New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY
Hot Weather Topics of Talk
Among the Trade.

Among me trade.
The z. NJ z. Under Three Flags" ear
now on its way 10 Mexico City from Que
/ bee, has mad a strenuous week. The roads
/ Of Southern Texas have taxed the ability
OF car and men to the utmost It has
/ crossed the line into Old Mexico and has
( about one thousand miles TO go TO complete
-its- journey. The operation Of bonding the
J car al Laredo kept it there some time, and
! no report of the-car has since been heard
Il is probably approaching Monterey, about
sixty miles from the border and on the road
70 san Luis Po1osi. W. J. LANCE, who had
I brought the car practically all the way
/ from Quebec, was sent home to Detroit
/ from Laredo suffering from a recurrence
4 of rheumatism which seized him during
4 the early stages OF the run PAU Bruske
and a local driver took the car on.
I Brushes last message north was not a
+ cheerful one, as he had heard that the
! bandits were again iRfesting the roads over
! which he must travel.
/ The local agency of RenauIt Freres has
! received word from Denver that the Re
nault entered in The Denver Post rella-
bility. contest won with . perfect score,
/ with the exception Of forty-seven points
! penaIizat5on for Ieaky gasolene tank The
/ company viii protest this penalty. It was
the only car finishing the contest with bon
/ net sealed the entire way
/ Driving IN his first race r. H Penne-
baker. 4 young business man of Memphis,
an amateur driver in every sense OF the
I werd. won the Memphis championship and
+ the Business Mems Club trophy IN the
/ Southern city last week. He drove his
/ 30-60-horsepoEer Stearns toy tonneau run
about. PIuted against Pennebaker and his
+ Stearns were a large six-cyIlnder and two
/ other cars. and. although the early. part of
/ the race was q duel between the Stearns
and the six the former pulled away and
finished far in the lead number of
other good races We're on the card, George
Robertson in MS 90-hOrsepower special
racer winning the lions share Of protes-
sional prizes
Few persons realize how cheapIy an cleo
tric can De maintained, said Q. 3. Hender-
son, sales manager OF the Baker Motor We
hicIe Company, and If 1t were generally
known how little il costs to keep an electric
I believe that ten electrics would be IN use
where there is one used to-day. In gen
eraI way. It costs only about l cent mile
10 run an electric. An owner Of one of our
! cars in Chicago, who has his own charg-
/ ing station. says that il costs him on an
average about IS q month fer current and
/ repairs. The expense depends largely on
/ the cost OF current. which varies in differ
ent cities" said. Nj Henderson, but VIII
probably average from about $ up to about
/ Sd a month"
+ Coleman B. Harris, of Wilmington, Del,
driving his Cadillac Thirty, won the sealed
/ tine run Of the Delaware Automobile As
/ ISOLATION The run was from Wilmington
! 10 oxford. Penn. and return, q distance Of
rs miles The sealed time was hours 70
minutes. and the CadillaC's time was
hours "A minutes. In a sealed time run, the
[ committee that decides on the route figures
cut the time which shall be allowed. The
time IS kept secret from the drivers, and
the car which finishes in time closest TO
that decided on by the committee is the
winner.
An easy and simple test for lubTicating
oil is given by Frank B. Killian Of the
Vacuum Oil Company. Place the oil 10 be
tested in a small porcelain or glass cup
and set It in a metal dish of sand, so that
the surface of the oil in the cup is about
level with the surface of the sand in the
dish The receptacle containing the Oh
should be covered, the cover having two
rerforations q quarter of an inch n diam
erer. one Of these holes IS for the intro
duction Of the thermometer, and the other
10 provide an exit for the vapors given OIL
The bulb % the thermometer must clear
+ba l,o+7orn of the cup BIZ at least three
airhtbs Of an inch. Heat the metal dish
h. means of 4 Bunsen or gas fame noting
the rise in temperature Of the oil by means
r. the thermometer. After the oil reaches
tenn ~
can be determined by preliminary test
mass . lighted taper over the open hole IN |
the cover. carefully noting the thermometer
reading At the instant az which q hash IS !
observed The temperature so noted
checked for accuracy by one or more repe-
tjrjons, is the fash point Of the OIL
Acting on suggestions contained II re-
cent issue Of The Saturday Evening !
posr .. the testers at the ODDS Motor Works I
have formed 4 squad FOR the prevention OF
the destruction of public highways over
-.-,,i.t they are wont to travel while in the
discharge Of their duties. The POST III
=, Illustrated article, shows that with a
d-ag alone it is possible TO keep ordinary !
-, roads in nrst class condition by /
-, 1,-liftle work after each rain and by (
.,.,,., over the surface few times Inc /
= - arc usually allotted a certain piece
- mailing a circuit, over which they
-, I'm each chassis which is to be
- ogt. Under the direction Of the chief
zor,e Of the roads near the olds
49, works have been dragged several
- mis- season Reports show they are
frobably in better condition taan ever De
- md the farmers along the route IN
-, - beiue antasonistic toward the
- cars welcome them and are free 10
- - me drivers are doing the square
- - :, far as the roads are concerned
.,.,os+ crazed from fatigue and the want
- sIeep after trying vainiy 70 Keep a~ s-Lh'
.5-n.. the ceaseless drive Of Sixteen 'i-As
so1 depending largely upon roau 5o'. -
'---yert doing of into slunloer "hiie 'l zen,
r. ., ~,-17jne. the drivers in the 1913
esss tour lost no ppe in hitting the he
49,. the minute they completed their -'S''