The Washington times., 1915-05-29
CAPITAL TO BOAST
LARGEST GARAGE IN
UN|TEDSTATESSOON
Union Building in G Street viii
House 1000 Cars, Says C.
Walter Hoover, Manager.
By WILLIAM P. ROSE.

Records are interesting to write about.
Anything never done before attracts
attention. The justifiable use of the
word largest insures wide discussion.
And probably all of this is most true In
America.
At any rate. when we Americans lead,
as we usually do, we. are filled with
such a patriotic fervor that we take
pride in telling the rest of the world all
about 1t. This is right and this Is
proper, for 1t is largely this unrest of
patriotism that keeps us breaking rec
ords
It Is certain, this spirit of patriot
ism that is giving washington cause to
hold her head high in the automobile in
dustry, because she can now boast
the largest public garage in America.
With the formal opening of the Union
garage on G street, near Seventh, WASH
ington makes q new high record.
The idea of this huge garage, which
occupies seven floors of 5000 feet each,
q total of over three acres of floor space,
was conceived by C. walter Hoover,
for the past five years manager of the
retail store of Miller Brothers. Of Ford
fame. With Miller Brothers, Mr.. Hoov-
and at one time nearly attached the
record for selling the greatest number
OF Ford cars in any one year.
The idea Of giving to Washington
the largest garage in America took
whom he inspired the ambition to be-
come president of this large enter
prise The result was the organization
OF the Union Building. Inc. under the
management of which, with Mr.. Par
ker as president and Mr.. Hoover as
general manager. the Union Garage is
operated.
ing the large Union building was in
itself a task that would have taxed
the genius of many men. Over $50, 900
was expended. Every steel girder and
column was incased in concrete; iron
stairways with no landings were in
stalled; concrete floors were laid; Of
fees and equipment necessary to oper-
ate a garage Of such dimensions were
planned and executed.
The finished garage will accemmo-
large that on one Of them. the fifth.
a circular track Is laid out, on which
cars are tested.
On this track a car can develop a
speed Of over twenty miles without
danger.
The elevators Of the building win
special attention from every visitor.
There are two of them large enough to
accommodate several cars at one time
Two of them will carry a load of more
than five tons without laboring. They
are electric A passenger elevator for
the convenience of patrons operates
from all seven floors.
The basement Of the building is equip
ped with a complete charging outfit for
electric cars. On the right of the en-
trance is the tire department with all
modern equipment; on the left is the
accessories department, while the, re-
pair, painting, and upholstery depart
ments have a floor apiece.
Wash racks are installed on three
floors, and the gas tanks are located be-
low the first floor, with delivery service
on the main floor near the entrance.
Dispatch and economy are the two
features of the service of the Union
Garage that Mr.. Hoover believes will
recommend 1t to the people of Wash
ington in a degree to make 1t a COM
plete success.