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Standardized Construction for
Unfted States, Advice of
Seiberling.
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“Hundreds of milllons of A@ofars
will soon be epent on our highways.
Unless this money is put Into roads
that will stand up under the strain
of heavy traffic, there will be great
dissatisfaction among our taxpayers
and future appropritions will be dif
ficult to securs. The whole future
Success of our highway building pro
gram depends upon an experienced
guiding hand now.”
Such was the statement made re
cently by F. A. Seiberling, chairman
of the highways committee of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, and one of the foremost road
@authoritis in the country,
Continuing, Mr. Setherling said:
“We must have a great system of
mational highways. Antomobile pro
duction has not yet reached its peax,
and while it is climbing back to for
mer levels, the multiplication of mo
tor trucks will increase tremendously,
until in five years from new truck
wegistration will undoubtedly equal
amntomobile registration. |
“We must construet the Mghways
$o accommodate this vast army and
Duild them of materinls that wil.
withstand the exactions demanded of
.LEAD N RAML.ROADS,
Tw United States Jeads all nations
o fts rallroad mileage, yot in im
proved highways we are trallers,
Based on the ratlo of two miles or
public highway to each square mile
or area which applies in develuw-rl‘
territory, we should eventually have
more than 5,000,000 miles of highways
M this country. At present we have
@bout 2,000,000 miles, about 10 per
untofvhhhmubonmmbolm-I
gwoved.
*“This gives some idea of the com
swehensive program that must be put
dtno effect to take care of our trans
wortation problems.”
A resolution Indorsing national
Sighways and Federal commission
‘was passed by the Chamber of Com
merce at its seventh anmual meeting
4n St. Louis, at which were prem-nt'
-more than 1,000 delegates, represent
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These 16 Maxwell Trucks
Ran 90,010 Miles; Total
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Repair Cost, $830.59
is one thing for a motor truck to show long mileage
on gas, oil and tires—and quite another to stay out of the
repair shap. Maxwell trucks have become well known
for their obvious economy. This deals only with the repair
side of the Maxwell,
It is printed after the second mail of returns has come
in from a canvass of 10,000 Maxwell owners. The first
fifteen trucks examined showed a mileage of 109,700 at a
total repair cost of $313.07,
These sixteen did not do quite so wefl, yet they hung
up the magnificent average of $.0004 per mile on repairs.
One ran 20,000 miles at a cost of $220. A second
covered 12,000 miles at a cost of sl2. A third did 5000
miles at a cost of sls. Another passed 4320 miles without
a penny’s cost. Still another passed 3000 at no cost. Again
a fifth did 4000-—and no cost.
It is further proof of the contention that Maxwell trucks
are efficient in more ways than one: they run at small cost
and it doesn't cost much to keep them running.
A further analysis disclosed 15, 18, 22 miles to the gah
lon of gas, 200, 250, 275 miles to the gallon of oil. And not
: 4 single owner among these sixteen hesitated
ff" %- to state he would purchase Maxwells againl
"( 1 Maxwell is the efficient motor truck. Be
“«-./| cause it earns its cost in a short time, and ¢
lm"{l’ saves many a good dollar in freedom from
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Mo miis s w Detroit,
JOS. G. BLOUNT
385 Peachtree Ivy 4152 Atlanta
National Policy Needea
In 1918 automobile manufac
turers paid a total of $33,000,000
in taxes to the Federal Govern
ment. In the same period car
owners paid $50,000,000 in motor
registration fees to the States.
Total automobile taxes, includ
in' the personal property, excise,
local charges, etc., for the year
are estimated at $150,000,000,
The charges will reach $200,-
000,000 in 1919. All of these are
paid by car owners in the'last
analysis, making 4 total charge
of $25 per car for 1918,
Against this it should be noted
that of the 2,500,000 miles of
highways in the United States
but 6,250 miles are equal to the
demands of heavy duty traffic
and this mileage is made up of
loose, unconnected links.
It would appear from this that
the needs of the car owner have
not been considered in highway
construction, yet his taxes
amount to a sum equal to more
than half of the total road ex
penditures in the United States
for any single year. Evidently a
national policy is meeded.
| ing 650,000 corporations,’ firms and
mmdividuals., R reads as follows:
"That highways are an integral
part of our pation's system of trans
portation has been emphasized by the
war, and an enormous development is
at hand, so important as to require a
comprehensive national policy, under
which Federal dppropritajons for
highways will be applied to national
needs for irterstate commerce, agri
culture, postal delivery, common de
fense and general welfare,
NEED HIGHWAY BODY.
“Congress should create a Federal
highway commission, indepedent of
present departments of the Govern
ment, eomposed of members from the
different geographical sections of the
country, to perform all executive
functions of the Federal Government
pertaiming to highways, including
those relating to ¢xi=ting appropria
tions in amW es Siate ccnstruction,
Such a eommittee sheuld act in co
crdiraton with auv Fewera' agency
that mav have functions »f arcculat.
ing ratl, trvley, wuier and hagnway
trar e« v ation,
ongrses snomdd amake sthotantial
upprop. tt'ns for the core'r ctiwn and
maintenanes of + pstioral Lignway
sys'em to servé th ne«d for the
me'ni-onance 4 interstate travel and
traffic
HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN — A Newspaper for People Who Think — SUNDAY, JUNE 15\ 1919.
Valve Toppets, Bearings, Timing
Gears and Bolts Require At
tention Once in Awhile,
All drivers take pride in a qulet
motor, It is not difficult to have one,
although sometimes it Is expensive if
you have not been careful in the han
dling of your motor from the start,
Assuming that you have a good,
quiet running motor, or a motor in
good condition, it is easy to keep it
quiet if a few simple rules will be
kept in mind.
Quictness is a matter of compari
son. BSome motors are inherently
noisy, but most modern motors are
designed to be qulet, and will remain
quiet if the owner will give them the
proper attention. One of the noisy
parts of an engine is the valve tap
pet, and this should be adjusted prop
erly if satisfaction is going to be had
tsom the operation of the valve, and
at the same time if the valve is going
to be quiet.
‘ THE TAPPET ADJUSTMENT,
The tappet adjustment is provided
at the bottom end of the valve stem
and is for the purpose of arranging
the proper amount of clearance be
tween the end of the valve stem and
the tappet. Owing to the head of the
engine a little clearance must be left
here to take care of the expansion of
the parts, so that when the engine
becomes hot the valve will not be
lifted from the seat, due to the ex
pansion of the stem and working
parts, and become leaky.
Genbrally a clearance of about .008
or 004 of an inch I 8 about right
(about thickness of a visiting card),
003 for the Intake and .004 for the
exhaust is common practice. The ad-
Justment is generally made by means
of a nut and lock-nut, as shown in
the illustration on this page.
KEEPS BEARINGS TIGHT. I
Supplying the engine with plenty
of oil will generally keep it quiet for
a much longer time than an engine
which Is deprived of a proper amount
of lubrication, If the engine is not
properly lubricated the pistons wear,
and in bad cases will score, causing |
the compression to become leaky nnd‘
the pistons to develop a slap. Often
times the piston rings will break and
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Tire Precaution
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That Will Save
Owners Trouble
Motorists should be ecautigned
agaipst using too much tale when
inserting inner tubes In casings, says
‘the B, F. Goodrich Rubber Company.
There are several powders for keeping
the tube fromf sticking to the casing,
among these being soapstone, graph
ite and tale, but the use of too much
of any of these proves disagtrous and
@ collection of substances in one place
eats into the rubber. If, on the other
hand, no powder be used, it will be
only a short time before the heat gen.
erated will cook the tube.
Under inflation s equally injurious
to tubes, When the under-inflated
tire passes over a stone both casing
un:.tube are jolted against the rim
and sgooner or later a leak will devel
op. All tires should be inflated to the
standard,
Ify a tire deflates suddenly the car
should be stopped immediately, as
continuous running means that the
casing must slip circumferentially,
ripping the valve stem,out and tear
ing the tube,
Sand in a casing 18 another cause
of the ruination of a tube. It often
happens that a motorist, while repair
ing a puncture on a road, permits the
tube and casing to pick up particles
which create a friction later and
eventually tiny holes, which will
scarcely show when the tube is sub
merged In waler assert themselves.
Then the motorist runs to the dealer
and charges him with selling a por
ous tube,
Putting undersized tubes in casings
Is a common fault. This strains the
tube, makes the expausion all one
sided on the tread side of the tire,
and generally results in a blowout,
Sunlight is a natural enemy of in-
Pv-r tubes, The sunlight, or any bright
frht for that matter, dries out the
tube and makes. it britile and un
elastie, |
A habit of motorists to carry tubes
unprotected in tool boxes is often re
sponside for much subsequent trou
ble. Tools are being bounced against
it as the car bounds along, its sides
are chafed and become worn. It is
weakened before it is even inserted in
the casing., Al tubes should be car
ried In a water-prods bag eor weil
wrapped In a newspaper. I
cause a knock in the engine, and will
also score the cylinder wall
The bearings can be kept tight by
adjustment, the usual manner of ad-
Jjustment being the removal of shims
from between the two halves of the
nolsy bearing. When a shim is re
moved, the bearing can then be closed
up tighter. These shims are very thin
strips of metal, and one or more shims
are removed for the purpose of secur
ing the proper degree of tightness.
When the engine becomes so bad
that it develops a knock attention
should be given to the loose point at
once. A knock always comes from
play at some golnt where it should
not exist, and knocks are, as a rulo.‘
cumulative; that Is, they become
Iworu and worse as time 0{0“ on,
and very often the result a neg
lected knock is disastrous,
NOISE IN TIMER.
Noise will also often develop in the
timing gear. The timing gear case
on most engines is lubricated from
the same supply of oil which takes
care of the rest of the bearings, As
Iu matter of common practice the ofl
reservoir is in the bottom of the
Icrnnkcus which is called the oil
pan, and a leak from the pump will
gonerally distribute a supply of ofl
over the timing gears. Naturally, if
the oil in the crankcase is allowed
to become low the timing gears do
not get their proper supply and wear
rapidly. Normal wear always results
in the timing gears, and on all en
gines which use the spur-gear type
of pinions noilse I 8 very common.
The spiral type of gears, which give
a sliding rather than a pounding
engagement, are becoming very com
mon, as are also silent chains for
driving the timing gears, thus elimi
nating what wused to be the most
nmsual cause of noise on the engine.
~ Noise in the engine often develops
from the bolts which hold the engine
to the sub-frame or main frame to
the chassis becoming loose. This
causes the engine to pound, especially
on rough roads, and will often
give rise to a knock which is blamed
on the crankshaft or connecting rod
bearings, but which is in reality due
to this looseness of the moter-hold
ing bolts,
Here Is Latest Plan to
Swindle Auto Buyers
| Swindlers are Worklnfi the Illinols
territory, offering to sell motor cars
discarded by the War Department fnr‘
' $350, of which $l5O is cash and S2OO
to he turned over when dellvery inl
‘made, The salesmen carry forged
credentials of the Government de
‘stipulate that the buyer must not sell
‘the car; must not change the color
for upward of one year, ngr tell any.
one how the machine was obtained.
It is sald the swindlers have been
making their headquag ers In .St‘
Louis and that the total proceeds so
far are not less than §50,000, A letter
‘has been received from H, L, Rogers,
quartermaster ?--noml of the U, 8, A,
and director of purchases and sup
plies, stating that .there will be no
new cars for sale, and, for the time
being, there will be no second-hana
cars to be disposed of. If there should
be a surplus of new or second-hana
cars, they will be turned back to the
manufactigers to be handled through
the regular trade markets, as told
several times
Have a Small Piece of
‘ Canvas in Tool Kit
~ Few car owners reatize what a
conveniont accessory is a little square
of canvas, about 18 inches over all
It saves the knees of the trousers
when you have to kneel to get at
some Inaccessible part, It keeps the
jack from slipping on snow or fce. It
keeps the inner tube out of the dust
when this part is being inserted by
the roadside. Tt will serve to strain
gasoline through, Tt wifl keep tools
from rattling, it will protect the hand
in handling hot parts, and finally ft
will make an emergency inside blow.
out patch. And withal it takes up
practically no room in the tool box.
Indian Sales Manager
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Calls on J. P. Windsor
Tom €. Butler, a former Georgian,
‘who Is now assistant general sales
manager of the Hendee Manufactur
ing Company, makers of the famous
Indian motoreyeles, arrived in Atlanta
Saturday to spend a few hours with
his old friend, J. P. Windsor, of the
Atlanta Indlan Motoeycle Company.
Mr, Butler is on his way to Los An
geles to attend the big motoreycle
race meet there next week
The growing use of the motor truck
as means for handling the United
States mail s an important develop
ment in truck work. At the present
time there are 31 main truck routes
in operation, covering 3,781.568 miles
of road. In the parcel post service
alone ther are 104 trucks and two
men employed to each truck. Twelve
cities are using the motor truck par
cel post service at the present time,
These are: Washington, St. Louis,
Pittsburg, Philadelphia, New York,
Nashville, Indianapolis, Detroit, Chi
cago, Buffalo, Brooklyn and Boston,
By the use of these parcel post
trucks the mail service throughout
hh(- rural districts of the country is
eveloped to a remarkable extent, A
bill is before the House postoffice
committee at the present time for an
appropriation of $8,000,000 for the de
velopment of the motor truck mail
service in the year beginning July 1,
1919. As there is a law in existence
at the present time which permits
the War Department to turn over to
the Postoffice Department any sur
plus trucks without expense to the
latter, this sum of money will net be
used for the purchase of new trucks,
but merely for maintaining and
furthering the work of the depart
ment.
The release of additional war
trucks when the work of winding up
the affairs of the army is completed
will make it possible to cover the
country with a network of parcel post
truck routes. At the present time
the Postoffice Department has al
ready requisitioned from the War De
partment nearly 16,000 military
trucks. The annual report of the
Postmaster General states that the
Government owned city mail trucks
total 965 and were divided as follows:
Chicago, 230; New York, 163; Phila
delphia, 113; PBoston, 93; Brooklyn,
92; St. Louis, 60; Pittsburg, 54: De
troit, 62; Washington, 51; WBuffalo,
31; Indianapolis, 15, and Nashville,
11. The trucks in use were Fords,
White, Packard, Studebaker, G. M.
C., Overland, Reo, Buick, Lippard-
Stewart Brockway and Kelly-Spring
field,
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Road Engineers Are
Needed Back Home
The return of the Twenty-third En
gineers Regiment along with the oth
er battalions of road-building forces
has been ordered. This was request
ed In a resolution passed at a meet
ing of the American Road Builders’
Asscciation in New York City, which
authorized a committee to take up
with the War Department the matter
of returning these units, 8. M. Wil
llams, president of the Highway In
dustries Association, was made chair
man of the committe and has been
working with the Secretary of Agri
culture for the return of the road
'men in the regiments mentioned
above. As the services of these men
are greatly needed on this side to car
ry on the large amount of road work
that will be undertaken in this coun
try during the roa@-bullding season.l
it 18 hoped that the remaining units
will be ordered home as soon as they
can be spared. The large amount of
money avallable for road building and I
the slowness with which it is being
put under contract indicates the ne
cessity for the prompt return of these
men,
Keep Your Foot Off
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Clutch When Driving
Are you a clutch rider? Does your
foot continually rest on the pedal
controlling this important part of
your ca® If so, you are uncon
sclously wasting power and are heip
ing put the clutch in a condition
where it will slip permanently. Spend
a few minutes studying your clutch,
its make-up and principles on which
it works, learn how to keep it in con
dition and llkewise learn to keep your
foot off the pedal when it is not re
guired to be there, and you need
never have any trouble from this
device. .
Business Men Will Run
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Motor Express Line
Business men of Tyrone, Pa., are
planning a motor express route, hav
ing Tyrone as the terminal and cov
ering the country en route to Hunt
ingdon and State College. The rafl
route over this track is long and slow
and from three to four days are con
sumed in the delivery of freight and
express by steam line. With a mo
tor expre#s as planned, deliveries can
be made from Tyrone to any point on
the route in less than half a day. The
elimination of the Tyrone transfer
has made the local freight movement
to points east of Tyrone toward
Huntingdon one of the slowest in the
State, although the distance is only
20 miles.
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Some of 'Em Should Be
Arrested Even at Present
The absurdity of some of the early
automobile laws Is evinced by the
following item which appeared in a
‘motor magazine in 1900:
“Recently a chauffeur whose ma
chine was broken down was taken
in tow by ansther horseless carriage;
but a policeman appeared on the
scene and placed him under arrest,
because twe vehicles form a train, and
the circulation of automobile trains
is forbidden
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“The new Hudson Super Six comes
In seven body types more notable for
their beauty than ever before,” as
serts J. W. Goldsmith, Jr.,, of the J.
W. Goldsmith, Jr.-Grant Company,
Hudgon distributors,
“And just as the chassis represents
the perfected development of a decade
of achievement, so do these models
represent the highest ideal of the
coach builder’'s art. The development
of beauty, artistry and utility in the
Hudson has kept pace with the per
fection of mechanical detail.
“Hudson designers were among the
first to recognize and satisfy the
craving of the public for refinement!
and distinction in motor cars. Skilled
Hudson artisans were pioneers in in.
vesting the automobile with that air
of dignified gquality which marked the
fine old family coach of a generation
ago,
“The century-old art of fine coach
building was revived by Hudson in
the belief that pgrtitular men and
women of today are just as proud of
the appearance of their cars as the
old aristocracy was proud of the ex
clusive features of the family coach.
“As 2 a result new standards of
beauty have been created each year
until Hudson cars have become as
famous for their distinction of ap
pearance as for their power and en
durance. The constant aim, however,
“has been to combine utility with
beauty. No Hudson today has ever
been built merely for the purpose of
Ihuving something different. Every
‘model has filled a real transportation
need.
| “This is true in a supreme degree
of the seven new body types—the four
and seven passenger phaetons, sedan,
I(-nupr-. c#riolet, touring, limofisine
and limousine. There is greater econ.
omy and practicability with the ut
most in luxury and comfort in every
one of these new models,
- “From upholstery binding to the
~door handles, the best and only the
very best of materials and workman
ship have been used. And underlying
their artistry of line is the greater
performance and endurance resuiting
from the experience gained through
more than 60,000 Hudson Super Sixes
in the hands of their owners.
“Every model possesses, but in a
perfected degree, the endifrance which
enabled the Super Six to withstand
the punishment of record-breaking
trans-continental runs and conquer
the world’s greata.at racing machines.”
Glenn Goes North
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To Secure Indians
Harry J. Glenn, of the Indian Mo
tocycle Company, of Atlanta, is now
at the Indian factory im Springfield,
Mass., for the purpose of hastening
deliveries for this territory. Accord
ing to J. P. Windsor, so many ‘orders
have been booked by the, company
that drastic measures had to be un
dertaken to get a supply. Mr. Glenn
will remain at the factory to per
sonally superintend the creating and
shipping of the motorcycles. This
means that the many persons who
have purchase Indians and others who
want them will be supplied shortly.
All shipments to Atlanta will be made
by express,
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