The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-24
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PERSONALITY !
srr aiixy1u11sIs sAr rEs AND
nusSoR THEIR Cars AC- ).
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~ who maintains that there h no
ssraonalify III inAninAte thinGA never
|uYrnSSl i rnotor car, Among men VINO
ar3vx * 81 common knowledge that
every little auto has foibie al ats
oWn. : Whether real or imaginary. /
tnese idiosyncrscies are religiousiy
cherished BY most motorists.
a striking example OF this fanci-
rni tendency has come to light through
the visit of 4 Stndebakcr service man
- Nvack. n. H. In making the
rn.,n.Ss ~ studebaker car owners and |
..b-operatinr with them IN keeping |
their cars up to top ef1ctency, the
nam called on Judge Tompkfns, ono
ii the towns most prominent cta-
sens.
Judge Tompkins told the service
maj, his B1udebaker was running |
rerfectly ana had needed no atten-
fiDn since tn purchase A. they Yak
Cd. the service man walked around %
xhe .business side Of thu motor ana
started to lift the hood
ssDesistts' yelled Judge Tompkanh.
Then ne pushed the Studebaker man
away from the car and buttoned the
hood down again.
The expert assured the 5urfst he had
fnteuded no offense Judge Tomp-
kins admitted he might have seemed
souchy and explained.
sIfss Just . little fetish OF mine.
he said. That hood has never been
itfksd since I bought the car. and
don't want 20 break my luck. I've
driven 1t q good many thousand miles
-. 50. ~wt hal
looks like Furthermore. young man.
/ don't want 10 know
All last reports Judge Tompkins was
standing pnt on his cars pet foible,
his acquaintance with the Studebaker
motor being stiIl based. as he ex-
stresses II, solely on circumstantial evil
dence.
Traunconfinentai Truck Hack.
with i run from New York 70
Philadelphia overlapping its 4,lAS
mile coast 10 coast trip, the trans
c0utixental Alec truck returned to the
everyday service performed for Its
owners. Charles w. Young a Co..
previous TO undertaking the long jour-
ney
as IL operated through the Philadel-
phiM streets laden with merchandise.
Ii bore few evidences Of the battles
Il had fought and tho difficulties that
were encountered In hauling the nrst
nSrko of rnGfcnatdts4 on record across
the nation. Tho motor ran quietly
ana the big steel body had scarcely
dent In It.
ON the side and back panels Of the
] vehicle were the names Of hundreds
81 mef, Inscribed by Inhabitants In
n 1scar1y every city IN the fifteen States
through which the truck passed
T1ae first day Of work for the truck,
which. according to members OF the
concern that own II. will continue,
consisted OK trips for long distances
both In the city and to nearby towns
III Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Della
ware.
.one Of the things which the trip
across the continent proved WAS that
d far wider radius OF delivery ID pos
si,,ia b. motor trucks than by horses,
declared Charles w. Young. IT 10
expected that the machine win run up
1 dairy average OF close to 100 miles
b performing its regular seryics.
Obtaining silence. /.
silence has been the "consufnma-
ZION dav0utly to bs wishea' of the
automobile builders ever since the
fsrsf crude ..horseiess'' carriage smok-
I'd and pulled and ratified its way
along to the admiration Of even
Y tia sshiectors. AID now for The first
Zine. after twentyon years OF steady
development OF the American motor
rar, silence has been attained. a.
nearly as 1t Ia possible To attain ahso-
lutte noiselessness In anything that
moves.
That most motor cars have never
before been more than comparatively
i silent ID because the builders went az
fer only the big noises. which thrust
themselves on the attention. like that
III the engine When thcse were more
az less Quoted, the myriad little
noises which go To make ZIP the char
scteristic sound OF the motor car
shinrs which singiy would hardly be
noticed made their chorus heard.
And siienc. WAS still q long way on.
The problem vas solved ~ charac-
isr4stic fashion BIZ ]. Frank Duryea.
Though he Ia but young man now,
Duryca was the designer OF the first
succ%ssfnl American automobile,
Z fwenty-one years ago. He originated.
ana has developed, more of tho fund
4 Rmentals of the fine motor car OF to-
day than than any other maker In
this country, eertainiy---probabiy
more than any other man in the
world. His method has always been
Il, make his mind up what was to be
accomplished. and then study and
adapt every part Of the car to achieve
the result.
When he set about getting, Mr.. Dur
Yea .sbegan at the tread and worked
= ur,ss Every bolt, rod, Joint, bearing.
hinge, sash. frame--anything that had
the possibilities Of the littiest squeak.
or thnmp, or rattle--was studied, first