Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19
TRANSPORT AIDED
BY COORDINATION
Manufacturing Executives
Analyze Linking of All
Means of Travel.
Special Dispatch to The star.

DETROIT, October Exchanging
conditions Affecting automobile manu-
featuring contemplate coordination Of
the motor car with the motor coach,
the motor truck, aircraft and rail lines
IN the advancement of transportation.
Far-sighted executives in all four
tines Of endeavor are analyzing the
future possibilities and framing their
plans accordingly.
As they look ct 1t, motor cars viii
continue to be standard for individual
transportation: motor coaches built to
follow automobile standards Of road per.
Torrance win share inter-urban pas
wenger hauling with electric rail lines;
motor trucks and commercial cars, ike
wise built for fast travel, will be used
for light freighting.
In the aircraft division, the planes
will serve for specific types OF both air
and water movement OF trafnc where
long trips have to be made In minimum
time. The railroads will maintain their
present status Of long hauls. carrying
both passengers and freight. Their
operation will interlock with both the
air and water routes
No Saturation Point.
There Is no possibility that there can
ever be "saturation point" in the use
Of any type of vehicle; neither can any
one type ever displace the others. The
idea Of saturation has been exploded
and the future plan Of coordination
has taken its place.
That the engineering brains Of the
Nation already foresee the new era Is
apparent from research studies now
being made. Some of these were re.
vealed when the production men held
their annual assembly in Detroit two
Society of Automotive Engineers.
An opinion expressive Of the future
view was voiced by Prof. John Younger,
head Of the industrial engineering de
vision at Ohio State University. In
his belief, there Is no Saturation prob
lem. There is, however, q vital and
ever-tncreasing parking problem that
must be solved. Due largely to the
parking problem, the ownership Of au.
tomobiles In Greater New York aver
ages about one 10 every ten persons,
whereas In other large centers 1t APP
proximates one to every i've persons.
Road Improvement Remedy.
The remedy, he points out, is the
creation of more super highways ard
elevated roadways, double decked and
tr1ple-decked where necessary. These
he believes to be the short cut to in
creased motor car use, and they would
remove one Of the present restrictions
on production and sales.
Within the next week. the engineers
are to hold another assembly at Pitts
burgh, Pa. They viii talk about the
automotiye end of the future expansion.
The viewpoint Of their deliberations
has been expressed by John A. G.
Warner, general manager Of the s. A. z.
MANY transportation men," he says,
~believe that the coming system viii
comprise not only railroads but a fun
complement Of automotive vehicles such
as automobiles, motor coaches, motor
trucks, airplanes and Diesel-operated
single or tandem cars.
both the transportation of passen-
gers and freight for revenue and the
operation of sales and service COM
panies for the privately owned car pre-
sent Q problem. Abuses that have
arisen as result Of chaotic conditions
have cost the public 30 much that
both operating companies and individ-
Slals have begun 70 demand o more care
ful scrutiny Of costs.
'The Improvement of highways be-
tween our great cities has been great.
The network Of roads has reduced
transcontinental travel to O pleasur-
able outing. These changes In turn
have upset the internal transit con-
ditions In such q manner that trans
portation engineers have difficulty In
keeping pace with the public's de-
mandS.
Rail Schedule Changed.
THE rapid rise Of the motor coach
travel system and the commercial
effects resulting from short-haul auto
motive freight carriers also have COM
PEELED some Of the railroads TO take on
automottve activities, alter their equip
ment and schedules and In some IN
stances make use Of afrplanes and mo-
tor buses to save their operating costs
from going into red ink"
With Mr.. Warmers view may be
quoted one from Alfred p. Sloan, vice
president Of General Motors. Talking
before Detroit bankers earlier in the
year, Mr.. Sloan said the automotive
industry has TO assume the responsible
1ty for the prosperity Of the country,
because 1t was the largest. The num-
Der OF those concerned in the automo-
tive industry, considering all Its
branches and the service after the car
Is manufactured, Is $4,000, 900, or 10
per cent Of the population, whose pur-
chasing power Is predicAted upon the
industry. The wealth created by the
industry Is equal 70 the wealth created
By agriculture.
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