THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18rx, 1926
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Motoring Notes:
A Weekly
Review dealing with matters of interest to all local motorists. Road Improvements-No More Trams—
[BY AN OWNER-DRIVER.)
"Penny wise and pound foolish" is an adago that applies to the construction and widening of roads. Years ago more than one motorist pointed out that it was certain that there would be thousands of motor-cars in Hongkong before 1930. The number of ears is increasing, more rapidly than some of us expected. The trafie problem is even worse than was anticipated because the Chinese contrae tors have taken more rapidly to the use of motor lorries than was considered probable.
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Rond improvements might have been made in the years 1917-1920 when the revenue of Hongkong was increasing. The then Director of Public Works was not a motorist and he seemed disinclined to listen to those who begged that such traffic arteries as Caine Road should be widened whenever there was an oppor- tunity to do so.
SAFETY FIRST.
To-day we have the legacy of such shortsighted policy. Houses were rebuilt on the old sites and, although in some places the road was widened a little, yet on the whole the penny wise and pound. foolish policy was followed in order to save money that would have been well spent in resuming land. There was scheme to build a new road from Central to Caine Road at a nett cost of about two million dollars in 1918. It would cost much more now.
Lighter Engines-The Boulogne Races.
LICHTER ENGINES.
RESEARCH WORK.
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A tribute must be paid to the British manufacturer for his tar-sighted policy in employing research assistants in the factories. The result has been noticed in the greatly increased mileage obtained from the tyres of to-day as compared wi. those used during the war.
The most likely substitute for petrol appear to be alcohol-in the USA any suggeons to increase the supply for commercial purposes would be very popu lar.
CARS IN CEYLON.
From time to time those who have lived in other parts of the world tell us that they do this or that better out there than we do it in Hongkong.
We have, in this Colony, several people who know Ceylon. They can truthfully tell us of the great progress made in that Colony in the matter of road transport.
In 1924 there were 3,979 cars on the island. Last year there were 6,360. Statistics for the short period of nitis months ending on March 31st, 1928, show that the total number had nearly doubled A American motoring expert has
—it was actually 12,63 or an increase of over 6,000 in nine months. The Ameri- made the following remarkable atate ment:-"Some of the European motors, it is worth noting that English made can total was nearly three times that of especially those built in Italy, will tyres were used on some of the cars that the British firms and the popular Ameri develop a motor speed of 5,000 revelu competed in the speed trials for motor can car was the low-priced mass-produr- tions per minute; and it is claimed that cars held at Indianopolis, U.S.A. None tion vehicle. It is worth noting that 79 some even go as high as 12,000 r.p.m., | of the English tyres were changed during | Austins were sent out from Great Britain a speed so great as to be almost un- the race. The trials are, run on brick and another British firm, not represented. believable. One of these small, high track. The total distance is 500 miles, in this Colony at all sent out 103 cars
of a non-expensive type. Nearly all of the failures were due to transmission troubles.
The fact seems to be that manufactur ers in Great Britain, Europe and USA. have tarned their attention to Ceylon. The local authorities are making road improvements, and the prospects seem good for motorista in Ceylon.
speed motors shows a power development of 150 brake horse power at its maximum speed."
It is news to some of us who have care- fully watched the new designs to learn of the astounding speed of 12,000 r.p.m. That means 24,000 strokes in a minute or one stroke in the four-hundredth part of a second. It seems difficult to believe that there could be anything like com picto combustion of the mixture in the engine cylinder in that short space of time.
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THE NEW DRIVER.
A correspondent to the Times has made the suggestion that novitiates in the art of driving a car should tie a red-ribbon bow to their radiators and a red streamer
to the rear' of their cars. It is an iden that commends itself, probably, to every. one but the new driver.
It can easily be extended. There might An engine that runs at 12,000 r.p.m. be a black ribbon on the radiator for develops six times as much power as every road accident. A blue ribbon the same engine running at 2,000 r.p.m.
would announce that the driver had becz Another way of looking at the problema teetotaler for a year at least. The great ia to make a comparison of the weights objection to any such scheme would come of the engines that run at the two speeds. from the lady drivers who would certainly Roughly speaking the engine running entwish to change the colours so that they 12,000 rpm. will be one-sixth of the would tone with the latest colours in use weight of the engine giving the same in their fashionable costumes. power at a speed of 2,000 г.p.m."
FUEL ECONOMY.
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It has been proved that the engines of the European small economical on fuel consumption than the bigger engines of the Americaa cars. Racing motors are the pioneers of motors for touring cars. The experience gained on the race track soon decides doubtful issues.
It is, therefore, worth noting that the trend in racing cars is towards a smaller piston displacement. The restrictions of the famous speedway at Indianapolis were set at 91.5 cubic inches-just about the same cylinder capacity as the limit of 1,500 cubic centimetres permitted for the Grand Prix race in Europe.
ACETYLENE FOR FUEL.
Hundreds of inventors have attempted. to find a cheaper substitute for petrol A fuel for motor-cars.
As Mr. Myers of California has produced rather a complex arrangement, the main purpose of which is to allow the motorist to use acetylene instead of petrol. It is, in some respects, ingenious but it is not likely to cause either Mr. Rockefeller or Lord Bearsted any sleepless nights.
with acetylene feel none too sanguine Those of us who have played about about Mr. Myer's arrangement. For ace. tylene has a nasty habit of going off at the wrong moment.
However, it is always of interest to We do not expect the American Manu facturers suddenly to come down to the notice new ideas and even if some of the $1.5 cubic inches or 1,500 cubic centime experiments required to demonstrate the tres cylinder capacity. The general de-practical applications of such ideas are mand-or shall we say factory output at times dangerous it only adds to our is nearer 3,000 cc. However, one of the admiration of the experimenters. teading American manufacturers has an- nounced a new model of 130 inches or about 2,100 cubic centimetres cylinder capacity,
Complaints have been made by mem- bers of the Automobile Association about the many turnings in Bonham Road There is a general belief that the order has gone forth, from those who control public expenditure that money is not to be spent just now on road improvements. Surely the unofficial members of the Legislative Council should challenge the Government on this subject:
Human life is of more account that a big balance. There seems to be no difficulty in finding public money for education and hospitals but the road im- provements suffer because of economy.
It is not too much to describe the Wan-is apmetimes grumbling because manu- chai and Bonham Road traffic arteries as a disgrace to the Colony."
It is surely better to spend money in taking precautions to prevent accidents than to build a new hospital which will accommodate more, victims of the bad roads.
It is all very well to blame motorists. Let the step-on-the-gas" driver be, heavily punished by all means, but do not! blame the driver who has not a road wide enough to allow him to avoid the school children who rush out from the side across the bonnet of his car.
TRAM STANDARDS.
Each year competition between various makes of cars becomes more keen. There
but they dare not stand still, or they are. facturers are constantly changing designs,
left behind in the race.
There is, however, a tendency towards standardisation. Cars are gradually being. The man who graded off into classes. can afford a very expensive car will not The worry about petrol consumption. weekly wage earner will think & great deal about it.
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THE BOULOGNE RACES.
English drivers appear to have done well in these races but the instantaneous death of Captain Hewey as a result of a slight misjudgment of distance must have cast a gloom over the whole pro- ceedings.
At a recent congress in England attend ed by people connected with the running of electric tramways one of the speakers had the courage to point out that no more He was a man with a very great per- of the electric tramways would be built in the sonality-"the happy warrior old country,"
He was in the Guards "The motor vehicle, flexible racing truck. in traffic, has proved itself much more during and after the war and while suitable for modern transport work in acting as A.D.C. in England had a bad cities. It is the old story of the survival aeroplane crash. Then he turned his at- of the fittest. Trams are a nuisance intention to car racing. modern traffic.
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Kowloon is lucky to have no tramlines. No one supposes that those already run. ning in Hongkong will be abolished. The only fair thing to do, if such a scheme were under consideration, would be to insist upon
compensation for share holders. That is not possible. A frac tion of the sum involved could be better employed in making road improvemente.. What might be done immediately is this. The very dangerous tramway stand. ards along the centre of the streets might be replaced by wires fastened to standards or to houses at the side of the streets.
: ELECTRICAL PROGRESS, There is no desire to "crab" the development of electricity. There is a great future for that branch of transport. Shallow underground tramways, or even tubes are admirable arrangements for transport. Think of what a great advan: tage it would be if there were a tobe running from West Point, aut to Shauki-
wan.
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It was while he was taking a curve at an almost incredible speed that poor Howey met his end. It was just a matter of a foot or two,, but at the speed at which he was moving the crash meant disaster. Unfortunately, spectators were also killed.
The
Miss Cummings, an English driver, did well until she, too, had an accident. A front and a rear brake on opposite sides of her car seized simultaneously, car pulled up-(it was a Bugatti)-in a short spate, but it dropped into a ditch. The car was damaged but Miss Cumminga was unhurt
Segrave averaged 140 miles per hour in the speed trials. Three privately owned Bugattis were driven by English drivers. A Bentley car, also crashed in one of the races but Bengafield, the driver, was not badly hurt
TYRE STATISTICS.
There has been a great increase in the figures showing the exports of British A good held for research by the elec tyres during the last four years. From trical engineer is road transport. The 1014 to 1918 practically the whole output ideal method of power supply for any of tyres from British factories was used motor vehicle is the electric storage to supply the transport organisation in battery," but it is a system that, like so the war, Then there was a brief boom many other ideals, is costly. Price of shour eighteen months, after that came -determines the success or otherwise of the slump. Tart
these various methods of power supply.. The outer covers, for motor-tars export- There is no immediate prospect of any ed in 1925 numbered 872,333 as compared other form of prime moves for motor cars with 182,600 in 1921. For the same two than the petrol motor. The car is being years the figures showed that nearly four improved much faster than local road times as many motor-cycle covers were improvements are effected although it is exported at the later date than in the true that in a year or so the problem of year: 1981. The cycle covers exported in traffic in Wanchai should be near a solu 1925 exceeded two million. The number tion,
of solid tyres exported seams, to increase IF only, Sir Matthew Nathan had plan: each year-in 1825 the total wis 69,444. ned the road round the inland, along the Those of us who drive our own ears do sume generous linea as he planned Nathan not like to see solid tyres but there are Nathan Road in Kowloon! A
some countries where they are useful. In Meantime motorists must keep on this Colony, the Trafic Authorities acem urging road improvements. For the nam to be doing their utmost to persuade ber of motor vehicles will rapidly in-motor lorry, owners to use paeumatic crease or trade improves.
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