The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-20
CADILLAC 1914 IS GAR
 OF POWER AND CLASS
In Test Run Its Splendid Quail ties Show to Fine Ad-
 vantage

If there is any place that a four cylinder 1914 Cadillac cannot be driven with ease, J. D. Rourke the Bridge port agent for the car, has yet to find it. Each year users of motor cars have looked to the Cadillac for sub stantia1 progress in automobile devel- opment and they have not looked in vain P1att, a party of Bridgeport newspa- per men went on demonstration trip yesterday in new five passenger Ca dllac. The objective point at the start was Newtown, but before the return the party had been in Danbury and ridden some ten or twelve miles far ther, over the hills and daIes back of Lake Kenosia.
 The first stop on the trip was the Newtown Inn and the run from Bridgeport, IT miles, was made on one gallon of gaso1ene. The principal con- tributing feature in driving long dis tances on small quantities of gasolene is the two speed direct drive axle, and of all motor cars the Cadillac alone has this feature this year.
 The new Cadillac axle has two direct gear drive ratios. The low direct drive gear which is 3.66 to 1, is especially adapted for city driving, where start quent and where cautious operation. is necessary.
 The high direct drive gear ratio, which is 2.5 to l. is of special advan- tage where speeds of about Is miles an hour or more are permissible and de- another is made by means Of a sim pie electric switch convenient to the right hand of the driver
 Among the advantages gained from this two-speed direct drive Is a de- crease in gasolene consumption for
 
 ing sIow1y-compara lively speaking-a given quantity of gag is utilized to greater advantage and generates more actual power than with the engine turning rapidly. Friction is reduced by the parts turning over more slowly and there is obtained an extraordinary luxurious smoothness in running and freedom from vibration, which to some degree is ever present when travelling high speed with a low gear ratio.
 Of all these things here described the party had ample demonstration as the car left .Newtown and purred over the awful roads on the way to Dan bury. Through rocks in some places and dust and sand in others, Mir. PIatt sent the big car changing from one gear to another at will as the occasion or the nature of the road required, and not once did the new device fail to re- spond There was not a jounce or a 5ostIe on the whole trip.
 It began to grow dark as the party entered Danbury and MT. Piatt brought the car to a stop for a few minutes Then by touching a convenient little lever he set in motion the system which automatically cranked the car and lit the lamps. This system of au- tomatic cranking, lighting and igni- ton is claimed to be the first practical system ever made and is known as the Cadillac Delco electrical system
 At Danbury the party were the guests at dinner of Manager Walter Cantwe1I of the Hotel Green and after dinner they went for ride around Lake Kenosta- The narrow roads about the lake where trees tlliclzIy overhang, afforded a fine place to demonstrats how well the car responded to control under all conditions From the lake. the party were driven back to Bridge port
 By methods which lessen the fuel consumption and decrease friction with it's resultant wear and methods which make for longer life with an apprecia- ble decrease in the cost of maintenance and operation, Agent Rour4ze believes the Cadillac has attained qualities much desired by all motor car owners