Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 February 1939 — Page 22

PAGE 22 | "Automobile News—

Gasoline Tax in State Last Year Totals 28 Million:

A.A A. Conditionally Approves Proposed Toll Roads Snow and Toe Sow Tra 5m os i

Schaffter of Pittsburgh

To Direct Packard Service Here.

Indiana gasoline consumérs have paid $266,241,000 in State and Federal gasoline taxes since 1923, Leland K. Fishback, Indiana Petroleum Industries Committee secretary, reported today. The 20th oy eTiary of the passage in 1923 of the first gasoline tax in United States will be tomorrow. The Oregon Legislature, 20 years ~ ago, placed a tax of 1 cent per gallon on gasoline for highway maintenance and improvement, a precedent later followed by every State. The Federal tax, begun in 1932, has cost Indiana motorists $34,022,000, he added. During 1938, an estimated $28, 586,000 was collected by the tax in Indiana, $22,640,000 obtained by the

State and $5,946,000 by the Federal] j tax.

A.A. A. Conditionally 0. K.’s Proposed Toll Roads

Limited aproval has been given] {

toll roads by the American Automobile Association to obtain badly needed high-type road developments in congested areas, according to Todd Stoops, Hoosier Motor Club secretary-manager. In the early days of motoring, motor clubs were in the forefront of the fight to abolish toll gates, Mr. Stoops pointed out. They still are opposed to fantastic schemes being

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NO NEW DETOURS,

detours effective on roads in

Indian

Ind. 56—East of Scottsburg, 18 a. 3

miles over Roads 31, 256 and 3. bers also re-| Ind. 145—From 1 mile north of ported that snow and ice in the ex-| New Boston to Fulda, 6% miles over Heme TOFResian) corner of the|county gravel road. high :

water in the south- : AUTO AND DIAMOND !

at fo oe continued to slow traffic LOANS

20 Months to Pay

. WOLF SUSSMAN, INC.

WASH ST, Eotablished 3 ‘Years ; Opposite Statehouse " LI-2749,

STATE ANNOUNCES

tourns now in effect follow: Ind. 13—From 1 mile north of Swazee north 3 miles over county

gravel. The State Highway Commission 8. 33—From U. S. 6 west and

today announced there had been|north 7% miles over Roads 6 and no change during the last week in|13.

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Construction Halted.

OPEN SATURDAY NIGHT TIL 9 O'CLOCK

We've enlarged our Men's Department . . . More 8 ves More merchandise from which to select!

One of Indianapolis’ major industries is the Chevrolet Commercial Body plant, said to be the largest in the world devoted exclusively to commercial bodies. Body paris for all Chevrolet trucks are built here and shipped to 12 assembly plants. Here, a workman sprays a body

This 208-inch press, described as the largest in existence, takes flat sheets of metal and, in a single operation, stamps them into onepiece steel turret tops for the biggest truck manufactured by Chevrolet. The press, made especially for the Indianapolis plant, exerts 1500

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super toll highways across the nation at a cost of 12 billions or more. “However, motorists have been and are willing to pay in the form of tolls for such costly items as bridges and tunnels, provided such

facilities become free when they]:

have been paid for,” he said. “Ap-

proval of toll road construction, }§

when demanded by traffic needs, represents an extension of existing A. A. A. policies in regard to toll bridges.”

vtions under which the A. A.|{

A. approves of toll highway construcion provide that such highways should be built, operated and owned by a governmental unit; that the

state must not divert any revenue g

derived from motor vehicle taxation; that the construction cost cannot be met out of normal current revenues: that tolls shall be used exclusively for retiring indebtedness incurred, and that the road shall become free when the indebtedness is discharged.

Eastern Man to Head |

Packard Service Here

> | "George C. Schaffter of Pittsburgh will be manager of an enlarged service department of Packard Indianapolis, Inc., 1510 N. Meridian .St., W. A. B. Hanchett, manager, announced today. Mr. Schaffter will conduct a Packard owners’ clinic March 1, 2 and 3.

A. D. Miller Named Sales Aid for Gulf Co.

A. D. Miller has been appointed Gulf Refining Co. sales manager for Indiana, and E. L. Copeland .has been promoted to asssitant district sales manager, it was’ announced today. New district offices at 913 Merchants Bank Building will be opened about March 1. H. PF. O'Gara has assumed the Indianapolis tank wagon territory agency previously held by Mr. Miller.

Used Car Sales Increase First 20 Days in February

Used car sales in Marion County increased 94 per cent for the first 20 days of February, as compared to January, according to figures released today by the Indianapolis Auto Trade Association. In the first 20 days of January, Marion County auto dealers delivered 608 used cars. In February, the deliveries jumped to 1181. New car sales for the same periods showed an increase of only 2 per cent. In January, 590 new cars were sold while in February 607 moved out of salesrooms.

General Rubber Raises

Pieasure, Truck Tire Prices

AKRON, O,, Feb. 24 (U. P.).—The General Tire & Rubber Co. today announced increases of from 2 to 5 per cent in prices of passenger and truck tires, effective immediately. No change was made in tube or farm tractor tire prices. The advances followed boosts by other leading tire manufacturers,

Ford Firm Assembles No. 27 Million

Times Special + DETROIT, Feb. 24. — The 217 millionth Ford car was assembled this week at the Ford Motor Co. branch plant in Richmond, Cal, in connection with the opening of the Gaiden Gate International Exposition.

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Times Photos.

A workman inspects a steel floorboard stamping as it comes from

one of the. smaller presses used at the local plant. truck bodies were. constructed almost entirely of wood.

In years gone by, However, the

only wood used in present-day Chevrolet trucks is the flooring in the

loading compartment,

Electric Autos Purr Along

Despite Gaso l ine ‘Inroads’

By JOHN B. MILLIS United Press Staff Correspondent

DETROIT, Feb. 24¢.—Twenty years ago electric power-driven vehicles fought a losing fight with gasoline but the “floating showcase” of the mauve decade is still being manufactured here in Detroit, heart of the auto industry. The tiny factory of the Detroit Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Co. is located on a side street only a short distance from downtown DeModern, streamlined cars hurry past the plant every day, their drivers not knowing that A. F. Renz and his assistants are making a comfortable living building the vehicles the gasoline car displaced. Detroit’s many auto plants produce thousands of autos each day but Mr. Renz and his workers Con out about 10 a year, and that is a boom year. Some of the electric cars look like modern autos, others are replicas of the “floating showcase” of old, so-called because of the generous use of plate glass.

Only 500 Left

Mr. Renz says there are only about 500 electric cars in the world | today, most of them in America. The motor of an “eleciric” sealed at the factory before delivery, Mr. Renz says. It needs lubrication only about once in every four or five years. One battery

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60 to 85 miles. Recharging requires six to eight hours. The batteries will last from 10 to 20 years with good care, but they are not guaranteed if the vehicle is geared to run more than 30 miles per hour. Replacing the battery costs from $325 to $450. Operation of an electric is cheaper than a gas driven car. The cost is about 1 cent an hour. Furthermore, an electric can pull itself out of snow, mud or sand much easier than modern autos if it has the least bit of traction. A standard job costs between

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MARCH 1 DEADLINE FOR FARM AID PLEA

LAFAYETTE, Feb. 24 (U. P).—L. M. Vogler, chairman of the Indiana Agricultural Committee, today fixed March 1 as deadline for applications for payments under the 1938 agricultural conservation program. “The only exceptions,” Mr. Vogler said, “are those cases where it can be established definitely that failure to submit a summary of performance or return a signed application was not due to negligence on the pat of the applicant.”

~ COUNTY AGENT NAMED Times Special ROCHESTER, Feb. 24—W. J. Huxley has assumed duties as Fulton County Agriclutural Agent. He

moved here from Versailles, where he served in the same post in Ripley County.

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