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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
Greenwich Oyster Bay
Boats Carrying Autos

Although the new ferry for autos
across Long Island Sound, between
Greenwich and Oyster Bay, was sched-
uled to start June 80, it did not get
going until July 4 because the dock
bridges were not in place TO get autos
off the boat Through delayed con-
struction few trips were missed last
week, but the management announces
that all the kinks have been ironed out
of the new line and that henceforth
the regular schedule will be maintained.
This calls for round trip every two
hours, leaving Greenwich even hours
and Oyster Bay odd hours from s a. m.
to 7 p. m.
The first auto to be carried across
the new ferry was that of Paul Cra-
vath, the lawyer, who rolled into Green
witch at a. m. on the Fourth of July
on his way from Massachusetts to his
Long Island home. Five other cars fol-
lowed Mr. Cravath's aboard, and all de.
clared the new ferry filled longfelt
want. The boat is named Oyster Bay,
and carries between twenty-five and
thirty cars, according to the sizes in
which they come. The eight-mile trip
takes about forty-five minutes, and
saves autoists sixty miles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
From the Depths

From American Marine Engine"
comes this story: when the torpedo
boat destroyer Benham attempted TO
raise one of her big anchors couple
of miles offshore in Chesapeake Bay
recently, preparatory TO leaving her
position near the submarine nets at the
entrance of the bay, trouble was found
in raising the starboard hook. When
the anchor was finally hoisted on deck
there came along with it fully
equipped five-passenger Mitchell auto
mobile. The top was nearly all gone
but the body and chassis were in fairly
good condition after four years in
salt water and mud"
The Mitchell Motors Co., Inc, at
Racine, Wis, received notice of the
find and report that the car was lost
four years ago from the Old Dominion
Line ferryboat Berkeley as it was go
ing across the bay. 1t belonged to DR..
s. w. Hobson of Newport News, who
was reimbursed for its loss by the
owners Of the ferryboat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
Can't Buy on Time
If of Draft Age

An interesting development Of the
draft situation is that a prominent
company that makes business of
financing time payments on auto
mobiles has instructed those doing
business through ii not to accept
such deals from unmarried men
between the Sges of twenty-one and
thirty. These men are liable to
draft, and the deals therefore are
likely to have to be abandoned If
the makers Of the notes are con-
scripted.
To save confusion that may arise,
instructions were issued in some
cases a month ago to decline bust
ness of this sort. 1t Is to be pre-
sumed that any one within the age
limits showing an exemption, card
would be permitted to do business
on the part payment plan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
Great Heat Hats
Mohave Motor Traffic

On account of the terrific heat on the
Mohave and Colorado deserts. District
Attorney Duckworth, in San Bernar-
dino, Cal, recently issued instructions
to officers at desert points to halt all
automobile parties containing women
and children, and, if necessary to en-
force the order, to arrest the driver.
No women and children are to be
permitted TO cross the desert between
Barstow and Needles by automobile
until the weather changes.
In some of the sinks Of the desert
the heat is so oppressive that children
could not survive should mechanical
trouble develop with automobiles.
Between The Needles and Barstow,
Cal, the Santa Fe route crosses the
heart of the Mohave desert. The Lin
coin Highway Association is advising
tourists to drive west by way of the
Lincoln Highway and make the return
trip by the southern rou'eslater in the
fall. when desert conditions are not so
oppressive. The Santa Fe trail goes
from Kansas City by way of Trinidad.
Ration Pass, Las Vegas, Socorro. Wins
low, Flagstaff, The Needles. Bsrstow
and San Bernardino to Los Angeles.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
Too Much Road Oil
On Penn. Highways

Advices sent to the Automobile Club
of America by the president OF the
Automobile Club OF Delaware County,
Penn, warn visiting motorists against
using Pennsylvania highways for a
fortnight to come. So much road oil
has been spread on most Of the roads
that they are neither safe nor pleasant
to drive on. 1t will take week or more
before the oil has soaked in. =,
At the same time attention is called
to the fact that the Governor of Penn
sylvania has failed to sign a bill re-
quiring road contractors to mark de-
tours on highways under construction.
The bill passed both parts of the state
Legislature. but on the recommends
ton Of the Highway Commission, 1t IS
reported, the Governor vetoed IT.
Just why so sane and necessary q
measure should fail of signature is
hard to understand. There is such
law in New York State, and 1t is very
much needed, too. Those who have
gone driving at a season when much
construction work is on can appreciate
the need of information as to detours,
instead of being left to guess their
way around INSTRUCTED places.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
Motor Cars and Motorists

garage door it means a period of en-
forced idleness for the owner.
He would do better business to get
after the road authorities and make
them keep the highways in repair.
Then he would get his normal amount
OF business all the time, and his neigh
borhood never would get bad name.
In our experience the superlatively
worst roads in the vicinity of New
York are found in South Amboy, n. J.
Never good, they have deteriorated
from year to year, until now they are
as bad as can be found anywhere. For
a city that is near what was intended
TO be the great American port, South
Amboy hasn't risen above backwoods
village standards in the matter OF
streets. And worst of all the things
permitted to be in that settlement is
the Hole in the Wall" where the road
goes down under a railroad bridge.
Whoever is responsible for that GER
tainly has no reason to award himself
any medals.
How many Automobiles are there
who ever remove their rims from the
wheels until forced to do so by reason
of tire trouble? Very few, is the an
swer. II they did take the rims off
after having run the car for a short
time and use a little graphite in be-
tween the wheel and the demountable
rim. they'd find tire changing easier
later on. As it is, the rims are some
times so rusted and plastered on that
they take an unconscionable time to
remove when the need finally does ar
rive.
Transforms serve their own purpose
Tor the canny motorist. One automo-
oilist without supply of distilled
water handy managed last week 10
catch pitcher full of rain water and
with 1t replenished his thirsty battery.
II IT rains once week this summer.
he's going to keep his battery up to the
mark.
With all Difference TO the accessory
folk who have been quick to take. ad
vantage of the war situation to bring
out stands of colors for radiator water
caps, this is form of patriotism"
that makes no great hit with US. II is
about absolute zero. the way we see II.
in showing your Uncle Sampiy that You
are behind him in the Cree War. And
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
CITY Gets Auto Fee None

The Brown law. dividing me ~ -
Of the states Motor Vehicle
equally between the state and g. >
except in New York City, wa.n :
money thus received goes dlree.' q,
the city's general fund, became RS IS
tive May II, 1916, year sso. >
il New York City last year req req" Is
sum OF SIPS, 00l.75. This yea, 30, n,
has already received S6C6,ois. y
Secretary OF State Hugo's o .,., NJ
amount represents a gain OF -, -. ri
over last year. and this WIN ~. ,
tration but three months s's .s .
creased commercial vehies, e.. n,
doubt account for much OF 'h.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

when it comes to dashing about at
night with water cap flag illuminated
by spotlight, it may be pretty, but it
isn't art.
Having accumulated a tire gauge, for
the first time in our motoring career
OF n dozen years. We have a satisfying
feeling OF virtue and doing our own
duty by our tires and our pocketbook.
In these days when we are told TO
spend wisely, but not recklessly, the
investment IN a tire gauge seems like
following the injunction TO tho letter.
Also. the investment has helped to de.
termine that you cannot tell by appear
ances. Tires that Cooked TO be" all
right showed up wanting under the
pressure test. Fifty-fve pounds press.
ure where seventy-ive should be the
case goes far to explain tire trouble.
Aside from tho virtuous feeling that
possession OF a tire gauge gives. It tells
one lot Of things that every motorist
ought to know.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
Maxwell Branch Opens
Touring Service Station

A new idea in service to motor, car
users is that inaugurated by the Max
well Motor branch in this city. Harry
De Bear. manager OF the branch. has
engaged Henry Caldwell to run an
automobile touring information bureau
in the salesroom on Columbus Circle.
The service is open to any AUTOMOBILE
list. whether Maxwell owner or not.
In addition to verbal advice on touring
routes and road conditions. the bureau
will distribute maps and guides. Tele-
phone information will not be fur
nished. There will be no charge for
verbal advice. but maps, etc, will of
course have to be paid for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
fork law, which does not require mir

York law, which does not require mir
roscopes.
However, when it comes to headlight
lenses the New Jersey police do not
serve summonses on New York motor
lists whose cars have amber headlight
glasses. The New Jersey law provides
for non-glaring white" headlights, and
amber colored glasses are illegal in
New Jersey But where New York
motorist has them on his car and is
driving on his New York plates the
general police idea appears to be to
pass him.
The police in New Jersey are very
active right row holding up New York
motorists to see if they have their New
York operators licenses. This sort of
reciprocity partakes of the nature of
hecklinp.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
Ne1v Wr1mkleS for Car OzvnerS
The Tribune who now here
may addressing request the Editor

are supplied with the device, which re-
tails from SO to $25, according to the
width of the tire. .
For those who depend upon manual
effort to clean carbon out of the en-
gine, brush now on the market will
be of interest. IL is a solid scraper and
flexible scraper combined. 1t is made
in the form of long handle, tipped at
the end with circle of iron bristles.
These are shorter on the outside cir
conference, making an effective cutting
tool. The inside bristles are longer.
Pressure applied on these makes them
spread out, thus reaching the recesses
of the cylinder head. The brush sells
at so cents.
A new handy vulcanizer is claimed TO
combine all the advantages of nom
liquid vulcaniZers, with the additional
merit of employing steam, the applica-
ton of which to the curing Of rubber
is generally acknowledged to be a salts
factory method. The vulcanizer is sim =
pie in construction and in application.
With each vulcanizer are packed one
container, six patches, six discs of fuel
and six water containers. The price of
the device is 81, and packages of extra
patches, etc, cost 70 cents.
A cigar lighter at So is fitted with n
reel for winding and unwlnding the
cord. The lighter itself becomes red
hot Immediately as il is withdrawn
from its receptacle, and when it is re-
turned the circuit is automatically
closed. The lighting unit is composed
Of three coils of wire on magnesia
base. The finish is black enamel or
nickel.
To substitute for grease cups an au-
tomato oil cup is offered. The walls
of the cup are lined with felt, and il
has n centre standard which is hollow.
A steel ball vibrates with the motion
of the car on the top of this standard
and carries the oil, which has been
drawn through the felt by capillary at
traction, across the top. The quantity
Of oil is determined by the size OF the
ball used. The cup is made in various
shapes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

Rough roads mean death TO motor
car mileage. They hasten the arrival
of squeaks and rattles and make them
hard to cure permanently. They take
their toll, too, of tires. Dropping into
unexpected pot-holes will spring weak
nesses in tires and cause pinches and
blow-outs when they are reasonably
not to be expected. Rough roads, es
pecially those which abound in small,
triangular stones, which have worked
out of the metal. are sudden demise to
tires.
The motorist must keep his pressures
UP in order TO make the tires last, but
on rough roads tires properly inflated
make the car ride uncomtortably. If
he lets his pressures get down, his
tires are easier victims to the uneven
road surfaces. Those who drive con-
sistently over bad roads pay an extra
tax in rubber.
All of which is preliminary TO saying
that some of the worst roads here
abouts may be found on Staten Island.
Once it was possible to go the length
of the island on smooth boulevards.
This is no longer the case. Richmond
Road, Amboy Road and the other main
thoroughfares are very bad. Amboy
Road is shut of from Great Kills TO
point down near Tottenville. II is being
repaired gradually. Richmond Avenue,
which leads from Port Richmond out
to the Fresh Kills Road and so TO
Tottenville. is fair throughout. The
Arthur Kill Road, which runs around
from Tottenvile to Fresh Kills Road,
is in good condition. But, taken all in
all, the Staten Island roads are in mis-
cradle condition.
Il has often seemed to US that gar
ag men ought to make IL a point TO
insist upon the highway commissioners
in their respective neighborhoods keep
ing the roads in good condition. Per-
haps bad roads make more repair work
and help -ell tires and tubes. Blu.
motorists have habit of avoiding
whenever possible localities where
roads are hopelessly bad. which in the
end is bad FOR the garageman's bust
ness. Furthermore. there comes n time
when a road has to be closed alto
gether. and If such a road goes by the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
There's a Little Bit of Bad
in Every Good Little Road
Lighting-Up Time
To-day. S:03 p. m.

To-day, 6'Uo p. III
Monday. July e...s:05 Friday. July l3....e'ol
Tuesday. July 10. 500 Saturday. July 1851
w'n@dsy. July ll.s02l SUNDAY. July 1880
Thursday. July 1913 OF Monday. July l6 800
Law requires that lamps on all motor
vehicles be lighted one-hdG hour after
sunset. This time for the days men
toned Is figured abous for New York
CITY. NelO Jersey. Connecticut and Penn
sylvaniG.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

Tire changing is never fun, hut sum-
mer touring usually is accompanied by
punctures or blowouts. which make it
necessary. To change tires wheels
must be lacked up. which also is rarely
fun. 1t may be made a comparatively
easy task by the use of a new jack,
which substitutes for the pump han
die" an endless chain. Pulling on this
in either direction raises or lowers the
car. A few tugs accomplish the object.
Whether raising or lowering, the OPP
orator is always out of harms way.
He does not have to get down in the
mud or grease nor put his body in the
way Of tenders or other projections
that mfy injure him as the car drops.
Prices Of the jack are s. for the s, 10
and ~ inch sizes and SO for the 70
inch jack with lifting capacity of five
tons.
An unusual and effective theft pre-
vention device for automobiles is in
the form of a triangular block with
base followed to fit the tire tread.
When moved the wheel goes only in
either direction until the block meets
the road surface. II then makes an
efectual "chock" and stops the car.
The automobile theft preventer may
be attached to the front wheel Of any
car in three seconds. No fingers are
soiled and no bolts or nuts or screws
required. II is further stated that the
device cannot be filed, cut or broken.
The preyenter has an individual Yale
ratchet lock. In the event that the lock
is tempered with a gong rings con-
tinually until such tampering ceases,
but the gong will not ring when own
cr's own key is inserted.
The device is nickel-plated and is
constructed without any mechanism.
wires, 'etc. The concern states that
the car cannot be moved except by
cGrryiri it bodily. Two individual keys
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

] 1
fers better roads and prettier seen
cry than that to the Interstate Park
at Bear Mountain. After crossing
into New Jersey over the Dyckman
Street ferry, the motorist will md
an excellent macadam road leading
through Englewood, Hackensack
and Suffern to Tuxedo. Just beyond
the latter place there is a short
stretch of road which is rather
rough, but after turning into the
road to Bear Mountain the surface
and scenery leave nothing to be de-
sired.
The return trip may be made
over a good macadam road running
south along the Hudson River
through Haverstraw, Congers,
around Rockland Lake to Nyack,
and thence south to the Dyckman
Street ferry via Sparkill, Demarest,
Tenafy and Englewood. 1t is also
possible to avoid Nyack, if desired,
by running south from Congers
through West Nyack and Blauvelt
over good road all the way.
New York to Lake Hopatcong
1t is not possible at present to
reach Lake Hopatcong over good
road all the way or without taking
at least one detour. The direct
route via Montclair and Parsippany
i. in bad condition all the way from
Caldwell to Parsippany. For this
reason it is preferable to use either
the route via Newark, Springfield
and Morristown to Denville, or else
cross the 13Oth Street ferry and run
through Hackensack, Paterson,
Mountain View and Boonton to Den
vile.
Both these latter routes provide
fairly good road all the way, but
make it necessary to pass through
either Newark or Paterson en-
route. From Denville to Dover the
road is now in good condition, hav-
| ing recently been improved, but a
POOR detour is required between
Dover and Kenvil in order to reach
Lake Hopatcong.
New York to Easton
The motorist will find a fairly
good road practically all the way to
Easton if he will follow the route
which includes Newark, Elizabeth,
Plainfeld, Somerville, Clinton and
Washington. The only poor stretch
Of road on this route is a short one
Of about five miles between Bound
Brook and Somerville.
New York to White Plains
1t is very difficult at present to
find a road from New York into
White Plains which offers a good
surface all the way. Both Central
Avenue and the White Plains
road are in poor condition at
least part of the way. For
this reason it is preferable to fol-
low either the Shore Road and the
Boston Post Road to Memaroneck
and then run north on Mamaroneck
Avenue, or else leave New York via
Broadway, Riverdale Avenue and
Warburton Avenue to Dobbs Ferry,
where turn right to Ardsley and
run into White Plains via the Dobbs
Ferry road. Both these roads are
longer than the two first mentioned
but provide fairly good surface all
tne way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
New York 70 Bear Mountain

There Is perhaps no short trip in
the vicinity Of New York which Of
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
Substitute for Copper.

The use of soft steel and iron as
partial substitute for copper in the
manufacture of decorative metals is
being experimental with in the depart
ment of manual arts at the University
of Wisconsin.
For years it has been traditional for
decorative metal products to be made
wholly or in large part of copper, brass
or some other alloy Of copper The
price of copper is now so high, more
than 50 cents a pound, that substi-
tute is needed in decorative metal.
The kind Of steel and iron required
in this kind Of work costs at present
"A cents a pound. In many respects
this steel is as good, if not better, than
copper. It works easily, wears as
well, is not discolored or oxidized as
quickly, and for many uses is even
stronger than copper. It lacks the
red-gold luster, but can be given a
silver-hued burnish, or can be decOrat-
ed with paints.-University Of Wiscon-
sin Bulletin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
Communal Kitchens.

1t is expected that, with the assent
of the food controller of Great Brit
ain. an experiment in the use Of COM
munal kitchens will be in vogue very
soon. The need for these aids to the
feeding of the people is threefold;
the large number of families who are
unable, through ill-health or other
causes, to participate in the economic
advantages of the war; the difficulty
of obtaining suitable and nOurishing
food for children; and the necessity
Of having an organization like this in
direct touch with the central headquar-
tiers. The food once cooked at the
central kitchen would be sent out in
large tin-line6 boxes or double cans
to the various depOts for sale, and in
these big, closed receptacles it would
keep hot q long time. At the depQts 1t
might be we'll to supply hot plates for
the food to stand on so that when
bought it would need little reheating
before it was served says London
correspondent. The demand for a va
riety of diets can all be met, and
plans have already been thought out
for dealing with a thOusand-and-one
interesting questions that arise.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26

occasion, by musicians who know our
national air and by many others who
obviously did not know it. l have
heard it hummed and sung and whis-
tied to the accompaniment of applause
and cheers.
"'Dixie challenges the Partisan ear
almost as quickly as it does our good
Yankees in America. This favorite
air Of the south is frantically applaud
ed daily by French auditors, who ac
cept it as one Of our national airs rath
err than a musical contribution of one
of the sections of our nation. 'Suwa
nee River and SOusa's marches are
other airs now immensely popular in
Paris
Between the nights when | sing
here at the Comique and the time
that l must take for rest between per
formances still find time to give at
tention to the hospital and relief work
with which l have identified myself
since the war began.
France rightly persists in giving hel
fighting soldiers respites and fur
loughs. Men who have been under
heavy fire at the front are withdrawn
and have the opportuLWy to steady
their nerves for a few days before go
ing back into battle.
$50 the work we have undertaken is
to entertain the men home on fur.
loughs-not the officers, but the so
CALLED common soldiers. A group Of
my friends decided with me Slat we
would take only those privates whose
families are in exile, having been driv
en- into Germany from the French
towns and territory occupied by the
Germans.
Imagine their state of mind.
have five Of these in my home today
and will have as many more tOmOr,
row. They are brave and stoical, but
utterly and absolutely alone. Whether
their wives and children are alive they
do not know, for their families have
been herded like cattle and driven into
an enemy country to work at what
ever tasks their captors designate"