Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-07

starter For the last three or four years automobile manufacturers have devoted their attention to the devel- opment of luxury, refinement and com fort for the user. Spacious seating room good upholstering highly polish ed paint and many other details of appointment are the chief features of the motor car of today. The lighting problem has been solved by the in staIlation of an electric dynamo by which is ~enerated electricity for light ing the outside lamps and generally at the same time furnishes the power for self starters. The electric lighting system is several years old. but it has reached it's highest degree of perfec- tion only this year. Another important improvement this year, and one that will particularly interest the notorist, is increased baggage equipment. AL most every car, large or small, has provided for carrying extra luggage. More and more such equipment has been necessary because of the motor ist's desire to tour through the country for week end trips, and often cross continent touring for three and four weeks at a time.
 In endeavoring to ascertain the cause of several broken spokes in one of the rear wire wheels with which motor ist had had his car equipped 1t was discovered that the breaks were not occasioned by violence but were the
 
 with which the SpOkeS were coated had not covered the whole of the spokes where they entered the felloe band, the result being they rusted through ana parted. From which 1t would appear a. wise precaution occasionally to ex- anime wire spokes at their nipple ends to make sure that the enamel is intact, for though the breakage of two or three spokes does not seriously impair the strength of the wheel It neverthe- Tace f- YYnid do n n fhaTn- fore unnecessary expense
 With the arrival of the slippery sea . son and the consequent wear and tear on anti-skid chains. it becomes inn peratfve that the side chains occasion they break-and they offer. do--they are liable to get twisted around the axle. mingie disastrously with the brake rear, causing the derangements that will raise the dickens generally. The suggestion comes from abroad that radiator cooling fans might b6 provided with variable speed gears, so that on a very hot day or with a fol lowing wind the cooling effect might Whether the added complication is justified is another question
 How far will Americans go in the n19nlIfaCtuT6 or SlA-Cy IlAQSI Cat D : Many engineers have eeme out with the assertion that naoter car eonstrue- tios of the future will lean more and more heavily toward the six, but this oninior is not shared by R. .. Hupp, of the R-G-H Corporation. He says; q do not think anyone is warranted in coming out with any sweeping statement that siX-cylinGeF cars VIII predominats America, Indeed, after months Of investigation of the prob lem with many men in 6 position to be posted up to the minute on the subject, I am more strongly than ever convinced that the four cylinder is due for ss long and increasing pspu- seRecently I was discussing the problem with a foreign engineer, who has been associated with one of the oldest and strongest European firms This man declared positively that European engineers were forsaking the six in favor of the four. His asSer- ton is substantiated by the display in the Paris Salon. h this big European show there were exhibited 321 four cylinder cars and 90 six-cylinder cars. I do not think this is anything against the six construction, but rather that it is more a testimonial to the de- yelopments that has been made in fouTs, for as q leading automobile paper put it-.1mprovements in the hexibility of the four, and increasing cost of fuel are important factors against extension of the six So not wHhstanding the popularity attained by the six in America, there will be large and eyer increasing demand