South Bend News-Times, Volume 36, Number 47, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 16 February 1919 — Page 25

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AUTO ENGINES OF D Former Cannot Measure Up to Needs ot Latter For Flexibility. Suggestions have been heard that the experiences acquired In the "building and operating of airplan engines during the war axe likely to materially affect the design of automobile engines. This is not the view id Howard C. Marrnon, who presented a paper before the Society of Automotive Kngineern, at the closing tesslon of thir annual meeting In New York. The author Is In a position to speak with authority, because of his extensive and Intimate knowledge of the subject both from an automobile and aeronautic standpoint. He rays that from th delivery of the fuel by the carburetor to the delivery of power by the crankshaft the operation of the two types of f-ngines Is Identical, ko that ono might expect that a reduced size of airplane engine could at once he utilized In an automobile. He demonstrates that the ruccessful airplane engine would not meet our usual expectation!! for the following reasons: 1. The airplane engine, owing to its overhead valve Knar and relatively loose flttlnj?. Is quite noisy, a condition which makes it undesirable for automobile use. 2. Carburization in the airplane engine is such as to meet the requirement of hut a limited degree of flexibility, while in the automobile engine is required to operate through a wide, range of speed. 3. The airplane engine needs to develop Its full power at one speed only, while the automobile engine is expected to deliver full torque at VAy fpeed and without vibration. A. The airplane engine receives expert attention at frequent intervals, while the automohile engine Is expected to run for long periods without attention. It is usually handled by a person who is not a cood mechanic. 5. The airplane engine is always supplied with a light volatile fuelallowing carburization at elevations f 15,000 feet where the compression pressure Is reduced 40 per 1. NX 4 y -

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cent while the automobile engine ... ... ' is supposed to nanaie lower graaeai of fuel without trouble. 6. The airplane engine In order to meet the demand for minimum weight, is usually provided with steel cylinders with Jackets welded on. This construction Is expensive, takes up more height than Is allowed in an automobile where the cylinders are grouped, compactly, and necessitates planning the valves in the heiui which leads to a noisy valvo gear. 7. The airplane engine, to feave weight, has a light crankshaft made of high clasa expensive steel which will vibrate under full power, while In the automobile engine it is found advisable to uso a heavier and stirrer Hhaft, In order to minimize vibration. 8. The airplane engine usually operates In a dust free atmosphere, whereas the automobile Is exposed to the dust and dirt near the ground, and must, therefore, be constructed as nearly dustproof as possible. 9. The rotative speed of the airplane engine is about half of thai of many automobile engines. It is evident from this compari-J son that for the heft possible results each type of engine should be especially adapted to meet the conditions peculiar to its application. There is no advantage derived In trying to use one in place of tho other. Mr. ilarmon feels, however, that the exacting manufacture of airplane engines has helped to raise tho standard of workmanship in many automobile shops, that the automobile engine will thus be benefitted an dperform better in future than in the past. UKKH31 JIWI TO THE ESSEX Local Dealer Closes 21 Retail Sales in 13 Days on Popular Car. It would be a hard matter to convince I). A. Boswell, head of the Superior Auto Salee company, that 12 is an unlucky number. For in that hoodoo number of days, no less than 21 orders have been taken for the new Essex, which recently made its debut in fcjouth Bend and which promises to be the sensation of the present automobile season. The Essex is a product of the Hudson Motor company, makers of r :; '.v ,;1l-y-::y-::yy: j-r Ax:. dS. , , C J J V ' A. : . ' , ' V T1TI 411-12

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the famous Super-Six, and threatens to sive its biff brother a hard run for first honors. According to Mr. Boswell, the Ecsex htta been In a period of perfection for the past three years. When It waa finally completed, it was used for a solid year in all sorts of test before being announced to the public Thun, while tho Essex is in a sense a newcomer In the field, yet It is really already three years old- The lines of the Essex are very similar to those of the JJirper-SLv and show the influence of the Hudson builders. It has the same bearings, same front and rear axle, and in fact the same high grade standard parts that have made the Super-Six famous; f-k active has been the demand for the Essex that 'Mr. Boswell declares it is impossible to keep a show car.

At the present time the only available car for display purposes Is the demonstrator. SUPER SIX BATTLES W IN SIERRA Car Saves Land Seekers From Spending Winter in the Mountains. SAN FRANCISCO, leb. 15. Caught in a heavy snowstorm on a trip across the mountains to Smith Valley, Nevada, and return, where they had gone tu file claims on some desert land, a party of motorit-ts in a Hudson Super-Six had to light their way against heavy odds which threatened every minute to stall their car in the high altitudes and snow it in for the winter. The party consisted of A. II. Patterson, the famous racing driver, and three others. In crossing the mountains they were forced to make their way against heavy snowstorms and to make detours because of washed out bridges. At one point they were unable to obtain gasoline but continued the trip on kerosene which they obtained from two lanterns found in a roadside shack. On the return trip the weather conditions were worse, the snow having piled across the trails in deep drifts, especially in Luther pass, which is 7900 feet in altitude. "As the storm was increasing in severity," said Patterson, "I realized that if we didn't get out of Lake Valley at once, we would be hung up there for the winter. "So we started up the Echo grade. -- 3 T II X" ' r- 3

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OL STUD! MISTAKES Ability to Profit by Errors One of Their Greatest Assets. "Failure dees not come from mistakes, but from Inability to read the meaning of our mistakes. according to E. J. Swift, professor of psychology at Washington university. "One of the factors in efficiency Is ability to interpret conditions, and only those who interpret them rightly succeed. "Perhaps the most difficult thing to do is to know oneself. The reason is that self-knowledge requires self-analysis and elf-critlcism, and this is dilficult because it implies that the person who is doing the analyzing may be wront: in his plan of work. St-lf esteem is about the most joyful factor in a man's life. It is also one of the most putent causes of inefficiency. 'A man should, of course, believe in himself, but confidence that he can succeed and reassurance that he is doinj his work Just right are two very different things. Confidence in one 's ability may mean bellet that one can dircover the right way or it may mean that one thinks he already has it. Hettef that the right method may be found creates anxiety to learn, but confidence that one knows it now, stops progrerc. Nalc.man Lake .Kettle. ""The cock-sure salesman is always an offense to those with whom he talks. Iiis Statement prevent further discussion. If they do not arouse antagonism, they dam up all the thoughts of those to whom they are made. They stop the flow of conversation, and free, friendly intercourse is the soul of pleasant relations as well as the oence of successful salesmanship. "There is a common notion that it is enthusiasm that counts most in salesmanship. But enthusiasm ulone is not enough. It must be mixed with intelligence. A man is like a kettle. If he boils over the sediment comes to the surface. Of course, a man should be interested in his work or he will not succee-d. It's two miles to the top and It took us three hours and a quarter to make it. fighting through enow ranging from fourteen to twentyfour inches in depth, but that car pulled us through." ;i'fvv; . ff .sässsr

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Iteserve power, however, hould be risible in the enthusiasm, "frialesxnea axe too prone to try to carry things by storm to break through the trenches. But flank movements are usually more successful, and the mortality is less. Now flanking in salesmanship means usln psychology which, after all. Is only applying intelligence to the study of one's eelf and of those with whom one is doing business. .More Tlian Work Xocrssary "Work alone does not acnieve success. It Is intelligc nt work. Some men are never idle, but they do not arrive. They talk about kick of opportunity, but the trouble with them is that they do not know an opportuniy when they see it. Opportunities are lying around everywhere waiting to be found, but only a few recognize them. "It takes more than paying earth to find gold. Many a prospector has pasöed the signs by because he could not read them. The prospectors who failed were not idle. Some of them traveled and worked all the time, but they did not work intelligently. They did not face the problem of the indications of gold. If it did not lie on the surface they could not find it."

AUTO 111 URGED

TO BUI AT HOI "With the automobile industry stabilized and put upon an equal footing with other lines of big business, men who havo helped bring the change about declare the next step is for dealers to take a more active part in things civic. "With Houth Bend threatening to crack its shell and burst forth a full blown butterfly at any moment, there U no reason why the automobile men should not play an important part in the development," declared a prominent dealer. "Themen now interested in the business aro alert, intelligent and patriotic. They are interested in anything that has for its ultimate purpose the boosting of South Bend. One thing to which they could well givo a little more attention is the matter of buying toods at home. In this particular line, for instance, there are plenty of wholesale houses where supplies and parts are carried, which, if properly patronized, are sure to grow into concerns that mean much to the city. They carry the highest quality products, and can sell them as cheaply as the same quality articles can be sold anywhere. This is of course only one example, but it indicates a manner in which the automobile men can do their bit toward the development of the city in which they live and in which they are interested."

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Tho war has developed new and higher ideals of honor and Justice and service in the automoLiio industry. The prosperity of peace, apparently looming within easy reach, will prove a mere phantom to those who fall to tak into consideration this important moral phase of tnair business. George C. Hubbs of Detroit, who ' has been prominently Identified lor a ! number of years with big manufacturing interests, fathers the forego- . ing Idea of the "automobile renaissance." He expounded It in a forcible and interesting address to u recent gathering of the Ohio Auto Trade association In Akron. "It is my candid opinion that four years of war conditions hae resulted in putting the motor car business In a healthier state than it has been at any time in It history," said Mr. Hubbs, who is assistant general sales manager of Dodge Brothers. "These years of trial have been highly beneficial in proving what was sound and what unsound In both principle and practice. That which was net basically right, has been subjected to needed alteration. The predominating strength of the business has been finely emphasized. Xev Lea. on Lifo. "The industry as a whole has had an opportunity to express. Itself In new and splendid terms; and as a. result of these testings there has evolved a character to tho business which is certain to have an Important bearing upon future manufacturing and sales methods. "Just as the war has uplifted our individual ideals of honor and Justice and service, so all organized bodies, discover that the self-acting of yesterday will not meet the higher standards which have universally been set up by tho close associations and mutual dependencies of war times. "If these experiences hae made ui more certain that only that which 13 fundamentally right will stand a test, and that lightness is quite as rauch an industry concern as it is an individual concern, then the future of the motor car business has been made that much more secure and promising. "The immediate future could hardly be more encouraging. Anyone who can think straight enough to add two and two can prophesy safely that the coming year is going1 to be one of the best years the motor car has had." The distance from the source of the Amazon In the Andes to the Atlantic ocean is 2,000 miles in a direct line, but by the course of the river nearly 4,000 miles. The first nation to uso gas in this war wa's Germany. It was forbidden by The Hague conventions, but was disregarded by Germany, which compelled other nations to do the same.

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