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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929.

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THE CHINA MAIL,

| PAST AND PRESENT | ROAD “WAVES "

PIONEER MOTORIST'S

MEMORIES

TROUBLES OF LONG AGO

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SURFACE AT FAULT, SAYS ENGINEER

THEORIES DISCOUNTED

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Present-day motorists some All kinds of fancy theories have of whom were not born 30 years been advanced for the appearance ago--probably do not fully appre. of corrugations on newly-made ciate the wonderful dependability, roads. The Johannesburg-Pretoria efficiency, comfort and value that road has loomed large in dia they now obtain from the modern cussions on this subject, and the automobile, as compared with following observationa by Mr. A. J. their less fortunate

Hawkes, Assistant Engineer, brother motorist of the pioneering period Cape Provincial Roads Depart- back in 1899-1900. To show what ment, may be read with interest.

The formation of "waves" the early day car owner had to contend with, the Dunlop Rubber "corrugationa" on a road's surface, Co. has issued a copy of an inter-effort of a motor vehlele, trans he aaye, Is due to the tractive esting letter written by a British mitted through the differential doctor, and published in the Auto-

'and rear wheels. That is the car (England) in July, 1900, cause, the contributing factors be- which is as follows:-

"Is my experience of autocar-wheel diameter.

ing unsprung weight, speed, and The tractive ing an average one, or am I an effort summarised consists of a unusually unlucky person in my hammer blow, then

a forward attempts? Three months ago shove. The hammer, blow has a took over my car from a firm and vertical squeezing action, which is drove home, about 112 miles, followed by a horizontal

one of without a hitch. Now, I have had sliding, due to the forward shove. a small experience of Benz pat- The second action is the more tern motors, and I was agreeably dangerous, because once the aur surprised at the smooth manner face is shifted by the sliding move- jeverything went, and wrote a very 'ment, it has a continuous tendency laudatory letter to the makers. 1 to loosen. Both the actions de had expected troubles, and they scribed tend to squeeze or compact came not, apparently. However, the loose material into rides that ja change came o'er the spirit of 'in time become consolidated into a my dream as the next day my mass harder than the original first trouble duly appeared-the materials. The moving object tailboard of my carriage vibrated then rides over the ridge or obstacle off. Not serious, however, and thus formed and ploughs into the soon locally repaired. The next softer material ahead, which in day motor refused to work. I turn becames consolidated and so a found exhaust valves had stuck new wave is built. Valves accordingly taken out, and From the foregoing description found to want cleaning and grind- of how corrugations are made it ing. This done and valves replac, will be seen that the actual road ed, the throttle valve chamber foundations play little or no part broke at its base on screwing it in the movement. Conclusions jon. Two days' delay in getting it arrived at four years ago are found replaced. In two more days my to be wrong on investigation. A next trouble, in the fact that on little more than two years ago he arriving home I found one of ex- observed that the road between haust valve lifting levers had Britstown and De Aar was 'our- dropped somewhere on road, rugated on quite long sections, yet Thank goodness. I got home with the surface was of shale laid on one, which managed to work a solid rock foundation. valve alone only I could not con-jand motor tyres between them had tinue to trust to one, as it did not removed all the fine particles from hit valve spindle true without its the gravel and dad re-formed the fellow. Two more days laid up. surface into corrugations. Here Speculation as to the 1929 motor In five days' time I broke Crypto was conclusive proof that the market in the U.S.A. centros round gear, possibly my own fault in foundations had not moved. the prospects of the Ford and applying it too suddenly. This and other observations led Chevrolet cars, writes "Contact," Countershaft sent away, and five me to the following conclusions:- in "The Motor." The new competi-days' holiday for car. Once more tive force is General Motors in the set going; six miles' run, and, low-priced six-cylinder field with behold, all the balls out of my its new Chevrolet.

countershaft bearings; home very suggestions on the slowly and carefully. One day's other side-they do not amount to delay in getting replacements. The letter accompanies extracts/rumours that- Ford may respond Then a comparatively halcyon

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THE HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE

(THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS," LTD.) 25, Queen's Road Central

Tel. Central 4759

CAR PARKING

SINGAPORE COMMISSIONERS'

OPINION

The opinion that provision should be made in the design of large buildings for the parking of cars is expressed by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners in a let- ter sent to the architects.

from a report on traffic made by an advisory committee to the Ministry of Transport, London.

The report states that the first

question considered was fundamen- tal, namely, whether or not the

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FORD-CHEVROLET POSITION

There are

Wiad

(a) Corrugations occur on A

solid or stable foundation. (b) A. road surface will not necessarily corrugate if on a sand subgrade or formation. (c) That it in the nature of the

heads:-

ture. Blue and brown shales and

Corrugate from Lack of Mols-| decomposed dolorite.

surface material which de to reach me from a reliable U.S.A. running, and no breakage with with a six, but latest information time of motoring five weeks'

termines whether the road- Rource is to the effect that this is the exception of my

way will corrugate. exhaust His next step was to tabulate the likely and certainly it cannot be silencer falling off (and, of course more important surface materials, confirmed.

shown under three It is held that the General Motors I was showing the comfort and which are concern has lost none of its former superiority of a motor car to an parking of vehicles on the public price and style appeal and has unbelieving friend) and frighten-cadam, Ironstone, river-bed and Corrugators. -Water-bound ma- highway should continue to be offi- added to the Chevrolet the appealing the other occupants of the car cially recognised. On this point of a six in the price range of a by the artillery-like noise. I tried sandstone gravel conglomerates, the committee adhered to the re- four. This sweeping change on the to get home minus silencer, but and pre-mixed bituminous

cadam. commendation "that the parking of part of the industry's largest pro- could not face the country-side, so vehicles in a public street is a ducer will render necessary read- got a local pail of water, cooled privileged use of the highway and justments the effects of which can-silencer, got under car, replaced it. not one contemplated by the law not be gauged at this stage. It is Started off homewards to have it

Non-Corrugators.-Concrete, soft at present governing the use of the estimated that the Ford-Chevrolet fall off under a half-mile further limestones, granite clay, pre-mixed highway, and should, so far as it programmes for 1929 call for then found thread had gone, and bitumen carpeta 1 in. thick, well- Is permitted, be confined within 3;500,000 cars. The Wall Street had it temporarily pinned on by frolled bituminous macadam, the narrowest possible limits, and Journal expresses the opinion that local blacksmith. A few more quartzitic gravola, and damp shales. further that the establishment of if both are successful in realizing days of peace and my sprocket The list is not complete, but,saf- definite parking places onn only be their programmes, it will require wheel on end of countershaft fcient are given for the purposes justified in so far as they provide abnormal growth in demand to fur came loose from the key; nearest of comparison. It was found

nish other

with blacksmith easily put that right. that all non-corrugators have one Then an urgent evening call, and feature in common density of struc would enough business to go round.

everything went smoothly for two ture-that is, the air spaces miles; then a heartrending rip-voids in these materials are very ping noise, motor stopped, and I much less than in those surface found three cogs ripped off fibre gravels which are known to cor- cog-wheel working exhaust lever.rugate.

for

alternative accommodation vehicles which drivers otherwise have no alternative but to leave standing in busy thorough- fares with serious inconvenience to through traffic."

manufacturers

IMPROVING TYRE MILEAGE

or

In the existing (London) re-

In discussing the treatment of Might, I suppose, have happened Here we have the explanation as gulations provision was made for pneumatic tyres "The Commercial to the best behaved motor, but I to why some materiais resist the the parking of cars of customers Motor" says:-Foremost comes the had to lay up in a neighbouring pounding action of motor vehicles of stores in squares and side necessity of accurate wheel align-farm shed. Telegraphed to firm and others don't. streets in the vicinity, but in the ment. This is tremendously im-for new wheel, which did not ar-

very satisfactory results to

and to traffic generally.

cause.

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more

This

opinion of the committee the pro-portunt, and its test and correction rive, but next day an invoice for question of density. The

It is, he submits, entirely a prietors of the stores concerned are so simple and easy-many tyre 5s. I sent 5s, and two days after air spaces a material contains, the should themselves provide ade-service stations will do the work got cog wheel. I had to supply, less resistance, it has to motor quate garage accommodation, off for nothing-that it is now realized two horses for four days, so that traction. the highway, for the care of their to be folly to overlook it. The cog wheel is valuable. This customers. A similar difficulty question of brake maintenance fondly hoped was the end of my but it was none the less a great has arisen in certain cities in the comes next. Snatchy and irregular woes, but, alas, the very next day, expense to me, and also entailed United States In A more acute use of brakes cause excessive tyre I broke a chain going up a hill, my sending two men and horse to form owing to the larger propor-wear, and brakes which overheat and had no spare link with me. pull car home, which would not tion of motor-cars in use, and it as the result of being too closely This brings my chief worries up have happened if they had sent is understood that in cities like adjusted cause disintegration of to date. I have not mentioned wheel at once. I could not leave Boston (Massachusetts) the pro-

tyres through that heat. Tyres some minor ones, though I have car four days in open shed. Sure- prietors of the larger stores have which are under-inflated get hot omitted a very serious one that ly firma can trust motor car own- combined to provide extensive facl- and depreciate rapidly from that was, that one day the near side ers for a decent sum, as the owner lities in the central area for the prevalent tendency to overload wheel. went off on its own, leav-money or credit before he got a Finally, there is that very spindle (stub-axle) broke, and the of a car must have had some convenience and use of persons commercial vehicles which, if per- ing me to career on three wheels, car. Anyhow, at present I do not shopping on their premises, with eisted in, has the same effect upon and (luckily) subside gently after know a firm who put cars down to

the the tyre as regular under-inflation. a few yards. Now, sir, am I an one's account with them. stores themselves, their customers All these points, as we have stated, average example, or has fate been effusion could be drawn out and-.

have been brought home to usera In the absence of any direct in ons way or another. It is by hard on me? I am a keen motor-lessly with criticism on the differ- powers to require such provision attention to them, as well as byist, and shall be as long as I can ent breakdowns. For instance, to be made the committee were of improved tyre construction, that afford to keep a motor. Looking the broken chain was not the car opinion that pressure should be the remarkable mileages now a back on these troubles a great maker's fault it is one of the brought to bear on the proprietors common with giant pneumatic many are small in themselves, but best known chain maker's it was to provide the accommodation re-tyres are achieved.

they hung me up as successfully my ill-luck. The firm had of quired, by the making of regula-

as greater ones. I shudder at their own accord sent me stronger some of my escapes. I had a long spindles, and I had not had time night journey alone, 2 a.m., four- to get them from the agent, who, teen miles, and got home to find funnily enough, was at my house my petrol bad all escaped at bot-with them as I arrived on foot an tom of gauge glass. However, I hour after the accident, and so had just got home as the last of on. I have told you enough trou- three gallons disappeared. I got bles but there were many more lots of letters from doctors, ask-, smaller ones due to hurried work ing me what I think of a motor, on maker's part though they are and am at my wits end how to now remedied. I have had a car answer them, as I think well of three months, and with the exce motors, but cannot honestly ex- tion of five weeke during v pect all to do likewise if these time silencer fell of Thay things happen to them. I should run more than five days like to point out that the matter sending car to hosp

tlona restricting the poriod during which vehicles may stand outside such premises situated in busy thoroughfares, at least during the busiest trade hours.

The committee came to the con- clusion that the method now in force in some places of parking at an angle to the kerb is not satis factory, and that vehicles should only be permitted to be parked parallel with the kerb facing so as to draw off directly into the line, of traffic, unless special local cir cumstances necessitate some other Brrangement.:

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