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They Couldn't Stop

Almost daily the papers in some part of the country contain accounts of serious automobile collisions or other accidents, which are due to brakes slipping on account of inefficient or defective brake linings.

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Write nearest branch today for a free copy of the new book, "Practical Pointers on the Care of Automobile Brakes," and a sample of J-M Non-Burn Lining.

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COMMUNICATIONS. "How Many Wheels?"

Albany, N. Y., Oct. 25.

Editor Horseless Age:

I have read with interest the several articles published in

your valuable journal in regard to three-wheeled vehicles. In

last week's issue I noted the comments of Messrs. Duryea and

Bramwell. The only advantage of the three-wheeled vehicles

is that one wheel is easier to steer than two wheels. The

single drive wheel, I think, is more of a disadvantage than an

advantage. For instance, if the rear drive wheel were in a

ditch and could not work its way out, the operator would be

stalled, but with two drive wheels one would not be in the

ditch, and would thus help to propel the vehicle.

As Mr. Bramwell says, a four-wheeler properly built has

its frame swiveled in the center of the front axle, and he

does not see any difference whether a wheel or a swivel is

employed at that point so far as stability is concerned.

Now this may all be true in going straight ahead, but if we

turn a sharp curve at a high speed the three-wheeler is

certainly more liable to upset than the four-wheeler, as the

extra wheel on the outside of the arc (which is formed when

the vehicle turns a curve) decreases the danger of upsetting,

and this is truer of a vehicle of a long wheel-base.

I believe a single steering wheel is superior for turning out

of ruts and car tracks, but on a country road the front wheel

does not track, but must run over all obstructions such as

snow, mud and stones that chance to be in the center of the

road. But with a four-wheeler when going straight ahead the

rear wheels follow the track of the steerers.

In my estimation a motor carriage should have four

wheels, the front wheels serving as steerers and all four wheels

as drivers. By this arrangement, if one pair of wheels are

ditched the other may not be. As. Mr. Bramwell says, custom

proves nothing to the designer of vehicles, but common sense

does.

Yours truly,

F. J. MILLER.

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STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY PREPARES TO EMBARK IN TRANSPORTATION THROUGH AIR—OWEN MERGER CONFIRMED—FORD TO INVADE NEW YORK

DETROIT, Oct. 24—Anticipating the time when arial navigation will to some extent supplant the means of travel now in vogue, the Detroit & Cleveland Aerial Navigation Co., of Detroit, has been incorporated, with a nominal capital stock of $50,000. The new organization, which by the way, so far as can be learned, is the first company to be chartered for carrying passengers through the air, is made up of stockholders in
the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co., and is much more farreaching than the name would indicate. The company operates side-wheel passenger fleets between Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo and Mackinac and it is the intention as soon as aerial navigation has been rendered practical to supplement this service with a full line of airships for the accommodation of those desirous of traveling in that manner.

"We will not do any experimenting," says Vice-President and General Manager A. A. Schantz. "Our business is purely transporting passengers and freight. The minute airships become sufficiently practical we will add service of this nature. The capital stock mentioned in our articles of incorporation is merely nominal, and will be increased when the occasion requires. Personally I believe it will be a long time before any man succeeds in crossing the ocean in an airship of any sort. But with the rapid advancement in the development of aeroplanes there is no reason that I can see why tlights of two or three hundred miles should not be common within a few years, at the most. When that time arrives we want to be prepared for it."

Details have been completed for the taking over of the Owen Motor Car Company, of this city, by the Reo Company, of Lansing, as announced in The Horseless Age. Holders of Owen stock will receive stock in the Reo Company on an equitable basis, and some of the Owen officers will be given executive positions in Lansing. All the equipment and stock in the Detroit plant is being removed to Lansing, and the Reo will be managed on a more comprehensive scale than the rather limited manner in which affairs had been conducted since its organization.

The Ford Motor Company is to invade New York in a manufacturing way, announcement being made of the purchase of a tract of land at Jackson and Honeywell avenues, Long Island City, upon which a four-story concrete structure, 75 x 265 feet will be erected. This building will be equipped with every manufacturing facility, and will be at the disposal of dealers and subdealers in the vicinity of New York who handle Ford cars, and their customers. There will also be a fine display room and convention hall for branch managers of the Atlantic seaboard. It is the intention to have this factory ready for business by the middle of March.

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NEW DIAMOND DEMOUNTABLE

Carrying extra tires inflated and ready to run, a new demountable rim has been
developed by the Diamond Rubber Company, of Akron. O. The rim has just
been placed on the market and will have a conspicuous place in the Diamond
products for 1910. In design and construction it is both simple and strong
and permits the removal of the damaged tire with the application of a fresh one,
pumped up and ready for running, in scarcely more time than is required to
jack up the wheel.

A notable improvement over the Diamond 1909 demountable equipment is the
fact that the rim can be fitted to any automobile wheel felloe of regulation
construction without material alteration of the same. No machine work is necessary
on the wheel band or elsewhere and any competent blacksmith can, the
Diamond Rubber Company states, do the job properly and inexpensively. A
further improvement eliminates the necessity of mortising out the felloe to
admit the valve stem of the inner tube. A series of wedges fitting between the
wheel band and the rim itself take up all possible play and make the fit tight
and secure. For the same reason small irregularities, due to dinging of rim or
band or other causes, cannot interfere with the rim's quick and easy operation.

The new Diamond demountable will accommodate any standard make of
regular clincher tire. The Diamond Company has spent much time and energy
in developing and testing this new product and the vigor with which the
rim is being pushed is plainly indicative of the company's own confidence therein.

GASOLINE VS. STEAM.

The gasoline automobile is fast coming to the front, and with a few objectionable
features removed, will be a great boon to the traveling public. The present objections
to most machines of that order are the noise, the smell and the vibrations.
They are among the handiest, in other respects, for physicians, as they do not require
as much attention as do steam machines; but when they get out of
order, especially far from "home and mother," they are about as mysterious as
boarding house hash. It takes an expert to find out the difficulty, and even he is
often unequal to the task. They are often lugged home by the noble hay motor, with
the once haughty chauffeur perched on his lofty seat with one hand on the steering
handle and the other gently spread over his humiliated features.

When, after careful instruction and practical demonstration, I first began to run an
automobile alone I felt as timid and nervous as a young colt before a screeching locomotive,
but as time wore on and experience ripened, I found pleasure in my daily
rides, and now, after an extended experience, I feel safer in it than I would behind
a well fed horse.

The steam machine has some advantages above all others, as it runs more
smoothly, is noiseless and free from odor and vibration. It is also a great hill
climber. The power can be nicely graduated, and the sensation when riding is
more pleasant than in any vehicle yet made.

WOMAN WINS HOOSIER SOCIABILITY RUN

INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Oct. 4—When the summary had been figured out in
the first annual amateur sociability run last night, it was found the event had
been won by a woman. The winner was Miss Katrina Fertig, who came within 63
seconds of the secret schedule arranged for cars of class B, costing from $2,001 to
$3,000. Miss Fertig a year ago was one of the few drivers making a perfect score
in the reliability run to French Lick Springs and return. The run, which took
the place of the annual reliability run, was exclusively for private owners and
their drivers. There were no penalties and practically no rules, except that a professional
driver must have been in the employ of his employer for at least 30 days
before the run. None of the contestants knew the schedule upon which they were
supposed to run. There were four classes, and Robert B. Kramer, of Attica, arranged
a schedule for each class. This was kept  sealed until after all of the cars had returned
to this city, and there was much surprise, when it was found a woman had
won. Almost ideal weather and road conditions prevailed.

The run was to Mudlavia Springs and return, a pretty little resort in northern
Indiana, 5 miles from Attica. The outbound route was 83 miles long, going
through Crawfordsville, New Richmond. Newton and Attica. Returning, the route
was 104 miles, through Lafayette and Lebanon. There were four classes of entries,
as follows: Class A, cars selling $3,001 and over; class B, cars selling $2,001
to $3,000; class C, cars selling $1,001 to $2,000, and class D, cars selling at $1,000
and under. The running time for the different classes was: Class A, going
3:38:09, returning 4:54:21, total 8:32:30; class B, going 3:58:24, returning 5:19:09,
total, 9:17:33; class C, going 4:23:35, returning 5:38:42, total 10:02:17; class D,
going 4:50:03, returning 6:02:11, total 10:52:14. The results:

CLASS A—SCHEDULE, 8 :32 :30
Car and Entrant         Time
Packard 30, H. A. Archev 8 :25 :30
Packard IS, P. L. Wiltshire 8 :16 :30
Stoddard-Dayton. Carl G. Fisher.     Withdrawn
Locomobile, L. M. Wainwright 9 :14 :20
Stearns, J. T. Alfree        Withdrawn
Packard 18, W. A. Atkins 7 :31:03

CLASS B—SCHEDULE, 9 :17 :33
Premier, George A. Weidley 9 :56 :30
Premier, Miss Katrina Fertig 9 :16 :30
Knox, E. H. Wilson        Withdrawn
Premier, H. E. Stafford         9 :07 :00
Premier, L. W. Cooper        10 :12 :13
Premier, Bert A. Boyd 9 :59 :05
Premier, Miss Elizabeth Love 9 :43 :00
Premier, Mrs. Frank Schussler 9 :38 :30

CLASS C—SCHEDULE, 10 :02 :17
S-M-F, ,T. Rotbart         9 :01 :30
Overland, John A. George Withdrawn
E-M-F, H. H. Hauger Withdrawn
Oakland, Herbert Herff         Withdrawn
E-M-F, Joseph T. Elliott         8 :48 :32

CLASS D—SCHEDULE, 10 :52 :14
Maxwell, John Hayden 9 :32 :00
Hupmobile, F. I. Willis 10 :35 :30
Empire, Paul Smith         Official car

The prize was awarded to the driver of any class keeping closest to the schedule
in his class. The prize was a silver trophy donated by the Warner Instrument Co.,
which is to be contested for each year, unless one person can hold it 3 years in
succession, in which event he is to retain possession of the trophy. There were a
number of accidents, but fortunately none of them was serious. On Saturday the
Stoddard-Dayton confetti car No. 13, driven by Barrett Saltzgaber, ran into a
ditch between Crawfordsville and New Richmond and was wrecked. Mr.
Saltzgaber was only slightly injured and the Packard car, driven by H. A. Archer,
picked up the crew of the confetti car and carried it into Mudlavia.

Immediately after arriving at Mudlavia. dinner was served at the hotel at the resort.
This was followed by a hill-climb on the Devil's Elbow hill, which is about
1,030 feet long and ranges from a 9 to a 15 per cent grade. At the expense of Mr.
Kramer, of Attica, the hill was graded and the turns banked, and a timing device
was furnished by H. J. Sconce, of Sidell, Ill. Cars of each class participated in the
hill-climb. The winners of the various classes then entered a handicap climb, the
winner of this receiving a silver cup. The event was won by Carl G. Fisher, driving
a Stoddard-Dayton. The following is a summary of the hill climb:

CLASS A
Car and Driver                          Time
Stoddard-Dayton, Carl G. Fisher :20
Stearns, J. T. Alfree                 :22 1-2
Locomobile, L. M. Wainwright :27 1-4

CLASS B
Knox, E. H. Wilson                 :22 3-4
Premier, Miss K. Fertig                 :27 1-4
Premier, Mrs. F. Schussler         :35 1-4

CLASS C
Buick, Dr. P. H. Keys         :25 1-2
Oakland, Herbert Herff                 :25 3-4

CLASS D
Maxwell, John Hayden         :28 3-4
Hupmobile, F. I. Willis         :43 1-2

FINAL HANDICAP CLIMB
Car, Handicap, Driver         Time

Stoddard-Dayton, scratch, Fisher :19 3-5
Buick, :05 1-2, Keys         :28 3-5
Knox, :02 3-4, Wilson         :23 4-5
Maxwell, :08 3-4, Hayden         :30