sus- pend or revoke the driver’s license of any autoist convicted of violating the motor vehicle act was upheld here by Judge Owens in City Court in dis- missing an appeal by Raymond A. Stokes, who lost his driver's permit more than a year ago. Stokes, it was shown, was convicted January 2, 1928, of making a false statement in an application for title. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail and shortly after that his driver's’ permit was revoked by E. Austin Baughman, commissioner of motor vehicles. In upholding the action of the com- missioner, Judge Owens said: “Section 189 of article 56, as amend- ed by the act of 1927, empowers the commissioner, after three days’ notice, to suspend or revoke the driver's per- mit of any driver for any cause which he deems sufficient. “The same section also provides that if the operator of any motor vehicle on a State highway of Maryland has been convicted of violating any division of the subtitle the commissioner may, his discretion, suspend for any length of time the operator’s license. In this class of cases no appeal is provided for. “There is no dispute about the con- viction—that is conclusively shown— and absence of such power to revoke or suspend a license would seriously inter- fere with his administrative duties.” The motion of the commissioner to dismiss the appeal was granted. The divisions of the subtitle referred to in the decision cover all manner of violations of the motor vehicle law. 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