The Washington herald., 1916-02-01

factory at Detroit.
.,rbis mild weather has made business
,ook IN in virginia and North Carohha'
said w p. Barrhardt. who has just re-
turned from a trip through these states
In the interest of the Pullman machine
On Monday. January "a. there were IoO
motorists of Baltimore gathered at the
City Hall of that city to protest against
an ordinance which has for It's OBJECT the
prohibiting Of the parking Of cars on the
city streets without a special license Be
cause all could not be given hearing
the meeting was continued over until yes
terdav. when there were almost as many
more on hand to voice their sentiments
In sending out the notice of the meeting
the Automobile Club of Maryland, which
took up the fight against the ordinance
did not ask il autoists were club members
The mere fact that they were MOTORISTS
was sufficient There is an old saying
that in numbers there is strength and II
holds good everywhere, not only in Bal
timore.
Because Washington is not manu-
featuring city, there are good many
under the impression that 1t is poor
truck town. Just the contrary is true
Though there Is hut little use for the
ton variety, there are a great number OF
the smaller trucks in the city. In fact,
there are more than 700 in operation on
the streets of this city. Some of them
are only of the three-quarter-ton type
but the ton and ton-and-one-hat type
are the popular size. Day by day their
use is becoming a greater necessity, que
to the rapid expanse of the city and the
idea of most every shopper that it is
IN
the parcel as it is for them to carry II.
All Of the large department stores use
them almost to the exclusion of horses
and in many other lines OF trade they
have entirely supplanted the horse. IL
has been found in most every instance
that goods can be handled more quickly
and economically by the use Of motor
trucks than they can by horses.
With the price Of gasoline mounting
higher and higher, questions of economy
are forcing themselves upon the attention
of motorists everywhere. In the opinion
Of most motor experts, the rise in the
cost Of gasoline may have some good re-
suits II 1t teaches the motoria to be
more careful about the condition of his
engine and Importance of equipping 1t
with the right carbureter.
The rise in price of gasoline from u
to q cents can be largely Offset. If
the average gasoline consumption Of the
motorists car can be increased from
say ten miles per gallon to fifteen miles
per gallon, that is. on a basis of fifteen
miles per gallon. gasoline at u cents is
no more expensive than IA cent gasoline
which produces only ten miles per gal
Ion.
1t is well within the power OF almost
every motorist to increase materially the
efficiency OF his car. There are two fac
tors for the motorist to give especial at
tention il he wants to keep down his
gasoline expense. One is the carbureter
he uses and its adjustment; the other is
the condition Of his valves.
1t is very often possible, at the slight
expense required grinding valves, to
so increase the mileage of any motor
that the difference is very perceptible
in the gasoline BILL There Is also the
advantage Of more power and a better
running engine. Motorists would do well
II they would pay more attention to the
valves in their car, and IL It is regularly
run. have the valves ground not less
than twice a year. and preferably three
times. With modern motor design, valves
comparatively small job, and It will show
good results in economy.
The most important factor In obtain
the economy 10 the carbureter. There
are a great many carbureters on the
market; some Of them are very good, and
some of them ordinary
For a motorist whose car is equipped
with an unsuitable carbureter, there is
nothing that. will give more pleasure,
in the improved running of the car,
than the purchase of the proper car
bureter. 1t will not only result in econ
omy, which will go long way toward
offsetting any increase in the cost of
gasoline, but it will make the motor more
satisfactory in every respect.
The matter of adjustment Is also i'm
portant, but not nearly so important as
the make of the carbureter and the prop
er model for the car in question.
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