The Washington herald., 1910-09-04
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sure does not drop quickly. and It be-
comes increasingly difficult TO maintain
II at a proper value In a case OF this |
sort It is well to examine the tightness
OF the cap filler OF the tank A leather |
or rubber gasket is used at this point, !
and often the rubber will become spongy,
the leather caked and hard. or some
small piece Of extraneous matter win
become lodged between the cap and its
seat
To meet the imperative demands of the |
industry there has at last |
been set on foot a definite, comprehen-
sive. systematized movement looking 10 |
the permanent Standardization of this |
great commercial field. This work. In /
evitable in its necessity 10 an industry |
now fifth in the scale OF industries, and |
one growing by leaps and bounds, IS 10
be conducted by the Society of Automo- |
bile Engineers. OF which Coker F. Clark |
son is general manager. Following the
decision made al the meeting OF the So |
ciety OF Automobile Engineers at De- |
triot last month the Standardization COM |
mittee Of the society has been organized !
and consists of well-known engineers and |
metallurgists. Various subcommittee |
viii be actively engaged throughout the |
country on component parts Of motor |
cars which can be properly standardized /
at this time. These matters cover a very |
broad field. including raw materials ma
chine tools. semi-hnished. and finished |
parts. engineering methods, and practices. |
Thomas F. Murray has just received a
Washington touring car. fully equipped. |
The car is finished in green. striped in
gold.
c. C. vaught has just received a Wash
ington touring car. finisheu in hazel
brown, striped in gold, and fully equipped.
The performance Of the SO-6O-horse-
power Stearns car on August 10 and 20. |
in the A-hour race in New York
City. when II broke all existing records
FOR this distance. is really overshadowed
by the fact that the winning car is
a privately owned machine. and prior 70
the contest had been run over IS, 900 miles
in the hands Of its owner. Mr.. J. NJ.
Rutherford. OF New York City. II COW
cred 1,253 miles in the twenty-four hours.
breaking the record by a fraction over
hfty-seven miles A close analysis OF
the time and distance shows that the
winning car averaged over ffty-two
miles per hour for the twenty-four con-
secutive hours. this average including
stops for gasoline. oil. &c.
The day that he completed his seventy
first year NJ Huffman. Of Peoria, IL, &C
companied by his wife. arrived in SYRIA
cuse, n. Y, returning from six weeks
tour OF New England in an eighteen
horsepower Franklin. With his arrival,
he drove the three thousandth mile that
his speedometer had registered during the
journey.
Mr. Huffman. at threescore and ten, has
been driving his motor car himself. unde-
TERED by the fear Of difficulties many find
in long motoring trips. Leaving his home
he sent the car to Albany. and there the
start was made. The tour was through
the Berkshire hills and the Green and
White Mountains and along the coast OF
New England. stops being made at sew
eral places on Cape Cod and in Rhode
cuse and thereafter 70 Peoria by way OF
Buffalo Cleveland. Toledo. South Bend
and Chicago.
o. II. Whitman has just received a
Washington toy tonneau car. finished in
wine color striped in gold
Orange County. Fla. proposes 20 ex-
pend 100000 for 100 miles Of brick roads.
The total capitalization Of Michigan's
forty-five automobile factories Is nearly
SO. 100000. and these factories give en-
ployment 20 about 5000 men. IN addition
to some 10000 employed in the manufac-
ture Of automobile parts and accessories.
Some Of the novelty that surrounded the
running Of the Vanderbilt Cup race pre-
vious TO last year will again flavor the
classic OF American motordom when the
race Is run over the Long Island motor
parkway and adjacent country roads on
October /, for, according to an announce
ment by William K. Vanderbilt, jr., the
donor OF the trophy, this years event
viii start at daylight.
The decision of Mr.. Vanderbilt and his
associates has been arrived at after long
consideration. and also following frequent
and oft-repeated requests from enthusi-
asts, contestants, and all who have the
interests Of the event in mind. The day
light start restores the Vanderbilt Cup
race TO its old-time glory, with the
glamour and romance attendant upon the
start Of the cars as the day begins 10
dawn.
Charles Fisher has placed an order for
Washington roadster. fully equipped.
The car is finished in olive green. striped
in gold.
Commissioner and Mrs. Cuno Rudolph
left the city yesterday in their Matheson
Six for a trip TO Buena Vista Springs,
Md.
The Washington agency for the Warren
Detroit is now in the care of Norman S.
Bowles and George F. Welch. with their
general Office at Fourteenth and H streets
northwest and garage and repair ship
at 1908 Fourteenth street.
Mr.. Bowles reports the sale and delivery
Of three Warren go cars to local resi-
dents. A new Warren roadster, claimed
to be the handsomest Warren 30" ever
shipped TO this city, is due to arrive in
few days.
DR.. w. c. Fowler has just returned to
the city from Augusta, Me. where he
has been spending a few days. making
an interesting trip there and back in his
Mora car.