Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05
MOTORING.
Continued from Eighth Page.)

ton, and in order to facilitate matters the
above party came to Washington, got
the car and ran it to Roanoke them
selves. The first sixty odd miles from
Washington to Hagerstown was traversed
slowly, so as to get full understand
ing with the motor.
Next morning, however. they start
ed out in real earnest. arriving in
Roanoke by nightfall. Taking into con-
sheraton the bad state of the roads,
which are always coated with mud at
this time of the year, the speed made
was really remarkable. And yet, when
the party arrived there their car was in
perfect condition, looking as if it had just
been brought out of the factory. The
tires were unmarried and MIR. Marsteller
says they did not have single accident
on the way.
A demonstration of the fact that the
low-priced motor car Of today can carry
four passengers almost anywhere under
the sun they may wish to go was made
last Saturday when a model ''35' Buick
climbed to the top of Mount Dfablo with
three grown men and about 100 pounds of
baggage, the property of some thirty
members Of the Sierra Club who were
camping over night at the top.
The car was driven by Earl de Wore
of the Howard Automobile Company and
carried Claude MCGEE of the same COM
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the grade which represents an ascent OF
some 1900 feet without mechanical diff
fculty and under it's own power at all
times.
The car with its three passengers left
Oakland Saturday noon travelling by way
OF the Tunnel road to Danville, Contra
Costa county. where it picked up the
baggage Of the Sierra Club members and
obtained special permit to enter the
private roadway at the entrance of Pine
canyon leading to the mountain trails
The party camped at the top all night,
and Sunday, after photographing the car
In It's perilous position, started on the
descent where the only barriers between
It's occupants and a wild plunge into
eternity were Driver de Vore's nerve and
the powerful braking of the machine
both OF which proved to be equal to the
task.
An announcement Of interest today is
that Of the Kings"36," the agency for
which has been taken by the Chapman
Love Automobile Company, 1912 14th
street northwest. Some of the features
Of this new car are the long-stroke motor;
simplicity. having 1000 less parts than an
other machine: center control. left-hand
drive self-starter, front fender unit and
fabrication system
The ordinary gas lamp brackets are
eliminated the lamps being mounted di-
rectly on a steel tie tube which passes
from fender to fender, thus doing away
with all fender and lamp vibration, and
at the same time raising the lamps to
an elevated position. This eliminates
long road shadows incident to low-sup-
ported lamps.
The King system Of fabrication does
away with the oil pump. The incased
fly wheel is used to carry the oil to an
elevated trough, which, in turn, delivers
oil to all gears and bearings. Suitably
incliped channels carry 1t back to the
reservoir SO that every part of engine
and clutch is always properly oiled. It
is designed so that oil will be delivered
on the steepest grade, and flooding Of
either end Of the crank case is impossi-
BILE.
A unique feature of the King "36' is
the patented special long. fiat spring Of
and insuring the easiest riding qualities
thus far obtained on any car. This rear
spring Is pivotly supported near its cen
ter to the frame. It's forward end is
end operates in shacklets which are
mounted on the rear axle. This spring
eliminates much Of the road shock ex-
perienced in the ordinary car with clip
TIC, semi-elliptic or any other kind of
spring. This spring causes an entire abb
sence OF side swing" which helps the
car to hold the road under high speed
The motor is four cylinders cast enbloc;
long strokes 1915 bore 5h stroke
Extra heavy, two-bearing crank shaft
eighteen inches between bearings. Valves
are placed on an angle so that intake and
exhaust open directly into the cylinders
thus giving extremely short line Of travel
and minimum exposed surface in combus
ton chamber. The valve mechanism is in
closed. Spiral drive timing gears are
used. thus reducing mechanism and elm
mating noise. Exhaust manifold extra
ordinarily large and cast as part of the
motor. Entire motor exceptionally free
from exposed mechanism and noise.
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A new Washington enterprise has been
formed to be known as the Berntson
Spring Wheel Company, with the factory
for the production OF its resilient steel
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