The Wisconsin weekly blade. [volume] (Madison, Wis.) 1916-1925, 1916-09-28
THE AUTOMOBILE AND HOW
TO MASTER ITS OPERA
TON.
H. B. Kinner, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Within recent years the self-pro-
PEELED and the internal combustion
motors have become Of such impor-
lance in the evolution of industrial,
commercial, and social life, that the
engineering department of most all
automobile plants have been working
to simplify its operation more and
more each year.
AT present they nave made great
Roadway and have got it down to
such fine point that the most deli
cate woman who could not drive a
horse can handle the wheel almost to
perfection. do not say absolutely
to a perfection because that would
require getting out and getting un-
der IN case something went wrong.
l do believe some women have reach
ed that stage Of the game. You can
readily see that sufficient progress
has been made in the auto business
to assure us of its permanent value.
They have been and are taking the
place Of horses in almost every line
OF business; from what one can see
for themselves. 1t is plain that the
automobile field is large field:
therefore, | found in the beginning
OF my practice that in order to COM
pete with the fellow of the other side
OF the fence it required hard study
of three things, namely mechanics.
operation, and the construction of
the motor car in general Then to
operate successfully it demands
steady nerve, quick thinking, and a
knowledge Of road rules and regula-
tons. The road rules will be of much
benefit when driving in a district
where the traffic is congested. 1t re-
lIeves one of the burden of what to
do to stay within the bounds of the
law | feel positive in SAYING for
one to be safe and careful driver
1t will depend largely upon his rest
and sleep. Many accidents occur bv
over-work and rest broken chauffeurs.
Often chauffeurs have accidents be-
sesthey sit at the wheel bv COM
mand of their employers after hav-
ing worked fifteen to twenty hours
at stretch. Naturally they will
drive along DOING occasionally and
sometime drop off to sleep while go
ing at a good rate of speed and prob
ably an accident occurs. The chauf
feur will sometimes tell another
chauffeur that he went to sleep. but
he will not tell his employees and the
results are he never knows why. |
would as soon ride behind a sleepy
engineer as a sleepy chauffeur. |
really do not believe that a chauffeur
should be worked over eight or twelve
hours at stretch. He is human and
needs rest just the same as the man
who gets it and whose position is not
nearly as responsible. Some people
do not realize that chauffeurs often
go to duty at $50 or A. NJ. and
remain on duty until 2:30 or 3 A. NJ.
the following morning without get
ting off duty and sometimes do not
get a chance to 90 home for two DAYS.
1t is impossible to master automobile
operation under such conditions. You
may rest assured that in order to be-
come successful driver the con-
tents Of this article must be remem-
bered.
In conclusion | Will tell YOU lust
a few things that "A competent chauf-
feur must know, namely, how to adj
Just the carburetor. and to time the
magnetic. to adjust internal and ex-
ternal breaks. to understand the
sound of the motor when running in
perfect condition, to understand
thoroughly how TO iubricate, adjust
platinum points on the distributor.
how to change tires and to vulcanize
If necessary. could name many
other things but it is not worth while.
The knowledge of these few things
will enable one to master almost any
type Of car.