Evening star., 1934-09-09

your children or the children OF
they are children and should be
heir carefree lives.
Division No. contains the tires
sold through catalogues by mail or
! telegraphic orders. Price reductions,
averaging Is per cent on popular size
tires, have been made on tires sold
by members Of this division, with the
largest reductions In third-line tires.
| The divisions we're specifically sep
arated as follows:
Division No. / tires and tubes bear
ing any Of the following names in any
form: Firestone. Goodrich, General,
Goodyear, United States.
Division No. 2-T1res and tubes
bearing private brands only, sold by
and for through outlets whose prin-
cipal line of business is the marketing
Of petroleum products.
Division No. Sd Tires and
tubes when sold by Montgomery Ward
& Co. and Sears. Roebuck & Co.,
through their retail stores; (2) tires
and tubes bearing any of the follow
ing names in any form: Badger,
Brunswick, Diamond, Federal, G. S5
j, Gillette, Hood, Marathon, Miller,
Yale; (3) tires and tubes bearing
any Of the following names: Cooper,
Dayton, Dunlop, Falls, Fisk, Gates,
Giant, Inland, Kelly-Springfield, Lee,
McClaren, Mansfield, Master, Mo-
hawk, Pennsylvania, Pharis, Seiber-
| ling.
Division No. 4ETires and tubes not
included in divisions /, 2, and S.
Division No. Notwithstanding di-
visions /, 2, 3 and 4, tires and tubes
sold to the consumer through the
medium Of regularly issued cata-
logues, when orders are received by
mail or telegraph only and delivery
Is made by mail, express or freight
only.
Wider Highway Needed.
Present volume Of trafic on
United States Route 240. Washington
to Frederick via Rockville, Clarks-
burg and Hyattstown, warrants q
highway double the width of the ex-
isting road, according to William s.
Canning, engineering director Of the
ACySVOic AutUfuODue CluD.
In cooperation with road officials
engaged in charting highway needs
Of the future, Mr.. Canning, himself
nationally known traffic engineer,
for several months has been making
survey Of Maryland highways, most
Of which are Of prime interest to
Washington motorists.
This is the third Of Mr.. Canning's
reports issued by the Keystone Club
1t deals specifically with Routes 24O
and $40.
"Trafic on United States 24O, be-
tween Washington and Frederick, Is
approximately 4,500 vehicles per day,
with a peak approaching $500 ve-
htcles," the report says. According
to findings Of the American Associa-
tion Of State Highway Ofiicials, traffic
exceeding 1000 vehicles per day war
rants, from the viewpoint of safety
and utility, four-lane highway. Our
conclusion, therefore, is that the ex-
isting highway is inadequate for the
volume Of trafac passing over it daily,
and in accordance with advanced
highway engineering practice we
recommend the construction of an
additional two-lane road paralleling
the present highway; in other words,
a four-lane dual highway all the way
from Washington to Frederick"
Mr.. Canning points out that con-
ditions on this route will become pro-
gressively worse with growth in traf-
nc. He estimates that by 1874 the
daily volume will increase from the
present $500 to $500 vehicles per
day, with peak trafic approaching
10000 vehicles.
Increasing Problems Seen.
''It is obvious the report con-
tinues, that highway already in
adequate will present increasing prob
lens in traffic regulation and safety
with the passing years"
The survey shows that the paving
Of Route 240 and the alignment of
the road are, in general, SatiSfac-
tory, but it is noted that the paving
in some places will have to be re-
placed or resurfaced within the next
few years"
Strong recommendation Is made in
the report that United States $40,
Frederick to Harpers Ferry, be paved
to a width of 20 feet; that sharp
curves be eased or eliminated when
ever feasible and that the railroad
grade crossing "a miles from Har-
pers Ferry be eliminated. Atten-
ton is called to a condition at
point IA miles east of Jefferson,
where a rather high fill with no guard
rail constitutes a hazard that should
be abolished without delay.
TRAFFIC over the highway, which
varies in width from IA to 20 feet, is
about 1900 vehicles per day, with a
peak Of $500. AS the estimated
traffic 10 years hence is approximately
1850 vehicles, the club engineer be-
lieves 20-foot road will answer for