The Washington herald., 1916-02-19
MOTOR GOSSIP
Nv .sI, GRoGAN.

The increased price OF gasoline has
caused owners TO figure whether or not
they are getting the maxim OF mileage
from their machine. In many instances
they find they are not and that II Is
due to a faulty carbureter. ]. 7. Dono-
hue. who handles the Rayfleld carbureter'
has been very successful of late In prov
ing to car owners that he could, during
the course Of a year, make his caroureter
pay for itself on the amount OF gasoline
II saved.
q. c. stevens. manager OF the Chicago
Pneumatic Tool Company, builders OF
Little Giant trucks, left yesterday on
ten DAYS trip through the South.
Louis Stevenson, OF the Luttrell Com
pany, Is busy these days demonstrating
the merits OF the new Parkard one-ton
trucks to prospective purchasers. Ac-
cording to "IIoui" the small truck rides
and handles as easy as touring car
Y Hayiland. service manager for
Miller Brothers, is a great believer in the
owner knowing everything that there Is
to be known about his machine. lie makes
It a point to see that all Mitchell. Chew
roIet and bort owners receive fun In
formation about their machines at the
time OF purchase.
Fhe harder the service the more
anxious lie Roy Livingston is to have
the machine equipped with Hood tires:
He believes that no work Is too haru
for his tire to give service under
Like many others, II. B. Lcary be-
lieves in preparedness. only his efforts
along this line consist in laying in
large enough supply of Maxwell cars. SO
that when the spring rush comes ne VIII
be able to- make deliveries as per
schedule.
The suggestion has been made TO safe
guard the passengers from approaching
traffic when they alight from the street
car an aisle Of safety be marked on
the street at the various street car stops
in the congested portion of the city.
Until the traffic that was brought to
halt by the stopping of the street car
had passed the pedestrian could remain
within this aisle and be out of harm
way. The regulation could be made that
IL would be as serious an ofense to travel
through this space SO long as II was
occupied as It would be to run by a
street car that was either taxing on oi
discharging passengers.
Every motorist who operates his car
in winter knows the annoyance OF the
warming up period which must folio"
starting the engine after 1t has stood
overnight in a cold garage or for several
hours on the street. So the device on
the Cadillac Eight which facilitates
warming up Is of interest to all motor
lists.
This device exercises a thermostatic
control over the fluid in the cooling
system and, like many other motor car
Developments. was inaugurated by the
Cadillac Company. The thermostats, OF
which there are two-one for each
block Of cyIinders-operate in connec-
ton with valves which open and close
as the thermostats expand and contract
with heat and cold.
When the engine and radiator are
cold the valves are closed and the water
in the radiator is practically cut off from
that in the water jackets of the cylinders
After the engine is started. the liquid
surrounding the cylinder blocks rises in
temperature and the thermostat valves
open slowly. Without the thermostat, ali
the liquid in the cooling system would
have to be heated before the engine
would run well, whereas with the ther-
mostats, only a small quantity has to be
warmed at the outset, and the thermo-
stat valves admit the water from the ra-
diator as the temperature of the fluid
rises.
The device is wholly automatic in its
action. It enables the engine to reach
its highest efficiency much more quickly
than would be possible il II were neces.
sary to heaat the entire volume of cir.
culating fluid before that efficiency were
obtained.