The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-16

l whether the engine be long stroke or | short stroke; whether valves are in ! the head or on the side; whether cone | clutch or disc clutch; ball bearing or plane bearing crankshaft, if the part | in question is properly designed anc properly engineered.
 | A properly engineerd progressive" | Is much more to be desired than an ! improperly engineered "selective," and 1 a properly made one cylinder engine IS | better than an improperly made six l cylinder.
 1 Ir most factories one man is both | designer and engineer; yet 1t is pos sible for man to be a good designer and a poor engineer and vice-versa. The designer, in automobile parlance, | is the man who plans and works out | the various parts of the car that go | to make up the whole, and the engi- neer is the man who decides of what material and of what size these parts must be made.
 A truck may have a general design | that is ideal, yet be rendered worth | less by being poorly engineered, hav- | ing this or that part made of im- l proper size or of improper material. | MT. Ralph L. Morgan of Worcester, | Mass. built the first successful mo- ! tor truck on this side of the water. | He has probably given as much study | to the subject as any engineer in the country and in an address on the sub- | ject of design delivered before a re- cent gathering of motor truck engi- neers, he said, ''I consider that no l motor truck design is correct unless | each individual vital part can be re- | moved quickly and easily without dis 1 turbing any other part and put back | when repaired just as easily and | quickly. A pleasure car must be de- eli nod fn r1n "a ] is Out of order the owner expects as a. matter of course to lay it up for week or so, but when the motor truck goes out of business the dollar | sign is put up with a minus sign be- fore it, and it's owner is losing from $10 to s20 per day as long as it's in the shop
 Next in importance to accessibility in design Is simplicity. The fewer the parts, the less to get out of or der.
 The trucks weight must be so dis tributed that the driving wheels will bear about two-thirds of it when the car is loaded to it's capacity. A long "overhang" is to be avoided, as 1t is very disastrous to tires.
 Good engineering in the building of ! motor trucks means the making of all parts exactly the right size and of the material best suited to the func- tor which it is to perform. For ex- ample, channel steel frame amply strong to do it's work may soon be- come rattle trap" if put together
 with too few or too small rivets. An engines bore may be calculated to a | nicety, its design apparently perfect, and as full of talking points as the proverbial dog is of fleas, yet have water jacket too small to keep it cool. It may run as quietly and smoothly as is desired and the bearings be so small that they must be adjusted ev- cry day or two.
 The merchant who contemplates the purchase of a power wagon will do well to give thought to these items.
 A car faulty in design and poorly en- gineered may outshine in a demon stration machine perfect in design and perfectly engineered, but rest as- snred the ore that is designed cor rectly and engineered correctly will be a paying ,nves .ment, while the oth- CT will be a losing investment. In looking for car the purchaser
 should consider we'll which will give
 least trouble and why, which will cost least to run and why, which will stand up" longest and why. Last night, immediately after the big crowd had left Madison Square Garden. the interior of the old show building presented a scene of activ- ity which the general public was not permitted to see. the box office was closed. The pleasure or passenger ve- hicleS that held sway in the big am- phitheatre during the past tSweek, an1 which attracted thousands of motor
 enthusiasts from all parts of the country, filling the Garden to over flowing at every session, were being rushed out of the building. Their "serious brothers" the commercial ve- hicles, were being ushered in to fill the vacant spaces which were occu- pied by the gasolene pleasure cars, and with the motorcycle, accessories and parts, the commercial vehicle will hold the boards for one week begin ming tonight. when everything will be in readiness for the part two period of the eleventh national automobile show under the auspices of the A. l.. A. M.
 Practically all of the exhibit of ac- cessories and parts will remain for next weeks exhibition, and there will be a number of new exhibits which are bound to create interest. For the
 part two period there are s07 exhibi- tors. of which P will be exhibits of gaso1ene commercial vehicles: will be exhibits of electric business and pleasure vehicles; IS will be motorcv- cle exhibits and 255 will be exhibits of accessories and parts.
 The exhibition of commercial vehi- cles will be the largest and most com prehensive display ever shown under one roof. There will be on view fire wagons, ambulances, police wagons
 and business veh c1es of all sorts fit- ted for all branches of business util- ity. The commercial wagons will be shown on the main floor and on the elevated platform. The following makes will be exhibited: Mercedes Morgan, Sterans, Knox. Pierce-Arrow,
 Peerless. Hewitt, Autocar, Reliance,
 Rapid. Sampson. Grabowsky. stude-
 baker, White, Packard, Mack. General
 Vehicle, Alec, Buick. Pope-Hartford,
 Rec, Franklin, Atlas, Brush. Over
 land. Mcintyre, Garford, Kissel, Ran
 dolph, Lansden and Ward. Several
 electric pleasure carriages will be