New-York tribune., 1907-11-08

gether with the general construction of the frame
reduces the propeller shaft angles to a maximum
weight in IT. With normal carload and the car
standing still there are angles"
The development Of Haynes cars. with a view
toward attaining complete reliability. has been a
favorite hobby Of ElwoOd Haynes which has con-
tinued long after the of his car made fur
ther study his part unnecessary. II has al
ways been his ideal 20 make a car which could
not be damaged by the most reckless chauffeur.
1t was for instance. Mr.. Hayness idea to make
it impossible to work the brake against the engine
and both footbrake and mandrake throw out the
clutch before the brake engages on all Haynes
Again, a ratchet gear system makes IL i'm
changing gears from high 10 low. and the clutch
is of a type which works fka a hand brake and
therefore, cannot but operate gradually. II is.
therefore, rendered impossible for a chauffeur 10
convey sudden shock to the engine
\ noteworthy reward for his policy came recently
In the report from the New York Young Mems
Christian Association training school for ChaUf-
feurs, that HAYNES car was the only one they
could afford 20 run The work at the school IN
breaking i'm eight hundred green men to automo-
bile training every year entails an enormous wear
on tho and a tremendous expense for ~
Keep and the replacement of broken parts
The announcement is made that the Continental
Caoutchouc Company is preparing TO market
American made tire 1t is a faithful reproduction
OF the tire made in the parent factory of the Con-
tinental company in Germany. There has also
been put into effect scale of prices. The
figures are much lower than heretofore American
continentals are being made at Chelsea. Mass. in
a factory which employs n thousand operatives
the German processes are being reproduced ex-
actly- The work is superintendent by chemist
and rubber expert OF wide renOwn in Europe
To those who are interested in the electric auto-
mobile tho new method Of control that is installed
in three of the models exhibited by the BabcocS
Electric Carriage Company always proves OF sum
cient Importance TO cause them TO tarry and tn
vestisate. The idea Of controlling the speed of
the automobile by the foot alone, leaving the hands
free for the purpose OF steering at first seems to
strike those who investigate as unusual but once
the principle is explained the great advantage Of
the arrangement becomes apparent
The Coup VOiturettes.' a six-day endur-
contest held in France last week marks
other notable victory for Michelin tires. Out OF
sixty-three starters fourteen were fitted with
Mchelins, and ten Of the fourteen finished in the
first eleven. That is, while only - per cent of the
contestants used these tires those that did
sent 30 per cent of the first twelve at the finish
The longest demonstration of a 1908 model which
has been made during the New York autOmObils
show season ended late Tuesday. when Ted Col
Her returned from 4l1-mile run in a fouT-cylin-
der Rambler. In eNtolllng the good qualities ot
the l90S product of Thomas Is. Jeffrey & co. Ho-
nltn 4 Schulz have repeatedly asserted that they
were prepared TO make good their claims by
demonstration
The White company is distributing at it's
exnlbit copies of new White routebOOS, the
NTH IN the series. The new book gives detailed
road directions for over fifteen hundred miles cf
the main highways. suitable for tourists Ia
New York State and in the Province of Quebec.
The routes given include those in both direc-
tions between New York and Albany and IN
both directions between Albany and Buffalo.
northward from Albany to Saratoga, and thence
by way of Elizabethtown, Plattsburg ami
Rouse's Point to Montreal, From the latter
city the route is given along the north bank Of
the ST. Lawrence to Quebec.
The Mitchell motor enjoys the enviaSs
distinction of being officially named by the Chi
cago Automobile Club as nearest 70 the ideal
car of any standard car in existence