The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-28
Car @m0
Highway

I in Cleveland in the fall, and run first
to Pennsylvania, where a series OF
tests were made for mountain climb
ing over the Alleghanies. From
South and run through the seem
ingly bottomless mud roads during
their worst season.
During the early winter months the
new six was brought up to the North
ern States and was run regularly. The
motor was unaffected by freezing
weather Additional freezing tests in
a cold storage vault in Cleveland,
equipped for the purpose, showed
perfect freedom OF performance UNI
der severe temperature.
During the summer months the car
was taken farther South and tests
were made over the sand roads and
plains of the Southwest. The per-
Torrance of the car during these tests
was unusual, the construction of the
motor freeing the car from the usual
troubles with poppet valves. springs
cams, and other troublesome equip
ment not used on the Knight sleeve
valve engine
During the twelve months that the
stearns- knight Six vas under test
every condition that could be thought
up was used in the effort to detect
possible trouble under actual work
ing conditions. The tests stand as
the most unique and the most severe
that have ever been placed before a
new car.
According to w r. Bradley. the
we'll known writer OF automobile sub
iects sleeve and slide valve motors
are meeting with continued favor in
the European centers. Mr.. Bradley
covered the Paris show for one of the
prominent trade papers, and In one Of
| his cablegrars describing the expo
sition, he said:
Besides the knight the show pre-
sents six types Of sleeve and slide
valve motors. The representative
makers generally do not look with
favor on any but knight motors"
According to other accounts of the
large European shows this year, the
poppet valve motor is facing the set
ting sun. The knight type sleeve
valve motor, Of course. is far in the
/ lead OF non-poppet valve engines. but
many other types of motors doing
away with the complications Of the
poppet-valve are coming more and
more into public notice. A promi-
nent Swiss firm has recently brought
out a new type of sliding sleeve en-
CINE. and on every hand the demand
J for the silent automobile engine with
1 greater efficiency than that Of the
once popular poppet valve type is
and means of quieting their motors
/ forcing manufacturers to seek ways
| Motor Truck in Country.
/ No longer is the use of the motor
! truck confined to the paved streets OF
cities or TO the highways that link pop
ulous communities closely together
/ for the rural districts have quickly
realized the value Of this class Of
transportation. This Is evidenced by
the purchase of Pope Hartford
three-ton truck by the Frank X Mot
company. of Oakland. Cal, for a land
and development company which
owns and Is developing a 22.500-acrt
| tract OF land st Fort Seward, In Hum
ho1dt county. on the line of the North
western Pacific railroad, now under
construction.
/ The truck is used to haul building
materials for the hotel. waterwork!
and other improvements now under
construction at Fort Seward. Aftel
/ the com pletion of the railroad TO thi.
point in September or October Of
/ this year ii will be operated in tbs
establishment OF freight lines to the
various towns off the railroad depend
ent upon Fort Seward as a shippinG
point. Considerable interest will b,
taken by prospective truck buyers IL
the success of this undertaking, ow
ing TO the fact that the grades anC
curves of the roads In southern Hum
hpfdt county are severe.