Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1929, Page 62

HOLIDAY MOTORING HAS I, SEASN Extra Dividends Shown by A. A. A. Survey in Health and Pleasure. ‘The holiday dividends from car own- ership reached a new high-water mark during the 1929 touring season, accord- ing to a preliminary survey made by the National Touring Boa:d of the Ameri- can Automobile Association and made public yesterday. The preliminary report is based on hundreds of thousands of tours handled by affiliated A. A. A. motor clubs throughout the United States and Can- ada during May, June, July and Au- gust. Thomas P. Henry, president of the A. A A, asserted that an analysis or reports to date clearly demonstrates that the family car was used for touring purposes this year to a greater extent that ever before. “In market terms,” said the A. A. A. executive, “our returns to date disclose a boom season, during which extra divi- dends in holidays and health were de- cla;ed on car ownership.” He contin- ved: Family Car for Touring. “Never before has the family car been ‘used so much for touring purposes, and particularly for long-distance touring. The increase of some 8 per cent in tour- ist business that we “predicted at the opening of the touring season will, in all probability, be borne out.” Many factors, according to Mr. Henry, entered into the declaration of larger holiday dividends from car ownership this year. - Among these he cited: “Good touring weather, growing confidence in the comfort and the dependability of the automobile as an instrument of long-distance transportation, the mak- ing of new touring objectives available through highway construction and the competitive bidding of communities for the tourist dollar through advertising and the general selling of their scenic, historical, recreational and climatic as- sets. “The increase in long-distance tour- ing is particularly important, because it means wider distribution of the tourist dollar, which is coming to be recog- nized as an important factor in—if not an index of—national prosperity. Mobility in Vacation. “Motorists are no longer content to €0 to one place and stay there for their entire vacation. Mobility in transporta- tion means mobility in vacation. This is particularly true as regards the younger generation. “This holiday mobility has two im- portant aspects. It means that com- munities are not primarily regarded as ‘resorts,’ but are ‘en route'—get much more of the motorist's dollar than they got even a few years back. It also means that the old-established resorts, and the new resorts, for that matter, can keep the motorist holiday maker only as long as they succeed in meeting the constantly increasing standards that he demands in comfort and recre- ation.” Mr. Henry pointed out in conclusion that, insofar as the reports indicate, all the well kifbwn Summer resort areas got a share of what he termed “a good tourist crop,” with perhaps New Eng- land, the Northwest and the inter- mountain_sections, including Colorado and Utah, showing & rather higher average gain. METAL GAS MIXTURE AS FUEL IS FORESEEN - SO Possibility of New Development Presented to Society Meeting in Cleveland. Possibility of the automobile of the future operating on a gas generated by the mixing of a piece of metal in a small tank of a newly developed gas was suggested by Robert G. Guthrie, Chicago, vice president of the Ameri- can Soclety of Steel Treating, at a ses- sion of the annual Metals Congress in Cleveland. He predicted that within the near future steel workers would be able to change the entire structure of steel by the use of gas. “Many processes have already been developed with the use of controlled gaseous atmospheres,” Guthrie declared, “such as carburizing, nitriding steel for hard surfacing, bright annealing to pre- serve the exterior finish through com- plicated processing. “At present research along the line of atmospheric steel treatment has been confined largely to the use of ordinary household illuminating gas and its by- products, which contain nitrogen, hy- drogen, carbon dioxide and moncxide and methane and the illuminants. “The. old method of softening X-ray tubes by piping hydrogen through a solid platinum wire is well known, and experiments have proven that other gases are capable of passing through so-called solid metals. This opens the possibility of changing the internal structure of metals by the uses of gases andcr proper temperatures and condi- ons. “Mystery surrounds the affinity of metals and gases, and the researches of the future will tend to solve that affin- ity. A common example is the ethyl gasoline used in automobiles, in which a minute quantity of lead tetraethyl completely alters the properties of gaso- | line.” AUTO ENGINEERS TO MEET OCT. 2-4 Production Equipment and Meth- ods to Be Discussed at Cleveland Session. Automobile production equipment and methods are to be discussed at a three- day national meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers to be held in Cleveland on October 2, 3 and 4. This meeting is to be conducted in co-opera- tion with the National Machine Tool Congress and the American Soclety of Mechanical Engineers. In a paper to be presented in the eve- ning of the first day, Prof. F. E. Ray- mond of the Massachusetts Institute of ‘Technology will tell' the results of an exhaustive study he has been making VNG e T e VORI Attractive sign near Warmbrunn, Silesia, leaves motorists in no doubt as to . & proper course to take to get to Schiot Platz. —P. A. Photo. HUMIDITY REDUCES Ind\'nnce should entail & loss of power 13 per cent as large as that due to the decrease of oxygen. In other words, CAR MOTOR’S POWER :ic. 'sthuté B ‘per can? "ot “thas Tests of Bureau of Standards Ex- pert Show Effects of Mois- ture in Air. ‘Tests show that a linear or direct re- | lation exists between motor-car engine | power and humidity in the atmosphere, the loss of power being approximately equal the humidity, which is expressed as per cent of the total pres- sure, according to Donald B. Brooks of | the Bureau of Standards. The theory is that water vapor, which does not play a direct part in the combustion processes, does displace the chemically active oxygen in the lim- ited volume of the eylinder and hence less fuel can be burned efficiently per cycle and correspondingly less power is obtained. In addition to the direct effect due to displacement of oxygen, humidity also | has some indirect effects on power, tests showing a decided increase in optimum spark advance with humidity. For an engine which operated at a single com- pression ratio, the increase of spark advance was found to be 2 degrees per centimeter of humidity, irrespective of the fuel used. This increase of spark aencton ‘Warren Green Hotel The Pigeon House 3, Tevern pure ‘cold water. huse fre pigeon loft. Located at intersection of Defense hwa: midway angd Crain Highwi be- tween w--mm&m. A alti- . and e Chesapeake water onts. Chicken dinners, sandwiches, light refreshments. 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(#).—The day of speeding across a county line to avold being persented a traffic ticket is over in California. The formation of a State highway d cen the re- s . t{:‘:flu the 'enenl hmd- aul legislation penalities for criminally careless, drunken and in- competent drivers were stiffened. Frank G. Snook is chief of the State division of motor vehicles and will have for his superintendent of the mobile force Eugene Biscailus, for more than 20 years a deputy sheriff in Los An- , & mobile body able to meet emergencies in any portion of the State, can be assigned to any where there is an unusual traffic move- ment. The traffic officers, now able to pursue fleeing autoists from one county to another, are expected to cut down the numberd of llhll:lrell“ caused by speeding and reckless ng, as wel as_minimize automobile theft. Biscatluz points out that his men also will reduce the use of motor cars in other criminal activities. If a crime is committed a large force of the pa- trolmen can be sent to the vicinty to guard all highways. Automoblile associations see another benefit in a State motor patrol. Traffic enforcement will become uniform and enforcement for revenue, instead of pro- tection of life and property, can be nullified. ‘There have been instances, the Cali- fornia Automobile Association cites, where officers, informed that city or county treasuries were low in funds, ;c‘;nded up motorists to reduce the cit. 1929 ROAD BUILDING IN BRAZIL |London White Wings To HaveStripeDown Back as Safeguard EXPECTED TO SHOW INCREASE Construction Ordered, Based on Growth of Automobile Import Tax, About Treble That of Last Year. ' , Legislation for road building and great increases in automobile imports, chiefly’ from the United States, the duties on which are applied to road building, will about treble the amount to go intg the construction of highways in Brazil this year, as compared with last year, according to a report, on road construction financing in South Amer- ica just prepared by Frank Curran, hi(hny speclalist of the Department o Commerce. Building up of the highways of our South American neighbor is expected open & vast fleld for the sale of Ameri- can automobiles, and the motor indus- | te try already is feeling some of the effect of Brazil's road improvement plans, as is evidenced by the increased automo- bile imports. Hailed as Upward Step. ‘The American motor industry, how- ever, is hailing the road building in- terest which has recently been awak- ened in Brazil (until 1927 Brazil had no federal highway system, although small and inadequate subsidies were pald the states by the government) as just another step up the ladder toward the dream of highway engineers of this country—a system of highways that would permit automobile travel from the Mexican border through Central America and throughout South America. Mr. Curran describes Brazil as a loosely knit federation of autonomous states which finance and construct their own roads, assisted, to a certain extent, until recent years, by federal subsidies | taken from the national general rev- enues. Subsidies amounting to not more than about $400 a mile, on sec- tlons of road not less than 12 miles, also were granted individuals, or com- panies, and to cities. Until 1927 there had been no effort to establish a federal highway system and the subsidies represented practi- cally the only interest the federal gov. #mment took in the roads of the coun- try. - In January, 1928, however, after the creation of a highway department under the ministry of agriculture, com- merce and industry, the subsidies were increased. They now range from $118 to $1,336 per mile, according to the nature of the road bullding. Special Highway Fund Ordered. of last year there was en- In April 0 | acted a law providing for a special fund for highway construction and main- nance, g increased import duties on automobiles, buses, trucks, motor cycles, bicycles and their acces- sories. Later these rates were further increased to bring the revenues up to the figure 20,000 contos, or $2,336,000 per_year expected from the law. ‘The law also authorized the issuance of bonds with a nominal value of one conto, approximately $120 at the rate of e’tum e lt' tl:udt time. of e law failed to produce of the results desired, so bonds were issued to the extent of nearly $7,000,000. . TIron Base on Bad Roads. If you intend to travel over un- E,ved roads, Eut a plece of heavy sheet n under the seat. It will come in handy if you have to jack up the car ;n km\:g‘“ or unu',hA board under the acl serve the purpose, also, but i's sometimes diffcult 5 And ‘& woard, Check Tires on Steering. If it seems harder to steer the car toward the end of a long day’s run maybe the air pressure in the front tires has gone down. Check it with the gauge. And you might as well check the rear tires while you are u ‘The operation W Proof of Oakland Value Superiority ‘The following facts were obtained from a comparison of the Oakland All-American Six with 20 other medium-priced automo- biles. All told, 878 individual compari- sons were made. Of these, Oakland proved to be distinctly superior in 451 or 51.37 per cent. The 20 cars combined were at best equal to Oakland on 382 or 43.50 per cent. And 13 of the 20 were higher-priced than Oakland. WHEELBASE Only one car as low-priced as Oakland has a wheel- base as long as Oakland’s, which is 117 inches. That car requires a turning circle to the left of 42 feet as compared with Oakland's 36 feet. Six higher-priced cars have shorter wheelbases. PISTON DISPLACEMENT Oakland’s 228 cubic inch piston displacement is greater than 12 of the 20 cars in its price field. Of the 8 remaining cars, 7 are much higher priced than Oakland. G-M-R CYLINDER HEAD Only Oak- land and one other car in the field use the G-M-R cylinder head. Sixteen have no type of non-detonating cylinder head whatso- ever, although 11 of the 16 are more expensive to buy than Oakland. RUBBER ENGINE MOUNTING Only Oakland in the entire field employs rubber “‘biscuit” insulators. While others claim rubber mountings, none offers such resilience and permanent freedom from vibration as Oakland. HARMONIC BALANCER Only Oak- land and one other car in the field have the Har- monic Balancer. Of 13 cars using some other device, 11 are higher-priced than Oakland. Oakland's crankshaft is fully counter-weighted. The crankshafts in nine higher-priced cars are not counter- weighted at all. CRANKCASE VENTILATION ‘While most cars in the field have crank- case ventilation, only Oakland and one other, according to available information, have any method for cleaning the air. Six Mave not, although three of the six are higher-priced than Oakland. CROSS-FLOW RADIATOR Only Oakland in the entire field has the Cross-Flow Radiator or anything similar to it. All other cars use the down-flow radiator, this despite the fact that 13 of the 20 are higher-priced than Oakland. BRAKES Only Oskland and one other car in its field use the fine type of brakes which Oakland employs. And no car in the field equals Oakland’s 290 square inches of brake band area. Oakland’s separate emergency brake operates on the transmission. Seven cars in the field have no separate emergency brakes, although three of them exceed Oakland in price. FISHER BODY Only Oakland and two other cars in the field offer bodies by Fisher. And one of the two is nearly $100 higher in price than Oakland. Of the 18 cars which have less- known bodies, 11 are priced above the All-American Six. LONDON (#).—Cleaning the streets of London at night is such a dan- gerous job that the city fathers ordered the sweepers to wear white 1s down the backs of - e of their dark: - Motorists eomrhlned that the blue uniforms and biack hats blended so fectly with the murk and mist of London night that the men could not be seen, and the cleaners de- clared that they could not do their best work with the fear of being run over constantly haunting them. e ENGINEERS’ SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP INCREASES | Applications From Far West Show Growing Interest in Autos and Aviation. Of 99 applications for membership received between Jul%u and August 15 by the Society of Automotive Engineers, 40 were from applicants living in the Far West, 30 of whom live in Spokane, ‘ash. Other Western States repre- sented are California, Oregon, Utah and ‘Wyoming. The large percentage of ap- wuons from the Far West during the | 12 months reflects the growing in- terest of automotive engineers in the activities of the society in aeronautic engineering and in the fields of motor coach and motor truck operation and maintenance. Foreign membership in the society also .l.llrravtng in a way that shows the increasing interest throughout the world in American design and engineering and production progress in the motor vehicle and aeronautic flelds. During the 31- dl{ period mentioned, three member- ship applications were received from England, two each from Canada and | #‘p-n“lr:g Ao;ne‘ ucAh from Scotland, | , Sou rica, Australia and New More than 1,500,000 pairs of footwear HURRIED MOTORIST FACING OBSTACLES _ Tickets for Slow Driving Issued to Relieve Congestion on Noted Michigan Highway. By the Associated Press. DETROIT.—¥o0 be given s “ticket" for “stepping on the gas” while driving through a small town or village on a State highway is a quite common ee- mfl hmupr;e in the life of the m in heice otorist in To be threatened with a tick does rot stzp on it is & new exptflm“ S ?-,: in store for him on the Woodward ave. nue super-highway that leads from De- troit to Pontiac, some 20 miles distant. The highway, one of several the State is building from Detroit to up- state points, is 204 feet wide. It is marked off for slow-moving trafic and for cars moving 35 miles an hour. Two lanes in each direction are d ated as “35-mile lanes.” Normally traffic in these lanes moves close to 50 miles an hour. On Sundays and holidays solid lines of cars move in both directions. It is to relieve the estion caused by the motorist who drives 15 or 20 miles an hour in the 35-mile lane that the several municipalities have decided to issue tickets for slow driving. “In all the world no highway lke this,” is the boast of development in- terests along Woodward super-highway The 204-foot highway consists of two 28-foot parking areas, two 10-foot side- walks, two 44-foot paved roadways, each for one-way traffic accommodating a total of eight car lanes, and a central l‘&-foot right of way for electric rail es. Aside from Woodward avenue, which is U. 8. 10 in Michigan, the other prin- cipal super-highways are Michigan ave- nue, which is U. 8. 112; Grand River ‘nlvegu;.s U. 8. 16, and Gratiot avenue, ach of these super-highways begins {at a point approximately 6 miles from downtown Detroit. When the present program has been completed they will extend out into the State from 20 to approximately 80 miles. Plans also have made to widen several Detroit streets that bring traffic from other are being made in Canada each month. cities over these arteries into the eity. You get more _for your dollar in Americas finest Today’s Oakland All-American Six stands out unmistakably as America’s finest me- dium-priced automobile.Its value suprem- acy has been established by facts. facts have been revealed in comparison of the All-American Six with twenty other medium-priced automobiles—the most thorough analysis of motor car values of which we have ever heard. At the left are a few of the facts disclosed by the comparison. There are dozens more which we are prepared toshow you. Some of them prove the performance supremacy of the Oakland All-American, others its style leadership, and still others its superiority Ockland All-American Sis, 31145 to $1375, {. 0. b. Pontiac, Mich., plus delivery cherges. Spring covers, Lovejoy Sheck Absorbersincluded in list prices. Bumpers and reer fender guards extra. General Motors Time Payment Plen aveilable at minimum rete. And the medium-priced automobile in convenience, safety, riding and driving Let us go over the results of this compari- son with you and point out what the information it provides means to you as a buyer of a medium-priced car. When you have seen how on every basis of comparison theAll-American Sixtowers aboveits field== when you have learned by driving the car priced automobile. Consider the delivered price as well as the list (1. 0. b.) price when comparing values . . . Oakland-Pontiac delivered prices include only tomobile thorised charges for freight ind delivery end the charge for eny edditional accessories or financing desired. what its mechanical superiority means to the man.at the wheel—when you have dis- covered how much more Oakland offers than you ever expected at its price .. . . then you will agree with us that you get more foryourdollarin America’sfinest medium- AKILAND ALL-AMERICAN SIX PRODUCT OF GENERAL MOTORS L. P. STEUART, Inc. SERVICE STATION 1119 to 1127 21st St. N.W. THERE’S A RELIABLE OAKLAND-PONTIAC DEALER NEAR YOU! PADGETT-JOYCE MOTOR CO. H. R. KING MOTOR CO. 654 Pennsylvania Ave. S.E. 514 H St. N.E. BORDEN MOTOR CO. TEMPLE MOTOR CO. SERVICE MOTOR CO. Bethesda, Md. Alexandria, Va. Silver Spring, Md. g Mfl:"u"p__‘__-.l VIRGINIA ——j nham, Md. : I Manassas, Va. Culpeper, Va. Blythe Garage Frives :"::.'«‘ifi.f"i««. Pence Motor Company Garrett Motor Company La Plata, Md. Quantico, Va. Central Garage Co. Co. Paris Auto Service, Inc. 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