Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 3, 1916, Page 26

12—B HUDSON SUPER-SIX MAKES NEW REGORD Fast Time Is Made in Race Over Nebraska and on to the South, Into Texas. HIGH SPEED IS ATTAINED From Nebraska to Oklahoma, 253.8 miles, in five hours and forty-five min- utes, and from the Red river to the Rio Grande, 628 miles, across Texas, 1 in ten hours and cight minutes, are two new achievements of the Hud- son Super-Six in the recent Meridian Range relay race against time. These are new records for automo- biles across the states of Kansas and Texas. h f It had been the intention of the Meridian Range Highway associa- tion to advertise the proposed high- way between Canada and Mexico by relaying messages from Dominion o?— ficials to those in Texas, all the way from Winnipeg to Galveston. Severe snowstorms in Canada and in sev- eral of the states prevented starting the relay from Winnipeg November 1. The messages were, however, re- layed across the states of Kansas and Texas at whirlwind speed by Hudson Super-Six cars. Average Fifty Miles an Hour. Glenn Breed of Salina, Kan, re- layed the messages from Chester, Nebs to Caldwell, Kan,, 253.8 miles, in amazing time. Breed took the mes. sages at 6:30 a. m. At 12:15 p, m,, five hours and forty-five minutes la- ter, he was in Caldwell. This was the fastest time across that state ever N I Ay Nt g o made by any man or motor car, The average speed was almost fifty miles per hour. At Caldwell the messages were turned over to F. J. Gentry, who in another Super-Six carried them at | tremendous speed to the Texas state line. W. H. Steinhardt, Hudson dis- tributor at San Antonio, Tex. took charge of the relaying of the mes- sages across the state of Texas, They were delivered into the hands of one of his drivers at the northern border of Texas at 8:10 p. m, Friday, No- vember 3, and at 4:18 p. m. Saturday one of them was delivered ,to the mayor of Laredo. On this run the Super-Six averaged 314 miles per hour, ten and a half hours of the drive being made at night. The run from San Antonio to Laredo, a distance of 153 miles, was made at an, average running time of more than thirty miles per hour. Five thousand peo- ple enthusiastically greeted the Su- per-Six on its arrival at Laredo. Auto Beats the Mail. i+ Duplicates of the messages from (;anxh were mailed by special de- livery from Winnipeg. Those car- ried I:‘y the Hudson Super-Six cars arrived in San Antonio twenty-two hours and forty minutes ahead o those that were carried by mail. The messages from the Canadian officials 5 m those of Texas urged Texas to do part toward completing the pro- posed Meridian highway and pletrged Canada to do its share, ) Weather conditions interfered with the original plans and it was con- templaged to have Hudson Super- Sixes relay the messages over the greater portion’ of the big 2,000-mile . run from Winnipeg to Texas, - Had | the original program been carried out it is expected several cross-state rec- ords would have been shattered by the Hudson cars. Mitchell Cars to Advg@ in Price An increase of $100 each in the rice of the Mitchell and the Mitchell unior becomes effective December 1, as announced by the Mitchell Motors :am&:ny of Racine, Wis, “Continued increases in the cost of materials and labor,” says Mr, Friend, “has forced us to increase our prices. For three months we have been un- able to make anywhefe near as fa- vorable contracts for our raw ma- terial as we were some six months ago, and with prices mounting higher and delivery dates moving even far- ther ahead, we are obliged to protect ourselves and the purchasers of our product. “We have held off until the last minute, feeling that something might occur to make an advance in price unnecessary, but it is now so appar- ent that the advancing cost of raw material has not yet reached the high tide that immediate action was neces- sary. Our prices, of course, were based on the cost of materials last spring. The costs have since jumped by leaps and bounds. ‘For any manu- facturer, this left only two courses of action open, namely, to reduce the quality of materials to absorb the in- creased price or to maintain the qual- ity and advance the price. Our duty to the public is, of course, to main- tain the quality—to do this as a mat- . ter of sclf-preservation, prices must advance, but the increase in our prices is only sufficient to absorb the in- crease in the cost of the materials that go into Mitchell cars, and the increase in wages we are obliged to pay the skilled help that is required.” Corbin Goes With New Auto Company Arthur E. Corbin, for the last six ears assistant sales manager of the 'ackard Motor car company, has re- signed, having acquired an interest in the Pluym-Ochs company of Petro- grad and New York, the largest Rus- sian importers of American automo- biles.and accessories. Mr. Corbin will “develop the organization of the Pluym-Ochs company in advance of the expansion on which that firm Reversible Front Seat Here's another original and exclusive | sit facing the tonneau or facing for- Studebaker feature to be found in the new series 18 cars just announced. The front seat, next to driver's, is now reversible so that the passenger can ward. Both of these individual front seats are adjustable to all leg-lengths, are covered with leather and have large, serviceable robe strap. | Velie Gompaniés Merge Two Plants At a meeting of the stockholders of the Velie Motor Vehicle company, manufactarers of the Velic “Biltwell” Six, and the Velie Engineering com- pany, builders of the Velie motor trucks, held at the offices of the com- panies: in Moline, 11, November 14, the two companies were merged into one, under the title, “Veliec Motors Corporation.” In the light of more efficient and economical .operation the merger was deemed expedient at this ti H after with the buying power consol- idated, and the best of sales and man- ufacturing talent of the two companies devoted to the development of the one, even more rapld airides may be expected of the Velie organization. 'he merger does not affect the Velie Carriage company, whith will continue {o be operated as a separate institution manufacturing a_ full line in continually increasing volume of high quality horge-drawn vehicles, The capitai stock of the Velie Mo+ tors Corporations has been increased to $2,000,000, which increase has been accomplished without the introduction of new capital. Velie stock is not open m | Look for the Red Sign Many car owners will need a new battery this win- ter. Then comes-the ques- tion “Where shall I buy it>” you. We’ve made it easy for “ A Somewhere near you i8 a car dealer with this familiar. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEk: DECrMBER TROUBLE WITH ~ THE GARBURETOR Knowledge o. the Device Is Necessary for a Proper Adjustment. ILLS OF DIFFERENT TYPES Adjusting a carburetor consists in! regulating the proportion of air and fuel in the gaseous mixture so that the mixture may be consumed to the | best advantage in the motor. As for | the ways and means of doing this, | it all depends upon the construction | of the carburetor, and the facili-| ties for adjustment. Before adjust- ing a carburetor one should always endeavor to learn how to perform the operaiion by consulting either 3, 4916, the manufacturer or his literature or some user who -has successfully done the trick. There are sg many different de- signs and constructions now in use that no rules can be given that will enable one to successfully adjust all types; however, there are a few rules' which apply to niany designs. | For instance, an experienced me- chanic would begin by assuring him- | self that there is gasolene in the main tank—you will be amused at this statement, possibly, but many motor- ists can call to mind a dozen nstances where owners have set their carbu- retors in a variety of ways to get the motor started when the tank was dry. Then he would ascertain that the gasolene was getting to the float| chamber—that there were no clogs in the gas line. 3 Most carburetors have spray noz- zles, so, if possible, an effort should be made to see if the fuel is pass- ing through the nozzle or nozzles when the float chamber is flooded. | This can be done by attempting to start the motor by cranking it af few times, noting at the same time whether the compression is fairly even in all cylinders. It is difficult| to adjust a carburetor properly when the compression is not about eqyal[ in all cylinders; for poor compression | in one or more cylinders will cause' weak explosions, or misfiring in those cylinders. Before any adjustment on a carbu- | retor is changed—and these adjust- ments are changed much too often—| one should look for every other| trouble which would causé the same | misbehavior of the motor. The car- buretor is about the last thing to get out of order and once adjusted| should give practically no trouble, | adjustments only being necessary at| the time of a decided change in temp- erature, | There is a sort of standard group} of troubles connected directly and in- directly with the carburetor, that| should be known before carburetor | adjustment is attempted. | or example, a rich mixture—one | in which the proportion of fuel ab- | normally cxceeds the amount of air— may be due to faulty adjustment of the float or air valve, a clogged air inlet pipe, dust and dirt on the inle pipe screen, a leaky float valve, or a fuel saturated float—waterlogged so to speak. A poor mixture, on the other hand, may be due to faulty adjustment of the air or float valve, a leak in the inlet manifold or around the carbu- retor, or connection between the man ifold and motor, the fuel supply valve may be partially clogged or there may be water in the gasolene 1f the motor cannot be started the spray nozzle, float valve or feed pipe may be clogged, the gasolene tanlk empty, the supply cock shut off o with a measure feed system, the pres sure in the tank too weak. With a vacuum feed system it may be that the instrument is not feeding enough gasolene to the carburetor, due (o some derangement in the vacuum tank. ) Its Double Power-Range red sign, ready to equip your car with a Willard Battery of proper size and capacity. And he can refer you to a Willard Service Statiog where experts are employed to keep your battery work- ing right all the time. Willard Stordge Batteries plans to enter when the war is over. e will leave in a lf)ew wecl:’s for his permanent post in Petrograd. " The Pluym-Ochs company, which ‘bas American officés in New York , handles several makes of cars also the C}"lfiil‘l ltfzpllnle!. ‘lls judgment is that immediately after the close of the war, Russia will ex- jence a commercial and industrial ;z:cbpmeng of great proportions. Mr. Corbin has been twelve years fkh the automobile business. He : with the Stevens-Duryea, and _been with the Packard almost [ Before going to_the fac- quarters in Detroit as as- . manager, he was Pack- manager in New York s ~ Ask us for information about our special free service to new Willard owners. Nebraska Storage Battery Co., 2203 annm St., Omaha Phone Doug. 5102 We'll be glad to test your battery atany time Willard Storage Batteries are for Sale by car dealers, garages and all Willu‘l Service Stations and Factory Branches. 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