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teadily. Suddenly the car had slowed up, and presently it camo in with Mr. Dunfee obviously in distress. He had to be lifted from [fs sent, and it was then discover- Jed that the offside back tyre which had been changed had in its turn ched its tread, and that one of the Mr. Jack Dunfee, one of the lying pieces of rubber had caught | most famous racing car drivers, Mr. Dunfee on the arm and severe. hat the narrowest of escapes ly injured it.
At 120 Miles an "Hour. TYRE INJURES DRIVER.
from death when driving at over At the time the accident ban- 120 miles an hour at Brooklands.pened the car was doing over 120 Mr. Dunfee was attacking the miles an hour, and the mechanic world's 200-kilometre- and 200- who was in the car was holdings mile records in his 2-litre super- the wheel on the straight while charged Sunbeam. These records Mr. Dunfee was adjusting his are at present held by Mr. Kaye glasses, Suddenly, he saw Mr. Don on a Sunbeam. Mr. Bunfee Dunfee jump, and then saw the had been going well for dome time pieces of trend fly round his arm. when he had to come in to change The fact that Mr. Duffee was not à tyrp which had thrown a trend. holding the wheel at the time After the change was made he probably saved both their lives," an got away well, and had nearly run he could hardly have held on to nh hour in good time. It looked it owing to the pain.
as if he had the record well within ! An X-ray examination at the "his grasp. Lap after lap he tore hospital to which he was taken
round the track, the super-charger revealed that Mr. Dunfee had ̧n: of the little red car screaming badly fractured wrist
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1929.
CHICAGO'S PROPOSED SUPER-HIGHWAYS.
Elevated Road to Relieve Traffic.
Starts From Loop Area,
out on
TELL-TALE LAMPS.
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Defects and
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BACK AGAIN,
Mercer to be Made.
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STRAIGHT-EIGHT: MOTOR.-
The lamps are the tell-tale of the lighting system. If one or
After a Inpse of years, the more of them fail to light, there Mercer car is to be built arala Is a long series of causes to seck in the U.S.A. Modele bearing this and remedy.
The first place to look is the name once were, sold in Australia. Plans for the production of 1930 line of fuses, usually back of the models have been completed, and dash. If one is blown out, it is the estimated output is 3,000 cars probably that which controls the
for the year. line on which the unlighted lamp has been found.. In this event, straight-eight motor, and will not The new Mercer will have a it should not be replaced with a depart from the conventional. It new fuse before the real cause of will have a wheelbase of 137 the trouble has been located and inches, and will be sold for about
corrected.
This may be either a short cir- cuit in that particular line or nai
2,500 dollara.
accidental ground. The short the cfficient operation of the gen- may be in the lamp socket or iterator,
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of the
may happen along any párt of thei If the trouble le neither in the entire line. The lamp socket and battery nor the generator, the wire terminal to it should first cause for unlit: lights or dim be examined to see that it is lighta may be found in a defectivo wired property. Then the wiring wire connexion to the switch, or should be examined closely from to a loose lamp socket terminal, the lamp down fu the fuse. and jor to fairly well burned-out bulbs, This is an artisi's sketch of a section of the proposed super-highway planned for Chiengo. back of this to the main line.or to poor connexions of tho Oneway ramps along the middle line permit autos to enter or leave the highway without
Usually a burned or abrased in bulb bases to their lamp sockets. in any way hindering the steady traffic in elther direction.
aulation will reveal the location of the short or ground,
Loose connexions in the wiring. “ Chicago, Oct. 16-Citizens of. dinte west to enter Chicago by would mean a saving of 10 cents
may bo detected by flickering Chicago will vole Nov. 5 on the this super-highway more directly trip, and this would mean" an
If no fuse has blown out, and lamps. The way the man at the first of twe proposals to con- and more easily than they car Actual monetary saving of $8,000
one of the lamps is out, the steering wheel can tell from his struet high-speed super-highways to-diny.
1 day or $2,400,000 a year.
trouble is probably in the lamp position whether hin lamps are through the busy districts of the,
The other projected highway vity into the country to the west)
ut of Chiengo is called the self. It should be replaced by flickering, is to look at the amn
a new bulb But if the new bulb meter. If the needle of this in- and northwest.
"The project now on the ballot at the Chicago river, just ver the Chicago and North again be in the socket. It should more than the roughness
The Austin-Kinzie highway wil' Avondale super-highway, running refuses to light, the cause may strument jumps back and forth for approval of the voters is that outside the loop and go direct Avondale avenue to the city limite. If there were a short elrenit here, may suspect flickering lights.
wentern tracks and
be examined, for an open circuit. read would throw it, the driver walling for a bond issue of west on Austin and Kinzie avenues
"Within an area of about 1,100 the fuse would blow out, but if $20,000,000 which would defray almost to the city limits. All this
This unsteadiness of the am- miles. northwest of the costs of building an overhead way it will be either on filled soil
the fuse is intact and the lamp meter needle, however, may point highway nearly seven miles long has a railroad right of way, or or Chleagn," Taylor pointa out, "there does not burn, there may be at an intermittent eircuit in any hrough the western part of the duets, crossing some 75 streetre to-day more than 300 miles of break in the line. This also enn part of the ignition or lighting city, The other project that is overhead and feeding into 31 of
oncrete highwaya, ull of which being prepared for future approval these.
focus upon the northwestern city best be located by starting from system. Therefore, if on observa- limits. There is to-day no direct the lamp socket and working back Lion, the lights do not flicker, the to the main line back of the fuse esse connexion should be sought convenient and adequate way for
bux.
in the ignition circuit,
Usually this can also be de- the traffic on these-300 miles of
ts journey on info and throughout altogether or remain di
Sometimes the lights either gotected by missing of the motor, improved highways to continue
for every time a line of the igni If they are dim only while 14tion circuit breaks there's a miss- motor in idling and light uning spark. brightly while the engine is The remedy, as in other cases speeded up, the trouble is a weak of the electric system, is to go or run-down battery. The buttery over the wiring for the loose con- should be charged to full capacity.nexion or accidental ground. Sometimes loose or corroded terminals 0231 the battery will
of the Chiengo citizens calls for; Connexion to these 31 streets the construction of 題 30-mile'
of rampa ge! super-highway of even larger prod Will be by means portions that will lead trafe from placed along the middle of the the congested centre of the city to highway as to afford entering an
leaving without. hindrance to an outlet in the northwest corner.
traße. Where ramps are provid-Chicago.
"The Avondale super-highway is Both projects are the products ed. each 10 feet wide, the high-ne of the means of providing Af the Chicago Plan-Commission, of which Eugene S. Taylor say will be 109 feet wide.
According to Young, this high-Chat way." manager. Al present the commis- sion is centring its efforts on the way will be wide enough to accom- mmodate nearly 4,600 vehicles ar Audin-Kinzie highway to the hour in both directions, or about west; which is awaiting approval or rejection this coming election, 30,000 a day. This is far beyond the expectations of traffic demands This proposed highway will be as far off as 1950. nearly five miles long and will Suvek $2,100,000 u Year. averne 80 feet in width. It will
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No Crossing or Turning. This highway, about 10 miles long, will be 160 feet wide and will have ramps connecting it to important cross streets in such a cause this. These therefore should way that there will be no right be examined and cleaned. for left-hand turns. Underneath Another cause for dim lights or to the side of this road, as falling of the generator due to a worn brush or loase brush con- oven up a part of the city, saya If 80,000 owners use this high-facilities permit, there will be a
nexions. The generator need not. Hugh E. Young, chief engineer for way daily, he enlesilates, ench 150-foot highway to take care of
be examined before the ammeter the Chicago Plan Conimbusdan, would save about. 10 minutes run-"local" traffic,
on the dush is noted. If, when The entire highway will run which has been the monk perleeted bing time to downtown Chierro
the motor is running and the of all sections so far as traffe Evaluating this time at a cent alongside the railroad tracks prae- lights are turned off, the ammeter facilities go.
Furthermore, it will minute, covering only the savin" tically all the way. Coming into shows that the battery is being enable visitors from the imme- in gasoline, wear and tear, this the busy downtown area, it will charged properly, you may cott- zonnect with two or three feeder clude that there a no trouble ++++ or distributor highways leading with the generator. The ammeter, trafie into the western boundary therefore, is an easy tell-tale for of the high-speed quadrangle that has already been built around the formerly. It is possible to drive loop district.
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This super-highway is fadien- on the third or top continuously live of what the Chiengo Plan with no discomfort. Commission belleve must ultimate- Women should remember that a ly come in Chilengo," says Taylor, slightly larger six-cylinder engine,
namely, separate uninterrupted though it may Ис through routes for long distance little more" petrol, meane easier traffic movement, These woulddriving. She will not have to extend from end to end of Chicago change gear so frequently and the and provide direct continuoua engine will pick up more quickly routes without local or CrOAN an the high speed. traffic, but connected at frequent intervals with every important thoroughfare in the city.”
Eventually, adds Taylor," the commission has in mind a system of from six la ten super-highways radiating aut fan-shaped from the heart of the city to the municipal borders, north, west and south, In this system, he believes, Hes the solution of the municipal traffic problem.
DESIGNS FOR WOMEN..
Making Driving Easier.
IMPORTANT POINTS.
British niptor-car manufacturers have set out in their new designs to 'meet women's every › wish, and eloquent salesmen at Olympia will make a special effort to sway their choice,
Among questions which women ould ask are:
Is central lubrication fitted? If not, are there rubber bearings which need no lubrication? Or are the oiling points grouped ut a convenient place so that I shall not have to crawl underneath the ear?
1s the plating untarnishqbie?
Is there any fitting to prevent the dangerous exhaust gases from ontering the enclosed body?
Is there sufficient headroom for comfort?
Is the floor low, so adding to safely?
Are clutch and brake pedals light and operated without exces- sive pressure being required'?
Eliminating Squeaks.
Where central lubrication is fitt- od the woman driver can atop the squeaking of such ports as spring chackles by resting her foot an a nedal.
Women will also encounter the "win top" gearbox, whose purpose is to make driving much easier. The two highest speeds in a four- speed gear box are made equally silent by, this device, and the dri- ver can change from one to the other with far greater case than
Women usually have strong opinions on bodywork. Both the panel and the fabrle type are good but the fabric is usually the more silent.
Some stands have been speelully arranged this year to catch the feminine eye, and one famous couchbuilder has the care on his stand all worked out in a parti: cular colour scheme.
In other cases car manufactur ers are not only supplying vanity cases but also rugs with the cars. One car is sold containing a wo- man's umbrella in a case.-Ex.
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