Evening star., 1911-06-04


of about eighty of the keenest engineers
in the country covering nearly every field
affiliated in any way with motor car
production This society is perhaps the
livest of all the engineering organ1za,
tions at the present time and has tackled
great work in the standardlZinS OF ma
terials. specifications and pra- tices which
enter generally into automobile construc-
ton. Between six and seven hundred new
members have come into the organization
within the past year. among them being
many of the best known engineers of the
country not only in the motor car iihe
but in the allied industries. This has
been under the successive presidencies of
Howard E. Coffin and Henry Souther
and the general maEagership of Coker b.
Clarkson.
At the Dayton meeting papers will be
presented on the following subjects: The
Question of Long vs.. Short Stroke MO
dun Gea1s," by f. w. Weaver; Ele-
ments Of Ball and Roller Bearing De-
sign by Arnold c. Koen!g; worm
Gears ard Wheels" by E, r. Whitney:
Mead; "Oversze Standards for Pistons
and Rings" by James n. Head: Some
Points on the Design of Aluminium Cast
ings" by H. w. Gillett.
During the afternoons the members and
guests attending the meeting will wit
ness aeroplane flights at the Wright
Bros grounds, ball games and band con-
certs. and visit and inspect about twenty
of the largest manufacturing companies
in Dayton. most of which make commool-
ties of interest to autom obie ensineeTs
Automobiles will transport the members
and guests from tie hotels to the various
places as desired. One evening the 3
A. E. members will attend tneatrlcal
performance in a body. Another evening
will be devoted to discussing subjects re-
IA ting to commercial motor VehlcleS.
Death valley, once the peril of trans
continental tourists, is now a common
automobIh route. BoraX is produced there
in great quantities. and thriving IN.
dustry is in progress. OverSeers and
mine sup r.ntendents are daily driving
in and out of the valley in autcmobiies.
John Z. George, commissioner of motor
vehicles of Maryland. believes patrolmen
n motor cycles should be stationed along
the man roads leading to Washington.
of Maryland proposes to appoint a spe-
cial officer to make Investigations into
automobile accidents.
Bob Burman added another UNIQUE rec
crd to his collection by his daring drlV-
ing on the Long Island motor parkway
at midnight last we.k. Burman, at the
wheel of a National speedster. covered
one-half mile in 222-o. at ate OF
eighty miles an hour. Burman depenced
entirely for illumination on new mag
nato light, which cast so powerful
raw that the checkers one-half mile away
were able to read their watches by 1t.
In all, Burman made three trials. and
each was clocked by S. NJ. Butler, A. X.
Pardington Charles e. ,,nrs, rorsdicR cSoa ana n
G.. D2upree F. Z. Moskovcs officiated
as starter of the midnight event.
Ccy. DIX has signed bills appropriating
between siOco0OJ and $5,O90.0O0 for the
imprc vement of New York state high
ways to be provided by -onds issued un-
der the fifty -million-dollar highway act.
One of the measures makes provision for
the completion of the unimproved high
way between New York and Rouses
Point This route, which is designed to
connect. on the northern border. with a
Canadian highway to Montreal. has been
referred to as the modern AIpian way.
There are a number of causes for
pounding in a motor, and among them
is that of preignition. Carbon in cylin-
ders, which keeps aglow from heat OF the
explosion, will ignite the incoming gas
before the piston has passed the top OF
the compression stroke rms TENDS TO
drive the piston downward and against
the momentum Of the fiywheel. thus caus-
ing a pound. 1t tends to spring the crank
shaft and wear the bearings The use of
kerosene or carbon remover may elm
mate the trouble to some degree tenn
porarily, but the sureSt way Is to take
the carbon out through the valve cage
holes in valve-in-the-head motors or by
removing the cylinders in other types.
Excessive fabrication causes carbon de-
postts.
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Never before have the residents of a
region for the projected route OF a Gid
ten tour contest been So enthusiastic
about the event. and never have there
been SO many cities asking to have the
cars pass through them as is now the
case between Washington and Ottawa.
Chairman Butler and Pathfinder Long
streth are being besieged by letters from
various boards of trades and city coun-
ellis, which indicate the extraordinary
popularity Of the tour this year. Many
want the contestants to stop overnight
at their city and are promising all kinds
of entertainment II their requests are
granted. 4 number OF prospective en-
trants have made inquiry regarding the
matter of getting their cars through the
Canadian customs house when crossing
the border. In this respect there will he
nothing to worry about. for that will all
be attended TO by the contest board.
There will be no red tape or delay In
getting through.
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The best safeguard against side-slip-
ping is to travel slowly at steady. uni
form pace. A sudden. violent application
of the brakes. a sharp turn of the steer
pace may set up slipping The driver
should. therefore. try to run his engine
at an absolutely uniform speed and
should avoid travelling at pace which
would necessitate strong application OF
the brakes should an obstruction sudden