Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1930, Page 60

4 In the Motor World BY G. ADAMS HOWARD. HE calendar year 1929 has endk with the Nation’s Capital traffic fatality list the lowest.of all cities of similar size in proportion to I)og- ulation, according to heads of the traffic department here. It is a worthy honor and a good exam- ple for the rest of the country. Figures at hand show that 81 ons were killed in traffic acci- lents in 1929 against 83 the year before. This decrease is shown in spite of the fact that there are more automobiles on the streets and more people. ‘The improvement cannot be what is desired until no fatalities are recorded, but such a record is of course impossible. Until the millennium such cannot be the case. One must be satisfied with a creditable showing, and such| has been the case during the past 12 months in Washington. Credit Due Every One. No one alone is responsible for| this record, and all concerned | should be given credit. This be- | longs not only to the director of | traffic, William H. Harland; the assistant director, M. O. Eldridge; | the head of the Traffic Bureau,| Inspector E. W. Brown; A. G. Seiler, engineer of the Traffic Bu- reau, and subordinates among the Metropolitan Police Force, but the; general public, including both motorists and pedestrians. | It is the co-operation of all| these integral parts that has| helped in its individual way throughout the year, and has given Washington a record to be proud of. It should be every one's personal resolution of the new year to lend more complete and | more thorough co-operation in the days to come in 1930pso that Washington may be truly recog- nized as the safest city of the United States. Each resident, each visitor in the National Capital has his or her duty to do in this undertak- ing. Each and every one should be pleased to unite in this effort. In this, which is seldonr true in| anything else, there can be no di- versity of opinion. Traffic Light Signals. The year just passed has seen the erection of many traffic light signals. The customary criticism arose and stopped. It might well be pointed out that in the ma- égfl y of cases it has not been e lights that have caused trouble but the way motorists and pedestrians use them. This is glrficululy so around some of he circles. What is true, also, is that the real efficiency of the lights cannot be ascertained until the city has pedestrian control at | such intersections. The lights were never meant to control just s?lme people at intersections but all. Anyway, new lights will soon shine on Eighteenth street from H street to Connecticut avenue, and on K street from Eighteenth street to the same thoroughfare. ‘Thomas Circle is about ready also for installation of the signals. One-Arm Driver. A real one-arm driver came to grief the other day when he plied to Hack Inspector Joe rington for a license to run a taxi. On his permit renewal some time ago he forgot to say that he had an impediment. He had lost his arm ce obtaining a permit to drive genu ago. Now, among other things, Harrington is of the opinion that a taxi driver should be equip with both arms. So the applicant did not get a hack- er'’s license, and had his permit to drive revoked because he had not properly answered the ques- tions necessary to obtain it. The office of the director of | traffic did not have to turn the man down because of his misfor- tune but because of his evasion to information required. It made it easier for them. No one-arm driver should be given a license to drive in Washington—that is, i htts one-arm driving is perma- nent. While dwelling for the nonce on: taxi drivers, the action of the| Public Utilities Commission in re- quiring all taxicabs to be respon- sible financially in case of injury | to a passenger is a commendable | ruling. The day has come when all drivers should be responsible| in all ways when on the public streets. The A. A. A. Exam, During the time the woman drivers’ instruction course, which | was given by the District of Co- lumbia division of the American Automobile Association, was in progress, some “mere males” in- dulged in more or less facetious remarks. Nevertheless, the woman drivers persisted in mastering the | details of “what goes on under- | neath the hood.” How well they | did is evidenced by the fact that| approximately 500 attained pass-| ing marks in the final examina- tions. That those who scoffed may be thoroughly confounded, the ques- tions which formed the basis of | the tests are given below. There were, questions each, one for the after- noon and the other for the eve- ning class, and any 10 of the| questions might be selected by the students. Here they are, motorists of Washington. Try yourself on them and see if they don't con- | vince you of the value of the| A. A. A. course. In all probability | there are many male drivers who | would fail in the test. | ‘Ten questions were required to be answered out of each list of 12.| 1. What is the purpose of the fly wheel and where is it located? | 2. What is the ring gear and what is its use? | 3. SBhould or should not the| clutch be disengaged while de- scending a hill, and why? . What is the induction coll? 5 Whllt L; the purpose of the; rk plugs | ‘p;. C‘pn g’uur car be started if the battery is dead? If so, how? 7. What does the generator do?‘ 8. What is the purpose of thu[ transmission? 9. Name two things that might be wrong if your engine misses? 10. What three precautions would you take before starting your motor? 11. What is apt to happen when as shown, two lists of 1z| you have too much oil in your motor? 12. What precautions should you take before parking a car? Second Group. 1. What is the purpose of the differential, and where is it lo- cated? 2. Is there any harmful result from driving with wheels out of allnement? 1If so, what? 3. What is the purpose of the carburetor? 4. How is gasoline taken from th"eo gwran tank to the carbu- retor > distributor? 6. What regular care should be taken of the storage battery? 7. What is meant by compres- sion? 8. What are the usual methods of circulating water through the cooling system? 9. What are the results of “riding the clutch”? 10. What is the minimum stop- ing distance required by the istrict of Columbia traffic laws? 11. What is a pinion gear and what is its use? 12. What is the function of an induction coil? The thirtieth annual national automobile show opened in New York last night. any Washing- tonians arrived there yesterday, and many more are expected to- day. More members of the Wash- ington Automotive Trade Asso- ciation are on their way today than ever before. Many useful hints will be gleaned for the show here the last part of this month. NEW SIGNS POINT GOLF CLUB ROADS Mashie Slinger Hunting for Course Around District Cannot Go Wrong. When John J. Motorist turns mashie slinger and jumps from thoughts of the efficacy of front-wheel drive to the turn of the hips on a full wooden-club shot he may find himself lost in the woods if he goes to an unfamiliar golf club, zu( not around Wul’lhlnlhl;.d ‘The sport not hampered to a great degree in Winter. The American Automobile Association, believing in the truism that golf und motors go together and that practically all the golfers of the coun- try ride to their clubs in sutomobiles, has taken the situation in hand and met it with metal signs, put up at points of intersection on the main trav- elbe: z'gr‘:u‘c.wm'ih' several golf clubs about the Capital. ‘Today the divot-digging automobile driver, if he wants to transfer his pas- toral activities to m-.nr fairways, can- not lose his way if he follows the high- way signs. The three A’s, like Uncle Sam’s sea soldiers, have landed and have the situation well in hand. Suppose you had come into Wash- ington from Kennebunkport or Battle Creek, and your friend, Johnny Jones, had invited you to play a round of golf with him at the Congressional Country Club, for examp'e, but because he had an engagement with some one in Rock- ville he would meet you at the club at lunch time. You probably would ask s"me cne of Washington’s stalwart cops how to get to the Congressional Country Club. “Wel',” he would say, “you take Massachusetts avenue to Wis- censin, out Wisconsin to the River road, | and keep straight on it to the entrance | to the club.” Now Comes A. A. A. Help, Massachusetts avenue weuld be all rizht, and probably you could find Wis- consin avenue, but the River road might be a considerable puzsle. Here is where the Americ*n Automobile As- scciation steps in. At ths intersection of Wiscons'n avenue and the River road it has placed two big metal signs substantia] affairs in black and white —which point invitinglv in the Airection of the Congressional Country Club and the Kenwood Country Club. Farther out the road. whera another road cuts ecross it in the direction of Bethesda and the Potomac River. another sign is placed, again nointing the way {o Congressional. Only the dumbest kind of driver could lose his way with such signs pointing out the direction. The same thing is true of the Wash- ington Golf and Country Club, the Ar- gle Country Club, the Indian Spring Golf Club and the Army, Navy and Ma rine Corps Country Club, and in connee- tion with the latter club George E. Keneipp, district manager of the three A’s tells & yarn of the willingness of the Arlington County Board of Su TS to permit the association to place signs in the county. “When we ted to designate the 5. What is the function of the| THE GOOD OLD ONE-LUNGER COULD STRAIN ALONG AT THIRTY--+ ‘*umME o E Ko ol Vi oy A -—_— N g s o o o] D. C, JANUARY 5 1 irts. S lidond g, i - NOW---WITH POWER TO BURN, MAKING THIRTY IS Coupe Is Equipped With Special Racks To Haul Explosives Two of the most conservative drivers in the history of motoring are J. H, Willlams and H. R. Gar- rett of Dupo, Ill. ‘They never try to “beat the light.” They are’ most courteous in giving ‘way to approaching drivers and they always stick out their hands when making a turn, - ‘Williams and Garrett exercise this extreme care because a traffic acel- dent to them would mean more than a dented fender. A collision prob- ably would mean that the car, its occupants and & good portion of the surrounding _country would sud- denly disappear, leaving only a blasted, smok! crater for the city editors to with the custom- e two men are “soup e: # employed by the American Giycerine Co. to “shoot” oil wells in the rough ol country surrounding Dupo. They have intrusted their lives and their dangerous supplies of nitroglyceriy to a coupe equipped with special racks for c the temperamen- tal explosive which is eight times more powerful than gunpowder. i iy MOTOR INDUSTRY EXPERTS LOSE OUT Skilled Carriage Stripers. Displaced by Untrained Employes Who Use Automatic Device. By the Associated Press. DETROIT.—Another craftsman, the expert carriage striper, has been sup- planted in the motor industry. Stripers have been replaced in most of the automobile factories by unskilled employes who stripe the cars with an automatic painting device, Until just a few months age, the stripes which decorated automobile bodies were painted by expert hands. ‘Then the small, llm(rle appearing de- vice was invented and the expert strip- ers were no longer needed. Virtually all of the factories have adopted the device as a labor and expense saver, Paint is contained in the handle of the striping device. Two small cogs, which operate like those of an auto- mobile ol pump, feed the paint in gxop;r quantity to the small striping rush. The cogs are operated by a roller which also serves as a guide for the device. Placed on the edge of the body bead or on the rim 0{1 the window the roller guides the brush in a straight line and in the proper place while reg- ulat the flow of paint by the speed at_which it is drawn across the surface. It was only a few years ago that all automobile painting was done by hand. But_this very growth and prosperity spelled the end of the usefulness of the carriage painters in the automobile fac- es. Quick drying lacquer, applied by spray, then was developed and left only (Continued on Seventh Page.) 2 CONBRESSIONAL | COUNTRY GLUB e expert stripers of the carriage paint- er's ::‘rp:n. Now these, too, hlveplone, A\ LPAN STILL A STRAIN. AUTO GROUP PLANS DISPLAYS FOR SHOW W. A. T. A. Delegation to Get Hints From New York Exhibit. Determined that the forthcoming automobile show be the most compre- hensive exhibit ever held here, & dele- tion of members of the Washington utomotive Trade Association now is m New York examining closely the many new features in connection with the annual presentation at the national automobile shgw with a view to in- a«gplnrnmg them into the Washington play. ‘This delegation, comprising officers and members of the W. A. T. A, as well as the automobile show committee, of which Rudolph Jose is the chair- man, attended the opening of the New York show yesterday. General Plans Made. Prior to the departure of the dele- gation it was peinted out that, while the show committee already has au fenerl-l plans for the local exhibition aid out, the program is flexible, so that appealing and worth-while features in connection with the presentation of the new motor cars at New York may wherever feasible at the Wash- ington Auditorium, the locale of th National Capital’s automotive display. ‘The local show opens January 25 and closes on February 1. “The show committee’s plans this year call for the most elaborate presentation the Washington Automo- tive Trade Assoclation has had the pleasure of laying before the public,” Jose said. “Our own plans as we have evolved them aiready assure us the besc show in the history of these annual exhibitions. At New York we are hope- ful of getting a few more ideas which we can use to advantage here. New Displays Promised. “The New York show management this year has outdone itself giving a new and more vital significance to the exhibition. Many detalled matters of presentation have been smoothed over and, we understand, the display is marked by a color and elaborateness never before equaled. It is points such as these that we will watch closely, and the show committee hopes to be able to profit materially and tangibly from this inspection trip.” Members of the show committee in- clude, in addition to Mr. Jose, Raphael Semmes, Frank G, Stewart and J, Dugan. Less Than 12 Cents. Less than 12 cents out of each State and local general tax dollar goes to highways, according to the District of Columbia Division of the . American Automobile Association. Too Nervy! | Prom the Wheel. T'd like to take & billiard cue eresw e WASHINGTON And bush the nervy mug ‘Who parks by pushing back my car Beside a fire plug. SNOW SELDOM AFFECTS THIS SECTION LONG £ \VER DAl LF ELUB HOW TO REACH THE VARIOUS GOLF CLUBS ABOUT * LOCATION A.A.A. SIGNS In Half Year in U. S. Gas Tax Collected Totals $175,140,140 Not counting refunds made, the total amount of the gasoline tax * collected by 47 of the States and the District of Columbia in the first six months of 1929 amounted to $175,- 140,140, says the Bureau of Public Roads, United States Department of Agriculture, on the basis of n;;}uu reported to the bureau. In New York the tax became effective May 1, and the Illinois law did not become ef- fective untii August 1. A total of 693,872,662 gallons was taxed in e 47 States and the District of Co- lumbia. The average tax paid per gallon was 3.07 cents. In 1928, gasoline tax pald in the first six months of the year in 45 States, the District of Columbla, and in Illinois for one month of the pe- riod, was $140,635,398. The tax in Illinols was collected for January and discontinued in February. Mas- sachusetts and New York no jasoline tax in 1928. The total num- r of gallons taxed in the first six months of 1928 was 4,652,393,536, and the average tax paid was 3.02 cents per gallon. All the States now collect a gasoline tax. BAD ROADS CALLED COSTLY TO AUTOISTS |Money Spent on Highways Esti- mated Only Tenth of Motor- ing Costs. When the motorist taxpayer reads that his State is spending millions of dollars for road improvements he may feel that the ex%ndnure is ample, ac- cording to E. E. Duffey, highway educa- tional writer. However, the money that is actually devoted to road betterment is but a small percentage of the total motoring cost. ‘Taking figures compiled for Minne- sota, replacements of parts, fuel, lubri- cants, accessories, financing, new cars and trucks, insurance, and so on, this year cost Minnesota motorists $372,- 000,000. It is estimated by the State highway department that in 1930 Minnesota will spend $38,500,000 for roads. It s prophesied that the total motoring bill for 1930 will be $390,000, 000. ~Consequently, the license and gasoline tax moneys which into the trunk highway fund will be less than 5 E. | per_cent of the total motoring bill. C. M. Babcock, Minnesota’s commis- sioner of highways, recently declared: “Although our total motor bill is in- creasing, the cost per vehicle mile is de- creasing. This s partly due to im- provements in the cars, but mostly due to improved highways. With further improvements in our highway system, we can still further reduce the cost mr car mile. Every dollar nt_for tter roads will save several dollars for gasoline, tires and repairs.” With automobile registrations in- creasing rapidly and with a steady in- crease in the mileage covered by the individual motorist, most States would not be violating any economic rule by devoting more money to first-class pavement construction. Quite to the contrary, the wise spending of more money for smooth pavements would bring a proportionate reduction in car operating costs. The invisible charge collected by inferior roads is far greater than the motorist realizes—from 1 to 2 cents a mfle. COLD WEATHER FAILS TO HALT CAR THIEVES Cold weather has & tendency to in- duce carelessness in the matter of locking the car, but the thoughtful mo- torist will remember that the automobile thief has not ceased to function merely because the temperature is low, it is roinud out by Rudolph Jose, veteran local dealer. The assumption that Win- ter has sent the car thief to warmer climes has proved a costly one for many car owners, he says. “It has been observed by numerous authorities that car thievery is a year- around activity” Mr. Jose decjares. “Individual car owners, however, seem to assume that this is not the case. “Their appraisal of the situation may be based upon the disappearance—rela- tive, at least—of the car thief's less harmless partner in crime, the joy-rider. 1t is true in the colder parts of the coun- try that the latter character es nearly altogether out of the picture, He is not u;:l;elled to e & car for purpose of giving his friends a ride be- cause weather conditions are not con- ducive, perhaps, to pleasure riding of the type that proves irresistible in the Summer. “The car thief, the man who makes & business of taking cars for the pur- pose of disposing of them to the first ready buyer, keeps going the whole year. In some ways motorists encourage more at this season than in warm weather. Making short stops, they do not take the additional time to lock the E" e:.“:om lulg. they depart leaving e engine running. “The extra few minutes n%ulred to lock the car are indispensable, both 1930—PART At g TN G -~ W et FOouas. = |UNUSUAL NUMBER OF NEW CAR MODELS TO SHOW IN NEW YORK Cadillac 16-Cylinder Model Comparable Only to Hand-Built Supercars of Europe, Like Hispano-Suiza and Belgian Minerva. W diog . WL Hdtn gyt e —_— . (HQMIPTAT PHONG grr, g5, HIGHWAY DANGER POINTS SHOULD G0 Engineers Seek to Eliminate Railroad Grade Crossing Motor Dangers. BY JAMES W. BROOKS, Director u”‘“’"uu’i" ay Educational ‘The reduction danger points in hway travel to be one of the outstanding objectives in highway engi- neering during 1930. Highway officials realize that what- ever else may bs done toward impress- ing upon the public the necessity for more careful driving as a protection against loss of life and limb, a large measure of responsibility rests upon their engineering departments in the elimination of railroad grade cmu{nfu, Aside from securing dependability under wheel through substantially built road surfaces, they are Kkeenly alive to the fact that safety in movement must also be assured. Maximum Safety Sought. ‘The work of providing for a miximum of safety in motor vehicle operation is to be carried forward through more aggressive effort in overpass and under- pass construction, and, where possible, through the relocation of roadways at danger points. < For the elimination of grade cross- ings more capital is needed. Within a few weeks it is expected that the New Jersey Legislature will take the 1930 Jead by adding 1 cent to the gnsent 2-cent gasoline tax rate in that tate and apply the additional 1 cent wholly to the grade-crossing problem. New York Votes Bonds. New York has already taken steps toward the same objective in the pas- of » Special Dispateh to The Star. . DETROIT, Mich, January 4.— the exhibition of the 1930 National Au- tomobile Shows «;zminl in New York, Detrolt and the Michigan manufactur- area have sent & group of brand- new automobile models that is r than usual. Of the new eight-cylinder cars, which are ing to make in- roads on the six-cylinder division, there are four—Hudson, Oakland, Dodge and ‘With them sixes representing Stu- debaker (tnkf:n). lys), Essex, ‘The eights give impetus to the mul- tiple-cylinder trend apparent in 1930 designs and number of sixes into s lower-priced, higher value range, of which those list- ed are typical No Price on Cadillac. tne Hign-priced cars 1 mliple povet e -} cars {f multiple plant gwelopvunz is followed up is ex- emplified in the Cadillac V-16, This model, which as yet is in limited pro- duction, has no price on it. The prices on the 29 t; that will be available are to be made known later. Those who B2 Compared o the Band-buile, super. e -bu - cars o(pmrvpe, like the Hi i o.~.lu|.- Minerva or the Itallan Isotta Praschini. From the 16 cylinders of the new combustion space, the engineers have developed 165 to 185 brake horsepower. The car measures 218 inches in length from bumper to bumper and has 148 inches of wheelbase. The tread is 69 inches; or 3 inches more than the 56, which is standard for smaller models. ‘The bodies produced by Feetwood rank with the finest of the luxury types. An idea of what freedom from vi- bration means is conveyed in the state- ment that at 50 miles an hour in sec- speed one can_neither hear nor feel &e. engine. Its operation has been_ likened to that of from which engineers of another day de- veloped smoothness unknown to the present generation of gasoline.driven vehicles. ond Engine Is Silent. ‘When the V-16 is standing still with the engine idling, it is impossible to by listening whether the e¢ngine is running or not unless one looks at the front end to see if the fan belt is turning. With gears engaged and in 7 Cadillac. displacing 452 cubic inches of | en ft. The “V" shape in which crankshaft. For | the cylinders are arran take a 45 degree angle in contrast to the pre- vious use of 90 degrees. ‘The chassis incorporates a host of other engineering advances, one of which is an automatic silencer for the overhead valve sysverm. Among the new eighta, the Hudson has a nngm line L-head engine which devel brake horsepower. There are 10 types of bodies on 2 chassis hs of 119 and 126 inches respec- y. ‘The Oakland is a brake horsepower develof a displacement of 251 inches. e ‘what is known as the “square” to stroke ratio. Down-draft car- buretion and“two-plane cylinder heads with horizontal valve design are among the power plant features, The Bros'. eight-in-line efigine is L-head. It has 220 inches of dis- placement from which 76 brake horse- er can be luced. There are five i Jower-price Dodge six brake horsepower and a dis- placement of 189 inches. Chrysler also has produced a De Soto eight as & companion car to the six of the same line. It comes in the $1,000 class and has been developed by Fred M. Zeder, head of the Chrysler engi- neering staff. ‘The horsepower runs up to 72 on the brake and chere are sev- body styles. Engine features in- clude down-draft carburetion. A five- bearing crankshaft is used. Mono-piece body construction, according to the en- gineers, makes possible greater length and more room than usual, together with lower center of gravity. Acoustic Muffier New Feature, ‘The new Erskine is the six which Stu- debaker i building at South Bend and adding to its three lines of eights. Among the advances shown in it are an acoustic muffier which absorbs sound waves and el ates back pressure. A Lanchester vibration damper has been mounted on the crankshaft. The Willys six from Toledo, which also belongs to the Jow-priced division, is credif with 72 miles an Lour and 48 miles an hour in second gear. The horsepower is 656 and the engine dis- places 195 jnches, The new Durant line, which is to come from the Lansing factory, con- sists of two sixes, the larger of which has a four-s transmission. four- mo&fgmpluyl standard -l‘;lbf: lowest forward 3 be made to creep Tlong 50 slowly that the. pointer. on the speedometer will not move m?t Tpmu.lgflfin eight power impulses are given from each revolution of the Nowadays & popular daughter is one whose dad can'l blocks park within three of his home. 1t is entirely natural that a woman should think things are all set for a big whir] at the wheel after the crankcase has been treated to a filling of new olly but in Winter at least treatment is no license to hit it up on the road. Engineers recognize what is known as “oll 1ag” which is just another way of uyln‘l that the oil pressure does not build Up fast enough to give the engine the protection it needs when it sud- denly attalns speed. There is nothin to fear if the acceleration is more mod- erate, and women who want to give Q.\'lmrt hun & helping hand will go on this theory. 24 int to consider is that the fresh oll, being heavier than the old diluted ofl drained off, makes the en- gine stiffer in starting for & few days. This is a bit strenuous for an over- worked battery. open door and & not conducive to safety or good work. 1 recently suggested to & woman that sage of a $300,000,000 bond issue for overpass and underpass construction. During 1928 nppmxlmnul‘: 1,000 of these extreme danger points in highway travel were eliminated. Of the total amount nearly 300 were removed by overpass and "underpass construction, while slightly over 700 were eliminated by a relocation of roads. Arkansas led with the elimination of 86 death traps, 81 of which were accomplished through relocation and the remaining 5 through underpass and overpass construction, Missour1 followed with 83 death-trap removals, 60 of which were accom- plished through relocation. Pennsylvania came next with 64 safe- ty achievements of character, fol- lowed by South Carolina with 57 and Alabama with 55. Maryland reported three grade cross- | ing eliminations for 1928, and Virginia reported a total of 24. ‘ermont, Tennessee, Rhode Island and Louisiana each reported one, while Oregon, New Hampshire and Connecti- eut reported none. 1929 Showing Progress. Reports now coming in for 1920 al- ready indicate a considerable advance over 1028 in the reduction of grade- crossing danger points. Notwithstanding the fact that lives are to be saved ugh the elimination of these death lr-‘re. highway officials are still confronted with disheartening opposition from property holders who oppose the relocation of roads for selfish reasons, forgetting that such relocation would lessen the ers of accident or death in their own ilies, To prevent their front gates from being isolated, as it were, through a more logical routing of the roadway, all of the political pow- er they can possibly muster is often brought to bear against relocation proj- ects which common sense dictates as the right thing to do. It is the old story over again of per- sonal interest in opposition to the gen- eral public good, and because of this fact highway officials and their en- gineers have a great deal more to con- tend with than their ordinary engineer- ing problems. —— MOTOR DONT DONT TRV THE LOWER GEARS ARE THERE FOR.""THE PULL= USE" THEM ! AND AVOID STRAINING THE MOTOR o e 5 it she wanted to save her battery dur- ing the Winter she would find it prac- tical to switch off the heas ts when lan—so oy 1 Nemt dead, " 1 seemned to be in for an argument, tunately she demonstrated her idea of l'm:hlng off the headlights, and that saved the day. All she did was to tilt the headlight beams down- ward, which, of course, doesn't result in anything but a different focus of the lights. When the hand brake doesn't hold enol to cri you p] {he Toot. brake pedal with the left foot and touch the starter button with the | right one. With the engine started, just transfer the feet back to the usual positions. Many times I have seen women al- low their parked cars to coast into & collision simply because made the mistake of pressing the ciutch pedal down to the floor when the machine was in gear to compensate for a hand brake that did not hold well. It suj gests following the rule that whene: getting into :hn.amnt 1s held by engine compression thin on the foot brake, ter that the ::n;uéhpoduunb-vuned‘o‘mm ety. The flywheel is one of those impor- tant units of an automobile that its own business so effectively very few man or woman drivers ever stop to give it & moment's thought. Yet it helps to get more out of an automobile, in 1 to know the fiy- It serves largely as the el 's bal- ance wheel. Once it is set ?n“t:‘mouan it helps to carry the pistons over the Tesistance of compression, This is too technical for digestion before going out for & spin in the car, but it may shed some i !;M on the subject to point out that without a fiywheel a gasoline ey;,nm would fire and stop and get no- where. In_aviation the propellor serves as the fiywheel. The :nlur e "ll\:llllbdr e ess importance is attached to the fiywheel. A one-cylinder engine has to have quite ywheel as compared in your multi-cylinder also furnishes smooth: the engine, es) clally at low s .Mfiltfll’g ally inclotes the cluteh plates in usual design and serves as the Official Service A. C. Speedometer CREEL BROS. “And fina! to do is press | necticut with gear locked out, it third, and American Nows- iance.) (Copyright, 1930, by paper MILADY’S MOTORING BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. mystery observed in New York State where a sign beneath the traffic signal reads: “Stop on red.” " Here are just a few 1930 resolu made by one woman who reads e weekly remarks. Mly"sha have the out hat nothing helps my driving like continuing to know more sbout my car. “That I will not drive away from the certal t the engine is & small town in curb unless in thal warm enough not to stall the minute I get into trafec, “That I will warm up the brakes a 1ittle each day when stas out before 1 have to use them sud and find ‘l'h{? my motto will be safety h teamwork and co-operation Wwith other users of the streets and iways, ‘Th:{.w!un I am walking I will eross lmm s intelligent tly as I would when at ‘wheel. “That I will not try to drive with the , that when thin it I will nmemb: and rule that there's magic in (Copyright, 1930, by the Russsll Servics.) .. Don’t Neglect Spare. When filling ‘!.t;lur tires with air and testing them, 't neglect the spare. It you keep it at the right pressure, you don't have to pump it up when you need it at some lonely place in th: coun! are State Expenditures, State authorities expend 47 per cent of the total highway funds, counties expend 53 per cent, according to the Distriet of Columbia Division of the American Automobile Association, l AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS I Edwin H. Newmeyer, president of the Neumeyer Motor Co., Inc., announces today the appointment of his firm to the distributorship for Marmon automobiles in Washington and vicinity. Neumeyes is very well known in Washington, hav- ing been in the automobile business herg since 1917. The present showrooms a® 1344 Connecticut avenue will be moved to more suitable quarter: t avenue and a and service station will maintained at 2021 Seventeenth street northwest. Thornton J. Camfleld, well known in Wi n automotive circles, an- nounced last week that after January 1 garage and service station will be moved from the present location at 1615 O street to new and la 1626 L street. Camfiel manager of the B. C. and has been active in business here for many year: It has been announced by the Wash- ing branch of the Olds Motor Works, 1518 Fourteenth street northwest, that R. C. Mmdnu*h, formerly city sales manager for Chevrolet in Boston, has has been ted city sales manager f‘:; Oldlmfi.glmnd Vlk'zll inw hh”l- automobile Will seal the pistons - ' against fuel leakage, and ! Nothing is more important than thorough lubrication. i BITRREAT VO AL THES Beware of Substitutes. 2 your dealer can't supply you, phone and il tell Eu the dul.’“ s uu::nmm located to you. Bayerson Oil Works Columbia 5228 1811 lQ”l. N.W. Decatur 4220 i