The Washington herald., 1911-05-07

chine he Is representing but, at the same
time he should not overlook the fact that
as soon as this stretch OF road was COW
cred he complimented Clarence Barnard
on the manner in which his Stoddard
Dayton negotiated the heavy going.
'The Canadian reciprocity agreement
is of far greater importance to the auto
mobile business than most persons i'm
agine." says John Thomas, local manager
Of the United Motor Washington Com
pany. THE reduction of duty on Ameri-
can automobiles from 35 to 30 per cent
makes a wider channel for American
goods to flow across the border: but 1t Is
more important because 1t brings a rich
automobile market closer to our doors.
We have $1,000 automobiles owned by
farmers in the United States. n.000 of
whom are Maxwell owners. 1t is easy
to see the market for machines in Can
ada. where farming is the principal oc-
cupation.'
Harry Benner, branch manager for the
Century Tire Company. gives the follow
ing important tire advice: Air costs
nothing Use plenty of it. Avoid curb
stones. They are hard ION tires. II tire
bolts are used. keep them tight. and also
keep water out of the inside of the case.
Never allow the weight Of the car to
rest on debated tires, even overnight.
Make repairs at once: delay is costly.
Last but not least. an extra tube will
save lot of time fixing punctures.'
Testing automobiles in a large plant
is problem which has to be coped with
and taxes the ingenuity of makers" says
Ted Johnston. of the Buick Motor Com
pany. When 4 manufacturer builds a
new model his first concern is to find out
what it will do. 1t might be assumed
that after the first machine is tested
the remainder of the same model could
be assumed TO be in working order. but
experience has shown otherwise. and as
a consequence every car IS driven several
hundred miles before being sent to its
destination. A short time ago. while at
the Buick factory. l saw an entire ship
ment held up because a fender bolt had
been put IN wrong and had been detected
by the inspector.
1t will be recalled that among those ar
rested in Indianapolis In connection with
the alleged dynamite plot was Frank p.
Fox one OF the Pcpe-Hartford racing
team, who runs a garage in Indiana polls.
1t was from him that Detective Burns
engaged the machine to spirit Mcnamara
out of the city according to advices re-
Ceived by T. b. Spence. OF the Pope Auto
Company. local representative of the
pe-HartfOrd.
The new Packard six differs in few
points of general design from the two
four-cylinder models. A dual high ten
sion Bosch ignition system replaces the
Eiseman system, which is retained on the
four-cylinder models; the use of a two
part crank case with the four-crank
shaft journals carried in Independent
capped bearings instead of in the middle
section OF the case: a force feed oil sup
ply to the shaft bearing with oil spray.
and a modified carbureter.
AT a joint meeting OF the traffic depart
ment of the National Association of Au-
tomOhlle Manufacturers and the traffic
managers of number of Eastern rail-
roads of the country. which was held in
New York during four days OF last week.
the question OF revision of the Classifica-
tion of automobiles. particularly in car
load lots. and Of the rates to the Pacific
Coast were taken up and discussed. The
creation OF a separate classification for
trucks also was urged. During the argu-
mcnt 1t was shown that during the
y. n,
1911. nearly 10000 freight cars had been
used by the Detroit automobile factories
alone in sending finished cars to all parts
OF the country.
Carbureter trouble arising from the
condensation of water in the gasoline
line is likely to he experienced when a
car first is taken out on the road after
being laid up for some little time on
this account the settling chamber of the
fuel StTainer should he drained off fire.
quently after the machine is placed in
commits sion.
In order to detect chauffeurs who are
prone TO drive their cars with the tires
Improperly inflated. a New York taxicab
company has hit upon n novel and time
saving scheme. This concern uses tires
of - by 4A-inch dimensions, and they
are supposed TO he inflated TO a pressure
of ninety ponds. By the simple expedi-
ent of running car over newly white
washed floor il was found that tires at
this pressure left a track OF uniform
width. Thereafter they stationed a COL
ored man at the entrance to the garage
and as each car leaves the building it
must pass over n spot covered with fresh
whiteHash. Immediately the inspector
whips out a rule and measures the width
Of the track, and II II exceeds the proper
width the driver is sent back to properly
initiate his tires. An exact system of ac-
counting has proved that this method
has resulted in prolonging the length of
the life of tires