The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-07
pietsly equipped car evor seen in this

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much more than twice the aize or the
magnetic The dynamo Is gear driver
from tho magnetic shaft-a switch
and battery completes tho whole out
ht-a surprisingly single arrange
ment OF wires 10 required. The mo.
ohanis1n automatically regulates it.
self homo no complicated governors
partment OF the White Company has
certainly outdone itself on this
equipment In spite OF It's regular
habit OF designing simple, sure-work-
Ing mechanfsms.
Mr. Massey has owned one of the
Thirty" Whites for the past eighteen
months. and Just az Mr.. Corkcr did.
no purchased the six on the
strength OF tho good service renrercd
satisfactory car" is Mr.. Mnsscy's
comment, land has required no re-
pairs whatever"
Now that tho motor car is being
CREDITED with helping the crooks" per-
! form their criminal work. comes a
concrete example Of how the same in
strument OF travel also aids Justice In
carrying out its mission.
| George NJ Dickson. general manager
of the company that builds National
go cars. tells q thrilling story of how
National touring car was used by
officers In Alabama to run down the
men charged with tho LewiBburS crime
or murders that recently shocked tho
country. Governor ONeal. Chief Of
! Police Bodeker, Sheriff McAdory and
others used the car IN a mad ride
through tho hazardous mountain trails.
II Is said that the alleged outlaws
nave caused terror In their neighbour
noon for yearu, and tho use OF tho au-
tomobilo in rounding them up after
their escape marks an epoch in such
work
1T 10 interesting to note" remarks
Dickson. How people instantly adopt
new inventions. such as the automobile,
for both good and OWL. From Paris
comes word that tho motor car Is be-
coming more and moro an accessory
OF the criminal modern Europe. Its
ohief attribute, the means OF iumedia [ o
and speedy escape from after commits
sion OF robbery. Is what makes It al
turing to criminals. II is said the
motor car Is used q Rroat deal by the
smusBlers between France and Bel
GUM"
Dickson declares. however, that the
misuse OF tho motor car Is not the fault
o. the car. but that the good or bad Is
TO be found In the motive back of the
use mado of the machine
30 great has been the public inter
est In tho latest Chalmers educational
exhibit, which demonstrates the ac-
parts, that the company Is now pre-
pairing four additional exhibits. which
Will shortly ho sent OH the road
This exhibit consists of collection
or more than 100 different parts.
which are machined to an accuracy
OF less than one oro-thousandth part
of All inch. With these parts are
set of test gauges and scales \
demonstration accompa nying the ex-
hibit shows how Chalmers cars are
balanced, Weighing one part against
It's mate and adding other parts un-
I'll practically all working parts Of
the motor arc shown, perfectly
balanced. In the testing demonstra-
lions are shown the operations which
guarantee to a standard car quietness,
power and long wearing qualities.
This is the first time a motor car
has actually demon
strated the methods OF building
m otor car.
Quality In a motor car Is ques-
tion OF manufacturing quite as much
as design and materials. and we are
building these exhibits to teach the
car" said Lee a. Folger. of the Cor
don Motor Company. Comparatively
f cw even Of those who own cars. real
izo the accuracy of workmanship
which must be put into a motor car
to get endurance, power. quietness
q nd general smoothness of operation
A good automobile Is as accurately
built as a fine watch--only the ma
chine !s larger. Think OF machining
and grinding gears TO an accuracy of
one-half OF the thousandth part of
finer? Think. roo OF making thou
sands OF pirtons, all interchangeable
and all balancing perfectly.
1t was divulged by the Alsop Motor
Company, the local Hudson dealer, yes
terday that there has been an influx
of European automobile experts to this
country for the purpose of learning
the highest principles OF, American
motor car engineering practice. This
invasion is significant by reason OF the
fact that America, it is conceded. has
caught up" with the Old World in
motor car design. and IS beginning to
outstrip the Europeans.
This presents unique situation.
Realizing that such American experts
as Howard Z. Coffin are to-day build
ing az great cars as were built III Eu-
ropes palniest days, the engineers
have come here TO add their vast fund
of experience TO the value represented
by car built in the United States
1t Ia interesting In this connection
that the foreign engineers are now
members of Howard L. Collins STAFF
and are now building the new self
starting Hudson "S3."
This interesting news. In conjunction
with the fact that America has caught
its pacemaker, makes certain the truth
OF new epoch in American motor car
engineering history.
The presence Of European engineers
at the ijsdson factories at Detroit"
SAID J. b. Als0p to-day. lis evidence of
the fact that American has at hast come
abreast Wits the Old World In the
manufacture Of automobiles. In which