The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, October 20, 1918, Image 21

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Newspaper Page TextT-.. v " r OCTOBER 20, 1918. IS '.; ji ji '"'''v'"'''"" "'"" .' '' "m.w-,vrV'"y'- TV- "-fi'Ti v. -.-- v.. . " M ' ''' .''. ' V--' -p -. "-- j :'... .JTHE, OREGONCSUNDAY JOURNAL, . PORTLAND, .SUNDAY : MORNING.' OVERLOADING At the corners of the block' would 'be a triangular atrip, which could be adorned by flowers'or shrubbery. ; ; V - ; Mr. Smith admits that his plan would in a measure detract from the beauty of the street, but that this would be more than compensated by the Increase of the utility of the blocks. U. S.'.Is Teaching ' - How; to Bepair Tire - - 1 PARKING ON PARK BLOCKS; OVERLAND IN ROADSTER ' ONE OF GREATEST f i s '-in! p'a?-: irk m. lit. --r iminrn nr-mnnin fr Owners Pay for Mistaken Folly in Long Run, Says Motor ,Trudc Expert . :' ; , ; LOADING CAPACITY LIMITED Drivers Warned to Learn to De- termine Proper Load by Spring Deflection. Experienced truck users understand o well the psnaltiea of overloading- that thla evil la comparatively a rare offense amour them, toot In the ease of newer users overburdening- their vehicles Is just as prevalent as It was In the early bays or motor tracking when we had ?iothlne; tftfoon but horse drawn vehicle -practice. 'It a team of horses could pull a certain, load at a' fairly respectable . speed, ficoaa complained. There was a Ideflnltat Ilml to what the horses could "pull anyway, and the solicitude of the t Wner for h la, animal property prevented But the ease of the motor truck- la and blood; humanity does not enter Into the question. "So why not pile on all the weight the vehicle can carry?" thinks the new owner. Never was toxic more faulty. Trucks are bought to save money and to make more money for the owner, and they accomplish this . end by working faster than other ve hicles and living longer, with less ex penditure per ton mile provided they are properly handled. But lust' be cause a motor truck Is made of metal instead of bone and sinews covered with flesh doesn't mean that It will carry all that you can pile on it and give the sort of service for which It was bought. Overloading Wear Oat Parti i, - -- ' " - -. r ' 1 -: v - i . y "'BMBsSSBKSao&aSaasaaweBi e5SS2awsaaaaaBsaak.' ' Ml Hi tos ;- TV m y v ;' : -xr Illustrative of adaptation of north and south park blocks forrmotor park . t ing, suggested by H. L. Smith. ' Among the suggestions to relieve the congestion of traffic on the down-town streets by providing an enlarged park ing space for automobiles Is a novel one by L. Smith of JM Broadway. He auggests the uUlisatlon of the north, and south park blocks and vacant lota. f By taking' a 12-foot atrip on the edge of the block, he estimates that each one of the park blocks can be made to ac commodate more than 80 cars, allowing seven feet of width, to a. car He would move the present sldearalk back of the automobiles,, leaving a narrow park atrip between. Immediately back of the automobile he would erect? a concrete bumper eight inches In height A passageway at each corner' of the block and tn the middle would be left for access to the Interior of the block. --Akron. Xr Oct lS-One of the mosd jnterestlng and, important phases of military activity in and around Akron, the rubber tire center of the world, are the United , States : army tire repair schools, where- the -young- soldiers Xre given . careful j Instruction in the build ing and repairing of casings and tubes. In the case of the Miller Rubber com pany, the class )s conducted in the large vservice station across .the street from the factory. s Bach month a class of enlisted men puts in four weeks of dili gent - work, in an effort to master, the mysteries of 'tire construction., There are six hours of work each day. The detachment is under commarfd of Cap tain A. E. Aub. and 1s quartered, when not in the classroom, .in barracks on the campus of Akron university. New- England Favors Return Load Idea Plans for a system of return loads bureaus throughout New England were further advanced at a meeting at Prov idence which was attended by represen tatives from all the states in this group. F. "W. Aldrich. who is chairman of the V if - . - -.1 T i rrr- jj - - ' " iVm Mil "I I Coie inVwhich T'. H.t Cowman ajid It CUrwnian motored to Portland from Niagara Falls via Los Angeles. . , ; T. H. Cowman and R. Oowman passed through Portland recently en -route from Nigara Falls, Ont. to Seattle in a Coie-S. They,, started about six . weeks via the Lincoln highway to Omaha,, the O. L. D. trail to Denver, the Sierra route to Los Angeles and north on the Pacific highway. the roads on the whole In good condition. They had no accidents or machine trouble beyond changing- tires. Unfor tunately they Kept no record i gasoune and oil consumption but say they have ago and made the Journey by easy stages leen agreeably surprised to find that the Messrs. Oowman:-report having found for the Cole t. cost has been much below their estimate. While in -Portland Messrs. Oowman made their headquarters at the North west Auto company, local distributors Rhode Island . commercial economy board, presided. Stroutfhton Bell, repre senting the Boston Chamber of Com merce, repotted that his organisation had decided to Inaugurate bureau., follow ing the report of a committee which in vestigated . and favored the. plan.' - He stated .that. $4000' has been pledged to carry the work along for six months, after which it may be self-supporting or nearly so from fees received from those utilizing the bureau. Masaachuaetta state officials are In hearty accord with the plan. . - V fcni II! - ,.,r ; - - tafc mm of the United States t Ton mile cost reduced means a saV' Jng. Granted. By overloading a re- markable saving might be effected tem porsrlly. but then what happensT The struck strained beyond Its capacity dis integrate!, and repair costs, with time Jost in the shop, quickly eat up all the false profit derived from, the overload ing. No. you may make up your mind that' overloading never pays. It cuts down the ton mile profits by reducing speed, wrecking the vital mechanism, wearing the tires out before their time. (and in other ways also. To the new truck owner it would seem Impossible lhat overloading could, affect the engine, but it does. Consider what happens to the whole mechanism of the truck In pulling a load. Tou know how the traces tighten when a horse starts to pull up hill The whole harness draws taut when the added pull makes Its weight fait. TWTien a truck makes a Start this same thlhg happens ; all the parts suddenly tighten up; this means wear: When the truck is overloaded the tight ening is greatly increased and the wear is correspondingly more rapid. Extra Load Strains The new truck owner, fondly imagines that a truck designed to carry .3000 pounds can easily carry 4000 pounds and that no one will ever know the differ ence. Perhapa not but hla bank account will very quickly show the effect of the experiment. It ia quite true that the truck can carry the overload and will 'do it shouldering 1000 or even 2000 pounds more than Its given capacity. But the different parts of the mechan ism were not built to bear the added Impost. Soon engine bearings begin to give trubte, the clutch goes bad, the transmission bearings show the' effects of excessive "wear, the universale show' signs of approaching dissolution, and the tires what happena to the unhappy Urea is, In the picturesque vernacular aplenty. Those Urea were built to carry a specified load and every extra hun dred pounds means faster wear, the rate Increasing progressively. When the truck owner has persistent tire trouble he had better make up his mind that his trucks , are being overloaded and take-'steps to Stop it. I wish that some habitual bvarloadera could have a look at the Wheel bearings Of a new truck after . Just one month's running. Then they would have a graphic lesson In what overloading means. Fall Capacity Ideal Load Of course, the ideal Is to carry exactly the rated load every time the truck makes a trip, but frequently this is im possible. When the truck is carrying less than Its rated capacity It. means Inefficiency, while an overload means Inefficiency of another and more seri ous kind. The following .are extracts from Government Bulletin No. 10, outlining the requirements for "recognition: f'Men can learn to do auto mobile repairing, not by listening to lectures in the classroom, but by actually performing the repair operations in the workshop with their own hands, performing them often enough to become proficient The instructor should bear constantly in mind that men are to be taught to do the work rather than told how it ought to be done." Hemphill's Trade Schools meet the requirements of the United States government and hundreds of "men about, to put on the uniform" will soon be taking our regular course. The Government requirements are very strict and we consider it a great honor to be the only school in the Far West to be selected for this great service. . - The Hemphill Trade Schools .give students the actual shop experience required by Uncle Sam. We could ask no higher indorsement than that of our Government. Many Young Men Are Now Preparing Themselves for Greater Usefulness, and High Salaries at the Hemphill , Trade Schools in Portland Dozens, new students are entering for instruction every week, New classes are formed almost daily. They are coming from every section of the North-west-from Montana -Tdaho. Wvnmincr Wathirio-t-rr faU T .; W J - ' J -----"C 9 w w"-aB-j waa -wM-aaa w A - 1 UV1. VIVgVU ' They are ambitious men young and old who want to improve their capac- ijr lu ocim; iimui iu caiu. x wish yuu cuum taut to vncsc men -near tnem express their'satisf action with our instruction. If you could, I know you, too, would watnt to start training yourself Jfor something better. You Are Taught Everything In the Hemphill Schools' you are taught everything there is to know about operating and repairing all kinds of power machinery. You are taught to operate and repair farm tractors, trucks and automobiles, so you can lielp to , feed the armies in France or be of actual service over there. And ydU are taught' ii the most practical-way YOU DO THE ACTUAL WORK YOURSELF "with your own hands," under the most competent instructors. When you leave our school you are a practical man an experienced man not a theorist. Enormous Demand for Men Never, was there a time in the history of this country when the demand for trained motor mechanics was so great. The war has stripped the country of skilled mechanics and tens of thousands are needed to take their places. If you are ambitious and have the right stuff in you we can fit you in a few weeks to take a position anywhere on a farm running a tractor, in the city on a truck, taxicab or automobile, or m France operating an ambulance or truck. There are positions open everywhere. It is up to you to qualify yourself to fill them. Yoti can pick your Own job and name yor own salary. It Is Actual Shop Experience That Counts With Uncle Sam In the HEMPHILL SCHOOLS You Learn By the Actual Work -Wipe Tires Clean Witti Damp Sponge; Washing tires and washing cars are) two distinct propositions, according to : ,B. F. Tracy of the Mlchelin "Tire com pany. Water alone should bo- used to wash tires and as little of it as neces-! sary. After every run the tires should ! be wiped clean with a damp sponge or well wrung cloth. A common method when washing car Is to mix J-.erosene -with '.the water. Pnu hiv m T r. na rT b.wM.n. tn in . very great whfle vUl notTflo- material i I dam am tn varnish. thAuarh thm nritl! Is frowned upon, but no kerosene should be permitted to reach the Urea, because Wromna eats, rubber. This 1 mr n h rsaUy proved by immersing . a small j pwca v(i runpsr in Kerosene r ana auow-i J Ing It to .soak. The rubber will soon .swell and lose its elasticity. The reason for this ia apparent. Kerosene la rich in fatty properties, which remain alter the evaporation of the gases. Every time a Ure is washed with a kerosene mixture the rubber is deprived of more ot its strength, Mr. Tracy says. Doing The picture below shows our students learning bv actual work. This is what Uncle Sam reauires. and his requirements should be your requirements. Our students take down and put up automobiles and tractors. Some schools teach you by books, blackboards and a few models. If you want to learn by books and black boards, go to such a school. But if you seek actual, practical experience, come to us. Write for catalogue toaay. MmiMW Schools 7Si C XT A IXPFim T AT TP A T7Z71 oeiiu lur t ree vauuuguc - ; i m ' - - Don't lay this copy of The Journal I 'y'-'- '' PORTLAND, OREGON TJ. S. Realizes Value Of Trucks in -War .Oetrolt, Oct.' Is. "The federal gov wnment for some time has realized that rreater efficiency in truck tranaporta- Uon la a big aW in-helping to win the war. and as part of Its work. In dissem inating helpful InformaUoA to that end lieutenant Colonel Barrett Andrews bf the motor transport corps, addressed the ."truck ownerr conference at Detroit on ..Thursday evening on "How Uncle Sain Uses His Trucks." Lieutenant Colonel aadrews came to this fifth .national con ference of truck owners wa a vast i amount, of new , and vsluable 'data ' ae-'j . cored during his acUvitlea in army trans pott work both in. this coyntry and ia Vrance on the western war front. - i i aside without sendine for our cata- I loguev .you will read it with delight, and interest, it tells all about the. 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