The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-26
Football, MOTORING, General Sporting News
Motoring News.
Good Roads Notes
and rade Matters

way from Washington over the new
part OF the new road now being
built by the Richmond w ashington
highway association, and their tale
was similar 10 the one told by the
pioneer pathfinding party. headed by
Robert Il. Airport, Preston Belvin
and A. l.. Westgard, not to mention
Captain p. st. Julien Wilson. state
highway commissioner, George w.
Hunter, Lewis Shuman, Eugene Haz-
elgroSe, and Megsrs. Coghill and
shuman, the elder. 1t far surpassed
even the rough time experienced by
the second pathfinding party in which
Henry w. Anderson, president of the
Highway ASSOCIATION. Starred.
In the party of strangers referred
to were Or. +. K. Perkins, of Dover.
N. H., and Jacksonville, Fla. his
father Charles E. Perkins. Mrs. Per-
kins and Miss Mabel Il. Pernins.
They had toured all the way from
Dover by way of Boston, New York.
Philadelphia and Washington, and
when there inquired the way to Rich
mond.
They were directed and by way
Of Centreville they struck Manassas
Bristow's, Catiett's, HARDWOOD church
and the rockiest roads of Stafford
county into Fredericksburg. from
a fredericksburg they came by way OF
| saassaponax, but the rest of the route
was as the desert to them. All they
knew was that they finally sci uck
Ashland. From there the rest was
easy.
And we were only over night,
said DR.. Perkins. we made Fred
| ericksburg in one lap and left there
| the next morning
And We MAD only one puncture,
| put In Miss Perkins.
which was wonderful, considering
| the way they came.
DIR. Perkins was Informed thai
| Prest~S Kelvin. chairman of ths
| good loads committee, of the Rich
, mond Automob bile club, was author
| ity for the statement that he woulo
| ind the loads in nne shape ali tins
| way from Richmond to Jacksonville
| lie was directed 10 go by way Of
| Petersburg, DinaIddle courthouse
! Boydston and Lawrenceville to HEN
| derson. MIR. Airport furnishing tn,
data in the absence of Mr.. Belvin.
| Had the people in Washington beef
/ aware Of The route the kicnmone
people are helping TO build through
hanover, Spotsylvanla, Stafford
/ Prince William and airfax coua,ie
/ into Washington 1t il likely that tn
! tourists would have founa the wa,
| much easier. That they got through
| at all WAS a pleasing surprise.
Life of An Automobile.
| What Is the chief determining fac
] tor in the life of an automobile mo
.arsss,g asked - ne@spa pse representa-
tive of ). ii. Simms. recently.
| MIR. Simms is one of The town
leading automobile dealers. and h
/ knows motor cars inside and out, hu
| lie had to admit that the query wa
q poser.
sounds pretty technical" he re
piled. but lets Try process of elm
,nation.' Take this Stevens Durye
motor here.
| The cylinders are good for a life
time practically, because every cast
| ing is tested for hardness before be
ing used. and even after several year
of running, the wear could only b
measured in thousandths OF an incl
The crankcase viii stand anything b.
a whaek with a sledge hammer; tina
means only an accident Will put 1t GU
Of business. Do accidents Inquire i
your technical problem9'i
The reporter allowed that they di
not
Then that narrows things down I
1.-The bearings" Mir. Sinms said. THE
get more hard use and poundin.
every minute the motor is runnin;
than all other parts pat together.
should say that, ordinarily. the bear
Iings would he the first thing to Civ
iout, that is. in an ordinary motor. Blu
Stevens Duryea bearings are made S
that their life will be equal to tha
Of any other part.
There are three classes OF roto
bearings, generally speahihs. IA
bronze for the foundation, and tn
babbltt to give easy running quail
ties. That makes the best type {
bearing. But the way 1t Is ordinarii
put together the babbitt is too sol
and needs constant adjustment, an
mora or less frequent replacement
keep the motor In trim. The Stevens
Duryea bearings are made by castin
a phosphor- bronze shell almost full .
special ti-friction metal and the
comprising the soft metal unde
heavy pressure. The pressure use
IS SO great that saving one Of thes
bearings in half shows that the tw
metals have practically combined
lthey cannot be separated in the usuf
way, and the result is a bearing |
which the anti-friction metal Is 9
/ dense that no other method of max
ling bearings now practiced by automo
Lille manufacturers can compare wit
IL for durability