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MOTOR ENDURANCE RECORD
The following cable was received by us on Monday last:—
“ABSOLUTELY STANDARD ROOSEVELT TO-DAY BREAKS ALL AVIATION AUTOMOBILE NON-STOP ENDURANCE RECORDS, HAVING RUN TWO HUNDRED FORTY EIGHT, HOURS CON- TINUOUSLY, REFUELLING REOILING WHILE MOVING. TEST UNDER AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE. ASSOCIATION SUPERVISION.
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Bunk of Canton Building,
CAR SAFETY,
Stressed by Auto Engineers,
THE PACKARD.
The motor. ear, no longer in the experimental stage, has be come an economic necessity in the national life wherever highways | are found. Recent statisties ahow that more people are carried by automobiles than by traina. With this
remarkable fact in mindi automotive engineers should givel their first attention to safety, Just as the modern occan liner is infinitely safer than the Fold schooner, the modern motor car should far surpass its predecessora in safety, and the manufacturer of automobiles should equip hls' car! with every practical device 'to insure the safely and comfort of its owners,
SATURDAY, JUNE 29,
STEAM ENGINE GIVES WAY TO MOTOR.
MAMMOTH CANERA, CO
A quaint steam railway which
Safely is more important than milenge, than speed, than comfort. But with each advance in enfoty. these other qualities are improvéd, A notable, example of the great progress made in safety and com- fart is the Packard Straight Eight has been running near Louisville, where proper braking surface with U.S.A. since 1874, has at last beôn the correct tension of brake rods:
and all adjustable parts means a consigned to the scrap-heap. quick stop without jar. The balancing of the car, the suspen-
A
motor vehicle taken the place of
alon and location of parts, and the old engine. The mare modern the distribution of weight coupled
with the proper placing of the method is proving more satisfac centre of gravity, have much to do tory both from economical and
with reducing accidents to the
minimum. If the centre of gravity speed standpoint.
is placed too high there is danger [on the sharp curves. When the weight is not properly dispersed overbalancing takes place And skidding, the dread of every care- ful mortorist, results.
Balloon Tyres Ald. Balloon tyres were A marked step forward in reducing road ahocka by absorbing the minor bumps. Still the greater problem of heavy shocks on rough ronds remained much the same and 'n sharp blow on the steering mechan-. ism meant a menace not only to comfort but to safely, and fre- quently to the life of the motorist. Packard has fully met 'and 'solved
MILEAGE RECORDS.
WHAT CAUSES
ACCIDENTS?
Unique Motor Plan.
Some
Suggested Reasons.
Remedy-refuse:
FOR" TERRITORIALS.
Several remarkabio milenges ard St. Louis, May 30.---If a motorist and those with low montality, disclosed by a unique organisation becomes so entranced by the Causes seven per cont. of the especially formed in Great Britain his problem with built-in shocksight of a pretty girl on the side accidents. Remedy withhold to hire out to Territorial units the absorbers and a new type of spring walk that he suddenly finds him- license until qualified.
different types of motor vehicles ahackle. The sudden steering self jammed headlong into another 7 Diseases of the eye, such as required by them for training. thrust is dampened and the lateral car or a lamppost, he has no right colour blindness and erratic This year the fleet to be used by motion taken up by these elastle to or an automobile,, thinks La vision. Causes two per cent. of apring shackles which are mounted D. Stephens, general manager of the accidents.
the British Territorial Force con- on the frame and linked to an the Trafie Syndicate Bureau here license.
Halste of 12 Jowett `roconnaissance upper bracket. No other device
cars;
G. Clayton chain-track hus so surely smoothed the steer authorities in America.
and one of the foremost traffic The cure for the greatest tractors used for hauling 604 ing of automobiles.
number of accidents, brought on pounders each of which, with: Its The shock absorbers ure built It's auch diversion as this that by cause by the tendency to train carriage, weighs over 7 tons; and into the frame and are hydraulic Induces what he terms "self. the rat three causes listed,15 Karrier six-wheelors, by which and double-neling. They are hypnotism"-a stranga mental Stephens, points out to bo educa- a battery complete with guns and operated by oil of fixed viscosity malady to which three per cent,lon and proper traffic engineering. personnel can be taken complete and eliminate both the upward and of the country's traffic accidents Re soes a great falling off of the from the Territorial headquarters rebound shocks, reducing the de-may be nscribed. The only first the child for the traffic of to their camping ground. flection of the spring and the remedy for this disease, Stephens the city streets while, ho le still All the vehicles are fitted with consequent strain, to a minimum, believes; is withdrawal of the in school,
A more even grip on the road driver's license-provided there is The second and third causes original tyres with which the is assured with these two com-a drivers' license law in the state. also will not be so flagrant, he venture bogan two years ago. fort and safety devices, of strictly
belleves, when traffic signals will Since then many of them, acording Packard design. Not only in
Two Fault-Hall Toll' ́·
Dunlop tyres, some of them the
be placed directly In the driver's to an investigator, have run 80,000 smoother going possible, but far. As a result of his studios, hee of vision and when better miles and the treads are hardly greater safety is attained at all speeds through highly increased finds there are eight fundumental highways and streets are built, ability to keep to the road.
As in the Packard, the clutch should take hold easily without the sudden jump so dangerous on crowded streeta.' Ita action should
The
causes for trafe accidents, one of which is "self-hypotism." other seven, and the remedies he proposes for them, are:
marked,"
Marked Highways Help. These results are even more One of the most important en- that the rear equipment of the Interesting when it is considered deavours in this direction is proper arrier six-wheelere have been marking of highways. Moving or 1. Absentmindedness.. This, in Dashing electric signals on the side operated during part of the period be light, the system of leverage drivers of all classes, causes 24 of the road, or properly placed with caterpillar chain trucks, not permitting Ila operation by per cent. of all motor accidents, lights in the centre, are effective road surfaces as well.
only across country, but on hard gentle pressure of the foot and Remedy-use of signals directiv Marking of pedestrian crossings engaging with tremendous pressure in line of vision.
and auto lanes, as well as spelling when pulling.
Parts Should Fit,
WEAK COILS.
2. Junorance. This includes out signs on the road directly in those who have no knowledge of front of the approaching driver, All parts should have a anugnesstraffe conditions, made up for the aleu help reduce the traffic toll. and tightness of fit down to the most part of children, and causeE Stephens is especially interested thousandth part of an inch, insur-23 per cent, of all accidents.in the operation of the modern When the coll is known to be. ing smooth operation and elimina- Remedy-education,
three-light trafe signal' at inter-weak and the car is equipped with ting vibration and noises. Many 3. General obstructions, auch sections. He gave up his plumb-spark plugs having more than one an accident has been caused by as bad paving, narrow streets, ing business when he came across contact point, the motor will bo some noise due to worn or misfit altches, bad corners. These cause a device of this sort patented by inclined to miss. This condition parts taking the driver's attention 16 per cent. of accidents. Remedy butcher was J. A. Gropt, from bending all but one point away a butcher of Oklahoma City. The can be overcomo temporarily by
from the road.
An engine whose quiet, evan,
running responds instantly to the
correct engineering,
whom Stephens bought the patent from the electrode and setting this 4. Reckless driving. Causes 14 and went into the traffic light busi- one point at about .020. Instead of
the accidente. nese.
slightest wish of the driver means per cent. of
a quick pick-up and xet-away. Remedy-heavy fines and penal when needed. Often a short burst ties,
of speed will save a broken wheel 5. Physical hundleaps, such as or a dáttened-fender.
heart trouble, opffepsy, nervous-
Reliability brings confidence. ness and similar failinga. With confidence comes a sense of These bring 11, per cont, of all not only personal safety but traffic accidents. Remedy-refuse security for others. Confidence iicense.
menis a release, from anxiety, and
the tension of nervous strain. It
Should Qualify First.
means more quiet and care-free 6. Inexperience, including operation and an ease of mind
that is one of the greatest Joys of drivers with lack of driving sense motoring.
All of these things make, for anfety, but in addition to this they preserve correct allignment and snug adjustment which incans years of extra servico. They mean more tyre mileage. They mean fuel economy. They mean smaller repair bills. They mean dependa- bility. They mean greater used car value,
SIMPLICITY!
Gears Shifted by Electricity
Paris, May 30-Electricity is: And based оп the years
of doing the gear shifting in same: Packard's experience, theso quali- | care manufactured hera. The tfes when linked with beauty of Cotal gear box, recently developed design, graceful, lines, simplicity and provon practical, is the little of construction, mean longer last ing newness
LONDON ACCIDENTS
machine that's doing the shifting.
It is operated by a lever attached just below the steering wheel At different positions this idver, by means of electro magnets in the Keur box, shifts from frat" to second to high. A
Of the acclilents recorded. In.
The only use of the clutch is London in 12 months, 67 per cent. made on starting the car in first occurred while the involved cars gear. Thereafter the gears can were travelling at less than be shifted without disengaging the 10 m.p.h.
clutch.
The usuel 025.
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