TITE SUNDAY OREGOMAX. PORTLAND. APRIL 7, 1912.
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REX-TIGARDVILLE
ACTIVE CAMPAIGN STARTED TO COLLECT MONEY NECESSAEY TO COMPLETE IMPROVEMENT OF REX-TIGARDVILLE ROAD.
"Remy Magneto :- 'Service "
AVE HAVE A FACTORY EXPERT
IF YOU OWN A REMY COME
Archer & Wiggins Company
. Oak Street, Corner Sixth
Purveyors of Auto and Sporting Goods
Riggs Will Wage Lively War to
Abolish Disgraceful Stretch
of Road.
CAMPAIGN
OPENED
$9255 IS STILL NEEDED
ImproTrmriit of hhort Piece ot Hlt
war Will Afford IHrert Route
BrtHrrn Portland and
mUrj Towns
With man at tha halm who ara ba
in aporrad on by an antbualaarn that
praaagta aueccaa. tha new campaign
for aubarrlptlona to the Rrx-Tlftard-llla
road fund promla.a to ba on of
cha ahorteat and mod effective efforts
that has been made In behalf of tha
movement for better highways in Ore
gon. Frank C. Rig, prealdent of tha Ro
tarr Gab and ona of the atate'n moat
aetiva arood roada advocate, will have
direct charge of the campaign. Mr.
Rfara haa been elected to the board of
governora of tha Yamhill Commercial
and Auto Clubs' Good Roada Associa
tion, which organization haa fathered
tha mora for a new road between Res
and Ttgardrllle.
Estimates made after a thorough In
vestigation place the cost of the work
l approximately tK.Onn. It la figured
that the eight miles of highway can be
turned from a treacherous mud and
dust hols Into a fine nine-foot mac
adam road for that amount. There al
ready haa been subscribed J5SS4 50 and
tlJ.S.sa haa been collected and spent.
It now remalna for General Rlggs and
Ms lieutenants to collect I1J.S2I..'.0,
S'StO of which has been aubscribed.
Rlgga Sarrveda Wagaroaer.
In taking- up the active direction of
the subscription campAign Mr. . Rigga
relieves George E. Waggoner, president
of the association, of thla work. Mr.
Waggoner has handled the work sin
it was started and It waa largely
through his atlort and those of J. t
.Mnsworth. president of .the I'nlted,
states National Bank, that tha USSt.iO
- aa subscribed. -
Aa a starter. Manager Rlggs haa pre
pared a statement that will be mailed
to ail motorists and bualness men. Con
tained In the circular are the following1
statements.
"The flex-Tlgardvllle road is an
eight-mile stretch of Impossible and
almost Impassable road forming the
main gateway to Tamhlll County and
the Willamette Valley via the west side
read to Salem. This road Is located on
tha edge of Washington county.
ew Real Betas; Ballt.
"The roads from Portland to the
Washington County line are finely Im
proved. Portland now la spending
thousanda of dollars In cutting a new
boulevard on the side of the hills.
which will connect. with the already
Improved road to the county line, mak
Ing one of the finest drives In tha
world.
"The roads In Tamhill county beyond
the miserable highway In question are
well Improved and passable at any
time of the year. This abort stretch
makes them Inaccessible from Port
land, except for a few months In the
Summer, when the Rex-Tlgard vllle
section Is so dusty aa to make It a
disagreeable feature of an otherwise
ples.'anl trip.
"Washington County cannot be ex
pected to Improve this road, which
leada to none of ita towns or market
places, but passes through a rough and
thinly-settled section of that county.
The County Court of that county has
made a liberal subscription under the
conditions that exist and may assist
further.- It is a matter -that Interests
Portland more than Washington Coun
ty and Portland muat provide the funds
to complete the work.
44Jt le 9obarrtbed.
"About eight months ago the good
road enthusiasts of Yamhill County or
ganised the Yamhill Commercial and
Auto Clubs' Good Roada Association for
the purpose of assisting Washington
County to grade and rock this road. It
being estimated that JI0 per mile,
or a total of Slt.000. would complete
the work.
"By hard work the following amounts
have been secured by public subscrip
tion: In Portland 4t". .V
In Nherx ....................... lJ.'..to.
In rtirdee
In Ferwoed 4H no
la McMlnartlK. Dayton. Rex OO
Ma
. ... . . . . . . i , . j w.. . i .i.ht mIU. r hail rinff bAtween Ppt and Ti ir aril vi lie. Tt
lap shows direct rene.ru mercnanis or rnrti.ini vouiu irn-Mr uy uuiiu.mi . . , , . . .
would mean a direct route to this city from all Willamette valley towns snow-n on me map. ine mxea pn gi o me.uuij .
In good condition. '"
Total received by public subscrip
tion JO
"In addition to the above, the County
Court of Washington County sub
scribed I3on0. making a total of
IMH.JD, which means thai there must
still be raised about JJ0 to complete
thla road.
"Of the above sum 13373. 0. or about
half that subscribed, has been collected
and the greater part of It spent on
grading about two and one-half miles
snd rocking about three-quarters of a
mile. Installing machinery and purchas
ing of tools, etc., before work wss
stopped last Fall on account of bad
weather. There re no salaries being
paid to anyone connected with the
work other than the wages for actual
work that Is being- put In cn the road.
Aid f rewvlcta Prasalaed.
"If a sufficient amount can be as
sured to complete this work successful,
ly. we have assurances of assistance
from Governor West In providing con
victs to assist In the work, which will
permit of a better road being built
than otherwise.
"It will open up and make available
for uae thousanda of acrea of beautiful
country that without this road will not
be attractive to the land buyer and
homeseeker.
"Development of this rich territory
will mean more business for everyone
It Is the country districts around Port
land that must be developed if our city
Is to continue to grow In future years
as It haa in the past five years.
Road .Mraaa Mack to Aatalaia.
"The Improvement of the road will
open up some miles of road In the
Willamette Valley, making It accessi
ble In Winter as well aa Summer. It
will provide a beautiful ride to Salem
and the Willamette Valley over good
roads instead of through dust or mud.
"It will provide beautffui trips Into
Ysmhlll County and Into the seaside
resorts of Newport, Bayocean and Ya
qulna Bay.
"It will provide splendid opportun
ities for country homes that win be
readily accessible by motor cars any
month In the year."
Six Portland automobile dealers have
liberally subscribed to tha project, and
.Mr. Rlggs. being one of the clan. Is
confident thst he can Induce the rest
of his colleagues to come to the front
with some coin. Prominent Portland
It'islness men have been quick to rc
n'lxc the benefit! So be derived from
Lie improvement f
have made large donations, aome go
ing aa high aa 12S0.
In sending subscriptions to the fund,
checks should be made payable to J.
C. Alnaworth. president United States
National Hank, Portland.
All disbursements will be made
through the office of William Whit
field. & Co., public accountants.
Macadam C'eater Planned. -
Grading work' has been resumed.
There Is less than seven miles to be
trraded. . Thla will be done immediately,
giving a fine dirt road for early Sum
mer travel.- The spreading of crushed
rock-will be started June 1. The road
will be 30 . feet wide rora ditch to
ditch. The aim of the men directing
the workIa to nutM a "macadam sur
face nine feet wide. Thla can be done
with I 6.000 with the aid of convict
labor.
President Waggoner has secured the
promise of the County Court of' Tam
hill County to put a top dressing on
the road connecting with the Kex
Tlgardvllle stretch and ending at the
Polk County line.
Roads beyond Rex are said to be In
first-class condition. A permanent
road from Taquina Bay to Kails City
Is being built. When thla and the
Rex-Tigardvllle work is completed
Portland motorists will have the op
portunity of making a tour from this
city to Yaqulna Pay and return In a
day. This la considered one of the
most delightful trips In Oregon when
made over good roads.
TESTS ARE EXACTING
10,000 "Inspections Made in
Building Auto.
ALL MATERIALS ANALYZED
Great Precaution I Taken In Select
ing: Stork That Goes Into
Modern . Car Much
, Steel Rejected.
w.n
Over 10.000 different inspections are
necessary before a well-made motor car
is ready to be placed on the salesroom
floor. This Interesting fact came out
during- a recent trip of a party of visit
ors through the factory of a prominent
manufacturer.
This seemingly extraordinary number
of inspections Is explained by the fart
that every part of the car Is made in
the factory, and even the Jigs and tools
used by the workmen are made under
. the direct supervision of the factory ex-
perts.
...- -,. r.r,t-.-- i From the raw material until the car
.-1...-W.-0 1 .ivrioi j'.wi.i finally leave, the factory each Indivl-
nntvr.s HFSnTS 1 du' Pft subjected to from five to
! 18 inspections and testi, which incresse
, in strictness as the car nears coniple-
1 tion.
j AH Materials Tested.
Take, for Instance, the rsw material.
DOOM OF GM NEAR
Evidence Given to Prove That Cse of
Ievice on Good Car Is
N'ot Necessary.
which Is received at the factory In the
The automobile
doomed.
After a battle that
muffler cut-out
shape of steel Ingots. Kach bar of steel
' bronseand aluminum Is numbered and
a hole is then bored In it. The metal
Is j shavings are placed in an envelope
' hesrTir ni.mhee ftnrronnnri In or tn
tin. lasted for tnMt of '"Sot. nd these shavings go
yeara. a battle In which sanity and , fal, to com t ,h .Declflcatlons th.
sportmanshlp have been arrayed bar la rejected and returned to the steel
against ignorance and Intolerance, a j mill. Then, after the forglnga and
large number of cities and communities 1 rough castings have been made, they
have passed laws which prohibit, either j are again Inspected and analyzed.
for the entire day or that part between ,. . ? ' .. ' '
darkness and dawn, the uselessly noisy dav th -..,. of forPmn meet to
tactics oi tne cut-out nena.
London has taken the lead, and Eu
rope la falling Into line. New York's
aldermen have some prohibitive legls-
atlon before them which will probably
be passed.
That such laws will become general
in a very short time Is the hope of a
large and powerful clement in the au
tomobile Industry. Thoughtful men
know that the cause of motoring Is
often hurt by the malicious driver who
takes huge delight In making his car
roar at pedestrians on crowded cross
ings and tears through residence dis
tricts at night like a raging Juggernaut
There has always been argument over
the advisability of equipping cars with
cut-outs. Some manufacturers have
refused to install such an appliance,
j formulate strict plans 'for the day and
to oeciae wnai limits or naraness, meas
urement, etc.. shall be set for the day's
work. The recommendations are put on
the "operation sheets," which then go
to the workmen for execution. The
minuteness of the foremen's calculation
may be Inferred from the fact that the
outside limit of variation In gauging
the motor's parts ta one-tenth of one
thousandth of an Inch.
Rigid laspeetloas Made.
The operation of the tests for hard
ness Is one of the most Interesting
features of the entire inspection pro-
j cess. Before going to the stockroom
tor tne nrst time, an instrument called
a "sclereoscope" Is used to determine
the degree of hardness. This Intricate
device determines at a single operation
maintaining that there la no need for even the amount of carbon in the varl-
il in a car wita m wen-arsignea si- t vu i, in.
lrncer. Others asert that their -cars ; The method of Inspecting the assem
require a cut-out at times. In order to j hllng of the motor Is most Interesting.
avoiu etauing tne motor. to a great i "e jr are unwn nnm mc siwa
extent the differences appear to be in room and asse
smbled Into "units."
r-very motor Is divided Into 11 or
more of these units, all of which are
drawn separately .from the stockroom.
After the units are assembled they
30." Flanders t are put back, then drawn by another
Packards are 'iepartment. Inspected and re-aasem-
design. That car can be built to do
all their work satisfactorily and quiet
lv haa been proven by the Studebaker
Corporation and the Packard Motor Car t
company. it t.-.n-f
"20. " and all tmes of
marketed without cut-out equipment, i '!. After this rigid Inspection the
It la also noteworthy that these car
have attained wide fame for their. quiet
qualities, a result, perhaps, of the fact
that the cars never exhaust except
through the muffler.
In view of the prevailing variety of
opinion, the Automobile Club of Amer
ica recently decided to make a series
of systematic experiments which would
firmly establish the facts In the case.
I The results were embodied In a lecture
by Professor K. II. Ilutton. chairman of
the club's technical committee.
To the amazement of the club mem
bers and their chauffeurs. Professor
Hutton plainly proved that a motor de.
vclops Just as much power when muf
fled as when exhausting direct from
the cylinders. Test after test wss made
from the platform, at motor speeds both
hiph and low. and with the same re
suit. There was a narrow range of
medium motor speed where the un
muffled motor semed to develop a frac
tion more power, but this advantage
vanished as the speed grew greater
or less.
In view of Professor Hutton's con
clusions, the one subterfuge advanced
for the muffler cut-out Is not likely to
save the noise-makers much longer.
Motorists and public will surely rejoice
In the near future over the official
squelching of a long-standing nuisance.
St. Louis has a new antl-nolse au
tomobile ordinance, which makes un
lawful the use of the muffler cut-out
and provide that automobile warn In. T
signals shall be sounded only as a
the road and, j warning of danger-
motor Is ready for Its initial testing.
Weak Sputa Songht.
One of the first tests to whlcT the
complete motor is subjected Is on the
"lapping stand," a test that continues
on an average for seven to 10 hours
for esch motor. On the "Ispptng stand"
the motor Is not run under Its own
power, but Is pulled by another motor,
the object being to free up the new
"Job." as It is technically labeled. An
other rigid test Is the fan test, during
which the motor drives a large fan
for a period ranging from 10 to 12
hours. Naturally the weak spots, pro
vided there are any, crop out under this
gruelling strain.
At this point, tn the process of build.
Ing. the motor is taken aDart. reinspect
ed and reassembled for the horse-power
test. The dynamometer Is used In this
Inspection. It Is an interesting fact to
note that while the car which the mo
torist buys is rated at Just so many
horse power, the motor has to have at
least 15-horse power tn excess of that
rating In order to pass Inspection. After
the horse-power test, the motor goes
to the chassis department and is In
stalled. The rear axle, which Is a big factor
In every car, is assembled In units. Just
as the motor. It Is tested on the stands
for quietness, and this constitutes one
of the most exacting tests in the whole
routine. After being finally passed, the
rear axle. too. roes to the chsssls de
partment and Is installed in a test car.
Everyone Is no doubt familiar with;
the tests that now come to the car. for
the outdoor test Is what the public t
aees most of. when the Jumper-clad
mechanicians take the striped chassis
out on the streets. Many cars, how
ever, are tested on the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway where the Irresistible
temptation of the tester to "beat it"
results In bringing out every weakness
In a very short time, with a thorough
ness that exceeds road or hill testing.
All the engines must show a certain
high mileage on the 2H-mlle track and
the test Is continued for two, and often
three days.
After the speedwsy test the motor Is
thoroughly cleaned . and inspected,
valves ground and csrbon removed,
sfter which it goes to the paint shop.
From there to the final assembling de
partment where the bodies, fenders, ac
cessories, etc.. are Installed. Still an
other rigid test Is Imposed on the com
pleted car before the final O. K. is
stamped on the ticket.
Generally speaking, there are about
12 Inspections of completed parts and
from one to 15 for every minor piece of
material. It takes time and great ex
pense to conduct such tests but every
motor car manufacturer will affirm that
It Is necessary In order that every
buyer may get the best product of the
factory.
take the responsibility of sanctioning
such a contest unless absolute assur
ance of safety to the spectators and the
contestants could be given.
"That is the situation as it stands
today. The contest board has the power
to sanction a race anywhere, but if it
does allow the holding of tho Vandcr
bilt Cup race- at Rlverhead, or on any
other part of Long Island. It will only
be when we are certain that the pro
tective measures' will be all-sufficient
to Insure entire safety to all."
AUBURN
Auburn Motor Car Co.
EOBT. SIMPSON, Mgr.
505 - 7 Burnside Street
A 7339, Main 2674. ,
MILITARY AID WANTED
VAXDERBILT CCP MAY BE KE
TURNED TO LONG ISLAND.
Maxwell Back at Helm.
Having: entirely recovered his health
after an illness of many months, J. D.
Maxwell, president of the Maxwell
Brlscoe Motor Company, and vice-president
of the United States Motor Com
pany, has returned to New York, where
he will make his headquarters. Mr.
Maxwell was warmly welcomed by lils
old associates. In renewing; his ac
tivity on behalf of the United States
Motor Company, he has met an ardent
desire of the organization.
Schlmpf Says Race Can Be Run
There if Course Is Properly
. . Patroled.
NEW VOKK. April S. It is not im
possible that the Vanderbllt Cup race
of 1912 will find Its way back to Long
Island. This much was developed in a
recent talk with William Schlmpf. of
Brooklyn, chairman of the contest board
of the American Automobile Associa
tion. Aecord.insr to Mr. Schlmpf. the rule
requiring military protection ior
courses over which road races are run
under the sanction of the National body
is not Inflexible and can be revised In
formally at the discretion of the mem
bers of the contest board.
"The drawback in the matter of hold
ing: road races on Long: Island is this,"
said Mr. Schlmpf, "that we cannot see,
in view of what has happened In pre
vlois races, how a contest can safely
be held unless military protection is
Insisted upon. Any race of the fame
of the Vanderbllt Cup, held close to
the most congested center of popula
tion In America, is certain to draw an
enormous assemblage.
"Personally, I would like to see the
rare brought back to this part of the
country. The Vanderbllt Is the Long
Island classic, and that should be its
home; but, as an official of the contest
board. I certainly would hesitate to '
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is not a mere claim, but
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It is true that treads of
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of Para rubber
But nature never intend
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