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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1915)
THE SUXDAT OKEGDMAX. FprtTLAND. .TAlAIEr- 17. 1915. ROADS GET BIG SUM British Columbia Spends, in 1913, $7,000,000 for Work. ROUTE TO YUKON FORECAST . i. .1 . t t ;., niii.L-lv nninirl. the KasO- line, flowing through the spray nozzle, does not at once pass in sufficient quantity to form, with the inrusnmg air. a gas of the required explosive qualitv. This disproportion of gasoline and air is of hardly more than mo mentarv duration, but while it exists the motor frequently misfires and can not develop "the power necessary to rapid acceleration of the speed of the car. The device which the Cadillac en gineers have evolved to obviate the condition is an ingenious application of the plunger pump principle, though its action is confined to a single stroke of the plunger. When the driver sud denly opens his throttle, the plunger automatically force an extra supply of gasoline through the spray nozzle, thereby providing a correct explosive mixture for quick acceleration. FEW.- XEW -.YORKERS . DRIVE Lack or Popularity of Electrics Laid to "Rage" for. Chauffeurs, mi.. ka pfi- nf nodularity I X H3 ICODUII 1 I . . . . - 1 - I in the use of electric cars in New YorK There is a general impression tnat i n(J BOBton ,. explained readily by the fact that the New i oncer is . IJ- aaa!a whn nrAtAnrf tO RnVttling -rew ioipiv " ' - - in that metropolis arive tneir uwu v-.a. Motorists Plan to Tour - to Califor nia Exposition Over Pacific Highway That Wtiniately May Be Extended .to. Alaska- once the British Columbia "boundary I reached on the norm., tne. iur American must necessarily take an other turn, either, doubling up or ship ping back to the southiana ng back to the southland. I Tne idea o( permitting one's wife to British Columbia spent J7.000.000 on drive a cax through the busy streets OI ma cxevwi- . - ..... cities of Chicago. Detroit Cleveland una the smaller cities generally throughout the country. There the real luxury of an inclosed car at a much smaller ex pense than it can be obtained from any other form of vehicle attracts the bet ter class of people who want comfort and convenience. ' NEW'EIGHriS.SHOWfl omen MnnRI, IS EXHIBITED BY BRIGGS-DETROITER COMPANY. bettering its roads in 1913. Pljac- 0f New York is preposterous to the tii ally the same amount was spent last wealthy New Yorker. The real home ..A.,- a rammnnllv which spends . i,i,. the Middle West that much must have highways, and the scenery of British Columbia is fa mous, so an entirely new field will be opened after the American has toured to Ms heart's content within his own borders. . Road to Reach Yukon Soon. Most of the money is being spent in . north and south highways, for the cast and west roads have been estab lished many years. Consul-General R. 12.' Mansfield, stationed at Vancouver. B. C. says that in the near future the motor roads will be open from Mexico to the Yukon, for the British Columbia authorities are rushing their work. Another thing which will appeal to 1'ortland and Pacific Coast cities is that a great number of British Colum bia people who formerly shipped their machines to California are going to visit the exposition in their autos. but are going to drive down the Pacific Highway. Grades Being; Reduced. The plan of the Pacific Coast High way Commission, which initiated and has been the moving factor in the con struction of a motor trail along the Pacific Coast, is ultimately to include the Yukon Territory and Alaska Great progress was made last year in the Yukon, a fair stretch of Toad having been built from Dawson to Whltehorse. Grades are being re duced, curves widened and fills and surfacing added. The plan of the territorial govern ment is to connect the present road system with the new work In Alaska and the work In British Columbia. These roads are being designed for automobile traffic, and some of the best road engineers have been em ployed. Government engineers have completed the work of a survey for a government road from Skagway to the summit of the White Pass. This road is to connect on the international boundary line with the Canadian sys tem. . Old "07 Trail Followed. The road- from Skagway to the sum- 1 n-. 1 1 v, ii v a n frpntpr srra.de than per. cent, and the average will be less than 4 per cent. A .A thA monr RlirVAV. the route follows the old '97 trail, leaving out that section' of the road leading to Black Lake, but It continues on the west side of the Skagway River to Rocky Point, avoiding the long steep grade to Black Lake. This , route will be one of the most :.... . . a in ,1. a wnrld. n n H will add i .. . i .. n KA tnnHsl travel of ilumcuiB"j " ..... - this country. It also la expected to. develop British Columbia. This prov- i nw .am 799 niitnn)nhllK. which is more than any of the other prov inces have, proportionately Bpa&ms. Voncdiu-.r alre&dv is look In? for . . V. a tnii.iat trfliol whlrh 1 1 eventually will bring, and is sure that this means minions 01 aouars w " province and tne states aiong me x- cifio Highway. PACKARD SERVES IN WAR MRS. HARRY PAYNE WHITNEY ISES CAR FOR RED CROSS. Grace, English Race Driver, Telia How Powerful Six Covers Rough Roads, Excelling; Foreign Motors. Mr. Harrv "Pftvne Whitney's work close to the firing lines in Europe has saved tne lives or many wuunueu oui riiers and half-starved refugees. Mrs. l-ht.A an1 hi nnrtv mflkfl their headquarters In Paris, whence they are the Packard Motor Car Company, of Parts. A recent letter from Grace, the Eng Finishing Handsome and Speed Range Wide, While High-Gear Pull ing Power Pleases. . Complete preparation for" the manu- nrl murketine of a low-priced eia-ht-cvlinder car on' a large scale - i . .. . . laflb nff RUT RDOUL 113 WllllOUL ............ plans is the- remarkable achievement of the Briggs-Detroiter Company, of Detroit, which is exnioiting iu . ..-:.. - U a Patarfl show. New York. CL6V w.w - - - n-t.A .i'.i nf thA new model car is "We have been experimenting witn . . J -., n- mnrA t lilt Tl a eignt-cyiinucr ' - ; . . nl...J. cf Tivitreru nrAHldent vear. sa.vs -ttum! a...b.., of the company, "and the remarkable work or the car unaer every tum.oi.a ble condition has been a revelation to "An investigation of the possible market for a moueraie-pricen i -- ; ,t ,if bbu.tsI months. covering . jjw".1-' , . - has proved to use that the demand is going to exceed the supply quite ma terially. . ' "We have been putting our factory In shape for a large production of D- . i l-. aaa VA will tiperln de- liveries of this model in quantities at ipl. T.ii.ii-riAipniir Comnanv had j.uo "net,.-",..-..-. k- - . one of the new eigni-cyiinuer ium.no car models and a cnassis, as wen no four-cylinder models, on exnionioix While following cioseiy tne and distinctive lines 01 us eiaer ui.uiu er the 1915 Detrotter "four," the new .. : i .'i 1 .. nva dahnrglA In finish and ei&Jll o " ' " . . appointments and embodies many of the most aavanceu. ico motor-car construction. The "eight" touring car Is finished in a handsome Kimball green, with gold stripe, and haa TurKisn xype up- noiBiering iu The-chief interest of the New York show patrons centered in the motor, a . i .... ii, nrtwp r nlftnL for , . L. 1 H1almiBi1 In thA TT1 t T wnicn uiuuii ct . ... of , power. riexlDUity ana economy i The cylinders are in two en bloc sets of four each, the cylinder dimen sions being 2x44 inches. The "S. A. E." formula gives the motor a rating of 24.25 horsepower, but this rating is . ii i-1 . .hj. ll.li.nitP tvno Of HOt it J! p 1 1 l.iV LI 1 IU mo - . . .. - - - - - motor, which is rated at 34 horsepower at 1800 revolutions. Tne two cynuuo. blocks bolt to an aluminum crank case, i . ..nnnhiA hell, flvwheel housing. The crank shaft has two main bearings, front Being lsxz a-a mcnes, the rear being Ix4 inches. Both f rnrl. connect to this shaft, one throw bearing taking care of a pair qi roa enas in uuuai. inders. In order to operate in the same bushing, one roa is yonea on mo ouu. the other rod end fitting within this yoke. - The single em shaft Is directly above the crank shaft and has eight cams, one operating two opposite inlet valves or two exhaust valves, as the case may . ... i m BcE.mhiv in an the under ide of a plate which bolts to the top el - ... - i KAt-wAAn thA rvlln- , ... - or xne crauftuo ..... in th.ir wnrk In an am- . bulance cur. lent to the Red Cross by I tHk.l.,t)nn f Affected by rosiiivo .v , - a nlnntrap T) 1 1 tTlTl fcTlVine an mectllB W. " . . . . ' ' - ample oil flow for all moving parts A recent letter from Grace, tne n,ng- wlthln. lish racedriver. who pilots the power- I h "carburetor is the double-jet type ful six. throws interesting sidelights , irated between the cylinders. on the life of the Red Cross workers. st,rtl.. lighting and ignition is taken 'We left Dunkirk on -November as care c( by a two-unit system with dis tribution coil and storage battery, ine eenerator is driven from the front end , , ... n AllAnt Ahnln and OI CranK unau uy a .-.. . - starting motor is attached to the front r t..ii KBiiainv enfira&ring with fly wheel through inertia pinion drive. Tests of the jjetroiier shown a speed range of fromv2V4 to 56 miles an hour on high gear, and re markable high-gear pulling power In heavy roads and on nuis. with our car well loaded with warm clothing, tobacco and chocolate for the w nfii t a a u In thA nartv were Mrs. Whit ney. Roger T. Bacon, former American Ambassador to France, and ur. tiros. Mrs. Whitney's chief surgeon, who is the head of her ambulance corps. We were accompanied by Champoiseau. the great French race driver, who was at wheel of a little German racer. 'An other party trailed us in a" French car. "We had just left Amiens when we struck a bad kilometer of road torn up bv shell-flre. The French car left the road under high speed and was shat tered against a tree. We picked up the driver. He was unconscious. The others of the party were Uninjured and we took them into our car. "We returned via. St, Omer, Aire, ljlle and beyond Bethune almost to the firing line around La Basse. A heavy cannon tire was in progress and - we saw perhaps a dozen aeroplanes circling over our heads from time to time. "We ran down to St- Pol and then came back to Amiens and Beauvals. Here the little German car laid down for Champoiseau and refused to turn ii wheel. We took the driver and pas sengeis into our already crammed car and raced for Paris. The Packard Ii pished the trip safely but alone. "It wax a wonderful vindication of the American car In my mind. I have driven practically ev6ry make of Euro .An motor, but the Packard is the first Yankee car 1 have ever operated. U' drove 900 kilometers in four days iver roads wo rough that I was com pelled to bind the wheel to keep it from wreriihing from my hands when we took the bumps. v e naa no an fivultv except tire trouble." lAKBlBETOlt FACLT FIXED New Device Made to Meet Require ments or Cadillac Eight. One of t!ie interesting features in onnection with the development of the -lght-cyllnder motor by the Cadillac Motor-car Company has been the correc tion -of a fault common to practically all. if not all. carburetors. Ofttimes there is the lack of ability on the part of the carburetor to re- m !. r.illc In .-n.l.lAn and ...... ....... -- i onri'e opening of the throttle. When Registered Autos Number Nearly 2,000,000. New York Has More Than Any Other State, California Leading in Per Capita. n-jfffwj r ll EaSSa,l-trili(i.i, wn.iiiwwi'" .tom iniiii I mmm i l i i iiii ItlllltHI lUHIHIIHI II WI A?lr----. BiinniH-iini.nnfflii!;rH!l!a ii Hill II hi !1 ; i i ! j! i; I HI! l lililll ':,lll,!i,iiIlii:illiiHi.iu.ul llRh,. I h.. i , iti... I lih.imiimimtiimt.,-.. ' Hi ' 'lltlllllin i (it i i ' i ' i i 11 H nil M ill ill '! ; ITTh. "Ml "Tl I I IS. N . ii IS. 1 T WHITE A CREATION NOTABLE FOR COMPLETE ' . .. ARTISTIC AND MECHANICAL EXCELLENCE A gendeman is not remembered because of bis hat. his waistcoat,, or the ait of his clothe.--. he is accepted and respected for himself. , The properly appointed home is remembered and admired because of its complete perfection, not because of one room or one chair. . 'm To White mechanical excellence has been given the dignified gracefulness of an exterior m which many beautiful features are blended into an impressive completeness. No one feature stands out above others in The White. The eye goes J the other, but the mind receives and retains, first and last, the .mPres8lon of . complete car. For example, onelwill hardly notice that the conventional back of the fron seat ias been elhmnateCbsorbed by the finally perfect stream-line in the double cowl effect White Leadership Is a Principle fi? Theywhite is replete with dominating Ideas In mechanical construction and in the attribute, ef The WhUeaisbcomSetely equipped, including mono-top rain-vision ventilated windshield. apeed otter, electric signal, trunk rack, BUvertowa Cord Tires. The White Cars Are Exhibited at the Show , THE WHITE COMPANY A3roaJas at Oak- Phone Mam tL ! ii ls 11 'i'l' IBSEBiiliiaii s IP M mm AUTOS LEAD EXPERT SAYS IXDXJSTRY NEVER WAS IN BETTER SHAPE. rROSI practically nothing 15 years ago to an annual production -worth $425,000,000 is the growth of the auto business. Some figures follow: One million seven hundred and fifty eight thousand two hundred and fifty three automobiles is the number regis tered in the United States October 1. according to Automobile. According to Automobile New York leads with. 160,475 and next In order come Illinois, 126.681; Pennsylvania, 122 773; Ohio, 118.950: California, 118, 061; Iowa. 100.183; Texas. 75,000, and so on down the line to Nevada, with 1523. It would appear that, per capita, California has more automobiles than any other state in the Union. Compared with California . the - Empire -State makes a poor showing, for New York. t . v. alii 979 nnnnlntion (census 1910) v. .. a!v nun Rutomobile to each 56 Inhabitants, while California, with a population ot 2,341,949, nas one to eato 20. What is most surprising In connec tion with the figures the publication presents is the fact that the registra tion of autos on October 1 was 203,503 greater than on July 1. The Summer months are the harvest time of the automobile salesmen and the figures for the July 1-October 1 quarter do- not form a basis for esti mating the year's average, but If the other nine months showed only enough . , .a Ani.if.A wnrn-mit rnr. It PUhineio 1 - - - would seem that there was no sign of decline in the popularity 01 ui auto mobile in America. . I . . ,i i- th. Tacomallvely. hopes to smash aeraral racorda I ...a 1- t ra-nrfl rf 107. 3& 1111168. BO - - with 4t hTnVo7?ne highest grTe oTmen has who is. noslouch ot a driver, having Potlatch and Montana it been successful. With the scores of makers in the country one cannot Judge . mi im.i 1111 11 . ... X the business by the amazing resulob- f- . - X tained by six or eight of the leadera. F M , , , . . !VMfi?'' jr ' 1' ,un.i . LUIIIJU..AJLDI uiiijuua.uiiiuu na-iiMHS-if 1. . , , V - ' HAIiP OAKS SOLD ARE FOKDS A)f. $aam mmmlmiMimxmmmmmmmmmr'' ." - - t I' I tpP". Tjjg Vpammmmgl " J'jZ' ij ' 1l;;'J-""' 1- l"-m , i Alfred Reevea Asaerta United States Factories Produce More Cars Than Rest of World Combined. Alfred Reeves, general manager of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, has been making an exten sive trip to the various automomie His tories, having visited 83 plants m. cities. Mr. Reeves says the mausirj was never in better snape mau Commenting on the fact that America . - i j nf .ha ..at of the world IS so 1 a i oj".. in motor car building, Mr. Reeves says. "Skilled designing witn euiuici.. gineering and scientifc manufacturing E .ja i the leader of the world in motor car building. My re port to the National Automobile Cham ber of Commerce win n , . i !,,, .c. nnt taken a back- ward step, not even during the business depression of 1907, while each year has seen suDstannai 6u " . j i .i with the fiBTires or cars mawo .n . , , tor the past 13 months of more than 515,000 cars, vaiueo. at more than $485,000,000. exceeding the motor car production of the balance of the world by a wide margin. , , , . a u-ifteAnth Annual Automobile Show astonished everyone because of the extraordinary values a. . offered." said Mr. Reeves. "Keen competition has brought the price of ears down to the lowest pos . . , : . ; . v. .tli-oi-tifiru in the line SlDie point., -. ... . of accessories and body equipment that were unheard ot a iew . . - M . . .aa An.in.rv nna nee.n Trade iaruusnui. 1 1 " .. .. .- . n.,;nrltr nnnditions. and exceueiiL. vj..... ---r. . h. makers as a class are in good shape. They have lost the export trade in passenger cars to a large oegreo . - - . . -a,iaV f "nrpa have in- DUt OI tuuiaw 7, -. creased as a result of the war on the other side. .' "To be sure there- are some concerns who have not succeeded and others who . 3. AA.AO. OllfAACAAa Tllfl bUSi nave m.uc sa. - - - ness is a trying one, and only under Figures for California Reported by Motor Company, a.,- it AT-Adtin o- sales fiflTures are shown In the report Just made by the Ford Motor Company. During August, September. October -i i.ta..aa.kaa thu.a w.rA q TOO motor cars sold in California. Of.these 4938, or more than hail, were rora c. Reports from other districts are in teresting, showing the large propor tionate increase of Ford sales in those districts. ' 1 T o a fVilin 117 TdTSR irOHl VJO- tober. 1913. to. October, 1914, 81 motor cars were sold. Of these 48 were orua. C. R. Livingston, Ford dealer In Mo- Cook, Neb. reports mat in 1913, he sold Bix Ford cars, in Novem ber seven Ford cars, and in December -.a.aaaa 1Q11 hA sold 22 no earn, iu -.-.. Fords, in November 20 and up to -De cember 3 three bora earn. m an increase of about 800 per cent over . . .i AAAAanonriinsr oeriod of sales mr f . , i.. A-p nnniirti from other sales territories show the same proportion The Ford Motor Company points out the logical conclusion u - mous increase aemonsxjai.es mo ing use of the Ford as a general eco nomlc utility SPECIAL 8-CYXTXDER BUILT Arthnr Klein Wil Enter Car In 500-Mile Kace at Indianapolis. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 18. (Special.) Arthur , Klein. America's - youngest registered racing driver, is having an eight-cylinder car built for himself at the King factory. Detroit, to drive In the next Indianapolis 500-mile race. The piston displacement of the machine is 270 cubic inches and its weight 1750 pounds. Its estimated speed is 110 miles an hour. , A similar car, Chassagne's 12-cyltn-der Sunbeam, holds the world's hour R - J w ' V Don't Fail to See My Exhibit at the Show. FRED DUNDEE MOTOR CAR REPAIRING MACHINE WORKS THE LARGEST AND BEST KQPPEn REPAIR PLANT ON THE PACIFIC COA&T Any Motor Car Part Mae to Order IRK 575 JEFFERSON STREET TV-pn PORTLAND, ORE. Special Attention to Mail Orders. AIJ-. WORK GUARANTEED V - ----aaa-aaaaMaaaaaaMaasaaii f 1 - old- ' C' f& -5 - . ?-0 K. ' I, " ' '