The Oregon daily journal., September 21, 1913, Page 36, Image 36

THE OREGON SUNDAY" JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1913.
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SCENES DURING TRIP OF LITTLE GAR WHICH BROKE
ALL RECORDS FOR SAN FRANCISCO-PORTLAND TOUR
ERA OF GOOD ROADS
STANDARD
CHASSS
SHOWS VALUE IN RUN
NTENT OF EUROPEANS
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ROM SAN FRANCISCO
Buick Stock Machine Unpre-
oared for Rough Work
, Makes Wonderful Showing,
:. ' Ta, Arvn seven hundred and forty
miles between San Francisco and Port
land from Tuesday at li.iv P. m. 10
Thursday morning at 5:20, a total of 40
hour and 60 minutes, was an absolute
Impossibility a few years ago, and the
accomplishment of this feat by a small
low priced car certainly proves that the
present popular priced small car that
Is well built will stand an uniirauea
amount of abuse in the matter of rough
roads and hard driving.
"This time, which is IT hours and 10
minutes faster than the former record
made by the White people in 1908, is not
particularly fast wllen taken from a
' racing point of view,-but when one stops
to consider the size or the car, a z n. p.
Buick, the roads this route covers, and
the fact that the entire distance was
driven by three men, one of them mat
Id the entire trlD. while the former rec
' ord of 58 hours was made with a high
. powered touring car carrying three ex
pert drivers and a guide all the time
' and having fresh reiier driver waning
at Redding. Cal.. and Medford. Ore., it
makes the performance of the little
Buick appear really wonaerrui.
Car Hot Stripped.
V The usual custom In making records
of this nature is to strip the car of
every last ounce of weight that can te
removed from It. It Is then gone over
and the chassis strengthened by extra
bracing: the gear ratio Is changed, and
In other words the car is practically re
' built and bears Very small resemblance
to the original car as sold by the man
ufacturers, The car used In making this record
was not only a regular stock car, but
- was fully equipped in every detail. In
cluding; top, windshield, fenders, and
-even- ueh minor detatts-asa -4ut-ee
over the top and seat covers.
"The mechanical part of the car was
absolutely not altered in any way and
the only items of extra equipment car
ried were a pair of rebound straps re
tailing; at 16.50, and an auxiliary air
valve attached to the manifold of the
carburetor," according to Fred Grass,
in charge of the trip.
In speaking of the trip in general, C
A. McQee, of San Francisco, who madd
the entire trip, has the following to
say:
"Fred Gross and myself were so well
' pleased with the Northwest when we
were here with the record breaking truck
in July, that we resolved to return
again at the first opportunity and
when Mr. C. S. Howard, who controls
' the Buick business of the west, sug
gested that we take a pleasure car and
establish a new road record between
San Francisco and Portland, we were
delighted.
Oregon Boads Good.
"We found the road conditions just
the reverse to what they were when
w drove the truck through.
- "At that time the California roads
were smooth and hard, while the Ore
gon roads were rough and full of holes.
On this last trip the roads between
Vallejo and Redding were badly cut up
In places and generally rough and dusty.
There is also many miles of new road
under way of construction, all of which
made the going much harder than we
had expected.
"In spite of this,, however, we were
able to maintain our schedule of 25 miles
per hour to Redding. At that place
- we began to encounter the mountains
and our (schedule which had all been
prepared before we started, called for
a reduction in speed as a matter of
safety.
"The entire Sacramento River canyon
was negotiated at night and we ar
rived at DunsmulrJust at daylight, ten
' minutes ahead of schedule time.
"We used this ten minutes in having
a hot breakfast of eggs and cofee, and
left for Grants Pass again on time.
"We found the roads from Dunsmuir
North much better than we had expect
ed. Of course, the heavy grades are
there regardless of the road condition,
but they gave us absolutely no trouble;
in fact, we used the low gear very sel
: dora.
First Trouble Zs Met.
"We experienced our first and only
trouble about ten miles south of Grants
Pass, In crossing one of the many
small bridges in this vicinity we ran a
big bridge spike Into our right front
tire.1. This is the only delay we ex
perienced with our Goodyear tire equip
ment, and in fact It is the only delay
we experienced on the entire trip, other
than the necessity of stopping for oil
and gasoline.
"After slipping on one of our spare
tires to replace the punctured one, we
started again for Grants Pass eight
' minutes behind schedule.
"At the town of Rogue River, we were
directed onto the wrong road and this
cost us 20 minutes, bringing us to
Grants Pass 25 minutes behind sched
; Ule.
"Gross, who had done most of the
-driving to -this point, was relieved here
by Roy Wilson of Portland, and we
. started north again at 2:50, just SO min-
utes late.
v "Wilson's schedule from here to Port
i land called for 20 miles per hour aver
age and the way he started out I was
Quite convinced that be would main
tain it.
"We covered the 79 miles between
Grants Pass and Roseburg in three
. hours and forty minutes.
"The best previous time recorded for
this distance is four hours and 33 min
utes, "This fast trip brought us into Rose
. burg 10 minutes behind schedule an J
. from there on through Oakland, Drain,
: Eugene, Cor vail is. .Independence, Salem
. and Newberg, we had no trouble In
: maintaining our schedule and arrived at
the Hotel Oregon at 5:20 Thursday
morning, just 10 minutes ahead of our
schedule, which called for 41 hours for
: the trip of 740 miles separating Ban
. Francisco and Portland.
" "We were particularly fortunate In
the matter of tire trouble. From what
we knew of the roads, we expected a
great .many delays on this account and
as a safeguard we carried tvyT extra
caslngsrcounted on spare rims, with ui,
and shipped three extra mounted cas
. ings to Grants Pass,'
. "This gave us- nine casings for the
trip -and the mere fact that we only
, used, one of our spares, proves1 that we
were agreeably surprised in the matter
of Mrs service, and to look at the new
type, white tread tires on the ear at the
' vonfpletion of the 740 miles one would
nevor . thluk that they had. made such
a triPM the hardly showed a scratch.
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Above, at left The Buick roadster, taken Just after arrival in Portland at 5:20 A. M., Thursday. Roy Wilson, who drove from Grants Pass
to Portland, Is at the wheel, and Claud A. McGee, who brought the car from San Francisco to Grants Pass, Is In the seat with Wilson.
At the right Buoklng Cow Creek canyon. This is by far the worst place in the trip from California to Oregon.
Below, at left One of the permanent bridges being put across streams intersected by the Pacific Highway. This bridge spans the Klamath
near Hornbrook. At right Roadster on a steep pitch in the Sisklyous"cnear the summit, whicr is 4100 feet elevation.
LOVE OF HIS BUSINESS
GAVE Hi
NSPIRAT1
rom Beginning of Industry
Alexander Winton Has
Always Led,
"Seldom in any Industry Is the leader
ship of an Individual so thoroughly
proved by historical facts as is Alex
ander Wlnton's leadership in the Amer
ican gasoline car industry. Nor is It
usual that the leader exerts upon his
industry an Influence so sweeping and
conclusive as that which stands to Mr.
Winton's credit. To be the greatest In
dividual factor in the . industry would
have been possible with much less
than Mr, Winton lias accomplished, but
application, thoroughness, and love of
his work are characteristic of him, and
these are the elements that have won
for him a long series of remarkable
honors," says Bert Roberts, manager of
the local Winton branch.
"In love with his work, he is as en
thusiastically devoted to it today as
he was when he founded the American
car Industry by producing and selling
the first American-built gasoline car
March, 1898. That car was a single
cylinder, and its design was universally
adopted in America by single cylinder
car builders. His two-cylinder design,
the succeeding American standard, was
so wonderfully successful that it was
never equalled by any other car of that
type, and, naturally, it never has been
Improved beyond the point where he
left It."
"When the European four-cylinder
type of car was bodily adopted by
American makers, it was Mr. Winton
alone who declared the four to be de
ficient in the qualities that a car must
possess In order to be genuinely high
grade." ,
"If his Influence prior to this time
had been powerful, it was henceforth,
to have still greater power. When, in
June, 1907, he becaipe the world's first
manufacturer of slx-cyllnder cars ex
clusively, and announced that the Six
alone possesses qualities of excellence
lacking In all other types, the greeting
he received from the contemporary man
ufacturers sounded much like a hoot of
derision.
"They opposed the Six at every turn,
and for two years Mr. Wlnton's slx
cyllnder campaign had little apprecia
ble Influence upon them. Then, one
by one, they began to produce a few
Sixes as a side line to their fours. As
time went on, they came to realize that
Mr. Winton knew very well what ho
had been talking about and doing; they
saw the light just as he had forecast
"Meanwhile, in smaller movements,
as well as In the greater, has Mr. Win
Ion's Influence been followed. There
Is hardly a car on the market that does
not incorporate some features first pro
duced by him. It was he who produced
the first self-cranking motor, and every
Winton car produced since June, 1907,
has cranked Itself. Within the past two
years the entire industry has discovered
the desirability of the self starter, and,
other makers began only then to pro
vide for their car buyers a convenience
that the Winton owners have had In
their service for six years," continued
Roberts.
EACH CAR IS FIT!
TOP OF ITS OWN
No "Master Body" Used in
Plant Where . Stevens
Duryeas Are Made,
A Few Bargains
IN USED
Apperson Automobiles
These machines Have been used
for demonstrating by our sales
men and are in perfect condition.
These' cars are' equipped with
Gray & Davis, Electric lights and
starter.
Apperson Motor Car Go.
31 North Nineteenth Street.
Portland, Oregon
1 I -J-Mr
If you ever. went through a body de
partment of an automobile plant, you
probably noticed that In fitting the
tops, there was a so-called model or
"master body" on which each top is fit
ted, as a dressmaker fits a garment to
a model. In other words, top fitting as
defined by other motor car builders 1
analogous In meaning to a ready made
clothing manufacturer's practlo of fit
ting a certain sis garment to a definite
form and fashioning all garments bear
ing that size label on a speolfie model.
This is why we see a collar of a coat
worn by a man with a long neck pur
chasing that size garment sagging ri
diculously out of line, or why the sleeve
length is too long for another man wear
ing that size.
In other words, the Individual devi
ation from a standard cannot be com
pensated for, In any ready made method
lof fitting a garment or an automobile
top. It Is true that the bodies may be
built on the same model to exact meas
ures, but when the top Is fitted the
slight deviation in Its measurements
will bring about slight disalignment of
the body and the top which develop Into
wrinkles or sagging or warping of the
top at some point
"In the Stevens-Duryea body plant,"
says Angus Graham, local dealer, "they
hand-tallor each top to its own body.
There Is no such thing as a model to
which all tops are fitted; each Indi
vidual body is Its own model for Its
special top. This process positively pre
vents the slightest variation In the uniformity-of
fit of the top. It can be said
without contradiction, that our plant
stands alone of all body building plants
in this country, in Its definition of how
to fit a top properly Jo a motor car."
Savannah Meet May Be Called Off.
Savannah, Oa., Sept 20. Unless there
la a satisfactory number of entries on
hand by October 1 the Grand -Prize and
Vanderbllt Cup races will not be run
this fall. The manufacturers are In
sisting on having entry fees cancelled
and the Savannah club declares that it
will not do this even if the races have
to be declared off. The Peugeot com
pany has agreed to send two cars if
Savannah will pay the transportation
charges and waive entry fees. This will
be impossible.
San Francisco-Portland
Road Record
Established by a
five
Ql -No. 24
Roadster
A fully equipped Buick roadster this week covered the
741 miles from San Francisco to Portland in 40 hours, 50
minutes, or at the rate of 18 miles per hour.
You can buy a better Buick roadster than this one for
$1060 PORTLAND
including electric geneiating, starting, lighting and ignition,
the Delco system. Electric horn and speedometer also
included at the above price.
Howard Automobile Co.
' . r. ' .
Mel Q. Johnson? Manager
HTli AND DAVIS STS.
Phones Main 4555, A-2550
Future Progress in Car Con
struction Nat Likely to Be
So Notable,
' "The use of the motor car has started
an era of good roads, tha .a-raa.ta in
the history of ths world," says Harry
Kaaioro, or tne Cartercar company. Mr,
Badford thinks that there will not h.
so much Improvement In the motor car
or the future, and that th
change will be In the roads and streets
over which the automobile must travel.
in ever before has there bean an mnoh
agitation for good roads as there is to
day," said Mr. Radford. "And this
entirely because of the motor car. The
people have Just awakened to the
knowledge of hOW V.rV nAA. Mail.
. w.. " mftD a w ijj mruuio any
part of the country you will find long
ueiujiea ui almost perrect roadways
Where it is a wraaaitn in ilriv. krA
there are hundreds of mllea mora, in tht
course of construction.
"I actually believe that inside of 25
years every roadway of Importance in
the country, will be lmnravni t n..h
an extent that even the present day
motor car will give continual service
of the highest class,
"I recently visited a western city of
about 25,000 Inhabitants which has miles
and miles of beautiful paved streets,
and Just two years ago this city did
not have one foot of paving. This city
is one of the best examples of how
the motor car has Improved the streets.
In the cities as well as In the country
there is a areat road lmnrovmnt m.
palgn going on, and the use of motor
win micp ii going uniu our roads
and streets are a source of pride."
Foreign Makers Believe Such
Move Will Simplify Work
of Body-Building, , '
Paris, Sept 20. European automobile
manufacturers, through the medium of
their international , trade association,
are endeavoring to standardize chassis
dimensions with a view to simplifying
the work of bodybuilders. At the last
meeting of the International Union of
Automobile Manufacturers, Just held at
Geneva, a proposal was brought forward
for the) standardisation of three dis
tinct classes of car chassis to receive
respectively two. four and six-passenger
bodies.
Under this proposal the length and,
width available for the body, the kick
up of the chassis, the position of the
brake and change speed levers and the
Inclination of steering column will-all
be standardized, so that it will be pos
sible for a bodymaker to build a bodv
to fit an A, B, or C class chassis with
out even having seen the chassis. The
proposal has been submitted to the en
tire European trade and will be report
ed on at the next meeting of the Inter
national Union.
It is quite possible that there will be
detail modifications, but its offlcal
adoption Is expected within a year. Un
der the European plan of' having auto
mobile bodies built by specialists quite
distinct from the chassis manufacturer,
this arrangement will allow the body
makers to produce their new models
during the slack season without having
to wait for the chassis to be banded
over to them. There will also be an
lnterchangeabtltty of bodies which will
be of Immense advantage to the car
owner.
'THE DECLINE AND FALL
OF MICHELIN TIRE PRICES TOOK PLACE
SEPTEMBER 15, 1913."
Archer and Wiggins
. OAK STREET, CORNER SIXTH
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Safety
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614 AXDSB T, COB. 16TK.
The car With The Powerful Motor J 4-45 X, P., 819501 4-55 X. T., 83350
Tally Equipped With Ch . starting and Idghtlng System
APFSBCOW XOTOB CAM CO.,
31 Worth ltth, Sfear Washington. Phones I Main 4880, A-3881.
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Preer Tool and Supply Co.
T4 Ibrta and 111 Oak Sts. Phones Main 1683, A 1488
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