New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

ProbabIr no other automobile event has excited the
interest and discussion everywhere apparent in the
New York-Paris tour by way OF Alaska and Berlng
Strait One interesting phase Of the discussion has
bean the adaptation Of various details OF operation
and construction the extreme low temperature
because of the real difficulties imposed by such
cold Among the more vital of the practical PROB
lens TO be solved is sure to be that of efficient
fabrication because of the possbility OF carrying
dupIicates of all parts subjected wear-a precau
ton which only the most efficient fabrication Will
make unnecessary. T. a. Matthews president of the
New York and New Jersey Lubricant Company,
maker Of non-fuid oils. in his office at No. IA
Church street gave talk yesterday on the subject
of Iubrfcating automobiles the proposed Arctic
tour. There is nothing really new in the PROPOSE
tion" said Mr.. Matthews. but rather is it an ex-
aggeration of what have mere in New York
every winter. I have Just been looking over a re
port Of some tests the comparative lubrcating
value Of greases and oils a big pumping engine,
and see that the engineer in charge of the tests
reports reduction in friction of almost 30 per cent
in favor Of oils against grease-and that was i'll
comfortably warm power plant. Not long our
New England reported instance of large
textile mill in which grease had been lately adopt
ed. and where, upon attempting TO start up Mon
day morning after particularly cold Sunday the
main belt broke. 1t equal to the task of
turning the shafting against the resistance offered
by the chilled and hardened grease. That will give
you little idea of what grease would do in the
Arctic Zone"
Since the arrangement with the F. 3. stearns
Company whereby wyckof, Church & Partridge
of New York. have the handling of all stearns cars
in the Eastern States agencies have been
opened in several large cities. The most recent
contracts have been made In Brooklyn and Boston
The name of the new Brooklyn agency is the Allen
Swan Company, with place for the sale of Stearns
cars at No 1887 TO 1921 Bedford avenue. Lew H
Allen is well known IN Brooklyn, having been for
a number of years connected with the sale Of Loco
mobiles in that city. His many friends and
ouaintances predict for him the greatest success In
the sale of these in Brooklyn where there are
already q number of enthusiastic Stearns owners.
An interesting description of his recent hurried
trip to London and Paris is given by F. A. Bab-
cock Of the Babcock Electric Carriage Com
pany. He says that at each show there
much that was interesting but fact that i'm
pressed him forcibly was the absence in both
shows Of electrcs Of the runabout type. He thinks
that. there is a great field for the small type of
electric both in England and France. The show
at the Olympia, in London, Mr.. Babcock says,
on a par with the Madison Square Garden Shoc<
in New York Three of American make wHrs
exhibited there.
The first week of the new year has been marked
by a liberal placing of orders. Typical of the
conditions is the result obtained by the Oldsmo-
bile Company of New York, since the dawn Of
1903 "A car day has been the order of things"
says General John T. Cutting, land this is going
some for this Of the year General Cut
ting is of the opinion that a of pros
perity is opening UP for those cars which have
passed muster under the operation Of the general
public
The value and Importance of the laboratory work
done by automobile manufacturers in building
motor cars is well illustrated by experience Of
the H H Franklin Manufacturing Company, with
the concentric valve When this valve de-
signed two years ago, and first tested in the lab
oratory 1t would stand only five minutes pound
ing on the impact machine" which Is a device
for giving the kind OF pounding-only
that g valve would have TO stand in actual
This same valve has since been running perfectly
on the road motor for two years in
which time has covered twenty-five thousand
miles.
Writing to the Winton Company from Hereford
Tex d. L. Mcdonald says: The latest Model NJ
stunt in Texas pulling the sucker rcd and
casing from an oil we'll My man. with the
and block and tackle, pulled FIVE hundred feet of
casing and sucker rod out of a well, and did
good Job Just for pastfme. when things
little SLOW he goes and runs down antelope
or two In fact he has made such good use of
the car that it has taken about all the profit
on our land sales 10 buy gasoene. and it's no
wonder the Model M has become popular in Here