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Standardized Construction for
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United States, Advice of
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1 Seiberling.
“"Hundreds of millions of dollars
will soon be spent 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 secure. The whole future
success of our highway building pro
gram depends upon aa up-rlenad
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. Seiberiing said: |
“We must have a great system of
national highways. Antomobile pro
duction has not yet reached its peak,
and while it is climbing back to for
mer levels, the multiplication of mo
tor trucks will increase tremendously,
until in filve years from new truck
registration will undoubdbtedly equal
automobile registration.
“We must construet the highways
to accommodate this vast army and
build them of materials that win
withstand the exactions demanded of
them.
LEAD IN RAILROADS,
“The United States leads all nations
in its railroad mileage, yet in im
proved highways we are tralilers,
Based on the ratio of two miles or
public highway to each square mile
or are,a which applies in developed
territory, we should eventually have
more than 5,000,000 miles of highways
in this country. At present we have
about 2,000,000 miles, about 10 per
cent of which may be said to be im
proved,
“This gives some idea of the com
prehensive program that must be put
itno effeet to take care of our trans
fortation problems.”
A resolution indorsing natiomal
highways and Federal commission
was passed by the Chamber of Com
merce at its seventh annual meeting
in St. Louls, at which were present
more than 1,000 delegates, represernt-
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R T i M bttt oN W A L
These 16 Maxwell Trucks
Ran 90,010 Miles; Total
.
Repair Cost, $830.59
T 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 shop. 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 well, yet they hung
up the magnificent average of $.0094 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 gal
lon of gas, 200, 250, 275 miles to the galion of oil. And not
a single owner among these sixteen hesitated
to state he would purchase Maxwells again!
Maxwell is the efficient motor truck. Be
cause it earns its cost in a short time, and
saves many a good dollar in freedom from
repairs. Price for chessis $)085 £o b
o"= Detroit.
JOS. G. BLOUNT
385 Peachtree Ivy 4152 Atlanta
National Policy Needed
In 1918 automobile manufae
turers paid a tetal of $33,000,000
in taxes to the Federal Govern
ment. In the same period ear
owners paid $50,000,000 in motor
registration fees to the States.
Total automobile taxes, includ
ing the personal property, excise,
local sharges, eto, 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 a total charge
of $26 per car for 1918 |
Against this it should be noted
that of the 2,500,000 miles of
highways in the Upited 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
immumwmmn‘
~not been considered in highway
construction, yet his taxes
amount to a sum equal to more
than half of the total road ax
penditures in the Umited States
for any single year, Evidently a
national policy is meeded.
ing 650,000 corporations, firms and
individuals. It reads as follows:
"That highways are an integral
part of our mation's system of trans
portation has been emphasized by the
war, and an enormous development is
at hand, so important as to require &
comprehensive national policy, under
which Federal appropritaions for
M;hwa,- will be applied to national
needs for irterstate commerce, agri
culture, postal delive?', common de
fense and general welfare.
NEED HIGHWAY BODY. |
"Congress should create a ederal
highway commission, indepedent of
present departments of the Govern
ment, composed of members from the
different geographical sections of the
country, to perform all executive
functions of the Federal Government
pertaining to highways, including
thove relating to exiting appropria
tions m aid of State cunstruction.
Such a comm:ttee sheuld act in co
crdiratwn with auv Fectra' agency
ttat may bave (unctions as ariuculat.
ing rapl, trriley wuier and higaway
tras s+ ¢ v raticn,
“rgrses spomi make suMstantial
arprop.it'ne fir thd core'™ cticn and
maintenance of «+ rstiocal |ignway
sys'em to gerve ti re+«d for the
mea' 1t -pance ‘1 interstaie travel and
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HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN - A Newspaper for People Who Think — SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1919.
Yalve Toppets, Bearings, Timing
~ Gears and Bolts Require At
i tention Once in Awhile.
AR drivers take pride in a quiet
motor, It is not difficult to have one,
although sometimes it is expensive if
you have not been careful in the han«
‘dlln‘ 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 & few simple rules wil be
lust-h mind.
etness is 4 matter of compari
son. Some motors are Inherently
nolsy, but most modern motors are
designed to be quiet, and will remain
Qquiet 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
from 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
ongine 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
,uma from the seat, due to the ex
pansion of the stem and working
parts, and become leaky.
Generally a clearance of about .008
or 004 of an inch is 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.
Supplying the engine with plenty
of 01l 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 and
the pistons to develop a slap. Often
| times the piston rings will break and
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Tire Precaution
That Will S
at Wil Save
Owners Trouble
Motorists should Dbe ct\monedi
against 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 from sticking to the casing,
among these being soapstone, graph
ite and tale, but the use of too much
of any of these proves disastrous and
a 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 is uuw‘r injurious
to tubes. When the under-inflated
tire passes over a stone both casing
and tube are joited agalnst the rim
and sooner or later a lsak will devel
op. All tires should be inflated to the
standard,
If a tire deflates suddeniy 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 eumf is 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 water assert themselves.
Then the motorist runs to the dealer
and charges him with selling a por
ous tube.
Putting undersized tubes in casings
{s a common fault. This strains the
tube, makes the expansion all one
sided on the tread side of the tire,
and generally results in a blowout,
Sunlight is & natural enemy of in
ner tubes. The sunlight, or any bright
light for that matter, dries out the
tube and makes it brittle and un
elastie,
A habit of motorists to enr?' tubes
unprotected in tool boxes is often re
sponsible 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. All tubes should be car
ried in a water-proof bag or well
wrapped in a newspaper.
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
justment being the removal of shims
from between the two halves of the
noisy 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 thep proper degree Of tightness,
When the engine becomes so bad
that it develops = knock attention
should be given to the loose point at
once. A knock always comes from
play at some zoht where it should
not exist, and knocks are, as a rule,
cumulative; that lis, they become
worse and worse as time Jm on,
and very often the result & Deg
lected knock is disastrous.
NOISE IN TIMER.
Noise will also often deveiop 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
a matter of comman practice the 01l
reservoir is in the bottom of the
crankcase, which is called the oil
pan, and a le:r from the pump will
generally distribute a supply of ofl
over the timing gears. Naturally, if
the oil in the crankcase is ailowed
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 mnoise is very common.
The spiral ty%e 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
usual cause of noise on the engine.
Noise in the onflne 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
cn the crankshaft or connecting rod
bearings, but which is in reality due
to this looseness of the motor-hold
ing bolts.
Here Is Latest Plan to
Swindle Auto Buyers
~ Swindlers are working the Illinols
territory, offering to sell motor cars
discarded by the War Department for
$350, of which $l5O 1s cash and S2OO
to be turned over when dellvery is
made. The salesmen carry forged
credentials of the Government and
stipulate that the buyer must not sell
the car; must not change the color
for upward of one year, ngl tell any
one how the machine was obtalned.
It is said the swindlers have bpeen
‘making their headqu: ¢ ers in .St
' Louir and that the total proceeds so
‘far are not less than $50,000. A letter
has been received from H, L, Rogers,
quartermaster ,‘.-nurul ofthe 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-hand
cars 1o 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
Pew car owners reallse what a
convenient accessory is a little square
of canvas, about 18 Inches over all,
It saves the knees bdf the trousers
when you have to kneel to get at
some inaccessible part, It keeps the
jack from slipping on snow or ice. It
keeps the inner tube out of the dust
when this part is belng inserted by
the roadside. It will serve to strain
gasoline through. It will keep tools
from rattling, it will protect the hand
in handling hot parts, and finally it
will make an emeorgency inside blow.
out patch. And withal it takes up
practically no room In the tool box.
Indian Sales Manager
Calls on J. P. Windsor
Tom O. Butler, a former Georgian,
who Is now assistant genernl sales
manager of the Hendee Manufactur
ing Company, makers of the famous
Indian motoreycles, arrived in Atlanta
. Saturday to spend a few hours with
his old friend, J. . Windsor, of the
Atlanta Indian Motoeycls Company.
Mr. Butler is on his way to Los An
goles to attend the big motarcycle
race meet there next week,
The growing use of the motor truck
a 8 means for handling the United
States mail {8 an important develop
ment in truck work. At the present
time there are 31 main truck routes
{n operation, covering 3,781.68 miles
of road. In the &u«l post service
alone ther are 1 trucks and two
men employed to each truck. Twelve
cities are using the motor truck par
cel post service at the preseni time,
These are: Washington, St. Louls,
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
the rural districts of the country is
developed to a remarkable extent. A
bill is before the House postoffice
committee at the present time for an
wropflnlm of $8,000,000 for the de
opment of the motor truck mall
service in the year beginning July 1,
1019, 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 not 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
;tmckl when the work of winding up
the affairs of the army is completed
‘wm 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 CGeneral states that the
‘Government owned city mafl trucks
total 965 and were divided as follows:
Chicago, 230; New York, 163; Phila
delphia, 118; Boston, 93; Brooklyn,
‘9!; St. Louis, 60; Pittsburg, 54;: De
troit, 62; Washington, 51; Buffalo,
31; Indianapolis, fs. and Nashville,
11. The trucks in use were Fords,
‘White, Packard, Studebaker, G. M.
C., Overland, Reo, Buick, Lippard
gt;:art Brockway and Kelly-Spring
e
Road Engineers Are
Needed Back Home
The return of the Twenty-third En.
gineers Regiment don% 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
ltams, president of the Highway In
‘duntrle- Association, was made chair
‘man of the committe and has been
‘working with the Becretary of Agri
culture for the return of the roud‘
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@-building season,
it is hoped that the remaining units
will be ordered home as soon as they
can be spared. The large amount of
money available for road building and
the slowness with which it is being
put under contract indicates the ne
cegsity for the prompt return of these
men.
Keep Your Foot Off
. .
Clutch When Driving
Are you a clutch rider? Does your
foot continually rest on the pedal
controlling this important part of
your ca® If 80, you are uncon
sclously wasting power and are help.-
ing put the clutch in a condition
where it will slip permanently. Spend
a few minutes studying vour clutch,
its make-up and principles on which
it works, learn how to keep it in con
dition and kewise learn to keep vour
foot off the pedal when it is not re
quired to be there, and you need
never have any trouble from this
device.
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Business Men Will Run
.
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 rail
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 exprers 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 [n 1900
“Recently a chauffeur whose ma
chine was broken down was taken
in tow by ansther horseless carriage;
ihut a policeman appeared on the
scene and placed him under arre-v.‘
because two vehicles form a train, and
the efrculation of automobile tralns
fln forbidden. ”
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12-14 W. Harris SI.
Phone lvy 6778
Branch of
United Motors Service
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Anderson, Ind.
*“The new Hudson Super Bix 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,
Hudwson distributors,
“And just as the chassis represents
the perfected development of a decade
of achlevement, 80 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 satisty the
ecraving of the public for refinement
and distinction in motor cars. Skilled
Hudson artisans were pioneers in in
vesting the automobile with that alr
of dignified quality 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 belles that peeticular 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 a result new standards of
beauty have been created each year
until Hudson cars have become as
famous for their distinotion 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
having something different. REvery
‘mode. has filled a real transportation
need,
| “This is true In a supreme degree
of the seven new body types—the four
and geven passenger phaetons, sedan,
‘coupo, cghriolet, touring, limofsine
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
\nhif have been used. And underlying
their artistry of line is the greater
performance and endurance resulting
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 endigance which
enabled the Super Six to withstand
‘the punishment of record-breaking
trans-continental runs and conquer
the world's greatest racing machines.”
Glenn Goes North
To Secure Indians
Harry J. Glenn, of the Indian Mo
tocyele Company, of Atlanta, Is now
at the Indian factory in 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
gsonally 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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The Product Of
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The driver of a truck or converter
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TEN YEARS AMEAD. *
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with a two-year development which lt
more than it would ordinarily have ad
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