The Dickinson press., 1917-02-24
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, MOTOR NEWS
BY the Motorist
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BY the Motorist
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F. R.tC. Schultze, representing the
Bertsch Motor Company, is out on the
north branch this week on business
connected with the ~Studebaker sub,
agencies.
"A course in tire repairing and vul-
canizing has, been inaugurated in the
Cincinnati public schools. The work,
as mi might well imagine, appeals to
a large percentage Of the boys, and
the course is a popular one.
It is an interesting fact that all
the power for lighting Her Majesty.s
Theatre, Sydney, Australia, through
the recent coal crisis was supplied by
a six-cylinder, 507horsepower Stude-
baker engine taken from q stock car
and loaned to the theatre manage
ment by the Studebaker Corporation
Of Australia, Ltd. Strong, quiet
and efficient, night after night it pro-
duced the power for 1000 lights,
amounting to 100000 candle-power,
without hitch or strain. It's work in
operating the big electric generator
was equivalent to a motor a running
at a speed of 40 miles an hour carry
ing with its own body a load Of ten
passengers averaging 100 pounds
each, for over four hours continuously
every night, in addition to frequent
rehearsals.
When a resident of Dubuque, Iowa,
wearing a fur coat and rubber boots,
walked hurriedly to his garage on a
cold morning recently, he did not
realize that his movements were
storing up a dangerous amount OF
electricity in his body, says the
March Popular Mechanics magazine.
But the fact was that the friction Of
his arms against the coat caused a
certain amount Of static electricity to
be generated, and this was stored in
the mans body because it was insu-
lated from the ground by his rubber
boots. When he sought to prime the
motor of his a with a mixture Of
gasoline and ether, using a metal
squirt can-probably made Of copper
which is a good conductor of electric
current-the can was brought so
close to the motor that a spark was
produced between it and the printing
cup, igniting the gasoline. The can
exploded, throwing the flaming liquid
over both man and car. The man es-
capped with severe burns, but the car
and garage were completely de-
stroyed. You can't be too careful
with gasoline, as there is danger
sometimes when it is least thought Of.
every part of a motor car is
important, but for theory's sake I
will answer the question of what
is the most important part of an
automobile" said A. P. Ellian, local
representative of the Saxon Motor
Car Company, of Detroit, Mich, When
he was asked to name the bart Of
a car that is of the greatest in
terest to the prospective motor car
buyer: "It's the motor that makes
the wheels go round" he continued.
"What would the motor car be
and power of the engine has the
automobile that the human heart has
to the life of the body. If there
IS a strong heart in a weak body,
the body props give way and the
heart ceases to function, because there
IS no frame to support it's action.
And that's the same way with the
motor. 1t needs a strong frame to
support it and it needs a light frame
to give it power. These are two Of
the many good points of the new
series Saxon Six, which is keeping me
busy these days getting sufficient
numbers to supply the customers.
The Saxon Six motor is a mighty af-
fair from point of power-yet it isn't
heavy and cumbersome. It's like a
high developed and perfect human
heart, whose delicate mechanism and
power flow has never been equalled
by man made machinery. It has been
approached in the Saxon motor.
There's a steady flow of power on a
low gasoline consumption and a sill
ence and perfect coordination Of
power development. In the Saxon
Six there is also a frame of. lasting
durability. It isn't a heavy car, as
you know or ought to, but it has the
toughness that comes from expert
workmanship and high grade materi-
ais which cannot BE offset by the
weight that can be added at the ex-
pense of the other points.
The Sacramento Sunday News Of
recent date, contained under the head
ing "a Wonderful Test" the story Of
a Willard Battery that went through
a disastrous garage fire and came
through uninjured. To quote-"It is
an old saying that a cat has nine
lives, but when it comes to ability to
resist destruction, the Willard Storage
Battery seems to have the proverbial
cat beaten a few laps and then some.
The James Remick Company is now
displaying a Willard Storage Battery
that is in perfect working condition
Notwithstanding the fact that it went
through a big fire. This battery was
in an automobile that was destroyed
when the garage at Sixth and R.
Streets burned to the ground. After
the fire, the battery was picked up by
a workman who had no idea that it
could be fit for use again. "A test
was made and the little box of cleo
trio energy was found to be in per-
feet condition" The paper contain
ing this article was sent into the
Cleveland office and with it was a
letter which said: "This story is not
xapperated in the least.fOr the