The San Francisco call., 1910-12-26
AMERICAN AUTOS
IN new ZEALAND
Overland Car Favorably Inn
presses w. II. Long, Promi-
nent Auckland Engineer
By R. r. L'HoMMEDIEU

BY r. r. L'HOMMEDIEU
That popular priced American cars
are rapidly gaining favor in foreign
fields is evidenced by the fact that
| w. HI. Long, a prominent engineer Of
Auckland, n. a., where heretofore pub
lie opinion has been prejudiced against
cars, recently made the following
statement after disassembling and per-
| sonally inspecting an Overland car: II
have examined the gearing parts. to-
gether with the general arrangement
of machinery of the Overland car. The
transmission gear throughout is well
designed and all gears well cut from
high grade steel. 1 noticed that the
planetary change speed gear runs in
an oil tight gear box. This is a great
advantage over the ordinary type of
planetary gear. The three point sus-
pension also is good point Also the
arrangements of the tubular radial
bar. in which the driving shaft is in
closed and its universal jointed con-
nection to the clutch Is far above the
general arrangement of this type Of
car. There should also be high pro-
portion of the power generated by the
motor transmitted to the road wheels,
which you would probably find to be
the case If you tested 1t against other
types under similar conditions. The
pistons, pins and parts of motor are
we'll finished; the arrangement of pis-
ton rings Is good, also the fact of
cylinders being cast singly reduces risk
of fracture and distortion in casting
and manufacture, also in replacing
through breakages. etc. In writing
this l feel certain of the support of
any other engineer who has had actual
experience in manufacture and repair
ing. 1t is. as you are well aware, in
the repair shop where one sees the
various weaknesses and defects of the
many different systems of power trans
mission adopted at the present time"
The seemingly assured great future
for the aeropIane promises a trade OF
. p------,----- : considerable i'm
AeropIanes Hard portance in aero
On Their Tires ptan,e pane IL tires, The
tires is severe. The
sudden momentum in starting and the
promo unced shock in landing are both
qualities OF the tire.
Glenn curtiss and Colonel Frank
the Diamond aeroplane tire. Curtiss
also is satisfied user of Diamond auto
mobile tires
Among other leading aviators using
Diamond aeroplane tires are the Wright
orothers, Burgess and Kitchener
Fl. h. Owesney, coast manager of the
"ihton motor car company. in discuss
ing the motor car
owesney Talks of trade. said;
Motor Car Trade Since the auto
~---------------- . mobile manufacture
ers have eSta blished
prancn houses throughout the different
parts OF the country. there is not so
nucn heard regarding the sale of cars
to be delivered several months later.
ms IS caused by the manufacturers
having their stock distributed to the
Dr2hches as soon as built and not wait
ing for deposits to come TO them to
guarantee the acceptance of the cars.
II does not mean that there is any less
demand for the cars, but the business
is on more substantial basis and does
not require the manufacturer to put
cars out and have credits scattered ali
over the country. The Winton motor
car company was the pioneer of this
branch of the business and the plan has
proved so successful that the company
| has many imitators."
The Standard motor ear company has
received the following interesting up
Keep record from
| What 1t Costs Ford owner of San
To Run Ford Jose. The machine
was purchased new
June l, 1909, and is
a fve passenger touring car The dis
lance Travelled in the 144 months, when
the record was closed, was 1900 miles
The cost of operation was as follows:
Gasoline, sI2.25; OIL S14; lights, s225:
! oyernauling and repairing, s61.95; extra
! spark plugs and porcelains, S21 .20 other
! supplies, $3.50; tires, s2555; fnsurance
| SlZ; total, $196.1O average mileage per
gallon Of gasoline, 16h miles; average
| expense per month, $3.50.
| The car Is owned by A. z. Moellering
Departing from the role of automo-
biists for time recently, the four
pathfinders h o
| Car Driver compose the party
| Rescues a Child in the Ohio car now
| en- route from New
York to San Fran
| cisco Joined a bucket brigade and aided
| in saving from total destruction a barn
| on the plantation of ]. NJ. Hodgins. ten
miles north of Texarkana. As the au-
| tomobilists were nearing HodginS' place
they saw flames bursting from the roof
of the barn. Leaving the Ohio car at
! the roadside they grasped buckets and
rushed to the assistance of Hodgips
and several negro hands who Were
! lighting to check the course of the fire
Fred d. Clark. one of the drivers OF
the Ohio car, entered the blazing barn
to hberate several mules and horses.
| He discovered Hodgins 3 year old