The Dickinson press., 1917-03-10

AA AkS VoIluuS CI1lpO
IN meeting a vehicle going in the IN.
posite direction always PASS to #.
right. In passing a vehicle going II
the same direction pass to fha faft
Always stop with the RIGHT side 81
the a next to the curb ever if T. Is
necessary to turn around tn d GO
Never turn around or turn off ontc
another road without making ahso.
luteIy sure that there is no car di-
rectly behind you-no matter how
sure you feel, look and see. Do not
cross a railroad track without making
sure that it is absolutely safe to do
So. 1t only takes a few minutes to
make sure that you are safe. In
crowded traffic do not apply the
brakes suddenly unless it is abso-
lutely necessary, as it may be that the
venice following you cannot stop as
quickly n a collision will result.
Brakes applied suddenly on slippery
streets disastrous skidding is apt to
occur. One of the most essential
things to remember is that you should
never take a chance" This has cost
the lives OF thousands of motorists.
Deane Spalding, local manager of
the Bertsch Motor Company, returned
Sunday from a short trip to the Twin
Cltles. while there he signed up an
agency, for Chevrolet cars, which will
be added to the companv's non,1iar
line Of S~tudebakers. The TERRITORY for
the Chevrolet will be practically the
same as the company now has for the
Studebaker, and sub-agents over the
territory will be appointed. M
Spalding is unable to State lust when
a shipment of cars will be received
owing to the congested freight traffic
in the east, but he will have a car.
load on display in the sales room inst
as soon as possible. Mr.. Snald;n~
stated that but very few of the a11to.
mobile plants in the east are r11nnino
full time owing to the inability tn OF
cars, and some plants are oniv oner.
atlng on a very small scale, while
others are working on shells and
aviation engines. From the ontIool.
in the Twin Cities he predicts q h;n
year in the automobile industry in the
northwest if shipping facilities arc
brought back again to normal con-
ditions. WI
Zone of the most impressive de-
yelopments in the automobile in
dustry been the advent of large
scale production" says James 6.
Heaslet, vice president in charge of
engineering and production Of the
Studebaker Corporation, "and with
the development of the modern motor
car to its present state of perfection.
there has come about an explosion Of
the old idea that a motor car had to
be heavy order to stand up under
severe road strains. Now cars of
comparatively light weight can be
made OF steel of greater strength,
toughness, and shock-resisting quail
ties than the steels in cars weighing
several hundred pounds more. The
story. of how steel can be strength
ened by. alloys and h~eat-treating is
fascinating and the results are trulv
marvellous. The making of the higher
grades of steel, such as we use in
~Studebaker cars, has been revolution
lied, and in no other branch is it SO
evident as in the motor car industry.
The m~etallurgist, of whom little is
said these days, has been quite as
great an influence as the designer, for
upon him the inventor has depended
for steels to meet the unusual
stresses and strains of the sturdy.
lightweight automobile. The heart
treatment of the steels used in the
manufacture of Studebaker cars re-
quires scientific accuracy. An inspec-
tor at a .pyrometer, or heat-gauge,
watches the temperature of ali the
furnaces. signaling to the furnace
tender when a change is noticeable.
There a be no mistakes working by
this method, for with the pyrometer
heat a now be applied and measured
with the most minute accuracy. Be-
fore heat-treating, a certain steel of
specifications has an
elastic limit Of $4,000 pounds. After
the heat-treatment and it has been
quenched in oil, it's elastic limit is
10000 pounds. So, by this method
alone, it's strength is practically half
again greater"
Harold Peck tells some verv inter-
esting things in connection with his
recent trip to Akron, Ohio, where he
spent three weeks learning all the
new methods of tire repairing under
the direction of Mr.. Fitzharris. CON
sidered the best rubber repair ma in
the United States. Akron is indeed a
tire city. iSnce the rubeer Industry
reached such enormous proportions
Akron has grown from a country
town to a metropolitan city and has
$4,000 people employed in the
rubber industry alone. Mr.. Peck Wis
tied the Firestone, Goodyear, Good
rich and Miller plants, but spent the
major portion of his time ct the Fire
stone plant. $4,000 castings per day
are turned out besides a large number
of tubes, solid tires, rubber boots,
overshoes and a lot of other rubber
goods. In the Firestone plant all the
fabric is tested under a high power
electric light by experts before it is
put into the castings and if it does
not come up to standard it is thrown
out. Everything is inspected and
tested at every process of manufac-
ture, an Inspector having charge of
three machines, each Of which are
operated by three men. A remarkable
fact about the fabric is that a piece.
six inches square will Withstand the
walnut IF q oopop1ota EorJ -