The Washington herald., 1911-02-05

But a week remains before the sixth au.
ftomobile show will open its doors at Con-
vention Hail. II enthusiasm counts for
anything it should be a greater success
than the one last year.
With one or two exceptions all Of the
cars, both Of the gasoline and electric
types will be, on exhibition. Many OF
the models have already arrived in the
city and the others will be here by Sat.
SO arranged to arrive in Washington
either Friday or Saturday, so that they
can be taken direct to the hall.
This year the exhibitors will be per-
mitted TO begin putting their display IN
Saturday noon instead of being COM
PEELED to wait until Sunday. as was the
Sunday night every car and every ac-
cessory will be in the building.
Judging from the ears that are already
here for the show and from the reports
of those -en route, many new things are
promised in the way of automobiles.
Roadsters toy tonneau machines, touring
cars. and limousines and even those cars
| commonly called freak machines. which
are built according to ideas of some one
| VINO tHlTkS lie hHO"S just "Tdl HC "dI1tS
and Is willing to pay for having 1t built
according to those ideas. will be shown.
| In a word there will be on display types
| that are bound to suit the fancies of the
most whimsical.
| One thing that will be particularly no.
ticeable this year will be the number of
little minor refinements On all the cars.
Great attention has been given to this
| end of the automobile for 1911. Ono rea-
son for this is the fact that the mechani-
| cal features of the car have well nigh
reached perfection. and the body designer
| is to-day given as much consideration as
! the mechanical engineer.
Though the engineer has designed a
car able TO climb hills. throttle down In
congested districts. we'll as hold its
| own on the road, something more Is re-
ouired in automobile construction to-
day. A car to be a good seller must
| also have lines. no matter how good its
regulations Is.
Although the 1911 season has Just
started the automobile manufacturers in
Detroit are planning for a year hence"
said r. c. Seiby. of the Selby COM
pany, agents for the Paige-Detroit car.
who has just returned from the City
OF the Straits. The Paige-Detroit for
this year is. in my opinion, the clasSieSt
machine among the small cars"
Emerson & Orme have delivered a
Regal undcrslung roadster to l.. w. Pc
terson, OF Alexandria, Va
Don't tamper with the magnetic" is
the advice given by Mr.. Roger B. Whit
man. an engineer for the Bosch Mag
neto Company.
"A few years ago, when high tension
magnetos were used on only a few cars,
people regarded them as something mys-
terious and did not attempt to expert
ment with them.
with the general adoption of the mag
neto, however. more and more people are
beginning to investigate, and the conse-
quence is that the number of magnetos
needing repairs is increasing. If the men
who handle magnetos will remember that
they go out in perfect adjustment and in
the best possible condition. and will let
them alone, it will be found that the re-
suits will be highly satisfactory. Many
more magnteoS come into the repair
shop because some one has been expert
mendng with them than because they re-
quire repair after years of use.
The magnetic needs a few drops Of oil
once a month. but the bearing should
not be flooded. The interrupter of
Bosch magnetic is provided with self-lub-
ricating bearings and these parts do not
require oiling. The operating parts Of the
magnetic are entirely closed and are dust
proof. If the covers are not disturbed.
the parts will be effected only by the
actual and natural wear.
Aside from the revolving armature,
the only moving parts are the distrib-
utter and the interrupter lever. This
latter is made with the most exact care
and there is no cause outside of acci-
dent that will put it out of adjustment
or in bad condition until the car that
carries it has run at least 1000 miles.
The parts that wilr need adjustment at
that time are the platinum points, which
should be smoothed of with a very fine
file and set so that when they are OPEN
ed to the maximum by the cam the dis
tance separating them will be 1-64th
Of an inch.
William Ebersole, manager of the Ma
rion distributing agency, left last night
for Indianapolis on visit to the fac
tory.
]. Edgar Mitchell has purchased a Ford
town car from Miller Brothers Auto and
Supply Company.
In five years motorcycling has grown
out Of its swaddling clothes and attained
a dignity only second to automobiling.
To-day there are at least fifty factories
in this country. One of these. devoted |
exclusively to the manufacture of motor i,
cycles. has just increased its facilities to
allow the manufacture of 10000 machines |
and already it is evident that |
4 v.iNh ho fnaAonnafa
To tell the truth, a score of the lead !
ing manufacturers are not in the least |
concerned over the 1911 sales; nor over |
the sales for the next year. for that
matter; most of them are already plan |
nine~the selling campaign of 1913.
The reason for such widespread interest |!
IN the motorcycles is easily explained. |
rhe motorcycle often has been termed |
he little brother of the automobile"
md the appellation is not undeserved.
A reliable single-cylinder motorcycle costs |
n the neighborhood of 500. 1t is easy |
o travel 100 miles on a single gallon of
,asoline, while some machines have gone |
Is far as 2OS miles with one gallon.
The expense of maintaining a motor
.ycle Is very small compared with any
,ther vehicle, while its saving in time
s an asset largely to be considered. Be-
ides. the subsequent upkeep Is very
mali. as it doe not require a large
building or garage to house the machine.
ind tires and expense IN running are
heap by comparison.