Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-02-21
Chamber of Commerce in Lon

They are OF uniform color and !
resemble hearses, the Engiishman
asserts. American engineers also
overpowr their cars ard the gas
oline consumption is therefore
too great, it is said.
Compared to a standard Eng
lish-built roadster a small two
passenger American car is large,
rommy and imposing. Perfect
roads make it possible for Eng
lish cars to be built with scant
clearance between the Gust pan
and the road. The few inches
saved in this way answer to re-
duce size apprcciably.
tiEglishmen insist that tic Am
erican cars are unwieldy as we'll
as ugly and expensive to operate.
Contempt for "Yankee-made' al
tomobiles is often expressed, but
according to the American Cham
Der, yankee manufacturers"
need not worry. Fer all their
objections TO American bodies
and motors the English arc stead
lily becoming better customers of
American show rooms.
The new United States tariff
provides a 33 Is per cent tar
if on British cars. This is III
the nature of 'reciprocal' move,
il has been explained and when
England reduces the tariff on au-
tomobiles, the American barrier
will he correspondingly lowered.
Even q small reduction in Chr
tariff against American made
ears would be fatal to the Eng
lish manufacturers. Except III
tho matter Of appearance, Amer
lean builders ar now putting ST.
perior cars On the English mark
ct at figure local factories can
not approach.
The English public is being
educated to sec the worth OF
American built mechanism I'M
der the drab black Of the ton
|ncau. More and more they arc
accepting The fact that in III"
cheap car line, their cousin
acroes the sea arc far superior
to brothers at home.
Automobile manufacturers her
recognize the urgency Of the mai
ter and have made tentative Ct
forts to effect an increase Of the
+ tariff. Such moves have been
Immediately walloped out Of sight
by the public, which figures the
home dealers are making too
much anyhow.
12- ZR-1
Philadelphia, Feb. 2l-The HR
1, Uncle Sans new airship is
nearing completion at the Leaguo
Island Naval Aircraft Factory
and viii take the air about Sep
tember ].
The ship may revolutionize the
constitution Of Lighter than air
crafts. The girder work is made
from new alloy, known as
"duralumiul," This metal Is
slightly heavier tina naluminum
and pos sesscs the tensile strength
Of steel.
"Duralumium" is expected to
eliminate the danger of buclsline
OF the hull, a contributing cause
of many air disasters, and the
use of helium, non-inflamablc
gas, will safeguard against ex-
plcsions.
The Fri will measure $50
feet in length, with a diameter of
IS feet and a total capacity Of
2,150,O00 cubic feet. 1t will be
equipped with motors Of original
design, as well as controls for
the operating system evolved by
naval aeronautical engineers.
The flying weight Of the huge
ship will be $4,000 pounds, whicf
in addition to the craft embraces
the fuel cargo, crew of 28, pro
visions and water.
A maximum speed Of IS miles
an hour, with cruising speed
of so miles an hour, is predicted
by the construction engineers.
The cruising radius Of M FRI
on its fuel capacity of as tanks
each holding 1l3 gallons, viii be
sufficient for a $500 mile trip.
The ship, with six powerful mo-
tors totaling 20l0 horsepower,
will be able to stay in the air at
least IS hours.
Each of the six $40 horsepow-
or motors will be contained in an
inclosed car, and connected to the
ship by runways to allow the
mechanicians to move back and
forth between the control room.
living quarters and engine room.
Living quarters will be bdilt
along the keel inside the main
bag. while a ladder or climbing