The Washington herald., 1912-11-10

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Company, Of Lma, Ohio, recsntiy ship
ped two-ton truck. which u to b ussd
a. twenty-paseenger omnibus. to Bra
sil, where . arm Of Americans have un-
dertaken to establish . transportation
service.
To finish trip around the globe. Mel.
win A. Hall ID preparing to leave san
Francisco and drive to his homo In Bos-
ton. Mr.. Hall. who 10 twenty-thrse years
old, arrived q few days ago from Nikko.
Japan, with his Packard 1910 49, phas-
ton, in which he has travsrsed A0oo
miles in the past eighteen months
Mr.. Hall drives his own car. He under.
took the long trip without any intention
of making q record. and his route de-
veloped itself n 1t passed from country
to country. After traversing Europe he
toured through India, British Malay. and
the Federated Malay States, Java, Su-
matra, Cochin China, China. tho Philip
pine Islands, and Japan. His Packard
was the first motor car to penetrate many
Of the regions visited. Over some
stretches. such a. the Ra1putana desert
in India. there were> no roads. and 1t
was necessary to force trails.
Writing to Cuyler Lee. Packard dealer
for Northern California. Mr.. Hall says:
II have had no chauffeur or mechanical
assistance Of any kind. and have ex-
perienced no delays from mechanical
troubles The car has been roughly han
died innumerable times in loading and
unloading: drenched in sea water.
begged In tropical swamps. scorched by
the desert sun. and 1oltsd through broken
bridges. During the past year It seldom
has been under cover"
Mr.. Hall will follow the old Santa Fe
trail across the Western States. includ-
ing Chicago and Detroit, on his main
route.
An adjustable rear seat IL the motor
car novelty this fall. It il probably the
greatest single advance toward increased
comfort that could have been made. for
however easy riding a car may be the
passengers enjoyment depends great
deal on his sitting position. And that is
q matter Of leg room and seat angle.
The ordinary type Of seat 10 built with
the average person in mind. Just who
this average person In few people have
ever been able to tell: but II IL In the
experience of nearly everybody that what
fits or suits the average person won't
do 30 well for ordinary mortals.
In designing their new car-which they
intend for an epoch maker-the Stevens
Duryea engineers gave special attention
to ease, and ]. Frank Duryea got the
idea of the adjustable rear seat into his
mind You pick out one particular chair
in a room because II rests your back
most" or fits your legs best"
What could add more to your enjoy
ment of motoring when you haven't the
same opportunity to get up mad move
around' than q seat you could adjust
in whatever position you liked best? A
seat you could make into any kind Of a
chair, as it were, without even getting |
up out of it-just by turning little |
wheel handle. down out OF the way, but
within arms reach? |
The result OF Duryea's ingenuity Is
feature Of the new C-Six Stevens-Duryea.
which has just made its appearance. 1t
is one of the features which make build |
ers point to the C-Six Is the easiest
riding car ever produced. 1t is another
example Of Duryea's pioneering" for
it's the first thing Of the kind. In the
opinion Of motor-car experts It's the most
important automobile novelty for long
time.
Non-skid tires Of the present day are
the outgrowth Of the vacuum rubber |
flesh brush and A. E. Morrison. once |
noted as a bicycle rider and now West |
ern sales manager Of the RICH Cor |
pcration claims the distinction Of being |
the first to try out the present popular |
style OF tire.
In 1898 a widely known manufacturer |
Of rubber goods decided that his vacuum |
flesh brush idea might be made use Of
on bicycle tires. He got in touch with |
Morrison. and equipping his bicycle with |
these tires sent him TO the Coast. with |
u world-famous bicycle. 1t was demon
strated that these tires prevented slip
ping on wet pavements.
Six years later Mr.. Morrison. who had
won fame through New England in
amateur automobile races. recalled his
bicycle tires and decided that
they would be a mighty good thing on
a motor car and put the proposition up |
to his old friend. The rubber goods man.
rfacturer. however. declared that he did
lot have the capital to enter into the
of automobile tires.
Thoroughly satisfied Of the practi-
cability of his idea. however. Mr.. Morri-
son offered to pay for the necessary
molds If his friend would go ahead with
the manufacturing end This was agreed
upon and two tires having a rough tread
were sent to Morrison in time for a race
meet on the Readville. Mass, track. May
90. 1904. That day Morrison won two
events. going the distance in
Fix minutes nat with a touring car with