Evening star., 1940-01-21

well above the 1899 level Of $5OO0,.
100000. Winter travel to Florida
an excellent index to travel trends
Is now running from 20 to 80 per
cent ahead Of last year. All A. A. A.
travel services are being geared in
anticipation that the new year will
witness an extremely heavy volume
Of travel, with benefits accruing to
every section Of the country.
From the standpoint Of highway
progress, 1910 is expected to be one
Of the most eventful periods since
the launching Of the original good
roads movement. AS a result Of
planning surveys under way in 46
States, future highway needs are
becoming clearly evident. Federal
aid legislation to be drafted by Con-
gress will undoubtedly take into ac-
count the survey findings and the
need for new policies in moderniz.
ing the Federal-aid system. Senti-
ment against toll highways con-
tinues to increase. The Congress
Is expected to give serious consid-
SA "cAoAA w proposals W dlO OIdtco
and communities In acquiring lands
needed for highway rights of way.
With increased travel and en-
phasis on road modernization, the
traffic safety effort will be given
new stimulus. Traffic safety educa-
ton, now offered in some 5000 high
schools, with preparatory work in
primary and elementary grade
schools, will be further expanded
during the new year. In the year
just closed newspapers, magazines,
radio and other forums of public
expression evidenced a high degree
of interest in the traffic safety move
ment. Continuation of this interest
on a broader scale augurs well for
even greater results during 1910.
1t Costs to Make the Old Car Go.
The petroleum tax bill, paid by
the industry and its customers,
reached a record high of $1,334,-
$500 in 1899, according to pre-
iminary estimates made by the
American Petroleum Industries
Committee. This is an increase Of
nearly per cent over 1898, when
the petroleum tax bill was $685.
114,0O0, and it represents 100 per
cent increase over 1929, when $685.
681 900 was collected in taxes on the
petroleum industry and its products.
Here Is Another Petroleum Angle.
More than 60,OOO,OO gallons of
aviation 90 oco1jy,o q ,,,opth 49, 1Sn
100000 gallons a year, seven-and-
one-half times the 1888 domestic
consumption, can be produced by
United States petroleum refneries
with refining equipment already in
service, when the demand warrants,
according to recent survey by the
United States Bureau Of Mines. The
data reveal clearly that petroleum
refiners are far ahead of all de-
mands by the aviation industry, and
are prepared to meet instantly any
conceivable increase in consumption,
1t has long been known that ad.
vances in petroleum chemistry and
refinery technology, aid the build.
Ing OF much modern equipment in
the past few years, have given the
United States a virtual monopoly
OF the quantity production of super
aviation fuels, much greater than
the present demands Of the aviation
industry, but this inventory repre-
sents the first attempt to state
statistically the actual capacity.
Mechanic Joe Speaking.
"One OF the most common mistakes
car owners make is to 60 only half
way with tests and remedies. It isn't
any wonder they have so much
trouble trying to find out what's
wrong, and why they take all the
detours when the open road is so
much shorter.
Had a case of it the other day.
A customer complained because the
engine knocked. I told him he was
sitting behind high compression
engine of the latest type and that
ne should use premium antiknock
1uel. He said he would do as I said,
But soon he was back in the shop
again complaining that the remedy
didn't work and that the knock was
still In evidence. I won't bore you
with the long process of irving to
solve this one, but simply add that
he made the mistake of buyinp
four gallons OF antiknock fuel, add
ing this to 16 of the regular al
ready in the tank. OF course the
results were far from complete"