Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12


mechanical turn Of mind. Mr. Coftins
| address was met with general com
Imendation by both the Ioritons and Amer
leans. all of whom are famous in the
automobile industry.
i The American engineers are spending
three weeks abroad. being the guests oi
England last week and this They visited
the automobile show AT Olympia and ale
various automobile factories in the Viein-
ity of London Then they will 30 across
to France and viii visit the various au-
| tomohile centers there as well as the
| famous French factories.
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| broadway" New York; is accustomed
| to curiosities in automobiles, as in other
| things. Myriad makes shapes and col
OrS of cars are to he seen there daily
| touring cars, limousincS, runaboutS.
/ landaulets-from the most conservative
in design to the most freaklsn, yet
| car that made its appearance on TINS
| famous thorouShfare a few days ago
caused thousands Of pedestrians to stop
and admire the new Chalmers colonial
coupe, of special design. of Miss Sarah
Bodwell, a prominent motorist OF the
1 metropolitan city.
! It's long. low-built chassis was like
that Of the racing type of machine, and
| its body. colonial in design, beautifully
enameled and showing on either side a
reproduction Of the familiar picture OF
/ IN
his chef. TO whom he addressed the
now famous remark, Brand, that sauce
| is AL" suggested an lmpreSslFe-iookinS
| euuipage of royalty.
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J. L. Pennybacker, jr.. secretary OF the
American Association for Highway I'M
provement, who has been seriously Ill at
his home for several weeks past, resumed
his duties at his Office last week
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Patches for repairing punctures may be
made from an old inner tube. The patches
will be thicker than is desirable. now
ever and their edges must he carefully
beveled or the friction with the outer
cover will be sufficient to loosen them
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When il is considered that it is gen
orally accepted in steam engineering a
coating !. inch thick on the inside OF the
boiler tubes neceSsitateS an increase oi
about 90 per cent in the heat supplied 70
produce the same amount of steam. the
effect of excessive coatings of carbon on
the walls of gasoline motor cylinders can
be appreciated. The carbon prevents the
heat from readily reaching the water
Jacket and while at first 1t may tend
to increase the power to an extent it
eventually causes preignition through re-
tanning too great a proportion OF the neat
generated on the power strokes.
BY heating sim OIL ana grease " :,
| semi-fuid state in cold weather II VIII
| he found that the work OF filling grease
| cups will be greatly facilitated.
| The coming of the self-starter was not
| unlike that of the penumatic tire The tire
| had been in use for years before II was
| generally adopted When the public was
| ready for it everybody wanted it. 1t is
questionable what led to the general tax
/ ing up Of the self-starter at this partlcu
| lar season. With some Of the companies
| it was a case Of adding something by
way of extra equipment for the new
| model Some concerns did not drop the
| price of the 1911 line for 1912, while
| others raised it. Not much could be zone
! by adding extra equipment. and SO tht
self starter was looked upon as "a posi-
bility.
It has been thought that the great field
/ for United States car builders in the ex
| port trade was In Canada and in England
| and European countries The manufac-
turers. however. appear TO De nndlns
! better market in other parts OF the Worlc
| than in Europe, for during the first eight
months of this year the exports OF Amer
| lean cars to South America exceeded IT
| value those to either France. Germany OF
| Italy and the exports to British Oceanic
We're not far behind those to the United
| Kingdom.
| A fifty horsepower seven passenger
Pullman touring car finished in black
| with nickel trimmings. was delivered las
| week to M. l.. Allen of this city
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James r Ellerson and J. j. Allen have
purchased Stoddard- Dayton ''2S' touring
roadsters, with full equipment
OF the three we'll known drivers, Bob
Burman Eddie Hearne and Victor