Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1924, Page 63

AUTOMOBILE GROWTH IN CITY PERPLEXITY Supreme Regent of Royal Arcanum Says Pguibility of Streets Endangered. CRISIS RAPIDLY APPROACHES Highway Planning of Future Must Confront Problem. CHICAGO, May 10.—City planning of the future must be followed along lines if American passable in the next isted Richard E. Kropf, gent of the Royal Ar- canum, in a safety address here. Smaller cities face congestion just s definitely as New York and Chi- cago, he asserted. s “Cities between 100,000 and 500,000 are in the greatest danger from too many aulmaomle!. but they have the opportunity” to improve their situa- tion at less expense than can & metropolis,” saiq Mr. Kropf, who, as head of the accident prevention cam- paign of the Royal Arcanum, among its 1,300 councils in the United States and Canada, has made an intensive study of traffic conditions. “Mil- lions of dollars in improve nts, hundreds of human lives and untold millions in delay may be saved by foresight und intelligent action now. “Motor vehicles in ser are in- creasing at the rate of 2,000,000 per Year. The United States has sixty- cight cities_of more than . 100,000 Population. The twelve which lead in the greatest number of automobiles Per square mile of area are Detroit, Ban Francisco, Cleveland, Dayton, teading, Dillas, Milwaukee, Toledo, Akron, Bridgeport, Rochester and Crank-Case Dilution— a motor since “Tandem John Smith THE and His Car BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. John Smith is a character whom every motorist should welcome. He is not selfish; rather he is a motoring martyr, a chap have exploited, in an in willing and glad to ing way, his experiences for the benefit of the other 10,000,000 or more members of the motor clan. No. 45: How It Happened. The odometer showed nearly 8000 miles when Smith drove his car into the repair shop for some mechanical treatment. Considering <the service it had given, the car had been entire- 1y satisfactory, but he figured that a little timely attention to the impor- tant units of the car would enable it to render future service with evep greater willingness, He was quite interested, however, in the repair man's comments aftér the work was done. It seems that | much of the trouble was occasionecd by Smith's unconscious faults in ariving. “The best of drivers make mis- takes,” the repair man apologized for criticizing Smith's driving. 1d imaging so,” Smith ‘ad- But I try not to strain the Wiimington. Seven of these cities are under 250,000. Three have less than 500,000, and nome of them is over a million. “The twelve largest cities of this country are already facing traffic crises which will require millions of dollars 1o remec Others have an opportunity t t in time: Traflic evils beyond a certain point increase Keomet v rather than arithmeti- cally. Doubling the number of cars sure to bring The automo- in any community about serious results. tive industry aiready appreciates this and is coming to regard traffic evils as its greatest enemy. The only so- lutfon is intelligent city planning.” WORTHY - Announcing the car, don’t try to make every hill, never slip the clutch and apply the brakes gradually.” Signs of Faulty Driving. “The car shows some evidence of it,"” the other repiied. “But just look at this.” He pointed first to the carbon which. was sprinkled on the floor nd the car and then to a small metal bar which he introduced a8 a ° P “Your engin® was full of carbon.’ he explained, “vet you continually forced the motor by driving with the spark too far advanced. This i8 one of the results. I had to put in three new wrist pins’ It was necessary to tell Smith that each wrist pin forms a bearing for the upper end of cach connecting through the piston and is locked into position by means of & cotter pin. Bafore the piston is pdshed up into position in Its respective cylinder the ter of the wrist pin. As the piston travels up and down in the cylinder, ct- ing rod cranks the crankshaft, {h on the wrist pin. As a consequence.” the repair man OVERHAULED Painting and Trimming Bodies Built to Order 24-Hour Service Central Auto Works and Garage Wrm. Beuchert, Prop. 449-51 Eye St. N.W. Franklin 6805 connecting rod hangs from the esn- | upper end makes a fraction of a turn | ~ AUTOMOBILES | rod. The wrist pin fits crosswise | SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. explained, “the wrist pin gets much of the driving strain of the pipton, When the lower end of & connecting rod gets loose and produces a bearing knook we merely tighten the bearing, but when the upper end gets loose the practice is to install a new wrist pin. If the pistons traveled up and down without interference the wrist pins would last a long time; but if, 4s in your case, the engine is carbon- ized, the pistons are going to have moments of hesitation due to preig- nition and the pins are going to wear out as a consequenoce.” “How can I tell when these condi- tions exist in the engine?’ Smith asked. “The knock tells you was the reply. “It will be a light knock be- Gause, as you see, the pistons, the wrist’ pins and the connecting rods the oylinders through the pet-cocks each night. If you can’t remove the carbon then drive with the spark not @0, far advanced.” ““What has the spark to do with 1t?” Smith demanded. Inside the Cylinders. “Bverything. With an advanoed spark the mixture is fired in the cylin- ders before the pistons reach the top of their compression stroke. This gives the engine greater speed Pro- vided conditions are favorable. But when there are red hot particles of carbon on the piston heads and around the top of the cylinders the gas vapor will be. fired entirely too soon. The gas will commence (o ex- pand before the pistons have reached the top of their stroke, because the hot particles of carbon aot as auxili- C.. MAY 11, 1924—PART 3. the pistons will bo encouraged to go both ways at once. And in compress- ing this expanding gas before per- mitting it to do its work the pistons are badly jarred. They give sharp raps as though struck by a quick blow of a hammer. A few thousand miles of this and you can understand what happens to the wrist pins. They become 100se and rattle constantly.” A request to tow in a wreck came over the telephone just at that mo- ment, so the repair man said he would have to postpone the conver- sation until another time. Smith had been particuarly interested in the spark talk and wanted to hear the rest of it He made the repair mans promise to explain it In detail the next time they met. Smith had long since learned that it is expensive to be ignorant. NEXT WEEK—The Spark. (Copyright, 1924, by tke Ullman Feature Service.) BRIEFLY ANSWERED. No, never clean bearings or the transmission gears with kerosend, Use gasoline. It evaporates Quickly and thus does not dilute the new grease that you put in. against them when riding. They are strained enough as it is without giv- ing them more work to do. No, the tires air on the driver's side. Springe are usually designed to carry the driver's additional weight on the left side i | OF putting kerosene into | prossion strokes are finished. Thi are comparatively light parts. The | ary sparks. 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