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ROUND THE WORLD.

Inter-Continental Road.

GEÓLOGIST'S LARGE

IDEAS.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

According to Dietrick, Russia is ment." The Canadian Government making great progress in road- would be asked to foot the bill for building, and in 10 or 15 years there a road. In the Yukon, and Uncle will be a road through Siberia, Sara would carry it on across Yakutsk, and Amur, skirting. Lake Alaska to Fairbanks. Baikal, and on through Tomsk, to Apparently the three Govern- tarpaulin Central Russia. Then the highwayments would call a could continue on to Moscow and muster to construct the. Behring other European cities, "with side Sen bridges, as Russia could be roads leading to India and Burma" counted out, having by thon gone An ambitious road scheme is the by way of Omsk and Turkestan. bankrupt in building the Siberian dream of James Dietrick, a geo- The scheme sounds ideal, but portion, with "side-roads to India. logist of Washington, U.S.A., who there are several conspicuous flies and Barma," complete with silent has just returned home after visit-in the ointment. The first of these cops and finger-posts at the turn- ing Asih, where he has investigated is the inevitable difficulty of Anding off's. the possibilities of what he terms "the world's highway."

This is a road through America, Canada, Alaska, Siberia, Asia, and Europe; te Rome. Connexion be tween the two continents would be made by a series of bridges across the Behring Sen.

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a nation that will "carry the baby." But Mr. Dietrick could probably Mr. Dietrick says that the proposed get his money back by putting a Alaska highway, a mere 700 miles toll on the Behring Sen bridges, for so, that would cost 300 million with a charge of 50 kopecks a collars, is being given serious con- wheel and two roubles a moujik, sideration le says glibly that commisais three roubles...

this would be built at the expanse of the British-Columbia Govern

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MARMON

ENGINEERS EXPLAIN.

Reasons for Concentrating Upon Manufacture of Straight Eights.

THE NEW MARMON BIG RIGHT SEVEN PASSENGER LIMOUSINE.

WAR ON WASTE.e to operate Oakland and Pon-

Oakland Campaign.

tiac motors during testa before assembly on the finished. · car..

REDUCING TIME. With the co-operation of the men who actually do the work, the Oakland Motor Car Company úlvision of General Motors, recent-

Resulting fuel cost savings will

approximate $38,000 annually,

More than one-third of the sug gestions contributed. have proved being used to eliminate waste and of practical value" and "åre now improve the general efficiency standard of the factory.

Keen intérest in the campaign ly conducted at its plants at Pon- was evidenced among outside tiac, Michigan, a two week's cam-manufacturing concerns, many paign against waste that revealed sanding representatives to see how the high inventive ability of the the waste war was conducted. average factory mechanic. The

The campaign was so successful practical ideas and suggestions that a permanent series of prizes for waste elimination offered will for practical plans has been estab result in projected savings to the lished, the amount of each prize company of approximately $1,000,- depending on the worth of the plan 000 annually.

While known forms of waste tives meet at frequent intervals to to the company. Factory execu were under control, the object of consider the value of the sugges the campaign was to discover new tions: turned in by workers who methods or processes to further believe they

have additional. reduce time or material costs to methods for eliminating waste and the and that an even better pro-improving the quality of Oakland duct at a lower price might be products.

offered the public. More than $1,200 in prizes was offered plant workers who could devise the most

BAN ON SMOKING.

Better roads, for which the vibration naturally means less practical means of effecting this ever-increasing popularity of the strain on the chassis and the body. result. Ninety-six prizes were automobile was responsible have. There is less liability of screws awarded. The campaign, conduct-

All attendants of gasolina in turn, caused the public to con- and bolts becoming loose, less ed under the slogan "War on stations in Detroit, Mich., are for stantly seek better automobiles in likelihood of electric wiring being Waste," brought forth 3,558 waste bidden to fill the gasoline tanks which to travel upon them as a damaged in this way and less elimination plans from among of customers while the occupants means of reaching or returning shaking of comparatively delicate 12,000 workers. from their destination more easily, purta. more quickly, and more comfort- ably..

As to economy, it is a basic The basic requirement in these engineering principle that the regards has been power that is higher compression of the Straight both greater and smoother, and Eight engine reduces the amount the logical method of producing of gasoline consumed in actual this lay in the direction of more delivered horse-power, because as cylinders. It is for this reason the piston heads, being smaller, that so many prominent manufac-absorb less heat, the gas may be turers are entering the B-cylinder compressed to higher degree field. To make this more clear, before firing which results in it should be mentioned that there greater efficiency-every particle] are just two ways of getting more of gas being exploded. This power from an internal combus- greater compression, incidentally, tion engine; increasing the size of serves as a brake in going down- the cylinders or increasing the hill and thereby results in less. number of eylinders.

effort for the driver, to day nothing of less wear and tear or the brakes.

It is easy to understand that the use of larger cylinders calls for heavier explosions, and to counter- act this, it is necessary to increase The foregoing are some of the, both the size and weight of the basic reasons why the Marmon crankshaft, as well as many other Motor Car Company decided in enginė parts. In this way, 1926 to concentrate the whole of nothing is gained in smoothness its facilities upon the develop- or flexibility. In fact, this method ment and manufacture of Straight was considered out of date with Dight automobiles. To-day, with the coming of six cylinders in nearly four years of experience in place of four cylinders, and now, exclusive Straight Eight motor the six cylinder engine is consider manufacture, the Marmon Moter ed by many leading engineers to Car Company is in an unique be both inadequate and out of position with its line of Four. date.

Straight Eights in Four Price Greater flexibility, which should Fields. That many other manu- go hand in hand with greater facturers are realizing this i power, can only be obtained by the what the public wants is evidenced use of more cylinders. This is by the fact that in the United because with smaller cylinders the States alone, no less than 25 out power impulses are fighter, but of the 85 mantifacturers are this come closer together, and it, is year featuring 8-cylinder models. obvious that greater smoothness

is thereby obtained." This also means less gear shifting, more

responsive acceleration, greater het algeng pulling power (particularly in mud or sand) and better perform- ance on hills. In the Straight Eight engine the power impulses melt or merge into one another to produce a constant, silky stream of power, that provides steadier palling and far less vibration.

This greater smoothness of the Straight Eight is very noticeable.. indeed at low traffic speed, as is also the more responsive accelera-[ tinn with much less gear-shifting. The superior low-speed pulling- power of the Straight Eight is also highly appreciated on steep hills and it is easy to understand that with the power impulses coming closer together, there is a steadier pull with very much less tendency of the motor stalling.

The next great advantage of the 8-cylinder principle, as perfected by Marmon engineers, is its un- questionable tendency toward longer life because of the fact that there is less strain upon the motor. Then there are such additional points as less gas to explode in each cylinder, which means less

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260 Mile Spanish Speedway.

LIKE ITALIAN AUTOSTRADA.

A modern automobile road, 226 miles long, is under construction. between San Sebastian and Madrid (Spain).

The roadway will be 36 feet wide, with six feet set aside for parked, care. The curves are to be runde wider, and will be banked, enabling dervers to make turns without bay- ing to slacken their speech At every few milen there will be small huts where one can buy petrol, tyres, and other accessories, and at no points will there be any intersection. Where other roads.cross the speed- way they will either be elevated (or tunnelled.

This plan obviously is based on the construction of the Italian Au tostrada, smooth ribbons of road which provide fast routes over hun- dreds of miles of country,and, ewerve around towns and cities. shock, less, burning of the valves; which are smaller and lighter, and less strain upon the valve springs. The smaller cylinders are far less apt to distort or lose their round- ness and the decreasing of engine

of the cars are smoking. It is also The grand prize, plan recom-forbidden to all the tanks while mended a substitute fuel for gaso-motors are running.

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