TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND. DECEMBER 21, 1913.
"plans drawn by bo ad expert to aid children in road work
ROAD PRIMER IS OUT
CYCLE CAR TO BE
ASSEMBLED HERE
DON'T BLAME US
Lane County Surveyor Gives
Rules for Highway Work.
If You Forget the Place to.
Buy Good Christmas Presents
ARCHER AND WIGGINS
Oak Street, Corner Sixth
Automobile Supplies Sporting Goods
Portland Will Have Factory
Devoted to Latest Mem'
ber of Auto Family.
BOOK FOR SCHOOL PUPILS
PRICE IS FIXED AT $395
ITnmbr of Prominent Business Men
Organize Company to Build
Motorerte, Which Will TaVe
Xante From City.
Not to be behind other cities, even the
irreat automobile-producing centers ot
the Kasl. such as Detroit and Indianapo
lis. Portland is to have- a factory of its
own in the very near future devoted to
the assembling of cycleears. Los An
geles was quick to see the possibilities
of the cyclecar and has already a fac
tory started, and Portland will be the
econ1 city on the coast and one of the
Very first in the rtates to commence
manufacture of these light weight mo
torettes. fnder the title of the Portland Cycle
Car company, a number of prominent
business men have formed a close cor
poration with Lewis I. Thompson as
president and C. J. McPherson as vice
president to market a car which will
Bell for 395 f. o. b. Portland.
Mr. Thompson said yesterday that for
the past 18 months he has been working
on the best European lines to produce
a cyclecar without the obvious defects
f some of them and with the best
points of the majority and that he had
jiow produced a model which, has been
tried exhaustively and which he was
convinced would prove Its worth.
Car Specification. Given.
Judging by the specifications the
leadiug features of the car would seem
to be twin cylinder, lli horsepower
motor, high clearance, planetary trans
mission, roomy, streamline body with
tandem seating, chain drive from engine
sprocket to transmission, thence by
V belt to rear wheels. The wheelbase is
inches, the tread 40 and the weight
HO pounds. The car will be known as
the "Portland" cyclecar. Though a site
lias not been purchased, the company
lias an option on a site at St. Johns,
where the factory will go up Just as
loon as possible The general offices
are at 302 Corbett building.
The specifications of this cyclecar are
as follows:
Motor Two-cylinder, twp-cycle "V type
cylinders set at 45 degrees. Air cooled. Ex
tra flanges to Insure perfect cooling,
equipped with aeroplane fan. Mechanically
' operated valves. magneto. ball-bearing
crankshaft, tight-fitting pUton rings, alumi
aum cranKcaae. oil gauge level, circulating
11 system Special compression release. fc.x
tra heavy flywheel. Bore 89 millimeters
1314 Inches), stroke 03.3 millimeters I.I.Hi
inches). Actual brake horsepower at 2.0
B. P. M. 14-hone power. Rating by 8. A. E.
at 1O0O feet per minute, piston speed .S
fichebler carburetor with warm-air attach
ment. . .
Transmission Two speeds forward ana
ne reverse, positive type (no slip). Operated
by foot pedals.
Beits To Run 10.000 Miles.
Drive Rv chain from engine sprocket to
---.., then by "V belt to rear
. .!. .hiph enmnensates for differential.
The rear telts are. not so long that the cost
Is excessive should they need renewing and
atlll of suttlclent length to secure elastic ac
tion and perlect traction. . oww - -.nnrnvlmatdlv
lO.OOtt miles.
.,.in Th Idea of- three-point sus-
nun is hers worked out and Insures per-
feet flexibility and alignment as well as ease
of tiding.
Springs Three full elliptic springs, one In
, un.l twA in rear- the drivins toraue is
v.rn.-h rear springs, which keeps belts
tightened.
Brakes A "V" block lined with brake
lining to nress rear heel pulley grooves,
i . ; imw-'m Biirrare and sreat leverage.
Steering Steering Is acc-ompltshed by the
simplest of principles and one that nss
gained great favor in Kurope. It Is by steel
cable over drum through sheaves to solid
front axles.
Axles The axles are made out of fine
steel and b ith have a truss rod which can
be tightened. insuring lightness with
strength. The front axle Is of the simple
fifth-wheel type, proven satisfactory for cy
cle cars.
Wheels Are of Wire.
Wheels Wire wheels with steel rims, rear
pulley riveted to same. Plain casllron bear
ings, four inches long, which can be re
newed, are used for all wheels. This Insures
a freedom from hearing trouble with practi
cally no appreciable loss of power.
Tlr lxl'V ln--h avlarl clincher tires
in front and "rear. Plain tread In front.
Chain tread in rear.
Uasollne Tank In cowl of dasb. contains
m gallons, enough to. run l.V miles.
Tandem Heats for Two.
Fenders AH metal fenders cover wheels
from splash and are also fitted with metal
fillers
Body Seats two persons tandem, the rear
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seat wide enough to carry additional child.
The bodr Is constructed entirely on the
streamline principle, with beveled sides and
back of sheet metal over wood frame.
Frame Ot white oak with steel gusset
plates and corner braces bolted together;
absorbs rosd shocks and Insures lightness
and strength.
Upholstery Upholstery Is either of car
riage cloth or of lmltaton leather; inside of
body covered to match.
Lamps Fitted with two side lights and
tall lamp. All metal parts not painted are
nlckle-plated.
FACTORY PACE STEADY
JACK RABBIT CAB BRANCH MAN
AGER TELLS OF OUTPUT.
Apperaon Plant Runs Throughout Year,
Making; Machines at Rate of la
a Day, Bars Cartla.
"There is no reason," says H. W. Cur
tis, the local branch manager of the
Apperson "Jack Rabbit" carg, "why the
automobile business cannot be con
ducted on the aame basis as any other
legitimate business.
"In years gone by. when the buggy
and wagon business was at its height.
the dealers said one need not expect to
sell sleds and sleighs in Summer, but
the manufacturers continued making
them right through the Summer so as to
be prepared, when the demand .reached
Its height In Winter.
"Of course It doesn't take long before
a few motorcars run up into a big bunch
of money, but, where the manufacturer
is financially able, there is a reason.
beyond the matter of delivery, why they
should build automobiles at a constant,
regular rate the year around.
"For Instance, every Winter or Sum
mer day adds just ten Apperson cars to
market, and. being financially strong,
the company need not necessarily sell
them at that same daily rate in order
to finance the next day's purchases of
rough material.
"Any manufacturer who has suffi
cient capital can go ahead building so
many cars every day all alike instead
of trying to turn out a year's produc
tion in four or five months during the
Spring rush. It means a uniformity of
product and also makes it posstDie to
keep skilled mechanics in the factory
the year round instead of being obliged
to depend upon the second-raters under
the hire and fire three-tiraes-a-year
plan.
"Admitting the existence of both dull
and rush seasons, the same as In any
other business, the Apperson company
turns out the capacity of uniform cars
every day of the year. The dealers get
the advantage of this on account of
being able to get good deliveries when
cars are selling well, as they are at the
present time. This will appeal to the
class of buyers who are backward about
purchasing a car during the Spring
rush, fearing they may get a car that
has been skimped."
Motorcyclist Saves Woman.
Frank Emery, of San Francisco. Cat,
and his motorcycle, recently saved the
life of Mr. Marion Bennett, of that
city. Emery was riding In the vicinity
when Jie learned of the serious condi
tion of Mrs. Bennett, resulting from
poisoning. Emery helped the stricken
woman onto the front of his motor
cycle and rushed with her to the hos
pi tal.
WILL BE ASSEMBLED AT FACTORY IN OREGON
TTPICAL CROSS SCT1QNS.
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CEIVES LATEST CHANDLER.
Recently Arrived nnd Popnlnr-Prlceel
Automobile Anawera to the Entire
' Satisfaction of the Agents.
The newest arrival of popular priced
lx-cyllnder cars In Portland Is the
Chandler Six, the agency for which In
this state Is held by the Pacific Motors
Company, headed by H. S. Colter. The
oar reached here a ween ago ana cur
ing the past seven days Mr. colter lias
had this car out on all possible occa-
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severest possible - tests, all of which it
has answered to the complete satisfac
tion of those who have ridden in it.
There are good reasons a-plenty why
I the Chandler should be a good per
: former and the first and far away the
most essential reason is that It is the
product of men who know: it is built
by a company composed of men with
years of experience in designing, man
ufacturing and. selling cars and men
wiiiwe experience iiks uhvii tuuuevicu
right along with high-priced six-cylinder
cars. They are all working at a
nominal salary, relying on the divi
dends to bring- them wealth.
The first result of that naturally Is
that all the heavy cost of investigation
and experimentation) has been done
away with. There is not in its man
ufacture a single novel, untried or ex
perimental feature.
Cost Declared Not High.
Speaking of the car, Mr. Colter, af
ter returning from a trip over the
Heights the other day, said:
"The Chandler lightweight- six at
$1785 is not only a six you can afford
to buy, but It is a six you can afford to
run. The statement that six-cylinder
cars are costly and necessarily extrava
gant in upkeep and ftiol expense is ab
solutely misleading and untrue. It is
true that many sixes consume gasoline
extravagantly, not because they are
sixes, but because they are designed
by engineers lacking knowledge of
proper six-cylinder design.
"The Chandler, lightweight six will
run 16 mile? or more per gallon of
gasoline in touring over average coun
try roads. How many fours of the
same sise and actual power and ability
can do this? And this fact repeatedly
has been proven by dealers from one
end of the country to the other. The
remarkable fuel economy of the Chan
dler lightweight six is one of the facts
which I am prepared to prove.
"The efficient oiling system of the
Chandler lightweight six is one of its
many remarkable features. Chandler
cars lose no oil through waste. Every
drop of oil is UBed in lubrication and
one gallon is sufficient for from 400 to
700 miles of travel. As there is no oil
wasted. Chandler cars never smoke, no
matter how much oil is carried in the
oiling system.
"Consider a roomy, luxurious six
cylinder car. with power to surmount
all hills, strong, sturdy, swift and
speedy, weighing less than S000 pounds
fully equipped honest weight run
ning 16 miles per gallon of gasoline,
hundreds of miles with one gallon of
oil and many extra hundreds of miles
on one set of tires, and It can be un
derstood why the Chandler lightweight
six is not only a six. you can afford to
buy. but a six you can afford to run.
Minister Tlrle Motorcycle,
There havo beon hnsta of oourtsli'ue.
elopements and honeymoons in which
the motorcycle figuroil largely, And
in England even a motorcycle, wedding
was recently oolo:r.r.lJod. But In Ham
ilton, O., the lovors ne'ihsf courted,
sloped nor spent their honeymoons
nwheol. The minister was the one who
rode the motorcycle, Three couples
In different parts of the city ware to
btt married the pame evening. The
ceremonies were a be performed at
etraotipMiy 'he ?iHa houR And-ths
Rev, Q. I'hiiiips had bean engaged
(n affiuiqia If, eaci buss. Mounted on
U rxeteFfreie.- Rev.. Piiiiiips Mf.
tha UiFcd fcftiKaa bnd married thw three
aoup-.ei.. rKipietiHif all three eytoe
wilaia half aa hour.
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Following Out Idea of Woman, to
Make Thoroughfare Construction
Part of Education, Details of
Building Are Explained.
In connection with the plan of Miss
Goldle Van Bibber to teach to the chil
dren of School District No. 5, of Lane
County, the elementary principles of
road building, as outlined some weeks
ago in The Oregonian, Hollis W. Libby
Surveyor of Lane County, has prepared
a primer for the children to use.
It will be remembered that Miss Van
Bibber's plan, approved by the County
Court and commended and commented
on all over the Coast, is to have the
children use a short strip of road in
front of or adjacent to the schoolhouse
In this way they will get practical
demonstration of proper methods.
In the first chapter of the primer is
a map and a scheme for giving in a re
port. First of all, this will teach the
children simple map-making as it con
cerns roads: and, secondly, it will in
form the County Court as to the na
ture of the road on which the chil
dren are working.
The children will work necessarily
with light tools, but It is expected that
from their work, with hoes and shovels
and carrying surfacing material, per
haps in baskets, they will learn proper
methods which will be used in actual
road construction by use of graders,
drags, wagons and other means of
transporting material.
Expert Not Available.
Lane County, by reason of the large
number of miles of roads which It is
compelled to build and maintain, and
by reason of the limited amount of
money which can be expended for this
purpose, is necessarily required to rely
in the building and maintenance of a
great part of such roads on men who
are not professional road-builders. It
is therefore particularly important that
the people generally understand how
roads should be constructed and how
they should be maintained. The work
which this primer is intended to assist
is a part of the general plan of this
county to teach the people of the coun
ty as much as possible about roads. In
beginning this educational work with
the school children, it is felt that par
ticularly good results will be obtained,
because what interests the children is
sure to interest and inform their par
ents at the present time, and the
knowledge which the children get now
will serve them well in the future
When they become men and women
and have an active part in the road
problem.
The instructions contained In the
primer are as follows:
(Copyrighted by H. W. Libby.) Be
fore beginning work on any piece of
road It is well to have a plan showing
as nearly as one can everything within
the road limits, as well as the more
Important features close to the road,
such as buildings, streams and hills.
A report or description also Bhould
be written describing those things that
are hard to place on a map, such as
the condition of the road and the char
acter of the ground.
Scale Is Suggested.
If the section of road to be worked
is not more than SOO feet in length,
the plan may be drawn on a scale of,
say, 20 feet to the inch, which means
that for every 20 feet measured on
the ground one Inch is measured on the
plan, and for 10 feet on the ground one
half inch on the plan, and for five feet
on the ground, one-fourth inch on the
plan. On this scale a section of road
300 feet long and 60 feet wide would
he on the plan 15 Inches long and three
Inches wide. The whole sheet for this
length of road and scale should be 20
inches long and 10 vinches wide.
Measuring la Advised.
To locate any object In the road so
that it can be marked in the plan,
measure from the stake at the corner
of the road, then measure from the
side of the road to the object. It may
be easier sometimes to measure down
the center of the road and then out to
the right or left to the objects to be lo
cated. To locate the traveled way.
measure along the road to points oppo
site every bend and then out to the
STRENGTH OF MODERN STEEL BODY "rVORK
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OVERTURNED AUTO, IX WHICH PASSENGERS ESCAPED SCATHI.ESS.
The above photograph of what is apparently a bad automobile wreck offers conclusive evidence of the
Urength of present-day steel automobile bodies. The overturned car shown is a Studebakor 'So, belong
ing to J. W. Gallagher, of Everett. Wash., which has been in operation as an automobile ftag-e between
Kverett and Granite Falls, Wash. , .
Recently, when en route with a load of seven passengers, Mr. Gallagher lost control of the car while
running at high speed. It left the road, dropped 85 feet Into a gulch by the roadside, turning completely
over in the fall and landed upside down. . ,.
It all happened so quickly that none of the seven passengers could Jump, but to a man they obeyed in
stinctively the natural impulse to "duck" and crouch as low as possible in their seats The car landed
sparely bottom side irp. - The glass In the windshield was broken to atoms, many radiator tubes were per
forated, but the strong steel body held intact, and the seven passengers escaped without a scratch and
with nothing as a remembrance o: the accident. except the severe shock.
The car waa hoisted to the roadway, set to rights, found to be in aa good running order as ever be
fore beyond the broken windshield, radiator and damaged top.
V.. ,i r .v.. ku. rommendlna- similar experience to motorists, are loud in their
praise of the strength of chassis
bo severe a test without extensive
Christmas Shopping
For the Motorist
EASY AT
BALLOU & WRIGHT
BROADWAY AT OAK
OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS.
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AUTOMOBILES
CIO JP Distributors for Oregon and South. "Wash.
. Lm BOSS OC V0. also. Portland Agency, 615-617 Wash. St,
BOWSER
BetnwllBS. fb H
NORTHWEST AUTO CO.
" Factory Distributors of
Cole ReoCars
BROADWAY AT
Main 88S7
AUTOMOBILE AND SHOP SUPPLIES.
SparkPlugs TOOLS Brake-Lining
MOTORCYCLES AND ACCESSORIES
Preer Tool and Supply Co.
74 Slxtb and 811 Oak Sta.
traveled way. This way of l?tta
is shown on Plate 1. Thus, the fir
tree shown in Plate 1 is 86 feet from
the west etwl of the road and 16 feet
from the side. An arrow or north
point, should be placed on the plan
showing what direction is north.
The plan should also have a title
telling: the name or number of the road
and the township, section and school
district in which it lies.
The report or description should say:
First. If the road runs over hilly
grounds or on the level, or along a side
hill, also if it runs throug-h forest or
cleared land. If throug-h forest, then
It should state the kind of timhber and
whether thick or scattering:.
Character of Ground Essential.
Second. The character of the ground,
as sandy, muddy, gravelly or if solid
rock.
Third. If through forest, whether the
timber has been cut out of the road and
the stumps grubbed out or not.
Fourth. The improvement, telling
what work has already been done on
and body construction of the modern
damage or injury. '
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the roadbed, whether graded, graveled
or if culverts have been placed.
Fifth. The present condition of tho
road and its condition at other times of
the year, whether good in Summer," bad '
in Winter, whether muddy, full of holes
or rocks. In fact, the condition of the
surface of the road at all times of the
year should be described fully.
Sixth. All that is known about tho
amount of traffic passing over the road
should be stated. It would be well if
a count was made for one week of all
teams, getting the number of eacn
kind, as two-horse teams, four-horse
teams and automobiles or auto trucks.
The plan and description should be
as complete as possible and a new one
made each year, . so that it can b
known Just how much the condition of
the road changes from year to year.
Pins fashioned almost exactly like thos
of the sort, known today as "safety plnfi"
have been found In Etruscan and Roman
tombs, and the data of these haa. In 8om
Instances, been assigned to a period prtoi
to the Christian era.
automobile which can
withstand T