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TOURING IN FLORIDA.
This bleak, trackless waste in the Florida Everglades
will be converted into a fine road crossing the state by next
spring.
Miami, Fla., Oct. 20.-Two years ago a party of molorists attempted to cross the southern everglades of Florida between the Gulf of Mexico. and the Atlantic coast. They found themselves int a pathless wilderness and were rescued by airplanes.
same
By next spring, this wilderness will be traversed by a fine macadam read which will cut the trip across the everglades to two hours,
This is the new Tamiami Trail, named so because of its connexion between Tampa on the gulf side and Miami on the east. Its total length will be 298 miles and its completion will have cost the state of Florida almost $14,000,000.
By means of this road, touring through Florida will be one con- tinuous circle of sights. Visitors now will enjoy a new and en- trancing sith of this sunny, state.. This wild country is full of wild Seminole Indians occa- game. sionally penetrated this region. but I was net until the highway
many
TAMA ETORCOLOC
GULF OF MEXICO
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This map of lower Florida shows how the new Tamiami Trail wit cut through the Evergindes.
engineers came along that soot this stretch cost almost half white persons presented of the entire cost of the 208 miles of road to Tampa. This, more themselves here at one time.
Cutting this road, especially than anything else, tells what it through the wild and marshy ever-meant to cut across this trackless glaties, has been #particularly waste. heroic and troublesome engineer-
All supplies. and -heavy ing job. Dredges had to steady machinery had to be hauled at Huge drag line themselves ever soft swampy soll. immense cost. Great drills had to hammer deep dredges had to be mounted on And great calerpillar tractora to get into the hard bed rock.
The great saw had to be used to cut them over the soft soil. their way through four miles of typress forest.
Many streams had to be crossed ant bridges built on foundations found deep below the marshy top suil, to make this road complete.
It is 90 miles from Miami to the
workers camped alone in the wilderness, entertained by the cries of the wild turkeys and mal- lard ducks, the hoots of the owls and the screams of the eagles.
Travellers going through here next summer will enjoy, similar gulf coast, straight westward. Idiversions by day and night.
THAT "SHIMMY."
Tyres Not Always. Responsible.
[By Israel Klein.!
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When the balloon tyre first came into use, motorists were presented! with a new diffenity-the shimmy.
CARRYING SAINTS.
Europe's Latest.
Instead of dangling dolls in the rear windows of their sedans, many European motorists are now carry- ing small images of St. Christopher,. patron-saint of travellers, and therefore of motorista,
These are particularly popular in France, and many "of them are of
Of ecurse. the shimmy was known very elaborate design.
in the earlier days, but not underi
the circumstances in which the
larger tyres introduced it.
A car might have been perfect
in every respect, and yet it CLAY ON WHEELS.
shimmied.
At that time, the fault was laid ernressly on the balloons them- salves, and to some extent it may still be there. But by this time!
Synthetic Rubber.
Chemlats in Nevada (U.S.A.) are engineers have improved the bal-attempting to produce synthetic Toons to the extent of almost en-rubber from clay. tirely eliminating it as the cause Material being used in these, ex-
of shimny:
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periments comes from a large de-
Yet the shimmy persists. If it ponit of unusual clay, about 26
does, there's something wrong with the car itself, most likely
The wheels may not be aligned, The tyres may be unenually in- flated. Or they may have been attached recklessly and unevenly. The steering gears may be loose.
miles from the town of Las Vegas. This earth is said to contain all the ingredients for making rubber."
To check toe-in, jack up each
Or the wheel bearings may not be wheel and spin it while holding
snug.
a piece of chalk at the centre of
The front wheela may toc in too the tread. The chalk should be muth or too little.
Or they may held perfectly steady, so that it
showing the amount the wheel toes in.
The unequally balanced. And even may mark a line down the tread
the springs themselves may cause the wheels to shimmy, if their spring, clips or shackle bolts are loose.
So it is that all these factors must be checked up to find the cause of that wobbling motion of
This may be about a. sixteenth of an inch in most cases, although some wheels toe in an eighth of an inch or even more.
Of course, this test presupposes that there is no play at the hubs.
the front wheels that is trans- If there ls, this should be tighten- mitted to the driver through the ed up first. steering system.
First, attention must be paid to.
Practice should be made of in- the steering wheel and gears. Dating the tyres to their proper Play should be about one to one pressure once a week. The manu and a half inches at the circumfacturer's advice should be fol- ference of the wheel: If it's more, lowed. Equal inflation of the front tyres eliminates this as a the genre should be taken up...
Secondly, the wheels must be possible factor in wheel shimmy. tight, the bearings properly ad- justed so that there should bo, no more than about a sixteenth of an inch of "shake" on the rim of each wheel, and the front system must toe-in and align properly.
Lastly come the spring shackles. holts and clips. Their effect-Is felt especially when the car is moving at a high speed.
They should be tightened.
BUICK'S POWER.
Popularity of New
Models.
We are advised by the Dragon Motor Car Company, Ltd., who are now showing the Buick Models for 1928, at 33 Wong Nel Chung Read, Happy Valley, that those who have ridden in the new Buicks for 1928 remarked especially on the quick pick-up and dashing acceleration of the new models.
The name Buick has always been a symbol of power, and Buick has always been a fast car. Now there is a new eagerness in getting away when the accelerator pedal is pressed. The new model actually seems to enjoy creeping swiftly up on traffic ahead, or, after slowing down in the middle of a grade, to pick up speed for the remainder of the climb.
This new acceleration did noti happen by chance. It is the re sult of study by General Motors Research Laboratories and tests Motors Proving on General Ground to redesign certain parts of the famous Buick valve-in-head engine to produce this desired result.
The new design more complete ly distributes the fuel in such manner as to produce more com- This menns plete combustion. more power, quicker pick-up and a real economy in fuel.
INTER-STATE TAX.
New Jersey has authorized the lavying of three-quarters of a cent per half-mile of travel over its reads by trucks and buses en gaged in interstate transportation. inspectors follow the trucks to see that the companies operating then make accurate returns.
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Canada spent $46,668,000 during 1026 on construction of all its pr videlal highways. The mileage re-covered by this expenditura total-
led 46,824,
Scotch Classic. Recent advices from Scotland port A. J. S. machines winning the Scottish six-day cycle trial,
The trial was run over the rough- eat roads in Scotland. In places the road was a mere, boulder-strown track. On the first day 28 of the 95 entrants lost all hope of gaining an award on account of failures on hills. During the most difficult sec- tion of the fourth day, Frank Giles discovered dirt in the petrol tank and wasted 30 minutes in locating and repairing the trouble. Despite this fact the A. J. S. team, consist- ing of Frank Glies and A. and F. Downie, was the only team to finish without loss of marks, and all expressed themselves ready to commence another test if neces- sary.
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For the first six months of this year Australia was 'America's best customer for automobile products. Canada and Argentine followed in importance, with Denmark and South Africa/next.
Number of trucks and buses im- ported from 'America in the period was more than 100 per cent. above the same period of 1926, though the value of the increase did not follow the percentage.
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