The Washington herald., 1912-05-12
Edited by WILLIAM ULLMAN.


duties IN a way that shown his mechan-
ical ability. He has been studious and
industrious.
Entering the Cole Motor Car Com
pany's employ last February. he took a
position IN the final assembly depart
ment He made II known 20 superin-
tendent Bruce Smith that he wanted 20
take a hand in all departments. He has
thus far served IN the final assembly.
test. and wheel departments. Although
his name has appeared numerous times
over sporting articles in which he
wrote shot-off-the- gridiron sport stun. he
likes his mechanical work better.
Clark says that the automobile game
Is the real stun ITS alive" he said
enthusiastically: its fascinating. Why
did select this company? Because there
is something doing here all the time
growing fast and everything Is system
From the time that the chassis begins
to take form until Il reaches the final
assembly there is something interesting
in every process Although eacn process
works along the same system. still there
Is so much OF interest that one never
tires OF watching each operation and feel
ing that he is really part Of this won
derful formation. In entering the auto
mobile business I did 50 because knew
that the industry had a future. It is
the manufacturing business OF the day.
started in at the bottom. but l am
going TO stay in the manufacturing end.
want to know the inside then / am
going to make a break for big job in
the front office. I would advise any young
man. who is not afraid to work. and
willing TO learn. 70 put his shoulder to
the wheel and get out and do as am
doing"
For four years Clark was a member
Of the ShortridEe High School football
team, two years OF this period as cap
tain. In 1904. 1905, and 1906. he was half
back for Indiana University. Later he
was athletic director for the Marion Club
in Indianapolis; his next athletic work
was as coach at Rose Polytechnic in
Terre Haute. Leaving this position he
went to the Pacific Coast and then came
TO the Cole Motor Car Company.
Details are being worked out for the
convention OF sales managers Of the Auto
mobile Board OF Trade, to be held in
the near future.
The dates have not yet been definitely
settled upon. but they will probably be
the latter part of June of early in July.
the idea being to hold the convention
when II will be most convenient TO all
concerned.
The programme win include the prepa-
ration and reading OF papers bearing
upon subjects peculiar 10 the sales de-
Tartment OF the automobile manufactur-
er, and will be beneficial to not only the
manufacturer but the dealer and indI-
vidual owner
That within another year the amount
OF money invested in electric vehicles
may reach the amazing proportions Of
$50. 200 is the suggestion contained in
report TO be made next month at
Seattle, when the National Electric
Light Association meets for its thirty
fifth annual convention. T. C. Martin.
chairman OF the committee on progress.
has been looking into the matter and
finds that to-day s1OO0o.OoO is invested in
electric trucks and SO. 10000 in electric
pleasure vehicles. These figures, he
says. may easily double within a year.
Mr.. Martins report will describe an
ingenius method OF determining the real
efficiency of an electric vehicle. by is
suing to private garage consumers a
card that will enable them to find out
where they are at" with a lead sui
phuric acid battery. An interesting fea-
ture of this card, which includes col
umns for setting down the hours and
rate Of charging. energy consumption,
specific gravity, and miles run, in the
absence Of any space for recording the
volt-meter readings at the beginning and
end of the charging operation. The
voltage indicated by a battery, says Mr..
Martin, Is at best only inferential of
the energy yet remaining in the plates,
and although this method is generally
used as a convenient index to indicate
the condition 'of the cells, many cases
OF battery abuse are on record whose
cause can be traced to the fact that
yolt-meter readings alone were relied on
by inexperienced persons for indication
of when TO cease charging.
In other cases where complaints have
been made by garage owners that their
charging costs were running unduly
heavy, battery experts have been dis
patched to the spot, only, to find that
in the effort to bring a given battery
Up to its prescribed end-of-charge volt
age. the attendant was putting about
twice as many hours into the cells as
they properly needed-not only wasting
energy and casting unfair reflections on
the cost of running the car, but also
working damage to the plates
The real index to the condition of
charge in a battery" said Mr. Martin,
''is, Of course, the specific gravity of the |
sulphuric-acld electrolyte. As the cell |
is discharged, the specific gravity falls, !
ranging fro 1850 in a fully charged con-
dition down to 1.Ie0 when the cells are |
about exhausted. The proper time for |
starting and stopping the charge Is fixed |
by the reading Of the hydrometer, and |
TO show the simplicity and convenience
of using this instrument in electrolyte
drawn from one OF the cells by means |
of a syringe, full-siZe illustrations are
being got out by the company making |
the test.
For any given car a definite relation |
can thus be worked out for the number |
Of amp-hours or mile-travei in a battery
In terms of its specific gravity of cleo |
trolyte. For example, certain pleasure |
car which will run seventy-two miles on |
good streets when charged to a density |
Of 1.2S0, can positively be relied upon |
to go sixty miles when the gravity has |
fallen to 1880 e miles at lao, IS miles |
at L22o, "a miles at loo. and II miles \
at L1s0, becoming fully exhausted at |
i.1so" /
That distinctly revolutionary type of
Individual known as the speed
who became particularly progress
sive with the advent Of the automobile,
now looms up as a special menace to
the motor truck industry.
vehicle. because Of its economic posibili-
ties. declare that the driver who throws
reason to the wind in the operation OF
the truck. and hits up too fast pace. /
Is unquestionably the most expensive
feature OF truck maintenance.
Tire manufacturers, in particular, at