New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS.
IL H. RRITTGAN TO SPEAK.
Demonstration of Club Dynamom-
efer To BE GiUen.


Tuesday evening. The technical committee OF the
A,.tor,obiie Club. OF which DR.. Schuyler Skaats
Wheeler is chairman. has completed the installa-
ton of the club dynamoneter, to test the horse
power speed hill climbing abilities of all forms
Of motor cars and has arranged for private DEM
onstration of the dynamometer for the benefit of
the daily and technical press. TO be given at the
clubhouse tomorrow afternoon
II ever an endurance run was calculated test
the sta,ing powers OF an automobile the
held under the auspices of the Quaker City Motor
Club from Philadelphia to Allentown and return
OF the many cc=mendable performances in this run
that OF the Studebaker. driven by Frank Yerger.
stands out prominently. The So-horsepower Stude-
baker entered by the Philadelphia branch Of the
Studebaker Automobile Company completed the run
without q single point charged against it As
matter Of fact 1t the only gasoene touring
that succeeded in completing this contest without
being penalized-
4. ]. King manager of the Philadelphia branch,
in speaking of the run said:
The conditions of the contest severe as
] have across in my experience. and the
fact that this car came through with perfect
score speaks volumes for its staying qualities The
roads ahorninabe throughout the entire jour
ney. and the many water breaks for which Penn
sylvania is famous made speed very difficult We
experienced no trouble however, during the entire
distance"
An interesting point that discussed in connec-
rio7 with this run was the shock abb
so-ber part Of the This the technical com
rttee rightly holds is accessory and is Just as
much part OF the equipment of the car as the
lamps and horn and any defect that would cause
e break in the shock absorber is in no way due TO
any fault Of the car
NJ Stearns is spending few days in this city
arranging for the big supply Of cars his firm will
put through his Eastern agents. Wycloff. Church
& Partridge. this season. In an interview M
stearns saws his factory has broken all records for
December shipments in 1897 by finishing and ship
ping O. Per cent more cars than in any previous
December These consignments We're about equally
divided between New York and adjacent territory.
Chicago and the Pacific Coast. A full night force
has been work finishing stearns cars for the
last six weeks.
The makers Of the Michelin tires take considera-
he pride in their record as purveyors TO every
crowned motorist in Europe, namely. the King Of
England Daimler carr the King of Italy (Fiat
carr. the Queen Dowager Of Italy CFiat carr, the
Car OF Russia CDarraeq carr, the Emperor of Ger
many (Fiat carr. the King Of Spain fPanhard carr
the King Of Portugal Pougeot carr. the Shah of
Persia CSerpoIet carr and the President of France
7anflard carl. By the establishment OF their new
American plant Michelins will be made identical
II material and construction with the foreign prod
uct
The Continental Caoutchouc Company has an
elaborate and artistic display at the show. Its
space affords a fine view of the salon q wholes
The way the crowds have focked around the Dow
tire booth the importers exhibit shows the IN
teres1 displayed in the -non-defation tube" tire
that viii not defate when punctured. tire that
VIII Froong the life Of the outer casing, preventing
rim cutting and overheating, is naturally of in
te-est 70 every driver OF automobile. Professor
Hutton has said that the Dow tube has solved the
tire problem That is strong statement coming
from the president of the Society OF Mechanical
Engineers It is fact, nevertheless. The Dow
tube mas revolutionized the tire industry.
Al the importers salon sixteen different makes
Of automobiles were exhibited-Europes best pro-
ouctons. Thirteen were using for their ignition
system the Bosch magnetic This means that 81
Per cent Of all exhibiting cars used this standard
ignition system IN the Olympia Automobile Ex-
hibition in London so per cent Of the exhibiting
cars were equipped with Bosch magnetos.
The damn Of the new year practically the
disappearance Of the bargain hunter. TN take
it my price" purchaser, who into existence
the crest Of the recent furry says member of
the Harry : HoUpt Company. distributors for the
Thomas line. And this ts true. too for inquiry
among th= leading dealers shows that there no
reason for tEe agitation which the enterprise
O. The cut rate purchaser profitable for time.
A. this season OF the year and two months so
previously there never has been what might be
designated a land office business and all in
terested fully awake 70 their error. The scare
has had salutary effect, however. and helped 20
clea- The atmosphere. far many concerns
were concerned The HOupt company, one of the
Oldest and strongest in the Eastern territory.
one ot the first TO discourage the annihilator Of
prices and it has reaped the harvest of its wisdom
a plain statement Of facts is oftentirnes inter
esting- L " Minford. Of No. Wall street pur-
chased q Jo-horsepCwer Haynes car in April. 1897.
and Eas driven this e283 miles with an
Iendit1Te for repairs Of only S9 When Mnford
turned from his summer home he turned the car in
70 the Haynes company. OF New York. for gen.
eral eyerhaUling. but stated as his belief that
there nothing to be done it. A minor
adjustment was all the repairing really needed and
the the road in q day The record IS
considered remarkable by z. W Headington, man
ager of the New York branch of the Haynes COM
pany.
Challenges which have been hurled of late at the
Fiat, winner the latest of the many twenty-four
hour races held during 1907. have been accepted in
formally. but the less earnestly, by L. Rand
Folander of the Fiat Automobile Company. of
New York. employer of Emanuel Cedrino, who won
the last series of twenty-four contests Cedrino
proposes a race TO take place the Ornond-
Daytona beach the week following the regular
races and 10 be run four hours daily, the cars to
b. placed in control each night In sportsman
like way Mr.. Hollander has proposed opening the
race winners Of second places in the various con-
tests add the list of entrants the winners
Of the Milwaukee, the Chicago and the st. Louis
races
! S Gillnor Of Santiago de Chill. reports that
the four XIV and the two Model * Wintons in
use IN city are giving the best of sausfac-
ton, and are all perfect running condition. This
is especially gratifying" he adds, ''as the roads
are abon1inable the grades being rocky and steep.
The VVintons readily negotiate hills where French