Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 30, 1910, Page 14

PERFECTION 1IN ELECTRICS Carrying Capacity of Electrio Cars is Now Almost Unlimited. SCOPE FOR USE et Weight of Battery is Reduced and Tire Problems Ave B Solved to Make Thewe Popular. 18 WIDENING Concomitant with the advances in elec- trioal vehicles were the Improvements wrought In storage balteries. The success of the electrical vehiele depends almost sxolusively upon (he obtainable success of the battery. The question of the chassis was settled In common for the several modes of automobiies. The electrical motor 48 used in vehieles of this class was retined In eonnection with street rallway and other work. In the vafly days, before the per- fection of the cohassis and the detalls of the electrical system, the problems were imore diverse in their characteristics and far more diffienit to wolve. ‘The tire problem was more acute in coh- nection with electrical vehicles because the welght of the battery mounted up to @ con- siderable figure, In some of the eariler types of trucks it was not uncommon t¢ observe a weight of two tons in the battery slone, Gradual advances in battery con struetion resulted in a very materlal re duction In the total welght, and this reduc tion, in view of Improvement wrought it tires, resulted in the elimination of what was long termed “impossibilities” in con- neotion with the electrical vehicles, True thers remains what is called theé tire prob- doin, bui it bas been reduced o a com- merolal basis, In that the electrical auto- moblles do so much and such goéod work @8 to earn oxcellent returns on the invest- ment, besides setting for tires and the re- malning costs. / In the early days of the electrical auto- moblle the facilities for charging the bat- terles were 80 ¢rude as to be Indeseribable, A battery follows very well known and fixed chomical laws: It must be manipu- lated by a man who appreciates the sig- nificance of thewe laws, and every violation of any one of them carries with it a pen- alty. There was a time when experts In this line torked continuously with the idéa of evolving types bt battery, less in point of weight on the one hand, and of greater stability on the other. In the long ran re- llance was placed on the batteries as they #ve Loday, and when it wis found that re- Hef ‘was to come by way of careful atten- tion to detafls, rather than through the #00d office of some revolutionary inven: tlon, things looked up a bit and the b-}- térles thrived. Blectrical Pleaswre Automobiles. As a general proposition an electrical aue tomobile will carry the equal of its own welght. The motor equipment is of such a character as to deliver the requisite torque under the most evere conditions of service, An eleotrical delivery automoblle; then, will make headway on bad roads, up steep Rrades and in deep snow. Théy are not vehitles for speed, and, while they are rel- atively slow, they are sure. Because of thix reilabllity, electrical vehicles lend them- selves to commercial work, especially to heavy short hauls, and if they ave used continuously, as they should be, the bat- terfes will serve best and earn Tor\the owner of the car In every tase the price of A new battery, PIus a fair return, ere the battery wears o There is nothing that looks more pleas- Ing than a little “plano box" type of elec- trieal runabout, pleking its way through busy streets or on boulevards, with a Wwoman at the lever. These little cars are pérfectly simple to manage; they obtaln a speed of from twelve to elghteen miles an hour, and they rarely ever get out of order if the batteries are managed by persons of fair akill. These cars can be handied by al- most anyone at all, and In connection with ulh.l;\llu\mobll— in a well equipped gar- @ge they are extremely useful. There other types of electrical automobiles that are well worth mentloning, as, for {llus- tration, town cars as broughams, victorias, landaulets and a type of cabriolet. Medical doctors, in their practice, espe- clally in the winter time, particularly ap- preciate comforthble and sure means of transportation. The first year that the brougham type of electrical Butomobile was Introduced in the city of New York seven- ty-two dootors adopted this type of ear for use in thelr service. Some of them com- plained that the cost was rather high, but none of them made complaint because their radius of travel was increased and their #one of actlvity brought them better re- | Uaens. In_ the long run they tired of com- plalning, but they stuck to the brougham, and, trorh all accounts, the quality of the service was improved from year to year, untll today It represents much of all there I8 of sturdy, reliable sarvice and cbmfort in the extreme without defeating stability. Wide Rauke of Uses. In private service the electiic vehicle may be in divers forms. From the little car with the “plano box’* body to the most lux- urious type of the town car is a long way, and space forbide a detalled discussion. Moreover, the subject is well threshed out, %0, 1t may not be far-fetched to say & Word or two by the way of calling atten- bl to the fact that in vacjous ways con- sistent with the well known Wbilities of the “electric” the sérvice has beeh on the in- clease (0 & very great extent. Froin early late &t night the cars of this % can remain in constant service, be- ElRning with the safe and comfortable de- Iivery of the master of the house to his of- fice in the morning, by which time madam will eommand the attention of the car for a “hopping exped)tion swme car will be available for calls or a roll i the “boulévard.” ‘unless It s that some Rocial function intervenes. In the op- €4 xeason the oar will be in much do- mand, in whieh service it has long riveted the attentlon of, autolsts. The time was when ‘the service that a battery would render did not permil of a schedule such A this. That tme is past: atteries now embedy the requisite qualities, which Jas very adequately proven recently when A car’ of this class made & touring trip from Colorado (o New York under its own DOwer, over roads such as were long looked upon as entengling propositions for even | pretentious touring cars. Cause of Short Ciren It engine troubles suddenly develop dur- ing & ralnstorm, or while traveling over muddy roads, it is very probable that water ar mud s short-circuiting the secondary durrent, This 1s especially liable to hap- pen on o distributor system which s not Wil protected from splash, and a thorough cleaning will remedy the trouble, at least In the afternoon the | 'G00d Roads Easy to Make At Small Cost Split Log Drag Goes Long Way Toward Solving the Problem of Road Work in Country. The Towa Highway commission, which has had a great deal of experience with the split-log drag, has lssued & bulletin containing the following strong Indorse- ment of the benefits of the King split-log drag: / The work of road maintenance in Towa is largely confined to the care of earth roads.+ Within the last two years the methods have undergone a complete change and #he use of the split-log drag and other simple contrivances for this purpose has extended Into every township and county of this stdte. First, last and all the time the timely and liberal use of the road drag will pay bigger returns on the money invested than the use of any other yoad implement. Thin assertion, while apparently dogmatie, will appeal to those who know, as a tule for the township trusees and euperintendents and street commissioners of the average lowa town to adopt for 110 and to put into force immediately. Mueh more can be accomplished during the pring and winter months than during the sammer and fal. months. The roads on which the drag has been used during the winter are in much better shape to with- stand the succeeding wet and thawing weather. When the “frost I8 coming out” of the roads is a critical time with them. The loose, moist condition, if taken ad- vantage of, will make a wonderful im- provement, but, If neglected, becomes a great sponge, ready to catch and retain the spring rains. The use of the drag now will accomplish the following results in a groater or less degree, depending on the number of times and the care with which the drag is used: 1 First of all, the water standing In the ruts and depressions or running down the wheel tracks wili be thrown out of the traveled way to the side ditches. 2 These ruts and depressions will be tilled with molst earth, which in this-con- dition will pack and become & solld part of the roadbed. 8. The shoulders at each side will be bullt up where the traffic has flattened and slewed them into wide ditches. 4. Rldges which the wheels have formed between the center of the road and the sides of the ditches wil be smoothed down and the center of the road will be built up, giving the water that falls on the tfaveled away, 5. By dragging the side ditches with the drag hitched at an angle of more than forty-five degrees the ditches can be cleaned of wash or dirt thrown down by the front trom ovirhanging banks and the road gradually widened, 6. The seed beds between the eénter of the road and side ditches waiting o grow into & mass of hoxious weeds can in a large measure ‘be destroyed now. 7. 1t the soil is Just molst, each time the | drag 1 used a thin layer will be adged to the traveled portion of the road, which will | pack ihto anu buiiu up & Gard surtate oFust under the traffic; it it Is wel, the water Wil be forded out, drying the road in a much shorter time. A 8 Dragging ih March, April and May wili | reduce tne dust In June, July, August and september. 9. The action of the frokt has put the soll in such condition now that the two horses will do the work of four a little later. 10. The waves and ruts can be taken out ot gravel rouds now, and the material which has been forced toward the side ditches brought back ohto the traveled way. The wheels will do all the folling neces- sary, 1L By reversing the drags on hills and throwing the earth moved from the center of the road to the sidé ditches, deep and dangerous ditches at the roadside may s6on be Tilled and the grade of the whole hill lowered, ¥ne responsibility for having the drag used has beeh fixed by the legiblature on | the town trustees and the road .superin- tendens. Tile drainage on steep hillsides, or on flat, wet stretches of vond where the ground water stands at high level will suj | plement the ure of the rpad dreg and prove |a splendid investment.)| Such places as | these will show | bad, and will remain wet long after t roads in the vicinity have dried. A dix- Inch tile, sometimes only & few hundred feet long, down one side of the road, It | properly laid, may prove sufficient to drain the road; only extreme cases will requive two lines; 365 to §70 per 1,000 feet should lay six-inch tile three feet deep, and 10 per cent 10 20 per cent of the road funds of the av- | erage township could well be invested in | tile drainage. This would amount to $100 to $200, which at the above figures would lny a considerable amount of tile. It would Profit each township to select its road sup- erintendent at once, If this has not already been done, and send him over the principal roads of the township to note the length and number of places that are badly in need of tile drainage, as these places will be particularly apparent during the spring months. | z [nnrvm BETTER USE GOGGLES | Good Protection for Eyes | Kinds of Weather. For various reasons a great many motor- i8ts never wear goggles. In the case of the fair sex it is no doubt the Alsfigurement of their appearance which counts, and | probably there are quite @ few of the other | #ex who are vatu enough to let the same | reasorf influence them. Bome men make | Quits & Boast of never requiring them, no | matter how fast the car may be travell | or how gust-laden of otherwise unplea | the atmdsphere. This neglevt to wear gog- gles ls a great mistake, and one that can- not help adversely affecting the eyesght eventually. In winter there ate the out- Ung winds to guard against, which Afe necessarily intensified by the speed of the car when journeying egainst . them. in summer, 100, the continual impinging on (he eyeball of @ust must Have & very ing effeet on the delicate mem- When It is considered that, in spite of washing the eyes, on returning from a motor ride without having used oggles, there are pleces of dirt which | remain ana work out in natute’s good Iumn by next morning, it is pretty clear | that the eyes have been singled' out for | & tusillade of particles which, to shy the |Jeast, are unnecessary and unwelcome 1o in Al L portion of the road ah opportubity to get |- 1/1000 OF AN INCH Is the Standard of Measurement in the It may surprise you to know that even the costliest cars fall short of that fineness of measurement in the component parts upon which the operation and the life of the car are wholly dependent What is the peculiar quality in any motor car for which you pay $5,000 or $6,0007 purchaser. will give. longer, beca up s/ being parueuloriau FURNISHED AS TOUI'HNé CAR, DEMI-TONNEAU OR GENTLEMAN'S Tt is not reputation—no matter how fine that a reputation may be; beeanse no reputation could be worth $2,000 or $3,000 to each, It is not mere external elegance. : 1t is a definite, concrete excellence, for which the maker is justi- fied, in a sense, in charging. You pay $5,000 or $6,000 for running qualities—and an element of longevity which no car of lesser price, save the Cadillac, Those running qualities and that longevity are in turn directly de- pendent upon the accuracy with which more than 100 essential parts are made and the perfeet alighment resulting therefrom. Your $5,000 car (or your Cadillac) roms more smoothly and lasts s of the time, the care, the money and the expert workmanship expended in eliminating friction by producing between those hundred or more vital parts a fineness of fit which no eye can measure and no words describe. And thig leads to the disclosure of the utmost concern to every auntomobile owner. In the production of more than ten thousand Cadillac ‘‘Thirtys’’ in the past fifteep months it has been demonstrated beyond peradventure that in this element of synchromization, har- mony, fit and elimination of friction, thé Cadillac standard has not been attained by any other plant or \ny other car. inch) and is marked ‘‘Ge.”’ andth of an inch less) and is Marked ‘‘Not Go.”’ The ‘‘4.248 Go’’ gauge must slip over the lower end of the piston, but the ‘‘4.247 No$ Gio’’ gauge must not. If the piston is so large that the ‘‘Go’’ gauge will not slip over it, the piston is ground until it does. If the piston is small enough to permit the ‘‘Not Go’’ gauge to slip over, it is discarded as imperfect. Crank shafts, eylinders, pistons, gears—scores of essential Cadil- lac ““Thirty’’ parts—are rigidly subjected to the scrupulous test of 1-1000 of an inch accuracy. Not $5,000 or $6,000 can buy you the magnificent assurance of smooth, velvety operation and long life obtained in every, ()udilluc at $1,600, The great Cadillac factory in Detroit is always open to Thus, the one element which justifies a $5,000 or $6,000 price is present to a higher degree in the Cadillac than in any other car in the world. \ In the Cadillac there are 112 parts which are accurate to the one- thousandth of an inch. Thus—as a single illustration—the Cadillac *‘Thirty’’ piston is made to work perfeetly within the cylinder bore, which is 414 inches. To gauge the accuracy of the piston diameter, two snap gauges are used. These snap gauges are shaped similar to the letter ““U”. The distance across the opening of one gauge is 4.248 (four inches and 248 one-thousandths of an The other is 4.247 (omne-thous- visitors; and it would be a pleasure to us to offer you verification of the interesting information contained herein by a trip through the plant at any time that you may be in this city Four ceylinder; 33 horse power; 3-speed sliding gear transmission, shaft (F. 0: B. Detroit). Tncluding the following equipment: Magneto, Delco system four unit ¢oil with controlling relay and dry batteries, one pair gas lamps and gen erator, one pair side oil lamps, one tail lamp, horn, set of tools, pump and tire repair kit, robe rail, tire irons. ROADSTER CADILLAC MOTOR CAR CO. RATES FOR AUTO CONVENTION Held at Chicago During Ninth Annual Automobile Show. GIVEN ON CERTIFICATE PLAN orm Laws e (o He Discassed Which Will Make Touring More Easy Between States in This Conntry. A convention af the American Automo- asgociation, in which all automoblliste invited to' participite, will be held in Chicago during the ninth annual automobile #how of the National Assoclation of Au- tomobile Manufacturers, February 6 to 12, 1920, Provided 1,00 certificates are presented for validating, a fare and one-haif wil' bé granted to all automobilists attending the donvention from the territory ' of (he Trunk Line assoclation and the Central Passenger assoclation. The territory of these two passenger as- soclations includes the states of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jorsey, Delawhre, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia (points on Chésapeake & Ohlo and Halti- more & Ohlo), West Virginia, Michigan (east of Lake Michigan), Indiana, cities of Loulsville, Ky, and 8t. Louls, Mo., and Stations in Ilihols and points east of and on line ‘of the Chicago, Rock Islana & cific rallroad, from Chicago to Peori thence the Texas-Phcific & Western rall- road to Burlington, thence Mississippl river to Calro, 1il, { American Automobile assoclation irem- bers and all automobilists iding at polnts outside of the terrftory herein de- fined, should purchase regular one-way or exoursion tickets to the neacest point from whieh a certificate reduction has been au- thoriged, and there purchase & one-way ticket to Chlcago and securé certificate. Tickets and certificates may be secured not earller thau February % and not later than February . These tickets should be presented for validation at the Ameri- an Automobile asseciation headquarters in the First regiment armory on February 8, 10, 1. In view of the necessity of hav- ing the 1,00 certificates actually in hand bete the validating can begin on Tues- day morning, February 8, it is imperative that certificates be deposited as soon after arrival in Chicago as po-mT The holders of tickets will be entitied up to and including February 16, to pro- Gure & continuous passage ticket by the same road over which the golng™ journey s Assoclation Licensed Automobile Manufacturers. Licensed und: er Selden Patent. Detroit, Mich HQHP R. KIMBALL, 2026 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. Myr. Prospective Purchaser! In your automobile you want the maximum efficiency, speed and durability for the minimum rice, don’t you? Of course! This 30 H. P. MOON, 4 CYLINDER, 4%, in. x b in,, at $1,500, em- bodies the latest in design, workmanship and material. Call at our new garage, look the car over, test it and we will prove it to be thg best car on the market for the price. Better even than most higher priced cars. Wé are showihg other good cars at different prices to suit your pocketbook and inclination. 32 H. P. PARRY, ] 4-Cyl. . . $1,285. MOON, Model 30, $1,500.00. 45 H. P. MOON, 4-Cyl., 5-Pass. . $3,000 50 H. P. AMERICAN TRAVELER .. $4,000 Our storage facilities and repairing equipment dre as good, if' not better, than any in the west. Our new concrete and steel building insures your gear against loss by fire. Mr. Agent! We invite inspection and our watchword is PROMPT SERVICE. We want agents in unalloted territory, in Nebraska and Western Iowa. Sweet-Edwards Automobile Co. was made, at one-half of the regular one- way, fitst class fare, to the point at which the certificate was Iseved. This reduc- tiori gan be secured by all members of the American Automobile sssoclation and al dutomobilists who attend the Chicago show of the Americap’ Automabilé association dbnvention, All meotings In connection with the con- ventlon will take place In the First regi- ment ammory, and due netice of same will be avallable at the American Automo- bile association headquarters fn that build- ing. besides announcements i publ'e rint. Stralning the Motor. Véry many amateur motorists delight in always taking & hill op the high speed, ot real that this often strains a motor of requires the car to go too fast up grade over rough places that could be taken with less strain and slowes on the intermediate spees . 2052-2054 SOLVING SOME HORN . TROUBLES Melp (b Hoin troubles' may be divided into three heads. The commonest in the presence of dust on the tongue of the reed. Thia Is instant’y remedied by passing a slip of thin paper under the reed—a oure that seems too simple to record, but many a motorist under these circumstances jumps to the conclusion that the tongue u lost | Its sl and begins to bend it about or Pask !a knife blade under It, with the result thet @ now reed Is required. The wecond trouble 18 & leaky or punctured bulb, generally curable by patching; and the third is a broken flexible connection. Breaks in the flexible tube are due to want of support, and it is not the slightest use to mend the break without adding proper support. When sufficiently supported, the flexible may be vendered alr-tight temporariy by Farnam Street. wrapping it in thin rubber sheeting taken trom the repair outtit, and binding tightly with thread for an Inch on each ide of the break, after which a plece of canvas should be wrapped over the rubber and tightly bound down. The first opportunify should then be taken to shorten lha&ln- {ble tube, and to solder the union plecs on to the cut end. Extra Tabes, Very careful attention should be given (o extra shoes and tubes, the latter in par- tloulsr.. When not in use they should be | partially infated and placed Inside spare shoes. should e spread o8 Apread half way, and then rolled up With the wires on top. Talcum or soapstone should then be freely sprinkled in the folds. ' —— When you want what you want 'lh.nl you want (t, say 8o through The Bee Want A4 Columns, & the | Wiy muvznm KNOW HIS BUSINESS Strict Regulations ior Motor Chauf- in Europe. It s not so y to get a job as a ‘chauf- feur in london or Paris. Examinations there aré very rigld and the chauffeur is required 1o pass two. The first one I8 for general knowledge of the city, and 1s given by the police department, The chauffeur 16 asked (0 name the most direct route be- tween two different points of London. If he cannot glve the shortest route within a block or two he Is not allowed the loense, bul is given an opportunity to stil] study the of the olty, After this examina- tion Is successfully passed he Is taken in hand by an expert and examined as to his knowledge of the operation of the car. T regulations are very strict and the chau feur not Jiving up to them is liable to lose his license at any time. Thess extreme measures are hecessary on account of the erowded condition of the streets there, 4