The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03

are asbestos enclosed. wires gotng
under the frame are enclosed in wood
and a heavy metal conduit houses
the wiring over the motor. while extra
hs#~s Insulation pratacIs the Gar fraan
all other wires.
In View of the fact that there are
miles of wiring In an automobile. this
Is considered an important question
In automobile circles.
- AAfr.-fstsieftfss4 Gatehins5 the Hudson
dealer,s in an. interview today, cam
sidered the protection Of the car by
electric wire conduts of this kind.
very essential. He said:
ON the New Hudson "37" and the
GA" Hudson---a ssx~cylinder car-you
viii find no place where exposed wiz
Ing exists. Condults are used through
out. although as far as ! know, we
have not found that there have been
any city regulations that would pre-
or. ccf'ipping car without these
conduits''
Old style Hay Motor.
TIE h4rse team ana. the mule team
are forms of the hay motor that have
SO frequently been replaced by meter
trucks that the exchange has ceased
20 cali for comment. But motor
truck which has been in use in Porto
rico for some time superseded a stIn
IN BE Anticipated model Of the hay
propelled vehicle. to wit. the bull
cart
This truck Is owned by Sobrtnos
de Pedro de Diego & Company. of
G-iagansa Porto Rica who are re-
tail dealers in merchandise. rice.
beans. sugar, dry goods and liquors.
The ifst morth II was in service the
firm s-Ar %
There are no railroads in the In
teFAA4sf= 81 shis faeHtieH Of per.e Rice,
and IN some of the Interior towns the
CT mpony has considera BILE business.
This g particularly true OF the town
af Cayey up in the mountains. The
truck makes a trip IN ~e every day
and sometimes two trips a day. The
dtstarfte IL twenty seven kilometers or
sixteen miles ever a winding noun
tain road In which there are by ac-
tual count, ssT shorp turns. This
road ascends s-4oo feet In ten miles
as II winds up the mountains.
The superb hin climbing ability of
the meteor truck stands 1t in very good
stead here. II averages sixty or sew
enty miles day and causes its owners
no trouble.
Wins Endurance Contest.
The Stearns- Knight car again came
into the limeighi short tine ago n
the endurance contest gwen by the
Pine Tree Motor Contest ASSOCIATION,
OF Portland. Me.
This contest, run under the rules and
with The sanction of the contest board
OF the American Automobile assoeia-
ton, was an especially hard one. as
shown by the fact that dur sng the en-
tire AL miles of the trip an average
Of 62.SS miles per hour was obtained
To those experienced in automobile
driving a grand average OF 20 miles
per hour for three days consecutive
running = something to be held in
great respect. espec ally in view Of the
fact that this car carried ladies' dur
ing the entire trip. and the contest was
turned into pleasure trip as much
as anything else.
In commenting upon the perforn-
ance of this car Mr.. E. w. Hackett,
the Stearns dealer, who drove the car,
rays Fst. - 4 20
The fact liz, we came home with
a clean score, for which received the
silver cup in division 6 A. Our conn
petitors were cars listed from 5000 to i
$4,000.
For long. hard run. the ssearns-
Knight cannot be equaled. for have i
never driven a car. until l got the /