The New York herald., 1921-09-18
LOW PRICED STEAM
CAR FOR NEW YORK
Car in $1,000 Glass Will Soon
Make It's Appearance on
Broadway.

America has at last produced tse first
low priced steam automobile ever man
ufactured for general use. Word was
received in New York yesterday that
the Coats Steamer, the first steam car
produced in the $1,000 class. will make
Its appearance in this city in about three
weeks time
The car is being built by the Coats
Steamers. Inc, of Indianapolis. George
G. Rowland is president Of the corpora
tion back of this new departure. Engi-
neers who have studied the development
of gasolene and steam automobiles for
the past two decades declare that the
simplicity. the low operating costg and
the undeniable power of a practical
steam car in the low priced class VIII
popularize the steam driven engine be-
cause the complexities and faults Of
earlier steamers have at last been over
come.
The Coats Steamer will appeal espe-
cially to women, as 1t has no gears to
shift and no carbon to burn out OF the
engine. There Is no speed pedal to
operate. complete control being effected
by a throttle lever and brake 1t pro-
duces no noise while running because OF
the lack OF vibration and it can easily
climb hills, starting from dead stop at
any point in the grade. The Coats
Steamer is car that any one familiar
with driving gns car can operate at
once.
The car has the appearance OF gaso-
!ene automobile of the latest model A
foot brake and a shut off pedal occupy
the usual positions on the floor, while a
gear lever similar in appearance to
those In use on gasolene cars Is placed
as It would be for q gesolene engine.
There are electric headlights. The rear
axle Is the same as those in ordinary
use. Tho radiator" which In this car
is the condenser, Is nevertheless TO all
appearances a radiator. A boiler oc.
oupies the position just behind the radi-
ator, and Immediately behind the boiler
under the drivers feet Is the engine.
1t is only in these units that tho car Is
different from the standardized gasolene
cars.
To start the Coats Steamer the driver
turns the switch on the dash. The au-
tomato and foolproof devices with which
the machine Is equipped do all the rest.
The switch starts a fan and pump.
The fan forces air through the firebox
and the automatic jet at the top OF the
firebox sprays kerosene in quantities
exactly suited to the amount of air that
enters. This insures perfect combustion.
The kerosene as 1t enters is sprayed past
a spark plug which automatically ignites
IT, making the old and Objectionable
pilot light" a thing of the past. All
Are Is absolutely enclosed and has no
connection with outside air.
The engine itself is light. small and
powerful. Tested as gasolene engine
would be tested it produces over flfty
horse power, yet it swings no fly wheel
and carries less than twenty moving
parts. There are, no spark plugs in the
cylinders. no carbon to foul the oil and
wear out the cylinder walls and pistons.
The pistons themselves are fitted with
three rings each which seems to offer
A factor OF safety far beyond anything
that is usual.
The Coats Steamer is Of medium size
and weight The wheel base Is 112
inches, the weight 1880 pounds.
New York offices have been opened by
the Allen-Powers Company, Inc, at 244
Madison avenue. where any information
desired will be cheerfully furnished by
the officers of the company. The officers
of the New York company are h. A.
shiverlck. president; Frank Eros, vice
president. and Henry G. Emmet, Jr.,
secretary.