The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 1, 1924, Page 24

ie ei Ret eee “to make this form of transportation AUTO SMASHES: TAKE TOLL Economic Loss in Human Life Mounts High DEATHS BULK LARGE Los Angeles Fatalities Total $4,000,000 tion to t je these fig ures are ey do not take the automobiles) mery broken, doctor s and a myriad < pught on by accel either is the human suffer. Ing entailed taken into account In an ocffort to reduce ghastly annual toll, the automobile elub is carrying its safety work into! the public GOLDEN CHANCE FOR TAXIS Traffic Problems When the taxicab companies re-| alige the wonderful. opportunity be fares at least one-half, increase their “rolling stock” at least two- fold and relieve one of the most serious traffic situations this coun- try is tucing today. This is one of the main argu-| ments presented by traffic experts | ot the larger cities for hastening of down-town traffic. It goes along with a relief measure advocated by Many of these authorities. ‘That measure concerns the elim- fnation of parking in the business districta. If such an ordinance were adopt- ed in the larger cities, many who now drive their cars downtown, onty to leave them in the streets all day, would either leave them home or store them in garages or parking places near their offices. But parking places being ex- tremely limited, and garages entall- ing « regular daily expenditure, low taxicab fares might relieve the sit- uation considerably. Low fares, | more taxis and regular routes from; the residence districts to the center | of town might draw many automo. bile owners to the use of this means of transportation downtown, in place of using their own ma- chines. According to Roger Babson, fa- mous cconomist, there is a daily loss of 20 cents in depreiiation of the cheapest car in use. Add at least this depreciation to the coxt of garage or parking space, and it ‘would be more worth while to take a@ taxi. “If the taxi owners got wise and lowered their rates! eee In Paris and other cities, European taxi fares are low enough popular. Yet new one-man cabs have appeared in Paris as serious competitors even of these cheaper taxis. A person can take one of! these one-man taxis at a cost of & cents a mile. eee Motor buses are proving a help in relieving the traffic tangle in large cities. They may be expect ed to increase considerably, if ever | alaw is passed keeping auto owners from parking their cars along busy | streets. eee According to a census of 1,000) motorists taken recently by the Na-| tional Automobile Chamber of Com- merce, 52 per cent of those ques- tioned answered they drove their cars regularly to work. Part of these, of course, have to use their | ears during the day in the course} of their business. But a large part | merely drive downtown and park | their cars either along the sidewalk | or in garages or parking places. 4 What a grand opportunity for faxis and buses, if parking were prohibited! SHOW AT BUTTE Parade With Fire Apparati to Feature Exhibits Butte, Mont., will stage a one. week automobile show, beginning Saturday, with new models featured by all dealers of the mining metrop. olis, A parade Saturday morning, with the fire chief piloting one of the new motorized fire engines and the yemainder of the department head. ing a procession of all makes of mo. | tor cars in Butte. CLUB OFFERS $250. FOR DEATH DRIVERS | LOS ANGELES, March 1.—An a| means of bringing to justice drivers | of-motor cars who kill or maim and | then speed away, the Automoblilce} club of Southern C is nounced it will ps making possible th viction of 4% driver failing to stop} and render aid after a fatal acci-| dent. In cases where fatalities are not involved, the reward offered ix i Jim” James V. *| Dodge Brothers’ tington county fair ¢ wnis| LONGVIEW TO GET | iterally hasn't had time for a nicipal street is making plans for a ice." The auto bus line from the|5 to | south end of the Second at ment to the city Kelso has been | a temporary permit, tho a franchise | may be Lower Rates Would Relieve! nas thus far been denied by the| Longview and Kelso, but from Kal: | vided elty council. “git | 20.minute schedule and will charge | wood The 5 cents touring. car is fore them, they will reduce their | only vehicle on the line at the start . !eouve 4 Butters, Local Dirt Track Champion, “JITNEY” SERVICE | Longview, grew up Wants Auto Races for Seattle Would Start for Speedway (¢ onstruction Here for Coming Season { Motorcars Would Span Nation if in One Road Action Buttera, Seattle's most prominent auto race pilot, racer for the coming season. He took 11 cuit last summer and autumn is tuning firsts in |KELSO SCHEDULES ITS FIRST AUTO EXHIBIT | “The biggest the world That's the Automobile Dealers’ asec If garage Wash, the city which little auto how in| of oil, over night,| and the most complete regular mu but it fitney serv. | tt h aim of the Kelso | the rubber car line yet, tation for} mobile Digest initia} motor car exhibit, March | 9, inclusive nie From 4 preliminary the individual Promise of |appear certain that record crowds expected not only. from |and pave limits in North | by given survey made dealors it would musical Carrols, Woodland, Cantle|big feature. Ostrander, Vader, der. | stores will stage jama, will operate soon on a| Rock, large | St. Helens anticipated as the Chehalis, passenger, One Centralia, races in KEEP FLOOR CLEAN | “The new floors ere not kept | j balloon tire is Goodyear'’s latest con- | present Third | clean and tho tires stand in a pool} the treads soften and the | import traction strain in service stretches | the in wavy A daily program, nelections a fashion revue will be pro. The fashion show will bea) “can fit any car that has Ee Longview and Kelso |*traight aide rima with a Goodyear the new balloons Napa i K. lly decorated stage with an clevatea | *heel or m|promenade will be provided. |formed. attendants ont of other leonduct thin feature. : ny cline et FLINT, Mich, Mar the automoblies in try could bee oln highy retch 16 abreast Golden Gat clan If one of there mpowod — entire! would not Gate, but a pece from the Hudec liana, commodate 4 hé statement COUPON BALLOON TIRES HARPER - MEGCEE 5 gt HELD CHEAP WILL MOVE Interchangeabies Declared Willard Service Station Gets Economical Accessory New Offices nooKs There are a good many car own white sign marks the ers who want balloon tires on thelr r ion, at t dependent deale ars, but hesitate to tac a ¢ erful General Ga up and let your up his special, my customers can the Wash-| that will fit virtually |cars without expens! change-overr GASOLINE “clean power/” Copyr | rim | Standring. interchangeable type] Harper-Meggee will combine their ve. and Bl , |tribution to the development of the |ptation and the pre tire industry. This new tire is an|tion, at 817 ©. Pike st ant step forward in allowing’ location. greatest exhibition ever attempted| The motorist who carries automobile owner who wants] the easy-riding qualities of the bal-| 1QWA CAPITAL OPENS ere and 2,000 dealern of the state] of olf fm the ear ueually finde teay HUGE MOTOR EXHIBIT | are expected to attend. {Nw about’ oa teens if ask }loon tire to get thie result with japending money for expensive me: | chantcal adjustments. The Inter | wa, Mba Hasake ,| enough to reach the breather pipe, changeables, in other words, elimi-| fakes and balloon to m As a funnel is seldom carried, the consisting of|nate the charge of, say, $200 or % very comfortable rest or cushion | outside of the engine receives’ an radio concerts | more that it costs to get new wheels Dea Moine | for creeper. About a foot of/oll bath every time the crankease and rims Dealers’ OC section containing the valve is cut|{s filled. To avoid this unpleasant. ut and the ends vulcanized so that | ness, a funnel may easily be made may be inflated. The ends can|and carried in the tool box! A Kod so that the valve stem|plece of pipe is bent on one end, point downward or project| while the other end is split’ and m the giao which be | fashioned into a scoop. In use, the most convenj Automobile| oil is poured Into the scoop end — Digest | Automobt ight, 1924, by General Petroleum Corporation Jch opened Monday. It is the. 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