Evening Star Newspaper, November 10, 1929, Page 60

BIG GAIN IN8S IN1930 INDICATED Advance Expected to Menace Position of Six-Cylinder Cars in Few Years. As another year wanes discussion is hrmmwbeuuponn-lgn ificant de- veluvment which will occur in the au- tomotive industry in 1930, according to B. H. Cram, president of Cram’s Auto- motive Re] , Inc. Reference is made to the encroachment of the eight-cylin- der motor upon the favor which has for some time been bestowed largely upon the six-cylinder engine. Plans indulged by & number of the larger automobile manufacturers disclose that elghts will be present in the coming year's market in greatly increased numbers. Since its inception the industry has experimented with cars powered by en- gines equipped with 1 to 16 cy]lml!ra with vnrygxa success in satisfying th public demand. In the pioneer days motors of one, two three and four cylinders were used, until at length the four came. to be the engine enjoying THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, NOVEMBER 10, 1929—PART FOUR. lAMERlC_AN HISTORY BY MOTOR most popular usage. Dominance was held by this motor for nearly 20 years, when the six-cylinder motor, thrust into top position by an exigency in low- pfloefl car production, succeeded in taining ,this ascendancy to the preunl: time. Advance Getting Under Way. ‘The advance of the el‘hl-cylmder motor car has been getting under way during 1929. Numerous additions of this type of automobile have been made to the lines of several companies. But witness the tremendous gain in public favor which the euhm will make in 1930. So aggressive is the step which the industry will take in this direction that the tlme when this line of cars will menlce position of the six at the top to be not far distant, pmvld:du :n:dvlnce continues in the years follow) 3 vlrtuLUy ewrxo pany producing in the §1,0 prlce chss or above vlll be represented with one or more eight-cylinder lines in 1930. At least five companies, whose output herewf has been confined -exclusively to nx- cylinder cars, will add this type of car to their lines in the coming year. It is reagonable to believe that as the next mr &m‘retm still other concerns will e in their production " :ppuent tendency of the pub- lic to favor h shift, like most such oc- currences, is.for the most part inex- ble. It may be attributed in p;n -y Wm? 4 m:‘ il average for aul oblles with larger and more power- ful motors ‘and to the concurrent in- crease in the average purchaser’s buy- ing power. ‘Will Be Watched Closely. Combined, these two factors produce a condition which the nunuhmren mlm and evidently are efld nizance of. That the wbuc sho wish to do'n motor -cars of greater power and speed may seem an unwar- ranted and even foolish desire to some observers. But .if the manufacturers that this desire does exist it mtmmmwdeuwmuponm mfim flu rue of the eight in favor -during 1930 will be a develop- ment which will be watched closely and with much interest. l}. is a fact tbl: as regards economy of operation an upkeep the eight-cylinder motor will match the nx—cy ler engine of light horsepower, thanks to the efficiency. of pru: ice, but will modern mdnnrlu \ "M '.h- w the oppommm ter of saf .lnd'.he bllc mnm wety pul NEW FACTORY CENTER. ‘Williamsport, on Susquehanna Trail, Adds Industries. Although Williamsport, Pa., the half- | cases' ‘way point on the scenic-historic Susque- hanna Trail’ Wi connecting ashington | w; and Mul.rl Falls,"“is best known motordom as 8 .mecca for tourist heuuu of its ideal location, hotels, mountain' water and amuse- ments, it is rapidly attaining new prom- inence as a city of diversified manufac- tures. In 1865 Williamsport had one big in- dustry—lumber, and between 1885 and 1!10 it produced more sawed lumber than any other city in the United States. ‘Today it boasts of 94 diversified indus- tries. Airplane and automobile motors, rubber footwear, wire rope and silks are among its principal products. DRY CAVE OPENED. Alexander Cavern Located Near Lewistown, Pa. L. L. Weaver of Woodward, Pa., who has been interested in caves and caverns since a boy and who developed the famous Woodward dry cave near the Susquehanna Trall in Central :sgmylumn, has lately opened a new | reckl lsllld to be the largest in van] It is called the Alexander Cavern and is located near Lewistown, Pa. Itis a project which Weaver has been work- ing on for several years. U. S. FAR AHEAD IN NUMBER OF AUTOS NOW IN OPERATION (Continued From Fifth Page.) sutomobiles then are to be found in either Germany or Australia. This American city has twice as many cars as Argentina, about four times as many as the whole of Italy or Spain or Bra- zil or New Zealand. India, with its vast population. has only 131,500 registered cars. Egypt, famous center of ancient culture and civilization, has less than 26,000 registered cars. Poland has 27,000. ‘Automobiles are said to be first in exports of manufactured “roducts from the United States. Last year, accord- ing to the Department of Commerce re- , cars and parts valued at more B?ln ‘500000000 were shipped to for- eign buyers. It is evldem that the steady increase in the number of auto- mobiles in various countries throughout the world, which is bound to come, will be made possible in the main by Amer- jcan cars. Some of the American au- tomobile manufacturing concerns have already established enormous manufac- turing and assembling plants in some foreign countries, and this sort of ex” pansion wil probably continue. In the meantime the exporting of automobiles made in American factories is necessary to keep production in large enough volume to keep the cost prices down, for the beneflt of both the customers in this country and abi HIGHWAY TRAFFIC PERIL T0 CHILDREN Increased Transportation, Due to Improved Roads, Menace to Sthool Pupils. Improved roads and motor vehicle transportation, which have brought modern educational advantages to rural children, are a source of ever-increasing r to the school boys and girls in l’ts centers. f pointed out in a stat it issued the American Road Bufldcn' Associa- tion in its campaign for highway safety. “Since 1918,” the statement says, “ac- cording to the United States Bumu of Education, more than 35,000 small, in- efficient rural schools have been closed, approximately 10,000 consolidated schools established, and an average of about $24,000,000 expended anni in transporting puplls to school. Danger in Rural Areas Minimiszed. “These rural children are spared most of the dangers which have taken the lives of thousands of their city cousins. ‘They encounter less traffic on their way to and from school; they have no dan- gerous streets to cross, with jangling electric cars, honking motor horns, huge trucks dash! hither and yon; they have vast flelds and woods to play in. ‘The ve! ' are given more care by watchful parents. “The safety problem of the city school child is one that demands the ufienzlcn of parents, of educational authorities, of city officials and police, of safety ornn izations, -ummo e clubs, churches and ety kuom are being taught, safety phyu given, schoolboy “t:oh organized to guide the children across d from their hrfimlu re- traffic streets that have most of the trafic. nwm-ulmcm ¥ “In the motor vaunlo»pdum talities which occurred in 1928 u.- tics of the National Safety Council show that 33 per cent were of children under 15 years of age. Collision of o~ tor vehicles with pedestrians e.uud 58 per cent of the total number of deaths. compiled in 14,913 predes- trian, accidents "‘lvaunuonlln 6,253 the pedes confused by Mc In 5236 necuenu the cause as obstructed Surely these con: ammmybaremedbdmdmml- dents prevented. “A eampthma circumstances of ‘motor __vehicle u:cmm ws that in 23,867 cases tfllnnt ‘the signals, 3,618 were crossing with the signals, and 1,377 were crossing diagonally at intersections. Accidents at Street Crossings. “Crossing the street between intersec- tions caused 22,488 pedestrians to meet with motor vehicle accidents; 16,328 ac- cidents happened to children at play in the streets; 1,603 to children or hitching on vehicles. ‘Exactly one-half the fatalities and one-half the accidents involving col- lision between motor vehicles nnfl bi- cycles occurred to children under 15 years of age. months pass. The responsibility is a divided one. After the efforts of ll concerned have thoroughly awakened the school child to c_dangers, the less motorist is yet to be dealt with. Need of Rigid Laws Stressed. “The traffic laws to protect school children must be ldequsu and rigidly enforced. But laws and regulations can make small amends um accidents happen. “The National Education Association has joined with the American Road Builders’ Association in an appeal to motorists of the Nation to practice ex- treme caution in or.near school zones, and to extend to school children the courtesy of the right bf way.” ———e 8,000,000 CARRIED - DAILY BY BUSSES Record of Passengers in Year in . United States 24 Times Greater Than Population. Busses traveling over American high- ways carry 8,000,000 passengers a day. or 3,000,000000 a year—24 times the total population of the United States. Bus passengers pay $300,000,000 & year for transportation. Common carrier bus lines now oper- ate regularly over 290,000 miles of bus routes, as compared with 250,000 miles of steam railroads and 45,000 miles of electric railways. These are a few of the highlights brought out by William C. Blake, man- ager of bus and taxicab tire sales of a rubber eompln&.m addressing a recent trict sales managers at ted out that Winter’s Approach Sends Motor Tour To Spanish Trail As the season for motoring in milder climes is near at hand, the series of highway travel sketches which have been appearing in The Sunday Star under the title “American History by Motor” will swing next Sunday to the Old Spanish Trail, starting at St. Augustine, Fla, and proceeding \‘n San Diego, Calif. ‘ltlt Southern route along the Gulf Cosast, often called nu “Riviera of America,” is the mo- torist's road of romance. In its main line of 2,900 miles, it takes its festooned way through Tal- lahassee, Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans and through New lberh. the Evangeline country in South- ern Louisiana. It runs th.rou(h Houston, Tex., with a spur to San Jacinto battlefield, where ‘Texans won their independence from Mexico, and follows cn to San Antonio and the historic Alamo, thence over the trail blazed bé devout ploneers who set mis- bells to ringing all the way. to_California. James W. Brooks, who is en- in rewriting American his- from the standpoint of the modern highway for The Sunday Star, wll.l continue to direct these historic tours, assisted by Calvin A. Fader, as illustral DECISION EXEMPTS GAS TAX PAYMENTS Wisconsin Car Owners May Deduct Amount From U. S. Income Levy. the purchaser of motor "mflm?ofl umpynmt&e mnnemgnler Protest of was mi American Motorist Assoc! *, il 'ro nflue cha nmmma of Wisconsin, mumycthersuu.wmm- ik, whs poimted ut, wie et 3 out to double uxl'.lm ln'~ ha flum‘ pay & menl income uxancmllnatnum wmsuu “This,” J. xoe{e (eneru.l manager of the A, “The problem grows greater as the | decisf B, S o ;L.:;‘nnn in t:xe l:uu of Wi wise Pedml motorist wiu.amln yur &‘lg‘m average of $11 ll.l“t “The decision of th - f"""“' m"‘;“' mm‘; bumu is im. ouf im, use by amending the prese; to make it cle'.:‘r zhn !S:‘:’ tlflauh: ::; e motorists of - be permitted to &smu‘u granted to the nlln under the new simp] ing ogy to show clear); intent il to make the ux‘:yeol::ucnu'?: tax. No one denies that the motorist pays the tax, and the law should be amended to permit the motorist to mlke this daducuothm? his annual Federal r. Keefe ‘The association will “dkec};or ng: make the necessary change in the m;- :;l:ltn h;.n which, !{1 done, will mean the annual ll !Bnflfl from y of .php;:m-uz the Districy pays an .vmn of uo in gasoline association’s _statement deel-g. b Get Ready For. WINTER Driving—Now! PRESTONE Anti-Freese Liquid G-P-A (Title registesed U. 8. Patent Office.) age motorist now travels some 6,000 1y at, therefore, an estimated $300. If the motorist's travel- l.n‘ were all to be done over intermedi- roads rather than concrete the cost for this “privil ‘would be $54. But if the motorist were POOR ROADS RAIE £ COST OF TRAVELING & compelled to bump over low-t; extra travel cost would wh!ch is $114 that could be better spent. ‘motorist assoclation has just polnud out that 16 States this year spent less money on highway improve- ment than they did last year, even in the face of mounting car registrations. Obviously, this cannot be called econo- my, for every mile of unimproved road a community tolerates costs the tax- payer hard cash through extra car ex- penses, which have to do with fuel oll, l;ll' depreciation, tire wear and al- Expenses Are Calculated at 38 Per Cent Above High- Type Highways. ‘The ;mwrm who pays out a dollar in car operating expenses in traveling over high-type roads must pay $1.18 in traveling the same distance on inter- toring can t.hmuqh more extensive highway im- these must come hrough the expedient of making more mmy available for highway construc- ype 3 ling . , highway educational writer. The travel cost over the same distance on low-type roads is $1.38. These costs, determined and H. 8. Carter of l.n;ry" average car Barbara Frietchie’s Flag. One of the interesting things to in Frederick, Md., one of uu umrn-. cities on the ulquehamu flag which Barbara Blmhle waved before the passing Confederates in the Civil War. ing uver so-called low-f cording to their calcula over gravel, and so on, is one- than driving over smooth Niagara hlll Lighted. tic searchlights candlepower {l- Each developing 1,440,000, Tuminate ‘N’hnn Falls. —By James W. Brooks (Sketches by Calvin A. Fader.) ‘ PERFECT BALANCE AIDS AUTO SAFETY ™ Cars of Today Far Superior in Re- lationship of Parts to Former Makes, Says Dealer. The inherent balance of the modern automobile is an outstanding reason for its unusual safety margin and for the and | improved fldtnl qu-mm to be noted. This 15 pointed out by Oscar Coolican, local dealer, who says that, as compared with the -&wmob‘u of even lmxl;w ears ose of today are nothing y ST’ in their precise bal- nnce. in the well nigh per(ecl relation- to another. aul buckbo‘rd A watch must be perfectly balanced to run properly. The auto- mobile of today is a& masterpiece of clock-like illon. “Only e to!‘vwkm:,‘ml t.hrmh opment of machines which are marvels of lecuncy ve the the lummowe geniuses of ind Seeh able to evolve & motor | tion of gt A “compared with ' for export to foriegn countries. car ‘h thus may be com| Delivered Also a JOSEPH _B. TREW, President a fine timepiece in the mnnne precision of parts and materials, the matching of elements perfectly to evolve a oomple%aly anced product. “If ever there was romance and great- neulnanmdu.m'yltuwhu( in the story of this endeavor to bring its product to a state of perfect balance which to a large degree means perfec- tion. True, the automobile of today is not 100 per cent perfect or 100 per ecm efficient, but it is true that t.hu ciples of motor car design as them have been refined to a lnt which at least seems to approach that state. “This striving for perfect balance has been going on in the industry for the last quarter century and more. It -m continue to go on as long as there is an automobile industry. But it is well for us to bear in mind that never in the industry’s long and colorful history have some of its workers béen so suc- in uhlcvl.nl this md have been in the now fill the Nation's lhm " APPLES ALONG TRAIL. ‘The apples of Adams County, Ps., through which the Susquehanns Trail passes, are tempting. The aversge crop of the county amounts to about 2,000,000 bushels, bringing about $1,- 000.000 annually into the county. are sought in many muunm An erence to those grown in other parts oftheUnlMShhl Allmfiw— the annual production used N[W DODGE SEDA Two-Door Type - 5gd5 Regular Price, $1,080 Sample Showroom Cars All Completely Equipped AIRPLANE ENGINES INCARS SEEN SOON- Rapid Development of Avia- tion Power Plants Is Watched by Engineers. The close tie that has developed between the automobile and the air- lane as the two modern means of rtation brings to light the in- uzeflfie fact uut at no very dis- of the type utoms are known to be developing -airplage awer plants at this time and it is secretly rumored throughout engineering circles that the perfm!on of these enllnu 8o commonly des! nated as of airplane type may soon used in motor cars, Wwith only such mechanical variations as the two differ- nature of the te flight in the skies and the other for nng:mcpeedumm-mhnn. eral of the nation's leading car car magnates state that uu gu every reason to expect that at an elrly sutomobile endux:::‘? S sarsas ¥ b 2 auf ve e! 0o] - plane type of power plant to accomplish such an end. The automobile industry as I whole paid scant attention to dnvelapment until a fact, not until set out from New York cny snd his plane at Le Bourget Fiel no Undberg'ho i ea wnmflfi elements in the most dramatic fi history centered the attention of lud~ engineers on nrplnu of uwm today is receiving more nical nmmm' than any other bnnch FEW FOUR-DOOR SEDANS Available THE TREW MOTOR CO. Phones—Decatur 1910 to 1913 Meintenance Dopartment Salesroom Open Daily Until 9 PM. Sundays Until 5 P.M. 1317.19 W Street N.W. Kaplan & Crawford, Inc. 2329 Champlain St. N.W. Leonardtown Motor & Hardware Co. Schooley Motor Co. Leonardtown, Md. Alexandris, Va. H. C. Fleming Motor Co. Lusby Motor Co. Hyattyville, Md. Prince Frederick, Md. B 2 o s Bl ooy Sl Dt n as Eg;ecuy employed in this country lt are 1:&' -pprox!mluly ng,&oo busses 1509-11 Fourteenth St. N.-W. work. g in the Ui tes,” Mr. ! It will be interesting to mote the Dake seid. “These are divided into I. C. Barber Motor Co la some of lassifications: Comm rriers, i b » e 1R Gtiine’ bt DRIsk BeTaLe ove: & THgUISE DOtk O 1805 14th St. N.W. Mitchell Motor Co. number of automobiles increases. It uredule at a regular rate of fare, -nd can be taken for xnnud mn as the | private carriers, such busses », number of cars inereases and as high- school, sightseeing and hotel service.’ o Z Le Plats, Md. i are &lmmm :flhm wtll ‘l;:»:ggfl “Ealy this ats, 3 vances use of modern o ments now often not available. Citi~ Frye Motor Co. zens will have facilities' for more com- fortable living and in general a broader rated dependent com- view of life, due to the more extensive L-vd made possible.