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, HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
Automobiles and Good Roads
Canada's Motor Highway Is Described by Consul-General R. E. Mansfield of Vancouver, B. C.
CVNADA'S motor highway is best
described by Consul-General B. E.
Mansfield, of Vancouver, B. C,
who tells Uncle Sam of the progress of
the work through the Daily Consular
and Trade Reports. Mr. Mansfield
says:
"There is periiaps no better example
of the remarkable progress made by
Canada in providing transportation fa
cilities throughout the length and
breadth of the Dominion than the con
struction of a motor highway from
ocean to ocean, which is Hearing com
pletion at the present time.
"Twenty-five years ago the plan to
build a railroad from Halifax to Van
couver was considered visionary and
impracticable. To cross the barren
wastes above Lake Superior, tho vast
prairies of Saskatchewan, and the
mountain passes of Alberta and British
Columbia then was considered by some
of the best engineers to be physically
impossible. Tet today one great conti
nental railway is under successful op
eration, another is ncaring completion
and a third is under construction.
"A few years ago no one would have
thought of motoring through Canada
from ocean to ocean a3 adong the pos
sibilties of the near future, but today
motor, cars are running almost the en
tire length oi' the new Canadian trans
continental highway, and only a few
more links of the chain are needed to
permit the motorist to make the trip
in safety and comfort. From Halifax
to Sudbury, from Winnipeg to the
Great Divide, the trail is nearly fin
ished, and the more difficult roads
through the mountains of British Co
lumbia are rapidly nearing completion.
"When completed this will furnish
one of the longest and one of the most
beautiful and picturesque motor routes
in the world. From the land of Arcadia
to the shores of the Pacific it will run
3,000 miles through the fertile plains
and valleys and over mountain ranges.
Scenery Is Picturesque.
"The most picturesque part of -the
trip-is from Calgary to Vaneouver.
From Calgary the route leaves the prai
ries, mounts the foothills of the Rockies
and penetrates into their fastnesses 90
miles away at Banff, from where the
road turns into the Vermilion pass and
then down the valley of tho Columbia
to Cranbrook. Already the run from
Cranbrook to Creston has been made by
motor car, and it will not be long until
the trail to Nelson, Grand Forks and
Vaneouver is finished.
"Wlien this great route is completed
it will not be necessary for Canadian
motorists to incur the expense of for
eign travel, for no finer trip can be
made under the flag of any land' than
that over this transcontinental high
way. Even the Tyrolean or Swiss Alps
can not surpass the Sclkirks or the
Eocky mountains for grandeur, beauty
and variety of scenery. In a few hours
tho motorist can travel Switzerland
from border to border, but it will take
mlny days to see all the splendor of the
great Northwest.
Variety of Attractions.
"An interesting feature of this
route will be the number and variety of
attractive side trips it offers. Many
new roads connecting with the main
highway and suitable for motor driving
are finished already and others are un
der construction, which open up new
regions of beauty. One of these will
be the road up Mount Bevelstoke, 4
miles of which is already finished; 9
miles more of a 7 per cent graded ma
cadam roadway will extend it to the
summit, 6,150 feet above sea . level,
from where the panoramic view is ex
cellent. For 75 miles on either side ex
tend the snowcapped peaks of the Gold,
lllecillewaet and Selkirk ranges. Thou
sands of feet below in the pine clad val
leys can be caught glimpses of the Co
lumbia and lllecillewaet rivers. By
easy pony trails from the Chalet can be
readied two beautiful lakes Eva and
Millar and from their rocky shores a
panorama of tho Great Gordon glacier
is unfolded. Other sceme attractions
along which the great motor highway
,vill pass are the Columbia and Winder
mere valleys, the Vermillion pass and
ICootcnay and Okanogan lakes.
"The completion of tins transconti
nental motor trail will be of interest
not only to American motorists as an
attractive scenic route, but it will also
give impetus to the motor trade in Can
ada, opening up new markets for Amer
ican-made cars, and increase trade op
portunities in that line."
son why you should negteet the matter.
In fact, this silence of the battery is a
great reason why yon should give it
regular attention. It will not do to
content yourself with the fact that you
may not have to put in water for an
other week or two. By this policy you
aro not being fair to tho battery. Get
tho battery habit the same as you get
the habit of filling the gasoline tank,
putting oil in the motor, inflating tho
tires, or getting the body washed. It
is equally important. .
Study Battery Care
PROTECTING WIND SHIELDS.
One great objection to motorcycling
in cold weather has been overcome by
the introduction of a windshield adapt
ed to motorcycles. As seen in the illus
tration, the device consists of a small
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tTn the opening of touring it is
imperative that the owner-driver
gives his battery that share of
attention which it merits. He must ex
amine it every 10 days if it is used for
starting and lighting purposes. It is
most important that each cell be tested
to see if there is enough liquid in it.
In hot weather the electrolyte evapor
ates very quickly, and soraetimos a cell
will be half empty at the end of a week
of hot weather if there is much tour
ing done. Distilled water must be add
ed. This water can be purchased in
gallon bottles at any drug store at a
nominal price. A gallon will suffico for
several months.
The modus operandi of testing your
battery is a simple one. II you nave
been running your car several weeks or
months and have not tried your battery
vou are courtine trouble which tho bat
tcrv may not show for several months,
but which will be sure to affect it soon
er or later. If you have not been test
ins vour battery because you do not
know how to do it, the sooner you learn
fcrvm thffl letter. Your car should te
equipped with a testing hydrometer and
svrinpe. toeether with directions on how
to use it. Both the nyarometer una
the syringe may look formidable, but
thev are not. It is nearly as simple ;o
handle them as it is for tho doctor to
place a thermometer under your tongue
and take the temperature oi tue oouy.
If you are afraid to try testing your
battery tho first time, then the next
best thing is to stop at your garage,
or at ft battery repair depot and ob
serve the workman there while he
spends five minutes doing the job. You
will find it very simple. There is noth
ing mathematical about it. You don't
have to be a chemist; in fact, there is
nothing difficult from start to finish.
It is nearly as simple as inflating a
tire and using a tire gauge to see that
you have the proper air pressure, but
it is much easier work.
Adding distilled water is In reality
all you have to do providing you have
started out with a new car and bat
tery. The distilled water is added with
a syringe. Jiacn ecu snouiu uo nmu u
as the plates are covered. A good way
to do this is to fill the cell to the top,
and then draw out a little from all of
tho cells after they are filled. It rare
ly is necessary to add anything but
distilled water throughout the season.
If your electrolyte shows too great a
weakness then the battery man should
be consulted. If it is impossible to get
distilled water, rain water collected a
few minutes after the shower has start
ed will do equally well. The rain water
collected at the start of a shower is
generally filled with foreign particles,
from the roofs of buildings, etc., ana
should not be used. In case rain water
is not available there are many dis
tilled table waters that are entirely sat
isfactory for the work.
If you are to have entiro success with
your battery during the present touring
season it is highly imperative that you
give it attention. Keep it properly fill
ed with distilled, water, 'lhe battery is
a silent faetor.in your car; if a cell
goes nearly dry there is not any noise,
tho same as when a bearing goes rtry,
or any immediate difficulty, as when
a tire goes flat, or you run out of gaso
line, or the brakes won't hold. But
tho fact that there is not any immodi
ate evidence of distress is not any rea
metal frame in which :
transparent celluloid.
s held a sheet of
such as is used
in automobile curtains. 'I he frame is
fastened to the handlebars in a few
minutes by means of adjustable clamps,
and weighs but five pounds.
HELPFUL HINTS.
T REQUIRES more power to turn
over a motor with the petcocks
open than when they are closed, be
cause air has to be expelled on the com
pression stroke and again drawn in on
the expansion stroke, which requires
considerable energy. If the air is con
fined, compressed, and expanded it gives
baJi most of the energy expended in
compressing it. This holds good only at
fairly brisk cranking speeds.
A way of reducing the wear on the
coil vibrator points with battery igni
tion is periodically to reverse the direc
tion of the torrent flow through the
system.
The fumes from a storage battery on
charge are inflammable, and it is by
no means safe to bring a naked name
near a cell that is "gassing" freely.
Bttery repair shops and charging sta' '
tions usually are careful in this respect,
knowing by practical experience that
tho gas can be ignited.
It is not good manners to eome bonk
ing and squawking up behind a brother
motorist who happens to be jogging
at tho respectable rate of twenty miles
per hour, as if you were coming tnrongn
at around sixty. Then, when the twenty.
mile man draws politely uside and lots
you pass to pull over in front of him
and drop into a twenty mile ,iog your
self and give him tho benefit of the
dust for a mile or two as a reward for
his politeness.
Trobably no cure for "furring" of a
radiator and connections is better than
the simple uso of rain water. Such wa
ter naturally lias no minerals dissolved
in it, and consequently will dissolve
those which are present in the cooling
system. The water Bhould be drained
off when hot, for it is then that it holds
the greatest quantities of soluble salts
in suspension.
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