Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-07


Automobile Engineers will hold its next
| national meeting at Madison Square Gar
Il den, January 1920 This meeting requires
an immense expenditure of work in adj
/ vance on fundamentals and details OF
| the many reports made and papers pre-
scented at the time Of the meeting. Sew
| eral committee meetings have already
been announced.
Nearly $4,000, 600 has been spent in the
present year In road improvements in the
| southern states alone. Alabama spent
s.. 34s. 900: Arkansas. 81. 600: Delaware,
$3.50. 600; Florida. 81. sos 900: Georgia 81
81 .is2 354: Maryland. $3.50. 600: Missis-
sippi. s.. 100, 900: North Carolina, =. sos 600:
| Oklahoma, 81, 5O5, 600; South Carolina, ST.
100000: Tennessee. 100000; Texas. ST.
600 600: Virginia, s4oo4,ooo. and West vir-
| ginia, 81 625, 900.
| It will often happen that emery used in
grinding valves will fall into the cylinders
if special care is not used to prevent SUCH
an occurrence. preventive in the way
| Of a piece of cotton waste placed In the
cylinder port must always be used.
Recent information from Florida indi-
Gates that while much road Improvement
| has marked the year, touring Is not likely
famous resorts. The John Anderson high
way. that is projected alcrg the east
| coast to Miami. is yet on paper to con-
| siderable extent Native motorists ira
verse 1t all the time. and 1t is negotiable.
| apparently. but none seem to recommend
| 1t in whole-hearted fashion. Some coun-
| ties are putting pinestraw on their roads
| for the winter traffic pending permanent
| Improvement, while others are putting
sawdust in the ruts Either treatment
means that the running time is improved
and the dragging effect Of the sand large
ly obviated. There is much activity be-
tween Jacksonville and st. Augustine. and
also in numerous other places on the
| route that Florida could well afford to
surface from end to end. no matter what
| the cost. but the work does not progress
| very fast in the entirety
The initial cost of tires for large wheels
IS far greater than for small ones. but
the life of a tire is longer on the first.
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The Society Of Automobile Engineers is
an innovation. as has been indicated by
its history, particularly its recent history.
| The latest phase of its progressiveness is
shown by the fact that during the auto
mobile show in New York it will exhibit
at Madison Square Garden concrete ex-
amples Of its many material and mechani-
cal standards. Specimens of the sets of
standards will be far above the many
| variegated practices which they super
seeded. The exhibit will be in charge of
| Joseph A. Anglada, one Of the pioneer
iHelIiDtTS VI the SoclelS.
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In the early days of the automobile in
duStry many factories followed the policy
/ of get the money for their product and
then letting the buyer look out for him
self. This led to the common belief that
the first cost of the automobile was small
in comparison to the expense Of keeping
1t up. That day is past and most of the
reliable automobile makers of high grade
motor cars maintain department which
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turned over to the purchaser.
Taking care of customers Is now gen.
orally admitted to be the correct policy. A
satisfied customer is considered the best
advertisement and the direct cause of
new orders Many of the troubles with
automobiles are today slight, yet to the
customer they are considerable
1t is the policy OF number of the man.
ufacturers to have cars examined by an
expert at least once MONTH This expert
makes whatever little adjustments are
necessary and instructs the chauffeur and
owner as to the proper care Of the ma
takes care of the machine but educates
both chauffeur and customer. which alone
brings the best of results.
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|, a model l Maxwell touring car, fully
equipped, was delivered to Frank Ehlers.
and Maxwell Special fully equipped. to
Z. l.. Myers, and Maxwell Mascotte road
ster. fully equipped. to DR.. George NJ.
Ruffin.
Julien P. Dodge is the latest purchaser
of self-starter Chalmers '.3s' touring
ished in Durham gray.
I A Flanders 90 stripped chassis was
received by the Commercial Auto and
Supply Company and placed on exhibit
ton. The chassis is finished in white. with
SoIyn trim rfy1Crc
The local branch of the Buick Motor
Company delivered FIVE Bucks during the
past week. shipment being made to ter
ritory agents.
At a luncheon at the Hotel Rector
Wednesday afternoon Charles j. Glidden
of Boston formally presented the Gid
! den trophy, emblematic Of the national
touring championship to Benjamin
Briscoe president of the United States
Motor Company. whose trio of Maxwell
cars made the only perfect team score
| in the recent Glidden tour from New York
! to Jacksonville. Fla.
A. G. Batchelder, chairman OF the execu-
tive committee Of the American Automo-
| bile Association. presided at the luncheon.
Among the eighty persons present were
\ officials of the American Automobile As
| ISOLATION. officers of the United States
Motor Company. drivers of the winning
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Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston.
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| The Imperial Motor Company has been
| appointed Washington distributor for the
| AIotz cushion tire. This tire is being used
| extensively for both commercial and
! pleasure motor vehicles. This tire has
| risen to fame in q very short time. 1t Is as
| resilient as the properly inflated pneu-
| matte. and yet 1t Is not pneumatic tire
| The tires have double treads. which are
notched, giving the non-skid feature. and
| also distribute the weight to the under
| ported by slantwise elastic bridges. which
| give and Weld like the air in pneumatic
| tires.
Sales Manager Paul Smith of the Stude.
baker Corporations E-M-F factories an
nounces the appointment OF Frank II
| Smith as assistant sales manager. c. f.
| Stebbins has resigned the management OF
the Sioux Falls Is. d. branch of the com.
pany. and III. w. Miller takes The manage
ment Of the Office force OF the sales de-
| partment vacated by Mr.. Stebbins. C. r
| Newly leaves the management of the
| Sioux Falls branch to take charge of .le
Minneapolis branch, formerly managed by
| Mr.. Smith.
The great point OF Standardization. SO
by various manufacturers, is interchange
ability. This Standardization means
sameness fundamentally. but in no way
harmfully affects merit Of design. 1t
means simply that a ear manufacturer or
nSor ran CHANGE readily from ono ma a