New-York tribune., 1905-12-17
AUTOMOBILE TRADE NOTES.
What Makes the Hair Turn Gray-Hints fOr
Buyers from the Garage

In a conversation engaged In By a number Of
prominent automobile last Thursday Of
them happened to remark the recent appearance
of number Of gray hairs on the head Of A L
Kull manager of the Wayne Automobile Company
mo wonder" said DIR. KulL hYou al understand.
of course that piston rings are necessarily split in
order that they may be fitted snug1y In the grooves
provided for them.
seWeu customer Of mine, who Is privileged TO
write Rev. before his Is evidently built on
the lines of the boy who took his Waterbury watch
apart to see what made 1t 60 This reverend gen
tleman on observation bent, took his car down and
could not reasgamble 1t. He called in expert
and the consensus of their deliberations was en-
after an Introduction of himself By the expert
including long recital of his vast experience with
Wayne Company to furnish his client with sixteen
piston rings, as his examination showed eacn .a
strangely enough each was broken similarly,
showing grossly detective ma material sl r.. ,,...
the late acquisition OF gray hairf
At the London automobile show s. per cent OF
the gasolene cars were equipped with four-cylnder
motors. % per cent with two-cyiinder motors,
per cent with single cylinders. and per cent with
three cylinders The others were OF either six or
eight cylinders, there being ten Of the former and
four OF the latter view. Comparatively few cars
were shown with horizontal engines The motor
was placed under the drivers seat some landau
let's and closed carriages,
AS most of the French makers had their cars on
yisw some OF the figures regarding the tendencies
for 1906 interesting. About s0 per cent OF the
cars shown were equipped with Jump spark ignl-
fion. The three disk metallic clutch was in favor.
Sliding gear transmission ruled, and about 80 per
of the had the shaft drive with the heav-
Ter ones using the double chain drive.
The Jenatzy CLUTCH which is used the high
powered Pipe cars, is of type which needs less
keep it efficient than any similar device, and
it is less liable to wrong. Any defect Is always
easy to find and remedy. The powerful Pipe ears
beginning to enjoy the fame here that they ars
known for abroad
No agencies are to be placed for the Berkshire
by the Douglas Andrews Company of New
York The entire output of the big factory at
Pitts1eld is to be handled direct to the consumer
by MIR, Andrews from his various stores
The Mitchell delivery wagon type c, two vertical
cylinder engine y horsepower sliding gear trans
mission capacity 29oo pounds speed up to eighteen
miles an hour for $1,4tl, is motor vehicle Tor
business use OF which Charles P. Skinner. Broad
way and 49th-st., holds the agency.
The De Leon car. made By the Societe de Leon. OF
France. has been placed in the United States
clusiYely with Archer & Co. The s5-hersepower
cars. with pressed steel frames, ball BEARINGS
throughout. are equipped with the latest devices
for control The steering post may be adjusted to
any position. Double ignition and automatic car
buretters are features. Archer q Co. are sole con-
eessionaires for America for the Hotehkiss cars
holding contract from the French company FOR
five years.
At the annual complimentary luncheon given to