The Washington herald., 1912-05-19
Interesting Items Of
The Motor World

i The Motor world
Dust mud and sand are the waterloo
of many cars. They enter the working
parts, cutting out the metal 80 that IN q
short period Of time the car sounds Ike
a rattle
with the development Of the automo-
bile came the development Of the speed
bug" 1t has inoculated many an indi-
lYidual whose sanity in other respects has
never been questioned.
One Of the stunts Of the gas car manu-
facturers is to erect q steep grade beside
their plant and run q car up on this
grade by IT'S own power. claiming that
its ability to climb shows unusual power
in their motors.
That the modern motor truck IL vast
saver Of time and money. is more EN-
cIent, reliable and dependable than horse
drawn trucks is being forcibly demon
strated in connection with the work Of
breaking out and hauling away a vast
quantity OF rock in New York City for
a deep waterworks tunnel.
One Of the growing nuisances Of city
life is the ever-increasing noise due to
mechanical methods Of travel The din
of elevated railways. surface trolley
cars, and putting, snorting gas cars and
motorcycles makes pandemonium OF
the business section of all large cities,
and even the quietost residence streets
are liable to frequent invasions Of the
muffier cut-out iend-
Motor cars for the crowned heads of
Europe have been limited until recently
to the pick Of the foreign products.
Kings and crowned princes Of the far
East-even monarchs of remote king
doms that are seldom heard of-are
eagerly purchasing American automo-
biles, but 1t has been difficult for the
European agents of American cars to
/ convince the royal chamberiains that
Yankee cars are Mt for imperial patron
age despite excellent service which they
are giving.
Cupid viii not drive single National
car in race events this year. This
ubiquitous dealer in hearts would have,
been behind the wheel Of at least three
National cars by proxy but for q rigid
rule of the company that builds National
| go cars. Get married; drive no more"
reads the stern command Of this COM
pany.
/
The R-c-H Corporation, which makes
the RICH car, last week announced
that 1t will hereafter supply its men
with their working clothes. Each en-
pIoye received two suits OF overalls and
these will be kept cleaned and repaired
for him.
Visitors departments in large auto
mobile factories are growing apace with
those of other Industries and the work
Of entertaining Industrial students has
become q task OF large proportions.
The application Of scientific metal
lurgy to the heat treatment OF steels
offers what now appears to be the great
est opportunity for the improvement Of
motor car construction and design. En-
fort along this line is receiving con-
stantly more attention from manufsc-
turers, and that tendency promises to
| increase.
Indications are now that the next few
years will see a more general adoption
of the worm drive for motor trucks and
consequent lessening Of the noise Of
operation. The anomaly will then be
presented OF a great growth in the num-
Der of trucks operated and marked
decrease in the amount Of street noise
Although the motor car industry has
often been regarded as an outgrowth Of
the bicycle game" and it is fact that
many Of the men in II have had BIZ
cycle experience, II is true that almost
equally large drafts have been made on |
the ranks Of the carriage manufacturers. |
The Buick Motor Company delivered |
the following during the last week: |
Model IS. John P. Pettyjohn, Lynchburg. |
Va; Model IS, J. P. Carroll. Charlottes- |
vile, Va: Model IS, Auto Outing Com |
pany, Baltimore, Nd; Model q, Palmer |
& Moore Co.. ReedviIIe, Va; Model 9. |
Dan Valley Motor Co., Danville, Va:
Model g. George B. Hall, Baltimore, 1
Nd; Model q. Charlottesville Hardware
Co., Charlottesville, Va; Model ., c. NJ.
Cassoway, Beckley, W. Va; Model g.
George W. Blair. jr.. Beckley, w. Va;
Model 8, Auto Outing Company. Owo):
Model IA. Antietam Garage Co., Hagers-
town, Md; Model Il, Warrenton Auto
Co., Warrenton, Va; A Truck, A /
Roddnett & Son, Dsnville, Va Zone toni.
On April "a the Goodyear Tire and Rub
Der Company created a record for the
output of tires in one day, and accord
ing to P. ". Litchfeld, the factory SUPER
tendent, the automobile and motorcycles
tires manufactured on that day broke all |
previous records Of any company in the
city.
The extended use of the automobile and /
the motorcycle as means Of travel is |
proved ny the enormous output Of these
rubber factories.
The platinum points on timers and
vibrators are rather expensive, as the
metal is valued around S42 an ounce"
said Charles F. splitdorf. ''and II carbon
lied or pitted should never be fled. as
this is waste of valuable metal II u
only carbonized, it may be removed by I
a little gasoline or the blade OF a knife,
without appreciable loss of metal II Il H
is burnt or pltted, the metal can be Il
beaten to smooth surface by means 4
of ball pin hammer and polished with 4
a piece OF very fine emery paper"
Never permit storage batteries to re-
main discharged. as the plates win sui
phate," said Charles F. Splitdorf, the
ignition expert. ''Sulphating is an i'm
proper chemical reaction which takes
place, causing the active material Of the
plates TO. swell, buckle and short-circuit II
in the long run, and also cut down the A
capacity OF the coils. A short-circuit OF
the terminals, or even in the wiring near
the battery. or a too high rate OF dis
charge due 10 any other causes, Will bring
about the same results. II the sulphat-