The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-14
MOTOR PUFFS

aratlon-and its friends are confident it will
finish among the first three at least.
Three Matheson cars were sold in New
York in one day last week. S. e. Brown
a Montana mine owner, took a 80 tour
ing car. without a demonstration. anC
started the next day to tour to California
Mrs. George r. Gregory, widow of the late
Standard OIL magnate. purchased a "S5'
la~ndaulette. and George Smith, the pub
Usher, a 49, with both a touring and q
limousine body.
The Frayer-Miller car, which has fig
ured prominently in long distance contests,
is to be a contender in the 4-hour race 10
be held at Morris Park track, New York,
September q and %. Close followers OF
the sport have noted that the time by the
Frayer-Miller In the Brighton N-hour con-
test up to the time it went through the
fence was not equaled by the winner OF
the recent Morris Park race. Harry Knep-
per and Dan Webster, of Philadelphia. will
handle this car on September 81 and %.
Ferdinand Kuhn. an enthusiastic autoist
of Passaic. N, j., has just returned from a
1,00-mile tour through the White Noun
tains. The trip was made In Mr.. Kuhn's
1906 Matheson. and vas attended with abb
solutely no mechanical troubles. Mr.. Kuhn
placed his order last June for one of the
first 1908 Matheson cars to come through
the factory.
The first shipments Of 1908 models of FL
more cars are expected by the A. Elliott
Ranney Company, New York agents. short
ly after October /. There will be two
models of this well-known two-cycle car
for next yeas. rated and priced the same
az this years models, but giving more
power and having many improvements in
details.
Harold ]. Efsworth. OF Irvington-on-the-
Hudson. has been elected secretary of the
Cclt Runabout Company. Because of the
improvements in the construction Of this
six-cylinder 4~0-horsepower chrome nickel
steel runabout, including the use of an
Eisemann LAvalette magnetic. the selling
price has been raised to s1,750. The Colt
exhibit will be in the balcony of the Grand
Central Palace Show.
The following remarks from ]. D.. Max
well, the designer of the Maxwell car,
are Of interest:
"A carbureter must be sufficiently flexible
to feed at all points of throttle opening
and at all engine speeds at even or uni
form mixture to the cylinder, and to pro-
duce a thoroughly homogeneous mixture.
It has been customary to heat the air to
a certain extent before feeding it to the
carbureter. Theory and practise, however
both seem to show that this is a mistake
or perhaps I should say that it can be ear
ried to a point where it is absolutely OBJ
jectionable. The ideal conditions would be
to heat the fuel and not the air. Partic'
ularly is this true with some of the heavier
distillates, such as kerosene, alcohol, etc
There has recently been a crude oil
imported that sells for approximately one
half of what gasoline brings, and it Il
claimed that this works satisfactorily In
any carbureter which will handle com
mercial gasoline. The average motorist il
too prone to blame everything to the car
bureter. As a matter of fact, with a car
bureter in which there are not too many
delicate moving parts. there is little to &c
out of adjustment. The carbureter Is al
excellent thing to let alone unless yol
are absolutely certain that 1t Is at fault
j. D. Maxwell, vice-president of the Max
we'll Briscoe Motor Company, has just re
turned from a trip to Newcastle, Ind, t.
see to the erection and installation of tn
boilers of the new power plant. He report
that work on the factory is progressing
rapidly and that a large portion of the ma
chinery is already installed and turning on
parts.
The Maxwell-Brisco Motor Company ha
issued a pamphlet on the remarkabi
sealed bonnet" run Of c. w. Price an
his Maxwell, from Chicago to New Yorl
and back again to Chicago. 1t will be re
membered that Mr.. Price covered Amos
5000 miles with his hood sealed. and estab
lished a new sealed bonnet" record.
II appearances count for anything, on
of the really popular cars of 1903 will b
the six-cylinder Peerless. Charles Schmid
has just completed the first car of thi
type, and it is now on a tour of the coun
try. 1t started from Cleveland a wee
ago and Travelled over the Glidden tou
route to New York. The driver wa
Charles Rurman, and the party include
E. H. Parkhurst and four friends. On it
arrival in New York on Monday they wer
given a reception by Charles Wridgway
the New York agent, after which tn
party started the next day for Boston.
The six-cylinder Peerless is very simila
TO the 1907 four-cylinder car, though neces
Isarily the wheel base is somewhat Longer
being 134 inches, and the front axle
further front. The engin is OF 6O-horst
power ana as a double ignition system
The addet permits the car t
climb hills without any perceptible dc
crease in speed. The drive is bevel gea
and the tonneau is much roomier than tn
l~four-cylinder 1907 model. Charles Wrids
Iway, speaking of a Joy ride which he ma
in the car, said:
Il have always known tina a ride in
Peerless car was pure delight but when
tried this new car L was simply amazet
There was absolutely no vibration and til
: car went along so smoothly that we coui
/ hardly believe that We were moving.
was a perfect dream"
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