Show i QUESTION OF WEIGHT I IN AUTO CONSTRUCTION Local Agent Argues in Favor of Light Cars Cars' for Service With the Installation or bOf of tho the new llew starling equipment on tho the Franklin I Frank Frank- Jill lin cars there ha has been conel considerable erable discussion as na to whether or not this new equipment would add to the thc cl weight ht of the machine The Tue manager of tho Salt Lake Auto uto company proved pro tho the matter mattor for himself him him- self this week weck b by weighing some soma of lii hl his new now Franklin autos an and alid he states that the Six Is still to 1000 pounds ll lighter than thon somo some four der tier cars of or about the s same me sl size c bodyWeight body bolly Weight is not essential to strength In lii automobile construction he ho said t All 11 good g automobile engineering tie bee tends toward a i reduction in weight i-ather i r than Luau addition to It This i Is 18 probably more noticeable In Jn automobile con construction notion than th n In any an another other famil- famil mr lur forms of m mechanical design The development dc of tho the problem of ot weight in an a automobile is lar largely ely similar similar sim sim- ilar liar to that In the bicycle Tho earl early bic bicycles cles wore were bl big heavy and cumbersome cumbersome cumbersome cumber cumber- some affairs that did dill not last long and that were hard bard to run The same samo wa way ay with tho the earl early development cf ef the tho automobile E cr Everything thin about tho the construction was heavy The motor was heavy and thi this necessitated hen heavy supports these supports meant a ht heavy avy frame framo and a hea heavy frame framo meant heavy springs and so on all through the tho car each piece of or heavy construction made mada a additional u weight eight necessary In some other part an and nothing was wn gained In strength weight was simply added to carr carry weight It is easy to see seo how weight ht In one port part adds wel weight ht throughout the whole r r. r Take Talo a big powered high hea heavy notor this notor-this this requires a heavy trans traIls mIssion a hea heavy transmission r requires ft a heavy drive shaft a heavy drive shaft makes a heavy rear axle necessary necessary sar sary and the weight of ot tho drive s ys- ys teIn pm makes It necessary to stiffen construction construction con con- on- on throughout hout the chassis and to add wel weight ht to carry carn weight |