THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1928.
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THE PACKARD
FACTORY.
The Latest Addition.
JAY-WALKERS.
Control Is Needed. Amongst the many paint depart
WANDERLUST
FLAPPERS.
Girls Vamp a Ride.
Tramping neroas country is out
Now, they're vamping across
Building No. 21, the seventy-menta at Harvard University (U.S. ninth in the group of structures A.) is a bureau of traffic resench, which forms the big Packard: presided over by Dr. Milker Me-of date in America, Molor Car Company factory, has. Clintock, who is called upon to solve just been completed and occupied, the street problems of most Ameri- country. Its planning, construction and ocean cities.
Included in the information he the cupancy were hardly more than ordinary routine details in the has gathered in his researches are daily life of the Packard company. some interesting facts on the habits
The new building in dwarfed by of jay-walking pedestriana.
fame.
CAR AND GARAGE BURIED.
A motor-car and garage (right) almost completely burled in a deep bank of snow, which This photograph was taken in Kent during the recent henvy
rises at higher behind them.
NEW FUEL FOR MOTOR CARS.
anow storm.
At the South Western Police
Pratts, the car did 10 to 50 miles per hour in 17 seconds on the second out of four gears, on Court, London, the Automobile "Ethyl" it passed from 10 to 50 Association has just secured the
Abolition of the Engine.ph. in 16.2-58c. There was 110 complete exoneration of a mom-
Knock.
apparent difference in starting in ber of the medical profession whi cold weather, and the petrol con- was charged with three offences sumption was Improved by one of driving dangerously. The mile to the gallon. There was no Comniissioner of Police was re- WHAT A 200 MILES' TEST lead to be acen on the sparking presented by counsel, and the pro- DISCLOSED. plugs at the end of the test though, secution alleged that at Clapham with ten gallons lasting but a the defendant (a) overtook a "Ethy)." which has been teas-little over 200 miles, it is, of motor cycle at excessive speed, ing the publie for some time, will course, impossible to say whether causing it to collide with another soon be on sale in pump and in a deposition of lead actually oc can. It la a how motor fuel and curs, as several thousands of miles car; (b) Aubsequently drove over ita Introduction may be said to would have to be run before it was a cross road at an excessive speed; have created a revolution, among certain that this had not taken and (c) also drove in a manner the ordinary brands of petrol. place.
dangerous to the public. The de- fence was a completé denial of all Thus it is obvious that the use
For the first time a member
to run
summonses.
of the great. combine of of an anti-knock petrol makes it the charges, and after a'searching oil Arme has, produced a possible for higher efficiency to be cross-examination of the police spirit to be sold to the pub- designed, and enables the old ones witnesses by the A.A. solicitor the lie for anti-lenoting purposes.
with the ignition fully magistrate dismissed all three Everyone knows the "pink" which advanced and under. conditions will take place in a laboring or which they could not do before. dirty engine. It is due to the charge in the cylinder exploding violently instead of burning evenly through the whole stroke, with the result that a sort of hammer- striking effect is being delivered on the top of the piston. Benzal and alcohol both reduce this effect, and tetraethyl lead for some time. has been used in racing engines.
great disadvantage for touring purposes of depositing lead in the combustion space.
The latter fuel has, however, the
ia
Normally, on combustion, lend tatraethyl forma lead oxide, which, Girls of course. Classified by under the heat of the cylinder, pollee · ឌទ "wanderlust forms pure lead, which la depasil- flappers," most of them are young led on the sparking plugs, valves. women making from all points of and the top of the piston. With the compass for Hollywood and Ethyl," however, it is claimed that with the introduction of a huge structure which extends First, and most important, of Too poor to pay their train fare, ethylene dibromide this is re- along Concord Avenue from East his statements on jay-walking is they are not too proud to beg a vented, as on combustión lead Grand Boulevard almost to Harper the fact that it does not save time-lift from passing cora.
bromide is formed, which is Avenue, alongside which it stands. The man who tries to cross the Chief assets are a bright but barmless white powder and Yet it is in itself a factory which street from any angle in a hurry pileous smile, a story of a car blown out of the exhaust. would be considered more than or takes longer to get to the other which broke down, and a handbag dinary even in a good sized city. kerb than the man who crosses at containing spare stockings and
Claret, Colour, Building 21 however has asa corner. This happens twice in complete beauty outfit.
Though lead tetracthyl is highly sumed importance in "Packard every three crossinga,
Armed with these, girl hoboespoisonous, only shout a teaspoon- In Chicago it was noted that vamp their ways from car to carful to the gallon is used in city," because it was completed on the twenty-fourth anniversary of more than half the pedestrians for thousands of miles.
"Ethyl," and in addition Halowan the occupancy of the first Packard held up by traffic attempt to break
bil for lubrication is added, and factory in Detroit and is located through the traffic stream, and
also a red uniline dye to diR- almont on the same site as the most of them are trapped between original structure. Although it lanes of vehicles, undangering
MOTOR COMPANY. tinguish the spirit, which gives it
a clarety colour. represents only 175,000, square feet themelves and reducing traffic in the total 3,200,000 square feet speed.
"Ethy" will be sold to the public £118,248 Deficit Spoils at most garazes and filling stations at 2d. a gallon more than No. 1. petrol.
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of floor aren in the plant now, 24: When pedestrians are successful- years ago it would have consider-ly held in check, traffic flows at 15 ably overshadowed the entire m.p.h., but when they are not, it is Dividend Record. Packard factory in size and far reduced to 10 m.p.h. surpassed it in structriral details
The annual report of the Statistics of this nature, might Standard Motor
I decided to give the new spirit Company, of a test under the worst possible and building equipment.
profitably be studied by the mem-Coventry, announces that, on the conditions, and accordingly the car The new building was erected bere of the Traffic Commission in year's working, a net loss was in-on which I tried it had not been de- in record time. It has a frontage Sydney, for a proper control of eurred of £18,248, an amount carbonised or had the engine
The compression ratio "originally
of 190 feet, and is 382 feet long. pedestrians seems as necessary for which nearly cancels the profils touched for just over 25,000 miles. extending from Concord Avenue safety and fast traffic as the exist-made in the two previous yeaTA. io Packard Avenue, the main ing control of motorists. thoroughfare through the Packard factory. It has four floors and a glass covered court 60 feet by 320 feet. It is designed to several additional stories. Con- forming to the other factory build- Inga of the plant it is of heavy reinforced concrete and briek eori- struction.
carry
The building was entirely com- pleted in exactly 60 days, which the contractors believe to be a re- cord for the erection of a flat slab concrete structure of such size,
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MUST PARK SOMEWHERE.
The often-discussed possibilities of underground parking stations may be held by the action of the Automobile Association. of Great Britain.
It is putting the case before a Royal Commission on. London Squares and Open Spaces now sit- ting, in an endeavour to have the
·rcheme recommended.
Too Mom
Mobiloil
Two Ons.
The company is spoiling a con- had been 5.7 to 1, but what it was sistently good dividend record by during the test with such a dirty making no payment to sharp-engine 1 do not know. It was an holders. In 1925-26 it paid 10 per overhead valve engine of three cent., and in the four previous litres, with four valves per cylin years 15 per cent. In April 1924 der and two plugs in each cylinder. a share bonus of 100 per cent. was Before the test was made I Atted Imade.
a new set of plugs on the exhaust
The loss is stated to be due to a side, but left the old inlet ones in. Iserious reduction in turnover, and to meet the situation the dirctors have introduced an entirely new model.
BRITISH EXPÓRTS GROW.
the ignition fully advanced and On the road I found that, with with No. 1 Pratts petrol, detona ion disappeared at 2,100 revolu- tions per minute, while with the "Ethyl" mixture detonation went at 1,600 r.p.m. At half advance Total motor exports from Great with No. 1 petrol, detonation dis- Britain during the nine monthe appeared at 1,400 r.p.m. while ended September 30, 1927, were with "Ethyl" it had gone at 1,250. valued at nearly £1,000,000 greater Fully retarded, "pinking" was pre- than exports for the same period sent on No. 1 petrol up to 800 of 1926.
rp.m., while with "Ethyl" It had Complete ars exported number-gone at a little over 500 r.p.m, ed 10,824, valued at £2,379,418, All those tests were made with against the 20,416 22,277,868 of the throttle fully open and the 1026; but the biggest Increase camo same carburetter selling,
in chassis (chiefly for Australia), which roso more than 50 per cent. from the 8828 of 1926 to 212,649 of 1927....
Greater Acceleration.
The effect that the "Ethy" had!!
on acceleration was that on No. 1|2
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