Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-11-25

runs with great steadineSs, and even
at the high speed steers with the
greatest precision.
The larger number of the mineral
spirit motor vehicles were entered by
Nm. Panhard & LevaSsor; two, how
ever, were entered by M. Delahaye, and
two by Peugeot Freres, one of which
a Victoria, had just arrived from Var
sovie (Warsaw) via Belgium, the
owner doing the 800 kilometers in
10 days. This carriage had run 700
kilometers before it started from Var
sovie. and, after it had done about
half the run from Varsovie, total of
1000 kilom eters, new chains were put
on. no other repairs or renewal Of any
note being made. These chains run
unprotected from the dust and mud,
and would probably run three or four
times the distance.
NJ. Gauthier Wehrle also sent some
new carriages, including a convenient
little wagonette for four. The motor
in these vehicles is a spirit motor.
MN. Landry & Beyroux sent vehicles
with vertical spindle cylinder motors,
which worked we'll, and MN. Bollee
also sent two spirit motor carriages
driven by gearing with skew teeth in
stead of by chains. The Bolle Voitur-
cites and Dion tricycles performed
most eXcellently, although some OF the
voituretts are rather noisy, the noise
arising from the powerful exhaust and
the gear-no wonder, considering the
| tremendous speed (twenty-five to thir-
| ty miles an hour these vehicles make.
NJ. Roger also sent carriages OF his
! make, with the we'll known Benz mo-
! tor, and M Mors sent two with his
| four-cylinder motors. These tests have
| demonstrated that petroleum spirit
| motors are more suitable to carriages
with two to four passengers, while
| steam is preferable for vehicles which
are built to carry heavier loads.
| In England, Roots & Venables o
London have had some success will
motors worked by kerosene, or high
gravity and high fiash-point oils. The
difficulties as to vaporization, starting
and smell, not only OF eXhaus
products, but of partly burned charge:
during stopping and starting, are mucl
increased, and the success is of yer!
qualified character. There is, however
a company operating hanson cabs il
London, propelled by electric storag
batteries, that are quite popular, a!
the rates charged are the same as or
diEary cab hire. One of the lates
enterprises of this kind is in New Yorl
city, where the Electric Carriage ant
Wagon company maintains service
with twelve hanson cabs. The com
pany is adding to it's equipment
broughams, victorias, coaches and de
livery wagons. The vehicles are tn
results OF the experiments of Morris {
Salmon, who for almost ten years hav
been working on these lines.
The best results obtained show tina
about 1.25 horsepower is necessar.
for the propulsion of 1000 pounds owe
ordinary approximately level roads a
ten miles per hour This consump
ton of energy, which is only two an
One-third times that necessary TO
similar work ON rails, is astonishingl.
small, and can only be obtained by tn
reduction of all mechanical losses t.
a minimum, the use Of an eXcel1en
motor and transmission, and batter!
OF only sufficient size to afford a prac
teal travelling capacity, thereby bring
ing the weight within a REASONABLE
suit of experiments make this show
ing
Weight VT of Dist Max. Av
| Of Vehicle. Pat. Mis-. Spd. Spd
| Surveys. 1000 lhs..... 500 50 IS 8
|