Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1929, Page 50

AVERAGE OF 8758 ‘SPENT BY AUTOISTS Figures for 1928 Do Not Take Into Consideration De- preciation of Cars. An average of $202 was spent by each motorist in the United States during 1028 in the operation and maintenance of his car, according to figures compiled of the American Motorists’ Association. Of this sum $101, or 34 per cent, was expended for fuel and lubricants, this being the largest item in the motorist's annual operation and maintenance bill. The $293 figure does not take into ac- count depreciation. The average life of a passenger automobile, according computation of the Federal Govern- ment, is approximately seven years. During 1928 the average retail price of passenger cars in the United States was $875, which, based on a seven-year 1life expectancy, would mean an average depreciation of $125 per year. From this figure, plus the average upkeep cost of $293, it will be seen that the general average cost of operation, plus deprecia- tion, was $418 per year, or approximately $1.14 per day. The comparable figure for 1927 shows that the average cost of operation, plus depreciation, was $365 for that year, or $1 per day. ‘The second largest item on the mo- torist'’s maintenance bill is for labor in- cident to repair work, the motorist ex- in 1928, for this item, an aver- age of $82. His replacement parts cost him $55, while his average tire bill, dur- ing the year, was $34. An lvcu%e $21 was expended for accessories, which, with the $101 spent for gasoline and oll, make up the total of $293 as the aver- age cost of maintenance for each motor vehicle for 1928. Comparing the cost of operation in 1928 and 1927 the association’'s figures dren. bathe the babies myleu and take them out in their buggie: THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTO show that last year the cost was per to | cent more than during 1927, when the average operation cost was 3219 Com- ative §ues. between the two years, owever, it is pointed out by J. Botron ‘Weeks, pusldzm. ot the association, do not_indie openucn costs are necessaril: !n the difference being explained pflmlflly by the fact that with better highways avallable each year the average motorist uses his automobile proportionately morg. 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Figures showing good highway gon- struction has reduced the average au- tomobile operation cost to 6.43 cents a mile, as compared with 10 cents a mile in 1924, are advanced by P. Henry, president of the American Automoblle " Association. Mr. Henry was instrumental in initiating & move for increased Fed- eral-ald funds, destined to receive at- tention at the next regular session of Congress. He belleves the apnroprhnon should be increased from $75,000,0f nually to & possible maximum of ‘125 - 000,000. A bill asking $225,000,000 year- 1y has been introduced in the House. When the present Federal-aid legis- lation was enacted in 1916, he said, there were only 3,500,000 motor vehicles registered in the United States, while now there are 24,731,600. “State and local governments,® Mr. Henry said, “now are expending the stupendous sum of $1,500,000,000 an- nually for the construction of roads. To this amount the Federal Government is contributing only $75,000,000, or ap- proximately 5 per cent. “The present Federal-aid highway system of approximately 200,000 miles of important interstate Toads has.been only one-third completed, and under the present program it will require at least 10 or 15 years to complete this important work. “There were 40 motor vehicles regis- tered in 1928 to every mile of improved highway, while the ratio 10 years ago was 17 motor vehicles to every mile. This clearly shows that the highway bullding agencies are not keeping pace “}"1?1"“ iIncreased number of motor vehicles.” l MOTORISTS’ DIGEST l BY CLAYTON GRAFF. The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, the American Auto- mobile Association and the American Petroleum Institute are leaders in working to combat _the ever-increasing tax on gasoline. Every State in the Union and the District of Columbia —BY FRANK BECK the causes and propose Temedies, as far as possible. It was decided that only ordinary care on the part of the driver would have prevented the great majority of these misha) ‘The great- est number occurred at crossroads or street intersections, and usually caused by one driver not paying attention or levy a tax of {ror% 2 cents to 6 cents on’ every gallon bf gasoline sold to motorists. Originally this levy was for the purpose of providing funds for highway .improvement, but several States (Florida only recently joining the number) have gone beyond the bounds and are using part of the funds so raised, for various purposes, We get a little comfort and a ray of hope from Congress, however, that will help offset this condition somewhat, as Representative McLeod of Michigan has proposed a joint resolution in- creasing the nnnuu appropriation of Federal aid in highway construction from $75,000,000 to $225,000,000. Special motor vehicle taxes are more than equivalent to all highway main- tenance costs, State and local. ‘The Rubber Manufacturers’ Associa- tion of the United States re] that the record of 7,883,805 pneumatic tires established in April of this year was of short duration. During the month of May 8,145,368 were produced, which makes a new all-time record. The pro- duction of inner tubes has remained very steady for the past year, an average of 7,000,000 each month. The output of solid ‘and cushion tires has fallen to a production of slightly over 50,000 tires per month. The amount of rubber necessary to make these tires is estimated to be over 88,000,000 pounds and of long fiber cotton about 31,000,000 pounds. In January of this year there were 53,091 automobile dealers registered in the United States, 71 being accounted for in the District of Columbia. ‘With motors capable of sustained high speed and with motor car regis- trations advancing so rapidly that the day of 50,000,000 cars on the highways is not far distant, Senator Phipps of Colorado and Representative Robsion of Kentucky propose the formation of a motor-ways commission to eonslder the quenlon of providing automobile “ex- press” highways, permitting high speed for through traffic. A large number of suggestions have been presented to the Senate roads committee, and it is with a view of presenting a compre- hensive idea of the feasibility of the different plans to Congress that such a commission 1is needed. Congress seems to be fully aware that legislation is necessary to perfect the Federal sys- tem of through highways at an early date, in order to provide adequately for the motor traffic of the future. The National Automobile Dealers’ Association reports that approximately Dsedper cent of stolen cars are recov- er Rubber has played a big part in the success of the present-day motor ear. Nearly everybody is acquainted with its use in various cars in this country. In Germany the possibilities of rubber reducing vibration has been the cause of extended experiments. They have successfully substituted rubber air bags in place of the steel chassis springs, with very satisfactory results. They have perfected rubber engine mount- ing, which practically prevents the transmission of engine vibration to the car, Rubber mounting of the fan has been found to materially reduce the| noise of and the vibration of this Much interest exists in the in- dustry now, with experiments being conducted with rubber tubular drive shafts and rubber universal joints, ‘The net tangible assets of United States motor vehicle manufacturers for 1928 amounted to $1,965,310,508. ‘The Grand Prix d’Endurance re- cently held at Le Mans was won by & 6l5-liter Bentley car. This race is run over a prescribed route for a period of 24 hours, and the rules require two drivers for each car. The winner covered 1765 miles for an average speed of 73.5¢ miles per hour, ‘The best round was at the nh of 81.12 miles per hour. A 4 Bentley car finished second, ving covered 1,692 miles within the time limit. The larger Bentley took the lead in the first lap and maintained its posi~ tion throughout the race, ‘The retail of gasoline or mm fuel is lower in the United States than any other country in the world. The longest continuously improved highway in this country is 1,590 miles long. It runs from the Canadian border through the States of Washing- ton, Oregon and_ California to the Mexican border, It is all eoncrete or asphalt except 95 miles of excellent gravel. me—— From data compiled by “Bus Trans- portation,” it is estimated there are 92,325 busses in use in the United States, ‘With one-half of the year gone it is predicted that production of motor ve- hicles in this country will be far excess of 5,200,000 units for 1929. proximately 82 pef cent for homs and 18 per cent for export. This will break all previous records for produc- tion as well as for exporting. In 1928 thirteen States showed a decline of motor car accidents, South Carolina leading with & decrease of 119 per cent. failing to give right of way. The next largest number was caused by vehicles making a turn without the driver giving any sort of signal that he was about to make such turn. Next in order were the crashes caused by drivers trying to pass cars when there was not room to cut in to escape hitting cars coming in the opposite diyection or swinging too wide or not wide ¢nuu¢h Leaving the curb without ample precautica, bfl‘ht lights, one-way streets and ous accounted for the balance. m American Automobile Assoclation has organized an air travel division, with headquarters in Washingtom, D. C. to render the same kind eof service to the aviator as it has done Inthebll‘{orthem "= e furnish tion re- mmmw nmp.mmm-.m , airports and landing fields. uh CThousands more NOW ENJOY SLEEVE-VALVE SMOOTHNESS | WOODSON MOTOR CO. + Silver Spring, Md. pany| & LEO McKENNEY Alexandria, Va. 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