Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-28

speed put tllS lIlblOE III LiiD Ns[t ILd4 lIDL the difficulties to overcome that the marine motor had. First the car runs on d smooth prepared track while the motor boat plOUShes through rumblinS seas, which are constantly throwing the boat from one side to another so that the feed is never even. In spite of this these difficulties have been smoothed away and marine motors run smoothly in all seas. Then the motor car often has an opportunity to coast down hill while with the ma riue motor there is no rest and 1t Is always driving uphill from the time it starts until it gets into harbor. The automobile men have studied the ma rine motor and the boat and the aero plane men, too. have learned many have been of great benefit in the de- velopment of their flying craft.
 Motor car building as an art IS a process Of slow development and re 1inement of detail but each year shows some clear-cUt gains. The an nuaI motor car shows at New Ork has come to be the signal for turning all motoring eyes to the eastern metro polls for the first comprehensive view of what the new year Is to bring tOrLn. This years exhibition was of greater moment than any previous one, so far as motor car development is con cerned, for there is little, if any de- velopmeut among European makers now.
 Through past experience the motor ing world has learned to expect start ling novelties in the way of unusual constructions or unexpected refine ments at the yearly exhibition and 1t was not disappointed this time When the doors of the Grand Central have followed the progress Of motor car design found new departments of vehicle building that have not under gone some improvement and one or two in which there are evidence Of radical departures from previous pTaC- tice says motor agent
 Naturally, the most impressive Cf the seasons development is the first appearance in commercially practical form on this side of the Atlantic 5f the eight-cylinder engine. Though not numerically important in the number of makers adopting the Octuple engine this step is given weight both by the IOgic of the idea itself and the stand ing of at least one of the concerns which sponsor it. That other car makers shortly will follow in the foot steps of the two American pioneers in S-cylindeTs is open secret. IL even is whispered that one or two manu- lecturers hitherto removed for their conservatism are going even further and are experimenting with motors of - of bringing out before the year is over a duodecimai model.
 Of more immediate importance to the show visitor who wandered from booth to booth, with catalogues in one hand and his pocEetboOl in the other is the way in which prices have tumbled. Sizes and fouTs both can be obtained at prices heretofore uu- thought Of except in Christnas-nig dreams. Not only are the cars to be
  as reliable a, or more reliable than. their higher priced forerurneTS and car be maintained at considerably less cost Taking all the cars as d whole, the average price lS 20 per cent. less than it has been for the past 4 years.
 One thing that will assist the pur- chaser or prospective purchaser of q new car iS the fact that the field is considerably more limited than ir has been for at least , years. Heretofore sthe possible buyer who studied a sea sons offerings with q view to the pUr- chase of a. car was confronted with such an en1 n1baTr3 sSlent Of riches in designs and models that a choice was anything but easy. In 1911 he had nearly 400 different models to choose from. presented by 27O makers. This year there are only half as many mod els and less than half as many manu- factureTs to consider.
 The field has narrowed coDsiGera- bly, even as compared with iaSt year There are 200 chassis models this sea vintage. This reduction is due to two cauSeS One of these is the fact that manufacturers are not making quite so many different chassis models as they did A number. it is true, have two models for the new season, who had only one for 1914. always due to the addition of d six to q line which formerly consisted of q single four.
 But there are fewer makers offering three and four and five different mod els For 1914 the average was Is chassis per manufacturer. For 1915 this average has dropped to 1.66 chas- sis models for each maker This re- auction in the number Of chassis mod els produced by a concern makes for greater efficienCy in the factory and sales. thus lower c-ost to the purchaser
 A more potent reason for the lower number Of models Is the [act that there are fewer car makers in the deid. This concentration of the industry began year ago. when the number of makers dropped from 156 in 1913 to 133 for the 1914 season. For the 1915 season the reduction continues. the number of makers falling off to 1i9. Glancing over the army of American cars for the new season. we find that there has disappeared from tde ranks a. number whose names have been familiar to the buying public for years.
 It has been stated that an oversize tire properly inflated will not last longer than q regular size tire pumped to it's regular imitation pressure The oversize tires with larger cUbical con tents of air space, will perform a greater amount of work because there Is less heat developed in them. They wiLh pass over stones and receive the shocks Of the road with less danger of ,t-=r Fo hr1f ,f the additional amount of cushion in the air within if. They are less liable to 0ttnctUre because of their addition al strength and carry capacity. which not only increase the tire life, but af- ford easier riding.
 The manufacturers have found from