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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1914
Page
4
The Washington auto scene stirs as dealers await factory news on 1915 models while buyers feverishly plan new car purchases. Talks focus on minor refinements for 1515 models, with manufacturers and dealers optimistic of a record year amid steady competition between four and six cylinder lines.
The 1914 automobile season is praised for safety and fewer reckless drivers. Drivers and pedestrians are urged to show consideration, curb horn noise, and reduce street dangers. Calls for more playgrounds and better traffic behavior in 1915 aim to improve both production and road manners.
Automobile owners paid last year to licenses and registration fees totaling 8 148 973 dollars with most funds used for building and maintaining good roads A capitalization at 4 percent yields 203 724 000 dollars enough to build 23 635 miles of roads Mobile owners contribute substantially to road finance and should have a say in road planning maintenance and management While speeds and traffic grow and trucks expand the auto owner becomes a key taxpayer with responsibilities to ensure adequate road quality and serviceable infrastructure.
The Hudson Automobile Company introduces the light pix-40 for 1915 and claims it equals or surpasses the 1914 pattern. Features include a roomier interior, wider seats, higher seating, redesigned wing shield, transmission-driven speedometer, centered horn, tubular drive shaft, more powerful quieter motor, and a more efficient carburetor. A demonstrator is on display in Washington, with many new Fords delivered by Milter Bros. in Holland.
A clipped admonition asks why a few months old car emits foul smoke and backfires while others pass silently and why it looks badly worn. It notes rattling sounds imply distress and calls car owners to act and fix issues promptly.
A fragmented OCR listing names including Dr. F. H. Morbart Senator Frank Brandegree and many others, interspersed with entities such as Over ton Luck Straus Gunst Co J A Fowler Lea A Gil E G McCarthy C H Morgan and Tenley Baking Company Hoover and Denham McNamee Bros, and mention of Runabouts to J H Carter and Deliveries to Tenley Baking Company.
B I Marlow, chairman of the Washington section of the National Electric Vehicle Association, announces a hiatus with no meetings until fall and a date yet to be set. Nearby dealers report multiple car sales including Cartercar touring car to A L Falk and an 8 Meta roadster to B Wycket. The Commercial Auto and Supply Company lists several buyers for Studebaker models. Mrs Van Devanter receives a Detroit electric brougham with worm-drive and blue finish, noted by Emerson & Orme. A A Crumley of Hudson spends time in Washington with headquarters at Hudson Automobile Company local office.
Paris July 11 the chamber of deputies voted to abolish the license tax on saloonkeepers except for distilled liquors in an effort to curb drunkenness. The move targets excise on taverns while preserving taxes on spirits.
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