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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03
NATIONS MAIN
STREET GROWS
More than 81, 100000 Speu,
on Lincoln Highway
in 1916

Toward making the Lincoln Blx.
way the "Main Street Of the Nau..s
the sum Of ss,l9s.165 has been .a...
thus FAR in 1916, according TO a r.ss,,
made by II. c. 0stermsnn, field ,s.,.
tsry Of tho Lincoln Highway As,oe,..
ton. Many miles Of new, permss,,.
surface were added 70 the highv,,
both Of brick and concrete. Arti,s.
and lasting bridges were placed 70 az
plant the old wooden structures, nov.
ing dangerous under the increased ton.
mage OF modern traffic. Cuts and An,
were made. thus eliminating grade.
and consistent work was done In msi,,
tanning those portions Of the route a.
ready in good condition.
The work done in each State Gov.
cred both present and future nss1s
New Jersey spent sis3,678, and psrs.
sylyania Sl93.O3i, mainly TO resurfas
and repair the road. which is slrea1y
hard surfaced for practically the sntn
distance through these States.
Contracts completed and let in 0tis
for Lincoln Highway improvement toal
1926. 900. OF the PAS miles OF road ia
this state, there are now. or will b,
by the touring season Of 1917. orly
about twenty-five miles Of dirt road
Through Indiana the Lincoln Hisk.
way may also be considered al al.
weather road, s7o6,i0S having ben
spent in constructive work this ysn.
Illinois expenditures for the same pr.
pose amounted 20 s256,S0o. There az
only forty-eight miles Of dirt road ~
naming in the State, fifteen miles Il
which will be done away with In us
coming year.
Iowa, with no permanently surfaced
roads, other than gravel, outside Der
cities, has used se04,e55 In keeping "
Lincoln Highway dragged, graded az
In the best of condition. West Of tk
Missouri River, where road improve
ment is serious problem, due 70 ts
long mileages and scarce population,
splendid effort has been made to ks,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03

Firestone manager, in studying sales
and distribution.
"The Australian business man IS not
slow to recognize the leadership OF the
United States in the automobile and
tire building industries" said Mr..
Bubb. "That was one reason for my
visit TO the Firestone plant. My COM
pany wanted to gain the best informa-
ton available regarding the tire build
ing industry in the United States"
Mr.. Bubb is the son of the managing
director of Grimley, Ltd, one Of the
largest automobile and tire distribut-
ing agencies in the Antipodes. He
leaves for home within a week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03
Testers For Army Aviation

George J. Miller. chief final inspector
of the Premier Motor Corporation OF
INDIANAPOLIS. has an idea that the
United States government is overlook
ing a bet in the thousands OF motor
car testers the country over who would
he SAYS, make ideal material for the
United States Aviation Corps, and he
has written thus 10 the Secretary o.
War:
u am told that there we're more men
In tnc British Aviation Corps alone. al
tho time our troops were called 70 the
border. than there were IN the entire
United States army.
"In the European war the value Of
the aeroplane as a military adjunct
has far exceeded all expectations. ana
every day has made more clear the
need of extreme action, IN the dlrec-
ton Of aviation development, on the
part of this country.
I'VE have the facilities over here fol
the greatest aviation corps that the
world has ever seen. We have the IN.
ventive genius for the development OF
aircraft TO g point where they viii be
even more Trustworthy than they are
to-day. We have the best factories IN
existence for the building Of whatever
aircraft our engineers may eNoi'ei o"u
our supply and sources OF aluminium
are ine1hsustible.
THE only thing we are shy on Is tne
man factor. Americans have the ma
tive nerve and resourcefulness neces-
sary for field aviation service, but we
do not begin to have enough trained
aviators ready 10 undertake the de-
fence of our coast line. Had 1t oo-
Cured to you, however, that we have
at this moment large army OF young
men who could very readily learn the
art Of flying?
"The American motor car test driver
is world famed for his nerve, COO
Medicines, and for the very quail
fcations that an aviator must have.
Nine-tenths of them could be made into
skilled hiers in ten weeks. To begin
with. they are all very fine mechanics;
they could repair their machines
single handed and alone in the event
that they were forced to land at mop
FORTUNE places. They know the in,
ternal combustion motor backward and
forward. They are used to hazards
They think quickly in emergencies.
They are shrewd, sturdy and crafty,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03
Knrnsenc Carburetors.

To solve the fuel problem, which
4brcotens an the time 10 be serious
menace TO the automobile industry is
the idea always before internal com
bustion motor engineers. Inc laIes'
stcn in this direction has been taken
nv the Ford company, which mas con
tracted for the output OF the money
brothers kerosene carburetors. Inc ilrst
Of the Fords to have this as standard
CONTINENT will be those sold after jan
ner, IN England. After February /
,bis carburetor will be optional equip
mont in the United States.
Kerosene is far cheaper fuel than
Gasoline and by no means 50 scarce.
Automobile engines before TINS nave
no, made 10 run successfully on kero-
sene. the trouble, however, having been
10 Get them TO start on this fuel. APP
narentlv the new carburotor takes care
Of this point.
Incidentally, the supplying OF this
carburetor on the Ford product In Eng
land will 20 far 70 help this company
i'm combating the opposition to Amer
lean made, small automobiles IN the
United Kingdom. As protective meas,
ure after the war II has been proposed
- 81 effective tariff war Is 70 Dc pu'
M against imported cars. But WIN
the advantage OF being able 70 use q
cheaper fuel the Ford will have a tax.
ing point that will operate against
other objections. the more 50 that gaso-
line or petrol costs Tar more IN Eng
land than il does here. and proportion
atelv paranine or kerosene is cheap
there as II is here.
In natural course other carburetors
viii be developed in this country FOR
consumer use. rather than for factory
supply only. With the perfecting OF
these automobile selling viii continue
on its way unhampered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03

auxiliary seats; rear windows drop all
the way; all windows are frameless;
the equipment includes window regu'
lators, buzzer and speaking tube. Inc
bodies are made with or without a
roof over the drivers seat. The price
is S1,75O."
In addition to the unit type Of Sedan
body offered by the Velie company
with permanent top and drop windows,
a new Sedan top has been developed
which is made removable, allowing the
regular folding summer top to be
substituted in warm weather.
This top fits the body, without over
hang or projection. 1t is supported
and held in place by the regular top
irons and windshield brackets. Drop
plate windows in the rear doors pro-
vide ventilation. The top is lined
with grey whipcord. The sl,0S5 Velie
Six may be fitted with the new Seaah
top for $500 extra. The top IS 70 De
seen AT the b0iioHu HNNN
pany in this city.
Norton W. Smith is preparing to
exhibit some smart town car bodies
on Bour-Dayis Six and Murray Eight
GLASSES. These bodies are being built
especially for the automobile shows
and will be on display in the COM
pany's showroom, at 228 West FIFTY
seventh Street, for time previous 10
the shows.
The bodies are being made by
Quinby. White. Hayes and Miller &
Woop. Although departing from the
ordinary in many respects, these new
town cars and limousines are de.
signed TO conform, to the canons Of
good taste. Mr.. Smith does not be-
ieve that such cars as the Bour-Davis
and Murray should be marketed with
bizarre or freakish bodies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03
Motor Cars and Motorists
Edited by G. Z. T. SCHARPS

Il is considered extremely likely that
the attendance az the automobile snow
next month 81 the Grand Central Pal
ace viii exceed even last seasons rec
ord. when there were $4,000 paid ad-
missions 20 the New York show. These
figures represented about a one-tnirG
increase over the wear preceding, ana
now 10 is thought that al least 4OV,VVV
will paw 20 see the cars in the Palace
The expectation is based on several
points. There are more cars 10 oe
shown than ever before and hnancial
conditions have increased the numbers
Of possible owners. who viii selze the
opportunitv 90 see all the makes at
once There IL an always growing
army Of automobile enthusiasts VINO
although not car owners. are motorists
In the making. constantly keeping IN
touch with the Introduction or ne"
cars and the mechanical changes IN inc
older makes. always wen me lcea III
mind that some day they Will ne IN
position 20 own one. EacA year th0u-
sands Of such persons attend the DIX
motor shows 20 make Inspections.
Since the last show there have also
been close 20 10000 new cars sold IN
New York State. large percentage OF
which are registered from New lorh
City. These new owners can also De
considered likely prospects for the AL.
tomobile shows, for the hundreds OF
accessories hold an appeal 20 them that
cannot be resisted.
And. too. there are thousands az
ready owners who want TO 90 to loon
them over. Everybody these days IS
talking car and thinking car, SO the
chances are good for "record-oreaA-
ing" show. o-oo
Ii is estimated that more than 2,ooo'-
600 persons visited the national shows
at Chicago and New York and. the VAR
Gus local exhibitions last season. rms
attendance il a far cry from the ieW
thousands that we're interested enough
in the then new mode Of transporta-
ton to visit the Madison Square
Garden in the fall Of 1900 for the pur--
pose Of inspecting the first collected
DISPLAY Of motor cars made in THIS
country. But the growth Of interest In
the shows has been proportional 70 the
development Of the industry Itself.
From its humble beginning in Ne"
York seventeen years ago the automo-
bile show has developed until now II -
recognized as ar annual fixture IN
practically every county seat IN the
country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03
and the government would find them

eager to take on the Job.
"The Premier Motor Corporation has
at this writing twenty-one men who are
competent to enter q school of aviation.
This percentage probably obtains in
the motor car factories, and literally
thousands of ideal recruits could be
got by this plan. | personally would
be glad to take up aviation under the
direction Of competent instruction, and
| believe there are literally thousands
OF other men in the motor car industry
who would cooperate with the Federal
authorities the instant the opportunity
was afforded. Why would il not be
possibl, to establish an aviation train
ing camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison?
"Will you kindly give this communl-
cation whatever attention it deserves
and, incidentally. express an opinion
relative to the utilization of motor cal
testers by the United States Aviation
Corps?"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03
Australian Studies F'irestone

Although q part Of the British En-
pire, Australia buys most Of its auto
mobiles, tires and motor car acces-
series from the United States. This
was the statement Of r. c. Bubb, of
Grimley, Ltd, agents for the Firestone
Tire and Rubber Company at Sydney,
Australia, upon his arrival here yes
terday to study export conditions.
Mr.. Bubb has just completed a six
months course Of study at the fac
tories of the Firestone company at
Akron. He expects to spend a week
or more with C. D. Studebaker. local
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03
A. A. A. Opens New Offices Uptown

The American Automobile Associa-
ton has established branch bureau in
the uptown automobile district. The
new quarters are in the Circle Building
on Broadway near Fifty-ninth Street.
It is expected that the ability to pur-
chase mans and TO obtain needful tour
ing assistance at such convenient point
will keep Manager T. b. Shoemaker,
who took charge of the branch on De-
cember /, more than busy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03
piL.,s Peak Mntor Club

For those who drive their cars 10
the top of Pixies Peak there is re
ward other than the satisfaction on
knowing one has q car with an eIuciVHt
cooling system. All who achleve Ine
top are eligible to receive eertii .,C.a.I.
Of membership in the Pike's FeAk sum lI..
have accomplished the feat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03
NEWS OF NEW MODELS

The Dodge Brothers landaulet
which has recently been displayed In
the Broadway windows Of the Colt
Stratton Company, is thus described:
1.-THE trimming is Of imported broad
cloth arranged IN pleats; all leather
is hand-buffed; the body holds two
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03
Ocean to Ocean. Six Hours

Ocean -to-ocean touring in four day
or so is small time stuff compared with
one we Just heard Of. Man owning a
HAYNES car drove 1t from the Pacific
20 the Atlantic r. 8 hours and IS min
utes. He crossed the lsthmus Of Pan
ANA. using the railroad tracks where
roads were unavailable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03

smoke. There was nothing in there
on the floor but an empty gasoline
tank. recently taken off car. lie
struck a match. and the next thing he
came flying right back into the room,
without having opened the door.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03
Advertising Pays

Here is the very latest development
Of the advertising idea. The town OF
Adams, Mass, is advertising its speed
limit laws in the newspapers of sur
rounding towns. The space taken is
large enough to make the copy as visi-
Die as u is unusual.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03
DECLARES FOR
4-CYLINDER
Rueschaw Says This Is
Standard Car of
the Future
ECONOMY IT'S
STRONGEST POINT
Five-Passenger Machine
Most in Demand, Is
REQ Mans Say

/ A recent listing Of automobile man
ufacturers according TO the cylinder
numbers Of the cars they build shows
about As per cent making six-eylinder
cars for the 1917 market; 93 per cent
making four cylinder cars. 10 per cent,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03
II Can't Be Done

The man speeded up TO see II he
could beat the train to the cross
ing. He couldn't.-Columbia State
The man struck match 70 see
Il the gasolene tank on his auto
mobile was empty. II wasn't
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The man thought his car was
faster than the speed cops motor
cycle. He was wrong.
Incidentally for the benefit Of "The
Cincinnati Enquirer man 1t would
have been a lot worse if the mans
tank had been empty. An empty gaso-
lene tank, with little gasolene vapor
in IL, is worse than almost any eX-
plosive shell you can imagine. We
knew a man once who went into a
closet in a repair shop 10 sneak
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03
Tires Abroad Are Up

Tie. are retailing abroad at excr-
l.tan, prices. ON account Of the strin-
reu' restrictions imposed on their i'm
porfation. A Goodyear representative
renorts that 10 Stockholm, Sweden, he
SAW Sl67 in u. S. gold paid for S+x4
cssing. and So FOR S4x4 tube with
fourteen patches. Spare tires are non
existent. The car owner must deliver
~, his Cd tire before he gets new
one As natural result Of this state
Of affairs many luxurious limousines
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03
Auto-Pedlatrics

Suppose the activities % the young
men one sees fitting about the streets
on them should be called "auto-pedi-
strics" That doesn't take into &C
count any name for the mon-auto en-
.hueiasts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03

are seen on ancient tires, which have
been repaired again and again gil they
bear as many patches as beGgar 8
coat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29
Harvard Blanks Come-Pmceton Takes Game from Dartmouth Yale Veto
Harvard Batteries
AnnihiIate Cornell

cans. Otherwise it might have been
Just a mid-season practice AFFAIR.
The afternoons campaign forced
him to reveal that he had worthy
successor to Mahan and Brickley IN
Eddie Casey, the slender sophomore
Of Natick. He also divulged the
fact that Harvard is weirdly accurate
in its forward passing and about ready
for anybody in the matter or team
play. The Crimson eleven played
rather up to the end Of the season
form, while the Ithacans worked IKE
tyros. A..
Il was a busy afternoon for MI.
Casey of Harvard The Western
Unions own announcer, whose name IS
shannon, was shouting all afternoon
and Casey carries the ball!' Being
Hibernian-American himself, Mr.. Shan-
non seemed to delight IN that refrain
He chanted il like a pean Of victory,
and Casey carries the BALI casey
was continually carrying the ball; con-
seauently, the chant of Mr.. shannon
epitomizes the afternoon. Casey ear
ried the ball sometimes stralghs
through centre, then through the
tackles and later for a tricky run round
the ends.
The physique OF MI. casey VI 70
ward is slight. The expression on ms
thin and finely chiselled face IS mild,
but to the baffled Ithacans he must have
seemed an animated tank" On a
broken field he showed himself every
bit as elusive as Mahan. Once when
he sprinted and twisted forward for
2O-yard run seven Cornell men hurled
themselves az him. but he glided out OF
their arms. When the Cornell tackles
did down him it was in no gentle man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29
Casey Big Factor in
Victory Over Itha-
cans-Score, % too
BY W. 0. McGEEHAN

Boston, Oct. 2s.-Harvard unmasked
nearly all Of its batteries at Soldiers
Field to-day and swamped Cornell by
the score of % TO 0. But while this
score may sound decisive enough it
does not give the proper ratio with
which Harvard outplayed the men from
Lake Cayugs.
Harvard might have piled up bigger
score, but in the fourth period threw in
second and third string men by way or
final insult. Cornell played elemen-
tary football, and not so much OF that
fumbling frequently and tackling with
sorrowful inaccuracy. Harvard showed
remarkable finish for this time of the
year. Not ence in the game did the
Cayugans even look formidable.
Last year about this time Cornell
came to Soldiers Field and found Har'
ward unprepared The lthacans bumped
the incompleted Haughton system by
the score of 10 to 0, and a lot of young
gentlemen living in the vicinity of Lake
Cayuga began 20 figure that Cornell
had the champion football team of the
U. s. A. IL was this chatter about the
championship that caused Pee Dee to
spring to-day's surprise on the tina
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29
Columbia and Williams
in ScOreleSS Tie Game

Brown smeared one Of the overhead
plays and another fell 20 earth behind
the line for a touchback. The ball was
brought out TO the 20-yard line and
put into play, and Columbia booted
il down the field and out Of the danger
zone. Pratt, who received the KICK
fumbled. and Goldberg fell on the ball
for a gain of forty yards. Not again IN
the short time that remained did Will
Jams threaten to score.
The goal posts were bombarded BY
placement and drop kicks. Cochran
opened fire with a placement KICK IN
the second period from the 35-yard line
but his direction was off and his DIS
lance not the best. Later in the same
period Hegeman was sent into the
game in place of Cochran and ne at
temnted a drop kick, which fell FAR
short Of it's target. In the second nall
Pratt. of Williams, was rushed into the
breach TO break the tie by the cunning
of his toe, but his direction was as bad
as that Of his rival kickers. With only
a few minutes TO play IN the fourth
quarter Hegeman dropped back 70 the
Award mark and missed another goal.
and a few minutes later was wide ana
low on another effort.
One spectator leaving the grounds;
termed the game "a battle Of missed
field goals and fumbles." Truly the
critic chose his words with rare dis
elimination. The ball might have been
a creased pig Cor the way in which II
slipped and slid through the grasp OF
the backfield men and ends who went
out TO receive forward passes. Memory
fails 70 suggest another game IN whlcn
so many errors of this nature occurred,
Both sides were equally to blame, and
the wonder was that no long runs re-
suited from the loose handling OF the
ball Indeed, a couple of times men OF
both teams broke almost clear, but
there was always some one TO bring
them down.
Cleveland, the guard Of Columbia
and Captain JEFF Healy were IN the
thick of the fight.
fo1lryvg.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29
Dussosoit in Line for AU-America
Mention If 1t We're Not for Name

goal. and this time the kick sailed
squarelY between the posts, putting the
Green brigade out in front.
Starting the second half Princeton
tried out her attack. but after finding
the way hard went back TO a kicking
game. where she was at home and at
her best. Dartmouth lost ground here
through two costly fumbles and bad
pass that rolled beyond midfeld. but
she soon had her heavy attack under
way. After briggs had punted out Of
bounds at midheld Gerrish and
Thielscher got seven yards each
through Princeton's line. Then. with
another chance in sight. Gerrish shot
a forward pass 10 Emery.
Within q minute Of the finish Dart
mouth, on the fourth down, tried an
other forward pass, which Ames
knocked down and the ball went over.
Ames's fine handling Of Thielseher's
long punts kept Princeton safe at the
close Of the period, where a muf would
have been fatal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29

20-yard line and the Ithacans in the
stand shocked into a painful silence.
The demonstration Of Harvard's SUI
periorlty was thorough. Every time
the Cornell team tried a forward pass
Harvard man would intercept it.
Only four times did the Cornell eleven
make it's play entirely on the defen-
sive and punted in a vain effort 70
keep the ball in the Crimson terri
tory. Fumbling on the part of the
Cornell backs was frequent.
On the whole the game was very
good example Of the preparedness OF
Pee Dee when he seeks TO show pre-
paredness. IL also showed that Casey,
of Harvard, is a very worthy person TO
occupy the shoes of Mahan and Brick
icy. The song and Casey Carries tha
BALI will be sung with great success
at many gridirons, not only this year,
but for two years afterward.
The overthrow Of Cornell was so
complete that Icy Kaplan. the WELL
known Cornell rooter, pulled his hat
down over his eyes and disguised him
self as member of the Harvard band.
He refused to recognize Touchdown n,
the Cornell bear, though the faithful
animal waved a paw at him as he
passed with the triumphal Harvard
procession.
The afternoons result should indi-
cate that there is a lot of unnecessary
moaning over the weakness of the
Harvard team this year. Pee Dee's
boys have shown that a lot Of this
weakness is purely imaginary.
A lot Of Ithacans VINO backed their
team at 10 TO 9 and 10 to 5 will testify
TO that.
Harvard is stronger than ever for
preparedness and Pee Dee