The Washington herald., 1913-03-30

from the educational standpoint entirely
aside from their value In creating i'm
mediate business
| "Anti-smoke ordinances are now the
vogue in hundreds Of towns and cities
| in this country. How one of these ordi-
| nances works to the discontinue and
loss Of motorists who do not own our
unique smokeless oiling system may be
| seen any day at the intersection Of two
busy thoroughfares in almost any large
CITY, says Clarence Barnard. Of the
Barnard Motor Car Co. I'm New York
City it Is common occurrence to sec
| member of the traffic squad stop his
car with signal to stop.
The driver may be going slowly Who'll
ly within the law excepting the one
thing which the average city dweller
| abhors next to a plague. namely. Q
, smoking automobile. state these facts
| as a plain condition which confronts the
motorist everywhere. and In nowise do
offer them as a criticism or defense
OF some Of the anti-smoke ordinances
| now being rigidly enforced in 30 many
| cities The point is that motorists are
expected now to qualify with smokeless
cars. or else be heavily fined, or 60 to
graduating US for our foresight in de-
signing and building all REQ cars sue
cessfully to meet the present-day anti
smoke ordinances
I'VE foresaw the result Of the smoke
nuisance years ago, and were among
the very first who designed and built the
smokeless automobile oiling system.
With IL our patron Is saved the worry
and discontinue of being 'pinched' for
smoking when possibly most driven for
time. besides he saves from twenty five
to fifty per cent of his oil bill, saying
nothing of the many engine troubles
caused by short circuits arising from
faulty oilng of the cylinders. We chal-
lenge comparison of our oiling system
with that OF the best foreign or domes-
tic car built
First shipments OF the new Packard
'4s were made this week. The first
months sales Of this model exceeded the
ondcrfui record made by the previous
As which was practically sold out six
weeks after the announcement. This
m!dwinter sales record Of the new "4S'
is even more significant, when II II re-
called that the former model made its
appearance at the height OF the selling
season.
The new Packard rs embodies all Of
tu AtdtuEtS OI
''5aS'-left drive. electric self-starter, sep
arate magnetic ignition. and centralized
control
Left drive provides direct access to tn.
front compartment from the curb and
facilitates driving In trafic.
The electric self-starter is an integral
part OF the car. To operate. the driver
pushes button, presses the starting
PEDAL, and. the motor turns ove-.
throws the ignition switch.
Centralized control is exclusively
Packard" said S. A. Luttrell. Washing
ton agent. THE control board is at
IA ched to the steering column Just below
the steering wheel. The ignition, start
ing. lighting. and carburetor controls are
within easy reach Of the drivers hand.
The ignition Is by Bosch high-tension
magneto and storage battery, both OF
which arc entirely distinct from the start
ing and lighting systems.
Motor oiling Is by forced feed to the
main hearings. with an auxiliary system
feeding oil directly to the cylinder walls
and automatically regulated for the diff
fCrent power requirements. The motor
has six T-head cylinders, 4 1-2 by 1-2
inches. The maximum horsepower of
this motor is 50 at 112O r. P. NJ, The
\. L. A. NJ. rating Is 4S
Several inclosed bodies. new in de-
sign. have been added to the wide range
of styles comprehended in the Packard
line. The phaeton-runabout. designed
to ft the phaeton chassis. is rakish
two-passenger car. A sloping deck at
the rear provides carrying space for
two extra tires and an ample compart-
ment for luggage. A door on either
side gives free access to this compart-
ment
THE brougham and imperial limousine
may be had in either the double COM
partment or Salon type The Salon type
is a single compartment body. which per-
mits the owner to drive without being
separated from the passengers in the
rear. The cabette is a distinctive type
of body. designed as gentlewoman's
town car. The imperial coupe is a new
style. seating four and designed to fit
the runabout chassis.
The inclosed bodies will he built in
two STYLES, to he known as type one
and type two. Type one is fitted with
stationary rear side windows. afYordine
a moro roomy interior. Bodies of the
type two design will have as standard
cquipment-window regulators drop CAB
sides and drop rear side windows. The
new arm style folding seats will be
standard for both types
Though few people are aware of the
fact. the national government gave the
motor truck industry a substantial boost
last September. when Congress passed the
postofflce appropriation bill. Attached to
this bill was a rider" which aroused very
little comment. mainly because its i'm
portance was not understood. The rider
in question was a provision for the build
ing Of good roads throughout the coun-
try, the work to be carried on in con-
junction with the efforts Of local au-
thorities in the various States.
The importance of this ''rider'' to the
motor truck industry cannot be over es-
timated. Not only does the primary idea
of the bill. the improvement Of roads
throughout the country through Federal
aid, mean a vastly increased field OF op-
Grafton for power vehicles. but the actual
work when it is undertaken. will open a
greater opportunity for the use Of these
very vehicles in road building service.
Demonstrations made by contractors all
over the country prove that the motor
truck is vastly superior to the horse in
road building. because the former will do
100 per cent more work in hauling ma
terials and supplies in the same time.
Therefore the truck industry will benefit
two ways: in employment of machines
in doing the work. and in the increased
demand for the vehicles which the i'm
proved highways will create.
The plan outlined in the government
bill is an excellent one. 1t calls for an
appropriation of 10000 to be spent in
improving roads selected by the govern
ment over which rural delivery is or may
hereafter be established. Each State in
the union is to be allotted about 5000
for the Improvement of two post roads