The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-23

Records for cross 6untry travel in
Kansas recently were shattered by A.
FL. Jennings. Of Little River, who
drove a Hudson roadster from his city
to Giazier. Texas, a distance OF S8f
miles. Mr.. Jennings described his trip
as follows:
The frat stop we made was at
Beaver. Oklahoma. a distance of ass
miles. This was made In . hours s
minutes. Our second stop--and our
destinationz-was Glaxier, Texas, a dis
lance of 108 miles. This We made In
hours and IL minutes. We beat the
record from Beaver 10 Giaxier by ~
minutes i returned home tina next
day, making the T22 miles In rs hours
and II minutes including the delay
experienced in crossing the Camarron
river, a range of sand hills. and OPEN
ing and shutting IL gates.
At the last meeting of the Associa-
ton of Licensed Automobile Manu-
facturere there was a discussion OF
words that had crept into the auto
mobile business which. In the opinion
Of many, were unfair OF the trade AZ
a whole. Such expression az pleasure
car" for a machine to carry passen-
gers. was considered pretty poor
nomenclature.
The term Commercial oars" as APP
was considered misuse OF the term.
piled to freight carrying automobiles,
from the fact that all automobiles
are commercial and practicable.
The general opinion seemed to be
that in future automobiles should be
termed passenger automobiles" and
freight automobiles" just as the
railroads term their equipment
''freigh cars. and passenger cars"
That. hywneeIs sometimes break
was recently shown by an accident in
a well known New York garage,
where a car OF standard make was
being operated. The motor was being
.'speeded up" as IL often the case
when the carburetor or ignition sys-
tern Ia being tested. At these times
the rim velocity Of the fywheel fire.
quently exceeds the safe limit for
cast iron, and unless the metal 10
strong enough to Withstand the enor-
NOUS centrifugal forces. a burst NY
wheel is the result.
In the case above mentioned the
car was standing on the third floor OF
the building and when the wheel
parted one piece went through the
moor on .wnicn the car stooa, thAu1n
the cefiing OF the moor oeiow anu
through the second floor and ceiling.
while the other part went up through
the floor above to the roof.
Picture to yourself an accidentA Of
this character occurring on lower
during the busy noon hour,
and SUPPOSE that the fiywheel had
parted vertically instead OF horizon
tauy, SO that the Iras1hc.As Woutu
nave swept the puewaik. hyWnes.
pursuing TINS "& cou.o very IsaD
cause oeaeh OF ls!ur 70 = uo.sn W..
sons IN SIaet' pfsun6
mas anout tne energy OF = puIsuns
snei,. ~ any one taNe eno oupls
TO look up uHe IeeoIu OF nywnee'
accidents not paItlcuiaIx IA AusoHo-
biies. out IN power plant service, ne
WI. os implesseo Dy tne IeIac -
SUITS Of nyWnee' Duss,k .s.u ...
large . mumner 2, .sa =. sa ae.,
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limits the rim speeo % Aoout nl.e
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nowsseE c..hk s 49, 49,, $500,
saiety 81 nas.ns .onsu s.ev. ~ 49,
whose sale TIN xs'oss n'o.e .n.i
twIee lnat " go. noh' na 10y ~
tne expshse anu pans y. AnaAans u,sn
ny"heeis % hisn sraoe i"aehihcis
steel
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pratea lts nrst All cimp. Win auI-
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fieIiernah' .ne nuusoh ueaieI IA .nat
on.s 1ro.s me car 1910 up .ne Tn s,ep
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