The Washington herald., 1912-04-07

amount OF meditation to determine the
effect OF constant speeding upon. an own
er's tire bill.
There are a great many conditions
ana abuses calculated tn shorten the life
Of a solid tire, but of all these I have no
hesitancy in placing speeding at the top
of the list Every manager of a motor
service should insist upon strict OBJ
servance of moderate speeds. Economi-
cal tire service cannot be secured In any
other way
NJ. A. weissenburger. representing the
Regal Motor Car Company. Of Detroit.
is visiting the Storm Motor Car Com
pany. local agents.
Elkin Reed returned yesterday from
New York. While there Mr.. Reed pur-
chased for his Washington shop a line
OF imported novelties in the shape of
ladies' hats and coats for motoring pur-
poses. The shipment comprises some
OF the nobbiest apparel for women mot
orists ever shown here.
Palestine, the Holy Land. ST. Peters
burg, Russia, and Christ Church. New
Zealand, are among the latest places
where dealers have been appointed for
Flanders Colonial Electrics.
Demonstrating cars were shipped to
these three countries last week. and c.
Piquette Mitchell. manager Of the for
eign department OF the Flanders Manu-
featuring Company. states that he ex-
poets a large business from these points.
Strangely enough says Mr.. Mitchell,
I'VE are also doing splendid business in
electrics with two countries which have
no: taken kindly to American made
gasoline cars. namely. Germany and
France. While England. Russia, and
several European countries have been
large buyers OF American gasoline cars
during the past three or four years. Ger
many and France have held aloof. The
former because the national policy frowns
on all Importation Of manufactured prod.
ucts, and France because Of her own pre-
eminence in the automobile field.
with regard to electrics. however. 1t
is entirely different IL is recognized
abroad that America leads In all branches
Of electrical development and in electric
ally propelled pleasure vehicles We are
admitted 10 be away In advance Of all
other countries. though their facilities
for charging and their road conditions
are very much more favorable to this
type Of vehicle than ours
The Gray a Davis lighting system. for
which the Reed Motor Supply shop Is
the Washington agent. Is being chosen
as the lighting equipment for many of
the high-grade cars. Two complete out
fits were sold last week.
Edmond K. Fox, president OF the
Matheson Motor Company, OF this city.
gives an interesting answer TO the ques-
ton. what Is the secret Of silence in
the Matheson silent six carr
seen our sIlent-six wonders how such
extreme and permanent silence could be
obtained in a gasoline motor. We have
never published any explanation Of it.
1 say now, however. openly, that any
manufacturer can accomplish the same
results IL he will bear In mind the fol-
lowing simple principles, viz: Given
gasoline motor that is silent in operation
when new, 1t will stay silent IL there be
no wear. The problem, then, is to
eliminate the causes of wear. which are
mainly these: % Inaccuate workman
ship. 90 unique heat. C0 inadequate lubri-
cation, 90 undersize bearing surfaces, (5)
unsuitable materials.
How occasionally We have eliminated
these causes Of wear Is well known.
i do not hesitate to tell these few of our,
trade secrets. We overcome Inaccurate
workmanship by a system OF triple in
spection and by working to one one
thousandth OF an inch accurate dimen-
sions. Undue heat Is avoided by our sys-
tenn OF overhead valves which provide the
most compact possible explosion cham
bers, and make possible a livery circula-
ton OF water all about the valves, which
Is impossible with valves which are To-
Gated in pockets cast on the cylinder sides
To accomplish adequate fabrication, we
imprison four and a half gallons Of oil in
a well cast in the engine base. a sufficient
quantity for loo miles, We automat-
icalfy filter and use this oil over and
over. by a pump and splash system,
SO that every bearing surface is freely
bathed in oil. In proportion to its eyIin-
der Dimensions. the bearing surface of
our silent six car are uniformly the larg-
est to he found In any six-cylinder car.
The use Of unsuitable materials is pro-
vided against by thorough laboratory
tests"
At meeting Of the Automobile Club
OF Washington, held recently. IL was de-
cided to open the Georgia avenue club
house on April 10. The clubs finances
are in a healthy condition at the present
time. and many applicants are awaiting
as members. w. c. Long,
was appointed as chairman of the enter
committee for the ensuing