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New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Oil Turbine
A New Drive
For Motor Cars
Radcliffe Brings Out Elem.n,
That Eliminates Gear
Shifting

There was on display at the ant.
mobile show device called tu,h;s.
transmission which introduced
driving element into motor -,
struction. Although il accomn,;,,-
certain objects that gearless tran,n;.
sions do. it does not eliminat. -.
transmission. 1t replaces the es,..s 80
rather than supplants the gear ho~
and reduces car to two-speed ana
reverse proposition. in which the Inv
speed is infrcquentiy used
c. r. Radcliffe is the inventor u.
whom the drive is named. In III. A.
vice the impeller of centrifugal pnn,
is made integral with onc-half Of II.
casing, which replaces the ord;n.,,
clutch and fywheels. a turbine rr.
ncr is mounted on shaft, 50 that .hs
exit from the impeller discharges n,
rectly into it. The exit from the run.
ner discharges directly back into sbs
"eye" Of the pumping member. Their.
is cover, the other half Of the casino
which when bolted to the other hal,
makes an oil-tight arrangement. n.
shaft carrying the runner is connected
through a universal with the propele,
shaft of the car. The whole acts as
fywheel.
Oil is placed ul-the casing, and whsu
the engine starts energy is impaired
to the oil by the vanes in the pump i'm.
peller. This oil is forced into the run.
ner. BY impact on It's blades, this In
turn causes the propeller shaft to turn.
with the increase in speed of rotation
OF the lmpeller, the speed of transmis.
sion is increased.
All that is necessary to drive a rar
so equipped is to press the accelerator
to start and to apply the brake to stop.
This was demonstrated to the auto.
mobile editor by Mr.. Radcliffe. MANN.
ulation of the throttle, without ii.
changing of gears, is all that is needed
to manage the car. II makes car 50
equipped an extremely easy thing 70,
even a complete novice to learn 10
handle. On an up grade the car was
! stopped dead, and without any brak.
ing began to roll backward downhi.
The throttle was opened while the car
was still moving backward. The car
came to stop, and then began to move
ahead without jerk or Jar
Mr.. Radcliffe has driven the six.cyl.
inder Studebaker 10 which the device
! IS attached with two spark plugs re-.
moved. The claim is made that no
bucking could be felt whether the car
was moving fast or slow
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Future Needs of the Sa/0,,

w we may DC permitted accused
'na the Automobile Salon year poorly and ;nsd
'eS eupporIed ny Its members adve
ol 1he announcement of the ITSELF to which of ro
aS "hoe contributed the White Company was tho on
oo 10 use any considerable of
me tendency the seemed be o thrive a ~
}o I eNhlfton through the made bv some
.'e ns Is all wrong the Sa1on bonas H. -
WI" nave 10 be greater publicity directed to i;
SNu part OF the national shows is +he or
done annually
f lhe public cannot help impressed by the ,ou
49, announcements But big show there is tendency
se' oy on the strength of are doing to draw ~
sort OF bird that LEAVING an eor M
0"e ohr nrd having first thrust of it the 1eeitm.
owners of the nest The left to be Matched M 49, f
~ o eoehg TO be led by hen parent tho +
p ieaShg' with complete Indifference, welfare c;.
e are 100 many in the motor industry of the cuckoo t
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
''Bie Show" Cars and
Chassis Get to
Philadelphia

The Philadelphia automobile show
follows right on the heels Of the ma.
tional show in New York. and therefor
many of the exhibitors in the Quaker
City. although theirs is a dealers
exhibition, get New York show cars to
display. Of about sixty different makes
at the Philadelphia show, for instance,
stripped chasses that had done dutyin
New York were to be found in the Lib.
erty, Nash, Oakland, Buick, STANLEY,
Paige-Detroit and Oldsmobile spaces
The red Nelie sport model that was at
the New York show; the Winton, with
a special. bevel edged body: the Paige
Detroit, with disk wheels, and the Aur-
ray and Biddle nickel plated" cars
that were at the salon also were on dis
play IN Quakertown. There were also
service flags in number of spaces.
Last year the Philadelphia show mar
agement hired the Commercial Museum
building on four-year arrangement
and proceeded to hold its show there.
m. This year the government took the
building, SO there came rear being no
show. Rodman Wanamaker, however,
let the show people have the use Of the
W anamaker garage, rent and heat free
and saved the show. The show manage
ment having decided to give out no free
admission tickets, no such tickets were
received by any newspaper in Phadel-
phla, not even Mr.. Wanamaker's Owl
Evening Telegraph" and "Phi.adephla
Press
The show management in Philadel.
phla rules how many cars may De
shown IN each space and specifies the
arrangement thereof. 1t Is quite a IT.
tie proprietary affair.
The show was held in three large
rooms, the Red, the White and the Blue
rooms. respectively. A band in each
room played afternoon and evening
inns idea of music at d motor car show
IS debatable question We saw one
lady, standing with her husband and
listening to a salesman's siren talk, BE-
GIN struggling her shoulders and tap
ping with her feet when the band 10
the Blue Room began "jazz" tuns
Also. when close to the music it is hard
Ior the salesman to get his story owe!
The exhibition was well attended y
people who showed respectable interA
IN cars in general. The Stanley stesnr
er drew crowd all the time to llsts'
TO Spencer Cranes selling talk. just o.
was the case in New York. The neS
Studebakers, the Little Overland chs''
SIS and the Holmes car all got atteu'
ton. Just as they did in New York lss
Holmes was In the Philadelphia shos'
In New York it was displayed in pr,
xate salesroom near the Grand Centrs'
Palace.
The Winton had fountain illuni.
mated by electricity, and the Peerless
and Packard had tables set IN the cen,
ire of their spaces. They were the bes'
looking display spaces of the show.
{. Z. T. 5,
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Passenger Car Men
In Motor Truck Field

Inc Whiting Motor Company. wh'es
mas Tor many years been prominent y
me passenger car field III distribu,ihs
Mercer cars III this territory, hs'
closed contract with the lnterns
'ional Harvester Company OF Amer,e'
as distributors of the full line OF "
'ernatlonal motor trucks in the nlelIu
poilcan territory. The Whiting cor. es,
pahy VIII continue to represent 'n'
Mercer as heretofore.
For the last nine years the l.. H.. =,
mas peen manufacturing and marke'in1
line OF motor trucks which are ssls u
10 nave gwen the same general ~
around satisfaction as have the se
cultural machinery of their manulas.,
Vre. NO aggressive attempt to inte,sss
the truck buying market of New loIs
and vicinity has been made in the pa
because they did not have conlpls~
line OF trucks. Now that they are y,
pared tc meet the requirements Of ms,
ropolltan buyers they have sougns. - -
outlet and have selected the Whu'ss
Motor Company as their repre- sentass..ss.s' ~
me full line includes trucks az ~
following load capacity: Three-qrarsa'
ton, one ton. one and half tons On, en-,
two tons. with seven different lsns'A'
OF wheebase.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Eight Rules for
Saving Gasolene

No matter what The car, or
what its size, the driver can save
gasolenc if he will follow the SIM
pie suggestions made by a Cadil-
lac engineer. Most of them are a
matter of handling the car. Hero
they are-eight Of them:
Carburetor adjustment is of
prime Importance. A mixture that
is too rich or too lean will cause
moro gaso]ene to be used in per-
forming d given amount Of labor
than a correct mixture. But don't
attempt to adjust your carburctor
unless you know how.
Most cars have what may be
termed an economical speed. 1t
ranges from twelve to twenty
miles per hour. When YOU get
above that speed the amount Of
gas used per mile increases.
Anticipate slowing up and stops.
Close the throttle and disengage
the clutch far enough ahead of the
place you want to stop so that
very little use of the brake will be
necessary. Whenever you use the
brakes you destroy momentum
that has required gasolone TO Gre
ate.
Accelerate gradually. 1t takes
less gas to do that than to reach
fast gait quickly.
Whenever you allow the engine
to run with the car standinp
you are using up gas that doesn't
2ake any showing on your odom-
eter.
See that the brakes are proper
ly adjusted. Tight brakes cause
friction and friction takes power
and hence gasolene, to overcome
Good lubricating oil is also es.
sentlal to gasolene economy.
Finally. tires should be properly
inflated. Soft tires drag and re-
qulre more power to propel the
car than tires containing correct
air pressure.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

Experiment has demonstrated that 81
sand-clay surface is best adapted to The
needs OF these states, and hence this
type OF road improvement has found
most favor with the highway engineers
III that region. Both CLAW and sand arc
present in abundance through m.n,.
sections Of the South, and hence the
process of mixing them together in
proper proportions and spreading The
resulting mixture OH the road surface
pense. '-'u ''
thus it is that sand-c1ay roads will
be found in practically uninterr,,nted " e,i I'd
continuity throughout the greater nart
OF the route from Washington to Florida
~ course. occasional stretches of un-
improved clay or sand roads will he IN
countered, notably the short but ~
ceedlngly rough stretch between 40
newvl!ie and Dumfries, on the road
IRON Washington to fredericksburg as
well as several poor stretches of dirt
jacksonville anu
Macadam is conspicuous bv its .h.
sence in all Of the Southern States hnt
occasional short sections of ROAD viii vul
be encountered which have been i'm. n.
proved IN this manner. One tjye-m;lc
stretch of it is found leading sonth
rom Clarksville, Va, to the North
Carolina state line. and other short
sections in the vicinity of Pinehurst
ana Augusta, but in general the rela-
!lVely nigh cost of this form of road
Improvement has ef1ectually prevented
''S extensive adoption in that region.
Natural Gravel for Roads
Natural gravel is found in soma
placcs along this main highway ane
mas been accordingly made use of tc
some extent for road surfacing. Like
SAND clay. this type of surface is pas
sa3le even IN very wet weather pro
t,oea theTe IS proper drainage. The
twenty-mlle stretch of road from
Richmond to Petersburg is included ir
TINS class, but unfortunately it has NOT
oeeh repaired to any extent for sew.
efal wears and is very rough through.
out, though passable at ali times.
once at Jacksonville, the motto,
tourists troubles are practically over
as he VIII find an excellent hard brick
road all the way to st. Augustine. with
snell ana coqulna rock roads through.
out most of the balance from that point
TO Palm Beach and Miami.
W course, it is assumed that the
conditions above described apnlv onl,
IN normal weather. A long hard rain
or heavy fall Of snow will at any time
make difficulties. but barring such the
intending tourist need have no hcsita.
ton IN setting forth, provided that his
car is properly equipped with chains
al; ana tow-rope to guard against con
Motorists are invited to call at tho
othces OF the American Automobile AS.
soclatlon. 5Ol Fifth Avenue, where .thev
may at any time have access to reports
! on road conditiona in the &outh
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Rubber Industry Acts
With the Government

The Rubber Association of America
has appointed war service commit
tee. representing the entire rubber in
dustry, made up of the following:
Chairman, B. G. Work. president 3. +,
Goodrich Company; H. S. Firestone
president Firestone Tire and Rubber
Company; James N. Gum, president
United States Tire Company: G.. 3,
Hodgman, president Hodgman Rubber
Company, and =. ". Litchfeld, vice
president Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company.
Sub committees will be formed rep.
resentlng these branches and problems
IN the Industry: Pneumatic tires solid
tires, mechanical goods. medical rubber
goods, boots and shoes, aircraft gas
defence. reclaimed rubber, hard rubber
goods, crude rubber and kindred prod
ucts, foreign trade, supplies, statistics
and reports.
1he objects of the committees will
be to bring about cooperation within
the rubber industry and between the
industry and the government on these
points:
ID To act as point of contact be.
tween the rubber industry and the GOV.
.ernment.
~ 10 assist the government in sup
Nylng information as to the capacity
OF the industry to serve the needs OF
the government in carrying on the
war.
(3) To. supply statistics of all kinds
regarding rubber.
(4) To cooperate III the standardiza
ton of specifications and products fol
government use.
(5> To assist in the efficient and
speedy production of the government
requirements.
60 To put before the government the
needs of the industry at all times.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
inc coal Order and the Motor Trade

~ car 'raoe IN general respecting order Of be f, ~
with rs I ~ ns service stations for the fvday period which d
WIN tuesday evening This really means avng oa ~ $780, c ehas
w s ol service stations started with Friday last saurd
nail day thew .1,
day The operation keeps the stations % 0so on Sun
Tuesday. ~ ''' N'ooeo tomorrow
wiz e seaeraly kept shut Mondays-that ,f +ho
|ano' oe kept open without
nave some neat to prevent pipes frcez;nc owl X
make sprinkler case of fire s ana 10
The Immediate tendency the part of tho motor .o
wiz" he government although business been 50 od ~
and service 7 w N'>e up 'helr stores
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Calcium Chloride
Fails as Non-F Freeze
Radiator Mixture
Tests Show That Corrosion
Follows Its Use in Cool,
ing System

1t appears reasonably certain. that
tila department was in error in recon-
mendlng to automoblists among anti
freeze mixtures the use of calcium
chloride. William l.. Osterhovt q mo-
chanlcal engineer of this city. reporte d
u Inc Tribune that he found this
chemical set up an clectrolytic action
which damaged the radiator. 1t WAS our
impression that this was possibly be-
cause the stuff he used was NOT tho
chem'caIly pure calcium schloride.
Others to whom the matter was 70.
tered thought the trouble arose be-
cause of using the commercial calcium
Chloride
a recent letter from Mr.. Osterhout
reads:
Your reply to my letter of sew.
efal weeks ago, advising that
chemically pure calcium chlor;do
must be used in making IN non.
Ireezlng solution for auto radia-
tors, did not sound quite logical
10 me. so ! made :. few experj-
ments. solution made from so
pSi ceho HolVay calcium chloride
gave weak reaction on the GAL
rahometer, while a solution made
from c. p. calcium Chords oave
much stronger reaction. -, nroy;ne sine
that the electrical action wss
stronger with the c. p. ~
Furthermore, the c. D. carc;un,
ehlorlde IS rather hard to get and
lne price is in the ghborhood
of dollar a pound. ''0''
Inc reason for the weaker action
- due to counter currents set I'M
by the Impurities in the 60 per cent
Holvay calcium chloride, 80 that
lhls solution would really do loss
Harm man the c. p solution. Sixty
per cent Solvay calcium chloride
IS supplied to us for use in our re-
nrlsera'ing machine, and it causes
no trouble there because il comes
Ill contact with nothing but, iron
and rubber. 'o'
:, l,u,rthermore, from Ii Mack, Morse
HALL Cornell University, comes his
communications: '''4'
note with interest your CORE
sspondence with Mr. w. r. Oster-
hout regarding the use Of calcium
chlorlde IN motor radiators. NJ
Osterhout's stand is perfectly cor-
rect-the corrosion is almost on
tlrely due to electrolNtic action
brought about by tho formation nf
a close voltaic cell. having as ;ta
electrodes the copper Of the radia.
tor cells and the solder used in
their construction. ''
The matter of acidlty Of the
calcium chloride solution is of miun,
Importance. The corrosion womld
take place almost as rapidlY even if
the solution vera made perfertlv
neutral to litmus paper. The sams
facts Will hold for solution Of
any inorganic salt The motorist
who wants to protect his radiator
against freezing and against cor.
rosion will Lave to turn tn ia
more expensive organic compounds.
such as alcohol and glycerine,
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Power Losses Come Oftentimes
From Valves That Are Leaky
How to Trace Troubles That Arise From This
Cause and, When Found How to Go
About Curing Them

because if it gets into the cylinder
it will never stop grinding and so Will
damage the engine. Be very careful OF
this particular. Then replace all the
parts and test compression as before
Another source of alive trouble is
push-rod adjustment. There should be
a space Of few thousandths of an inch
between push -od and valve stem. If
the space is too small the valve will
leak compression after it has warmed
and expanded. If the space is too wide
the valve will not stay open as long
as it should. In either case the engine
loses power. Adjuet the valve clear
ance in accordance with the manufact
urer's instructions, and make sure that
the adjustments are properly secured
or they will work loose, causing more
trouble than before.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Hitting qla Twelve
Ay C.E!zfSSharps

NNUALLY and delay automobiles when it
~ the last applying for them. This however, it
looks there would be standing in ne because automobs
taking their licenses numbers advance of February
the day that the license begins
Considerably licenses already have been
taken below these figures being at
this writing than This readily explained because
those resident be
licensed and probably great already registered either
haufeurriven else from without greater New York from
Weshester Suffolk There about 33 900 chaueu
enrolled
The registrations coming indicative that
automobiles. the
Of view of the be taken hopeful
The Secretary 127
Styffth Street Arrangements will be made when the applications
the chaufeur
other making the of the licenses rather simpler 1t to
automobiles they themselves
the the
Otherwise there of
n line hours to ct the
Delays mail year
do personally the automobile bureaus Sufficient
provided by Dr. all
weeks There only effective
February that
is generally understood by dealers.
February is unlikely that this will be done In 1918, because the
renewal cards January time has been given
those who have decided to keep their their plates
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
would Put Alien Enemies at Road Work

N IOWA newspaper makes suggestion that oood +b;,u
with detained dlsloyaliss be them 49, -
ways hey would thus not labor for tboir low e.
"o"u 10 mun needed taking MANY .bo t
oadorkers except convicts tasks and this
mandy way of supplying the Furthermore il does ~
ana enecuVe way OF inerned
Railroad conditions it clear that tho b;cbr,sv ,n
uuy Tor transportation of
ROAD use and
e doubly important, is hord
supply waiting to be tapped Being nterncd oughnt 70 h
w ~ N"'iey q
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Why Not Use an Automobile, Mr.. Mayor?

THE Mayors
getting deal Of attention fac
ties but that his
in The Bronx
easier for get o the job 0 back home nights
The Mayor doesn't
democratic Is he really the the
himself by using automobile?
days work jammed with crowd of folks
whether he
of such travel hardly bring
frame of mind If he like other pushing showing about
be fresh and keen for the quietly
and
10 from his automobile taken without
struggle his Office there fresh and
ready tor whatever to be DONE He the chief
largest city IN the world and paid for
he chances of day. by not maxi
ing of undmocratc
Tor avail himself of him
with least loss OF tmc unrufed and his man can
travel day after day rush hour conditions
lie isn't saving time by using the Brooklyn Transit
really losing it. 1t cases on the Rrook
apd Transit depung subordinate of less value to tho
city, to make the trips every day. - ~
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
lown Car Body Shown
Was of Detachable Type

In connection with tho photograph or
brougham body on Marmon chassis
printed on this page last Sunday at
tentlon should have been called to the
fact that this body is attachable WITH
ont removing the touring body. In
other words, the town car built by the
Gotham Body Company is removable.
The makers say that such bodies can
De al'ached TO practically amy touring
ing body. This has the advantage Of a
ready return To an open car in the sum
mer months, giving two cars for one
chassis, o'e
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Battery Service for
Ever Ready Enlaro.d

Inc American Ever Ready Works
nave appointed the Manhattan Storage
DatleIy company as greater New York
distributors for the Eyereadv storN
aEe battery. The Manhattan comnanv
operates service station at 2O4 West
Seventy-slxth Street, and is appoint
ing service stations in and around New
York City. ave"
A daily collection service for the
handling of repair batteries has been
established.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Chevrolet Moves East

The general Offices of the Chevrole,
Motor Company have been removed te
the building at the southeast corner q,
broadway and Fifty-seventh Street
inns Is a move considerably to the east
ward along Fifty-seventh Street III.
selali saiesrooms will be on the ground
floor Of the Hnlding. 0''''o
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
DO They Mean It's a Jumper?

oO big dictionary at home the first given Of the word
salient s Ieaplng; bounding moving leaps Spc
cicay herpetoogy (cience rpes aaora habitnav
leapng or Jumping, frog
Down in fifth place tho word this
'ut; conspicuous; prominent; striking"
All of which called forth Salient
car on the market 1t the
usually hea 10 DC ITS popular choice DO tho
makers of this regard "saltatoria1, ~ WY
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Significant Sayings

of business men who use SO sacred q
thing as our national patriotism to
push the sale Of their goods.-Richard
II. Scott.
With 100000 motor cars and trucks
available and plans for all lines of
business being based on the use of
motor vehicles, failure to use them in
every possible way would lessen our
efficiency as a naton.--dfred Rcercs.
SO far the war record of the automo.
bile industry is clean and unselfsh.-
Colonel Charles CHfton
l believe that the average mileage of
the tires IN use to-day could be in
creased 25 per cent if the tires were
used with proper care.-L. G. RocIhiW
Our job is to shorten tho distance be.
tween business places:~~EE T.,Strong.
In the history of the world no great
industry has suddenly reached the
saturation point and Immediately col.
lapsed. 8. FISH,
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Items Of the Trade.
Local and Fore;,n

Samuel S. Toback. a well-known fig
ure in metropolitan selling. is now
general manager. of the Redden Motor
Truck Company, Of Chicago, and is
resident there. Toback was at one
time Hudson distributor in New York
ne subsequently handled the King and
then the Daniels car.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

:. The Oldsmobile Company, of New
I ork. is at 100 West Sixty-fourth
Street, having removed from the sales
rooms IN West Fifty-eighth Street.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

The Jordan Motor Car Company. of
Cleveland, reports 4 net profit of $50
ooc TOR the quarter ended January |.
lar ear and parts sales amounted to $780,
ooo IN that period. it is stated.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

A fire in the Industrial Building al
Indianapolis last Sunday destroyed 500
finished Empire automobiles, which
were fully insured. The warehouse
burned is five blocks from the factory
and production was in no way inter
fered with, it is announced,
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

j. {. Matlack, president, and J. y
Linerd, sales manager, OF the Globe
Rubber Tire Manufacturing Company.
say that when operations are resumed
at trenton following the factory Law
off required by the fuel adn;,';ss ,as
TRAITOR, capacity will have hean =,
creased 90 per cent. an increase called
for by bigger business signed up
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

10 conserve materials needed for
war purposes the Republic Rubber
Company, of Youngstown, announces
that after February / it will djscon-
tnue making a number of brands of
mechanical goods in which it believes
there Is an extravagant use of cotton
duck
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-11-23

College and University Girls to Knit.
The Student Government Associa-