The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-09
CONDITIONS FACTOR
IN ALL "CAS" TESTS
Ordinary Driving Circumstances
Should Be Duplicated in
Every Case.
LITTLE VALUE OTHERWISE
Packard Has Good Start in 1914
Other News and Notes
Of Motordom.
LITTLE VALUE OTHERWISE

n"N'hs mileage records is all tn. tbipo
yust now. showing that car dealers and
,."v'"Ters realize that economy in
upkeep IL big point they must urwe On
aa. -, ne conditions under which mile
aSe tests are made mean a prea, da.i
IL is the duty of "A dealer to SEQ ,b,, o..
uoes nothing to misrepresent tho sav-
ns qualities OF his car and that m. ~,
sumo actually runs economically whsr
ICING driVen under real touring condi.
tlons such as the average driver mus,
IL is possible. by means Of sk,,ls, maj,
fully acquainted with ali tho ,r,cL. -,
gas saving. to make 1t appear that car
mas possible mileage far IN EXCESS ~
VIA. tHc ordinary consumer is likely tn
attain. such tests do show economy and
other good features. perhaps in excess
%, what other rival cars might attain
BUT they are not actual and bona ad.
hign mileage records after all.
There Is no intention TO single o,i,
any one concern and to praise or to blame
H. out " does look as III a plan of the
saxon Motor Company might result in
some helpful figures In n test that IN
purposed to be run on MAY is. II IN
IKE the Franklin idea to this extent. that
dealers all over the country are to make
tests on the same day.
The cars, however. are TO be driven
200 miles in the day. which will neces-
state running about twenty or twenty
fve miles an hour on the average. Run
ming at this speed approaches actual
tuoring conditions and Is therefore a good
INDEX. Each car Will have a news
paper man as observer. and the dealer
whose car covers the distance on the
least amount of gasolenc will get "A
prize from the factory.
Shipments of Packard cars and trucks
the first four months Of 1914 exceed the
total OF any four corresponding months
since the factory started in business.
according TO a statement sent to TIM
Sun by the Packard Motor Car Company.
The shipments OF cars To customers were
Fl per cent. greater than for the like
period in 1918. II is said also that all
the 2-3s cars for spring and early sum-
mer have been sold, but that AS cars
will he available for several weeks
The company's record week In April
was that ended April II. when orders
for l60 cars were received. In one day
specifications for eighty-:hree cars. to-
failing 100000 were received. Truck
sales showed go yer cent. gain over the
first third OF 1918.
The Paige Detroit Company Of New
York has strengthened ito selling organi-
cation recently by adding on three men
for The retail trade. They are l.. =.
Weesels formerly of the Alec. George
Hankon. who was with the r. G.. H., and
Morris johnson. who has been connected
with the Buick local branch.
Another trade change i that Daniel
Cohen has gone from the Stearns branch
10 the Marmon branch. having allied him
self with Frank q. Carrie Cohen was a
salesman for the Orient blackboard In
! sol. After five years with the REQ he
Joined &. ~. Larson and made record
for selling OldsmobIles.
Harry :. IIoupt the Lozier distributor
for New York. calls attention TO the en-
closed speedometer drive on the new light
four Lozier This drive IL the invention
of the Lozier company's chief engineer
and is now on the 1914 models OF seveIai
other makers OF prominence.
The new speedometer drive is entirely
enclosed in the steering knuckle in con
irast with the former method OF external
gearing with it's noisy and dirt gathering
1t Il built on the analogy
of the conventional full floating rear axle
with driving dog which engages either
the hub or hub cap and which. In turn.
drives n shaft that turns In the hollow
axle spindle. Gears housed within the
knuckle change the direction Of motion
so that the flexible shaft can be attached
20 the back side IN the usual way.
Aside from tho improved appearance OF
the new style OF speedometer drive its
operating advantages can be readily seen.
Under heavy touring conditions with the
old style of speedometer gears, dirt and
gravel often placed the speedometer out
uf commission In single trip. The gear
ing on the new style drive prevents tho
accumulation of such foreign matter and
in addition is noisoless.