The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 16, 1919, Page 18

THE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, AU <eneeee sen ae eerste Ines Maar e WUST 16, 1919, UTOMOBILE AUTOMOBILES, TRUCKS, ACCESSORIES, THE BATTERY THAT EXCEEDS THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE OWNER LET US DO IT! When you want to know how your battery is operating, drive in thru our big entrance on Broadway, between Pike and Pine, and our battery staff will tell you its exact con- dition. It’s the safe and easy way. “DRIVE IN FOR SERVICE” Sunset Electric Co. y, Between Pike and Pine Ege East 160 PORTLAND | familiarit¥ breeds contempt HEAD OF EN There ts an old saying that, but tn the case of James 8. Ditty, pro prietor of the Rapid Service Engtav ing company, it has not proven true| in any sense of the word In the course of his business, Mr. | ;RAVING PLANT BUYS THE LATE Ditty has made cuts of the Elgin Six, one of the mont popular lines of automobiles in this territory. Thru viewing the graceful lines of the Elgin in pic lin performance, fell an easy victim to ita charmea. Now the ride to his beautiful home the Beaux Arts village on the 4 ST MODEL ELGIN SIX | dames 8. Ditty Taking the First Step in the Process of Owning an Elgin Six. many newspaper) it would do in the way of actual) of hin new car will be made from | | the shipment received by the Seattle | Motor Car corporation the coming | week. President C. P. Iles of the company {s endeavoring to keep his| ture form he became interested in| shores of Lake Washington will seem | customers satinfied, but the demand the car itself, and after demon- strating to his own estrone what shorter than ever with a Elgin rolling off the miles “peppy” Delivery for Kigina still greatly exceeds the) supply \NEW MODEL HAS CLASS am « King county citizen, anxious for the development of our and scenic resources, and herewith demand immediate action paving the 1!-mile stretch of the Lake Washington boulevard be- Bellevue, Newport and Renton. FIVE RULES FOR THE SPEED HOGS} ‘The bulletin of the Halifax Auto mobile association, Halifax, N. &., contains some very good safety fret advice under the caption, First and Always.” It reads: Drive as if every other driver ‘was a born idiot. Drive as if all children and most pedestrians were bent on suicide beneath your wheels. Drive as if every hill had « chasm at the bottom. Drive as if every curve was a highwayman, a Bengal tiger and a@ stone wall. Examine your car before you start, not after you stop—and you won't have accidents. 1S THE TIME TO ADJUST MOTORS ebuilt Trucks for your business. Here is one of hen. We have 5 different makes from which to choose. ELDRIDGE COMPANY BPDIADAOODOOOOS SEATTLE SPOKANE 802 EAST PIKE STREET “Safety | The new Maxwell car ts here. land a few radical changes. The |radiator and general appearance of the front of the car has been | beantified to a great extent. The motor is more powerful. The rear lend ts larger and stronger The top has been made of heavier ma- ugh and more beautiful says President H. P- Seattie Automobile ed machine, Grant of the | Sales Co, cars here. “In addition to the body changes which have been made, the motor [has been much refined. There is @ hot «pot and a ram's horn mant- fold. There take every particle of gasoline and break It up before ft reaches the combustion chambers, thus making for maximum power |The fan belt in stationary tn the [new model, eliminating the chance for slippage. The emergency brake is on the transmission and act quickly and efficiently. The serv- fice brake drume are large, thus | giving added braking power. “The dash ts complete, with all | necessary instruments, and the con- |trols ure centralised so that all | the buttons are easily within reach. “There is more room tn the front |compartment and the cushions are \nofter and better. There are crown fenders provided now and |they are much heavier. “The radiator is larger and cooling stfrface larger. The front | part of the car is much improved jim appearance. The crank ts re- |moved and a plug provided. This| change makes the sweep of the |stream lines unbroken from front | |to rea: “The demand for the new Max- well is large. Woe already have! many orders and are getting more! now that the car is here. We will soon have enough to make deliver jes. )Cars are moving from the factory in increasing numbers. “The new Maxwell has been tm- proved and refined.» The design has not been changed from the successful model that has made |such @ success thruout the country |for many years” | Dort Is Popular With Suburbanites | “Using a Dort car for daily trans becoming more and more popular,” says A. F. Hawkinson, of the United Motors company, distributors of the Roamer, Cole, Reo and Dort. “Increased costs of other transpor. tation and the inadequate train and électric rallway facilities in many |large cities, have placed the motor car into direct competition for this sort of travel. The convenience of |the automobile is well recognized, and now it is able to compete on a money basis for short hauls. “Many Dort owners are using thelr cars for suburban travel and using them every day. People would much rather live in the outskirts, and how prevents many from living way out from the businene district. The mo- tor car solves this problem.” | Many refinements have been made | “The new car is a much tmprov-| distributors of Maxwell the | chassin | portation between suburb and city ia| | to get downtown quickly is all that | BY WARREN B. BULLOCK (Formerly Captain Motor Transport Corps, U. 8 AD Tho the greatest experiments made | tn motor truck transportation wore | by the army, | slow the navy has not been to study some phases of this problem, and has been careful about some of the expert ments which have been conducted on shore. Not the least important of | these was an experiment in the une of pneumatic tires on trucks, thru all kinds of weather. ‘The navy has demonstrated that the use of the preumatic tire even on the heaviest) types of trucks in far more econom- jeal than the-use of solid tires, It |must be noted that the qualification ie made that the saving is great for) its uses. Unquestionably there in lan argument about the use of the pneumatic tire for slow, heavy jbard work, thru heavy ground, but the tests made by the navy at the Great Lakes station, near Wauke jean, Tl., show that the pneumatic Ure there bas been of the greatest value, and wonderfully economical The work of the navy station trucks was largely hauling about the camp, and also for the long |haul into Chicago. This haul was comparable with the problem of highway transportation for the av jernge user of a motor truck whose aperations are over good roads for much of the distance. The tents made Wy the jLakes station was made with jtrucks of different designs |typea, some operated on. solid some on pneumatic |showed that some jand upkeep and the cost of opera- |den on the pig@umatic-tired truck were only about half the cost of the jmame type of truck operated tn the |same manner with the solid tires The ftemn of upkeep included tn this comparison were those chiefly Invetving the engine, exclusive ga4 consumption, oil use and the upkeep of the moving parts of the machine, One grouping of upkeep and operating costa showed a figure of just under 5 cents a mile on the pneumatic-tired truck, while the same items were just under 9 cents jon the wolid-tire vehicle. ‘The following improvements were | found on the pneumatic-tired equip |ment, as compared with the solid tire: and deprectation, op- us, ga and ol! consump | lan and ability to navigate slippery | roads. It must be noted in this conne tion that the road to Chicago, which much of the was made, was pern highway, without the ordinary coun try haulage difficulties mentioned to avoid unfair ¢ tion of the really excellent |made by the inflated tire | The story of the operation per gperyr tires comen back of travel, with the pickin 1 tire of the Jc of he waieh woul! otherwise have jto be taken by the mu: itaelt Great 100 and ters. The tont items of repair rs over haul in question anent improved record of the to the tine The World’s Most Expensively Built Tire; Hand Made Throughout of Best Materials erimrro Guaranteed in Writing Small Sizes—7,500 Miles UNITED MOTORS COMPANY Large Sizes—6,000 Miles 407 East Pine St. Distributorsp———A. F. Hawkinson, Mgr. East 9 particularly | and] of) ‘Rapid Advance Seen in Use of Pneumatic Truck Tires with a consequent shaking and de- preciation of the engine, spring) |shacklex, bolts and leaves, steering mechaniam, and even the transmis- sion and gear mecbaniam. The inspection conr+notly made In me course of this showed that the pneumatic picked up much of the vibration. It was found that, ow jing to smoothness of operation, the air-tired truck was able (o operate more miles 0 the gallon of fuel dun the truck with the solid tire. | The repair and depreciation item was probably the most tmportant }of the four items in which | pneumatic tired truck showed su- pertority. The gain tn this ment was such es to make a cont/ Jexpense of half the cost of the solid tire truck. Thin is entirely 4 case of the picking up by the air cushioned tire of the vibration | which otherwise would wear down | bearings in the vehicle. tire ele. | amoother negotiations of the roads | by the alr-tired truck, was extend- ed over the possibilities of the solid tired vehicle. The trucks operating on nolid tires, thene be- | ing of @ three-ton capacity, took eight howrs for the run into Chi- cago. The pneumatic tired truck of the mme type with the same operating and cargo conditions, cut this Ume over an hour, The preumatic tired trucks were occasionally able to haul to camp, }and out of trouble.” the solid tire trucks which had difficulty tn op- Jerating or were actually stuck jin snow-covered or muddy roada, for this test continued over many months, including both winter and | summer conditions | The statement t« jattempt to compare total figures between the two types of track, for this description of an actual test on a big scale is not given as a brief for the pneumatic tire |truck under all conditions, but merely a set of figures and de- scription of conditions to show that there ts to every user a prob- jlem worth considering in the use of the pneumatic tired track. | These figures, it must be noted, make no attempt to consider the difference in initial of the | tires, solid and pneumatic, or the repair items to the tires them- selves, These elements are open for consideration only to the pros- | pective purchaser, who must use |his own judgment to the bal- ancing for his particular uses of the saving on the machine due to the of the air- joned tire and differences in initial cost of two typex of tire Tt} | must noted that the navy was | willing Huy high cost, over- {ulzed tires for its experiments, and | this Is an expense that many truck ap re may not feel justified in as- |suming for their particular type of | business. It might be pertinent here make references to the need of proper care of even the solid tire in the operation of a truck fleet It is a proved fact that care of [the solid tire is essential in re- ducing rubber costs, and tn main- |taining the tire over a long period Particularly is care due to the dual |type of tire, for it is a trick of the |dual tire to pick up sharp bits of | broken rock between the tires, and | these stones will soon hack the |solid rubber to shreds, ‘The most | careful of any tire will not prevent occasional cut, The Jarmy rules for tire inspection were |that the driver must pare down with @ sharp knife any torn bit of tire, to prevent the tear from | working deeper into the rubber and quickly making the entire tire valueles: made with no H coats | use the the he to to use n AXLE STRAIGHTENING EASY A method of straightening « front axle that has been bent in a verti cal plane te two lengths of four by fourinch joist, long enough to reach from the upper side of the axle, just outside of each spring plate, to a cross timber of the ceil ing or roof of the garage. Then if the jack is placed beneath the axle at the bend, enough pressure may be applied by means of It to force the axle back into shape, to take damaging | tho | The operating radius, owing to; is} WATCH YOUR CAR WHEELS) ‘The proper attachment and adjust | ment of the rims of the felloes of the! | wheel means more to the safety of | motor cars and the life of a tire than the average person imagines The layman pays but little atten: | tion to this particular portion of his motor car beyond seeing that the experiment | tires are inflated and go around with | Gy Co, | the wheel ‘They wi! talk and figure on how |many miles to the gallon they secure and what distance their tires go. In | the former they wil! invariably “mon: key” with the carburetor with the |hope of securing increased mileage. | ;but with tires the entire blame ts laid at the door of the tire manufac: | turer, no thought being given to tire or rim adjustment The squeaking of wheels is too | often thought to be owing to the dry- |nexs of the wooden spokes or the shrinking of the wheel itself. Danger Unseen This, however, is not always the case. Speaking is invariably the re- sult of poor adjustment of rims to the fellon band or the improper in fertion and tightening of the adjust | ment wedges and bolts. | Much comfort, much increased) |mileage and greatly increased safety | will be secured by the Intelligent ad: | | justment of the rim An improperly attached rim causes | |a wobbling of the tread, the creeping black and forth of the rim, and de velops an element of danger but little | appreciated A loone and squeaky rim is, to say the least, a dangerous attachment, jand yet hundreds are constantly driv ling cars in that condition, without knowing what should be done to overcome the same. Simple Matter It is @ simple thing to rectify. The | rim should be placed on the felloe in an even manner and the bolts |tightened, not one at a time but gradually, so that there shall be an equal pressure against the rim, per mitting it to slide on in a mechani cally correct manner Bach bolt should be tightened a lit |tle at a time and every one of them screwed home before the jack is re moved. If, under these conditions| one finds he has a squeaky wheel it is| indicative of a need of new wedges or shims to bring about a perfect fit One of the best known rim experts recently said, ‘The right felloe band on the wheel, ‘The right rim on the felloe band, ‘The right bolt in the wheel, ‘The right wedge on the bolt, The right nut on the wedge, lequalty adjusted, makes a perfect! joondition to produce increased tire mileage and safety of the operator | Watch the Make | | An ilLfitting wedge and an un- Jequalty adjusted wedge causes lop. | sided condition in tires, making the car ride poorly and decreasing the | mileage. | Wedges and rims, properly fitted, |have an indefinite life, but both may be destroyed in a few weeks of wear | if care is not taken in application and | adjustment. | ‘The best way ts to take the matter! |up with a reliable rim house and see | that in purchasing rims one gets the | particular make and model to fit his wheel equipment. MAXOTIRES" | MAKE GOOD, Two months ago the Ernst Hard- ware Company took the agency for Washington and Oregon on the Max- otire, an igner tire which is inserted jin the pate g, and which gives from | }3,500 to 6,000 extra miles on tho life of an old tre A carload | dered since that time Jother carload arrived in ttle, | | Meet the tremendou a nd that ted by the performance and today 4 shipment of the been brought to the attention of the Ernst company since they took the agency, and they are now exhibiting in their window] an old cord tire that had been d carded, but which, thru the use of} a Maxotire, has given an additional | $6,000 miles of service on a Cowen park jitney run. | worth of Many this inner tire examples When you think of advertis- | | ing, think of The Star. <8 | brake $1,485 f. The Car That 0. b. factory Has Made Good When you ‘buy an Elgin Six you get a motor car that —Holds several world’s records. —Has EARNED the title of the “World’s Champion Light Six.” -Has won scores of contests for endur- ance, reliability, economy. ~—Has registered a perfect score in every contest it has entered, Performance is one way—and an impor- tant one -of measuring a car’s value. By that standard the Elgin Six merits consid- eration and favor as the car that has made good. Let us tell you more of Elgin perform- ance. SEATTLE MOTOR CAR CORPORATION DISTRIBUTORS 517 EAST PIKE STREET OPEN TRAIL IS CALLING “During these vacation days, when thousands of business men and women, worn out and tired by many months of strenuous effort, are clos ing up their desks and seeking the lakes and mountains and the forests for rest and recuperation, the auto mobile is more than proving its value os & real benefactor, declares Charlie King, of the Victory Motor Haynes distributors. “There was a time, not many years ago either, when the yearly vacation was looked upon as a lux- ury, a8 an inconvenience to business, but now, since people have become |more enlightened concerning their personal health—which means ef. ficiency in business—and men of commerce are evincing a real fm terest in the health of their em- ployees, the vacation ts regarded as | being almost as essential as food and sleep. “It tx the time when the human storage batteries of energy are re ebarged for the long grind ahead, when tired brains and fatigued bodies | | use of the battery, rather than the recelve a new supply of nerve fuel for the coming battles of business competition. Everyone recognizes the need of this annual rest, and so the vacation is now taken for grant ed. “Today the automobile is being used as never before by vacationists in an endeavor to extract the fullest amount of health and happiness from the vacation period. Requests to au tomobile clubs and associations for | maps and information by have trebled this year. The roads |sons Just ANNOUNCES NEW TYPE “When an automobile leaves the © dealer's hands,” said O. L. Willett, | distributor of Philadelphia Diamond Grid batteries, “the average owner usually knows little or nothing about the battery in his car. To him, battery is generally some thing hidden away in the bowels his auto—a black box that furn the juice that makes the pop. What is in that box, or furnishes the kick and power make it go, is about as ts to bim as the color of the hair the man in the moon. 3 “The new ‘L. T.’ type beer Diamond Grid battery, however, something the usual run of atiertenl does not porsess. All batteries have — plates—‘grids’ so called. The number and thickness of these grids deter mine the welgbt and strength of the | battery—the strength and ‘pull re sisting’ power of these plates, de ermine the length of the battery's — life. Heretofore battery makers have devoted their time to exploiting the re longevity of it. The battery's length of life—the time it will continue to furnish the vital spark that makes the motor go—is, however, of greater © interest to the motorist than is the question of how it works, or what it does to make the spark.” Recently, when Willett retarned # from the factory at Philadelphia, be. |brought back news of interest te that portion of the motoring public tourists | which has learned its battery as the cord tire upset | leading to the great national parks | auto tire traditions and gave and the mountains and fhe fisher-| impetus and new standards to the — man's paradise, are alive with auto-| tire market, mobiles. “There is no healthier way spend a vacation than on an automo- bile tour. The benefit of the open air, the ever-changing scenery and the zest of travel, are bound to re act favorably on the tourist. automobile can xo every place a train can go, and many places where it cannot go. These are some of the reasons why the automobile is so popular with vacationists. “Every day we receive letters and photographs from delighted owners of Haynes cars, who are spending thetr vacations touring the country. Of course the car must possess character, but that is why people | ke to tour in a Haynes.” LUBRICATE BRAKES The brake mechanism seldom gets the lubrication it deserves. Oil is required on the pins supporting the shoes and upon the bearing! points of the cams or toggle mech anism which actuates the brakes. | These parts usually depend for tu brication on the hand oil can. Be. ginning at the operating lever, every joint in the brake rod needs occasional oiling, as do the bearings of the compensating shaft. The | to | battery opened | ea | ning and starting. so has the coming of T.” type Diamond Grid | up entirely new — standards and possibilities in the — storage battery business. For five years the factory hasbeen experimenting on numerous sizes and — countless forms, In grueling labora= tory tests it has outlasted and out performed any other form of battery they could buy or build. Thousands have been used in actual war ser vice, and the new thin-plate 25 per cent larger capacity “L. T." Dia mond Grid battery has come to stay. With@at increasing the amount of space it occupies in the car, and without increase in its weight, this new “L. T.” Diamond Grid battery will give more than 25 per cent greater power and longer life. Batteries which formerly contain: 11 plates will now contain 13 | plates, and those which formerly con- tained 13 plates will hereafter have | 15 plates. With a new form of cast- ing perfected, each of these plates will have a larger energized surface, and, at the same _ time, greater strength to resist the tremendous (_ pull and strain due to frequent stop- } this new “L. aM Let's go eat at Boldt’ 1414 3d Ave.; downtown, 913 2d Ave. orders now for all sizes. USE MAXOTIRES AX OTIRE KLE Ie al 95% Puncture Proof If your dealer cannot supply you, write to ERNST HARDWARE CO. The second carload of Maxotires “for Washington | and Oregon has now arrived. j We can fill your J ye mee, No Blow-Outs No Rim Cuts Put an End to Tire Troubles: