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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1927)
I 1 r SECTION THREE Pages I to 8 "Automotive Better Homes Churches C L E AN AN D VIGO RO US Enroute to Automobile Show at San Francisco mi S FIRST OLDS IN. FIJI ISLANDS X EXHIBIT m STYLE '1 LARGEST 1 HID Carquinez Bridge on Arrri of San Francisco. Bay Near ing Completion New York Distributors Lease 1 Permanent Salon for Ar tistic Display 1 S Two Contributions to Winter -Driving Satisfaction !n" ; 1927'Buk i lie jvaJMXX-aAAAii XiSAxt . ; SA11VUK.K(jUN, SUNDAY MORNING,, FEBRUARY, 13y 1927 I :? ' " - : ; FIVE CENlS bHWflV SPAN CAIULLACDEALER irilGOODCOuOlSl Ix 1 . - .r. yr - An entirely neT method or ex . bibiflnc custom-built motor cars, ... . . . . I in a setting in which they may be viewed as works os art and in the atmosphere ota gallery, has been devised by 'ingtis M. Uppercu, president of the Uppercu Cadillac corporation. New York distributor of Cadillac cars. For the purpose, a permanent salon has 6een estab lished in the exclusive neighbor hood on 57th street in a building which in in every way artistic and unique add unlike anything that has previously been seen-lot "Che automobile world. The spfrjt of salesmanship and business- has bfeen excluded both In" the design of; the structure and In the nieth ods of those in charge. 1 j In the 'artistic" environment which one. is accustomed to 'asso ciate with the dignified hairs 6f some foreign nobleman's chateau, tke visitor gttprls at leisure and inspects theuewest models of 'fine motor tar ctfadh Trdfk The at mosphere of the salon is such as to permit reflective consideration of the beautiful motor cars on; dis play. The building itself is an exam ple of exquisite' architecture,! de signed, inside and out. in the SDansih style. The front Is of rich Kato stone, trimmed with dark -colored marble. The entrance doors are in ornate branze' of a beautiful design. '-.The interior is in three salles: a rectangular entrance 'hall, the main exhibition room where the cars are displayed, and a: domed rear chamber. ' The Claisonne Terrazzo floor, the attractively ornamented ceiling and the Tra vertine walls, with a rough mar ble finish presenting a handsome VrtVa effect, give the building all ff W e charm and dignity of a-Span- Ish castillo. !: I The rich setting an4tappoint 1 ments are designed .to emphasize the beauty and mechanical excel lence . of the present wide range of Cadillac custom cars. The fur nishings are all in Spanish and Italian style, with wrought iron and gold fixtures. At end of the hall is a handsome painting of a view of the Mediterranean from Monte Carlo. Concealed lights and rich old .fabrics haneinc from the walls. and a bridge staircase in the en- ' , trance salle, bring -out the beauty of this picture and serve to create the olid-world atmospliere so diffi cult to acquired 'AS the visitor stands in the arched, entrance way, the entire picture transports him (Continued oa psss .) Graceful Body Lines Charac terize Additions in Six" Cylinder Series 1 A new brougham for 5-psssen-gers is the roost recent addition lo the HupmoTsile 'e-kyllndef line. It was displayed for the f in time at the New York and Chicago automobile shows. It is two door model and lists at 113 85, f. o. b. Detroit. j The " skillful combinafkp of lencth and zrace of body I lines . with a spacious interior mks a of the brougham, type 'Of i body. Nickel trimmed, head lamps, short curved integral Visor "and latfge trunk rack with -guard bai add to the appearance of tbis lewest model. , Door openings are Si ncfees and give ample room for en ranee and exit fo any Year. Fron seats are of bucket type' and tilt f r -forward to permjUVeasy access J and from the rear. Bdtb sea j are iieavily cushioned, shaped t give maximum comfort, over I long ride, and adjustable for tight. rThe driver's seat is placed tctmake each control switch and le-r, as well as clutch and brake j 'dais, accessible without exertion M Interior refinements are adu lated to meet the desires the most fastidious buyer. eeial features of importance inclu a the arg e "remote control!' doofhan- $ dies that also serve as 'oul-tas: wmm MODELS v- upholstery of genuine mohair to uarmonue wun Dody itaUh.ltrik- lngly set off with garnishee wal nut mouldings; attractive!; pat terned hardware ". aid ban iorbe II tuKal prrouped r8tru:raen. pan el indirectly lighted. Nash SIMPLICITY CAUSE f Knight Motor Explained by A, J. Baker; Reason for Mileage Given . "Considerable comment i s heard regarding the length of ser vice of the Knight sleeve-valve motor,'" says' A. J. Baker, chief engineer for Willys-Overland, Inc. manufacturers of the Willys Knight. "We repeatedly hear of cases where Willys-Knight cars have been driven well over 3 0 0,0 0 0 miles and there have been in stances where Knight motored cars have done better than 600, 000 miles 5 with the power plant still able to deliver a full day's work every day. '"Without attempting to go into the ' detailed engineering reasons for this type of service, which is l tamTatto general mneage ngures oi oiner . . J t . I. AVA power plants, the reasons so far as the general public is Concerned, may be tound in the simplicity of operation of this engine. "Briefly, the operation of a Knight motor so far as crankshaft. ignition, carburetion, cooling and power development are concerned, is exactly like the poppet-valve motor. "The difference comes in the control of the intake and exhaust operations. With the Knight mo tor, these are controlled by a pair of sleeves, concentric with each other ad with the cylinder walls and operating inside of the cylin der walls. ; "These sleeves are actuated by connecting rods in much the same manner as the crankshaft is actu ated by connecting rods. "The sleeve connecting rods are driven by an eccentric shaft which corresponds to the cam shaft on the poppet-valve motor. "As 'this eccentric shaft re volves, it moves the connecting rods which in turn lift and lower the sleeves, one inside of the other. "The entire up and down travel of each sleeve is about, one inch and they move in an alternate manner, when one is going up the other is coming down. "A thin film of oil between the outer sleeve and the cylinderJ watis. keeps tnem luoricatea. . "The intake and exhaust ports are cut in the sleeves and are opened and closed as the sleeves pass by each other. "The movement of -each sleeve is even and continuous and there is no tapping of metal against me tal. An interesting point in con nection with the operation of "the Knight motor is the fact that car bon serves to more "effectively (Continued on pace 7.) Children tan Put on Tire Chains, Says Charles Hill . Some people seem to feel that it is difficult to put chains on their auto tires. Many motorists buy these accident prevention devices and "then fail to use them. Ac cording to Charles E. Hill. "Vice president of the National Safety "council, even children cah put on chains almost in less time than It takes to describe the process. Some girls members of the head quarters 'staff of the -safety insti tution recently demonstrated how comparatively simple it is to drape the chains over the tire, so that the hooks just about touch the ground at the rear; move the car forward until the connecting hooks are' about a foot above the road, connect first the fnside and .then that outer hook a 'tightly as possible ny Band, ana " when the ' I automobfte - starts rolliajr, the , cfialns loosen" tipa "Bit which a f- Hows them to creep on the tire. . j Six Sedan Upholds Traditions Traveling in a Nash Six sedan shown in the picture. P. W. Petty john owner of the Nash agency in Marion and Polk counties, and J. H. Maden manager of the Sa lem branch of the company, left Salem dn the afternoon of Janu ary 28th for San Francisco, to at tend the Automobile show held in that city recently. After viewing the exhibits which displayed the latest models of automobiles and trucks, the travelers journeyed via the coast highway through, San Jose, to Santa . Barbara visiting many places of historic interest and cal ling on numerous automobile dealers handling Nash cars. From-Santa Barbara the itin ery took them ;to Los Angeles where for two days the Nash rep resentative entertained them with excursions into the southern Cali fornia beauty' spots. Nash sales exceeding any previous period and excellent prospects for the year, were reported by the Los An&e!es dealer. The trip from Los Angeles was resumed via the inland route to Bakersfield and Sacramento where a short1 stop was made to view thel-sisier sTaU-capaol ad then the return to Salem over the Pa cific Highway. The Nash car used by Messrs. Pettyjohn and Maden was a stock car, Nash Advanced Six sedan which upheld every Nash tradi tion in performance. A total of two thousand four hundred fifteen miles was recorded. Nineteen hundred miles of the distance travelled was over new road high way without retracing until Red Bluff, California, was reached. Seventeen and one half miles per gallon of gasoline was averaged notwithstanding the high rate of speed which was maintained be tween forty-five and sixty miles per hour. Messrs. Pettyjohn and Maden were pleased with the country through which they traveled and the evident automobile prosperity for 19 27. Norman de Vaux, active head of the Pacific roast Star factory, says that 75 of the motor cars bought in the U. S. are purchased on the time payment plan. ; DOWN THE ROAD- F of Car PETITION CALLS II Star Cars Reputed to Be Economical for Commer cial Transportation With accurate figures to tell you the story of an automobile's efficiency, the element of guess work has been eliminated in the selection of a motor car for com mercial purposes, according to H. Shade, local Star car merchant. "There was a time when auto mobiles were bought for pleasure transportation entirely." says Mr. Shade, "but conditions have chang ed and now automobiles are bought more for commercial trans portation than for ordinary passenger-carrying purposes. The use of the automobile has so speeded up business that rival firms have had to motorize in order to keep pace with competition; and this been:i9rgeiy. responsible for ithe ereat irrnwth nf thp mntnr r the great growth of the motor car industry." Since the automobile has be come a commercial necessity, it is but natural that cost exports should keep accurate records of operation expenses and deprecia tion. Therefore, with accurate figures to tell the story, purchas ing agents for large mercantile firms are able to buy motor trans portation without the handicap of guess work. Mr. Shade says that it has been in the commercial field the Star car has made many of its finest upkeep and economy records. The Star four has been used by com mercial houses and large corpora tions since "it made its debute in IP 22; and the Star stix, introduced late in 1925. 'has already estab lished an excellent reputation in the industrial world. .Several of the" large oil com panies, the Dollar Steamship Co., and many other corporations have adopted the Star car for transpor tation with the most satisfactory rt suits. SAN FRANCISCO (Special) The world's largest highway bridge, flung across . Carquinez straits at the northern end of ?San Francisco Bay, is nearing comple tion. ! This is the announcement made by the Carquinez bridge celebra tion committee. The gigantic structure will be formally 'dedicated on Saturday, May 21. Carquinez bridge is being built at a cost of $8,000,000. Greater than the East River bridge, over shadowing the mighty Philadelphia-Camden bridge, larger than the famous Quebec bridge Car quinez bridge Is commanding! the attention of the bridge engineers of the world. With the completion of this bridge a continuous single over land highway will axtend from British Columbia to Mexico, and Carquinez bridge has been hailed as a bridge uniting trtree flags. This structure is nearly a mile long and connects Vallejo oh: the north bank of the swift Carquinez straits with Crockett on the sout.i Towering over the water to a total height of 350 feet above tho surface, with massive towers equal in height to a 22 story building, the huge piers on which Carquinez bridge rests stand 'in 100 feet of water and sink below the strait bottom to stands-tone rock foun dation beds another 40 feet, r The greatest ships afloat will be able to pass under the bridge, the clearance being in excess of 135 feet. Three motor trucks may pass abreast on the reinforced concrete roadway, 7 inches thick, to be laid on the 30 foot roadway across the bridge. Sidewalks are to be laid on Either side of this road. " More than 14,000 tons of steel, enough to erect a modern office Lhuilding 100 stories high, are used in this all steel-and-concrete struc ture. Lumber used in shoring the eight concrete piers and in false work on which spans were erected is sufficient to build 350 5 room bungalows. The franchise of this colossus of engineering was granted ion ebruary 5, 1923, and construction began on April 2. although the of ficial permit from the war depart ment was not issued until April 17. ' In commemoration of the open ing of this monumental structure, civic and commercial leaders not Only throughout California but in sister states are preparing to cele brate the officiaj dedication on May 21. Auto caravans will start from Vancouver on the north, from Tia Juana on the south ami from Reno on the Victory high way to meet at the Carquinez bridge at noon of the opening day. THE COP WHO CRIMPS STYLE OF THE CLEVER WHO TRIES : TO SNEAK A LINE-UP. ' Vf ft? N4 , i v it This Oldsmebtle' roadster, now nearly in the Fiji Islands. It is one of 500 aauy service at Suva. . m . Comfort Problem in JVIotor Transportation Decreased Says Zosel "Nowadays, big; de luxe motor coaches are as common en our highways as the ordinary car was 10 years ago," 3ay3 Walter Zcsel. Seiberling All-Treads dealer. "It is now possible to travel practically the entire distance from coast to coast via the) motor coach conveyance. Many coach companies have rune of over 1000 miles. "Naturally, one of the big pro blems which faced the motor coach industry a few years ago, was that of comfort.' Cord tires used for this heavy duty had to be inflated at pressure from 90 to over 200 lbs. When a coach equipped with this type of, tires struck an- oh struction, the passenger Usually thought it was a pile of rock. "Since the invention and im provement of balloon tiries, the comfort problem in motor! coach transportation has been decreased. "More than 300 motor j coach lines throughout the country use Seiberling heavy duty balloons in flated at a pressure but little more than that of the passenger car balloons. The pillow j effect which these tires give has done much to increase the revenue of the nation's motor coach portation systems." trans- OLDS -REPRESENTATIVE VISITS ! L. W. Shawk, wholesale j repre sentative of the Oldsmobile com pany of Oregon with headquarters in Portland, was a visitor in Salem recently. While here hei spent Rome time at the Capitol Motors company and expressed himself as well pleased with the general pros- I pects for sales during the coming season. By FRANK BECK THE GUY ' BY BALL00N1ES .... ! rs: ii V 20 years old, was the first automobile car on he Islands and is still doing inrauH American Tourist Resorts Face Race With Others . Realizing Benefits WASHINGTON, D. C. fcSpe cial) Foreign countries with highly advertised ' touring areas are making strong bids for United States tourist trade that some of America's best known resorts are certain to be badly hit unless they wake up and make plans to meet the. competition to which they are subjected. : Such was the tenor of a state ment issued from the national headquarters of the American Au tomobile association. The state ment, which was partly a warning and partly a prediction, was based on an analysis of the world tour ing situation! made by the Nation al Turing Board of the A. A. A. many foreign governments are . The analysis 'disclosed t that takfng an active and increasing interest In' promoting and exploit ing their resort areas and that the main appeal" in their campaign is directed toward American pros pect's. Some of them have gone so far as to appropriate special funds and set. tfp special bureaus to ad verflse'thesej areas in order that their 'attractions may be constant ly exploited and kept before the public throughout the entire year. In addition to this, 'points out the A. A. A. national touring board more than a1 score of large ship ping companies are feverishly en gaged in this same work of ex ploiting foreign touring areas, of fering attractive ocean rates and better, facilities for the shipment of automobiles. "These governments, bureaus and shipping companies," said the statement, "are, of course, using good business judgment in pro moting their own Interests. . They have "every right, to do so. We have no quarrel with them and our service, of course, follows our members who yield to the foreign lure. . . i -i , ""We are constrained, however, to point "out ' that American tour ing areas are facing th stiff est and hardest i kind of competition and that they "must bestir them selves and acquaint 'the public, particularly; the motoring- public what "they have to offer for amusement- and recreation. They must do exactly as , their foreign fCoitinnsd on pace 6.) Oakland Motor Car Group assumes Role of Prophets . v ' .'j ------ " -. SAN FRANCISCO. (Special) When civilization was Trery young there was an old saying, to the 'ieffect.thit a prophet 'is not without honor save in -his own country and in his own home.;. In the automotive version of that bid saying, aceojrdlnsr to A. L. Mc Meahs, ' district rhanager - of the Oakland. Motor Car company with offices here, 'received word Tester day that the : Oakland ' Motor aCr company assumes the role of the prophet and - Oakland : county, Mich.,-where Oakland and Pontiac hears are made, ;bec6m'es the pro- phet's own coantry. , "Statistics," said McMeans. wcbniplled by the Registration Di-vlsldn-bf the-Mlchigattsfarehrgh- way department "show- ihat'ndt only '1s f this prophet hdnored 'In his own home, bat he Is honored to" an exiraordinary degree.":: . For the 11 months . ending the last month is the', tear i Inst . passed, 'atttomobUes produced by the Oak land Motor., 'Car 'company , stood third tin- the list ot new car regis trations in Oakland ' county. X i ' "These -figures are; - tar ahead ; ot any other make of six cylindfer cam. The two companies' lead!" 3 i OalJand are both manufacturers of umall -four cyJLnder machines."; raciEmi .The following article concern ing the keeping of cara In 'gobil condition --for. driving was published- in the Ruick Bulletin fdr January:-' - --1 -- : -; - In the 1927 Buicks "two im portant, contributions to" i61d weather driving satisfaction 'have beett made. -1 ia t CrhnKcase dilution is prevented by means 'of a' vacuum cleaho'r "or veritllatoi' for the crahkease'; and the cooling "system is 'tfiermdstkti cally 'controlled. ' Elimination r: '.-: r.krase dilu tion is bhe of the : : .-t b'rdbTe'ma solved' 'by autdmbt...? engineers in years and Is one c. many', im portant factors that inake ;the 1927 Buicks the greatest "ever bunt,'' - .;-jv Preventing crankcase dilation overcomfs the objectionable fea tures of cold weather-driving such as freezing of the oii pump,' fre quent oil changes, and ,the "for mation of acid In the crankcase. which is Injurious to all the work ing parts of the engine. - . In the 1927 , Bulck eaglse harmful dilution is prevented by the crankcase ventilator, in com bination with a thermostatic j. wa ter control in the coollag system. One of the chief products of the explosive mixtures ia a gasoline engine is water. . For .every gal ion of gasoline burned, a gallon of v.'ater is produced. In the -form of steam, and "when 'startfcig a cold engine, water and the heavy end of the fuel, which -are -not combustible below a certain en gine temperature, find their way down past the pistons to ' the crankcase. Unless there are re moved while in. the form of vapor they will condense and cause dilu tion. The water mixes Trith the sulphur which may be in the so burned fuel or the oil, and forms sulphuric acid -"Which attacks working parts of the engine and. causes quick corrosion, pitting and rapid wear. The -crankcass ventilator does not prevent kero sene dilution of the. oil in ex tremely cold weather but positive. ly does remove the water.- A certain amount of kerosene dilution, held within normal lim its. Is necessary to keep the oil from congealing and to sennit easy starting of the engine and'lm- mediate circulation of oil through the system. The normal limits of kerosene dilution in zero weather are from 20 to 30 and the Buick ventilator automatical! keeps the 'oil within these limits. While the ventilator performs (Continued on ptff 6-.) AMOHU Contemplated Action An nounced at Traffic Man agers' Meeting Starting of the most intensive freight rate research ever under taken by the; automobile Industry was announced at the Traffic Managers Meeting of the National Automobile chamber of commerce held In Detroit, February 4. . As authorized by the directors of the chamber, the Traffic De partment and the Traffic Mana gers committee'. Is to study the rate elements and traffic charac teristics of automobiles and their , varidus parts, the 'position accord ed them by the railroads in the freight classifications 'and tariffs, and the relation of , shipments of this character with other commod ities. ' - : - - : . 1 1 Considerable progress " has al ready been made in similar re search in connection with Iron and steel articles shipped and. recelv- ed by memmers of the chamber. This study Is for the guidance of the traffic 1 department nd members in connection with an investigation now in progress by the Interstate commerce commis sion which "Will determine the freight rates on iron and steel ar ticles between points east of the Mississippi river and .particularly the relation of these rates between the several manufacturing points and consuming points , . This proceeding of the commis sion; is of great Importance, due ' to the large amonhi of iron and steel consumed by the an tomobils Industry. The first -hearing has been announced ' by the commis sion at Pittsburgh, tjlarch 16 lis. with other hearings mt Colam! r.., Ohio, April 18th; Detroit. Aval 25th end Chicago, Hay I2;lit - BEGIN RATE PROBE