The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-16
HEARD ABOUT AUTOMOBILES HERE AND THERE

able speed range, from slow to plenty fast enough for anyone. It gets away so smoothly and picks up so rapidly that it is a pleasure to drive. It can climb any hill up which a man can walk. In the main, it is a reliable piece of meenan- ism. It has fewer working parts than the gasoline propelled vehicle. The old troubles with the water supply, which spoiled so many pleasant afternoons, have been almost entirely eliminated. But the internals of the steam car has many pipes, valves, joints, connections, etc. that mean the repair shop in case | of accident The old slam that one must be plumber to care properly TOT steam car, still holds some force.
 However we may sum up the virtues or the modern steam car by granting II maximum flexibility, great torque or turning effort at low speed. quiet opef- ation simplicity of control, great power ! for a given weight, almost entire ap- l sence of vibration and elimination of 3 great number of parts as compared "ien the gas car
 ANALYSIS OF STEAMER Y When we come to ana1yze the steamer we find that it consists essentially or boiler for nOlQlnS WdlGf With SCANS of heater under the boiler for turnlns the water into steam. In the present tvpes the exhaust steam is passed through a conventional type Of raala.ol' where 1t is condensed back into waee. The single control needed IS one wniSa .I sends the steam into the eng1ne eiu'on gear transmission. etc. are all e. ... asta5 There is no need for starting device, as every steamer is sell-s'a' 'e in it's inherent nature.
 THE DOBLE
 Tn the Doble an electric igniuon ue vice fires the heater under the po,iea There is no pilot light. It taxes on-y t,. few seconds to generate steam when .h' vahicle is ready to start The eh.ii oneration takes no longer than tuIh.,i over the gasoline engine by means ol .il starter Replenishment of the "a.e | snnnly is necessary only once III any where from 200 to 2ooo miles or runhlis 2 2 in other words, the trouble IS ho :, l than the gasoline mo1oris' ady,n filling his fuel tank As mai auN Nat tage we may mention the fact that kero ssne is the commonly used fuel in steam are and gives from F to 10 miles to V saI1on just about halving the expense onerating a gas car in this respect
 THE STANLEY
 rho nresent-day Stanley steamer en thoaias A fire tube boiler of conventions design of the water level varle.y' na ,, inp q kerosene burner below IL 1n main water supply is carried under tn drivers seat, ~aere there IS iocA'ea reservoir. Pumps and aueoiha.c ". trols are fitted to keep the water IVY at inc proper point. When the engn ;s onerating. the fall of the water peio pertain point opens cock in the W. tar line and permits more or the hqu' to be pumped into the boiler. " nen .l water level reaches another point '. '. valves automatically close, prevenuns u entrance of more water. All tnis IS a' tomatic and the driver never mas eo s ~ thought to this phase of his engine operation.
 The cneration of the heating unlt
 also largely automatic. When the pre- sure within the boiler falls below ce
 tain point, valves located in the 1uei lu are opened and more kerosene IS pc
 mitted to flow into the burner. n U same way when the pressure reaches
 certain high point, the waves cios stopping further flow of fuel until II
 boiler has consumed part Of the pow in the steam already generated F
 heating unit embodies main burn' fand this is in operation only part of U
 time. Wher the car is not consumi'
 power as when stopping coasting s- running slowly, the main burner h5 sh'
 off and the auxiliary burners only
 employed
 PROTECTED FROM FIRE
 A small safety pilot light is employt in connection with the main burner
 the heating unit. This little light Is s
 ing all the time that the car is in III
 and is carefully protected against da
 ger of fire. Any time that running co
 ditions demand the use of the ma
 burner. the pilot light Is ready to sta
 1t going.