Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 February 1917 — Page 56

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WILBUR JOHNSON COMPANY TO INTRODUCE WHITE FOUR-CYL-INDER WITH 16 VALVES.

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To the motoriit who !■ Intorested chiefly In mechanical things, the one Improvement of a fundamental character to be seen at the automobile shows this season is the sixteen-valve type of four-cylinder angina which wilt feature the exhibition of the White company, according to Wilbur C. Johnson, head of the Wilbur Johnson Company, Indiana distributers. This new type Of engine does not change the function of the four-cylinder type of engine in any way, but it introduces a double valve principle which makes the fouCylinder motor capable of any performance obtainable from other typer. Almost as Interesting as the valve design itself is the fact that new extremes of motor car performance are now secured without surrendering the simplicity and ruggedness of the four-cylinder motor.

Efficiency More Vital.

The White company asserts that valve efficiency 16 more vital than the number of cylinders and aleo contends that any power and flexibility which has been secured by multiplying cylinders can be produced in a more effective and satisfactory manner by increasing the valve

capacity of the "four."

Kngineers of this company say that the wide flexibility and rapid acceleration of the multlcylinder motor car are due not to the overlapping power strokes, but to

the high speed of the engine in conjunction with a low-geared reax axle. This being apparent, the company two years ago announced its determination to adhere permanently to the four-cylinder type of motor and to bring this type to its ultimate and final form. The sixteenvalve "four" therefor* Is the culmination of a definite policy of engineering research. By using a double set of valves in each cylinder, a counter-balanced crank shaft and lighter reciprocating parts, the company has produced an extraordinary powerful engine of the high speed type, which is claimed to match any performance within the experience of motor car owners today, Every demand for fast getaway, hill climbing ability or flexibility is more than satisfied in the new type, proving that it is possible for a highly developed “four" to equal any other type In any kind of a test Many Advantages. Many advantages accrue from the double valve design. It permits the use of two small valves which actually admit more gas than one large valve. By locating each valve in what might be called the four "corners" of the cylinder, valve pockets are practically eliminated and full charge of gas is admitted. With the valve* inclined inward at the top and set close to the cylinder wall, the gases are drawn directly into the combustion chamber. The chamber itself is practically uniform in shape Snd the spark plugs are placed in the exact center of the cylinder head so that the explosions occur squarely over the center of the piston. With extremely small combustion chamber and no pockets to fill, each explosion Is much more powerful than would be produced by an engine of the same size If the valve capacity were smaller. Equally as important as the admission of a full charge is the complete discharge of ail burned gases. By expelling the full contents of the cylinder there is no dead gas to lurk in the cylinder and impair the next Incoming fresh charge. With its complete combustion and exhaust, the sixteen-valve 'four” Is almost free from carbor deposit. Valve noise also ceases with the use of the smaller sized valves. In discussions of the new engine it has been held that the double valve principle will exert a strong Influence on future design. It has long been used secretly in racing cars, many of which supposed to be of the plain single valve type, and it has now been carried to a higher develop-

H. A. L EXHIBIT.

The H. A. L. exhibit at the local automobile show will consist of a Shamrock four-passenger roadster finished in gun metal gray with carmine striping and white wire wheels finished with carmine huba A sevenpassenger touring car with Identically the same finish ss the fourpassenger Job, and a touring car done In dark blue with white striping vtith white wire wheels will complete the exhibit. The Winifred Smith Motor Company, §tat» distributers for the H. A. L., will also. In addition to the display at the show, carries a complete line in its showrooms in North Meridian street. Mr. Smith reports a very successful year, and predicts big- things for the H. A. L*. in Indiana for 1917.

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the automobile show.

TOM ECK.

There are some names that can not be kept down at show time. Old Tom Eck, white haired for so many years no one ever really found out when there was ever a black hair on his head, bobbed up at Chicago as manager of some skating races conducted by the Tribune Eck laid out the course^ This white haired veteran, who trained many of the automobile magnates and their employes or dealers In the days of cycle racing, renews old acquaintances at show time, but sticks to cycle race and skating promotion year after year, having taken an interest in the motor car business in any one department.

NEW FIVE-STORY GIBSON BUILDING TO BE COMPLETE IN EVERY DETAIL

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INTER-STATE SALES CO. 328-330 North Delaware Street

On Display Fourth Floor, Auto Show Prices $1195 to $1850

State Distributors J. L. BAUGH, Manager

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The new flwe-story reinforced concrete building being erected at the southeast corner of Capitol avenue and Michigan street by the Gibson Company, 416-424 North Capitol avenue, will, when completed within the next few months, represent one of the finest and most complete automobile sales and service plants in the entire United States. The structure Is being built upon a site fronting 135 feet in Capitol avenue and 196 feet in Michigan street The entire plant, when ready for occupancy, will represent an outlay for building and grounds of approximately 1360,000. * The building, while only five stortes high for the present, has been designed to carry three additional floors whenever the additional apace is needed. The company has outgrown its present quarters and the new building, with its vast arrtount of floor *>aee, will afford the firm an opportunity for still greater expansion. The new home of the Gibson Company will provide ample housing for every phase of the business of distributing and selling 0%'erland and Wlllys-Knight automobiles as well as taking care of the wonderful accessory Jobbing business that the company has established. The main floor space will be occupied by the retail automobile and accessory departments with space in the rear re-

served for a part of the service station. The main service department will occupy the entire basement, the ground floor service reservation being retained only for minor service work, including adjustments, inspections and the sale of oils and fuel. All Well Planned. ' On the second floor will be located the used car sales department, the space being divided for display and for stock purposes. The third floor will be largely devoted to the general offices and a'large conference room. The conference room is to be of ample size to accommodate meetings of department heads and employes and facilities will be included for the showing of stereopticon views and motion pictures. The rear section of the third floor will be occupied by an accessory slock room. This stock will be conUnued to the fourth floor, wher'e space will also be provided for the engineering department and a complete laboratory for conducting tests and carrying on research work. ' The fifth floor will be occupied by the model paint shop and parts department, with ample space for the storage of at one of each model Overland and Wlllys-Knight car. /The paint department will reflnish used cars before they are offered on the market. A large stock of car parts will be stored for instant use

One of the many Hudfords on Indianapolis streets.

Internal Gear Shaft Drive—No Chains

Here are the straight facta on HUDFORD Units. Thousands of used Ford cars, doomed for the scrap heap, hrve been converted into money-making outfits by the HUDFORD Unit attachment, thereby saving the loss of the used car and - bringing an economical one-ton truck within the reach of thousands

of users.

The reputation of the Ford for economical handling la firmly established as no engine manufactured has the advantages the Ford holds. Most every one can run a Food. Ford parts can be obtaineed at extremely low prices, and Ford

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world.

Shrewd merchandisers were quick to avail themselves of the HUDFORD Lnit as it afforded a comparatively inexpensive way out of hauling and trucking problems at low first cost. A big investment was not used up— a few hundred dollars and they secured, with the HUDFORD Unit at-

tached to a Ford chassis:

—the lowest priced one-ton truck. —the lightest truck, weighing less

margin of safety.

tiuPFORP A unit for converting the

FORD

into a One-Ton Truck

‘360

F. O. R PRILA.

than a ton and with a generous

—the most foolproof truck, simple to drive and with no transmission

gears to strip.

—tae handiest truck to drive in and out of traffic.

—the simplest truok to load and unload, being built low to the ground,

—the longest wheel-base truck, available for special purpose*

—the easiest truck on a motor, with pneumatio tires in front to take care of vibration and solid or pneumatic tires on the rear to carry the

main load.

—and, above and beyond all, the most economical, lasting and soundest truck investment possible. Agents Wanted for Open Territory. STATE DISTRIBUTORS. Partlow Motor Car Sales Co. Phene Main IIS. Salesrooms—527 N. Capitol . ' *

when needed. The storage of new models has been planned as a means of giving quick delivery of cars to the retail trade after a sale has been made in the retail sales department. Time Saving Service*. The entire plant Is to be operated upon a definite system and several schemes for saving time and labor will be installed. This will apply particularly to the giving of quick service to customers as well as to the operation of the business end of the organization. A new mailing department, through which all mail of the ’company will pass, saving much time and labor, is among the improvements adopted. The accounting department has also devised several schemes designed to speed up the work of that department. The building was designed by the architectural firm of H. E. Bass & Co., and the general contract is in the hands of the Bedford Stone and Construction Company. Although the work has been delayed because of weather conditions. It is expected that the building will be completed by early spring. BIG MOTOR FACTORY BEING REAPED FOR IRELAND Will Make Trucks, and Two Thousand Men Will Be Employed

at Start

The Trafford Engineering Company, of Trafford Park, Manchester, England, has taken an option on the city park of Cork, Ireland, with a conditional guarantee It will erect a manufacturing establishment to cost between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000, says a consular report. The company intends to manufacture worm-drive, motor trucks oh a very large scale and it guarantees to employ at least 2,000 adults at a minimum wage of a shilling (24 cents) an hour. Such an establishment would revolutionize the economic situation of Cork, and the project has created a profound impression. While the actual guarantee as to the number of adult male workers to be employed provides for only 2,000, the promoters state they anticipate that double or treble that number of workmen will be utilized. They are negotiating for the purchase of a 260-acre tract known as the Lakelands property for the erection of a "garden city” for housing the workmen in model homes. A portion of the raw materials, and a still larger portion of the equipment, will be drawn from the United States, and the general traffic between tills port and America, which has been so conspicuously deficient in the part, probably will be considerably stimulated. The standard of wages, and consequently the standard of living, will be revised upward. Some ously deficient in the past, probably will be stimulated as an indirect result. On the whole, it is probable that the enterprise will mark a new epoch in the Industrial history of the south of Ireland. MOUSSES FOR MOTORS. Distillate Made In South Africa, Tried in Car, Wins Favor. There has been organized In Natal. South Africa, a company under the title of South African Natalite Motor Spirit Company, says a consular report It has a capital stock of £75,000, or $375,000, and It Is expected to build a complete plant. Including all the necessary buildings required to make in the aggregate 2,000,000 gallons of natalite per annum, and to do this at the rate of 6.000 gallons a day. The recently rising prices of gasoline are doubtless what have led to these efforts to make a distillate at a sufficiently low cost to become g. direct competitor of

gasoline.

Experiments were made In Natal with a twenty-two-horse power car weighing some 3.600 pounds. The car was tested over several routes, the total distance covered being slightly more than 560 miles. The roads were said to have been heavy during two days and fine during the rest of the time. In this case the amount of this new motor fluid or spirit used was 10.59 gallons, or an average of 16.4 miles a gallon, or 26.2 ton-miles a gallon. The engine on all occasions started easily, whether cold or warm. The valve cape and valve heads were found to be very dean after the trial. The rest of the engine was not dismantled.

Motor Style Tips

Silk waterproof Russian blouses in old pink or blue, having white collars, cuffs and sashes, are new and convenient for touring use. The coats are attractive in appearance, but are quite as warm as any of the other proofed materials. Chatelaine pockets and belts are traveling conveniences women have always appreciated, but as fashion retired them from popularity in leather they are now made of linen or any suit material. The belt is narrow and has a metal buckle and slide. While there are a number of models In motoring corsets to be had, the short ones having the woven wire stays instead of whalebone are very much more comfortable The wire bone is so woven as to give with each movement of the figure, and it does not rust, break or get out of

shape.

Brief cases made of heavy canvas, with five pockets, are used to carry magazines ^nd papers in. They are trimmed with

leather.

A leather wall brush pocket, to be hung in the shelter of the porch, holds a clothes brush at one side, a hat brush at the other and in the center a long-handled shoe duster. . v Scotch shawl capes make excellent extra wraps. The capes are cut from the double plaid shawls in such a way that the fringe serves as a trimming around the bottom, up the fronts and around the collar. The capes are cut in military fashion. Willow baskets having four aluminum trays for fruit are a great convenience, saving valuable room in the luncheon hamper. Gray madras or silk shirts for touring are worn with the attached collars and black Windsor ties. They shed the dust and db not show spots as do other shirts. By way of a first aid a good strong trowel or a take down shovel Is good to add to the tool box, for* one may wish to take home fern clumps, mint plants or other roots found in the woods. , vV ith these implements and a canvas pail the plants are easily transplanted. Spanish hat turbans in cherir velvet are embroidered in gold braid. The hats are worn well on the left side of the head, and the veil is folded under the edge of the hat and tied in a soft knot at the back. Cherry velvet Russian blouses are worn with the hats over white linen skirts and with white low shoes and cherry silk hose. Oriental turban* are very popular, though they offer no shade for the eyes, with gold or silver thread* One thickness The turbans are shaped like a man s skull c^p and the edge is embroidered

of the veil is pinned tightly around the brim or band and floats down the bacK or tied scarf fashion in front. Woolly ratine is a material popular for traveling garments for small travelers. It is used for the coat, cap and muff, all of which are lined with rosebud taf-

feta. The cap and muff have pompon ornaments hmde of the cloth and tvhite silk cord. Cord frogs are used to fasten the coat and a satin ribbon ruche and ties finish the cap. Attractive suits for touring are made of suede cloth. The material is soft and

pliable as a glove, light and warm. One suit made of leaf-green suede cloth is particularly attractive on account of its moleskin trimming. The skirt is of medium fullness, witfl a four-inch band of the fur around the bottom. The coat is a full raglan type, with a monk’s collar and deep cuffs of the fur. Fur buttons

finish tte front of the coat and are *l»© used for the girdle, which confines the crepe shirt waist of the same shade of green a* the dress material. The liat worn with the suit is a green felt tricorn.' A fur botton holds the turned-up brim at the right side, while a gray fancy is caught with a fur button at the left.

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HELPFUL HINTS.

A bag: of soft flannel is best to keep inner tubes In. Tie the mouth of the bag around the projecting stem. When putting on nuts and bolts, it is an excellent preventive of rust to rub on them a little graphite. When this is done, you have taken out an insurance policy against sticking nuts. It is not advisable to use ordinary paint on cylinder casting. A thick coat of paint will prevent radiation. A paint suitable for this use may be obtained at most automobile supplyj stares. Where rubber hose is used to make connections in the water circulation pipes with a gasoline motor and has bends in it, a good plan is to reinforce it by a brass coil spring which is a good fit inside. This prevents any flattening at the bend and cracking, resulting eventually in a leak. If the bulbs on the electric lights burn out quickly the source Of current may be too high. If this is so, bulbs of greater voltage should be secured.

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THE UNIVERSAL CAR

It is surely worth while to be the owner of a Ford car, representing as it does the most direct and yet widest range of service to users. Wherever you find a Ford owner you have a “live wire” of enthusiasm on the merits of his car and the splendid service found with Ford agents, of whom there are more than ten thousand scattered throughout the country. c Ford cars are an every day utility—they serve with pleasure and economy under all weather conditions. Touring Car, $360; Runabout, $345; Coupelet, $505; Town Car, $595; Sedan, $645. These prices f. o. b. Detroit. The following authorized Ford agents are at your command, with Ford cars ready for delivery, and a service prompt, efficient and court-

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A. W. BOWEN, 945 Ft. Wayne Avenue. Main 6913, New 4846. JOHN BURKE CO., 823 East Washington Street. Prospect 6977, New 623 CARR AUTO SALES CO., 5436 East Washington St Irvington 1124. R. F. CLICK, 53-57 W. Thirty-eighth St. Washington 1127, New 7601-K.

HOLCOMB SALES CO, 533 North Capitol Avenue Main 4250, New 2408-R. OLIN SALES CO., Ohio and Illinois Streets. Main 4486, New 3436. A. HERBERT SMITH, Zionsville, IndL H. W. STONE, 332 North Delaware Street Main 2803, New 4824-R.

Get acquainted with the Ford Agent in your neighborhood SEE THE FORD EXHIBIT AT THE AUTO SHOW—THIRD FLOOR.