1924, iis SATURDAY, APRIL 326, * THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG In the Automobile World MOTORISTS INVITED T0 ROAD CONGRESS Federal Aid Up For Discussion Before the Canadian Good Roads Association. The eleventh annual convention of the Canadian Good Roads Associa- tion at St. Andfews by the Sea, New Brunswick, from 24th to June 27th inclusive, will provide an exceptional opportunity for motoring delegates to see the big advance that has been made in highway improvement in the Maritime vinces. The Hon. P. J. Veniot, Premier of New Bruns- wick, has issued an invitation -to the motorists of Canada to make the trip to St. Andrews by automobile, in the following letter sent to the officials of the Canadian Good Roads Association: "As the-convention of the Caha- dian Good Roads Association will this year be held in St. Andrews by the Sea, New Brunswick, between June 24th and 27th, I take pleasure in. extending a cordial invitation to all delegates who anticipate attend- ing this convention to motor to the 30s3 Wi All 2013 Wi 30x34 All repair work of 'Automobile all 334 food sta a JF Now locatiutr-210 DIVISION , head of SEE US FOR NEW LOW PRICES ON GOODYEAR TIRES (Guaranteed), foot Fabric .........$11.28 eather Fabric .......$13.15 foot Cord . . .. eather Cord: SPECIAL ! 30x34 Pathfinder--not guaranteed .$8.95 VANLUVEN BROS., Ford Dealers Convention City, and 1 would es- pecially invite them to do so by way of the all-Canadian highway be- tween Montreal and St. Andrews. I have myself taken this"trip on sev- eral occasions from Montreal to Que- bec City thencedn to Riviere du Loup to the town of Edmundston, N.B. This entire route was, last year, in first class condition. The route from Edmundston to the Convention City would be by way of Gfand Falls to Woodstock, and on to Fredericton, thence to St. John and from St. John on to St. Andrews. This highway, which is entirely in the Province of New Brunswick, is also in first class condition. The beautiful scenery all along the St. John- River from Ed- mundston to St. John is one which I am sure will be immensely enjoyed by you all. Hoping that a goodly number of thé delegates to the Con- vention will avail themselves of the. route above outlinéd to reach the convention city and enjoy the scen- ery through the Provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick, I am, respect- fully yours, P. J. Veniot, premier." The officials of the Asgoclation are arranging an itinerary for those mo- toring to the convention, details of which will be furnished later on. The motoring delegates will by this trip also have brought home to them . $13.75 . $16.75 "ce vp ea - the infernational and interprovincial character of modern highways and will thus be able to participate more freely in thle discussion of one of the most important topics to come before the convention --who should pay for the roads, with particular ref- erence to the question of further federal aid. The Canada Highways Act, with its grant of $20,000 'for the provinces, spread over the last five yéars, came to an end last month, and strong representations have been made to the Dominion Government to cofitinue the policy init the necessity for which will be fur- ther emphasized at the St. Andrews convention.) At the Hamilton Con- gress last year, Premier E. H,' Arm- strong, of Nova Scotia, spoke strong- ly on the subject of féderal! aid, main- taining that it did not infringe in any way on provincial rights under the B.N.A. Act, and argued that as it was the taxpayers of the whole coun- try who provided the federal revenue, that present-day traffic on the high- ways is much more national and in- terproviancial than it was in years gone by, the Federal government should set aside part of the national taxpeyers money for the betterment of highway transports facilities, with a view to encouraging production and stimulating trade and commerce. , The chairman of the Executive Committee of the Association, 8. L. Squire, mow deputy minister of High- ways for Ontario, speaking at the an- nual convention of the Ontario Good Roads Association on the same sub- ject, maintained that those who bene- fitted by the roads should pay for them inasmuch as the use of roads is universal, then it was necessary that everybody who uses the roads should pay a fair 'share of the. cost of construction and maintenance of them. Roads could be no longer con- Sldered as performing a simple and local function and the improvement of them has a national aspect. Mr. Squire pointed out that the Post Of- fivd department, in its rural mail ser- vice and stage routes, used 120,000 miles of highways and it was in the general public interest that - those roads should be in good condition so as to reduce the cost of transporta- fj | tion of the mails over them. He fur- "ELLIOTT & WILLIAMSON useons soso. | d Your Cylin square with the base round amd true with a heavy duty cylinder grinding "machine, giving perfect work 'in every respect. Auto Tops and Seats Recoyered Side Curtains, All Kinds of Bevelled R. SINCLAIR 8600 BARRIE STREET 'PHONE 1684. AAR eA eA A At conn ther argued that it was no good pending millions for colonisation || and immigration unless the settlers were given abcommodation in roads 80 that they could get their produce to market. Good roads 'aided the development of the automobile in- dustry from which the Federal gov- ernment received a big and ever in- greasing revenue, and as good: roads |'contributed to the wealth of the Dominion they should be contributed to by thé Dominion government, who should also do everything in their power to encourage inter-provineéial good feeling, in which landable: ob- Ject improved highways were a most important factor. A a -------- ONE ENGLISH COMPANY OPERATES 2,500 TRUCKS More than 2,000 trucke belong- ing to the Pleklford's Colonial, Inc., were pressed Into service in Eng. lish ports to assist in relieving the frolght t tratfle congestion which has resulted. "from the strike there, In re this OmpARY Operates a fleet of approximately 2,500 trucks Shrough. out England, | » ; Auto Ran Perth, April 28, sdian Pacific "street crossing at about 12 miles an hour on Thursday morning, am automobile, Approaching from the north, ran in. to the side of the van. There were no personal injuries, but the auto was badly damaged. i ps LL Bi ---- The love of power is matufal, in- satiable and never cloyed by Pogses- sion. They love least that let men know their love, ted in 1919, and that it was generally admitted | | solves, A BOOZE DETECTOR : FOR REOKLESS DRIVERS San Francisco X-ray Special- t i" Offers To Ald The Police. ---- " San Francibeo, April 25.--Motor- ists charged with intoxication have caused numerous deaths in this vielnity recently, aud in the cam- paign against reckless driving, Dr. O. W. Ginsburg, an X-ray specialist, has offered the police a 'booze de- tector." The machine, according to Dr. Ginsburg, has been known to physi- clafis for gome time and is called the metabular. It is a simplé ap- paratus that determines the quén- tity of oxygen consumed by a pa tient. When a man is drufk, and how to prove it, has long beén a problem in courts. This is Dr. Gins- burg's egplanation of how to apply the metabular to the question of in- toxication: "It is known to medical sciemce that a person under thé influence of liquors consumes far greater quan- titles of oxygep than he does nor- mally. This A satura. for alcohol is a great feat producer and calls for great quantities of oxygen to equalize the consumption of heat. All that is nécessary to determine out the heat production going on in the body by the intake of oxygen. The metabular does this. The suspect' is fed pure oxygen through a nozzle. The machine registers how much is taken into the system. Comparison with the normal intake, which can be made when the suspect is sober, will establish beyond doubt whether he was under the ififiuence of liquor at the time of his nrrest.'" The city suthorities have under congideration Dr. Ginsburg's plan to fnstal 'metabular machines at all poli¢e stations. It formerly was the custom here for drivers suspected of intoxication to be taken to the emergency hoépi- tal, where they were examised by a physician, who signed a gertifi- cate expressing his opinion of their condition. Atepresent, however, the police take such a prisoner direct to headquarters, where, if he is held to show evidence of dfunkenness, he Is booked on a charge of driving while intoxicated, a felony. Neither method hag proved satisfactory in checking the evil, according to the police officials. They point out quor to drive safely are able to ap- pear sober when sjibjected to medi- cal examination, aid also that the opinion of policémen usually is dfs. counted when the esses are brought up in court. 18 v8 » MORE DELEGATES. COMING TO WORLD MOTOR CONGRENS Five more delegates from abroad have, definitely srrafiged to particl- pate in World Motor Transport Con. gress, which will be held dn Detréit May 31-24. There are more thai ¢0 acceptatices to date. Among ths more distant countries to be repro- sented are: China, Syfia, Australie, Venesuéla ahd Argentina, Countries fees reinote Thole: Cuba, Jamaica and 'Mexico. ' Asceptances, are also coming from such automotive ufacturing hations as the United Kingdom, Italy, Austria and Ger many. The ALC, O.M.L. ata CA. A. are among the Canadian orga nigations - ¢o-operating with the N. ACA, to make the congress the world's gréatest highway transport meet. i ---------------- - "WOULD BAR CRIMINAL AND ~ UNFIT FROM MOTOR MOTOR DRIVING Governor "AL" Smith, of New York State, gtatés that there shouid be a State Department of Automo- biles, and that thers should be- a medital and mental examination of all persons who want licéncas to drive ears. The mantslly and phys!- cally unfit, for thé sake of them- the peddsirian. and motor car owner, should pot be fitted to operate ears. Jomes PF. Martin, Probation Officer of York, do ax Hepes should be fimger-pringed to mare sure they have no ecfiminal the degree of intoxicatiol is to find | the Field of Commercial Haulage carried by more than seventy-five thousand Speed Wagons serve in over 263 lines of business-- The Speed Wagon is today the most vital factor in highway freightage. Potver to-surmount the rigors of rough travel edness that makes possible half a million s Of service--fleetness that discounts mere load-carrying capacity--ecosomy that makes a smaller investment expensive and a larger one less profitable-- These features were planned into the design and are built into the vehicle. Thus is goodness Prodetemined: Boyd's G oyds Garage Ltd. | REO MOTOR CAR COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED, WINDSOR, ONTARIO that often men too far gone in li- of Royal Cords, but a trifle lighter in Fully tested on Canadian Roads. 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