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CURRENT

COMMENT

That Beucop.

The invitation to the I.K.A.A. wat the Chambers of Commerce to defray the cost of the traffic bringen at the corner of the Crickel Grand, has created considerable vriticism, and a writer in a con- temporary supports the suggestion of the 4G.P., on the ground that local associations should come to the reene, when, owing to the fall of the dollar, the Government wannot afford to pay for a certain appliance it has purchased and erected. We refuse to believe. that Government finances are BO low that a liability of £70 has to [ be handed over to the protection of oral philanthropists! There seems to he some misapprehension concerning the

motive which has actuated certain sections of com- munities elsewhere, in donating traffic signals, etectern, to cition.

do know one prime teason for such "public spirited action," and that reason shows a perfectly legitimate ulterior motive, The proprietors of large stores in some cities, make a special point of sharing the cost of immediate improvements in their locality in order

attract customers.

Parking spaces have been provid- ed for the same reason, and some years ago In Sydney, the shop. keepers along a section of one of the main streets, shared the cost E un claborate street lighting system, rennming the thorough- Care. "The Great White Way," and the increased business thoroughly justified

We

the

enterprise.

imagine that if the same people had been invited to hear the cust

or

of a traffic beacon in some other locality, they would have rightly objected. Actually. we ndmit that there is nothing objection- able in any section of the com- munity.

individual ስከያ för resident.

that

matter. donating traffle signals to the city, but it would come somewhat hard if. when the H.K.A.A. makes a re- commendation for a necessary road improvement or sign at a future dute.

Government the adopts such a request, providing someone else pays for it! Modern cities must be kept up-to-date in

MODERN IMPROVEMENTS: FURTHER

INNOVATIONS.

[By Israel Klein.]

OUTER CASING

COUPLED TO

ENGINE

INNER CORE

COUPLED TO

DRIVE SHAFT

New things in the new ears that may lead to further improvements. Upper left, inserting the steel sleeve in the Marmon aluminum 16-cylinder engine. Upper right, sweep- ing lines of the new Willys- Knight. Lower left, effect of the double-dron frame on the body. Lower right, freewheeling mechanism.

.

Better Transmissions. The transmission, too, is being

Whatever effeel the new cars pression and resultant power, the Aluminum engineers are hoping introduced at the New York auto engineers have turned their atten- to extend the use of aluminum show may have on motorists, auto-tion to other details of the engine, alloys by bringing out an all- | motive engineers look forward to They have again increased the aluminum car, body, chassis, even greater surprises during the piston displacement, not so much engine and all. This would coming year.

in the length of the stroke as in greatly reduce the car's weight the size of the bore, and in cer- and thus increase the efficiency of Now for the first time there is

tain Cases by increasing the the motor. greater spirit of co-operation between the mechanical engineer number of cylinders.

For instance, the Cadillac 12 and the body designer with the result that hereafter the motor-und 16, and the Marmon 16 have ing public will be driving more piston displacements well above further developed, toward a posi scientifically designed cars, In 400 cubic inches, but such engines tive acting, quieter and easier all the meetings of manufacturers as the Packard 8 are not much riding car. The old type clashing and engineers here, in connexion below this figure. The increased mesh gear is gradually losing Ite with the auto show engine, power has come in the former hold, and in its place le coming chassis and body have had equal three cases by lncreasing the units changing from second to the constant mesh type which per- ber of cylinders, while keeping Perhaps greatest interest had the bore and stroke down, and in third or back at any speed.

the latter caso by taking more Freewheeling, now in all Stude- been in further streamlining and

baker models, and taken up by

wind

Hupmoblie, Auburn, Lincoln and realstance. This would Packard. however, has led in Pierce-Arrow, has the further greatly help increase the engine's other refinements which

help advantage of fuel economy and pulling power, raise the car's increase the car's power: In its reducing the demands on the speed possibilities and lower the case, better passages have been motor to a minimum. But such

provided for intake and exhaust transmissions as gases, and the manifolding has seen, the herringbone or been improvod, all contributing to the helical type, all tend to help greater power and speed.

in putting the power where it

share in the discussions.

traffle control, and the provision lowering of the body to reduce out of the engine bore.

of the necessary appliances must not be left to what is tantamount to charity. Inising Channels.

The work of raising the side: channels in various parts of the city is slowly yet surely being done, and where completed, a

the

cost of operation.

*

As a result, the new cars at the show to-day reveal such speed and power-increasing innovations

its" power.

and

..

the

To these improvements hava

Double Drop Frames.

at

great improvement is to be seen.

in design, as V-type radiators, In the case of other manufue- most wanted-into the rear end. We

We presume that in due course,

slanting windshields with radin turers, their engineers have found the newly arranged parking spare tors slanting on a parallel plano,, ways to the same and by such been added auch novelties as auto. between Des Voeux Road and

more graceful curves in the rear, expedieneles as valve spring dam-matic chassis lubrication, adjust- Queen's Pier will receive attun- elimination of the outer sun visor, peners, which effect more secure able seating and steering, wider tion, for ng i la cara do drop back more aweeping fender lines and valvo seating and present valve bodies, Improved steering gear into a rather pronounced depres continued lowering of the entire bouncing at high speeds, pistons mechanism, greater use of rubber sion. Of similar usefulness is the

silghtly out of round, dual car-in various mountings, joints, etc. A body. work of raising the rond

camber

This effort to reduce wind re-buratora, downdraft carburetion at certain points, and it is to be

sistance to a minimum is no signt-and improved piston ring designi hoped that Stubby Rond will be improved along the same lies in

ficant factor in the attempt to so as to eliminato the futtering

A coming improvement is the more action of the rings at high speeds double-drop chassis, frame, bring. produce. n future.

better An experienced

economical motorist assures us that the heavy

Оле automobile.

More Aluminum in Cars, Aing increased strength. Double- NEW FACTORY, wear on tyres of cars using the paring the conventional type of engineer here shows a chart com

drop frames permit lowering of Stubbs Itond daily, is undoubted-

car with the perfectly streamlined efforts to increase power and appearance by lowering its height, One of the most pronounced the body, improving the car's Firestone Commence

ly attributable to the added fric- tion created by the grind against the peak of its speed curve, was 16, In Introducing the

machine. Where the former, at speed is that of the new Marmon and also result in batter road- Work in the Argentine. the camber elevation, and

quite

all-ability, reduced body away and apart from that aspect, a road

using all its available power, the aluminum engine. The result in ability to negotiate curves surface falling away to the side

newer type model could make the less weight per horsepower, and higher speeds. 1,000 TYRES DAILY.

Ia distinctly dangerous in

same speed at 53.5 per cent. of much greater speed, economy and wet

A further Improvement is the weather. We cannot expect too The Board of Directors of the much in these days, but we trust

general efficiency.

steel all-welded body which has Firestone Tyre and Rubber Com that such desirable improvements

Automotive engineers for many come into wider use. pany have authorized Immediato

years past hive desired to usu In addition, to those major im- In addition to body, stream aluminum but the retarding factor provements, many of the cars at construction of a tyre factory in will be effected as finances permit.

lining,, many others are in pros- has been its high coefficient of the show here reveal such inno- the Argentine with a capaelly of Capt. Campbell, 1,000 tyres and tubes daily.

The remarkable achievement of pect. Compression ratios have expansion as compared with such vations as bodies insulated from Decision to

been brought up to a maximum, motals as establish a

Malcolm Capt in

Campbell

cant fron. A new bound and heat, thermostatic con- Plant

with the present type of fus, aluminum alloy, however, halda trolled generators to prevent their the South American Country came attaining the sensational speed of

although fuels have after a favourable recommenda- over 246 miles per hour, not to

sean con down this expansion to almost that

overheating and breakdown, tion by Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., mention accuring tho world's

siderable improvement in volatili of cast iron.

Improved and quieter poppet valve ty and anti-knock values this Inst In the Marmon, steel sleeves mechanisms, carburetor Intake rice-president of the Firestone record for baby care, with an

year. who has just concluded Austin seven, will have been re- Company

are insorted in the aluminum silencers to reduce power roar to a 12-week trip to the Argenting colved with the greatest pride and Leaving for a while their pro-cylinders, along which the pistons a minimum, more efficient mufflers

admiration throughout

gramme of reshaping the cylinder travel, further to prevent too and South

ongino oll and other countries in

temperature America.

It has

hends in order to increase com-great exppusion of the walls. ins sometimes boon

regulators, The Firestone Company, start-

What purpose do those vd 30 years ago by Harvey S. almost Buper-human Firestone; internationally known achlove?" but scientists and in although British engineers lend and it is to be hoped that there to have the h.p. basis of taxation feats only regret one feels la that, tent during the last inst few years, they have lost heart in attempting rubber magnate, has tyre factories turn, manufacturers unanimously the world, the ridiculous horse will be no restriction imposed on rescinded. However, holding every in Akron, O., Los Angeles, Calif., agree that the most valuable data power tax has handicapped them horse power in the future. At the world's record on land, son and in Hamilton, Ont, and London, Eng., is secured which may be embodied building care of comparable power some time, it is felt that British the air, is indeed a wonderful tri- and is developing to

rubber in the designing and construction with foreign competitors. 1,000,000 acres of Innd in Liberia, of ordinary motor vehicles. The has been overcome to a certain ex-protest sufficiency-strong, or that and precision.

This manufacturers have not made their bute to British engineering akili

the

"Engine Details Improvėų,

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