Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1926, Page 68

6 EXPOSITION PLANS CANIPS FOR AUTOS Elght ‘Sites Selected Are Ac- cessible to Philadelphia Fair Grounds. Provision has been made by the au- tomobile committee of the Sesqui- centennial Expositioh for motorists who will visit Philadelphia_‘or this event, Camp sites and information booths will be maintained. Tt has just been announced by the committee that arrangements for the various services to automobilists are complete. ound has heen obtained for eight camp sites to be erected in the vicin 2y of Philadelphia. according to a re port from Raymond Beck. field direc- tor of the Keystone Automobile Club and secretary and general manager ot the Sesquicentennial automobile com- mittee, to J. Borden Weeks, president of the club and chairman of the auto- mobile committee. These eight camp sites will accommodate approximately 7,000 cars a day. Thelr selection was made with careful consideration of their accessibility from the exposition grounds. The camp Sites are situated as fol- lows: Camp Roosevelt, Buberry road and Roosevelt boulevard; York road, city line and Old York road: Camp Norristown, in Norristown, adjacent to Ridge pike: Camp Ohio. Chester road, south of Broomall; Raltimore pike at Brandywine Summit: Camp Darby, in Darby, two blocks north of the intersection of Main streat and Chester pike; Camp Overhrook, just south of intersection of city line and Lancaster plke, and amp Camden, Eueclid avenue, two blocks north of the White Hlorse pike Such nitary features as shower haths, drainage and water supply will be provided mp that has the official indorsement of the com tee will display a sign in four col- bearing the legend, “Official Auto Camp, Sesquicentennial Exposition.™ and a design with the Liberty Bell and an automobile in the center| flanked hy American flags. Thirteen information hooths also are planned. At these booths motorists will be advised regarding housing, road directions and traffic regulations. These booths will be situated at Fif- t th street and the Parkway, Old York road and Belfield: Wissahickon drive and Ridge avenue, Lancaster avenue and Sixty-second street, Ralti- more pike and Sixty first street, West Chester pike west of Sixty-third street: Chester pike. two blocks south of Main street, in Darby; Ninth and Welch streets. in Chester, and two in Camden. one on Federal street and one along the White Horse pike. The committee already has three hooths at City Hall, Philadelphia. HOSE HURTS CAR BODY. Forceful Stream Forces Sand Into Varnished Surface. While the commonly used rubber hose is prehaps the best method of cleaning the lower portions of the car, such as wheels, running gear and mudguards. it is injurious when ised on the body and highly fnished surfaces. The force with which the #tream of water impinges on the sur- ace causes the sand and dirt adher- g to the body to be driven into the Yyarnish | he could push his | One fact, John Smith and His Car BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL John Smith is a character whom is not selfish: rather he is a motoring martyr, a chap willing and glad to have exploited, in an interesting way, his experiences for the benefit of the other 20,000,000 or more members of the motor clan. No. 151—Testing Old Car Tests. It's all very well to know a number of tests for the automobile to prove or to disprove its efficiency, but an occasional test for the tests appears to be a new and important considera tion. Smith had occasion to give the idea considerable thought recently when finding that a trled and true test of performance failed to tell him | anything about the car. | He had tried the “hill test” for tappet adjustment. This is a very simple process, and usually tells whether there is sufficient tappet | clearance to prevent having valves| hold partly open when the engine | becomes thoroughly warmed up and valve stems expand. The stunt is to get the engine warmed up on a hill, noting whether the exhaust reveals an engine that is ticking it off in clockwork fashion after reach- ing the top. Smith found the engine skipping, but after having the valves looked over came to the conclusion the test had failed him. Skipping had been the result of a loose ignition wire, shaken loose on a rough piece of road in his effort to tear up the hill with a hot, roaring motor. Compression Test Fails. | A compression test is a popular one among matorists who value the fm-| portance of checking up on the car's | condition. But even the compression test goes wrong and needs to be tested at intel Just cranking over the engin hand does not always tell the condition of the pis- ton rings. Compression leakage may be through the poorly seating valves To be sure that the test is really revealing the condition of the rings pistons and cylinders, rather than the valves, a t e test is required This usually takes the ‘form of pour ing a little engine oil into the cylin- ders through the spark plug openings. The oil forms & compression seal. If compression continues to be low the valves are leaking, but if compression tly improved the indi- cations are that new rings are needed. eved in *‘roll- ing his own.” but he discovered some new points that go to show how tests must be revamped in order to meet new conditions. His first car was very easy to roll. So easy, in fact. that he considered it quite a thing to show folk in the garage how r with one hand. however, escaped his no tice—the car was a light one. It was not until he had had his present car for about six months that | he remembered to try rolling it. His surprise was considerable when he found that he could not start it rolling even when he used his full strength. According to the rules of the test he had been using in all his motoring career, this car was then in need of attention. FEither it had poor bear: ings or the bearings needed greasing badly. Perhaps the brakes dragged. He was worried. Car Right—Test Wrong. There was nothing wrong with the | car. It was a case of adjusting the | test to meet the new conditions im-| posed by the greater weight of the| newer car. Smith was to discover that heavier body has greater inertia—harder to start and harder to stop. Powerful engine and powerful brakes only serve to blind him to this fact. 1f a car is hard to start rolling, and there is nothing wrong with its bear- it THE BUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 23 1926—PART 3. every motorist should welcome. He ings, its brakes or its_tires, it is eacier to keep rolling. What Smith found later was that he could keep this car rolling with the slightest amount of effort, despite the difficulty in getting it started. Smith finds that tests change with the development of ca; For fin- stance, to test for a slipping clutch, it is customary to place the car in gear and set the emergency. While the engine is idling the clutch is let in. If the engine does not stall im- mediately the conclusion is that the cluteh slips. Hut the test is not infallible. Fn gines are becoming more powerful. Instead of stalling. some of the multi- cylinder high-powered engings will tend to force the clutch to slip, a condition that would not develop un- der ordinary driving conditions. Now that ~the emergency or olding" brake on so many cars operates on the propeller shaft a new twist fs given to the slipping clutch test. Sometimes these holding brakes slip themselves, due to grease from the ansmission_getting on the band or rum. If this {8 the case the car is likely to move forward a little when the driver, in testing, lets in the clutch. He may he so intent upon waiting for the engine to stall that he will not notice that the car is moving slightly. Another Case of Error. One test for a spark plug is to lay on the top of the cylinder head connected to its ignition wire and ob. | serve it spark as the engine runs, | but the car owner who indulges in such a test must know that a plug fires with far greater intensity when it is in its cylinder and in an oy\v‘ vironment of compressed gas. s Perhaps the simplest illustration of this subject is in testing the strength of ittery by its ability to operate the rter-moto In 9 es out of 10 if the battery sends the starter off with a bang it is charged, and per- haps overcharged. But there is alway the off chance that its strength is due to being shy of water, a strength that is of only fleeting existence. When Smith applies tests now he prefaces his acts with tests of the tests. Tt saves him many a wild goose chase. (Copyright, 19 ) Next Week, No. 152—Driving on the Level NEW ENGINES, NOT OLD, | BURN OUT MOST BEARINGS Rigid Unused Cars Force Greater Strain Upon Crankshaft and Wear Faster. | The impression that bearings In old engines, or ones that have seen con tinued hard service, are the only ones | likely to burn is the basis of a lot of | trouble for car owners. Bearings are very much more likely to burn out | when new than when old because in their original condition they are tighter. The rest of the car is stiffer, | and the result is that the beari often are forced to stand the strain | of the overloading. | Straining means heating. The metal | of the bearing facing is melted and the bearing clearance is increased ml a point where a knock begins. 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No American motorist need go to Europe nowagays without his own car just to escape the inconvenience of detailed arrangements for shipping it, 80 much easier has it been made for him to take it along. The pleasure of enjoying Old World scenery from his own rather than from a hired automobile is assured the trans-At- lantic tourist with as little difficulty as he would have on a coastwise trip. Steamship companies now make speclal provision for taking auto- mobiles of passengers and accept cars uncrated as baggage instead of insist- ing on boxing them at considerable expense and inconvenience. As a re- sult of the endeavor to smooth the way of the traveler on the part of steamship lines, persons going to lorida or California now frequently send their cars ahead by boat, On the Florlda boats, the cars are parked on deck under tarpaulin covers for the three days' trip. Going to Call- fornia, they are carrled in a special “garage” space in the hold. Many Take Cars Along. Extension of this mode of shipping has been extended to the trans-At- lantic ships with considerable suc- cess and popularity, according to offi cials of the steamship lines, which have organized an automobile service. As a result of this move, the trans. portation of tourists' cars to and from Furope has Increased greatly. Travelers are alded by a service estal look after the details of its, foreign licenses and rrangements incident to n touring % car with him to Eu- rope now calls for more simplified procedure which consists of the fol- lowing preparations. The owner of customs dej similar { the car is asked to make an affidavit bearing a description and market value of the automobile and to sup- ply six small photographs of himself for use on his foreign driving docu- ments. He also must make a cash or bank credit deposit of an amount suffi- clent to cover duties that might be collected were the car to he sold abroad. With that his responsibility |is supposed to be at an end. Lowered into Hold. The baggage master at the pier re. ceives the car from its owner or his representative, gives him a check for it, drains the gas tank and turns the car over to the boss stevedore at the AUTO REPAIRING Expert service and re- pairing for all makes of cars. HUDSON and GARDNER SERVICE A SPECIALTY T. J. CAMFIELD Rear 1118 13th St. N.W. Main 5917 Tires and Accessories Our used cars are good buys;— notonlybecause theyare bargains, but also because they are sold with your complete sansfaction Police Chiefs Urge 40-Mile Speed Limit To Curb Fatalities Would limiting the speed of an automobile to 40 miles an hour play a big part in the reduction of fatal traffic accidents, number- ing 23,000 last year? Five hundred American police chiefs, replying to a questionnaire sent out by the magazine, the American City, think. it would. This recommendation was the first of five made by the group to re- duce the number of fatalities. ‘The other four were: Allsteel closed car bodles on the same principle as steel raflway coaches. Regular inspection o6f pecially the brakes. Standardized traffic regulations, Drivers' licenses subject to stricter_test ‘ cars, es- haggage gangway of the ship, where it is hoisted to the upper deck of the liner. It next is lowered into the hold to one of the decks set aside for use as_garage space. Documents which are obtained by the automobile departmemt of the steamship company include a customs pass; foreign registration for the car, which is good for four months; forelgn number plates; a driving license and holder; and membership in the Hoyal Automobile Club_or the Automobile Association of England, with mem- ber's badge, all of which are handed to the car owner on his arrival at his port of destination. . The customs pass s issued ih two forms—the triptyque, good for one country only; or the carnet, which covers the principal European coun- tries and is good for all. It may be obtained by deposit of the highest duty likely to be levied by any one country. The triptyque is issued in three divisions and, upon entering and leaving the country, i3 presented to the customs officials, who vise all thr eedivisions. Kach officlal retains one divigion, the third heing retained by the owner and returned to the steamship company for refund of the rear seat. While master and ehauf- feur sat waiting, the third member of the party, a lady of refinement and apparent wealth, was coolly going | through a_roadside apple orchard breaking off branches of the beautiful blossoms, which meant in subsequent matured fruit a portion of the land- owner’s income for the year. Charges Plain Stealing. “I subsequently looked up the owner of the car from the registra- tlon records of the automobile com- missioner's office. There seems to be no possible ownership or interest in the apple orchard by the persons who were—to speak very plainly—simply stealing the property of another per- son. “I concede that this dogs not neces- sarily have bearing upon he matter of automobile law enforcesfent. At the same time, the officialé who have in charge the enforcement of the auto- mobile law constantly some in contact with similarly flluminating indications of the change of nature of persons whe when out of cars are at all times considerate, courteous, friendly and careful not to asridge the rights of others, but who, once they get into a car, promptly hecome the very op- posite. The point seems to me inter- esting and well worth study to de- termine whether an educational cam- palgn might not, by checking smaller indulgences of a disregard for the rights of others, result in a general improvement in’ so-called ‘road man- ners' and thus bring about better trafic conditions. COURTESY OFTEN FORGOTTENINCARS People, Otherwise Consid- erate, Forget Manners When Motoring, Expert Says. Otherwise courteous individuals too often are transformed into fnconsider- ate, aggressive and even gross types by automobile ownership, in the opin- fon of E. Austin Baughman, Maryland motor vehicle commissioner. This fact, he points out, together with the Iimitation that is imposed upon auto regulation enforcement officials which prevents treatment of such cases as criminal often makes traffic control distressingly difficult. The situation Is one that has given him considerable worry, the Maryland commissioner asserts, adding: “I have heen impressed recently with an attitude on the part of motor- ista which illustrates the distressing change which apparently takes place in the mental attitude toward others of otherwise' thoroughly considerate and law-abiding citizens once they get out on the highways behind the steer- ing wheel of an automobile. Has' Practical Phase. “The matter is more or less aca- demic, but none the less interesting. It has, however, a practical phase in that educational propaganda. on the part of officlals and automobile clubs and similar organizations might help materially in correcting a condition which cannot, to my way of thinking. avoid -continuing to produce incon- slderate and eventually outright la less drivers unless it is checked “To illustrate the point I have in mind. 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