Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-30
G.. {. DURYEAT TELLS
1872 TENDENCIES
Technical Expert Points Out
Many Advance Ideas at
Auto Show.

If there are any tendencies for 1912 to
be seen at the great SHOW
which opens at Madison Square Garden
January 6 to 20, 1t is safe to say that
they lead toward a greater use OF the
automobile by every member of the
family and on every day of the year.
The student of the subject will not find
many radical steps forward in any par
ticular direction. but the general trend
is distinctly practical and useful.
One Of the evidences Of progress Is seen
In the increased use Of closed bodies.
years ago was utterly without top, today
the situation is reversed, and few cars
are sold unless equipped with protection
from the weather. In several makes of
cars tops are provided with glass win
dows, which a be let down into the
sides, after which the top folds and thus
type of vehicle. Glass fronts of many
varieties keep out the wind and curtains
button from front to rear so that almost
every touring car is now capable Of being
completely closed and thus defying the
weather.
One of the drawbacks of driving in
the necessity Of going out IN front Of
the car to get at the starting crank.
With the enclosed car this is particularly
annoying because of the bother of un-
fastening the curtains or creeping under
them. The se~lf-starters, as used on the
WInton, AmpleX, Cadillac, Maxwell, Sin
pick, Stoddard,Dayton, Pullman, Everett,
Chalmers, Hudson, Interstate, Peerless,
Marmon and others, absolutely does away
with this objection and permits the
daintily dressed lady to drive the big
car in all kinds of weathers.
The same thought applies to electric
lighting. The short days of winter bring
darkness early in the afternoon and the
lights for safety in traffic and from the
law. With mussy kerosene lamps she get;
dirty and greasy trying to get them
on such cars as the Ibzier, Columbia,
Marquette, Speedwell. Peerless, Pierce,
STANDARDIZATION Pullman, Cadillac and
q host of others she has but to push !; ?
done. No wonder she finds herself usine
her car in all kinds of weather n fol
all purposes.
among the many cars to be exhibited al
the Garden. each Of which is not a great
advance. but all of which help toward
In strictly mechanical things the most
exploited Is the use of sliding valves OF
such cars as the Columbia, Stearns ant
STANDARDIZATION. That the reciprocatinl
poppet valves commonly used are MOI
the final forms many engineers now ad
nit. That the slide valve or some form
of rotary as may be seen on some Hud'
son models is a big step in few
can deny in the face of the results OBJ
tanned.
have grown in size, springs have beer
heightened or softened. bodies are widel
and lower. muffiers have been much i'm
proved, oilers have been simpliied, run
ming boards have been stripped of theil
clutter and even dashes are much less
loaded with mechanism. These things al
fit the auto to use of the lady VIII
can with safety take her good clothing
into the operators seat and not feel {
constant dread of getting covered will
oil and dirt. Add to these things a gen
eral simpliication and betterment and 1
will be seen that there has Doom mucl
advance, even though no great step for
ward In any single point is to be found.