The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, October 25, 1914, SECTION FOUR, Image 58

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Newspaper Page Text1HK SUMJAT OEEOO?TTA!T,- PORTLAMJr- OCTOBER -231914. THREE LINKS TO TIE OREGON TO SOOTH Scenic Highway Soon to Be Ready for Tourist on Business or Outing. GOOD ROADS CALLED ASSET AV. J. Clemens Thinks Wonder Routes Should Be Advertised While Work. Goes Ahead on Yet Unfinished' Sections. BT RALPH J. STAEHLL Three all-year roads to California and the South, each as different as could be found in a trip from Panama to Alaska, Is now the aim of the Port land Automobile Club. And, since everything which that club has tried has come out about as planned, these roads may be realities soon. Two of them are well under way. In fact, they will be ready for travel next Summer, but the third demands a lit tle more attention, but W. J. Clemens, president of the Auto Club, is sure that the roads necessary will be ready for travel before this state is two years older. Scenic Roads Are Asset. The two roads known and used are the' route through Eastern Oregon, via The Dalles and Bend, and the other is the Pacific highway, through the Wil lamette Valley. Those two long have been considered the ultimate In scenic wealth. The Columbia River highway, connecting with the Eastern route, undoubtedly will stand as the greatest of the three, but Mr. Clemens is sure that the hasty completion of the third is a state asset which cannot be overlooked. Which brings us down to the third road. Much of it is done or, at least, con tracted for. It is the Coast road, from Portland to the south, taking in all the beaches of Oregon and connecting with the California road from Crescent City, a highway .known to most Cali fornia motorists. The Coast road would bring In some scenery which cannot be excelled on any ocean coast to the north or the south. Forests and River Blend. The initial step would be the trip down the Columbia River, over the lower section of the Columbia River highway. The scenery along that is not as rugged as that of the Upper Columbia and there are no water falls, but the traveler will have to go a long way before he will find prettier blend ing of water and forested hills than on that trip down the "River of the West." A hundred miles down and the tour ist will be among the Portland beach resorts. He will be able to drive over the beautiful roads of Clatsop County, one of the most progressive in the state In the matter of good roads. This county has Just let contracts for the building of a road connecting Its Teaches with those of Tilamook Cou-ty to the south. That is one of the big gest -links In the proposed. All-Coast road. High-nay Leads to Beaches. This link will take the autolst over the Tillamook Heads, the picturesque points, 20 miles Bouth of the Columbia River. On the other side he will come to some of the beaches nestled at the foot of the rugged Coast Range, which approaches the water from the south. At Tillamook he will fall In with the other road from Portland. This inci dentally will be the switchback for the "Portland tourists on a week-end tour of the beaches. It will be a three-hour return to Portland over good roads. Also, this Is the point where the Portland Automobile Club is going to start some agitation for a link conect Ing the California and. Oregon end. of the Coast road. Advertising; Greatest Need. The stretch at present Impassable is In the counties of Lincoln, Coos and Curry, which are as rich in scenic beauty as any of their Northern neigh bors. "It will be but a short time before we shall have this road," said Mr. Clem ens. "It is an economic necessity and will mean thousands of dollars to the places along Its route." "Of more immediate concern is the matter of advertising the roads we have, however," continued Mr. Clemens. "A friend of mine, at Washington, D. C, says he has heard something about tlie roads of Washington, the Snoqual mie Pass route and all of the others. but not a word of the Columbia River Highway. "We have got to make that 'Wonder Road of America' known throughout the land and In a hurry." had to be closed, the few men avail able at night were almost exhausted before shutting the last gate. By its ability to work continuously the truck has relieved the f ear of being unable to cope with any emergency. The gate-closing device consists of a universal wrench socket with a worm gear enclosed In an aluminum housing and mounted on the running board of the truck so that it can be easily brought into position immediately over a water-gate manhole. When the truck is in position a wrench is slipped through the socket. This wrench fits the nut "on the gate gear below. The universal wrench socket, together with a universal joint on the end of the wrench, affords sufficient flexibility In case the truck is not on level ground or in case the wrench socket is not di rectly over the gate nut. It is an easy matter, however, for the driver to bring his truck into the exact position. The worm gear is driven off the reg ular transmission of the truck. The de vice is operated by a lever placed upon the side of the truck and easily ac cessible to . the driver. In closing gates the forward speeds of the trans mission are used. In opening the re verse is used. All gears are made of chrome or nickel steel. All bearings are ball bearings. The aluminum hous ing is firmly bolted to the frame of the chassis and well braced to resist torque. The wrench is a hollow square steel tube terminating' in a specially- hardened steel socket with universal joint between socket and tube. The gates are equipped with indi cators showing the position of the valve and informing the operator when the valve is seated or entirely opened. Where Indicators have not been at tached to the gates, a counter Is used. This counter is placed on the end of the wrench recording the number of Its revolutions. This helps the operator to determine when the valve is entirely up or down. As a means of safety in the event of the valve seating with force or before the operator expected, a pin of known strength, placed in the universal joint of the wrench, breaks off and breaks the line of force be tween the engine and the gate, thus preventing damage to either the gate or the gate-operating device. TRUCK OPERATES MAINS WHITE CAR RELIEVES DAXGER IN BOSTON'S WATER SYSTEM. Mechanical Device Conserves Supply and Reduces Damage of Breaks Often of Immense Slse. Bursting water mains are not so great a menace 10 life and property in the City of Boston since the water de partment installed a White truck with a, power appliance for quickly closing: the heavy Kates. Work which former ly required four men, laboring contin uously lor 4 5 minutes, can be done in 10 minutes by using1 the power of the trurk. 'J' his mechanical device, an inven tion of Oeorpe H. Kinneran, superin tendent of the distribution branch of the water department, not only con serves the water supply and reduces the damage due to breaks, but it per mits of rapid regulation of water vol ume at fires, lifts the limitations of physical endurance, facilitates the test inff of sates and relieves the anxiety always attending: derangement or dam asre to the water system. in one of Boston's most important thoroughfares, lined with costly build inffs, there is a water main which, if completely broken apart, would allow the escape of 50.000 gallons of water each minute. Controlling: this line are Sate valves 36 inches in diameter which, in closing;, require 307 turns of a grate wrench and services of four men for about 45 minutes. A. few min utes' delay sometimes means the loss of life and thousands of dollars. These sates, the largest In the city, can now be closed in 10 minutes by one man and the White truck. t The truck is required to respond to fire alarms and other emergencies where water must be controlled to pre vent loss or damage. The calls are frequently overlapping". Crews are on duty day and night. Boston is 15 miles ' in greatest length and nine miles wide. The runs vary from one block to the farthest end of the water system. MAXWELL AGAIN FIRST REMARKABLE TEST I" SIERRAS ADDS TO MANY LAURELS. Stock Machine, as Official Press Car, Traverses Sonora Pass and Aids Inferior Companion as Climax. New and unique motorcar achieve ments are illustrating steadilv the splendid all around qualities of the new Maxwell "25" so that it has be come a common thing: for this sturdy little car to go out into almost Inac cessible sections and return with some new record of special merit tucked away under its hood. One of the most striking- perform ances was the recently completed run of this car from San Francisco through tne Sonora Pass to Mojave and return. The machine, an ordinary stock model. was tne orricial press car in a. tour made by several! state officials, who were looking over that territory, and inspecting the trans-Sierra road sys tem 01 jauiorma. The Maxwell "25" on account of its proven ability to ne- suiuiie au Kinos of grades and eet over almost any character of road, was selected to go along as a consort to otner machines in the motor caravan. .Driving over the old '49 grades con nectlng the mining towns of the upper Sierras with the rest of the state, the motorists had all they could do to make their cars pull them over the summit. In fact one car a well-known high-priced machine was unable to nesouaie me steep graaes, and was forced, to call on the Maxwell to null it out of trouble, which it did without delay or difficulty. i iie wont tnat tne Maxwell '25' ac complished on the tour to the trans- bierra country," said T. J. Toner, dis trict manager of the Maxwell Sales Corporation, "is another instance of what our cars will do when put to the severe tests, driving through California mountains. unlike the ordinary fac tory tryout of cars, the actual driving ior nunareos or miles over the rough est Kind or roads and steepest grades, does more to show the weakness of any part of a. car than anything else. If our cars were not built perfectly right, if they did not possess the best material and the truest ideals of con struction, tnese long, nard runs cer tainly would develop some weakness. which would spell trouble for car and driver. "After this long, hard drive of more than a thousand miles. It is gratifying to note that tne Maxwell '25 returned to San Francisco In splendid condition and with practically a perfect score to its credit." Knox Engineer Resigns. Herman G. Farr has resigned as chief engineer of the Knox Motors Com pany and will open an office in Spring field, Mass., as consulting engineer. Mr. Farr is one of the best-known automo bile engineers in the country and i pioneer of the industry, having in con junction with Harry A. Knox designed one of the first successful gasoline cars in America, He has been with the Knox company since it started, 15 years ago. His wide experience well fits him for his new work. HEW BRANCH OPENS Locomobile Company Estab lishes Headquarters Here. PERMANENT HOME IS PLAN Models for 1015 Plxpectcd Soon and Three-Ton Capacity Truck Will Be Pat on the Market Xext Spring. Portland is to have another factory branch,- as the Locomobile Company of America has established temporary quarters on Alder street and will have permanent headquarters before many months. F. H. Downes, known lh local auto mobile circles, is in charge of the branch and will have the new models here soon to bid for Portland favor. The "Locos" always have been ad mired in Portland and the many that are owned here are giving good serv ice. The company also will have a three-ton -truck for the local market, a new product from the Bridgeport plant. This truck. wilL be ready for Spring delivery and will be placed before the public after two years' tryout. The Locomobile Company of America was founded in 1899. Its offices and factory, a minute institution as com pared with the present plant, were lo cated in Newton. Mass., near Boston, and it was there that it presented to "a Bkeptical public its tirst "horseless car riage." The aims of the designers at that time, of course, were not for the com fort of passengers so much as to prove the practicability of the horseless vehi cles. That is what the first "Loco" did. It would "take you there and bring you back" if everything went all right. Old Mem Stay. W. S. Teel, Jr., Arthur W. Robinson, James T. Roche, Jr., John A. Kingman and others were '99ers and are still with the- company. John F. Flummer, who is manager now of the company's New Tork branch, was with the company then and was a pioneer in automobile salesman ship. He '-ook the steam-driven won der of tho5.e days and introduced it in all parts of. the country. Then he took It to Australia, where the natives were duly impressed with the queer-looking bit of machinery that went puffing along at an amazing speed, without any visible means of propulsion. At a re cent gathering of Locomobile salesmen Mr. Plummer entertained with some happy and amusing reminiscences of an auto salesman's life in those early days. . While Mr. Plummer and 'other salesmen of the company were demon strating to the world that the auto carriage was really here, and was really practical, there were great things going on at the factory. There Mr. Davis, vice-president and general manager at that time, with consulting engineers, draughtsmen, expert mechanics and others, many of whom are still with the company, were rigorously Investigating the possibilities of the gasoline engine for furnishing motive power. Changes Are Gradual The . experiments continued for months and months. Finally, convinced of the value of gasoline power over steam, the company had designs made for cars of that class. The first gaso line car came while Mr. Plummer was talking steam cars out in Australia. - The first gasoline car was a four cylinder, high-grade car. It had a steel frame and dynamo, sliding gears, etc the up-to-date features now used everywhere in motor cars. As is the case of the steam car. It was a real car, a machine that "would take you there and bring you back." The-first gasoline car proved to the makers that this means of power was to be preferred over steam. With that in mind the development of the car be gan. Tear after year rolled by, each Spring seeing a newer and better Lo comobile on the market. Each year seemed to be "the last cry" in automo bile perfection and each succeeding year brought something Just a little beter than the previous models. Of course Locomobile designers right now are taking their chief pride in their latest product, the "1915 Loco," which Is being turned out at the fac tory. The same designers who built the first Locomobile, way back In 1899, have built the new model. - Road Enthusiasts to Organize. RIDGEFIELD. Wash, Oct. 24. (Spe cial.) An organization of a good roads association will be perfected at this place In a short time and a meeting for that purpose will be called in a few days. The territory In which this good roads association will direct their efforts will comprise school district No. 30, which contains about 15 miles of road. Judging from the interest that has been shown, the association will be one of the real live wires of Clarke County. "You can't alius judge by facial ex pression," said Uncle Eben. "An oyster dat's jes' bein" openea mus' be mis'able. an' yet It looks like it s laughin ." NOW HERE $1S65 The New Series 10 Little Six AXLES Timken axles and bearings, full floating rear. BODIES Two-passenger roadster, four-passenger touring, five-passenger touring, seven-passenger touring, . cabriolet and coupe. BRAKES Service and emergency brakes contracting and expanding on rear wheol drums; size 15x21s inches. CARBURETOR- New improved with hot-air connection. Stromberg CLUTCH Improved cone type, that will not grab nor get out of adjustment. COOLING Mayo cellular type radiator, cen trifugal pump and propeller fan on motor. COLOR Body, wheels, hood and radiator, Brewster green deep. Frame, fenders, splashers, wheel hubs and moldings of body black. CONTROL Left-hand drive; emergency brake and gear shifting levers at the right in center of front floor board, allowing easy access to Bteerlng wheel. Selective transmission, three speeds forward and re verse; Irreversible Gemmer steering gear, with 18-inch walnut wheel; carburetor air control on the steering post Jacket. DESIGN Streamline body, with 24-lnch doors, concealed hinges and locks; roomy tonneau; straight-line splashers and fen ders; long clear running boards. EQUIPMENT Genuine pantasote top, with Cole handy curtains; Stewart magnetic speedometer, set flush In cowl board. Delco electric unit cranking, lighting and Igni tion; Solar head lamps, with dimmers; au tomatic ventilating rain-vision windshield; electric horn; oil sight feed set flush in cowl board; complete outfit of tools. FRAME Channel section double dropped pressed steel extended in the rear to carry gasoline tank and tire irons. All fittings ' are drop forged and hot riveted. IGNITION Delco electric system, with auto matic spark advance. LIGHTING Delco electric lighting system from batteries charged automatically from generator; Solar head and tail lamps. LUBRICATION Constant level splash and pressure system. MOTOR Northway unit power plant sus pended on three points; six cylinders, cast en bloc, with removable heads over the cylinders In pairs, four-bearing crank shaft; aluminum oil pan; all working parts inclosed; 3?4-inch bore, 5-inch stroke, high speed motor. Large valves. SELF-STARTER Delco electric self-cranking six-volt single-wire system, operated from single pedal on floor board. All work ing parts integral wth motor. SPRINGS Highest grade oll-temperea steel Half elliptic front, three-quarter elliptio In rear. Equipped with lubricating .cups; guaranteed for two years, Detroit Steel Products manufacture. STEERING GEAR Gemmer Irreversible type; ball thrust bearings; 18-inch walnut wheel; aluminum spider; solid German sil ver trimmings. GASOLINE TANK Round type, pressed steel, seamless gasoline tank, swung- on rear extension of frame. Gasoline fed to carburetor by Stewart-Warner vacuum system. TREAD 58-inch. TIRES 35x4 oversize tires, mounted on Firestone demountable rims. Firestone regular equipment. TRANSMISSION In unit with motor, three speeds forward and reverse. Sliding gear of special alloy steel. UPHOLSTERY No. 1 black pebble grain leather over high-grade spring construc tion and genuine curled hair. All doors are furnished with large pockets and the rear of front seat is trimmed with leather scuff pads. WHEEL BASE 12S Inches. WHEELS Artillery type second-growth se lected hickory; French face. We give American Travel Scrip A mile of travel for every dollar spent Northwest Auto Co. A 4959 F. W. VOGLER, Pres. Broodway at Couch Street Main 8S87 Standardization Keeps Qual ity Up and Price Down ROAD WORK IS OPPOSED FIGHT made: against use of con vict LABOR OX HIGHWAYS. Despite Faulty Legislation, However, Begrlnnlns; Is Blade and Exten sion of Plan Expected. Convict road work is developing n New Jersey, in spite of faulty legisla tion and the 'opposition of those who hold to the old methods of employing prisoners under contract. In 1911 a bill based on material sup plied by the National Committee on PrisonB and Prison Labor was passed by the State Legislature and .signed by Woodrow Wilson. Governor at that time. This bill prohibited the sale on the open market of the products of con vict labor after the expiration of ex-1 lstlng contracts and provided for the I installation of the state use system oi prison industries. Unfortunately the bill in Its final form contained no ap propriation -for the organization of the new system, and the officials made lit tle effort to prepare for the cessation of the contracts, except at the State Reformatory, where Superintendent Moore stopped all contracts and found means to employ the inmates without waiting for action by the Legislature. The National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor realized that this state must be the scene of a bitter struggle on the part of the prison con tractors as soon as the contracts ex pired. The committee, therefore, was active in 1912 in pushing legislation which "provided that the State Commis sioner of Public Roads might make ap plication to the State Prison Labor Commission for such convicts as could be worked with advantage on the roads. State Highway Commissioner Stevens favored this method of employing pris oners, and has at the present time two well-equipped camps, while some fine stretches of road testify to the ability of the convict builders. This achieve ment Is especially encouraging to the advocates of convict road work, for It has been surrounded with difficulty. The prison authorities looked 'with scant favor on the proposition and have insisted upon" so many guards that the wdrk has been costly and subjected to criticism on that account. The con tractors also have struggled hard to re tain their contracts under the provi sions of an act run through on the last day of the 1913 session, providing for the extension of contracts at the dis cretion of the Governor. New Jersey has still a big prison problem to solve, but the success at tendant upon the road work points to the highway as a big factor in the final working out of a system which shall meet the needs of the prisoners and the state. Bnena Vista School Gets Rose Slips. BUENA VISTA. Or., Oct. 24. (Spe cial.) The Buena Vista School received a gift of rose clippings fram the Uni versity of Oregon. The children feel proud of the gift and promise to sup ply other schools In the near future. STUDEBAKER "35" WITH PORTLAND-BUILT HEARSE BODY TOR SERVICE AT RAYMONDWASH. - . ' ....... 1 lorn c-drawn funeral became a thing; of the past at Rayn drraon, undertaker at v that city, Installed a Stndebaker "35" the Portland branch, load, Wk,' on October 15, when Robert S. 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