Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-22

been heavily leaned upon to make sue
cesses of the subsequent ones. Surely
mems regulations ought to be worth
some confidence. These two are not
very apt to mess the matter.
A man who has been a member of the
American Automobile association since
1t was launched made a pat remark
recently when he said that any motor
ist who does not join the national body
is no better than a tax dodger who
enjoys the benefits of municipal work
and shirk~ contributing his share. He
has representation without taxation,
;.nd similarly, all motorists share to
some extent in the good work done by
the A. A. A.
Vanadiun, Not New
While the use of vanadlum as an
alloy for steel is but just arousing in
terest in this country 1t is by no means
new to the metal workers of Europe.
The Vickers- Maxim guns, used by the
japanese in the war with Russia, were
made with an alloy of vanadium and
lid not suffer from erosion, while the
guns they captured from the Russions
were largely incapacitated by this form
of deterioration. In the automobile
field, Berliet of France has for sew
eral years been using a vanadium al
castings of the engine. These same
castings are imported by the Ameri-
can Locomotive Automobile company,
with the other metal parts, for .le
construction of the Berliet car in it's
providence factory. Vanadium adds
greatly to the elasticity and ductile
strength of steel and to the longevity
of it. One per cent of vanadium is
said to add as much tensile strength
. Of 11inlxn1
tain iron mines of Sweden, the output
of which is monopolized in Europe,
have long yielded an ore containing
vanadium.
A man who has a poor car is much
| like the parent of a wayward child
it is all care, responsibility, worry and
expense, without recompense. Yet
J there are some men of means who are
enduring these things, simply because
they do not know what a good car is.
If expert engineers are to be be-
| lieved, the six-cylinder car is not a
proposition that should be considered
if man wants a cheap car. 1t is a
type of motor that is ideal for a high
powered touring car and cannot be
properly produced cheaply, they say.
Therefore, if poorly made cars of the
six-cylinder style fail to make good, it
should not be permitted to prejudice
the sensible, for a buyer is foolish to
seek this type in anything but the
highest grade of cars. The leading
American makers have been slow to
adopt this type, but with the George
N. Pierce company entering the field
| this year. other high grade makers are
getting busy and there promises to be
no lack of supply for next year of six
cylinder cars that are class
This Goes for You
Even the divine spark of genius fails
if the body be not nourished a car may
have a double ignition system, yet it's
sparks will be futile If you forget to
fill the gasoline tank.
1t is hoped by the officials of the
| American Automobile association that
when the federal bill for uniform auto
mobile laws comes before congress at
the next session it can be said that
the A. A. A. has an organization in
all the principal states of the Union.
President HotchlSiss and Secretary FL
lott are working hard toward this end
ard are making such remarkable head
way that every state in which there
is any amount of motoring is likely to
he organized before September. In
quiries concerning membership should
tie addressed to Secretary f. H. El-
lott, l Madison avenue, New York
city.
Automobile Notes of Interest
President William H. Hotchkiss of the
American Automobile association will