The Sunday Oregonian., July 13, 1919, SECTION FIVE, Page 9, Image 73

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 13, 1919.
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TBAIIII OF TRUCK
HAM OF FREIGHT?
Careful Study of Conditions by
Engineering Authority.
RAILRO'.C: NOT DpNE YET
Motor Track Baa Bst Meld for Op
erations Aronnd Cities, la
Conclusion Reached.
Ia Tlew of the present Interest In the
carrying of fraiaht la motor tracks
from tnj to city, the Engineering-Neva-Record
baa made a special inves
tigation of tha comparative cost of
freight transportation by railway andi
tabliahed an atrency with thfa first for
the Chalmers and Maxwell lines.
J. U. Farley and F. W. Morgan,
president and sales manager, respec
tively. Issued Invitations to a private
exhibition of the new salesrooms,
which have been established on the
entire lower floor of the Moose build'
ins;. A band added tone to the occasion.
The Farley Auto Sales company has
arranged a first-class service station,
will carry a line of accessories and is
exclusive agents for Lee tires.
SIR C. B. GORDON OX BOARD
Canadian Consolidated Robber Se
lects Distinguished Directors.
At a meeting- in Montreal June E. Sir
Charles B. Cordon, K- B. and Lieu
tenant-Colonel Herbert Molson, M. C,
were elected to the board of directors
of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber
company, limited, which ia affiliated
Ith the United States Rubber com
pany, the largest rubber manufacturer
la tha world.
Sir Charles ia prominent In com
mercial and financial circles In Mon
treal and Canadas He is vice-president
and director of the Bank of Mon
treal, director of the Royal Trust com
pany, president of the Dominion Tex
tile company and vice-president of the
Montreal Cotton company and C Mer
edith company. He waa deputy chair
man? of the Imperial munitions board, I
BIKER EXPECTS TO
GET THE RECORD YET
Motorcycle Rider Is After
Cross - Country Mark.
JINX STOPS LAST EFFOR
But "Cannonball," Despite Painful
Injuries, Says He'll Win It
With His Indian.
Probably no endurance 'contest has
been so hotly contested in the motor
cycle world of America as tha trans
continental record from the Atlantic
to tha Pacific coast. As far back as
190S, when motorcycles were becoming
PORTLAND SHRINERS IN' COLE EIGHT AT INDIANAPOLIS.
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Here's aa af tae ears la walea the Pertlaad delesatloa asade ftae a ihowbg at the bts; parade. The ear waa furmlahed
tkrraah tae eMrteay at the Cala Motor Car easaaaay. waoae factory la at ladlaaaaolls, at the request at tae North'
west Aata eesaaaay af Portlaad.
by highway. The results of the lnves
tiaatton are published with exhaustive
detail, including; facts, figures and
tables. In the July 10 issue of the Engi-
aeering News-Record.
The Investigation shows that tha cost
of hauling freight by rail, where there
is sufficient business. Is only a small
fraction of the cost of hauling it by
highway, even when the road is paved
at large expense and a motor truck
la used.
RehaaaJlag Obviated by Track.
On the other hand, the advantage of
hauling by motor truck is found in the
ability of the truck to carry freight
from origin to destination and to ob
viate the repeated rehandling which
Is necessary with railway transporta
tion. The motor truck, too. on short-distance
hauling often saves more In the
net of parking and boxing than the
entire freight charge.
However, the most economical method
of transport for a given location will
depend on the local conditions, espe
eially the amount and character of the
freight td be handled, and the cost of
building and maintaining various types
sf roadway at that location.
Charles Whiting Baker. conuHlng
editor of the Knglneering News-Record,
who carried out the Investigation,
orges that the building of branch-line
railways In country districts should
be resumed, and that all such railways
should be sllowed to charge freight
rates high enough to pay the cost of
transport over them, so that they
ehould not be a burden on the main
line.
Trailer Bis; Moaey Saver.
Railways to handle light traffic, how
ever, should be built and operated
quite differently from heavy - traffic
rail ways.
The motor truck's greatest field of
aefulness is about the larger city,
where it can effect a great saving In
handling leas than carload freight
shipments and express packages be
tween the city and surounding towns.
Better knowledge of truck operating
costs and better methods of conducting
the business are greatly needed. A
large percentage of the concerns oper
ating motor trucks in Intercity traffic
have failed. For handling auch buai
sess economically, the use of trailer
wagons, hauled behind the trucks, ap
pears to be on of tha most promising
methods of Improvement.
"EOMK CAC5ES OK OVERHEATING
and during 1918 was representative of
the Imperial munitions board at Wash
Ington. D. C For many years Sir
Charlea has been an active member of
the Canadian Manufacturers' associa
tion and was vice-president of the
Quebec branch in 1911.
Lieutenant-Colonel Molson la a mem
ber of one of the oldest and most dis
tinguished families in Montreal. He is
a director of the Bank of Montreal and
the Royal Trust company and Is pres
ident of the Molson brewery. Lieuten
ant-Colonel Molson was among the first
to offer for overseas service, and after
a brilliant military career in France
and Flanders, was awarded the military
cross. He gained his sank while on
service in France.
The board of directors of the Cana
dian Consolidated Rubber company as
now constituted comprises Sir Mortimer
B. Davis, Sir Charles B. Cordon. K. B.
E. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Molson,
M. C; E. W. Neshitt, M. P.: J. B. Wad-
dell. Victor E. Mitchell. K. C. ; W. A.
Eden. R. E. Jamieson, A. . Thornton,
H. Wallein. Colonel Samuel P. Colt.
Charles B. Seger, Homer E. Sawyer, J.
Newton Gunn and Elisha S. Williams.
MOTORCYCLE COST LIEUT
CVCLB AND SIDE CAR IDEAL
FOR DELIVERY.
No Garage Rent to Pay, 40 Miles
Per Gallon of Gas, Only Three
Small Tires to Wear.
Fred W. Houghton Tells Why Cars
Get "Hut Cp" In Summer.
"With the approach of hot weather,
beating of automobile engines becomes
more manifest." says Fred W. Hough
ton, of the C. H. S. garage. Moon and
Dixie distributor.
"After driving the car all winter a
visit should be made to a competent
repair man to have him make a
thorough Inspection and remedy any
of the following cauaea of engine over
heating: -Cylinder Jackets clogged Thia .Is
caused in many cases by water spaces
around cylinders becoming obstructed
with sediment and corrosion.
"Valves not seating The poor grade
of fuel today Is lower in gravity and
higher In heat unite than the fuel pur
chased a year or so ago. This fuel
causes valves to pit. and as they get
much hotter than formerly due to high
bitumen in the gasoline they warp
and scale.
"If all valves are not seating proper
ly It will cause engine to laor and
lose power, necessitating low gear and
heating of engine.
"Radiator should be drained and
flushed as the tubes and water pas
sages in radiators are easily obstructed
and the cooling efficiency impaired.
"Lubricating oil from the crank case
should be drained every 1000 miles
This is very important, due to the fact
that few carbuertors will mix and
vaporise the present day low grade of
gasoline and unvaporlzed gas will pass
the pistons and get Into tha crank
case, thereby causing dilution of crank
case OIL. which mean. loss of lubricat
ing properties and heating of engine.
NEW FIRM IX OREGON CITY
Farley Aoto Sales Co. Handles Max
well and Chalmers.
Opening of tha Farley Aato Sales
company. Eleventh and Main streets.
Oregon City, on Thursday, was an
event of social importance in that city,
according to Ted Herlihy. Chalmers
sales representative for the C L. Boas
Automobile company, who recently es
soins) Interesting figures have been
prepared by the Merrill-Strine Cycle
company, agents here for Excelsior and
Cleveland motorcycles, covering costs
of motorcycle delivery. They show why
tha motorcycle with side or rear deliv
ery car ia replacing the horse and wag
on.
Some of the economy facts set forth
are:
Forty miles to the gallon of gasoline.
Only three small tires to wear out.
Keep the cycle in tha store nights
for nothing and eliminate storage bills
Quick and convenient in traffic
Can deliver one or two packages as
an accommodation without taking ail
the profit out or tha order. '
Givea excellent service in winter, hav
ing no radiators to freeze or leak.
WATCH THE BATTERY BRUSHES
And Grain of Dirt In Switch Con
tacts Will Make Tronble.
Tha starting motor takea tha current
from the storage battery through
brushes. It sometimes happens that
these brushes, for various reasons, are
not making proper contact, and thia
means more or less failure of the sys
tem. hen trouble arises in this sys
tem these brushes should be carefully
examined. Again, one of tha cells of
the storage battery runs down before
the ofhers, which are therefore called
upon to do more work than they are
able to handle. Also a grain of grit or
foreign matter may be between the con
tact points of the switch and may make
a world of trouble before it is dis
covered and dislodged.
Don't overlnflate your tires.
HUPMOBILE
NATIONAL
AND GRANT
EXPERT
Pan-American Service Station
Satisfactory Repair Work
CTOR A. WILLIAMS
490 Buraside Street
Phone Broadway 93
Main 3372
dependable enough to make a trans-
continental trip anything but danger
ous, it was the aim of endurance riders
and motorcycle manufacturers. Prior
to that, a so-called motorcycle record
from San Francisco to New York had
been established, taking nearly 50
days.
On August 10, 1916. L. J. MueUer,
riding a 2Mi-H. P. Indian motorcycle,
left San Francisco to establish a new
record. He reached New York Sep
tember 11. covering 356$ miles in 31
days. 13 hours and 15 minutes, beat
ing the existing record by some IT
days of so. This was considered a
tremendous triumph and no further
attempt was made until 1911. when
Volsey Davis, mounted on a 6 H. P.
Indian took another chunk of 11 days
out of the time, making the run of 3746
miles in 20 days, 9 hours, one minute.
Seta New Record" Once.
In the meantime, road conditions
across the continent were gradually
improving and the motorcycle manu
facturers were making big Jumps in
improvements on their products, par
ticularly in 1912 and 1913. And in 1914,
E. O. "Cannonball" Baker, destined
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This Is the Minimum Not the Maximum
Victor Tires have a consistent record everywhere of ren
dering; mileage service far m excess of the guarantee.
The more experience you have had with
tires the more you will appreciate Victor
Springfield tires. .
Mileage service is, after all, what counts
when you buy tires. ' ,
The more mileage, the less your expense.
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Tire Store
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termined to get them. In June he left
Los Angeles on a Henderson motor
cycle, and succeeded with the best
of luck In weather and roads in
arimming three whole days plus some
ours off Bakers record, iseaeu. oy
close figuring, cut the mllease down
to 3296 n,Ies, making the distance in
days, 16 hours, it minuies.
The riders were fast getting the dis
tance, cut down so that the figuring
of hours and minutes looked necessary
to decide the contest. That same tan.
Baker set out to recover his laurels.
this time reversing the usual proceed
!? . ,mOS' P-5't and ?Je ""the AtlTntrc coast. He made
Hawaiian record, circuit of Oahu
Island. 90 miles, 2 hours, 4 minutes, 36
seconds. '
Borderland derby. El Paso, Phoenix,
E37 miles, 15 hours, 52 minutes.
Thirty-three perfect scores In 39 big
endurance runs entered since 1909.
stepped Into tha ring, declaring that
he was going after the "big record."
He had In the meantime been making
himself thoroughly familiar with route
generally and made some changes
rrom the accepted one, leaving the Pa
cific coast at San Diego. This cut his
total mileage down to 3378 for the
trip. He went after the whole thing
more systematically, making arrange
ments to ship oil and gasoline to spots
where "experience had taught him It
would be most needed, making a care
ful study of the weather bureau's re
ports and predictions, and the like.
He left San Diego May 3, 1914.
mounted on an Indian. He moved
eastward following' one heavy rain
storm and with another chasing him
and he latter did not catch up with
him until he hit Indiana, to such an
extent did the government weather
man make his Journey easier. At any
rata. Baker made the trip in 11 days,
12 hours. 10 minutes and at the time
it was believed it would be many a
year before this speed record would
be beaten.
However, In 1917 there came another
endurance rider. Alan T. Bedell, who
out for Baker's laurels and de-
wonderful speed and remarkable prog
ress and was hours ahead of Bedell's
record to within 540 miles or Los
Angeles, where the jinx hopped aboard.
In bouncing off a boulder. Baker's ma
chine slid out from under him and fell
on his leg pinning his ankle to a rock
and injuring it so painfully that he
was unable to continue the ride. To
have such a glorious victory turned
into defeat in the last 500 miles wns
bitter medicine, but Baker T.as a good
sport and took it nobly, merely stating
that he would "get it yet."
Baker has left the class "riders" and
has become nothing less than a celeb
rity. He holds practically all the big
world's records for endurance riding
and he made them all with an Indian
and he also' holds some automobile
records. Here are some of them:
Motorcycle Records,
World's 24 hour record, 1534 miles.
World's 12 hour record, $21 miles:
World's 1000-mile record, 1C hours,
14 minutes, 15 seconds.
World's 500 mile record, 6 hours, 59
minutes. 15 seconds.
All Australian records from 200 miles
to 24 hours. i
DOBLE SIMMER COMING SOON
Car Long Awaited to Be Turned Out
by Factory This Summer.
The promise of early and large pro
duction of Doble-Detroit steam cars is
made by the Doble-Detroit Steam Mo
tors company, which will be underway
before the end of the comlngtsummer.
When America entered the war and
production of the factories was cut
down gradually to 75 per cent of the
previous year's production, the Doble
company was Just starting. This rul
ing naturally put a stop to manufac
turing, as the company had turned out
no cars upon which to base a manu
facturing schedule that would be large
enough to make an impression.
Throughout the world eyes had been
turned toward the Doble steamer, and
without any announcement on the part
ct the company requests came in from
all sections of the world for informa
tion.
that the re-
company. Kenosha, Wis.,
ports are all bunk.
"The reports of a consolidation In
the motor car industry, which includes
the Nash Motors company, are not
founded on facts," declares Mr. Nash.
"There is no possibility of the Nash
Motors company becoming a subsidiary
of any other company in the motor
car industry.
"Like all other great industries, the
automobile business is narrowing down
to survival of the fittest. Day after
day mergera are reported.
"I have no criticism of this tendency
but I would like to have it definitely
understood that nothing could Induce
the Nash Motors company to enter a
merger. Should it become advisable or
expedient, we would go into the field
for other plants but in that event the
resulting expansion would be under the
control of the Nash Motors company. i
"In this connection l might say there
are tnree factors necessary to
manency in the motor car
good financing, a good factory and a I right.
good organization. It follows that a
good product would be the result.
"We feel that the Nash Motors com
pany possesses all three of these es
sential factors, and that, therefore, oar
expansion depends simply on our own
energy and is not in any way depend
ent on a combination with other well
established companies." - -
Because of Mr. Nash's 27 years' ex
perience In manufacturing and the
record he holds as one of the world s
foremost manufacturer, there hava
been frequent rumors of consolidation.
Testing Bearings.
The motorist is sometimes puzzled to
know just what shape his bearings are
in and does not know how to test them.
Connecting rod Dearings should be
tested by tapping tnem very gently with
hammer and watching for play. For
the crankshaft bearings, rock the shaft
per-I a little by hand with tha petcocks open:
business if you can do this the bearings are all
NO MERGER, ASSERTS NASH
Maker of Nash Car Says Consolida
tion Reports Are Bunk.
In answer to recent reports that there
was a possibility of a combine of the
Nash Motors company with several
other big companies in the motor car
Industry comes a statement from C. W.
Nash, president of the Nash Motors
Se5
Steel Dumping Bodies can be instead
on Troy Trailers. These can bo furnished
in either side-dump.rear-dump or bottom
dump, as desired. The working efSci
ciency of the truck is DOUBLED. '
HODSON-FEENAUGHTY CO.
Northwestern Distributors -309-315
East Yamhill Street, Portland, Oregon
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