The San Francisco call., 1906-09-02

The Eastern manufacturers of auto
mobiles have commenced to send out
extensive descriptions OF their 1907
cars. The most complete reports have
been received by C. A. Hawkins. man
ager of the White Sewing Machine
Company in this city. from w. w. Gar
diner the assistant manager who is
now at the White Company's factory
at Cleveland Ohio
Mr.. Gardiner states: During the
coming year the White Sewing Ma
chine Company expects to market cars
on two different chassis. one to be
known as the model G. and the other
as the model H
The tires of model C. are: Front
tires 36x4 inches; rear. 36x419 inches.
WHEEL BASE.
The wheel base is lis inches.
PRICE.
1t will be sold with Pullman body,
seating seven passengers, for sS70o, f.
0. b. Cleveland.
With touring body and luggage car
rier, seating five passengers. f. o. b.
Cleveland $500. The Limousine body
price not yet fixed.
IN GENERAL.
The car will be much more power
full car than has ever been turned out
before by the factory. It will be heavier
all around in proportion to power de-
veloped. and will contain practically
the power plant used in the Vanderbilt
Racer 1t Will be rated 80 (White) H. p.
BODIES.
There will be several different
styles of body turned out, the standard
of which will be one to carry seven pas
sengers The body is very similar in
appearance TO the - body, but contains
two revolving chairs in the tonneau,
which are the largest and most hand
some tonneau chairs | have ever seen
In a car.
The tonneau is exceedingly roomy
and holds five persons with the greatest
comfort. The rear seat is wider by at
least six inches than the rear seat in
the F' car. The extra length Is gained
by putting the water tank where the
gasoline tank used to be and by hang
ing the gasoline tank to the rear of the
Another body will be turned out on
the same chassis, which will have seats
in the tonneau for only three passen-
gers. The tonneau Will be proportio
ately smaller and the extra space will
be utilized for a permanently attached
luggage carrier of ample proportions,
which Is furnished as a part of the
nished with the seven passenger ma
chine. 1t is expected that this body
will be preferred for long touring trips.
There will also be a Limousine body
furnished on this same chassis.
ENGINE.
The engine will have a new method
of suspension instead of being hung to
side channel irons subsidiary to the
main frame: these channel irons will be
abandoned and there will be two cross
bases from the main frame. one in
front and one behind the engine, and
the engine will be hung to these This
leaves practically a free working space
on both sides of the engine and pumps
and stuffing boxes are reached with the
greatest freedom imaginable. The en-
gine is heavier all the way through; it
is at least 100 per cent heavier in all its
wearing parts and that means loo per
cent stronger. In a great many in
stances it is 200 per cent stronger. The
cranks must be at least 200 per cent
stronger than in the old engine and ]
do not see how we could possibly have
any trouble with them.
THE two single main journal bear
ings are as far as the cone part is
concerned. a part of the eccentric; in
other words, the eccentric has been
heightened and races cut for balls. This
will make a decidedly steadier shaft
and one which 1t will be almost impos-
sible to throw out of alignment. The
eccentric contains also two extra straps,
one to work the air pump and one to
work the condenser pump.
The connections of the two cranks
have been remarkably strengt gthened and
in future these cranks will be turned
out by the factory as a unit instead of
sepa rate1y, so to insure a perfect align
ment.
The ball bearings of the engine have
been materially increased in size. The
main bearings will take threequarter-
inch balls. the connecting rods five
eighths Inch and eccentrfcs seven-six-
teeaths-inch The balls on the main
bearings will be held in place by a cage;
this is a ring with a series of holes
Just large enough to contain one ball
which prevents the balls from hitting
one against the other or from Jamming.
Ii also seems to reduce friction very
materially The eccentric straps, con-
meeting rods. links and everything are
larger and heavier. than in the old car.
They are larger and heavier in propor-
ton to the work the engine is going
to be called upon to do; in fact. all of
these parts impress man as being
heavier than necessary SO that it is al
most impossible to figure out how any
thing can go wrong with the engine.
"The high pressure cylinder will have
a throe-inch bore and four-and- one
half-ineh stroke with the piston valve;
the low pressure will be six inches by