The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
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manager. was opened recently at 3295
street northwest. Kendrick has one o
the best equipped automobile repai
shops in Washington. with excellent IA
cilities for the storing Of cars as well a
the painting Of them.
He carries in stock all varieties Of oil
and gasoline. and Is fully prepared at.
moments notice 10 furnish touring cars.
Interesting examples of aboriginal in
genulty are Afforded on the River Skeens
and its tributaries. North British coium
bia- These waterways flow very swift,
through deep ravines. and as it is i'm
possible for the Indians to cross b,
means Of canoes, they have resorted 4
bridging" said DR.. Charles G. Perclyal
who has been travelling in British Co
lumbia and the Klondike in the Abbott
Detroit Bulldog"
The cantilever principle is adopted bS
the savages. A bridge OF this desigI
spans the Bulkeley River where II d
about 10 feet wide. and the height from
the bridge to water level Is about eighty
feet. Built of wooden logs. the legs Of
the structure are formed OF single stou
logs varying from sixty to eighty feet
in length. and the task OF lowering then
siderable ingenuity on the part of the
builders"
TO the novice the terms high and low
tension currents are somewhat mystify-
Ing said C. r. splitdorf, head of the
famous house of that name. High ten-
sion and low tension are comparative
terms applied 10 electric current, and
merely mean that of two currents the
one Is at a very much higher voltage
than the other. High tension current,
used in the jump spark systems of igni-
tion. implies a current OF high intensity,
or pressure. as distinguished from its
quantity; but the term Is always reIa-
tive
The credit for the first sale made at
the Madison Square Garden show belongs
TO G. A. Tisdsle. Franklin dealer in New
York II was sust seven minutes after
the show opened when Mr.. Tisdale had
a signed order for one Of the new Frank
lin Little Six" models. the order COM
ing, from Charles II. YahrIing. Of Youngs-
town, Ohio.
The first Franklin motor car built un-
der the II. II. Franklin Manufacturing
Company's new "No-yearly-model'' pol
icy to arrive in this city has been re-
ceived by David S. Hendrick of 1917 H
street. the Franklin dealer in this city.
Tse new Franklin car is not Of 1872
model, the last to receive annual desig-
nation being those of 1911. The car Just
receive Is Model d touring car.
In discussing the Franklin line for the
coming season, Mr. Hendrick said:
1T Is planned that from now on pro-
duotion in the Franklin factory will be
continuous Each model will be given its
usual designation by number and letter
but there will be no distinguishing label
to mark a car as belonging to the pro-
duction OF any particular year
The Franklin company retains the
sioping hood and flush-sided body design
and adheres to its characteristic COM
bination or lines OF beauty with quality
OF construction.
I'm entering this 'yeaTIess model era
in automobile history the Franklin main
tains its dIstinctiveness in its air-cooIed
motor, attractive design. sloping hood
and graceful body lines
-Four horsepowers and hye chassis
sizes are presented: Model G, IS-horse-
power. four-cylinder. a two-passenger
runabout; Model G. 25-horsepower,
four-cylinder, five-paSsenger touring car:
Model NJ, six-cylinder, 3o-horsepower,
hve-cylinder, five-passenger touring car:
Model d. a 2s-horsepower, six-cyIinder.
five-passenger touring car and a four
passenger torpedo-phaeton: Model II. a
IS horsepower. seven-passenger touring
model and also limousine: and a IImou-
sine and landaulet with a 25-horsepower
motor"
II other members Of New York's 700
follow the latest example of strenuous
ness-as exemplified by Mrs. Frank ].
Gould driving her own Hudson '3J.-
then 1872 will go down in history as an
epoch in the annals of the metropolis
smart set II is the most strenuous sport
women members Of the 900 ever at
tempted
Indications are that other women mem
bers of the "40J' will accept the fashion
set by Mrs. Could. and win become pos
SCISSORS Of cars they can drive them
selves. The end of the dif9cult task OF
cranking the motor-one too rigorous for
the average woman-has brought out this
attitude on the part OF the zoo"
Mrs. Gould was one of the first visit
ors at the New York automobile show
At Madison Square Garden. Within an
hour she had investigated several of the
leading cars at the show, and before she
departed registered her name for a DEM
onstration Of the new self-starting Hud-
son %"
Anticipation Of the JOYS Of pushing
iown the accelerator and seeing the car
almost leap forward. the fun in having
he high-powered mechanism under
complete control. made her wax enthusi- |
istic over the classy roadster during the
OF the car. She was inn
PRESSED with the utter simplicity OF the
ar. in which, approximately, loo parts /
lafe been eliminated. and with the fact /
hat the mere pressure Of a button start
d the engine, this being in sharp con-
rast to the old method OF cranking the I
motor.
Before the New York automobile show
ad come to a close Mrs. Gould had be-
ONE owner Of the car. The last day OF II
he show delivery OF the car was made |
o Mrs. Gould, and as quickly as wintry /
lasts give way the first member of New
forks smart set to drive her own car
yin be setting a notable example to her
listers.
The Locomobile Company Of America,
by the wonderful success Of
he "ls'' six-cylinder car. which has
,roven itself 10 be remarkably economl-
al, and impelled by a persistent de-
nand from the public for a car which
would bridge the gap between its six
yljnder 4s-horsepower and its four-cylfn-
er ao-horsepower cars by being a happy
Medium between these two cars in horse
'ower, size, and weight, has built and II
) now demonstrating at the local branch /
new Little Six sS-horsepower car.
This bar Is furnished IN four or i've II
assenRer open bodies and In seven-pas-
enEer limousine or landaulet bodies.
A new style Of valve litter has been