Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 23

UAkTjAKP tribune. 7EBRUARY 23, THE AUTOMOBILE ''The Car the Chauffeur Likes to Drive99 HAS, COME TO STAY SATURDAY EVENING, CO-EDS' HOLO BY COKER F. CLARKSON. Ti The automobile has come to stay. It an ft continually enlarging field jin th world's economy.

Manufacturers publishers; motordom Rainy Weather Does Not Interfere With Sport of Ypung Women. 'sometimes: Cannot forget the entrance and alleged exit of the bicycle. But It is reliably; stated that today more bi cycles are: made than lever before. Besides, bicycle ainjalogy is not a totr one. The automottua gives some- -jthlng mor than a chasce to work.

It kt more -comDllcaed and more interest ing. It la more like the wagon and ihorse, although, anatomically derd, its is less complicate jed than that of the hofeife' i It la a nooular. undiiiSrntal, impor Challen We the World on the Following Basis Our Motor ii 1 I Devejopes More: Power for i Size and Weight Than Any '). 1 Other Built The Lightest, Simplest and Strongest Car of Its Size Made T'ilC tant, econdmio thing. Jti will doubtless, be.affecteq' by a general! Industrial depression, lit is a live enough" thing, In general business, to cause a noted banker to state that it will be the lm-mediate cause of the neoU commercial Th- Doubtless has been as much extravagance it the purchase, of automobiles a there was irii jthe" case of thet bicycle, granting for rWument's If nothing else, that a sobering; and settling c6nltlon must follow arty extremely rapid, trade growth, land that Uo Bustairi for Increase its 'present use, the automobile must become increasingly simply, dependable, reliable and less anything i which, aside from the.

pleasure it gives, reduce the time oC'transportation V'Wt a possible expense. hlcH theauto- mobile does, wllPendutre in increasing jvolume. i There are many novel, vital engineering, manufacturing and industrial problems involved in the automobile business. Much experimentation andl testing are necessary to know and to get the best Wsults. This Involves the, expenditure! of much time, money and ability.

1 Speaking broadly? no one manufac- 4,. hno nv'oon o(fArl tn DSP KuffiClent BERKELEY, Feb. 23. Rainy weather dii not- tie. California "co-eds" from hoJding.thelr inter-c)asa boat race on Lak Men-fit yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, according to program.

Five crews competed, including a graduate crew, j'j The graduates won easily, coveriag the half-mile stretch in six minute. The Jun-lori were second, their time being 6:15. The, freshmen were a close third, while the seniors anl the sophomores, finished fourth and Afth. The officials of the race were Mrs. Moody, Mrs.

Holloway and Miss Jessica Pelxottov The crews were lined up- as follows: Graduates Clara Cull en, kath-erine Douglas, '06; Mabel Reid, '06. Settlors Merriam Edwards, Helen Wright, Atfce Joy. Juniors Haz4l Wllkins, Mattle Zander, Gladys Hughes. Sophomores LPau1line Baldwin, Fannie Thompson, Agnes Beach. Freshmen Jeanette Stuart, Dorothy HartHazel Myers.

Mr MASONIC SWORD HAS A HISTORY GREENFIELD, Feb. 23. The sword in use in the Masonic lodge in this city has an unusual history, which begran in 1S47, when Captain James Bracken, wearing, this sword, started from Greenfield with a company of men, who followed him from Vera Cruz, Mexico, to the halls of Montezuma. In campaign among' the most remarkable In history this sword was carried by Captain Bracken on every battle ground from the gulf of Jalapa, Castle Perots, El Penon hill. Contraras.

Clierubusco. San Antonio. Molina, Del Rey. Chapulte-pec, ver the bloody to Beldeh and San Cosmos sates into the 'Mexican capital. Two of his coraman, Jerry Hen-1 aren ana James H.

tarr, are members of the lodgre in this city. In February. 1M9, Captain Bracken presented the sword, to the lodge, since which time it has been worn by ryiers and guarded the of four different lodgerooms, covering a period of fifty-eight years. It has been home by nineteen tvlers at the raising of nearly 400 members to tHe sublime degrpe of Master Mafon and it has led the lodge to the graves of perhaps 100 brethern. Indianapolis- News.

HjiiiyiwiM nil muiiiLiiwiiii yiii yyji.mi MM, "'i iy A- yHiim) ntu i 1 PAP the standard of American automobile steels, which has heretofore been looked upon gn a secondary light, has been raised to a plane eve higher han that of foreign manufacture. A good illustration of this is given in the recent Glidden tour, when twelve of thirteen cars finishing with clean score' were association cars. The Vanderbilt elimination race furnishes another example, where licensed cars finished second and third. The other factor, standardization, is what many users have longed and honed for. T'le adoption of the A.

I A. M. screw standard is a far-reaching determination. It is the first screw standard since the United. States stan dard, adopted in 1868.

Automobile manufacturers, in common with manufacturers of other fine machinery, found by experience that for a large portion of their work the United States, standard pitches (number of threads per Inch) were too coarse, and the dimensions of, heads and nuts too great, numerous varieties of finer threads and special nuts were made. The new standard was formulated to bring uniformity in this matter; and It has been favorably received by experts and manufacturers. The standard was adopted after continued discussion and consultation with the leading screw manufacturers of the country. The material used is about twice' as strong and tough as that used heretofore in coupling bolts and cap screws, which terms are intended to-be supplanted by the term- "screw," which a machine screw is properly called. In the Vanderbilt race Tracy's trouble was entirely with his non-skid tires; "the mechanical perfection ot the Locomobile raeer was indisputable.

The race has been called one of Ures, not cars. Perhaps the one feature of automobile construction which unquestionably has not kept pace with the many other members is the tines. Countless instances can be cited where a car or cars were entitled to a victory, but were robbed of it at the last moment by unavoidable tire trouble. The Association, recognizing the importance of the tire question appointed a committee to make thorough investigation, the members being: Hiram Percy Maxim, chairman. Electric Vehicle Company; John Wilkinson, H.

H. Franklin Manufacturing Company, and Henry Souther, consulting engineer. This committee has gone Into the fundamental points of tire construction, fweights given, size tires can carry with minimum of trouble, quick detacha-bijity. Interchange-ability, standardization of vital dimensions, universal rims and the chemical and physical properties of the tires. This" is a work of great magnitude and Is still In progress.

At great expense tires known to be good, bad or Indifferent have been cut up to learn their characteristics. It has been shown that to a considerable extent it is as possl-J blp lth "res to specify conditions of purchase as In the case of metals; to inspect mem to see whether or iwrt they are good quality before road tise is resorted to as a test. 1 The Association intfnd tn ona tViaf I the quality of tires shall be the best possible, and that the convenience and expense of the automobile user shall be given their proper consideration. The subjects discussed and now under consideration by the mechanical branch are too numerous to mention. A partial list is as follows: Carbureters, shock absorbers, standard spark plugs, engine vibration, comparative merits of four and six cylinder engines, piston rings, relation of bore of engine to stroke; elimination of noise in an automobile ball bearings, alcohol valve timing, lubricating oil, machine tools, springs, nickel steel tubing, frames, gears, suspension, axles, batteries, brakes) magnetos, colls, self starting devices, skidding, special automobile steels, working and break same, gear cutting.

The individual member? of the me. chanicai branch who are responsible to a great extent for the present high standing of American automobile construction are represented by the following: Committee on tests: A. I Hiker. Locomobile Co. of Ajnerion: H.

E. Coffin, E. R. Thomas Motor Company; H. P.

Maxim. Electric Vehicle Company; John Wilkinson, H. H. Franklin Mfg. Company; C.

B. King, Northern Manufacturing Company; and Hussel Huff. Packard Motor Company. VI- ij (ft Francisco, Cal. 489 Golden Gate Avenue measure of these last three.

Nearly all European iand Ameticain pioneer auto- i mobile inventors, designers or builders started in; the same general way. For seeminxly sound engineering reasons, certain paths of have been fol lowed. As result ot many years work by the, best engineers, a popular design for Marge cars has resulted after long trial bf different features of con- Btruction. separately appearing in rny vehicles. )iuch as the lolnt production I of Peugett and Levassor In the early 90', and productions- ot uenauit, Maybach, iBouton, and some American The.

past years have been a sud- stantlally Standard arrangement in small cars where other features more largely'the production American en gineers are dominant. In the -past, automiocue engineei a have hesitated to cotoperate openi, though they have followed the work of with interested closeness, Knowledge horn experience of others has greatly benefited the In- dustry. Such blind co-operation exists in every industry. In the of the automobile, design been standardized to a conslder- in a klotv. Inlhimrious fashion.

Who shall say that frank cussion between engineers will not feet eq-aatlor better results in a com paratively short time: It is doubtless true barring flights of genius In' detail, jno one individual or small concern can outdo wha Prof. Hoffman calls "the fconsensus of the world-wide 1 competent.5" i li I The mechanical branch of the Association of incensed Automobile facturer.i pumbers nearfly one hundred enthusiast! hard-working members; men OI UUJIliy tllJU cliri.nuw. mobile building. WiembersTof the association have been Jliji the automobile, buslnifss a number, of years; It was! the realization that mawr CITV prospect rem, a GREAT CONTEST in i i 1 1. i Heine Challenges Fiat Car to a Test of Speed on ihe Track I inn Phone MarKet 3100 San.

5 Models SIMPLICITY CHASIS gearless system. The transmission other cars. GEAR AXLE DIFFERENTIAL GEAR lb a "V' v- i7t- v. nrn iim.n,, So. "'TtPt.

i 1 i 1 1 tin y- i -i 4 By W. H. B. If negatitttions which are under way are successfully concluded, San Francisco automobile enthusiasts will soon see the greatest speed contest ever run in the It -wltl be between an Italian Fiat car and the American Helne-Velox. Tha distance will be fifty mil-ee, and ths course one of the race tracks, either Tanforan or Oakland.

All day yesterday there wag the greatest interest the progress of the The only hitch Is the failure up to the present time to secure the content of the owner of the Fiat car, George Roos, to the use of the marhinn for the race. The Fiat enjoys the distinction of being one cf the fastest cars made today. It has been entered in the Vanderbilt races, and has always rendered a good account of itself. 'The Heine-Velox is made in in Eastern State, but it, too. has a reputation for great speed.

Th runabout is credited with ablHty to make more than seventy miles an hojir. The present- challenge is report 3ported to heads are tnan ne, ami mai an open discussion by the competent would result in neww aad better 1 methods (if constructiaiS, that caused the fornjatlon of the1 mechanical i.bTanch. which consists of the engineers and factory superlntfindents of the t. thlrtV-twoi" manufacturers. It holdaimonth'ly sessioins for the discussion of; the bettermenf of the Subjects of pertinent.

to each member of the mechanical branch lire taken up khd "thoroughly discussed, -every one present giving his opinion. iA. Riker, jnfthe Locomobile Company of Amerlea, is the presiding officer. Qne of- the most important steps taken in ithe. automobile industry wa Vthe 'establishing of the iirensed asso-elation laboratory at Hartford, under the direction of Henry Souther, a re-liowned metallurgist.

(This laboratory is fully equipped with the nm- chines. Experiments in metalr, engines, oils, tires, and. in fact. In all parts not thoroughly developed fnecessary in the makeup of an automobile, are going on. Iti isan readily be seen what facilltles this afords a rnan-.

ufacturer who, on accnunt of both ex- pense -and time. couM; not maintain system of this, car does away -with all Showing traction trasmisaion. The trouble-making parts that are in NOI PEED EAR SPLIT STOPPING TEAR AXLE TO REVERSE FOWLER. have grown out of a brush on the road i a few days ago between Roos in his 4-iat ana ti. A.

Heine in a Heine-Velox. Which one got the better of the impromptu contest deponent salth not, bat. at any rae, the sporting blood of both sides seems to havejbeen aroused. Heine sent word that he had 52500 that safd that his car would beat the -Fiat at any time that might be fixed. Frank Miner of the General Motor Cn.r company, agent of tha Fiat, i immediately held a conference with Rosenfeld.

and these two drew Roos into camp. Miner said that if any possible arrangement could' be made with the young mil-: lionaire by which the use of his car couldf be secured for the race, the contest would surely come off. The Fiat people have offered Roos a cash consideration for his car. Roy Mauvais has put up the Heine money, and he means business, believing tj the Heine-velox. car can give the Flat car dust.

I the car a loco-. rides 7 like a AUFFEUR NECESSARY NO SAND TOO DEEP NO HILL TOO STEEP 5 Models, Prices 01275 to 02650 Runabouts and Touring Cars NATIONAL JWOTOR CAR CO. 466 TvcntiGtti SU Oakland PHONE OAKLAND 6798 PITMAN'NELSON AUTO GO. INCORPORATED 2579( Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley Oat. so elaborate an establishment.

Perhaps the two thlegs accomplished I by the association are of par ticular lllirirAl fcW llic 'f1- 1 mc iteming of the standard in tctmstruction and the standardization cf. parts. Reccgnlzlng the value; of a car constructed: not only along- modern lines, but of material scientifically correct, the mechaAlcal branch undertook many The Columbia is that wears like The experienced and the experienced operator both say, give ine the, 1907 Autocar. motive arid Pullman. experiments In metals.

The opinions of not only the engineers and metallurgists of the association were taken; but the experts of the large metal pro-djict companies -were cabled in consul- tatlon. New standards for fhe various met als used- in automobile ipiarts were made and i specifications, compiled, resulting in the use of stronger Israel more! elastic metals. Specifications frr carbon and alloy steels, spring metal, valve metal BabhlMil steel castings, malleable Iron casting.land gray iron casting were determined upon! and instructions how to use them issued to the manufacturers of the "fcssnclation. i v. The steelmakers of the United States readily sawr the advantages of.

this cooperative movement, and responded with- characteristic American energy and Intelligence, iji Experts from the li tnost important steel companies wer present at the association meetings, and later sent representative to Europe to study the material! supplied to (Use constructor of the best makes abroad. The interest of automobiles of metal-produce Ing companies was thoroughly aroused i by the likelihood of the A. L. A. members making their orders accords fni to the specifications of the me-i hanlcal; branch, so that in place of tiers for possibly tbirty-two: arioual yes and grades of the.

orders VhLJ uniform. I Chja means higher class materials for MIDDLETQN JMOTOR CAR COMPANY 550 GOEDEN GATE AVENUE '3 ffitAKCXSCO, CAL. V. (mobile construction. Larga'orders re the goods and reduce cost And be unreservedly said that of the association a..