Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10

will agree.
From now until the end of Sep
TENDER Washington will entertain
from week to week many thousands
of motor visitors. They will be for
the most part entire strangers to
the city and wholly unacquainted
with our streets, highways, public
buildings and other points of in
terest.
Asked by any one of these out of
town motorists for information, it
would be we'll for the ashingtonian
to take few minutes time and eN-
plain in clear and understandable de
tail, if possible, his answer How
many times has the Washington mo-
torist been away from home, and,
asking a question as to route, direc-
ton or the way to some point OF in
terest within the city, found the ma
tives answer almost unntelligible?
And how thankfully has he received
information precisely and clearly
given!
The way to the White House may
be perfectly clear to the Washing
tonian. and tumble of turn left,
then right, then two squares this
way and three squares that way may
suffice for one who has been here be-
fore, but the total stranger will need
clearer and more careful explana-
| ton. For more reasons than one,
the ashingtonian should pause long
enough to give information that will!
be really helpful.
Statistics compiled by the Chiffon
Glass Journal Co. reveal that the
average motorist paid 500 in 1926 for
fuels and lubricants, 50 less than he
paid in 1925. When the 1927 models
began to make their appearance last
Winter, they were hailed as the
most economical automobiles ever
built. Will the reduction in fuel and
lubricant bills on the average car be
greater than was the case last year?
| The chances are that it will.
| Higher compression, better carbure-
ton and improved ignition. together
with the fact that gasoines have
been made better, probably will
serve to cut the average car owners
fuel bill quite substantially during
1927. But whatever the figure hap
pens to be when the books are bal
anced in December, it probably will
not reveal the full reduction.
For the 1927 car probably will be
driven farther than its predecessor.
This invariably is the case. New
! uses for the car are found by every
family every year. Some one else in
the family learns to drive and the
car is called upon for that much
more service. New roads are opened
and they beckon always to the man
with good car. So. part of the
reduction will be~shown on the speed
omcter instead of on the family
ledger.
Air cleaners and gasoline filters
also will have played their part in
reducing the outlay for gasoline.
AS to lubricants, their cost stands |
a still better chance of being cut dur
ing 1877. A majority OF cars TODAY |
are equipped with devices that rec
ttty the oil and perpetuate its life. |
Many car owners who drained the
crankcase every 500 miles a wear or |
SO ago are using the same oil for |
l,oO0 or 1000 miles today.
lhese improvements are bound to |
show up i'll figures at the end of the !
year.
A little knowledge of ANYTHING !
may be a very annoying thing, and |
nothing demorstate this better |
than information regarding roads |
and routes. 1t is one thing to know !
that a certain stretch of road is torn
up. Tor repairs, but quite another
thing to be informed regarding the |
details of this work and the pro-
vision made for handling traffic. In |
one important touring center, for i'll |
stance: the State highway depart
ment has torn up a stretch of road |
near one of the show places OF |
America. Provision will be made to
permit traffic passing in one direc-
ton TO use the road while it is be- |
ing repaired, but traffic in the oppo- |
site direction will be required to take
an unpleasant detour.
ms arrangement is the result of |
careful investigation and thoueht1on |
the part of the highway officials.
The side of the road which leads TO
the show place is the one left open.
Is it possible that the two-door
closed car is going to regain its enor-
nous popularity?
Not long ago it was predicted that
TINS model would go out of fashion,
mat motorists no longer would stand |
Tor the annoyance of climbing over
each other in order to get into or
cut of the Car. And yet within the
past few months there have been
numerous new models built along
these lines. However, doors are |
Wlder and seats are more conven- |
iently arranged. Also these models |
usually provide accommodation for
luggage-a feature which is becom- |
ing more and more important in car |
ownership.
Literally thousands of American
communities already have begun TO |
proht as a result Of the unprece- |
dented volume OF motor tourist travel |
over the country thus far this year.
1t IS clear that last years record will |
De tar surpassed in 1927 and that the
dollar turnover will be markedly |
greater.
The automobile has made" manv
settlements, and because of the lure
OF motor touring hundreds of larger
communities and cities in all parts
OF the country are bencfiting
through the putting into circulation
Oh impressive sums OF new" money.
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