Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1930, Page 58

BRIDEIG OF POTONAG RN Allegany Authorities to Span Stream Between Oldtown and Green Spring, W. Va. ®pecial Dispateh to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md, August 2.— One of the most important improve- ments planned by the road authorities for the near future is the erection of the bride over the Potomac River be- tween Oldtown and Green Spring. W. Va. The bridge, a two-way steel ., which was removed from near Baltimore, was obtained by the road directors of Allegany County. ‘This bridge will give another connec- tion with the West Virginia road sys- tem and a short cut from Cumberland south. It is planned to extend the con- ereting of the Oldtown road from Spring Gap to Oldtown. In this con- nection, residents of the eastern end of the county and the West Virginia Road Commission are urging the Maryland authorities to continue the improve- ment of Oldtown road to Kifer, this county, te Paw Paw, where the interstate bridge crosses the Potomac. This would afford the shortest cut to Winchester and points south and also to Washington, D. C $100, to Be Spent. roximately $100,000 is to be spent | * App n lgnuldefln‘ the National Highway in Garrett County from the Pennsylvania line eastward to Keysers Ridge, where the Oakland road begins. The McMullen Highway from the Amcelle plant to the Celanese Corpora- tion of America is to be widened with concrete shoulders for a distance of five miles to a point a mile from Rawlings. Gradually the entire roadw from Cumberland to McCoole will be made a uniform width of 20 feet. Grading of the McCoole-Westernport Mlnk has so far progressed that the pouring of the concrete surface for a distance of five miles will begin in Au- t and will be completed before late . When this is completed there will be a continuous concrete highway from Cumberland to Westernport. A new bridge is to take the place of the dangerous structure now standing on the National Highway a quarter of a mile east of the Pennsylvania State line. The new bridge will not only be wider and more lern, but will be so :::ih shoulders, is estimated to be about .000. ‘The Allegany County road program, under direction of the Road Board, is going ahead rapidly. The Pea Vine Gap road, the Bedford road with the Valley road, is being macadamized for a distance of about two miles. It will connect up with the present hard- surfaced road near the old school house on Valley road. Over a mile has been macadamized through the village of Oldtown. 2 ‘Will Resurface. Tt was decided by the directors to put an ameisite top on the new three-mile relocated section of the Vale Summit- Midland road, which is being graded. ‘The county authorities are hopeful the State Roads Commission will taks over the thoroughfare when completed by the county. It links up the Clarysville road at Vale Summit with the Georges Creek boulevard at Midland.’ ' The link in the 40-mile highway across Preston County, W. Va. from FPellowsville to the National Highway between Grantsville, Md., and Union- town, Pa, is now in use. The newly- surfaced portion of the highway extends from Kingwood to Bruceton. Less than 15 miles now remains to be hard- surfaced in order to cennect with the Pennsylvania 4-mile stretch to the National Highway. Starting at Fellows- ville on the Northwestern Turnpike, the highway runs through Tunnelton, King- ‘wood, Bruceton and on to route 40, the National Pike. It is propoed that the Toad be called Conley Highway in honor of Gov. Conley of West Virginia, who is & native of Preston County. GREEN MOUNTAINS OFFER COOL RIDES (Continued From Fifth Page) tions by storm and frost. From the Notch there is a toll road that runs up to the tgl of Mount Mansfield. .l;“o:l& m lectlt’rrn in his trip the g0 from Burlington mxmh ‘Winooski, Essex Junction, Un- derhill, Cambridge to Jeffersonville, then turn down through Smugglers Notch into Stowe, then down through Water- bury Center into Waterbury. For the return trip down through the Btate the motorist will find that the following route will offer good going and will prove an attractive trip: From Waterbury run to Montpelier, the capital of the State, and then on to Barre. From here, instead of con- tinuing right on over to the Connecticut River Valley and following that down, it will be found more advisable on ac- eount of road construction on the valley route, to turn at Barre and follow Route 14 through East Brookfield and Ran- dolph to Bethel, and then over Route 12 to Woodstock, another of the State’s noted resorts for both Summer and Winter sports, and then over on Route 4 to Taftsville, and then down, still following Route 12, through Hartland Four Corners and Hartland into Wind- sor, in the Connecticut River Valley. ‘There is a little construction here before you get into Windsor, but traffic is maintained. Continue down on the Vermont side till you come to the bridge over the river in Charlestown. Cross here into New Hampshire and run through East ‘Walpole into Walpole, an old, attractive New England town, first settled 'way back in 1749. Cross the river again here into Westminster, V$., and run down through Putney into Brattleboro. Be- low here, at North Bernardston, we leave Vermont and pass into Massachusetts, through Greenfield and Deerfield to Northampton, the home of Smith Col- lege and where ex-President Coolidge has his home. The College Highway may be followed from here down to New Haven, and then the Post road back to New York. An alternate route would be to take the Berkshire Trail over through Goshen and Dalton to Pittsfield, then down through the Berkshire country again, only this time from Great Bar- rington instead of going on southward turn to the west to South Egremont and then take the Under Mountain road down into Salisbury, and then through the lake section of Connecticut, through Lakeville and Sharon into Amenia, N. Y. Prom here the Harlem Valley road, running through Dover Plains, Pawling and Brewster, may be used back into the city, OVERHAULING OF CAR REQUIRES STUDY - (Continued Prom Fifth We desired results. A putty knife will gemove the finish when it is thoroughly . |or_on any other parts of the In most cases, however, it will necessary to do some hand work in fin- the removal job and seeing that is in the best the new In this work it be s much a8 -y THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO AMERICAN HISTORY BY MOTOR— Lee spent the remainng dedicated to the reuniting mé,fon (ollege,endowed HERE o efinghn Vg, Genersl Woberi T === ; of his life, v el e Washingfon still receiving an annuabt‘incm of"S,(XlOgfi'om the gift; became Washingfon and Lee University with a great soldier, renowned in peace,as its chief. D ©; (Title registeved U. & Patent Office.) it [ i i Robert Edward Lee 1807- 1870 THIS recumbent statue of the South’s great leader is viewed by thousands of Americans each year. AUGUST 3, 1930—PART. FO —BY S small chaj mclir?:: is locrfled just across the JAMES W. BROOKS. (Sketches by Calvin A. Fader.) 5 — elee afafu: way in which { from the main building in the Washington. and Lee University 15 the small office where he conducted affairs of the University. ©Avencan Hiswa Eovcanona Bogeaw group. Below at the rear '?['WELVE-CYLINDER MACHINE AGAIN TO ENTER AUTO FIELD First Appearancc Scheduled for October. Other Expansions of Note Accomplished by Manufacturers This Year. Special Dispatch to The Star. DETROIT, Mich., August 2.—News of the week brings the official assurance that @ new line of 12-cylinder cars will be produced in the early Fall. Not for 10 years has the list of American makes boasted any 12-cylinder power plant. It signifies that the double multiple en- gine field is to undergo expansion for 1931. The “V-12" will take its place beside the V-16 and the two V-eights now be- ing built. The first appearance of the new job, which is promised for early Fall, likely to transpire about October 1. ‘The addition of a twelve to the mul- tiple-cylinder power plants signifies & growing phase of the trend manifested this year. Showing Expansion. Automobile design is showing expan- sion at the extreme.ends. The high- priced . cars are bigger, more luxurious and more powerful than ever before, while the lowest-priced models are be- coming more numerous and more capa- ble and have more passenger room in them than in any previous season. In a sense, the present widening of multiple-engine range Tepresents the recurrence of a cycle dating back a full decade. In that period fine car opera- tion has progressed through the stages | of balloon-tired, four-wheel-braking, anti-knock fuels and other factors that represent advances in car performance and comfort. St dotbie el years ago louble-multiple engines were deemed too complica for the existing demands, and they flvl way to sixes of large power and later to the straight-eight types. The pendulum swinging forward has brought first & V-16 and now & 12. It is possible that a second “16” model may come from a factory outside De- troit before the end of the year. The reasons that have dictated a re- vival of multiple engines, as the de- signers give them, are based on the certainty that an exclusive market ex- ists for superquality cars beyond the price range of the straight-eights. The straight-eights have been cred- ited with rapid acceleration, high speed, MILADY’S smooth, quiet, easy operation, quick de- celeration, riding comfort, character and beauty of appearance, as well as class and finish of appointments. In keeping with peak standards of luxurious living among the very rich, it was believed there was a place for cars that would enhance these qualities and still find an exclusive, but ready, mar- ket. Requirements, as figured up, pointed to the necessity of a 40 per cent increase in power. ‘Therefore, the multiple-power devel- opment was resorted to as a means of 1s | achieving the objective, It has brought w standards of performance. They in- clude acceleration (for cars weighing between 5,000 and 6,000) of 4 feet per second and speeds measured in terms of more than 80 miles an hour and up to_100. Performance on this order was made possible for seven-passenger sedans de- spite wind resistance. In addition, what is termed “silkiness” of engine opera- tion came with the added speed for the heavy vehicle. Other Aftribuies. Other attributes now associated with multiple-engine advances have banished vibration to the extent that compari- sons in smoothness can be made with the steam turbines used on ocean liners. The turbine principle is credited with top place among all power systems, be- cause it reduces the magnitude of each impulse reaching the shaft and in- creases their frequency. To make the gasoline engines do this, it has been necessary to employ two separate fuel systems for each block of eylinders, with a separate gas line, vacuum tank, carburetor and in- take manifold for each group. Under the hood, the engine exterior and its parts have been finished in & manner worthy of the finest mecha- nism. The carburetors are brightly fin- ished. The vacuum tanks are chromi- um-plated and ere mounted in such a manner that all piping and connections are concealed, giving & trim, shining appearance, with no chance for rust, ofl or dust to get in. (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alllance.) MOTORING BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. Many.a driver who takes the right of way gets left, Almost invariably if & car gives trouble on a rainy day those self-ap- pointed assistants who come to the aid of the stranded woman motorist will decide there is water in the gas. The diagnosis, however, is “all wet.” Fur- thermore, in trying to solve the prob- lem by opening up the fuel line and carburetor, out there in the rain, they are very apt to invite such trouble. If you think the car rides easier on a rainy day, don't let any one make you believe it'’s a matter of imagina- tion. Water, working between the spring leaves, actually does act as & temporary lubricant. The greater ease of the car on a wet day is sometimes very noticeable. The grief comes, however, on the dry days following, unless you are careful w0 hfl._ve the springs cleaned and lubri- cate “Some one could have bought a car for & mere song,” observed & woman arriving at her destination following a trip marked by a series of mechanical mishaps. It is fairly typical of the at- titude of the average woman toward her car when it gives trouble. 1 think this can be attributed to the fact that since women have taken the wheel cars have been comparatively reliable. In fact, it was the develop- ment of such reliability that made driving attractive to persons who could not be expected to know what to do to bring & car out of a spell of despond- ency. But there is no need for the driver being disconsolate when things do not run smoothly. Men who recall the days when every trip was punctuated with heartaches, and a vast amount of tinkering with the mysteries under the hood, are not at all alarmed if the modern car oc- casionally lapses into difficulty. Un- like women, they did not start their motoring with the idea that the auto- mobile is foolproof. Remember how they used to come back battle-scarred and grease stained, only to boast of the engine’s magnificent performance and the splendid time they made, despite delays? Don't be discouraged. Call a good mechanic and, if possible, learn how to avoid a repetition of the trouble. It has come as 1 surprise to many wiseacres to find that women have been able to raise the level of driving abil- ity instead of lowering it. Milady seemed to be inexperienced when she took the wheel and those who viewed the subject narrowly were perhaps jus- tified In reading the future with fear and trepidation. But there seems to have been generous ignoring of the fact that woman has long driven the driver by offering suggestions as she clung to the rear seat for a ride of thrills in the accepted fashion of 4 Most women knew what to avoid in driving long before they took the wheel. And that’s half the battle. which have been made in the nl);ndeu ly. In some of the larger cities special paint-removing stations are in the busi- ness of doing this kind of work for automobile owners. ‘These are equlraped with modern machinery and are able to do a complete job of paint or lacquer be | removal at very moderate cost, places the work n-wul‘!{ dl;glud; Te- moving grease, mud an gmd-lt-. one of these sta- is available can have car in to refinish and do Job himself. A reader of these articles is troubled because the emergency brake failed, de- spite the fact that a service man checked over all the brakes and pro- nounced them in good order a week be- fore the trouble. There seems to be & good possibility that the car was driven with the hand brake partially set, causing the lining to wear down. In the emergency it failed. The brake operated on the propellor shaft and was of the external contracting type. So many improvements have been made in braking systems it is natural to expect that even many persons whe have been driving cars for years are not at all familiar with the mechanism that mow protects them when on the road. Asked how she thought the car was slowed down, one woman who has been driving for 10 years explained that movement of the pedal causes bands to wrap around metal drums attached to the wheels. This method has virtually gone out of the picture, The internal expanding brake is the more universal type today, although we still find the external contracting, or wrapping, typé of brake on the pro- pellor shaft of some cars to serve as the holding brake. The drums remain in the present- day systems, but braking power is ap- plied to the inside through brake shoes. Bome cars have two shoes per drum, some three. One high-grade make used & whole series of segments for each drum, but the plan was not a success. Various means are employed for causing these shoes to press out against the inside of the drums. On the self- energizing type of brake the third shoe of each drum acts like a wedge, auto- matically providing high pressure. The driver brings this into play when the other two shoes per drum are set into action. These shoes are operated in present practice either by mechanical or hy- draulic action. In the former there is mechanical connection with the pedal through rods, levers and in some cases through cables. In the latter the pedal operates a piston which forces fluid h lines to the individual cylinders at each separate drum. 1t should be apparent from this hasty sketch of the modern brake that if the shoes are held in contact with the drums on a long downgrade the latter are likely to expand through over- heating. If this happens the situation is the same as adjusting the shoes so that there is too much clearance. The brakes become temporarily inefficient. ‘This explains why you seldom see the drums of & new type car smoking. The risk is just a little more insidious. (Copyright by the Russell Service.) A cool night. ‘The pedestrian who observes the red and green signal lights along with the motorists, ‘The motorist who only uses his horn at the correct time. ‘The side curtains that fit on a touring car without trouble. A real one-man top. “OVERDRIVING” HELD DANGEROUS PRACTICE Overdriving his range of vision is one of the most dangerous practices in which the automobile driver can in- dulge, according to Rudolph Jose, vet- eran motor car dealer. “The habit of driving where one can- not see is one which should be broken immediately,” Mr. Jose says. “Or, better still, don't get into the habit in the first_place. “However, the fact remains that a great many motorists now and then will take chance and overdrive. articularly true at night. The driver requently will send his car hurtling forward through a black pocket. guid- ing the car intuitively and trusting to Providence to take him through safely “All forms of overdriving should be avoided, during the day as well as at night. Every motorist, no matter how limited his experience, has done some overdriving. It simply means that on occasion he has driven when either he can’t see at all, or he cannot see enough of the road ahead, or around the bend, or over the hill, to make high-speed driving safe. “A simple rule is: ‘Don’t drive where you can't see’ The rule is simple enough, yet it is violated every day and every night. And there is no other rule the violation of which is fraught with greater danger.” AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS Richard B. English, Washington branch manager of the Ford Motor Co., an- nounces the appointment of the Logan Motor Co. as an authorized Ford dealer. Sales, service and general offices will be maintained at 1812 E street northwest. P. K. Logan, owner of the company, has been connected with the automobile business here in Washington for a num- ber of years, trading as Logan’s Garage. MARYLAND AWARDS HIGHWAY CONTRACTS Widening of Washington-Balti- more Boulevard Principal Con- struction Being Planned. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, August 2—With the awarding of several contracts for road construction work, the State Roads Commission will have placed in the hands of contractors all the road build- ing work scheduled during_the 193C- season, according to Harry D. Williar, jr.. chief engineer of the commission. The total mileage for actual con=- struction during the season will add 215 to the existing highway system without taking into consideration the miles of shouldering which is bel done to improve the existing highways, Mr. Williar sald. ‘With the exception of appraximately 12 miles, all the work has eitner been completed or now is in the hands of contractors in actual construction. The largest single piece of work in the 12 miles call for 45 miles of new roadway on the Gold Spring road, in Prince Georges County. In two other con- tracts the commission will build 3.5 miles of road in Anne Arundel County. Members of the commission have expressed considerable satisfaction over the manner in which the construction work has progressed generally on this year's program, the most intensive un- dertaken by the roads body since the start of that department. Among the principal pieces of work which the commission is doing for the city is the widening of the Wllhln‘- ton-Baltimore bouvelard and Philadel- phia road and the laying of a new road along Gates avenue between the Wash- ington-Baltimore Boulevard and Wil- kens avenue. The industry uses 36 per cent of the lead production—more than 227,000 AL I erne s, wsnazs i e v (19 ehRELAND TO SIDERAL ROUTY MMBERS, CHARLOTTESVILLE A\ teswior R % rorD 70 #7aTE WCHwAY RIS Maryland haven Inn, Waldorf Road. Route 8. itt’s Tea House, Rockville Pike. nn, Westminster. Route 240, Routes 240-29, 240-31 or 240-52. Maryland The Manor House, Franklin Manor Beach. 1 Inn k Bl National Trail Bradd Offutt’s, Bethe: Olney Inn. O es 240-20, 240-31 or 240-32, vard Inn, beyond Laurel. Route 1. Lafayette Tea Room, Frederick. Route 240. Lot Annapolis-Baltimore Blvd. Mrs. K's Toll H Falls Chureh—R Chi v Warrenton : : Virginia Forty Miles from Washington Over the Lee Highway Through the Bull Run Battlefield MRS. FRED G. BERGER, Telephone Warrenton 230 Special Sunday Dinner, $1.00 GRAY'S HILL INN Overlooking the Potomac Formerly a vart of Mt. Vernon Luncheon Dinner ad—16 Mi.—Ph, Lorton 8- Upper Road to Alexandria 15 minutes south of High ay Bridi Routes 50-2, WARREN GREEN HOTEL| el 3 California, vd, Route nsin Ave. or B e Route 5. Pennsylvania Chapman Manor, Moy Inn, Blue Ridge COLONIAL INN Westminster, Md. The best $1.00 dinner served in Maryland 3 .;i'he 'I:o;rry Tavern Fll‘llo'lll or i & Waffle Dinners, Hot Bi _cuits & Honey | RED FOX TAVERN Middleburg, Virginia FAMOUS FOR s $90p £OOD, AND JOUTHERN ATMOS- PHERE fhne Middleburg 39 or ll SEVEN GABLES Patuxent Beach Hotel ! . ing, bosting, bath- e a2 e gt b reat O g T Elizabeth Burritt’s Tea House Luncheon ea < Dinner Rockville Pike, near Edson Lane Phot ington 324 Special Pafties by Reservation Blue Ridge Sul ‘Summit. b NATIONAL TRA]BL Betw. Frederick, M THE LOG INN Cool, Attractive Comfortable, Restful Phone 1831-F-3 P. O, Annapolis, Md. The HARVARD INN On Washington Bivd.—% Mile Beyond Laurel 25a wame Dinner.. . overer $1.25 Lafayette Tea Room 106 W. Patrick St. Frederick, Md. Luncheon—Ten_ Dinner and Waffle Diuners, $1 for tourists. 50c o $1.80. rking Space in Rear KIT Masecnic Temple 7001 Ol4 Georgetown Rosd. Bethesds, Md. Ellen . Lmirle n, beyond Falls Route 211. Upper Road to Alexandria. Route 1. es 211-50-37-54. Scotland Beach Hotel Scotland Beach, Md. On Chesapeake Bay Sea Food and @ Chicken Dinners, $1.25 Phone Great Mills 5-F-12 Enjoy a Cool Ride and One of i OFFUTT’S f Fresh Fruit Ades through a pink straw Homemade Fresh Peach Ice Cream Soda Sandwiches i ! 6706 Wis. Ave. Curb Service oah River. A colonial resort on Shenand: Iaelli- Historic; scenically beautiful. Rest ties, boating, fishing, swim outhern Weekly. $15. $18. _ Booklet M. F. CASTLEMAN, Berryville, V. FRANKLIN }2N28 BEACH 35 Miles From Capital—On the Bay For Children and Grown-Ups A Select Subdivision for Sui For flnul Vacation or Week End E MANOIR l;lOUS! Di A 20-Minate Drive from the White House North on 16th St. to State Line, then turn right, going straight through Traffic Light on to Aute Route No. 27. This old Toll House, with its charming furnishings and terraced gardens, makes a delightful smart Country Dinner Place, CONTINUOUS SERVICE, 12 NOON TO Every Day. COLLECE INN Opposite West wogm Wetern, Morslnd Colrs N 1 OLNEY, MARYLAND FOR ~LUNCHEON TEA-DINNER Olney I On Highway 28 12 MILES NORTH OF WASHINGTON Out 16th Street or Georgia Avenue Extended New Screened Porches— Wide Lawns—Beautiful Trees 600 Feet Elevation OJEN EVERY DAY T As ! Drive out to BEAUTIFUL 1SlNGING PINES TEA HOUSE for an Old Virgini Chicken rl‘n:xn"(.m . Fairfax Court House, Va. ‘ee-eosceeeyeeeeoes. 'Chapman Manor Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. Special Chicken or Squab Dinner The Little Tea House Upper Road to Alexandria 10 Minutes South or Highway Bridee On Richmond Road 2% seeeni vermenr™ Hom£ CooKin Luncheon or \Supper- 85t-3100