Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-19
VS. OF THE AUTOMOBILE-LOCALA AND FOREIGN

complications such as water jackets,
radiating pumps, pipes and fans.
Owing to it's simplicity absence Of
water cooling apparatus and ny wheel
its weight is very greatly reduced and
a twenty-five horse power engine can
be produced which will not weigh
more than $50 pounds. This saving in
weight is vital in many respects, mean
ing long life to the car and tires. IN
addition to increasing the capacity of
the car. The saving in weight will
permit two extra passengers.
The fabrication of the engine Is ex-
tremely simple, single oil lead being
sufficient to keep the engine perfectly
fabricated, the centrifugal force carrying
the oil into all the cylinders with abso-
Lutte certainty.
Owing to the few parts and the eiimina-
ton of complicated mechanism. the en-
CINE can be constructed at two-thirds the
cost of the ordinary type of engine. It's
simplicity makes it eminently suitable for
automobile purposes, and it is bound to
be popular on account of its extreme
simplicity, absence of radiators, water
pumps and complex lubricators, which
were necessarily a part Of the old type
of engine.
1t will not be necessary with the rotary
to crawl under the car To- adjusting or
repairing, as the engine can be revolved
until the parts requiring attention are
uppermost.
The fields of usefulness for the rotary
motor are varied and numerous, and 1t
will probably be more than welcome for
automobiles, trucks, farming operations,
centrifugal pumps. and for making a
portable electric lighting outfit
The engine is ideal, as the absence of
reciprocation and vibration permit 1t to
work without an engine bed and will pro-
duce steady lights.
AS Mining Engine
In mining operations there is very
large field for the engine, as a 25-horse
power rotary is compact enough and light
enough to be transported on the back of
mule into almost inaccessible places.
Upon reaching it's destination it can be
operated without water a vital point in
the desert, where water is very expensive
and sometimes unobtainabe
A mining engineer in looking over this
engine recently predicted that it would
solve the question of freight hauling on
the desert, and stated that In his opinion
1t would permit a number of mines to
reopen that had been closed because Of
the high rate of freightage.
The rotary engine will undoubtedly play
an important part in the commercial de-
velopment of this section.
The Los Angeles Rotary Gas Engine
company is planning to build trucks and
runabouts as well as electric lighting
kits and engines for pumping plants.
The engine is patented in five foreign
countries as well as in the United States.
In its application to street railway cars
it promises to displace the power house
and trolley system. The motors may be
mounted on the trucks underneath the
cars and geared up to the axles in a
manner similar to that of the electric
motor now in use in interurban cars.
This not only means an immense saving
in investments in power houses and troll
ley systems, but also means that any two
cities with a track and one or two cars
may enjoy transportation facilities with
out waiting for a fortune to install the
present expensive electric power house
and trolley system.