Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14
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driver of the winning car. 800: to the
driver Of the second car. SIS; to the
| driver Of the third car, $50.
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| It is a good plan to always have a
length of rope or chain in the tool box or
under the seat Of the car for use In cases
Of emergency such as the two cases de-
scribed below.
While out driving recently a motorist
had the misfortune to skid into post,
breaking the starting crank off close up
to the shaft This made 1t impossible to
start the engine from the crank, and as
the motor was one of the vast majority
which will not. even under provocation.
start on the spark, q Quandary presented
itself.
] Another car came along just at the right
| moment and the driver volunteered his
assistance and proceeded to overcome the
difficulty. He took q f1fteen-foot length
of rope from his car and attached one
end to his rear aaxle. the other end to
the front axle Of the disabled car. For
towing long distances ropes should be
| fastened to some part Of the frame, but
for this purpose this method OF attaching
to the axles was sufficient. After the two
cars were connected in this manner the
good Samaritan climbed into his seat and
started his car very slowly. At the same
time the driver of the rear car let his
brake off and his clutch in on high speed
so that the motion Of the rear wheels was
| transmitted through the diferential
| transmission gears and the clutch to the
fywheel. thus turning the engine over,
producing the same effect as cranking 1t
from the front
| After the car had been towed only a
short distance. about fifty feet. with the
spark only slightly advanced as in crank
| ing. the motor started under It's own
power. The clutch then was thrown out
| and the tow rope removed.
Had the second car not come along at
| the opportune moment the motor could
have been started by lacking up the rear
wheels and spinning one of them by
hand, with the clutch in and the gears
| set for high speed forward. II this is
done care must be taken to change the
gears to neutral and to disengage the
clutch before removing the jack from the
rear axle.
Another instance In which a length of
rope saved much time. worry and triple
strength language, was experienced when
the car ran into an extremely bad por-
| ton Of road full OF deep mud holes. A
rear wheel dropped into one Of these
the solid ground at the edge Of the hole.
| The car could not pull out Of this predi-
cament without severely straining the
| whole machine. As the rear axle rested
possible to get jack under Il to lift the
car, 50 the following expedient was re-
| sorted to:
A piece of rope was fastened around
| the rear axle and the frame extension
above the spring. binding them securely
together so that the spring would have
no fexibility Then the jack was placed
| under the frame and the rear wheel rails
ed up out Of the mud hole to the level of
the regular road surface. Then, after a
short search. an old post was found be-
side the road and placed longitudinally
| under the rear wheel to keep it from
dropping back into the mud. The jack
was removed, the rope was united and
the car once more started on Its way.
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| Sales Of self-starting 1912 Everitt c1rs
were reported for the week ending yester-
| day as follows: David G. Gfillbortzer,
Gas touring car; Oliver s. Metzerott, 6-4S
touring car: F. E. Miller. 6-4S touring
car: r. G. Kirtley. 4-38 touring car: n.
L s t sss touring car Henry We1g. Co
roadster; Mrs. William Carter $50 tour
ing car: John o. Bates. 4-38 touring car:
r. T. Myrtle. 6-4S touring car; Sidney =.
Mudd. 4-3O touring car
Nineteen-twelve Ford cars were deliv-
cred to the following during the past
week: Touring cars, William Simpson.
J. p. Libbey, jr.; Harry c. Meem, Henry
Hull, r. e. Boiseau, Thomas M Schaeffer
Mr. Richards. Germantown, Md. and Mr..
| Waters Delivery wagon. Freund Com
pany. Torpedo. Charles H. Malpas, M. v.
Collins and E Stevens. the Elks.
A strong spirit Is again developing in
the west against the exclusion of auto
/ mobiles from the Yellowstone National
Park. This spirit Of opposition has de-
veloped chiefly since the use Of motor
buses has been taken up by the con-
Germ having the privilege of operating
| stages within the park. The old argu-
ment that motor vehicles render the park
unsafe for general use has a~en exploded,
ways are opened to the rational use Of
| the automobile.
]. r. Young, accompanied by his family
and q party Of friends. left yesterday at
| noon in their 1912 Cadillac touring car
! for Dover. Del, via Perryville, Eikton
| and Wilmington, Del They expect to be
! gone several days on the trip.
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At the recent special session Of the
ed almost unanimously for a road bond
amendment to the state constitution, to
be voted on by the people at q special
election in September. The plan Is that
land. a prominent member Of the
Maine Automobile Association The bond
issue is along entirely new lines and in
wolves the capitalization OF the annual
registration and other automobile fees,
which fees are to be used to pay the In
tereset and provide a sinking fund for
the 100000 Of road bonds. In this
way the money may be spent in improv-
ing the roads at once without any in
crease In taxation.
The farmers favor the measure because
1t is an Improvement for which they do
not have to pay and the autonobilists
favor It because 1t assures early road
Improvement and the expenditure Of au-
tomobile funds where they belong-on the
highways.
The constitutional amendment, which
| requires q two-thirds vote Of tho people
that the state limit of indebtedness,
$500 900. has not been changed since the
state was admitted, in 1920.
The success Of the measure was due
largely to the work Of the State Auto
mobile Association, Of which w. B. Par
ker is president. The association will also
carry forward an education campaian
explaining the measure to voters during |
/ the summer.