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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-09-05
VIRGINIA NEWS

While playing with small air
rifle, William Carichloff, eight years
old, son of Ashby Carickhoff Of Har-
risonburg, was shot through the left
eye on Saturday when the rife was
accidentally discharged. The bullet
split the eye-ball and lodged in the
brain. The boy was taken gt6b, .Unf-
versity Hospital, Charlottesville, for
an X-ray examination and operation.
He became conscious a short while
before he left for the hospital.
Frances Babb, four-year-old daugh-
ter Of j. E. Babb, of Suffolk, was
run over and injured last night by
an automobile filled with colored men.
The driver of the car, which was
going at a rapid rate of speed, saw
The child and attempted to stop, but
struck her. When they saw the child
had been hurt, the occupants of the
auto speeded up and got away before
their names could be learned or the
CT the car secured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-19

ness materially the retail end OF it has
increased by leaps and bounds.
Even the truck sales increased ire
mendously within the first month, show
ing that the man who wants an article,
and knows he wants it, still wants it a
little harder when it is brought before
his gaze and in attractive surroundings.
1--WE REQ folk are not believers in
the branch house system as a general
rule; but recently we made up our
minds we ought to have branch in
Chicago, as we have in New York, so
we took over the lease and dolled up
the place there. The result was start
ling. In the first week the increase OF
business showed that the move was
right. And it has steadily increased
ever since.
1.-The improvement in automobile
salesrooms during the past year has
been very noticeable. The matter Of
lighting has developed into quite a
problem, the great depth of the show
window resulting usually in a mirror
effect instead Of transparency.
Notice the ladies who stop in front
of automobile show windows to adjust
their hats and to see if their hair is on
stranght, and you'll see that the aver
age front is better mirror than show
room. Architects are now specializing
on automobile showrooms, and in the
near future these will add to the at
Effectiveness of our cities, instead of
constituting an inharmonious effect in
the general ensemble, as they too fire.
quently have in the past"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-19

increase In the representation Of two
unit systems during the last year,
which is probably accounted for by the
fact that the principal maker of single
unit systems added Il two-unit design,
and another very prominent maker
who formerly made both types, gave
up the single unit system, or at least
ceased TO push 1t.
Battery ignition has nearly doubled
It's representation during the year.
Not less than 1876 per cent of all cars
now depend entirely on battery current
for ignition, while only four years ago
the proportion was only 10 per cent.
The so-called closed circuit systems
(magneto type interrupters) and open
circuit systems vibrator type inter
rupters) are so Ear on about evel
terms. Vacuum fuel feed Is now found
on II per cent of all models.
The cone clutch tabulations show 1t
is declining in popularity. Of the disc
clutches dry types are in the majority.
1t is possible that the dry disc Gluten
lends itself to specialized manufacture
better than the cone clutCh; or, again,
the growing scarcity of good leather
may have shifted the advantage to the
side Of the asbestos-fabric clutch.
Except for few cars with friction
transmission, bevel gear drive is now
universal in pleasure car practice.
Straight tooth bevel gears are used
mainly on the cheaper cars and helical
bevel gears on the higher priced,
though the latter is already found on
more than two-thirds of all the models
There is not much change in respect to
rear axles, though the semi-foating
type has gained somewhat, mainly at
the expense of the full floating and less
at the expense of the three quarter
floating type. In rear springs there is
notable return 10 the old simple semi
elliptic type, which are now made so
they are practically fiat when under
load. Automobile engineers seem to
have come to realize that certain
amount of spring material when sub
jected to a certain stress will show the
same detection per unit of load
whether the spring is semi-elliptic, full
elliptic or any other type, and under
these conditions the simplest construc-
ton. of course, is the best. Possibly the
semi-elliptic also lends itself better TO
the Hotchkiss drive than the other
forms of springs, and this drive is in
creasing.
A table of tires and wheel bases
shows these results:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-19
5l,624 CARS MAKE
BEAR MOUNTAIN TRIP

A record of motor travel to the In
ter-State Park, in the heart of the Hud-
son Highlands, kept for the touring de-
partment of the American Automobile
Association, shows that 2,200 automo.
biles were parked in front of the Bear
Mountain Inn in one day. The traffic
this year mounted up TO 5i,26i cars,
bearing over 246,000 people TO this
state-owned inn or TO picnic grounds
on the hills and in the canyons.
The season, so far as obtaining things
to eat, at Bear Mountain was closed on
November II, but the roads remain
open and the mountain scenery is as
gorgeous in the fall Of 1916 as il was
when Washington Irving first learned
to rave about il and the British broke
military trails through it 10 get at
Washington's army at Fort Montgom-
cry. just beyond.
The Englewood ferry will close De-
cember I, after which date tourists
should proceed by way of Tarrytown
and the ferry at Nyack or via the
both street ferry TO Edgewater.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-19
TIRE MEN UNDERNEATH
BILLION" BUSINESS

"Tire makers now have the response
bility of underwriting the comfort of
a billion dollar business" remarks j.
c. Murray, of the Empire Rubber and
Tire Company, of Trenton. "My fig
ures of s1,OOp,OOo,OOO year as the
value of the automobile production of
the United States are based on a COM
ment made by the National Automo-
bile Chamber of Commerce. in connec-
ton with data prepared by the United
States Bureau of the Census.
Figures prepared by the bureau
show the extent of the growth of the
industry between the years 1909 and
1914.
"In 1914 there were employed 1897
persons in 300 plants devoted to the
making of automobiles, $84,901, 900
was paid in salaries and the produc-
ton of vehicles had a value of $685.
100000. Thirty-three other establish
ments not exclusively devoted to auto
mobile manufacture turned out cars
TO the value of S6,636,92O.
"Production by body and parts COM
panies brought up the total to $685.
9S2 800.
"These figures, though large, have
been rendered small by the develop
ments of the last two years, in which
time the industry has seen its most
sensational leap. The National Auto
mobile Chamber of Commerce, with ex-
cellent data available, expresses the
opinion that for the year 1916 the total
will pass $1,000, 900"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-19
SEhApHORE FOR OIL
SYSTEM A NOVELTY

Force feed. splash and other systems
Of fabrication have become so perfect
ed that many motorists, relying en-
tirely on the methods Of oiling EN-
ployed, ignore the sight feed and often,
forgetting to supply the necessary oil,
seriously damage the motor before
realizing that the oil reservoirs were
dry.
The new Oakland "SiX" has a novel
oil indicator. A pocket is fitted in the
oil line on the inside Of which Is 3
float; when the motor is running and
the oil pump is working the oil pocket
becomes filled with oil, causing the
float to rise and thereby make an cleo
trical connection which eliminates a
pilot light on the dash. II the oil
pump stops pumping or the system be-
comes ciogged and the oil is not cir
culating the float in the oil pocket
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-19
Motor Cars and Motorists
Edited by G. T. I. SCHARPS
SALESROOhS ARE WHAT
WE NEED..RUESCHAW

mo use talking" says X. u rue
schaw, "an attractive salesroom mas
iust a. much 70 do with the sale OF
automobiles as Of any other COMMONLY
Since we've dolled up our store on
Broadway and washed the windows
mopped the floors and busted on the
furniture in the Chicago place wneh
wa made IL a branch business has &C
tually quadrupled at those. two poin's'
al don't know why people ever nave
imagined they could sell goods IN un-
attractive surroundings, because every
salesman knows that gloom Is conta-
ofous and that whatever optimism a
customer may have had when ne comes
In out Of the sunshine IL quickly as
pelled by the darkness and disarray OF
the average automobile salesroom.
az suppose one reason for the preva-
lence OF this condition among automo-
bile dealers Is the fact that automobiles
were originally sold In machine shop.
Gradually 1t became garage, and u
was several years before the owner felt
he could waste q little space In the
front and put a plate-glass window In
10 show the cars.
"When | think of the conditions un-
der which the customer used TO buy MS
automobile in the early days ! marvel
az his hardihood. The 'demonstrotoor'
usually stood near the back end OF the
garage so as to be close to the exit, and
was hedged in on both sides and in
front by cars in various stages OF dis.
assemble and repair. Broken parts and
grease Uttered the floor and the atmo-
sphere was conducive to anything but
sale.
"Of course, the answer IS that de-
mand has always greatly exceeded sup
ply. despite the fact that each sue
cessive season some timorous ones have
hollered wolf and worried about where
all the automobiles would go to.
"For several years the REQ branch IN
New York was around the corner on a
side street, and we really felt that we
were making money by saving on the
rent. Truth to tell, it took US long
time to persuade ourselves TO pay a
Broadway rental, but when We did we
went after it in the usual REQ way-we
bought the best there was.
~ verify believe that the corner OF
Fifty-fourth and Broadway is the best
location on Manhattan Island, and while
it hasn't increased our wholesale bust
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-19
SAXON PUTS ON A
BROADWAY FRONT

The development OF any au,.-,,
business is matter Of general ls .....s
70 all motorists, especially 10 thoss - Y"
happen 70 be buyers or user, ~ 80
particular cars sold. Therefor. =, ne
competent TO chronicle that tks as
has arrived on Broadway, hsvin, ,.ln
a special display sslesroon A. ,.s.
Broadway, but not By any means .;N
up the store at Isl Yves. Ffty-,ss..ass
street, where the Saxon has S., .
since II came 70 town about ,hrss 49,, ..o
ago. Increase Of business und.s ~
ministrations Of the new forees 4, ~
local agency has been the eomss's ~
reason for branching out.
When the Saxon opened IN 1, "a.
the premises occupied were a 49,.
store at the Fifty-seventh stre,, ~
dress. Business Offices and ssls.,.s'
were all in one. Later on. W.. ~
factory followed the agency ~,
branch, an additional store wa, -,
with the earlier one and the ofnes, -
moved upstairs. IL is about two r.....
ago that George 5. Morrow and N. :.
sociates took over the Saxon on l..f
ership basis and business has gsinsd !.
rapidly that the decision 10 ~, =.
Broadway, after being so close 70 4
for all this time. was made.
The executive Offices and dir,.,
rooms for new cars will be a, ia
Broadway. The wholesale Department
as well as retail will have a plae, IA
the new quarters. The used car d.
partment will have all the space q, ,Ss
Fifty-seventh Street store, az Mr.. Nor.
row has made arrangements to have
the agency handle direct all the can
taken in on an exchange basis Tia
new store has been suitably r,Sec.
GRATED and is ready for occupancy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-19
Protect Your Water Cir
culation System
Chiefly
FORMULE FOR NON
FREEZING MIXTURES
Batteries and Lubricating
Oil Also Call For
Attention

The first tinSe of frost in the air
means that the motorist has some
thing additional TO look out FOR in the
care Of his car. He stands chances of
having his water circulation system
give trouble unless he pays it proper
attention. Cars that are not kept in
warm places overnight will not starr
readily. and oftentimes the battery
will get pretty we'll run out before
the self-starter performs the function
for which IL is built. If the garage
il not heated. about the best thing
when coming in at night is 10 put a
heavy blanket or other covering over
the radiator or the entire bonnet, and
not 20 remove 10 In the morning be
fore the motor is running.
Standing out of doors in the cold
weather viii turn a motor refractory,
unless there is an anti-freeze mixture
in the water system. Il is most es-
scntial that motorists make use Of
some formula, such as is given here
with. in order TO insure against freez-
ing. Furthermore, the radiator front
should be partly covered, in order first
10 prevent cold air being drawn in
through the radiator and also to in
sure that the water as it comes down
through the radiator tubes is not
allowed 20 cool too much for efficient
running.
Most cars have some sort Of provi-
sion for radiator covering. Some Of
them have a set Of four buttons, two
at the bottom of the radiator she'll
and two about halfway up the sides
of the radiator, so that a sheet of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-19
.enaitnr0 almn.t enc .ame effective

penditure almost the same effective
ness may be obtained. -.
Calcium chloride and other soluble
salts. which have always figured IN ths
anti freeze solutions suggested D.!
motor authorities. are not recommended
because OF harmful effects on metals
II IL possible. too, 20 use too much
glyccrfnc. FOR this has a bad elect on
rubber hose connections.
In "The Motor Age notice on anti
freeze solutions. those makers VINO
commended alcohol solutions only IN
Guided kin Buick. Maxwell, Mitchell
Overland. Kissel. Marmon, Peerless
HAYNES and Case. Those who advo-
Gated alcoho! and glycerine INCLUDED
Packard. Hudson, Chalmers, Stude-
baker. Doris. Locomobiie, Oakland
Cadillac and REQ.
Another matter Of winter care OF cars
;s 70 sec 20 II that the battery electro
lvte is kept I'D 20 the proper gravity
At between /. 2s and 100 IL is hardly
likely TO freeze. As the gravity drops
the chances Of freezing increase, and
discharged battery will freeze at about
zero. Where the weather is extremely
cold 70 is advisable, anyway, TO wrap
the battery with cloth.
The bad effects produced on motors
bv cold weather are added 70 by low
test gasolenc, which increases difficult
starting. missing fire, inefficient run
ming for some time after the engine IS
started and fouling Of spark plugs.
Sometimes gasolene gets mixed with
the oil in the base on account OF con-
densation in the cylinders. Extra care
should be taken 20 sec that the oil base
is frequently drained and reiilled with
fresh oil. In very cold weather this
should be done at least every 1,OQO
miles. The grade Of oil 10 use in. cold
weather is a medium heavy grade or
oftcn q comparativelv light oil.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-19

leather may be readily attached to
form a protection. One car has just
come out with regular shutter de-
vice, which closes the entire front sur
face Of the radiator of from the air.
II is necessary with this car 20 remove
the radiator shell and 70 replace il
with another that contains the shutter
device. This may be operated from
the seat BY II varying degrees Of
exposure 10 the air may be obtained.
The Stats may be held at right angles
so that the air has free access; may
be placed az an acute angle, giving
partial protection, or may be made 10
fold fiat so that the radiator Is COM
pletely covered.
We noted the other day an eight
cylinder car whose chauffeur had put
~ place wide strip OF leather up and
down through the centre Of the radia-
tor, thus insuring that the cold ar
wvSld not have chance TO get direct
ly az the carburetor, which in V-type
motors is set in the centre Of the "V."
Some cars have a complete blanket
FOR the hood. with a roll-up piece thnt
in cold weather or when the car is at
a standstll is let down, but when not
needed may be rolled up and held at
the top.
Recently in motor Age" the follow
ing advice was given:
For zero weather, use water rs per
cent: alcohol. 25 per cent.
For 10 below zero, water 20 per cent (;
alcohol. 80 per cent.
For &c below zero. water, 60 per cent !;
alcohol, 80 per cent.
Alternative formula, involving the
use OF glycerine as we'll as alcohol,
were thus given:
Not lower than below zero: Water.
20 per cent: alcohol, ID per cent;
glycerine. Is per cent.
Not lower than 20 below zero: Water
90 per cent; alcohol, 20 per cent:
glycerine. 20 per cent.
u Is because alcohol has the habit
OF eyaporating that the glycerine adj
dtion is made. IL tends TO hold the
anti-freezing solution IN the water
longer. Either wood or denatured al
cohol may be used. although grain al
eohol IL considered slightly better than
either. It's. higher cost, however, does
hot justify its use, as for less eK-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-19

facturer has added something to the
figures he formerly charged for his
cars. Added costs of materials have
done that. Even where long-term con-
tracts have for a time helped to ward
of the increase in price. these have
run out and the carmaker had 10 bow
10 the inevitable.
This has been embarrassing indeed
TO some manufacturers. who have been
hanging on by their teeth and Just
about getting by with car that was
priced pretty well mp for its specifica-
tions. but honestly so priced on account
Of -painstaking workmanship and
tcpnotch material. They are now con-
fronted with the serious problem of
either reducing their margins of profit
below a point where car sold repre-
sents much of anything or else will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-19
duce the total number of street acct
dents only one-tenth."

By way of showing that automobile
owners recognize the Importance of re-
speeding motor vehicle laws, the recent
ly formed West Side Auto Owners Law
and Order League is an example. One
of the rules of this organization, as
promulgated by Copeland Townsend,
who started it, is that any member
fined for speeding or traffic rule viola
ton shall contribute a sum equal TO
half the fine paid to a fund to spread
literature and circular letters among
Automobiles. The idea behind the or
ganization is courtesy first. so that the
rights of pedestrians and others who
use the highways shall be observed. A
good movement is courtesy first.
Speaking of motor car accidents, it
is Just pie for one of those statistical
organizations when party of joy rid
ers steal car and drive it madly until
it smashes up, hurting or perhaps kill
ing some one in the party. Why is it
pie? Because it means another "kill-
ing by automobile" 10 be put down in
the so-called statistics which are fur
nished by the month, and whose display
in various publications, with the name
ol the So-caI4ed coClety ior INC iie9et
walton of Such-and-Such as represent
ed by its general manager or universal
paniandrum, adds one more scalp to the
clipping book, and seems to purse hold
ers to justify more dough for the con-
tinusnce of the salary of the clipping
getter.
As long as "the work" can be carried
on with no more expenditure OF effort
than this there will always be work
ers" to take salaries. sit in fine offices
and talk magniloquently. II is easier TO
criticise destructively than construct
lively, and. anyway, even though no
longer the rich mans devil wagon, the
automobile is still fair game for the
campaigner, and so he makes it pay his
way. Safety first. How many crimes
are committed in thy name,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-19

have 70 increase the price charged and
thus run the risk Of practically elimin-
ating themselves from competition. No
wonder some of them are worried.
We show herewith figures made by
"Horseless Age" TO indicate the per
centages by prices among car manu-
facturers for the past three years.
These charts do not mean the percent
ages Of car production. because natur-
ally, with the Ford priced at IT is,
more than half Of all the cars in this
country would be in the under 500
class" Here is the way they stand:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-19
Trade Information

f. Yer Linden has been elected prsiaess'
Of the Olds Motor Works, which he ioinssc, !. !.
1912. When Yer Linden came 10 the VI
mobile organization that company was 01l. =.
ing only few hundred cars year, =.
1914. due TO Yer Linden's deyeiopmen, Oh - -
manufacturing facilities OF the eompsn'' r.
output of 0ldsmobiles grew TO e.VvV'
1916 this figure was doubled. and more usn
10000 cars will be built in the next "o''
months.
Assertion early in the season that Cnahas.
production would more than double tns ,.
over last season has been made COCO
A. L. Murray, Of the Brady-huFrsy ~
pany, local Chandler distributor An -
crease in actual deliveries OF S5z per ~;
for October over the same month las, 49,
strong evidence OF the public demand for -
Chandler motor. And October was no ~ ~.
ton. for production in every montn
season has shown big lead over the e'''''
spending month Of 1918"
With a single trsinload OF fifty ean -
automobiles, the Haynes Automoone
pany broke all is records for snipmsn.
single distributor last week. Inc e9n.
ment of motor cars went TO me 49,.
agency at Kansas City FOR winter Ia
ton. Half the trainload Of eve sno -,
passenger HAYNES "Iight Six" touring o'
went 10 FIJI waiting ordrrs.
Following the confidential notice given ,s
King dealers a few weeks ago that tns -
would be increased came the oniena
nouncement last Wednesday that, oss'naI
on that day. $50 advance would 80
to the list price OF all models i ms ~ ~
the price of the seven passenger tounns IA,
and the three passenger roadster 70 49,
each. (. o. b Detroit. and the secAn S
$3.50, (. o. b. Detroit. The new pr"
good only while the King Motor Gar Ssss
pany IS able 20 take advantage OF pf
prices in the material market
The Crow-Eikhart Motor Company. o. ~,
hart. Ind. has been admitted 10 men'esaInsss.- -.
in the National Automobile Chamber OF s-I
merce. and will exhibit a, the New fo"
Chicago shows.