The Washington herald., 1922-07-09
AUTOMOBILE MAN
TELLS MOTOR CLASS
OF SCHOOL BENEFIT
Discusses Advantages At
forded Young Men
BY Y. M. C. Al.

heht ueaier OF this city, ana = MEM
ber Of the Advisory Council OF the
school, discussed the advantages ac-
cruing from the establishment of
such a course as the Y. M. c. A.
Automotive School had Instituted.
There is not q bigger or a better
calling for anyone" declared Mr..
Warrington. than to take up au-
tomotive activity as a life's work,
irrespective of age, In this great
country of ours. There IL no larger
neld In business life. However"
continued the speaker. I'VE have
suffered In the past from the abb
sence of Just such schools as this
one. to teach the fundamentals of
the internal combustion motor, and
the theory of Its construction. You
must have the fundamentals, and
here In the Y. NJ. c. A. Automotive
School you have will learn those
fundamentals that will give you the
advantage over men who have not
taken this course. The growth Of
automotive schools In the United
states is evidence of the fact that
educators realize the need that has
arisen. The public at large have
also realized that they need this
instruction. judging from the large
numbers who have attended auto
motive schook."
In opening his address Mr.. War
rington declared: There sis not q
greater factor in human life today
than the internal combustion motor.
1t is a new thing. just in its in
fancy"
Referring to the various types of
motors. the speaker continued: You
remember the time when q car
making fifty or a hundred miles
without stopping for mechanical
troubles was a wonderful car. It
was in those days a two days trip
by motor from Washington to Bal
timore. In fact. an automobile was
considered to give a wonderful DEM
onstration IL 1t could make that trip
in two days. Now two or three
trips a day between these neighbor-
ing cites is considered nothing out
of the ordinary. And we have at
tained only the first stages Of our
development along this line.
The development of the motor
itself is only in its infancy. The, in
| PRODUCTION of the high tension mag
| troubles. and being perfected to the
point that II has. as well as the
battery system. and the outgrowth
| of the magnetic with Its advantages,
have all marked an important ad-
| vance.
I'VE are not In a position to in
crease the efaciency> of the gas
motors with the present methods of
| vaporization. We are seeking a
method known as lightning fuel
and by other names. which is only
a side-track to the real issue
while the chemists endeavor to
bring the refining of the gas to a
more laudable condition. But II the
use of motor vehicles, marine. sta
tionary engines. aeroplanes, ETC.,
continues to increase. the natural
resources of the country will not be
able to supply the fuel to run these
motors. And therefore we must 60
into a point of efficiency.
TN January. 1919. the engineer
was confronted with doing two
things with the motor. increasing
either the volatile strength Of the
fuel we are using. or the efficiency
of the motor. After q few tests II
was found that the motors Of today
and Of yesterday could be used and
run with a low grade of fuel. and
provided we made certain changes
in our motors. These changes were
not elaborate. The engineer started
In with the reduction of water jack
cts around the cylinders. maintain
ing higher temperature, and the
Improvement of preheating gas. 1t
has been found through the ampli-
fication of these changes that the
motors of today can be. reached on
the same basis Of eficiency with
the lower specific gravity fuel: all
of which tends to neutralize and
equalize a condition as to the source
of supply.
1--WE could not continue building
these cars, trucks, tractors. aero
planes. etc. IL We did not have the
fuel to run them with. There Is
great argument today as to whether
or not our source OF supply Is not
going to run out..o However, cars
are being run today not very far
from here on alcohol, with no
changes. or but few. in the car. 9TH
er than minor adjustment. Cuba
today is using approximately so per
cent of the fuel for the propulsion
Of automobiles and trucks in alco-
hol. A very decided factor is the
price. The price OF gasoline or the
derivative is approximately 100 per
cent Now that comes about nat
urally through the importation Of
gas as compared with the natural
accumulation of alcohol. These fac
tors will percolate from time to time
into different sections of the coun-
try, and the ultimate result will be
that four vehicles will be run other
than with gasoline, provided we
MY prediction is that the present
day motor is only in the first phase
of development, and that in ten
years from now we will use the type
of motor that you have all heard OF
the Desile motor, using crude
motor oil. Experiments are now
being made withsthe Desile motor in
an automobile, and Its efficiency Is
anywhere from 81 to 40 per cent in
excess of any similar type. with the
same number, OF cylinders Of a
motor using gasoline.
MANY of the big men in the auto
mobile field today are no different
this Y. NJ c. A. school. They ap-
piled themselves. and have given to
society the greatest factor In our
economic lives. Locally, the auto
mobile field Is a very prosperous
one. Our conditions here In wash
ington for the use of automotiye
equipment Of all kinds Is better
than that Of most other cities. The
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naturally conducive to the use Of