Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1930, Page 67

,000,000 DRIVERS INU. S., SURVEY SAYS This Number Compares With Motor Vehicle Registration of ILLINOIS ACHIEVES NEW HIGHWAY MARK State Will Have More Than 9,000 Miles Completed Before Season Ends. reason of her excellent financing me! and comprehensive planning, Ilinois will this year complete the equivalent of her mine-thousandth mile T e e Y, way tiomal writer. bullding of the equiva- By Canada in Motor Car Ownership Automobile manufacturing has de- veloped into such an important indus- try in Canada that the Dominion now holds second place among the nations in the capita ownership of motor :nz"\hhrmhmpwodumon to & survey miles of 18-foot pavement, | min 830 miles Xp] for lengthy milages t year have been awarded that work can start im- the Spring. This latter circumstance is indicative the essive attitude contantly followed Tlinois. Plans for highway construction are always lald well in advance, so that construction proceeds without a hitch. Illinois hopes to great- Iy the situation RED FOX TAVERN Middleburg, Virginia Upper Road to Alexandria 10 Minutes South of Highway Bridge Toll ufie-"'_l:avem , Md. output of 238,805 to its credit last year, d fifth by Germany with 70,500, SHORT MEASURED Purchasers of lubricating oils in North Caroling last year were short- to 4210 A48 cording Baucom, State inspector of wei measures. After completing his tabulations, Mr. Baucom stated that 81 per cent of the pumps and m checked were found to give ly two cuble inches tomers paid for. per quart ofl than the ecus- AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS branch g0 P FoY = 1St e ) WITH TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT Important Experiences in Pennsylvania and Other States Are Cited by Keystone Motor Commissioner Eynon. BY BENAJMIN G. EYNON, Oommissioner of Metor Vehicles, State of Pennsylvania. licensing of motor vehicle closely Unless the this lght, some tant aspects may ’n some States is simply a matter of collecting revenue through the Motor Vehicle Department. The increasing toll of lives annually on the streets and roads, to say nothi of the economic loss, has created Nation-wide demand for the conserva- tion of human life, and happily the question of raising revenue through this means is becoming secondary in a grow- ing number of States. vidual to operate & motor vehicle under the traffic conditions that confront him. ‘The question is still frequently asked, | however, why drivers should be licensed | by examination and road tests, rather than through the collection of the price of a card. This question is| twic Taised both in States that license drivers | Bastern by examination and test, of which Pennsylvania is one, and in States where no license is required or where they are sold for revenue raising pur- poses. The question is also asked ‘whether this action has the tendency to reduce accidents. An elaborate study by one of the ittees of the Natignal Conference the increase in motor traffic fatalities from 1920 to 1928 was The Foot of —BY (Sketches by Calvin A, Fader.) Second Place Held DRIVING LICENSES INTERWOVEN |Highest Mountain In.United States BUSHESS A SEEN = | Y RITECTAG AR Insuring of Auto Against Cold Weather Strongly Urged by A. A, A JAMES W. BROOKS. telics are treasumd and the Inn. & i £e i g Views Lowest Area st n Feansy Trail blazers on Mount Whitney are i ! : § H 8 i 5 i il 13 : i g : i g ki H i H £% Esa { i H E S giist EE i i E Bt 2 '§ : 8 { i E £ g 4 g Ez i i : % i £3 3 i ] 3 B 92 %5 { o ;! gg E g L i g il OL GASOLINE STATION First & Maryland Avenue S.W. Capitol Hill sons, dP'I'h. “mchl.lm from of ‘Anti-1) tions form igures avi some 4 -freeze preparal insurance companies indicate that about | basis of Drotectrnm:m car ll‘l Winf but more should done than protect the car against a frozen 3 ures are based on the records ll&‘h.‘"‘fln'%t be autions States, having at the close of 1929 umhfnw.? nearly one-third of the total automobile tion. these States 77,704 m‘m their of 7,178,111 vehicle lfil scene of accidents. prospective op- hasis in '.he’.flct that tate more than 18, conditional licenses were issued, against almost 50 times that number of regular It it 48 true that one in every 50 ent that interferes al to avold an aceldent, ht in need of ‘m!.uu“ u\:ut:ra:;nu ho e as persons ! ar. trusted to operate automobiles. In Pennaylvania we believe that the examination of new drivers has mate- rially reduced the accident hasard, and'is while the State has not shown a mate- rial reduction in accidents—which, in- ciden it the such correction by care should be % i i L ] 118 { G E 4 it o E.EiEe R i ] i b, i ] 2t i % | i We wish to announce to the Washington motoring public that we still have twenty-five men employed here at this station to serve your wants and that we are also willing to employ twenty-five more if you will give us your business. This is a privately owned station, where every purchase you make is appreciated. Buy your motor car supplies here, where you will receive only the best grades of oils, gasolines and accessories, with all the service you want, for which this station is noted. Eleven years of serving the Washington public with filtered gasoline and only the best grades of oils and greases have made the Capitol Gasoline Station the largest, finest and best equipped service station in Washington. Give this station a try and remember we filter every gallon of gasoline we sell—no water or ditt in our gasoline. CAPIT A b