The Washington herald., 1912-10-06
5GASOLINE GOSSIP q

and grease. the time should be granted
IL possible. for as long as the chauffeur
| Is human he VIII not want to do II
| oftener than necessary. Furthermore,
where an automobile is run forty or
more miles a day. especially when the
| trips are short and the stops often, the
chauffeur should have no other work
than the care of his car and garage.
Making the chauffeur NOW the lawn
and do janitor work about the house is
money lost rather than saved.
Cheap oil and grease Is another pitfall
| in which the saving owner falls. Cheap
| lubricant Is lubricant only for a short
| time, after which IT is only deception
| In the working parts OF the car. The
viscosity is usually lost long before 1t
| is renewed and the rubbing parts of the
machine wear in the meantime. Be-
sides, cheap cylinder oil carbonizes the
cylinders. choking them with refuse,
| which works its way into the valves and
| crank case. causing endless trouble. -
In the economical operation of an au-
| tomobile the purchase price Is always
| the most important consideration, and
any labor and material that can be
| used to conserve the life of the mechan-
| ism is worth its cost.
Allotment of spaces for the annual
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New York for two weeks in the two
buildings, Grand Central palace and Mad
! ison Square Garden, were made at the
headquarters Of the Automobile Board
of Trade last Thursday. There were
| eighty-seven applications from accessory
manufacturers, assuring a record-break-
| ing exhibition, that will surpass any pre-
vious exhibition held in this country.
Under the plan this year a single ad-
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buildings, pleasure cars being shown the
| first week and commercial vehicles the
The. drawing for the Automobile BOARD
of Trade members was held in the
| morning. in connection with its quarterly
| meeting. which brought together repre-
sentatives from every one of the sixty
-, one members OF the big organization.
one OF the most unique motor car
creations Is the coupe just turned out
| by the Cole Motor Car Company, of
| indianapolis, for Princess Victoria, the
miniature Melba," who Is 251-2 inches
A stock roadster chassis was used but
the gasoline tank and rumble seat were
| supplanted by a "cubby hole coupe
body, fitted up like an ordinary coupe
and trimmed in red satin. A doll-sIze
| to the door OF the coupe. while a toy
folding yacht companionway is used for
| the princess to mount the running board.
The footman seven-foot giant sits
| In coach style seat behind the coupe
Two years and half without pune
! ture and never even removing the tires
tained bv + Rradburv. of 81 PAU
| lin G touring car and has driven 1t stead
| lily without tire trouble OF any kind.
A test OF a Vibrationless motor which
| is often appned in the chassis test room
of many motor car companies Is to balance
| an ordinary copper cent on the cylinder
| head while the motor is turning over.
| 1t is an extremely severe test. For while
on a mo,ioniess surface the slightest
movement will upset II, and when the
motion is continuous 1t must be very
| slight not to disturb the balance OF the
| coin.
II a sufficiently large appropriation can
be gotten from the State Legislature.
/ the University of Missouri will establish
| this year a department OF instruction
This is an absolutely new idea in edu-
cational curricuIa, and If the plans ma
terialize 1t will be the first school OF
automooiie engineering instruction In
the word.
stewart Mcdonald vice president ana
general manager OF the Moon Motor Car
company. Is TO De the professor In
charge OF This department.
COMMANDER }. Z. faitner' OF the Chlteo
States Navy. has gone around the world
| in his 1906 Franklin touring car. He
spent two years in Europe travelling
| leisurely through all parts of the ooun-
| try. While there he had a remarkably
| low expense account for his automobile.
His expenses averaged IS per month
| and this included everything. even to the
| buying of automobile gloves, insurance,
license, and garage expenses