Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-17
DOINGS IN TIE AUTO WORLD
Vacuum Gasoline Will be the Biggest Innovation of the 1915 Automobile Systen-This System Great Saver of Gasoline -Oldield Threatens to Qut-Euopean Drv- Want Compete in the Next Indianapolis 800 Mile Race.


 The vacuum gasoline system will go down into auto mobile history as the biggest innovation of the 1915 auto mobile season the same as the electric starter was Credited as the big suc- ces of the 7912-1913 seasons. This invention which is a simple control of gasoline hRj already proved its super lorlty Tn m any ways. Eight exhaustive tests com iucted on the Indianapolis Motor Sp aedway a few days ago are the clinci Ter to an arguments of the snperlora ty of the vacuum system over pressure feed
 In thy tests conducted under sanc- ton of the A. A. A. both on the In- dlanap olis Motor Speedway and rough muddy highways the vacuum system snow d 12 3-4 per cent. increase in mlles .ge efficiency oyer pressure feed sys0 ams. Technical Engineer F. E. EdV ards of the A. A. A. and Chester RiC ker of Indianapolis Motor Speed Ws Y, sent a machine over the speed " 4y course at 30 miles an hour, on Q Ie highways at 2 miles an hour The .emperature all day was low, the weather a freezing rain. No more
 ideal conditions for gruelIing tests | ever presented themselves to the A. A. ! A. for. real efficiency.
 The phenomenal records that the
 system has made in tests under the
 strict supervision of the A. A. A. is responsible for the remarla ble ad- | vance the system has made.
 In spite of thes wonderful success that the vacuum system has met with. without any competition, and in
 the face of signed contracts totalling ! over 50.000 tanks. This attitude on ! the part of a great corporation in try | ing to put this economical feature ! into the hands of every car owner in 1 the country is only another evidence | of the fact that large business con cerns really have a human side.
 Garagemen throughout the country | have given the system much study and l already have professed- great belief in it. The business that will result from i this feature alone will be tremendous
 as many changes vii be made on old and new cars while they are laid up ! for winter oVerhauling.
 The vacuum system not only saves ] gasoline, but it eliminates the anony-
 ances and uncertainties that are al- ways connected with pressure feed. ] Every automobile manufacturer has had more or less trouble with press ure systems-air leakage, improper ] working of pumps. or. the flooding of { carburetors due to uneven and exces- 1 sive gasoline pressure.
 With the vacuum gasoline system l the carburetor adjustments once fixed are no wise disturbed. Road joltS do not affect the float in the carburetor. a fault so common with pressure sys- tens.
 Pressure systems force gasoline | through the carburetor wastefully, | while the even, regular flow from the vacuum system prevents this waste. OVer-rich gasoline not only causes | carbonization, but in many cases is re- sponsible for a sluggish motor. No air tight connections are at all necessary with the vacuum ystem. The
 carburetor may be placed as high on
 the motor as possible making it easily
 accessible, while the heat from the.
 motor assists earburetion. The SUD-
 ply of gasoline always remaining in
 the tank, retains the heat and makes
 starting much easier, thus conserv-
 ing excessive drain on the batteries.
 Barney oldfieId, the speed king, is threatening to quit auto racing again.
 He has quit many times. but does not stay quit. The lure of fitting
 miles an hour always calls him back. His friends smile at the notion that he is to retire permanently, but Bar ney talks seriously about it and says
 he has ridden at high speed as many
 miles as any man is expected to go.
 Fears that the next indianapolis five hundred mile race would be de-
 void of foreign entries were set at naught with the receipt of let ter by the speedway management from Darius Restas one of the foremost drivers of Europe, stating that he, to- gether with either Jean Chassagne, or K. Lee Guinness, were planning to bring over car for the next Hoosier contest.
 All of the men mentioned are in eligible for military service, and conse- quently will have no trouble in get ting away.
 Resta, Chas ssagne. and Guinness have all established enviabIe regulations for themselves on European tracks and roads. or the three Chassagne is probably the best known. holding the worlds hour record of TOT. .923m p. h., made at Brooklands, Eng. He raced at Indianapolis last year. but went out In the 12th lap. when he overturned. Resta's chief claims to fame are in a second in the 1912 Coupe de PAuto contest.
 The cars of the outfit raced in the 1914 Grand Prix de France. Having piston displacement of 1-2 litres. or approximately 276 cubic inches, they fall well within the speedway,s size limit regulations. They are said to be hour.
 The startlin@ fact was brought out m paper on the field for medium Jambe. editor of the Commercial Car Journal, Philadelphia, that motor driven vehicles have really displaced | but s1.15 per cent of horses. He says III part, that prlor to the introduction of the parcel post the interstate | commerce commission compiled figures 1 on merchandise transportation From l these government figures it has been | deduced that of the total volume of | transportation in the United States, 1 the steamships and railroads com | bined handle but 15 per cent. leaving | the other 85 per cent to be moved by l horse and wagon or motor-driven ve- hicles. Yet during exactly the period | representing the introduction and | growth of 'power-driven vehicles | namely, from 1900 to>1910. the govern | ment statistics show an increase of | 2-6 DOT cerlt in Lla.a llllr,a her I,c,1.s,