Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1929, Page 72

In the Motor World BY G. ADAMS HOWARD, N tires of silk, in & tremen- o pevagoner engine, 2 4,000-horsepow YUght, b’:" bos) 12&1 = , but powerful compar! ment, Kaye Don, an English rac- ing automobile driver, expects Lo travel over the sands of Daytona Beach next February at a speed :t between 250 and 300 miles an our. tches from Wolverhamp- ton, land, where Don and a corps of automotive experts are working on the land- ed demon, tell of secret con- . struction of’ the machine, behind hish walls and guarded gates. ust what the new attempt to break the record of Sir Henry O. D. Segrave's 231 miles an hour over the smooth sands at Daytona will bring forth is only in the realm of conjecture, but the plans for putting the newest big racing car through its paces lends evi- dence to the prediction of Capt. J. 8. Irving, designer of Sir Henry Segrave's Golden Arrow, that cars would be built within a year of the making of the present record on the nnl%nwny. capable of speeds up to miles an hour or more. ‘Tires Big Problem. Capt. Irving, in Washington on his return with Sir Henry Segrave from the successful tests of the Golden Arrow, last Spring said that he could design a car that would do far better than the Golden Arrow’s record if he could be assured of some sort of safety above Sir Henry's record by tire manufacturers. ‘When the Golden Arrow streaked down the beach at Daytona last Spring to establish the record of better than 231 miles an hour, the tires on which it rode were the aeme of gerteenon for rubber and eotton fabric in the opinion of the leading British tire manufacturers. Capt. !rvin‘ regards as a relative- ly simple matter the construction of the machine eapable of speeds above the record of Maj. Segrave, ‘but eight months ago he did not place much faith in tires as they were known theniat speeds above | p, that figure. Spent $75.000 on Tires. About $75,000 was spent in the development of the tires, which did not show a mark after Sir Henry Segrave finished his record run on the broad sand speed course, which is regarded as the finest natural straightaway in the world. Those tires, however, were not guaranteed for one second above the 250-mile-an-hour mark, which their makers set for them, and for that reason Sir Henry ad- mitted he did not push the Golden Arrow the limit in his record run. Before he went to Daytona a Washington newspaper reporter asked Sir Henry what would hap- pen if a tire blew out while he was going in excess of 200 miles an hour. The Briton smiled and said: “I should never know anything about it” It was true. A blown tire would have left Sir Henry's car just a erumpled mass of smoking steel. Every inch of the cotton fabric in the tires on the Golden Arrow was tested, and scores of skeins, each composed of about 7 miles of string, went into the making of Sir Henry's tires. Silk Tires New Idea. But the tires of silk, on which Don hopes to ride to & new record. open up an entirely new avenue of thought in the tire-making in- dustry. There is every reason to believe that silk in tire fabric would be stronger and withstand far more beating than the cotton fabric, which is in general use in the manufacture of tires. Whether silk can be adopted to the rubber used in tire to combine its strength with the rubber, as the cotton does, is another question, and one which Don and his corps of aldes are trying to work out. Motor of- ficials of the American Automobile Association are waiting eagerly for further details of the Kaye Don machine. : Val Haresnape, secretary of the contest board of the A. A. A, which has charge of the arrange- ments in all tests conducted at Daytona, as well as on many of the principal motor speedways of the country, reports that there are rumors of others, at least two ma- chines, being ‘made in this country in preparation for assaults on Sir Henry's record in the February trials. One machine is being built in Florida and another is being built in the Middle West, accord- ing to Haresnape. The plans of the American racer builders are nebulous, Haresnape says. Motorists Pay Huge Tax. Estimating the total 1929 motor vehicle registration in the United States at 26,000,000, motorists of the country will pay into the treasuries of the States a total of $450,000,000 in the form of gasoline taxes, practically all of which will 8o to the construction and main- tenance of motor highways, ac- cording to a survey of the Ameri- can Petroleum Institute. Gasoline taxes, recognized now as the best means of motor road financing, have risen from 50 cents over motor vehicles in 1921 to $13 per vehicle in 1928, according to the institute. The institute esti- mates that the figure may reach $17 this year. The taxes are col- lected in every State in the Union and range up as high as 6 cents a gallon. Evidence of Diversion. But the institute voices alarm over what it believes is evidence of the diversion of some of the money collected for roads to other urposes. ‘The institute states: “A survey of editorial comment in every State in the Union indicates that a reasonable gasoline tax with revenue honestly and efficiently expended for highway construc- tion and maintenance only stands in high public favor. But both news and editorial columns indi- cates that high tax rates, diversion of revenue to numerous and unre- lated ends, construction of un- suitable, temporary and ‘political’ highways, and the opening of gasoline revenue to waste and in- efficiency, if not graft, have created a demand for a strict ac- counting. Not Getting the Roads. “Editors in States where the gasoline tax rate is 4 cents and that group includes the majority of commonwealths—complain that the motoring public is not getting the roads for which it is paying. Moreover, they chronicle the growing antagonism of organiza- tions of motorists, industries and taxpayers against legislators who insist upon advocating gasoline tax rate increases over wide pro- tests and beyond the needs of the State.” The gasoline tax is one of the easiest collected of all taxes, it simply comes in with the purchase price of the gasoline, the pump tells the collector how much gaso- line has been sold by the filling station, and the money is turned ?l'" to the State by the filling sta- lon. OUTLINES PROGRESS ACHIEVED IN HIGHWAY SAFETY CAMPAIGN “The eternal triangle of vehicle traf- fie i the car, the road and the driver,” declares Prederic A. Reimer, president eriean Road Builders' Asso- clation. which is now carrying on its third highway safety campaign. “Safety is & major factor of con- struction of the car and the highway, but is not viewed as paramount in the most important angle of all, the mind of the driver. The safety triangle s not_yet complete,” Reimer adds. ‘The average motor trip of the aver- eitizen described by Reimer to llustrate how thousands of lives are #aved each year on American highways. ““The motorist sets forth,” he says, “in a motor car equipped with four- wheel brakes so that it may stop quickly, and with balloon tires which tend to hold it steady on the pavement. The steering wheel could be operated by a mere child, it works so lentl{. ‘The gs and shock absorbers elimi nate fatigue. which is the arch enemy of safety. Improved and reserve er for uniform ac- celeration at all speeds enable him to travel swifily, yet safely. Much Money Speat in Research. “He knows that uugmobflo manufac- ously " for esearch Sowara or “gnw-nwmdbemr their produets. Eflm es sines the first cars were along, he finds most curves - that once these “As he drives the ened or super-elevated so that he scarcely needs slacken his speed. Some have been removed entirely by relgca- tion of the road “A white streak in the center of the road divides the two lanes of traffic, particularly at curves or thé approach to the peak of a hill. If he drives in or 3 rafls outer edge which wi mt?ummmum ordinary conditions. Warniag Signs Plentiful. “Everywhere are to be seen , such as ‘Sharp Curve, ' ‘and similar designations, erected help along with highway safety. “Many of the hea traveled roads i he drives upon now have four ¢ lanes, two in each direction, and he finds he can increase his speed on these roads and yet endanger no one. any remembers as obstructing the view at ‘curves sre being removed, in many | S lisions there. Where crossings are still on the same level he often finds them protected by fiashing and moving signs and ringing bells. OM-time Dust Hazard Removed. “On dirt roads he finds that treat- ment by olls has removed the old-time dust hazard. On both dirt and paved roads he finds the trend is toward smoother, safer surfaces. Once dan- gerous one-way bridges and traffic bot- tle necks are rapidly disappearing and thousands of llars have been ex- pended to build safety into new bridges and approaches, * “He finds the highway maintenance forces and the State highway (put.ru‘- men enthusiastic in the cause of high- way safety and doing all they can to encourage careful driving. He notices other drivers paying careful attention to traffic signals, using caution in en- on a through roadway, giving signals when turning out in traffic, slowing down or stopping at intersec- tions or school zones, giving considera- tion to fellow travelers. “There’s only one conclusion that a motorist can reach under these conditions. That is to put as much safety into his driving as he finds built into sutomobile and the Na- tion’s roads.” SENATE ACTION SEEN AID TO AUTO TRADE Approval of League Ruling on Im- port and Export Restrictions Held Benefit to Industry. ‘The United States Senate has ratified its second League of Nations Conven- : | tlon, “For the Abolition of Import and Export Prohibitions and Restrictions.” One of the greatest benefits to the United States from this treaty will be to widen the markets in Europe for the American automobile industry. ‘This convention was dug out of com- mittee files by Senator Vandenberg of Michigan, whose State is the center of auf le manufacture. The Senator said yesterday that the ratification of this treaty and lifting of present import restrictions by. certain foreign countries “will open the markets for thousands more American-made automobiles Europe.” ‘The terms of the convention make it necessary that 17 natlons shall have ratified it by September 30, 1929, in force. Therefore the United States’ | ratification has been malled post haste to Geneva, where it will arrive just in ‘w"m'se?nm i, at the secretariat P . President Hoover, when he was Sec- retary of Commerce, is said to have de- clared a year ago in recommending this convention, that the United States “has to lose and - siderable to gain” by its ratification. efficlency Cars increase former’s labor 68 per cent, The huge . advertising signs that he ?I‘dzr that the convention shall go into THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C... SEPTEMBER 29, 1929—PART ‘4. PARIS SALON TO DRAW EYES OF AMERICAN AUT® MAKERS| FOR DRiVING SAFETY PIGTURESQUE AREA OPENTO TOURISTS New Roadway Leading to Montreal Passes Through Historic Territory. The opening this Summer of the new road between Lake George and Lake Champlain provides the motorist with a different approach to Montreal, and one both picturesque and historical. For it passes through a territory that is fa- mous for the part it played In Revolu- tionary days, and there are innumerable historical monuments and markers to be seen on the Saratoga Battlefield, at Schuylerville, at Fort Miller and Fort Edward, and Ticonderoga and all along the shore of Lake Champlain. Any of the conventional routes from the Capital to New York City will suffice to bring the Washington motorist to the real starting point of this tour. If the tour is to be a leisurely one, there may be a stop for a day or two in the big city for a peep at the new shows, a round or two on the Great White Way z;'r s‘?me other activity as typically New ork. Albany Post Road Recommended. From New York City, the Automobile Club of America suggests that the mo- torist will find the best approach to this Hudson-Champlain trail, which is route No. 30, will be over the Albany post road, route No. 9, leaving the city via Broadway and passing on northward through Yonkers, Hastings, Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytown, Croton, Peekskill, Pough- keepsie, Red Hook, Hudson, East Green- bush and Defreetsville to Troy. Con- tinue northward out of Troy for a short ways and then cross over the Hudson into Waterford and still follow route No. 9 until Mechanicsville is reached. Here we pick up route No. 30, which runs through Stillwater, Bemis Helghts, through the Saratoga Battlefleld, Vic- tory Mills, to Schuylerville and Nor- thumberland. Here we leave route No. 30 to cross over the Hudson Canal and run via Fort Miller, Fort Edward to Hudson Falls. Number 30 is picked up again and fol- lowed through Fort Ann, Comstack, Whitehall, Dresden Station, Putnam, Montcalm Landing, to Ticonderoga. ‘This stretch of road from Whitehall to ‘Ticonderoga runs over the narrow neck of land that lies between the upper end of Lake George and the lower end of Lake Champlain. ‘The old fort at Ticonderoga is off to the right from the main part of the town and it is weli worth a visit. Continuing northward from Ticonder- oga, along route No. 30, we come to Crown Point, and a short distance be- yond here is the entrance to the new bridge across Lake Champlain which goes over to Chimney Point in Vermont and which was only opened a week or so 2go. Route Bordering Lake Champlain. Still following route No. 30 alongside of Lake Champlain we pass through Port Henry, Westport, Wadhams, Essex and Willsboro and then inland to Keese- ville and through Ausable Chasm to Plattsburg. At Keeseville we leave route No. 30 to follow route No. 9, as this takes us through Ausable Chasm, which is one of the wonders of this section; route No. 30 passes through Peru inte Plattsburgh. After leaving Plattsburgh we continue on along No. 9 through Chazy, Rouses Point, Lacolle, Napierville, La- prairie and St. Lambert to Montreal, on the St. Lawrence River, one of the most popular objectives for a motor trip in the eastern part of the country. The American customs office is loc: ed at Rouses Point and the Canadian at Lacolle. Motorists should be sure to stop and report at both places. For the return trip back to the United States, for use when reporting at the United States immigration office, located at the international boundary line, motorists are advised to have with them some proof of their legal residence in this country, such as a birth certificate, their citizenship papers or a letter from some political authority stating they have the legal right to re-enter this country, For the return trip from Montreal the club advises that the route down through Vermont and thus into the Berkshire hills, in Western Massachu- setts, would be an ideal one. From prairie, instead of running southward through St. Philippe and St. Jacques, go eastward instead to St. Johns and then over the bridge to Iberville, in the Province of Quebec, and thence south through Henryville, and Pike River to g:)gn}:g!u Springs, in the State of Ver- Road Leading to Danbury. ‘This is route No. 7 and this one will carry the motorist all the way down to Danbury, Conn. In Vermont, the State of the Green Mountain boys, who played such an im- portant part in the history of Fort Ticonderoga, visited on the outgoing route, we run through St. Albans, Wi- nooskl, Burlington, Vergennes, Middle- bury, Brandon, Pittsford, Rutland, Clar- endon, Wallingford, Manchester, Ar- lington and Bennington. Here again is another famous battleground of the Revolutionary War. The battle monu- ment here is well worth a visit, and so also is the site of the Catamount Tav- ern, which was the headquarters of the committee of safety. ‘We enter Massachusetts at Williams- town, that fine old college town located at the western end of the Mohawk Trail and the eastern end of the Ta- conic Trail. Willlamstown has often been called the “Village Beautiful.” and it well deserves the name. Motorists ‘who wish to take the Taconic Trail over to Troy and thence to Albany to take the night line down to New York will find the turn for the trail right at the Greylock Hotel. Continuing southward from Williams- town, we run past Pontoosuc Lake into Pittsfield, another of the famous Berk- shire towns and the business center of the region. Next comes Lenox, then Stockbridge, Great Barrington, Shef- field and Ashley Falls, and then we cross over the State line into Connect~ icut. Canaan is the first town and then down the Housatonic River Valley, through Falls Village, Cornwall Bridge, Kent, Gaylordsville and New Milford to Danbury. From here, while we may continue along route 7 to Norwalk and thence along the post road back to the city, the prettiest road will be found by way of Ridgefield, Cross River, Bed- ford and Armonk to White Plains, thence over the Bronx River parkway. o EARLY TAX TO SAVE AUTOISTS TROUBLES Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, September 21.—Mary- land automobile owners who have not paid their taxes will save themselves possible complications & few months hence in getting their 1930 licenses by paying before the end of this month, according to officials of the motor vehi- cle commissioner’s office. Before auto licenses for one year are in| jssued taxes for the preceding year must be paid and the evidence of pay- ment is the perforation stamp placed on the application form. These forms are sent to the tax collecting agencies of the State by the commissioner of motor vehicles. The forms are then checked against the records in the tax ! office and the application blanks in the name of owners who have paid the! taxes are perforated with the receipt stamp and returned to the commissioner of motor vehicles for mailing out to auto owlr;xenh ] ying taxes before the ere! dy £ le owners. Virtually Every Producer to Be Repre- sented at French Showing Opening Thurs- day as Result of Increasing Exports. BY E. Y. WATSON. DETROIT, Mich., September 28 (N.A.N.A.).—Exports staffs of the automobile companies arg concentrating on the Paris Salon de L’Auto- mobile, which opens next Thursday. Virtually every American pro- ducer will be rePreunud by a complete line of models, on a par with what 1s shown in New Yor! Janual n duting the national automobile show in W{xylie the American show commands international interest be- cause cars first exhibited there eventually find their way abroad, the Paris exhibition in reality is the international show, as it assembles in one exhibition the cars of both Europe and America. Because the United States has forged s0 far ahead of the rest of the world in motorizing highway transportation, the cars bullt in Great Britain, France, Ger- many and other overseas countries have, with some notable exceptions, small chance of being marketed on this side of the ocean, 5o few are sent here for pub- lic exhibition. Have Added Incentive. The American builders this year have an added incentive to exhibit their models abroad because they see in fu- ;ure world trade development the righest opportunity the automotive industry has ever had. How fast it is approaching is seen by the recent National Automobile Chamber of Commerce summary of for- eign operations for the first six months of this year, which showed the automo- bile to the volume leader among the exports of America for the first time on_record. Exports of automoblles, parts and ac- sessorles for the first half of 1929 totaled $339,160,000, an increase of 36 per cent over the same period a year ago. With this total, motor products surpass ex- ports of raw cotton, which had consti- tuted the ll;]!lt item in our foreign trade, and which fell off 13 per cent. Fifth of Output Exported. In approximate volume the automo- tive exports now comprise one-fifth of the total American production of cars, ‘which is expected to exceed 5,000,000 for the present year. ‘The growing number of companies that manufacture the bodies for the cars they build has received an addition 4n Packard, which recently has put in the equipment and facilities to do this work. The equipment includes a fac- tory building for body assembly, stamp- ing machines and presses, and arc weld- ing machines, The presses stamp back panels and rear quarter panels out of single sheets of metal at one operation. The Packard method calls for back and rear panels to be welded together, and then the side panels of the roof with the front cross piece of the roof. Strengthening Joints, Welding is done by huge machines which fuse the two met-{enhuu 1o~ gether by an electric flash more than one yard long. The joint thus formed is stronger than the metal itself. Welding processes now used in body bullding, it is sald, are giving motor car bodies an element of strength they never had before. For silence and the deadening of sound one improvement now used is & rubber lini cemented to the chassis frame, upon which the body is mounted and which gives a cushioning effect. MILADY’S MOTORING By Frederick C. Russell It's & wise woman who, following an accident, can have the fender patched up just well enough to ask friend hus- :-ng ‘: few days later how he came to len Now and again one has to take the new car on a crowded route where all one’s best intentions have to be side- tracked in favor of keeping up with the procession. When this happens, stop at the next filling station and put two quarts of light engine oil into a full tank of gas. It will then be safe enough to run at road speed without risk of scoring the cylinders of the new and tight engine, If you are 34 and are finding it dif- cult to learn to drive a car, do not be discouraged. There are many others in the same predicament and a little spe- cial effort on your part should solve the difficulty of mastering the car. More woman applicants for license of the age of 34 were turned down by one of the Eastern State’s motor vehicle depart- ments this year than of any other age. ‘The male contingent seems to have less chance of passing drivers’ test if around 18 years of age. ‘We are getting along to a season of the year when it is very important to nurse the battery over its frequent sinking spells. Often, forea woman, the battery is the fimsy bridge between getting there and being stranded. In the first place, with the approach of Fall the days are shorter and lights must be switched on earlier. The morn- ings are apt to be foggy, a situation that also calls for using the headlights. In ddition, there are the cool, damp ga- ages, which make starting more diffi- cult in many instances than in Win- ter, when the car may be in a heated environment. Also after a Summer of touring the battery is apt to have been damaged through excessive charging. There may be plates in one of the cells ready to buckle at the owner's first slip-up in the work of adding distilled water. Don't let any misinformed filling sta- tion attendant convince you that anti- knock and high-test gases are one and the same thing. They are very different. Some high-compression gas is in the anti-knock category, but, unfortunately for the car owner, the terms are too loosely used. High-test should be used only in cold weather, but anti-knock is use- ful in all seasons. With one of the anti- knock fuels, the ingredient that si- lences the engine can be mixed with any brand of gas whose refiners are licensed for the combination. This pro- vides quite a variation in anti-knock gases, and the owner should use the kind that seems to work best in the engine. Because they come from different crudes and are refined by different processes, ordinary gases have certain anti-knock qualities in varying degrees. But it isn’t a question of volatility or high-test characteristics. High-test gas is for quick starting in colder weather and more efficiency during the Winter— 2@1 fitm-ruy for stopping combustion nocks. Listening to one of those sales argu- ments sandwiched in between Broadway hits over the radio the other evening, I heard what was termed a special mes- sage for women. A famous beauty spe- cialist of Europe was testifying to the superiority of a certain brand of m}y but added a generRl pointer to the ef- fect that the first rule of bDeauty was cleanliness. “Get the dirt off,” said the beauty expert, and for a moment it seemed as if she were passing qut a hint to women who want to keep their cars looking presentable. A clean car looks better than many a new one that has a dusty hood or ! finger-marked windows. Perhaps you | have noticed that in a heavy rain all cars, new or old, look pretty sleek. I wish the radio announcer had in- cluded a few remarks about the impor- tance of good soap in washing the car. If you have your car washed regularly certain garage, it would be a good upon A device now used as standard on three leading makes of cars, and which promises to be generally adopted, is a simple, but effective shock eliminator applied to the left front spring of the chassis. Various companies have adopt- ed it in different forms. Bracket-like Device. It is a bracket-like device with a spring which supplements the regular spring shackle, but which allows just enough play to reduce shocks trans- mitted from bumps in the road and felt through the steering column. It was the discovery of French engi- neers who happened on it while driving a car after the front spring had been broken They found that the breakage gave a cushioning effect, and they set about to construct a shackle that would give the same effect in a new spring. The new method of bracketing or shackling the left front spring was the result. The companies using it say the device also eliminates front wheel shimmy, cause of complaint since balloon tires came into use. (Copyright, 1020.) MORE ROADS NEEDED |[MOTOR TERMINAL PLAN URGED TO SOLVE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ' Doubling of Mileage Required to Equal Security of Ten Years Ago, Says Research Bulletin, CHICAGO, September 31.—The Unit- ed States would have to double its mileage of good roads immediately if it cared to go back to the safety and driving convenience of 10 years ago, according to a bulletin issued here by the American Research Foundation. “This country now has an average of 39 motor vehicles to every mile of hard- surfaced roads,” says the bulletin, “In 1918 the average was 20 cars to the mile of hard-surfaced roads. The fig- ures show that in 1918 there were 6,146,000 motor cars running over 300,- 000 miles of surfaced roads, while 1928 there were 24,493,000 motor cars operating, on 625,000 miles of surfaced highways. This shows that it would require 1,250,000 miles of good roads at the present moment to bring the average back to 20 motor cars per mile, “The groblem of sufficient highway space for the increasing number of mo- tor cars is national in scope,” says the bulletin. “The Natlon's investment in automobiles is more than $20,000,000.- 000, and extensive touring of the mil- lions of units of this vast investment makes all American roads one glorified highway. ““The steam engine almost wiped out highways, but the automobile brought them back and made them one of the important factors in American pros- perity. The service of great oil com- panies like Standard and Sinclair in gathering and refining petroleum and purveying the finished product through thousands of service stations along all Highways, where motor fuel and lubri- cants are always available for the au- tomobilist, is just as large a factor in the economic importance of the highe way as the mass production of cars.” Structures Built Int Recommended for o Office Buildings Is the Crowded Busi- ness Districts in Large Cities. Motor terminals built into office structures offer a solution of the traf- fic problem in the business districts of cities, Dr. Miller McClintock, director of the Erskine Bureau for Street Traffic Research of Harvard University, de- clares in a report to the American In- stitute of Architects. This tendency, he asserts, is so logical as to be inevitable. “Vehicular traffic is increasing in im- portance,” says Dr. McClintock. “The 25,000,000 registration point of auto- mobilists has just been passed in .the United States. The next 25 or 30 years in | should show something like a doubling of automobiles in use in the United States. Assuredly, if our present condi- tion of prosperity continues, that is not an unreasonable expectation. Conditions in Typical Cities. “In typical cities motor cars carry into central districts from 25 to 75 per cent of the entire number of people who come into the downtown area. The abil- ity, therefore, of the office building structure to provide an attraction and an accessibility for the use of those who demand that their transportation be by motor cars is an important one. “Parking facilities are quite as im- portant as are thoroughfares. The cen- tral district garage offers a solution. ‘There appears to be a defnite antipathy on the part of zoning officials, on the part of many builders and on the part of many merchants who own properties in central districts against the garage. In other words, many of them think of the garage as the converted livery stable, which was, of course, an undesirable neighbor. “A modern garage can be constructed in such a way that it is not only a very presentable neighbor from the stand- point of artistic appearance, but like- wise a very desirable neighbor from the standpoint of the operations which are carried on within it, Garage Placed Near Big Hotel “The largest capacity in the United States is located im"hnfl of the exclusive Park Square district in Boston, and indeed it is a next-door neighbor to one of the city’s best hotels, Assuredly no one conducting business or any one interested in the preservation of the beauty of the city could object to such a structure, either from the stand- point of its appearance or from the standpoint of the operations that are carried on within it. “Yet many of our zoninz regula- tions—many building laws—are such that it is financially impossible or legally impossible at the present time to construct adequate garage facllities in the central parts of our cities. In fact, one not unoccasionally finds a firm of a character which must of necessity depend to a considerable ex- tent upon the convenience of automo- bile traffic for its very existence op- posing desperately the location of a garage in its vicinity. “The tendency to incorporate within office building structures themselves terminal facilities for motor cars is illustrated to a far greater degree in the Western cities than in the ecities of the East, because in the West nor- mally a larger per cent of the working population is carried to work by means of the motor car. “These so-called integral garages are (Continued on Ninth Page.) more dollars for its Top Quality Top Performance “Top Value! adults i the five-passengercars—Afd thiet Wil Only a few dollars more per month than the lowest-priced cars on the market to own and enjoy this Super-Six. fine and beautiful Essex That little difference buys the top quality, top performance and top value of this field. Instead of a lesser car you have the unques- tioned leader. Instead of a compromise you have the best—a big Super-Six, fine appear- ance, rich upholstery and appointment, outstanding performance and riding ease, and foremost reliability of the year. For any car at all comparable to Essex you must pay a much higher price. Those who want roomy cars—room for five Easy to Buy of generous roominess. There is plenty of head and leg room, too. There is unexpected quality in the hardware and upholstery. Such fineness is not limited to things that can be seen. The seat springs are made to give lasting servieal The doors and windows are made to give pro- tection and stay in condition. These are but a few of the 76 ad- vantages you will find in Essex the Challenger. Go in- specttheothersand let your judgment of values decide. 095 AND_UP.AT FACTORY Easy to Own—For instance in this city your first payment with your present car included, may be as low as Your present car—with liberal appraisal—will probably cover the entire first payment. The H. M. C. Purchase Plan offers lowest available terms on_ balance. LAMBERT-HUDSON MOTORS CO. DISTRIBUTORS—PHONE DECATUR 2070 Service Station, 24th and M Streets N.W. Corner 14th and R Streets N.W. Schultze’s Motor Co. 1496 H St. N.E. Phone Lincoln 6265 METROPOLITAN DEALERS Uhniversal Auto Co., Inc. 1016 14th St. N.W. Tel. North 1177 Neumeyer Motor Co., Inc. ALCOVA GARAGE Arlington, Va, 1344-48 Conn. Ave. Tel. Decatur 1762 WARNER MOTOR CO. Hamilton, Va. MONOCACY GARAGE " Beallsville, Ma, $272, and your monthly payments $49.68. Howard Motor Co. Cor. R. I. & N. J. Aves. N.W. Tel. North 0456 McDevitt Motor Co. 2917 14th St. N.W, Tel. Col. 3747 HUDSON-ESSEX SALES R Brandywine, Md, -