The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-26
dnsn sffort' watch hss pet been pro.

lduced s.Js4 81 .ss.ls - -.
The engines Of to-cay have their
power Expressed an terms Of thous-
nnds OF hosscs. and this power q
distributed ana applied worry largely
by means u electricity. this meth0d
Permitting 10th a convenient dtstrtbu-
ton ard pne4uniisd facility In con-
troll ana ripalaticn The horse
powcr IT cxpr-s zse;f III ternis or loot
POUNDS. or il. ether words by means
OF the iaea OF lifting q weight. ana
Il Is 10 the lifting OK weights that
electrically transmitted power has
been most effectively app,ied..
Il. ". Blake, of Ecston, q promi-
nent or. or ant winner OF many road
and Hal events who recently drove
the jackson A1uu Hen from Jack
son, 1iie.-. 10 bangor, Me-, ia l2z
hours OF 4con.inuous driving in q sue
eessf1a .son stop Run. tells amateurs
how to save gasolene when far from
home or supplies and running out OF
the precious huid. says Mr. Blake.
Lower your wind shield and top il
you nave ono, 30 A. to save air re-
ststance, then run your car slowly
on high gear. The small throttle
opening gives small charge Of gas.
Leave mufiier cut out open. Coast
down grades az much AZ possible and
select smooth roadways. Tho result
Will be that where ten miles< can ordi-
Marty pe made on n gallon you will
make fifteen or more by this care"
Tne large number OF manufac-i
Surers who have been planning to
produce automobile parts promises To-
be materially increased by the an
nouncement Of the automobile build
ers that they are unable to SECURE
enough parts to make the OUTPUT
planned for 1910" said General Man
ager +. L. Holmes. Of the jackson
Automobile Company, of jacobson,
Mich, To-day the movement Il taking
IN many manufacturers Whose prev
tous training has been In other direc.
tons. and perhaps upon due consid-
Grafton. the departure may be tool
radical to be wise. Enthusiasm for
the new product may mean, to many
OF the concerns, the neglect -Hntf+
serious injury of the ufd. AT the pres-
ent time the successful automobile |
part brings q handsome profit to it, !
creator. But. a. with every other
business, the time will como when |
com petition will bring It down 70 nor |
NAL basis, with profits reduced to hhs
usual level.
Thousands Of inventors are working |
on new means or devices to accom-
plish the same ends and improve
ments are piling in over each other |
in quick succession. The automobileE
builder will not himself become a |
for many of these few I
parts, for heThas learned the wisdom
by the past.
The possibility must also be taken
seriously into consideration that the
present tremendous pace OF the motor
car industry may not be maintained.
1t Is doubtful II the country can con-
tinue to absorb anything like 49,
600 or 100000 cars annually, even
with an increased foreign market for
machines.
While the requirements OF the
rapidly developing industry have been
very great blessing TO the manu-
lecturers of machine tools In his days
Of distress, minor draw back IL now
becoming apparent. When work
dropped off so suddenly after the
panic many tool builders kept their
shops going ON short hours, and gave
preference to married men.
The younger machinists were al
Owed to shift for themselves. and It
develops now when efforts are being
made to collect full crews that a
rery large proportion of these have
'ound congenial and remunerative
as chaunfeurs. They seem.
o have been lost forever NJ q part |
II the labor constituency of the ma
;hinery industry, --------I
The fact that we have sent the
Chalmers factory orders for the re- I,
OF the cars. which we can ,
ret this year. is not so singular as IL
night seem when you take into con-
;ideration the status of the sales {
heets of other large dealers repre- /
enting this line" said Mr. Folger.
# the Gordon Motor Company, In /
on being asked as to the !.
lemand for Chalmers cars In the past /
ew months. |
While we specified sixty-six cars &
4 this one make for the 1910 season.
[ was not even our widest hope 20 I
10 able to sell more than this num-
YER. We wished. however. to have +
nnugh To aIinnlv the demand In nur q