Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27


Hough in the United States circuit cour
| of New York held recently to be walk
and to cover the modern gasoline automo
| bile.
Few months pass without some plan fol-
| rating the horsepower OF motor car en-
gines being advanced. Motor car owners
as we'll as engineers, are generally inter
ested in these formulas as looking for
ward to the millennium when some one
will discover a plan Of rating that will be
adopted by all manufacturers. and dc
away with much Of the confusion that
results from the dozen or SO standards
now in use. At present In this country
the A. L. A. NJ. standard OF SQuaring the
bore. multiplying the result by the num-
Der Of cylinders and dividing by % is
the only one In general use. In the A. l.
A. M. handbook the rating OF all cars
made by members OF that association Is
Recently new formula, known as the
Dendy- Marshall formula. has sprung into
prominence in England. 1t differs from
the A. l. A. M. standard In that 1t recog-
nizes the stroke instead of, as Is the case
with the A. L. A. Ne, basing the calcu-
lation on q piston travel of 1000 feet pei
minute The Dendy -Marshall formula in
ciudes squaring the bore. multiplying tina,
result by the stroke and then by the
number OF cylinders and dividing the re-
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About O'Clock last Monday big mud
covered 5000 Stearns pulled up In front
OF the Atlanta (Ga.) Journal office, having
just arrived from Birmingham. driver
by r. H. Williams Of the r. B. Stearns
Company. Mr.. Williams was accompanied
on this trip by his wife, who u a most
enthusiastic tourist, and despite the baI
condition of the roads. which made The
riding exceptionally rough. Mrs. Williams
enjoyed the trip thoroughly. While nc
special effort was made to break any
records on this run, the distance OF 24t
miles was covered in twelve hours run
ming time, and over roads that were al
but tmpassab1e.
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Owing to tho high state Of efficiency te
| which the upaaolsterer's art had beer
brought before tho advent Of the motor
car the Improvements made in this line
| have not been SO great, possibly. as IL
other lines Of the motor car industry. I'm
provements are being made constantly
however. and one Of the principal chan
nels for these II In the use of new ma
terials.
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The National Highways Protective So
ciety has inaugurated campaign against
the noises. particularly objectionable at
night. made by automobiles left standing
in the street with the engine running.
The trouble Is especially prevalent during
winter days and nights, the society .lnds,
for 1t 10 then that, if the engine Is water
1od ha To ho VIM, tn sv>7n N lya
It from freezing.
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A rapid succession Of reports regarding
the ostensible attitude Of the A. L. A. NJ
toward the motor car manufacturers who
are at present doing business without a
license has intensified the anxiety OF
those interests in Detroit which would be
most likely to be affected by litigation
brought on behalf of the lessees Of the
Selden patent, and the subject now Is
a leading topic of discussion.
The press has endeavored in every pos
sible manner to secure some light re-
garding the stand of the A. l. A. NJ, but
has been unable to elucidate anything
| except to emphasize the prevalence of q
general impression that action Of some
kind is imminent. Even veteran manu-
facturers who have been connected with
the A. L. A. NJ. since the formation OF
the organization profess ignorance of the
plans of the legal talent which, under
the management of Alfred Reeves, ha.
been engaged ostensibly to start cam.
paign against those firms at present out
side the bulWarkS.
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Within the next four months the po.
lice department Of Baltimore will have
five automobile patrols in service, the
board Of police commissioners having
placed an order for three more four-cyl-
inder, 6O-horsepower Locomobiles. These
cars have a wheel-base of 14S inches. The
first one in service, which is used in the
central district, makes an average OF
sixty miles an hour and over, and has
climbed hills at a fortymile rate.
When attempting to start an engine fit.
ted with magnetic ignition. Of which the
firing point is fixed, there is always
danger Of a backf1re occurring and dam.
aging the operators arm. To safely
start such an engine the course to adopt
is as follows: Put the switch to the or
position, then swing the engine crank
shaft around smartly for q few revolu-
lions after the throttle has been opened
and the barburetor float tickled. Then
put the switch to the "on' position and
pull the starting handle up smartly over