Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-07
GOSSIP WITH
AUTO DEALERS
W00DILL AUTO BELIEVE THEY
HAVE A WINNER
WHITE CAR MAKES HARD TRIP
TO THE YOSEMITE
Tourist Car Being Exhibited at Many
Southern California Cities at
Series of Private
Shows

The Woodill Auto company is con-
graduating itself that in the Haynes
line for 1919 it has one of the best cars
built in America, basing this opinion
on the three features which it claims
are distinctive, namely, the double fly
wheels on the engine, brakes on the
transmission and the water cooled
brakes on the hub of the rear wheel
1t is claimed by the manufacturers of
the Haynes car that by the use of the
second fly wheel q balance of poise is
secured in operation of kthe engine
which entirely does away With the vi
bration so often observable in cars
having but one fly wheel The efforts
of all makers in 1909 models appear to
have been directed as much to the
smooth running qualities of the ma
chihery as to any other one point One
of the objections raised in the minds
of would-be purchasers is the constant
presence of vibration that runs
through the entire car and makes au-
tomob1l1ng far from a pleasure. The
Haynes people have solved the problem
Of this vibration by thesintroduction of
this second fly wheel. When station
ary, the absence of vibration is so no.
ticeable that when the car is moving
at highest speed the presence of the
engine is almost entirely lost sight of
by this second fly wheel When this
highest speed is attained there is little
to suggest the operation of machinery
beyond very slight purring of the
motor. This is one of the features
claimed for the new six-cylinder types,
and by securing the same effect in
their four-cylinder cars the makers of
the Haynes cars also believe that they
have a distinctive feature in this year. S
model that is not possessed by any
other car.
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arranged that when the clutch is dis
engaged it stops the shaft from revolv-
ing Immediately, therefore making the
stripping of gears impossible; and also
it does away with the clash of gears
which is so often heard in changing to
the different speeds. AS to the water
cooled brakes, one can appreciate the
value of good brakes if he has had
any experience on any of the long
grades. In high powered car too
much stress cannot be laid upon the
desirability of an efficient system of
brakes, for upon practically every oc-
casion the life and safety of the driver
depends upon this very important feat
ure.
Automobiling through the mountain
Gus country is attended with the grav-
est of dangers, providing the braking
features on q car are not such as to
constantly hold the car in perfect con-
troll in ascending or descending steep
grades. Ofttimes a car is under al
most constant brake for distances of
ten to twenty miles, thus subjecting
the metals comprising the brakes to
the severest of tests, and not infre-
quently resulting in the burning out
entirely of the lining of the brakes.
Under Such circumstances the brake
most naturally refuses to perform it's
duties, and if the grade at such a time
is a serious one and the car cannot be
controlled, the lives of the driver and
passengers are naturally jeopardized.
To meet this very important point
the Haynes car has been equipped this
year with a water cooled brake, which,
no matter how strenuous the USE can
never overhead. This result is secured
by means of "a, hollow drum, so ar
ranged that it may be filled with water,
which naturally reduces the metal parts
of the brake to a minimum of heat,
thus completely eliminating the disa-
bility or refusal of the brake to per-
form its duties. no matter how steep
or long the grade.
Perfect Score for White
"Give us a perfect score for the en-
tire trip. We did not have to get out
of the car once all the way to make an
adjustment, not even to use the pump,
despite the unusually severe conditions
that were encountered" proudly re-
marked Stanley Gawne yesterday in
talking of the journey he had completed
with his White steam car. Gawne is
a wealthy young Oakland motorist and
has just returned from tour to the
Yosemite valley. He was accompanied
by H. G. Cresson, Robert Burns and
r. F. Tingley.
1--WE left San Francisco last Thurs
day afternoon said Gawne, passing
through Stockton, Modesto, Merced, La
Grande, Raymond and stopping at Wa
wona, which is as far as we could
go, according to the regulations pro-
hibiting machines from entering the
Yosemite valley. Between Raymond
and Wawona we Travelled through eight
inches of snow for many miles on
grades from s to 20 per cent. After
leaving WaWona we went to The en-
trance of Mariposa grove having
climbed the different grades on the
trip the road being covered with eight
cen inches of snow for most Of the dis
tance. We used snow to make water
for the machine, as all streams were
frozen. Returning by the same route
the total distance covered was 500
miles. There were no adjustments
whatsoever to the machine, and we
brought her up to fifty-nine miles an
hour from Haywards to Oakland on
the boulevard
Diamond Tire at Shows
The local branch of the Diamond
Rubber company is just in receipt of
information showing that for the ninth
successive year Diamond tires had a