Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 73, Hammond, Lake County, 13 September 1920 — Page 8

i.Jage Eight

THE TIMfcS -Monday Sen ember U 192o

HOW TRUCKS HELP ON LOCAL

HIGHWAYS

POSTERS FAVORING IRISH CAUSE ARE TACKED ON BRITISH VESSEL

Number of Freight Cars It Would Require to Haul Loads That Trucks Do Here.

trould require S5 freight cars three j r;ys to transport the materials ami I 'iir-pllas carried over the Chicago. Hami- lid, Gtjy hiphway ty m itor trucks in j -e (lay. At elast 50 additional freight -rs -would be needed to transport new : . fsenger automobile!" beir.gr dnvon ovfr rr.s highway from the factories.

These figures represent an average fy end v ere compiled by lhf Traxel r,d Transport bureau of the K. K. Goodr.oh Rubber company after its 24-hour ; raff.c census taken at a station on the ighway near the Ilinois-Inrilana state '.:.na. The census shows this road to b one f the most Intensely traveled highways

n the country. The observers, who: . s vo just completed similar checks on cption.l "heavy duty" hichwajs near! r .ttsburgh. Cleveland ariu other cenrrs, say the pa.ssenper oar traffic vrs ! v:c as heavy as over any previously hf eked inter-city h:(rhway. There were 1,179 trucks of all classes recorded by the observers of which 40 ' tt cent or 437, were empty. This empty j 'ruck percentage Is slightly higher than j hat shown at other centers and is j aused by an exceptional number of I ; rl-.ately owned trucks rather than pubhaulage trucks which benefit by t he j

iflurn loa-Hs factor. The empty trucks i presented a carrying l apacity of 1,316 on and if loaded would release railroad rreight cars for other duty at the rate f IS. 300 cars per year. Uvea the heaviest and slowest movir.p motor truck can make the round trip between Chicago and Gary In one day. v. hi' at least three days each way are required by rail between tbee air. firsts. In other words if one day's rr.otor truck tonnas" was loaded In ii'ight cars on Alondrfy delivery could i.c?. be expected until Thursday morn;r.g, by which time motor trucks would Uvp delivered three times that amount f tonnage. This, is not takir g into accunt the motor haulase, necessary at hn"h ends of the rail haul between shipper and Ptatlon and between terminal srd consignee, which Is included in the rr.rtor truck haul. The Goodrich. figures point out an av?rag-e of three passenger automobiles end "ne motor truck per minute passed the Dbserviru? station. Tirinsr the peak hour eight passenger cars per m:nut was the average- But 1 horse drawn vehicles passed the station during; the 2t hour period. The survey graphically illustrates the role of the motor vehicle in relieving railroad terminal congestion and th" growing use of the motor truck in short haul traffic. H:ghway traupporf atlon engineers say motor haulage is In its infancy and in estimating jrrovrth declare that the excellent rcadwsy between Chicago and Gary is strong and wic enough to bear five times Its present traff;: before th? csr.gesticn point is reached. "Wrirn rhiB state is reached this ore bit of high-'"-y will release 160,000 freight cars annually.

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Iri&h woman picket placarding S. S. Baltic in New York harbor. Women pickets in a small haunch ran alongside the British steamship Baltic, as she stopped to take on sixty -five Spaniards to take the place of s Sri kin firemen and coal trimmers, and tacked posters on the vessel proclaiming the Irish caase. The poster partly shown in the photograph reads: The S. S, Baltic May be scrapped at any time. Hex day's work is done. She is an outcast; she is dirty. Up Mannix! Up MacSwiney! Down Tyranny i "

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The result of the?e methods is that rrore than a thousand dimensions on the Cadillac chassis are held to limits of one one-thousandth of an inch, while 300 dimensions are held to ni?half of one one-hundredth of an inch, or closer. Kactory inspections, a applied to machinery, constitute tn assurance that the machine will perform the serice for which it wa intended. The creater the degree of accuracy in manufacturing, the greater the need for equally accurate inspection systems. It will be remembered that the Cadillac Company was the flrpt automobile manufacturer in this country to use the famous Johan . sen blocks to check the accuracy ' inspection g-uages.

SEARCH LOCATES OLDEST WILLARD

BATTERY

STORAGE

UACH CADILLAC v GETS 72 HOURS OF INSPECTION

Zd. Bohix.g of th 'BcihJlr.g Aut" ."alesv says: 21 ore than 72 hours ar.5 pert, in t-he inspection of each indivJduai Cadirac car. according to the "a'.ist ts recently made Tublic by the Cad.Uac 'Motor Car Company. in ther words, it would require the v-crk of one man fo rS days of n.ne 1 ct-s eac hto Inspect al !th com-'.c-.-d parts that make up the CadllThis, fcow-e-.-er, incluiies only thtitce actua.l":y snerrt in zuaz'.nz the

!.Uhed parts prior to theid assembly j :n the car. and does not take into ac- j count 'ho Inspections which each pari I "receives at var.ous ptagos of its manufacture. This is asnrikintr illu.'.ration of the a pr ligation of scientific! r.tvuracy ' of modefrn automobile manu- i facturirg methods. j To ,-icccimplish such a scrupulous y j

f xcitins tas for the srat volume of ''i li-lac production, a corp. of &3S in.T'ctf'i f is maintained. These mi). tia'.rei in the use of instruments that c-il'-ulate in thousandths and tenthousandths of an inch, spend their 'r.tire time maintaining the standard of sceuracv. eabiishei for i;adil!ac conttruction . ."ct content with thse precautions, p d"wble check is scpred hrough theerr,pn ment of seven "fild guage t.i-

fi ftvrs,'' each armed with a set of I J''hann,n blocks accurate to th al- i

most inconceivable limit of one on-hur.dred-thousandth of an inch. Thes. men travel cent m uousl v from dpartrrent to department in th factory. ;r.,pTtine" the used hv the ot n - . - ' r r-f ct cr,

Bought in 1915, Hans Wild,! Portland, Still Running : It Without Repairs. j R. C. Dnrtara of the Electric Sr-j Vlo Station tells about a search made ' by the WUlard people for the oldest 1 threaded rubber battery in existence.' A aurvey wae made covering the Unit- j d States. After a comprehensive j earch was made, they finally located !

! Hans -mid, of Uortland. Oregon, who ; is still runcics; a WlUard he march- I

aeed away back in 7315. . This is'

threaded rubber batteries and accord- . Jng to rM. Wild, has given o-Vinu.; ous service all these years without a ingl repair. Mr. Durham states that this '.s the greatest record ever produced, and has even surprised Its! maker. The search brought out hun-! Jreds of revelations that are Interest- ' ing, states Mr. Durham and the evi- ' dence Is conclusive that threaded rub- '

j ber insulation gives more power and j greater length of life. "The thre.d-1 j d rubber is a "Wiilard feature thst has ' j accomplished . all Its manufacturershave ever claimed tT it, and the re- 1

This1 sounds unusual, but the fact is that right In the heart of a tire is a strip of loosely woven fabric, thoroughly imp-regnated with resilient rubber in which it tsdeeply imbedded. This is the breaker strip, made of cushion gum. The breaker str!p has a spider-like grip on the fabric carcass. A net wrk of fabre muscles pull in all directions when a binw is received, literal! yforming a hammock to cradle It. according to the Miller Rubber Co.. Akron. Ohio. its resiliency neutralizes road shock;', spreading them over a large surface. Without this cushioning, the joiu Incident to motorTg would be transmitted direct from the treaii to the fabric carcass. Bv shatter.nz the

J force of the blow g;an cushion gum, i the carcass is rl!vfd of an enormous j amount of strain. I This strip also protects against the ! evil effect of u nder in Rat lor . It is a Imodium adhesion to hold intact the ' rubber tread u vi the fabric carcass. virtually rivetlr.g them tng!hr. It i fight against centrifugal force, prei entire the heavy tread from being thrown fmm the carcass at high

peels .

gtther . The convention was called for the purpufie of perfecting acquaintance of the newly appointed officials of the Maxwell-Chalmers group and it distributing organization and for the further purpose of affording the officials the opportunity of specifically defining their position and the future policies of the company. Mr. i'hr.ler stated that . within a month the i eorga n iia t ion plans of the

two companies njn be fully perfected

with the combined lax well-Chalmers company much more intrenched than either company had ever been in the past with working asssta of six and one-half times the liabilities; thai with the injection of the recently pledged cash a vigorous manufacturing and selling program was in progress. Mr. Chrysler reiterated his former statement that his association with the Maxwell-Chalmers wes entirely independeni of any other company. Mr. Chiysler lr one of the dynamic forces of the automobile Undury. H- has b-cn closely affiliated with the manufacturing and sale of motor cars He first came into prominence as the president of the Ruick Motor company, and since that time has risen to the top rung of the ladder in automobile success Mr. 'Barker, who succeeds B. A. Lyman, as director of sales, was mre recently associated with the Dodge brothers in the capacity of supervisor of districts. He brings to the Maxwell company a wide experience in the handhng of sales and dealers. Mr. Barker announce. that the same general t-ales and advertising policies now In practice would be continued. "The statements of the officials of th- company will set at rest the unfounded rumcs of proposed merger of the Maxwell-Chalmers group with any other group or of the breaking of the affiliation of the Maxwell and Chalmers companies." said. Mr. 8tebbins. "The Maxwell-Chalmers company will continue the trademark name of ' Maxwell" for its four-cylinder car and the name "Chalmers" for the six cylinder car. The truck will continue to carry the name "Maxwell."

CHRYSLER

HEADS

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OPERATING BOARD OF MAXWELL CO. H. Barker is Named as the New Director of Sales.

I Auto Quiz

tance to the current, and will greatly strengthen the connection. 6 Commutators of starting motors and generators should be cleaned once or twice a season to insure best results. Loosen up the dirt or gum on the surface of the commutator with kerosene applied carefully with a cloth. Lift the brushes while this la done so that none of the liquid will touch them. When the gummed surface Is loosened wipe commutator with a clean cloth. To maintain the space between segments of the commutator groove out the mica insulation between segments. Start the groove first with a three cornered rile, then finish undercutting with a hacksaw blade. The mica should Vie cut a thirty-second of an Inch below the surface of the cummutator. To smooth the commutator use very fine sandpaper. Lift the brushes and wrap the sandpaper around commutator so that both ends of paper will touch and work back end forth until bright. Polish with

c heesec lot h . 6 Sparkplug electrodes, mainly the center point, are made of nickel, alley. Most other metals would expand under great heat In the cylinder head and crack the porcelain insulation of the plug. 7 To adjust a carburetor for high speed work out down the mixture until it is so lean that the motor will miss on low speed when running Idle. Then adding Just a little more gas to the mixtuie. Test the adjustment on high speeds. o,niok acceleration una

hlH climbing. A weaker mixture can be used for speed than for heavy or slow work. 8 The mere technically correct name for the automobile power plant is the word Kngine. although it is popularly called a motor. 9 Cylinder lap in engine operation Is a name applied to the distance two pistons travel together on power stroke. It means the lapping of power strokes or explosions. In a four cylinder engine there is an explosion to every half revolution of the crankshaft, one power stroke beginning as another finishes, therefore there Is ni lapping of strokes. In the six ylinder engine the second power stroke begins before the first ends, a distance of fourteen degrees on the flywheel, therefore there is forteen de-

w-hich have six cr more cylinders? 3 How many cam shafts dots, the eight and twelve cylinder V-type engine have? How many cams are required to a shaft? 4 What is the condenser of an induction coil or 'magneto armature? 5 What Is a good rust preventive to apply to a motor exterior? r 6 Near whih valve should the sparkplue be located in the cylinderWhy is it placed in this direction? What is the automatic. spark control? How ,is it operated? S How many feet per minute would a piston cf an engine travel which 's operating at tiie rate of 50 revolutions per minu'e and has a stroke ot four inches? How is ibis figured" S What is a way to remove a tlot fitting stud without damaging t'rr

grees lap. In the eight there is forty

four degree lap and in the twelve! threads? three cylinders working together on 1" What is a good way to find pow er ttroke form a lap of fourteen j 1 -! !" a radiator?

degrees . 10 A good tire preservative is a liquid rubber paint made from un-

vulcanized rubber. Applied wiih a brush, it will preserve th tirs by filling small cuts, preventing deterioration and beautifying them.

This Week's Questions 1 How can a magneto armature be tested? 2 Why is the flywheel of a four cylinder engine required to oio more work in the motor's operation, and is usually heavier than that of engines

Answers To Last Week's Questions 1 To test the secondary winding of an induction coil connect a volt meter and a six volt storage battery to the secondary terminals. The voltmeter should be connected in series, that is, break the wire leading from battery to coil end attach each terminal of the voltmeter to and end of the wire that Is broken. If the current will not flow from the battery the winding is open. If the winding is in good condition the voltmeter will show a reading of half the storage battery voltage. 2 In turning a. car in a very nar

row street, the advantage is to turn)

the front wheels as sharply to the side as possible. If the turn cannot be accomplished in ent operation of the steering wheel, do not go forward to the curb with wheels hard to one s'.ue but straighten them and turn them as far as possible In the opposite direction while the car Is still in forward motion while a few feet from the curb. Back the car when it has reachtd the curb, meanwhile completing the opposite turn of the wheel. Before the rear wheels reach the other curb in the second operation again turn the steering wheel to Its first turning position and move the car forward. This should be sufficient manipulation to bring the car in the

direction in which you wish to traveV

The forw ard ano cackwara motions

: are similar to those employed in a

! garage when it is necessary to moc

I a car a short d:stance to the left or j right of where it stands, and the s'rPT WALTKR A. BETR'MINGHAM ) C,SB f the operation depends on proB. J. Heist, manager of Hammond per handling of the steering wheel. Auto Sale.. Dear .Sir: Walter I' j 3 A gasoline engine must fret be Chrysler has ben appenteu chairman j cranked to produce continuous drlvof the operating board and A. H. )ng cower because gas must be drawn

not only increased th enthusuiasm j of the manufactur-rs, the dealers are j also happy over the fndings, and those

who own a Willard have every Teasn to fee! pro-jd-j they possess a battery that can produuee such astoundirg results. Mr. Durham g.es on 'o say: "I am considering myself qu;tu luekv this year. Last yar I ran shTt

I and had more trouble than I w-ante1, 'supplying the trad, and the opportunity came alcr.g to buy a quantity j of Wlllards in the ppr'.ng. Last year's

experience still rresn in my mini. 1 bouguht heavily. By a stroke of the pen I could dispose of the entire .'oh lot tomorrow," says Mr. Durham. "Because there is practically the same condition th's fall that existed last yar throughout th" ep-lre country nt enough Wi'lards. butu we are here ti take care of our customers, not o speculate, and we ee! like we havi enough batteries this year to gi around . "

Barker, director of sales of the Maxwen Motor, company, brouuht to Chicago toda; . according to information by '. K. itebbins. manager of the Clii.ago branch. Announcement of the change in management was m.id at a convention of distributors held in Detroit last week. W. Ledyard Mit-hal continues as president of the company . Mr Mitchell addre.ei the dealers, as did also Hush Chalmers of the Chalmers Motor company. J'.oth unpicked the convention with the faot that "all are workins: on the same s:d" of the table and that M n a we -1 'ha! me m are unal-teraM'-a no pp '-ni n n r 1 l.nke.l ro-

lnto the combustion chambers of each cylinder, compressed by the pistons and ignited by sparks at the plugs before it will expand and give driving power at the pistons When crank ing begins, and when the engine begins operatine under its own power the action of drawing in ga. compressing it, igniting it and forcing out the burned gasscs continues automatically . 4 To insure low resistance the flow of electricity through Joined wires or a wire permanently attached to a terminal always solder mjcIi mnn"'tions, then tape them SSolWing will prevent rorroion from uddmc rest-

TIRES HAVE SHOCK ABSORBERS Do you know that your tires are equipped with shock absorbers?

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IT IS THE MEN MOST intimate with fine motor cars and the engines that power them who speak most highly of the National Sextet.

LAKE COUNTY AUTO SUPPLY & SALES Corner Dcug!a and Ho h man SU., Hammond

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They used to say "You can judge a fellow by the clothes he wears." But times have changed. Now they say: "You can judge him by the machine he drives." A 1913 Ford dressed up has a stronger appeal than a Winton Six that has been neglected. Whether you have a Winton or a Ford, we can make it look just as attractive as the day you drove it from the salesroom, n o matter what condition it may be in now. We charge nothing to diagnose your case; we only charge for service rendered; and we put lots of emphasis on the word "SERVICE." Come in today and let's talk it over.

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THE adjustment of currency in circulation in this country is a matter of great care and wisdom. A few years ago we had only about twenty-five dollars per person; but now we have over fifty-two dollars each. After deflation has progressed farther, we will have less money in circulation. It is highly important for each person to protect his money and deposit it in this Bank for safety. 3 Paid on Your Savings SAFE DEPOSIT BOX RENTAL $3.00. $5.00 AND $7.00 A YEAR

ammond Trust and Savings Bank CHECKING ACCOUNTS INVITED

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FRANK HAMMOND, Sec.-Trcas. H. J. GESCHEIDLER, Asst. Sec.-Treas.