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Show AUTOMOBBLE GOSSIP HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE Ladies Touring In Auto. After about thirty days of touring Mts. John R. Itnmsey and lady companions, com-panions, who left New York on June 9 for San Francisco in a Maxwell touring tour-ing car, are rapidly ncaring their destination, des-tination, establishing a record for cross country touring for women. When tho part 3 left Now York they expected to reach San Francisco about tho latter part of July, not figuring, of course, on tho wretched conditions thoy have met in some places. Up to Clinton, Iowa, tho roads wore very fine and the first 1000 miles were made in one week. Aftor striking into Iowa, however, heavy black gumbo roads were traveled trav-eled over roads that were impassablo iu some places as a result of the heavy rains which washed out bridges and in fact resulted in such conditions that travel was absolutely impossible, in somo places, even by railroad trains. From Rock Springs there was a vast improvement in the roads to Salt Lake City, a run across wild country which was made in a short time. Salt Lako was reached on Wodncsday and after a short rest tho journey westward over tho mountains ' and valleys, through beautiful sconory, was again begun and by tho middle of tho week Jfcno, Nov., will be reached, when the trip will bo prcttj much down hill into San Francisco. Fran-cisco. New Auto Fuel. That kerosino will become one of the leading automobile fuels is being demonstrated of its successful use in the present Glidden lour by the White Steamer car, which has already run nearly 2000 on puro kerosine. Absolutely Abso-lutely no gasoline has been used and the car has a perfect score so far and has clearly demonstrated that tho now fuel is a complete success. The Utah Tmplemont company handles tho enr .in this city, and it is the intention of the company to make demonstrations here with ko'rosinc oil. Six Cadillacs have been shipped from the factory, to the Utnh Implement company, which will partially relieve the demand hero for that stylo of car. BuickB Are Popular. Manager Young of the Consolidate'! Wagon & Machine compnny manages to run in one or two carloads of Buicks each, week. Tho demand here for tho little car has increased 500 per cent in tho last year, and Young says that notwithstanding the fact that he gets all the wa' from five to ten enrs a week, the end of each week finds tho sales floor cleared of all stock on hand. President Odell of the company ami party are now in England, and after touring England, Scotland and Ireland will return by steamer to New York and from there will come home in their Franklin. Pleasant Trip. August Stocker of tho Peerless eom-panv eom-panv received a telegram from A. J. Bottles and party announcing that thcy had arrived safety in Alberta in their Peerless car, and while the trip was a hard one, owing o somo bad roads, it was greatly enjoyed by tho party. Bid Demand for Autos, Manager I?ecd of tho Studebnker comnny delivered a 30-Studebakcr last week to C. W. Niblej' & Sons. "Reed reports a big demand for cars, but the makers are so slow in filling orders that the local agents aro not kept as busy as they would like to be or would bo if they had the cars to sell. Buick Wants Open Eace, Tho Quaker City Motor club of Philadelphia, Phila-delphia, which last fall promoted tho successful Fairmount Park road race, has sent out a circular addressed to thy American automobile manufacturers, requesting an expression from the different dif-ferent makers as to whether foreign-made foreign-made cars should be permitted in the contest, which is scheduled for next October over the same course. The club officials are inclined to bcliove that foreign cars should bo barred, and if the race was closed to machines except ex-cept those of American manufacture tho number of entries would bo much groater than if tho foreigners were allowed al-lowed to compete. William J. Mead of tho Buick Motor company, however, takes a different view of the matter, and has written the Philadelphia organization that his compnny, com-pnny, which will probably have three cars in the proposed race, will welcome competition with a's inairy foreign enrs as can bo sccurod as entries. It is Mr. Mead's contention that the snecd of Buick cars is groater thaii that of any stock car made in any part of the world, and or stability he is willing to back his machines against thodo of any foreign for-eign manufacturer. So far as the Buick Motor company ia concerned, it will make every effort to have all fu-turo fu-turo races in America open to any and all cars. Firestone Encourages Race, Tho nnnouncod intention of mnking tho New York-to-Scatllo race an annual an-nual affair is causing something of a stir among tiro manufactures, in view of the severity of the test is imposes upon tires. II. S. Firestone, the well known advocate ad-vocate of tiro pcualtics. whose tiros made such a romarkable showing in tho last raco, has this to s.ry on tho subject: sub-ject: "It is to bo hoped that the occan-to-ocean contest will become a permanent perma-nent fixturo in automobile racing. The industry needs at least one annual oveut of this character, which will bo a severe cuough strain on tho tires to show them up, one against another, and which will at the samo time penahzo all entrants for time lost, through their uso of weak or mediocre lire equipment." Ford Car Returning. Tho Ford car that won tho Now York-lo-Seattlo contest, and is now making tho return trip, is not making an' effort ef-fort to break or establish nny time records, common report to the contrary. con-trary. Tho obioct of tho trit) is to demon strate tho possibilities of a lightweight car, and tbat the return trip could be mado in tho same car that had made the record-breaking run from tho Atlantic. At-lantic. Examine Automobile. It Is stated that 00.000 cars will be sold In America thin year. About 20,000 of these will come Into tho liands of drivers who have bad little or no experience In operation of motor cars. A few hints, therefore, to some of these 20,000 may be appreciated. Let It he Imagined ,tlial the new car has Just arrived from the factory and been turned over to Its owner, own-er, who Is anxious to have a trial spin uh soon as possible. But he should not he in too much of a hurry. This Is what an experienced driver would do before taking a now car out for a trial; First of all! ho will walk around the oar once or twice on a tour of general Inspection, noting the condition condi-tion of the paint, tho fit of the top, examining exam-ining tho lamps and their brackets; In short, making a search for possible Injuries In-juries hi tiansportatton. JIo will then climb Into his overalls or working coat and get down to details. He Is told that everything was tuned up and all parts thoroughly oiled before the car left the factory; but he will take no chances; he haa scon cars come from the factory without oil Jn the crankcoso, with nn empty grease cup here, and a loose nut there. What s more, somo factories fac-tories do not -always use the best grade of oil. At any rate, he will start, with the motor and drain all the oil from the crankcase Into a clean can. While the oil la (lowing from the motor he will search for grease cups, removing each one to see If it Is woll supplied At the same time he will take In the othci rlnfflils- flin rnntrnl nv tl ....1... , and Ignition devices, note thdir arrangement arrange-ment and operation; the position of the spark plugs and their connections IIo will soc If all are In good order; ho wilt locate t lie standpipo or opening In tlie crankcase through which the oil may bo roplaced; and by the time tho oil has al run out of tho ease he will have learned many tilings about his motor. Ho may have found mi emptv oil cup at the watei-pump bearing, a loose i.ut on tho carbureter or Ignition control. 01 a spark plug whose wire was loosely connected con-nected or lying dangerously close to ph- ""B. wiui uic possimuty of a short circuit; or against some port of the engine, en-gine, which later on would become hot and damage the inflation. There arc a number of oilier little things which a casual examination might expose, and which. If neglected, would probably make themselves felt at a most Inopportune moment. The experienced man would then examine the oil drained from the crankcase. If atiHllcd with Its duality and condition, nnd tlie amount, as specilled In the Instruction book, he would close the drain 'cocks or plugs at the bottom of the case and roplaco the oil In tlie motor. If. however, tho oil was a poor grade, black or discolored, or full of grit, ho would close the druln cocks, pour a couple of quarts of kerosene into tho case; then turn tho motor over rapidly, fortv or lift v times; or If convenient run it under It's own power for about a minute. Tho kerosene kero-sene would then be drained from tho oiling oil-ing system; tho plugs replaced or pot-cocks pot-cocks closed, and tho motor replenished with the required quantity o a good grade of oil. Tho next course would bo to take up the hand oiler and lubricate the many small moving parts on and about the engine. en-gine. Beginning with the vmvo lifters, he probably would proceed to tho commutator commu-tator and Its connections, then the carburetor car-buretor and Its controlling devices, then ; t'm fan. Us driving mechantum, the tnag-iitio tnag-iitio nnd Its Jltllngs. the pump bearings, the Hteering gear, tho rear sliacklea of Hit: front springs In fact, ivj,y mov.nrj part under the hood would receive Its :harc of oh. I-fuvh.g overlooked nothing in front of l!i! dash, Imduc of the frn.:ie. tho footboards foot-boards aio now removed; all rods, levtrs, clutch collars, rollers, bearings, etc.. op-criitin-i on or between tho llywheel nnd the I. luisml.Hsion are carefully lubricated, while the weather eye 1.1 o'or on the lookout for pofislhlo loose nuts, grease cups, 'aully adjustments or mliallsn-mcut. mliallsn-mcut. To tho experienced man tho clutch Is an important feature, and he makes every ev-ery effort to become familiar with its construction. The saying, "What's one man's meat Is another man's poison," certainly applies to clutches, for oil that will improve tho efficiency of one make of clutch will render another useless. Then, ngaln, where ono make of disc clutch requires re-quires a certain mixture of cylinder oil and kerosene, another usos cylinder oii alone; then there Is still another stylo1 which requires no oil at all. Therefore, the experienced man will learn how. when nnd where to oil as well as to ad-Just ad-Just his clutch. To proceed: Tho hand oiler will now be set aside for a few moments while tho cover of the transmission case Is removed and tho grease therein examined. Transmission, Trans-mission, differentials and rear nxles nro gcnerallv well pneked with greaso before leaving the factory, but a little replenishment replenish-ment may he necessary. In this examination examina-tion the universal Joints of the driving shaft are not lo bo overlooked. The hand oiler is again taken up and nil small moving parts under the body of tho car. such as the brake rod and shoe connections, levers, equalizers, torque and radius rods, sprags, etc., are given attention; atten-tion; all outside bearings. Including those of the spring shackles, starting crank, brake and change gear lovers, steering gear connections, shock absorbers, speedometer, speed-ometer, odometer, etc , are given their quota of oil. and the grensc cups on and about the front and rear axles aro examined. ex-amined. So much for lubrlcutlon. There Is but little left to do. but this lltllo Is by no means of tho least importance. import-ance. Although It Is rarely found that tho wheel bearings of a now car are loose, It Is, nevertheless", advisable to examine them, and tho brakes as well. Tho wheels aro Jacked up ono at a time, and tried for lost motion In the bearings. A plcco of wood is forced In between the spindle and tho axlo In order that the operator may not be misguided by possible lost motion in the spindle bearings: then, taking tak-ing hold of tho tire, tho workman trios to work the wheel back and forth sldo-wise sldo-wise The wheel must oscillate freely, but there should bo no lost motion in tho bearing. As rear wheels are very much heavier than front wheels, and, owing to tho difference In the construction of their beurlngs, more strength Is necessary In making the test, and be sure tho brakes aro released when testing rear wheel bearings. |
