Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-07
engineers STANDARDIZE CARS
TONCREASE WAR EFFICIENCY

standards OF practise. The reports
Of these divisions then are discussed
and passed upon by the committee
as q whole and are either referred
back to the division for further wrk
or are adopted for submission to the
entire membership the society.
Upon adoption by the society, the
standards become the recommended
practise Of the industry. The two or
three-day meeting Of the standards
committee then often represents
months Of work by divisions.
Perhaps in no better way can the
broadened scope o. the standards
committee work and its supremely i'm
pertant military bearing be brought
out then by q short synopsis Of the
aviation standards adopted. These
were incorporated In the report Of the
aeronautic division under the chair
manship Of Charles n. Manley Of the
Curtiss company and presented by
Fred Duisenberg racer and now build
ing engines for airplanes and sub
marine destroyers.
Previous standards for many fea
lures of motor carr and trucks proved
to be equally good practise for ma.
Of standards for tn rapid production
Of marine engines for scout boats,
submarine chasers and similar YES
sells wanted 50 quickly and in such
large numbers was facilitated grea-
~. The recommendations of the ma
rine division, new and most impor
tant one at this time, were accepted
by the committee as a whole.
Nose important from q military
standpoint was the report Of K. w
Zimmerschied, past chairman Of the
standards committee and metallurgist
for General Motors. Corp, on the work
of the tire and rim division. He an.
nunced the Standardization OF demoun.
table solid tire and rim equipment for
military trucks and the fact that these
later probably win be adopted for com
mercial vehicles.
interchangeable Tires Needed
To show how Important this is, II
may be pointed out that when the
first lots Of trucks went to the Mexi'
can border Il was impossible in most
cases 70 use on any other make the
tires for one make Of truck. With
the standard specifications It win be
possible to use any make Of tire on
any wheels. The division suggested
special designs which make the wedge
rings and side flanges much more
simple than those proposed by the
quartermaster's department. A single
type of wedge ring win serve for all
single and dual tires, no matter what
width. Similarly, the center and side
rings are reduced to q single type, the
latter Of which can be used for single
or dual tires. .s-
One Of the features In which the
work Of the Society Of Automotive
Engineers is of greatest Importance
to the nation as a whole is in its
Standardization Of tractors, both for
agricultural purposes and for direct
military service. It Is particularly
IN the farm tractors that its national
importance Is felt at this time. The
need of greatly increased production
by the farms so that America may
not only feed. itself but its allies has
made the farm tractor an implement
Of prime importance to the nation.
Consequently. It was expected that
the recommendations Of the tractor
division Of the standards committee
at this meeting would be of greater
Developments Of more I'M.
mediate importance, however. made
Il necessary for this report to be
withheld temporarily Just what these
were It Is not permitted
to state. but their trend may be gained
from the fact that it Is q result Of q
cable message sent q few days ago by
the society to the Institution Of Auto.
mobile Engineers IN England and to-
the Automobile CluD OF France. offer
Ing assistance by way o Tractor In
formation in connection with the food
problem. s.
Perhaps the one division which has
accomplished the most important
work for America In its prosecution
81 the war, because IL Ii the one
which up to this time has had the
greatest opportunity, is the truck
standards division. The standard
specifications for the / IL and 3-ton
military trucks, which were prepared
BY the A. e., were adopted by the
general Of the army
ana based upon winch thousands Of
trnnke xSSfll rnor ho nrdorad These