The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
BUBBLES

driver. who won the last Morris Park
Neutrality-suspicious. race in sensational style.
believes that on the tide-rolled sands a.
Ormond the first and second men in al
fof the twenty-four-hour races OF the last
year might battle for supremacy to g
finish and without untoward instances IN
terfering or conditions which might prove
adverse TO a final settlement. And he Is
even willing to open the race to the world
and to allow any driver and his car to
enter the contest. II Is not at all improo-
able that such an event may DC made
and that the utmost interest will be
taken IN II is evidenced by the splendid
crowds which watched tho great twenty
four-hour struggles OF the pact year.
Cedrino's success in the closing, contest
caused a lot of talk and ever since the
great Fiat victory the talk has been OF a
championship battle to be decided on fair
grounds. The proposition of Cedrlno to
fight it out at Ormond strikes sp~orts1nen
as fair and the results of the race, now
seemingly assured, will be watched with
interest.
A hard tire, hard in it's materials thai
is. does not wear as well and Is more
susceptible to puncture than a softer one
strange as II may seem. By sort ures is
meant those that are so by reason OF con.
tanning more pure rubber. How 1t ts tnat
an expensive fire containing more than the
average amount of pure rubber Is more
durable than others is neatly explained
by an expert on superior grades OF tires.
Company. He says: "Take a rubber
band. fresh and Of good quality, and
stretch 1t and try to push a pin tnrougn
It. You will encounter a lot OF resistance.
The pin will not go through easily, for
the rubber will yield away from the point
until you use considerable force. But take
another band of a poorer grade-that iss:
with less pure rubber in it, and you VIII
be able to push a pin through quite read
ily. This is why TIE more expensive tires
not only wear better. but puncture less
and are really cheaper in the end"
Most motorists know that tires viii wear
much longer if relieved Of the weight Of
the car when standing IN the garage. but
very few will take the necessary time ana
trouble to Jack the four wheels up. The
Ellis Motor Company is showing some
thing entirely new In the way of a set
of four automatic jacks, by the use OF
which all Jour wheels can be lacked up
in less than a minute. or course, IT taxes
no longer to let them down again, SO that
while the car may stand on the jacks
with weight off the tires for a day or a
month at a time, II can be ready to run
out In a moments time. Incidentally.
there are no working parts about these
jacks to wear out. and the set OF four only
cost a little more than one frst-class Jack
OF the ordinary type.
In the course Of conversation regarding
the increased use of limousine cars, w.
II. Ellis, of the Pierce Great Arrow
agency, stated that his concern had sold
and delivered to residents Of New Jersey
between September / and December ] six
limousines and one semi-lim CUISINE. In adj
ditior to which they have orders IN hand
for several enclosed cars Tor future deiV-
cry. Incidentally, he remarked that his
sales for three months referred to were
1fsef e1Q mn 1ar0ar than f0r th4 same
period last year.
The first OF. the new Small Six" Pierce
Great Arrows has been received by the
Ellis Motor Car Company, and is now De-
ing shown in their salesroom. This. par
ticular car is very attractively finished, the
body being a rich wine color; with a mar
row panel of vermilion near the top OF
tonneau and front seats. The wheels are
also finished In vermilion. striped with
black. The upholstering is a bright req
catherine product of one. or ewark
many leather factories, by the way, as all
the leather used on Pierce cars, with the
exception of limousines, In which importer
goatskin is used. is made In NEWARK.
Smooth-f1tting "slip" covers. mme with
this same leather, are fitted TO the seats.
The extra seats present a rather peculiar
combination, one being a regular swinging
Pullman. the other a foidirg; This was
so arranged under Mr.. Ellis's specinca.
and listening to his views, one cannot but
see that 1t is likely to be found preferable.
The special folding glass front Is very
much neater, being now made with a brass
instead of wood frame, while the cape top
is a splendid example OF fine top building.
Mechanically, all Of the familiar features
which have long been peculiar to the
Pierce are~retained; this applies particular.
ly to the system of fabrication and or
gear shifting. The six cylinders are AK
az, rated by the company at 40-horse-
power, although the new n. A. A.. h;
formula would make the rating 43. Wheel
base is 1870 inches, rear tires, S6x5; front,
S6x4.
An innovation is noticed in the fitting
Of locks to the radiators, dashboard lock-
ers. front and rear seat lockers: also the
locker under car in rear, seven IN all, all
of which are unlocked by the same key.
VarioAs expedients AVE been tried in
the effort to keep the gear case oil tight,
but the 1908 designs have yielded nothing
so simply effective as the plan adopted in
the new 45-50-horsepower Rainier, which
consists of locating the countershaft be-
low the driving shaft, instead OF above
II. This permits of the use of sealed
bearings and appears to be a true solu-
ton of the problem. This Is one OF the
several features of j. G. Heaslett's Rainier
designing that has commanded the atten-
ton Of the engineers In the several manu-
facturer's organizations.