Show IMPROVEMENT IS RESULT OF PERIOD OF FUEL SAYING New Devices Yield saving paving of Fuel Says Brower The conservation of or fuel ruel of all kinds has proved to be one onG of ot tho the most momentous momentous momentous mo mo- problems of ot recent years ye Of or course everyone is acquainted with the stress laid upon up-on the saving of ot coal durIng during dur dur- ing ingwar war time and tho the period succeeding succeeding succeed succeed- dIn d- d In ing and the various special and extraordinary extraordinary extra extra- ordinary measures to that put into effect effect effect ef ef- ef- ef by national and municipal author author- Private concerns adopted evory every practical saving fuel-saving method and even hous householders employed means of ot conserving conserving con con- serving son their meagre stores of ot fuel ruel that were little short of ot heroic Since the passing of ot the pressing emergency of ot the tho war months however however how how- ever or not so BO much Is paid said of ot the urgency urgency urgency ur ur- gency for tor being Judicious In tho U use uce e of ot fuel tuel and the fact Is is that t very oar ery little lit lit- little tle tIe Is known of ot the far reaching results ro- ro of ot the tho former for tor necessity getting getting getting get get- ting the utmost energy out of ot every particle of or fuel available for tor uso use New Talent nt Work It Is ts a a. very noteworthy fact tact that scarcity and end the resulting higher her cost of ot fuel turned loose th the trained talent of ot the whole nation on this problem and some of ot the results are astounding in their effectiveness but in spite of ot this nr are but little known and even when m made e public have excited little comment and are aro accepted as os a a. matter of course course Of Ot all ail fuels the greatest need for tor more moro efficient usage was felt in connection connection con con- with the consumption of ot gaso gaso- line Une It is 19 accepted that the lar larger er part of ot gasoline c production Is s utilized in producing motive pO power er Tho The work of ot oton one on concern whose product Is Js depend depend- ent ant on gaa gas power th the Liberty Motor MotorCar MotorCar MotorCar Car company Is le therefore significant of ot the Importance attached to this question and tho the Ing ingenuity nulty displayed in multiplying the effectiveness of ot gas gns fuel tuel 1019 1018 Liberty According Ac or to R. R A. A Brower of ot the Judd-Brower Judd Auto company compan local Liberty Liberty Liberty Lib Lib- erty doal dealers rs the car which this company company com com- pany produced during 1918 an and 1919 was WM one with a n. horsepower rating of ot forty It developed a a. speed of ot about fifty miles an hour The touring car which seated santed five lve passengers had hada a a. road weight of ot 2760 pounds and covered covered covered cov cov- ered an average of ot about fourteen miles s on a n. gallon of gas a common mileage for tor a car of ot its size weight and ond horsepower During tho the early part of 1919 lOa the Liberty engineers started a a. branch of ot the engineering department to specializing specializing special special- izing on the better utilization of ot fueL ruel They conducted experiment after atter ex experiment ox- ox pertinent and test after test on the re results results results re- re from different bore boro and stroke measurements various typo manifolds and ond a n number of ot Interesting methods of ot preheating tho fuel before It entered entered entered en en- the tho combustion chamber The man who had charge charle of ot this work was an nn engineer who had already attained national national national na na- na- na recognition through devising devising- the most successful saving gas-saving device uso used on motor cars ars up to that time The success of ot later Inter Ingenious Inc en engineering engineering on- on Is better Illustrated illustrated Illus illus- 1 by their results than b by lengthy description of at the various mechanical advancements embodied in this carNaT car Nan N Liberty Larger The rhe new series Liberty Is 19 first of ot all nIl 81 slightly larger the now oar car weighing approximately 2830 2850 pounds pound The wheelbase wheelbase wheelbase wheel- wheel base is two inches longer and the body length has been boen Increased The motor I Itself is Just twenty pounds heavier than tho motor formerly used In addition addition ad ad- to this thin a 0 marked Increase in speed has been attained the now new car being able to o develop a n pace of ot sixty miles an hour And of ot still greater sl significance tho power of ot the motor an In Increase Increase In- In is now V three fifty horse power cr crease nse of ot practically 20 per cent Yet in spite of all nIl this this longer longer wheelbase wheelbase wheel- wheel base and consequently greater weight higher hor speed and far r more mor power the power the consumption of ot gasoline has hns actually been considerably reduced Reports from owners and r tests show a a. mileage of from sixteen to twenty- twenty two per gallon 1 Liberty This ThI Y Year ar There will bo be built this thle year It Is 19 safe afe to say that each will have bAve been driven miles within with with- in a year If It each elch car travels sixteen miles to each gallon of ot fuel which Is s tho lowest average yet reported this means n a tot total l saving for tor those thoo Liberty Liberty Liber Libor- ty ty owners of or 8 gallons gallons' of ot fuel fual within a a. years year's time Or on tho the other hand ih It means me that they can cov cover r about 1714 18 moro more miles mUes with the same fuel ruel consumption ordinarily re re- re 1 Having driven their G shod Goodyear National six touring car miles on tho the original air Mr and Mrs W. W F. F Hepworth of ot Houston Tex arrived in Los Angeles a a. few tow day days 00 ago IL O after thir thir- thirteen thirteen teen days day of ot travel unhampered unhampered by tire Ure or engine trouble Tho The machine which Is equipped with G Goodyear cords all around had already made 2800 miles mUes on the original air all be before before bo- bo fore tore the couple accompanied by their son John C. C Hepworth and nd Raymond Otto also aho of ot Houston left len on their long longor or Jaunt Road conditions In Inthe Inthe Inthe the oil region of ot TOX Texas II had bad been ren ten rendered rendered dered dared so BO s BeMon by recent rainstorms I that after going to Fort Worth over I the Kings King's trail the party made a It detour detour detour de de- tour via Mineral Wells and Fort Stockton Stock Stock- ton to El EI Paso Puo D Between tw en El Paso Puo and Tucson the tha sturdy National ploughed through h mountain roads filled for miles with boulders and ond Jagged rocks From Phoenix the party followed tho the Parker off cut route into Barstow and then thence co covia via Cajon Pass to Los Angeles reaching reachinG reaching reach reach- ing the southern California metropolis with en engine and tires in excellent con con- Tho The trip is only the first leg of ot a n ayears ayears years year's Jaunt that will take the party through Yosemite tho the Yellowstone and tho the Pacific northwest |