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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1919)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 5, 1919." THIS CHALMERS IS CONSTANT SERVICE FOR SEVEN TEARS, THIS 1912 VELIE IS STILL HUSKY ENOUGH TO HAUL 1000 POUNDS OF MOSS TO MARKET. lit LITTLE Ten Folks Ride in Car and Trailer Tows Behind. is I US & PASSERS TOUR 6000 MILES LONG ACHSEL -' "'"'.'OS - . Despite Heavy Load Old 1915 Car Reaches Portland With Only One Repair En Route. HAD S i -v- . ' - - - - . - - f , . - - - . -Li.-"' f ' ' f H , How would yon like to take a chance on driving across the conti nent in a car any car loaded down with ten persons of various sixes, and lowing behind it a trailer that with camp equipment, luggage and auch weighs 2400 pounds? Tou'd think twice before you tackled It on any terms, wouldn't you? With his family of nine, assorted iies. aboard the car and the 2000 pound trailer behind. John McKay, a New York contractor, reached Port land a week ago in his 1915 Chalmers, after a cross-continent tour of (000 mi lea Be made the long trip with only one repair. The Chalmers was a seven-passenger car. but even a seven-passenger car Is slightly crowded when It has ten persons aboard. Despite the fact that the car had traveled several times as far before the start of the New Tork to Portland run. It snade the (000 miles with its extra load in what Mr. McKay described as 'per fect order." Mr. McKay recently constructed the big aviation field on Long Island. Being Interested in the west, he de termined to bring his .family to the coast for the trip, at least. His des tination is Yakima. Wash., and hs may locate there permanently, for hs likes the country, he said. The party left New York on June 2S. They traveled westward by Lin coln hlgbwsy to Denver, thence tak ing the San i Fe trail to Los Angeles. From that city they followed the Pacific highway to Portland, from here going to Seattle and Yakima. The single repair on tne trip was for a broken front spring leaf. Aside from this there was no engine trou ble or mechanical difficulty of any kind. Mr. McKay reported when he stopped at the C. L. Boss Automobile company to say hullo, and incidental ly, to pay a compliment to the car. "We passed many cars on the road that weri not so fortunate." said Mr. McKay. "With our heavy trailer, laden with food, supplies and house hold equipment, we rather expected difficulty of some sort, even from the brst machine. Our Chalmers sur prised us all. "When you take a 191S model which has bea run constantly since It was first sold, and run it across the con tinent after four years or use. you have undertaken some stunt. When the machine then completes the trip hauling an extra load of 2000 pounds with only one repair, the car has demonstrated some wonderful road and engine qualities. It seems to ma." .7tv - It ssIL At W iu :alWaUj "u 'AH i"v -- Six Gary Trucks Purchased by the City of Portland for the Fire Bureau The ear beloaga to II. W. Kiinu, of Lenta. Or, who is so prod of its performance that he urged the camera man ts be sure to saratloa Its record. He gathered this load of moss la the Cascade mountains while on a vacation trip, aad saved track or team hire by brinarlng It to towi on the- old Velle. The car climbed the hills from Bull Ran lake wltk Its heavy load aa Intermediate gear, which la going some. The moss was sold to undertakers here. THIS RAGE WAS THRILLER TWO CHEVROLETS ENGAGE IX 'ECK-AXD-XECK CONTEST." Louis Out of It When Car Gets on Fire at Sneepsbead, and Ills Brother Wins. ELGIN MAKES FAST HUN CHICAGO TO INDIANAPOLIS IN 4 HOURS MINUTES. Average for Whole 193 Miles 4 7.7 Miles Per Hoar, Which Is Going. A remarkable showing for sustained speed was made Wednesday, August 27, by an Elgin Victory Scout model In a test run from Chicago to Indian apolis. The distance of 193 miles was covered in four hours and six minutes, an average of 4T.7 miles an hour, and it minutes less than the running schedule of the fastest express train between these two cities. This run breaks all records between Chicago and Indianapolis for a stock car with full load. Lieut. J. G. Jamison, recently of the American aviation service, piloted the car a standard four-passenger sport model. Mr. Jamison says the road in some places was full of holes and deep ruts, while at oher points the Klgin six had to plow through loose dirt eight to ten inches deep on stretches where the road graders had just begun work. However, a speed f (0 miles aa hour and better was maintained over a large part of ths distance, and Mr. Jamison says the car held to the road like a duck to water., running smoothly and without the swaying and side-throw which Is noticeable In many cars when going at high speed. The gasoline ecenomy. In view of te high speed maintained through out, was remarkable, averaging 17 H miles to the gallon of gas. No water was added to the radiator during the entire trip. Elgin officials are highly pleased with this performance, as proving not only the car's ability as to sustained speed and economy, but also Its even balance and smooth run Bin a efficiency. The run waa made as a test of en durance and economy at high speed, for the information of the Elgin engi neers. Mr. Jamison waa accompanied by E. Ryder of the Elgin experimental department. William K. Uibbs, for merly associated with Motor Age. and Chester Paust of The Chicago Ameri can, the latter two acting aa officials of the test. WHY YOU PUSH OCT CLUTCH Pnrpose When Starting; Is to Take Load Off the Engine. A good many people ask this ques tion. "What's the use of pushing out the clutch when you start your motor, as long as the shift lever is in neutral and there is practically no load on the ena-ine?" The question sounds like a logical one. but as a matter of fact. It Is based on a wrong supposition. There Is really a considerable load on the enclne Just on account of the haft and gears that must be turned. Just try this test if you want to see how much this losd amounts to: Turn your engine over by band some morn ing with the clutch in. Then have someone hold the clutch pedal down, or fasten It down with blocks and try It again. If you turn the engine over rapidly you'll sea that there ts quite a difference, and the load is much greater when the engine spins at the rate the startlngmotor turns it. It pays to keep in mind the fact that thickened oil has a very definite braking action.and this action is very greatly lessened when you push down a your clutch pedal. Keep Weight Down. "Every time a pound of weight ts taken off a track chassis." ssys H. B. Bennett, vice-president of the Com merce Motor Car company. "H adds a pound to the load-carrying capacity of the truck." After a thrilling duel between the two Chevrolet brothers, which termi nated on the 110th mile with Louis Chevrolet's car going up in flamea Gaston Chevrolet set a new world's record for 150 miles at the Sheepshead Bay (N Y.) speedway, Saturday, Sep tember 20. His time for the distance was 1 hour 22 minutes, 11.2 seconds, clipping t minutes from the former record, and maintaining an average SDeed of 10 miles an hour. Tha two Chevrolets in their Fronte nacs had lapped the field at the 60th mile, and after Gaston took the lead at 110 miles he was never neauea. ai though Joe Bover. In a Duesenberg, and Ira Vail in a Phllbrin. pressed him hard throue-hout the race. Th contest between Boyer ana van ior second place furnished many thrills, Boyer finally nosing out Vail by three seconds at the finish. Art aieiu in P.ntrent finished fourth. The record of these four men In this rare la one of the most remarkable in racing history, for all drove the en tire ISO milea without a stop for any purpose whatsoever. It has been tne rule, and not the exception, for racing drivers to win their terriric speeaway contests without a stop in fact, every race at the Sheepshead Bay speedway for the last three years has been won in a non-stop. run. but never before have the first four men in a big 150 mile race finished with perfect rec MONEY ROLLS IN. OLYMPIA, Wash, Oct 4- The new automobile law of Washington, which was passed for the express purpose of rais ing plenty of funds for the con struction of highways. Is ao com. lishing what waa contem plated. The receipts thus far are 2H times as large as for any cor responding previous period, the total collection for January 1 to AuguJt 1, 1919. amounting to I3.065.86J.7S as against I80S, (99.50 for the corresponding pe riod of 191. Another half million will probably be produced before the end of the year, so that collec tions for the biennium, accord ing to Secretary of State L M. Howell, will approach the un precedented figure of 15,000,000. ords. This achievement is a wonderful tribute to the cars and no less a trl umph for the tires. It was also a victory for Goodyear cord tires, for the big racing cars of these four winning drivers were equipped with these tires, which added one of the greatest trtumps of the season to a long list of races that have been won on the various race cqurses of the country. Denny Hlckey. driving a Stlckel car. finished In sixth place, with three of his tires having gone the entire dis tance and a fourth that had rolled 120 of the 150 miles. He also drove on Goodyears. Thls unprecedented tire performance, with 19 tires going through the en tire race without any attention what ever, is illustrative of the progress that has been made in building tires to withstand the terrific speeds of the race tracks. In the early days races were necessarily slow because tires had not been developed for racing. Tires then rolled a few miles and blew out. But this is all changed. A com bination of the tire lore that drivers have accumulated and the research work of Goodyear tire engineers has evolved a tire that successfully re sists the meteoric speeds of which present racing cars are capable. The Sheepshead Bay race. In addi tion to furnishing the best tire record of the season, also produced two thrills that brought the 40.000 spec tators to their feet. Coming down from the top of the turn leading Into the main straightaway, Ralph Mul ford's Duesenburg went out of con trol through the breakinr of his steer ing gear, the car shooting into the inner concrete wall and bounding up the bank into the outer wall, coming to a full stop again at the foot of the banked track. With the two Chevro lets coming but a few feet behind Mul- ford. the enormous crowd set Itself to witness a tragedy, but the Chevro lets got past while 1 Mulford was bouncing from the inner wall, and Ralph De Palma shot by as he hit the outer one. When Mulford and his mechanician .stepped from the car un hurt, a great cheer announced the crowd's congratulations at the mirac ulous escape. The other thriller was furnished by Louis Chevrolet. On the 110th mile, and in the lead, his car suddenly burst Into flames at the same spot that Mul- ford's accident had occurred. With the daring driver standing up to escape the tremendous heat, the flam ing car shot past the grandstand and was brought to a stop with consum mate skill at the end . of the stretch. Both driver and mechanician Jumped out. Chevrolet lighting a cigar, and walking back to the pits amid the thunderous applause of the throng. FREAK REGULATIONS HAMPER TRUCK TRANSPORT. Ne"" York Highway Commissioner Invites War Department Sup port to New Programme. TRAEFIC TRUCK STURDY 4000-POUND SIZE ONLY ONE MANUFACTURED. August Junge of the New Rex Mo tor Company Hears of Increase in Factory Production. - With a dally production of 60 trucks a day the Traffio Motor Truck corporation barely keeps up with the demand for its 4000-pound capacity truck, declares August Junge of the Rex Motor company, distributor for the Traffio truck and Jones Six car, The factory production was between 10 and 12 trucks a day not over a year ago, but it was found necessary to enlarge the plant, thus raising the production. The Traffic Motor Truck corpora tion manufactures trucks of only one design and capacity, that of the 4000 pound capacity. It waa built and designed for the man who figures maintenance expenses and low ope rating cost is one of the Traffic's fea tures. 'Every Traffic specification shows that careful consideration and in spection was made by the engineers before they were put into the truck's chassis. The prospective truck owner cannot afford to miss the opportunity of having tha Traffic demonstrated to him, for in the end it means a sav Ing of many hundred dollars, not only tne first cost, that of buying the truck, but the expenses that come from upkeep and running." AUTO ENGINES USED ON BOATS Craft la Designed for Motive Power . Taken From Cars. Engines removed from small auto mobiles have frequently been used as boat motors, but now an enterpris ing boat builder has completed a boat especially designed for that kind of motive power. The hull. 25 feet long and 5H feet beam, is strictly flat bottomed and draws but a few inches of water. Like many other motor boats it haa a channel built into the bottom, running In from the stern, in which the propeller operates. wholly above the bottom line of the boat and protected from weeds: it also is provided with a double rudder. one blade at each side of the channel, forming practically a flexible exten sion of the current of water from the propeller. Glycerine for Slipping Clutch. Glycerine of the best quality ap plied to the leather facing of cone clutches gives the "take hold" which Is often lacking. . If the clutch is fierce in taking hold add a little graphite to the glycerine. Fear that ill-considereri mn, m,k legislation by the different states will mieriere with the develonment nf I economical highway transportation and of motor truck express service in Interstate commerce has led the New iora state commissioner of highways Frederick S. Greene, to writa to f-ninJ nel Sherrill of the United States war department, calling . attention to the necessity of having the states enact unirorm trarric legislation. The commissioner points out that iew xork state la preparing for the motor express era and is building con crete roads as part of its programme in promoting motor truck llnea The sisie division of foods and markets is much interested in the development ul ucn irucK operation as an Import ant factor in promoting agricultural production and reducing prices of farm products in tha cities, "it win oe tne auty or the next legislature," says Mr. reene. "to enact laws that will promote transportation develoD- ment." In bis letter to the war dmurtmant the commissioner says: "I have no ticed that a great many states are now beginning to enact motor truck legislation, and, as usual, tha laws are not uniform. This, of course, is going to hamper not only the manu facture of motor trucks, but will tend toward confusion generally in motor truck traffic. I believe the law CARLOADS OK CARS. At the meeting of. the direct ors of the NatlonalAutomobile Chamber of Commerce In New York the traffic committee re ported carload shipments of au tomobiles for the month of July to be 24,897 aa compared with 12,741 In July, 1918. Incomplete reports for August Indicate carload shipments of 21,000 as compared with 13,868 In August last year. In addition there was a large number of drlveaways and shipments by boat. Railroads have been able to furnish sufficient cars and the traffic department is in close touch with the regional director of railroads with' a view to keeping up this automobile car supply. dlt T he The Gary Tracks , Di They stood every one of the severe tests put to-thern by the Portland Fire Department in a recent test, winning over all competitors and the city purchased six Gary Trucks to replace horse-drawn apparatus. This should be enough to convince the skeptical as well as the conservative purchaser. Ten Test Gar y Trucks Carry a full year's factory guarantee. Every part of them is a known part carrying the war-famed Buda motor. The Tuthill Titanic Spring which is banded, not bolted, and is guaranteed for the life of the truck against breakage in the center. The axles and bearings are Timken throughout. We use a multiple disc clutch. Our line is complete, mak ing five sizes from the one-ton light delivery speed boat to the five-ton tractor type for heavy duty. Our prices are the lowest and our terms are the most reasonable. We would be pleased to have you call at our office to have a-truck chat. ' ' GARY COAST AGENCY, Inc. PHONE BROADWAY 2162 71 BROADWAY SOUTH MILL MOVED BY TRUCK 600 TRUCK LOADS IN BARGE TRANSPORT CONTRACT. snouia limit motor trucks In three directions width, height and maxi mum load per inch of bearing surface or tire. in my opinion, no truck should be allowed on our highways wnicn is more than 8 feet in width and 13 feet in height." He also advocates a maximum cross weignt 01 vehicle and load not ex ceeding 800 pounds per inch of tire, as the crushing strength of concrete pavements averages 1600 pounds per square inch. That gives a factor of safety of nearly four, which Is enouah to take care of stresses due to lmDact or heavy moving vehicles. He does not anticipate any trouble with re gard to length of trains composed of tractors and trailers, as he believes that grades of more than five per cent limit tnem at present to one or two trailers hauled by a single tractor. The recommendations as to weight per inch of tire and overall width made by the New York state commis sioner are the same as those in force in Massachusetts and several other states. They have been agreed upon by tne motor truck industry as rea sonable and sufficient for protection of properly constructed highways, and are embodied in a uniform traffic bill that has been prepared for introdue tlon in the various state legislatures next winter. Dont run in ruts, against curbing. car tracks or THIS CHALMERS CROSSED THE CONTINENT WITH TEN PASSENGERS AND A TRAILER IN TOW, If J- ' VTM i f r i , i v , , . .. - 'it o-X.-N- v. -V TCT-" 11 t.'l . ... - Tp.. . , j fvitmsiu. a ' 4V fss.. . T t -Sar .iUiiSiii',a.i.i nifty ill, in i IBIS MODEL REACHES BERE3 AFTER eOOO-HILE JOURNEY IS APPLE-PIE ORDER, John McKay, a New York contractor; Mrs. McKay and all the little McKays eight of 'em, all told were in Portland a week ago In their 1915 Chalmers six en route to Yakima, Wash., from New York, via Los Angeles and 8a n Francisco. The car towed a trailer that, with luggage and camp equipment, weighed 2000 pounds. Yet, despite its load of ten folks, large and small, and the trailer on behind, tha only trouble on the entire 6000-mile trip was on broken front spring leaf. IX fa war to repeat tha trip, said Mr. McKay, It would certainly be la a Chalmers. Entire Department of New Bedford Cotton Plant Carried to Paw tucket by Motor. One of the largest motor trucking contracts that haa ever been recorded in New England has recently been completed by a Fall River trucking concern, which successfully moved from New Bedford to Pawtucket. the entire equipment of the cotton yarn finishing, conditioning, mercerising and dyeing department of the Sharp Manufacturing company. The con tract Involved the transportation of 600 truck loads of machinery and other equipments over the road, and five-ton trucks were employed. At first the company attempted to take down, load and unload the mm enuinment with its own employes. but soon found that it was cheaper to hire the experienced riggers and loaders of the trucking contractor. The Sharp company recently bought a plant in Pawtucket ana piannea to concentrate its finishing and condi tioning work there by moving the department from New Bedford. E. P. Wlnward & Son of Fall River were employed, and under the original con tract were to ao oniy inq moving. The work of loading and unload In it was so much delayed by the inex nerlenced mill employes that the Winward concern found" It necessary to charge for the wasted time of the trucks. This led to an arrangement whnrebv the trucking concern took over all the dismantling, loading and unloading process, and this work cost the mill company less than the cost of the idle time of the trucks. Much of the material transported was made up of heavy and bulky tnnkR. some of which required the use of trailer wheels. AUSTRALIA LIKES SPEED 20.000- AT AUTO RACE MJirVT - HELD IN SYDNEY. American Cars Take Four Events in Six, With Lexington Win ner of the Main Honor. Automobile racing is the latest Americanized sport to gain popular ity in Australia. Twenty thousand persons witnessed a race meet re cently at Sydney, Aus., according to newspaper reports from that city. The events were held over a new cin der oval measuring nine furlongs, or one and one-eighth miles. American built cars won four of the six events in competition with several promi nent European makes. A Lexington minute-man-six, man ufactured by the Lexington Motor company of Connersville, Ind., car ried awav the honors In the principal stock events of the day. Driven by A. V. Turner of Sydney, the American entry captured the Initial heat of a 20-lap race. The winning margin, according to the Sydney Sunday Sun, was 60 yards, which evidently is the Australian way of figuring margins. In the final heat the Lexington ob tained the lead at the start and held its position throughout, winning from its nearest competitor by 200 yards. The time for the initial heat was 28 minutes 32 4-5 seconds; that for the final heat, 27 minutes 32 seconds. A second Lexington entered in the second heat of this, event captured third. The Sydney Sun lauds the drivin of the various pilots, particularly that of A. V. Turner. It describes the rac irg as being "good" on the whol particularly in view of the uncertain trt ck. "The racing was carried out on cli der track without any bankin and consequently it was loose going at the corners," it states, adding "That there were no accidents is testimonial largely to good driving. The article upbraids the manage ment of the races, however, for per mitting spectators to encroach upon the track during the events, thus en dangering not only their own liv but those of the drivers, and warn that If racing is to continue a greater effort must be msde to control the eager crowds. the location of the leak. - A little soft solder on the end of a wire will en able you to reach places where com mon soldering cannot be carried out. Preparing Maps for Tour. A convenient method of preparing pocket maps for use on a tour is to paste them onto strips of cardboard about three inches wide and eight inches long. This makes a conveni ent size for ready reference In the city and fits in the pocket Don't neglect necessary adjustments and repairs until ft is too late and you are laid up by the roadside. OAKLAND IS LONE IN IIS CAR BOUGHT IN 1910 STILL GO ING IN DAILY SERVICE. Sturdy Auto Already Has 100,000 Mile Record, and Looks to Be Good for Mucb. More. Oakland ability to deliver transpor tatlon over a long period of years is demonstrated by the Model 24, of th vintage of 1910, which is owned by E. Kretchmer, of Webster Grove, Mo. This venerable vehicle has run close to 100,000 miles and is still in good condition and giving daily service. Persons who have ridden in it say that it gives promise of several years more of running before it lands fn the "bone yard. The discovery of this car has started the Oakland factory officials on a bunt for the first models of their car ever built. They have evidence that the first Oakland is now In op eration in Norway. It certainly has traveled a long way, whether it BDeedometer shows the distance or not. The factory is now anxious to know where models 2, 3, 4 and up to the first hundred are whether they have passed to the happy hunting grounds of faithful autos or whether they are still giving service to mankind. Radiator Leaks. Badiator leaks are often very hard to locate, especially when they are little ones. In these circumstances empty the radiator completely and blow smoke Into it through a jewel er"s blow-pipe. This will discover mw (O RFQRWANCEicoUNTS I AROUND THE WORLD BY MACK TRUCK Capt. A. E. Ritchey commanded Co. E, 5th Engi neers, U. S. A., that crossed the continent with the first Motor Transport Convoy using Mack AC Trucks. Capt. Ritchey Says: The Mack Bull Dogs got mixed up in something like 60-odd bridges and a great many culverts. In one day we broke up something like 16 regu lar bridges, and when I say we I mean the engineers who had the five Macks, and yet on the entire trip we broke but one front spring. In all my experience with motor trucks I have never seen equipment stand up under the hard use, and I might say necessary abuse, that these Macks did from North Platte to the Coast There is not a member of the whole com pany but who has acquired a sort of sentimental fondness for the old Bull Dogs by reason of what they did and the way they did it. We were all overloaded and when ever there was anything hard to do the Macks got the job. We helped everybody and received very little help ourselves. In fact we did not need it. Give me the kind of roads that trucks should run over and I would consider it a real pleasure taking a fleet of Bull Dogs around the world. International Mack Corp. 10th and Davis Sts. Phone Bdwy 691 mi