1931-11-26 — Page 2

THE CHINA

MAIL.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1931.

MOTOR HIGHWAY.

In Honour of George Washington.

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whom they fondly call the father of points for access to the main traffic able. Landscaping at the terminus NEW FORD PLANE,tures of the plane to American avia-planos. Actually, however, many re- tion engineers is its power plant, finemonts have been incorporated in route. These collection roads will has been designed with the view his country.

a Hispano Suiza water cooled motor, ite design and construction, al- Slightly more than one sixth of thus prevent Inflowing cars from toward shielding the standing, cars |

French the entire length of the highway, entering the highway at frequent from sight; thus producing a park Result of Performance This engine is the standard will though the valve mechanism, are

Tests.

Air approximately the same as those in tary engine of the Force. It is of the 12-cylinder 60 American-built Hispano Suiza on- for two and three quartermiles, and short intervals and thereby dis-like appearance. To accommodate has been constructed over bydraulic rupting the main flow of vehicles. any overflow traffle on special days,'

Performance tests on the new dogres "V" type, turning 1,800 gines of 1918 and 1919. Overhead and underpass bridges an emergency parking area has been

During the test flights, the ex- fills. Millions of cubic yards of' Washington, D.C., October 23.

advanced material were pumped into place along the route have been con- acquired which will take care of Ford single motor mail, express and rpm. at cruising speed and 2,100

freight plane shown for the first r.p.m, when wide open. The engine treme smoothness of this engine, in 'lanned as the most

power and high example of modern road construc-and special engineering features structed of reinforced concrete, ex-1,500 cars,

one steel railroad bridge. While engineers from the Bureau time last April at the National Air is geared to an extremely large spite of its high

pro-gearing ratio was noted repeatedly tlon in the United States, the have been incorporated into the do- copting

pavement over these These structures are harmonious in of Public Roads at present do not Show in Detroit have recently been four-bladed Hartzell wooden

need in the

gear radio is 2:1, by Ford, pilots. near completed by the Ford Motor Com- peller. The Mount Vernon Memorin) Highway, sign of the

the propeller turning 900 r.p.m. at There are many other features of Beading from this city to the ancca-stretches to take care of any setti design and, excepting the steel envlenge any

the plane which showed up in those Developed to supplement the Ford cruising speed. tral home of George Washington ing that may result in the future bridge and one that has been faced future of widening the roadway, pany. and constructed as a memorial to These fills were constructed by the with brick, all have been faced with which will accommodate four lanca

most of the leading air surements, has a piston displaco-landing speed, which is less than the first president of the United Corps of Engineers, United States atone and granite. In constructing of traffic, over most of the highway trimotor passenger planes now in The engine, built to metric men- tests. One was it extremely slow

of the Army, at a cost, of approximately the pavement two materials are the ghidth may be increased without use by

the newest Ford ment of any American commercial 55 infles per hour, and its long glide. States and generalissimo American Revolutionary Army, will $1,300,000 after a private contract being used, portland cement con extensive grading operations. Spe-transport lines

cial treatment has been given the plane is primarily a cargo carrier engine. Its cylinders have a bore of Theso permit the plane to be landed года and and is not designed for passenger 6.1 inches (150 millimetres) and in a small field when necessary, and be dedicated in April, 1932. This hid amounting to about $1,300,000,crete and bituminous concrete.

Along the route where scenic slopes. alongside the

in sections not equipped with year marks the bicentennial colo- had been rejected. The United bration of the birth of the man who, States Bureau of Public Roads is effects might prompt the motorist wherever grading operations were service. Instead it la intended to its platons a stroke of 6.70 inches make it adaptable for cargo services thoughout America, is looked upon in charge of the construction work to stop and, perhaps, use his camera necessary, particular care has been carry the excess loads of mail, ex-, (170 millimetres).

or delight his eye, provision has taken in the disposition of the top-press and air freight crowded out The weight of the engino is only modern landing Belds.

The V-shaped The interchangeability of parts rs the guiding genius of the War of on the highway.

While the road surface is forty been made for cars to be parked. soil. The soil in all instances has of the passenger planea by the full 1,145 pounds dry. Independence and the turbulent

of these points islands been carefully saved and redistribut-passenger loads which in recent radiator is placed beneath the en-of the new single-motor plane with those of the standard Ford tri- years immediately following.

feet wide, the right of way that At some

of the runs The engine is only 31 inches wide motors is expected to prove of value the large air lines, already Over virtually its entire length of has been acquired by the Govern- separate the parking space fromed after grading. In this manner the months have proved the rule than ginc.

many placca 400 the main artery while at others the landscaping operations have been the exception on many Gfteen and one half railes the road ment extends in

of head resistance to the lowest pos-operating the latter type of planes skirts the Potomac River through foot from the centre of the road- simple expedient of adding extra materially aided. Along part of the of the leading air transport com- over all, permitting the reduction to

natural growth has been pantes. was needed to width of continuous pavement which route

use of for passenger service. This factor new'sible point through the The development of the territory rich in historic memories way. This depth

requiring only careful plane was begun by the Ford Co, stream-lining. It is equipped with will permit. the carrying of small of Washington and, while special provide proper landscaping and, in-widens out and returns in pleasing utilised, the landscaping in these.

has been the erection nos

resorted to. Bus sections attention has boen given to en- cidentally, to prevent

fea of unsightly buildings and advertie stops have also been arranged for clearing of the brush and trimming in the belief that there is a great six Hispano Solex carburettors, stucks of repair parts suitable for

future for air express and freight which are supplied with fuol by either type of plane. gineering and construction

emphasis has been Ing. signs which would spoil the by widening the roadway at certain the growth left landing.

Plans for the celebration of the ns well as mail services and that A. M. Syiphon pumps. turce, no less

FIAT CARS FOR POLAND. points.

Champion spark placed upon the scenic advantages scenic effects.

Te accommodate motorists at the hicentennial of the birth of George planes of the new type will be re magnetos and which the route will provide. Thus, Along the entire length of the

The gear chamber is interesting An agreement has been signed, of clover-leaf grade Mount Vernon terminus of the Washington have been in progress quired by the larger air lines, in plugs are used. engineers who have ocasion to in-road a series

the ever-increasing because of its exceptionally small says a report, between the Polish speet the highway will see in the separations and over-passes and highway, parking space for some for a number of years. The entire addition to the trimotors, for the

eliminates 350 passenger

cars and 60 buses year of 1932 will be devoted to the carrying of

mail, express and size, considering the power of the State-owned engineering works and design and construction a memorial under-passes virtually

engine and the reduction ratio of the Fiat Motor Co., arranging for adequate to the genius of the man cross traffic. In sections where re-will be provided. Bus parking will colobration which will be national loads of air

in scope. Many visitors from all freight. car

The new Ford freighter is power. two-to-one. The engine is equipped Flat cars to be manufactured local- who, in addition to being statesman aldential developments in the neigh-be separate from passenger and general, was also an engineer bourhood give promise of the parking. Treatment of the terminus states of the Union as well as all

In general design the engine of car produced and to supplying to Washington gine of 715' horse power (American of no mean ability while laymen, origin of a fair volume of traffic, calls for reversing traffic by means sections of the world are expected led with a single Hispano Suiza en- with a Vist compressed air starter.ly, with a view to unifying the type marvelling at the beauty of sur parallel roads on one or both sides of circular parkway from which lead to be attracted

Alongside throughout the year. Dedication of rating) having a fuel consumption blocks are similar to those of the cars to the army. It is intended to engines, built in grant far-reaching protection to the rounding landscapes, will view these of the memorial highway will col-several lateral roads.

In time when thousands of visitors hour. The plane itself has the America during the world war new producion, which will be con-

used. in war-time training sidored national. as filting to the memory of one lect this traffic and lead it to certain these ronde parking space is avall-he Memorial Highway will come at of approximately 34 gallons per Hispano Suiza

are in the national capital and it is same general dimsensions and the and expected that from the beginning same cuble capacity as the Ford the highway will have a heavy 5-D trimotor plane, that la, a wing volume of traffic,

spread of 77 ft. 10 inches,

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It is to carry this volume and to overall length of 58 feet six inches, move traffic with both the utmost a height of 1 feet 10 inches and speed and safety, that engineers cargo capacity of 529 cubic feet. from the Bureau of Public Roads The cabin is 18 feet 9 inches long, have incorporated the various bus with an average width of 4 ft. 6 stops and parking spaces along the inches and an average height of G route and grade separations were feet. The wing arca la 835 square also constructed with this in view. feet.

of the new Inasmuch as the highway skirts the The gross weight river for a major portion of its plane is 11,000 pounds and its distance, points of cross traffic will empty weight 6,195 pounds. The rated at 4,805 be comparatively few. Traffle re-disposable load is gulations have not been drawn up pounds and the pay load at 3,596, as yet but, according to present pounds with fuel for 500 miles. plans, although the road is located The wing loading le 13.2 pounds in the state of Virginia, these per square feet, the power loading regulatione, when drawn, will be en-16.5 pounds per horse power. forced by a special corps of officers. With its single engine. full and The conception of a highway to carrying a full load the plane is Mount Vernon built as a memorial capable as a top speed of 138; to George Washington originated miles per hour. Its cruising speed, in 1885. Three years later the with the engine turning at 1,800 United States Congress requested r.p.m. is 110 miles per hour. The of the army a survey for a memorial landing speed is not greater than highway and three principal routes 55 miles per hour. The service were suggested in the army's re-celling is 14,700 feet and the abso port. From that time, however, lute ceiling 17,000 feet. The fuel until 1928, no tangible progress tanks have a capacity of 231 gal- was made toward realisation of the lons. The oll capacity is 15 gallons. memorial although sentiment in ita The foregoing facts are the bald favour kept constantly increasing. technical date d'scriptive of the Appropriation by Congress in 1928 plane itself. Ford pilota who have. of funds to construct the highway flown the plane during its tests made It possible to begin the have been highly pleased with its! and its complete undertaking under the direction of performance the United States Bureau of Public adaptability to the service for which Roads of which Thomas H. Mac-it is intended.

One of the most Interesting fea- Donald is chief.

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BUYERS'

GUIDE

MOTOR CARS.

ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's

Road. Tel. 24759,

BUICK-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 38, Wong Nei Chung

Road, Happy Valley. Tel. 80228.

CADILLAC Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel. 24769. CHEVROLET.-Hongkong Hotal Garage, Queen's Road. Tel.

21759.

FIAT MOTOR CAR-A Goeke, & Co., China Bldg., 7th floor.

Tel. 22221.

MARQUETTE-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 28, Wong Net

Chung Road, Happy Valley. Tel. 30228. MORRIS-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel. 24759. OLDSMOBILE.-The Dragon Motor Car Co. Ltd., 38, Wong Nei

Chung Road, Happy Valley, Tel. 80228....... ROLLS-ROYCE-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road.

24759. STUDEBAKER.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road.

24759. WILLYS-KNIGHT & WHIPPET MOTOR CARS.-Gilman & Co.,

Ltd., 4a, Des Voeux Rd. C. Tel. 28011,

Tel.

Tel.

OUTBOARD MOTORS.-Rudolf Wolff & Kew, 54 Queen's Road

C. Tel. 22173.

Tel.

MOTOR TRUCKS AND TRACTORS, CHEVROLET.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road.

24769, G.M.C The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 38, Wong Net Chung

Chung Road, Happy Valley. Tel. 80228. DODGE.-South China Motor Car Co., 38, Des Voeux Road. C.

Tel. 25644.

MORRIS-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel. 24759, STUDEBAKER-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road.

Tel,

24769.

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CARS ARE NOW ON DISPLAY THE NATIONAL MOTOR CAR CO.

(SOUTH CHINA MOTOR CAR CO. Proprietors).

Tel. 25644.

33, DES VOEUX ROAD C.

Tel. 25644.

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WILLYS-KNIGHT & WHIPPET TRUCKS,-Gilman & Co. Ltd.

4a, Des Voeux Road C. Tel. 28011.

MOTOR CYCLES.

B.S.A. The Sincere Co., Ltd., Des Voeux Road. Tel. 27767. · NORTON.-The Sincere Co., Ltd. Des Voeux Road C. Tel

27767.

MOTOR OILS.

GARGOYLE MOBILOIL-Vacuum Oil Company, King's Bldg. SHELL-Asiatic Petroleum Co., (S.C.), Ltd., Asiatic Bldg.

TYRES AND ACCESSORIES.

ACCESSOR ES-Hongkong Hotel, Garage, Bueen's Road. Tel.

24769,

ACCESSORIE.The Duro Motor Co., Nathan Road, Kowloon.

Tel. 56283.

FISK TYRES.-Gilman & Co., Ltd.. 4a, Des Voeux Rd. 0. Tel.

28011...

INDIA TYRES.-W. R. Loxley Co., York Bldge. Tel. 22285. MICHELIN TYRES-A, Goeke & Co., China Bldg. 7th floor.

Tel. 22221.

PRESTOLITE BATTERIES-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's

Rond. Tol. 24759, WILLARD' BATTERIES-Gİİman & Co., Ltd., da, Des Voeux Bd.

C. Tel. 28011.