The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 29, 1924, Page 15

i | # 0 «| @ NEW AMBULANCE Brow 2235 ed in « every wheel smooth t! SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1924 nload Another Car | of Standard 4 Tires prietor More ave been delivered a the past three years six cark of this now being car shop as regular ok—in ng over $100,000 in COSTS $8,000. New Vehicle on Streets | WASHABLE UPHOLSTERY Shock Absorbers, Reclining . Couch and Heat, Features | other ambuiance firms in Sea BY 5AM B. GROFF EAUTIFULLY finished in ivory white and brown, the spectally built Cad wlanoce = of the ulance Service, t been pla at an estimated cost of § cording to H. M. Van Liew and G. B, Coleman, pro prietors. ulance, providing th flaest invalid cc | est, if not on the en-| entire machine was) dillac shops, xact twin er constrys | ine has a wheelbase of which gives it extreme freedom Huge shock vehicle, . is pow e rolling machine ts its | Liew, “It ts} | Will Improve Grade Cross-| ings in California | FULLERTON, Cal, March 29.—/ Tourists who travel between Los An-| geles and San Diego are interested in to widen the readway and Gangerous crossings of ths) Santa Fe railroad. According to an announcement by | the Automobile club of Southers | California, $600,000 will be spent dy! the Ban Diego coast highway in the! above-mentioned improvements. i Completion of this work is expect-/ 4 to increase considerably tho use} ef this route from Los Angeles to} San Diego. Such a heary volume of traffic has heretofore used the road | that many taken other routes tn order to avoid} hazerés that the heavy traffic of:| fered because of ] stretches and dangerous grade cross ings. | other moterists have long, arrow With the proposed improvements these objections will be removed. 1 VE Washington Licenses Pile compares with the 12 months ented a year ago. The total this year was "LES GAIN Up, Figures Indicate | —_—_— | 1922-23 pertod. A gain of 53,066, or about 23 par| Licenses issued tn 1933 showed a cent, is shown in the mumber of | 23 per cent gain over 1922, operators’ licenses issued in Wash-| pared to -64.8 per cent in 1910, 68.7 in ington up to February 1 this year, 1915, 6.22 in 1916, and 7.4 in 1920. car, regardless of its and do it in high gear! Such hill-ability means much to car owner, for it is an index to power pratt when you need it beat ‘diver. [fitted in w Brown & White Service Has |sre two ea kes an ar visiting ries and pur ng direct from the makers, = on the middieman's the East all the lange fact More than 12,000 sold by the Pike st tires were estadliah- Deas Is starting off ent Increase every patient. ! with hot water jent ts placed As an example of the castiiness of the machine, the curtains at the windows are of brocaded silk, and cost § Driver H. M. Van Liew is at the wheel. SMALLWOOD MOTOR CO. | 1024 E. Pike St, at 11th Ave, EAst-1069 in sald Van Liew, entirely reasonable the charges of | This is the 26th carload of Standard Four automobile tires received by the Pike St. Tire Shop. W. "| manager, said that within the past three years his firm has handled more than 33,000 of th cys wo @ TIRES, TIRES—/ THE SEATTLE STAR ND THEN SOME MORE TIRES | COSTLY AMBULANCE HAULS PATIENTS m comfort and convenience for its luckless passengers are the first necessities, it| Whe | takes lots of money and lots of work to equip such an ambulance FIGHT DANGERS as Here’s a New Stunt to Get Dealer Publicity ERE'S a stunt which some Beattie automobile dealer could well adopt as a worthy service—and, incidentally, reap some good publicity at the same time, beth Im the conversations of motorists and in news value; All Ut up and fully equipped | to render any emergency serv- fee, a new Willys-Knight serv- feo car has been placed on night patrol on the streets of Los Angeles by the Willys Overland-Pacific Co. This novel service outfit ts called the “Knight of the Road” and broadcasts the tnformation by electrically lighted signs that service is free to all motor- ists in trouble. “The Knight Flyer” {s painted white and is trimmed with about 2 tiny incandescent 14, against 218,748 in the ore com- Dulbs. The hood of broad windows suspended inside aleeve-valve en, Several tanks of gasoline are carried to aid forgetful drivers who have let their tanks run ary, A rubber-tired dolley ts also carried with a full comple- ment of tools, § and every- thing needed to give the unfor- ne car has with lights o show the tunate motorist who breaks down at night a quick and competent lift. RF. B. Starkey, superintend- ent of service, says: “The Knight Flyer’ has already created le comment and has made mar y render- ing first dark hours when its chee arrival was most appreciated.” this Brown and | White service car, just put info commission in Seattle at an estimated cost of $8,000. LEADS ROADS | | Transcontinental Routes Ao- | commodate Travelers The nature of torists who are now pl transcontinental drive this » or west, ts shown below. 606.1 miles of concrete. 110.9 miles of brick. of macadam, of graded gravel. 187.5 miles of natural gravel. 297.3 miles of graded earth 74.6 miles of natural earth. 220.5 miles of paved city streets. 2.6 miles, a trip across the continent, ROAD PATROL | California Prepares for New Officers Soon SACRAMENTO, March 29.—More than 60 per cent of the boards of supervisors of the various counties indicated thelr Willingness to enter into agreements with the division of motor vehicles at once for the appointment of traf. fic officers to form a statewide high- way patrol, Will H. Marsh, chief of of California have the diviaion, announced here. Requests that the supe section of the motor were to serve. Marsh stated that {n cane of re- fusal by the supervisors to submit late of eligibles for appointment. it waa hin intention to exert the pre- Togative vested in him by the law and appoint traffic officers in such counties regardless of the action of the supervisors, There are now the various compani ‘a fur- nish the division with lists of eligi bles for appointment to the traffic! squad were mado last week, follow. ing the decision of the supreme court upholding the constitutionality of a vehicle act which provided for the appointment of traffic officers by the division and for payment of thelr wages out of motor vehicle funds apportioned to the respective counties in which they 0,000 partners in of the Durant Cadillac Developments j engine, also pioneered in such fundamen adopting electrical ignition; ag they do in the gay tank, sho be cleaned out each weok. Buse. Curb taximeters. Taxicabs ° . ° in Chilean Highways HE rapid expansion in autobus service in Chile has materially affected the operation of taxicabs, says Assistant Trade Commissioner C. C, Brooks in a report to the department of commerce. the motorbus was practically unknown in Santiago, Chile, the number of buses now registered in the local license office is 419, of this number 378 are American-made. The popularity of buses is forcing the owners of “for hire” automobiles to place their business on a competitive basis or withdraw their machines from circulation, and in their efforts to accomplish the former, they have pe- titioned for the authorization of a standard schedule of fares based on distance and the approval of the use of Altho two years ago, As there are practically no meters available at this time the use of these recording devices is optional, but there is every likelihood that when meters can be ob- tained in quantity their use will be made obligator pe roads which iil be encountered by thousands of mo- PRAISE MOTOR Celebrate Trophy Award on Comments from engineers, distrib- Btors and owners indicate that of all the ploneering achievements of the Cadillac Motor Car company during the past £1 years, none has contributed more to riding comfort than the creation of the new “63” | inherently balanced and harmonized | according to Frank John: | }#0n, assistant chief engineer of the company, who assisted in designing the first onecylinder Cadillac en- gine, and who has had an important |part in the designing of nearly | jevery new Cadillac since that time. “During the month of March,” | states Johnson, “we are celebrating the 16th anniversary of the award to Cadillac of the Dewar trophy by the Royal Automobile club of Eng: {and for the most significant devel- opment during the preceeding year. ince that time our company has ways as discarding magneto and | Intro- ducing a complete electrical system | jot cranking, lighting and ignition; | developing and using thermostatic | control of the circulating cooling medium and of carburetion, and tn-| troducing V-type, high-speed auto. mobile engines in the United States, | Water and dirt will accumulate In |the bottom of the vacuum tank just and It ig no longer necessary to carry| extra gas {n the car any time during It is us unily advisable to carry a canteen of | drinking water at all times and some | Wipe ed ZIIRES rune SHOP make of t “AN FRANCISCO, March 29.—No longer will of the Pacific Coast depend in entir upon the factured. ry to replace case , In thig ope fon it|be carefully re 0. 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