PAGE S'XTEEN 'THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1919. ---- m-- - _ -_ pam . { PRACTICAL PARAGRAPHS FOR THE CAR OWNER fine AN ENGLISH RIVAL fate) FOR NEW FORD CAR "Small Light Automobile Will Sell For $250 or $300. Henry Ford and his new $250 car are not going to have ters all their own way. An English firm has made arrangements to put on the a small, lizht car which will an the new Ford (about £560 or £60 in the home market.) The British car will be something quite mew, Hardly any wood will be used in it§ construction. It will be made almost entirely of a new substance--a kind of concrete, light but strong. and durable, produced { Local League's Programme} Savin such corners as ti Jath Road i, Finger Boa and where in the neighborho the King- ston Motor League have already se- cured and will shortly erect road signs so that travellers whether mem- bers the league or not, will be giided {o the proper highway that they desire without any trouble. The fea which is being followed in many other progressive places started in the United States and a standard rule was laid down that yellow meant "Caution" and red meant "Danger" in all road signs. This system is being followed by the from waste material, such as slag,| Kingston Motor 'League, and these clinkers, sawdust and so on, and cov-|colors are used to show the motor- ered with a metal solution ists just what to do at certain parts The present low price of thisjof the road waste material, which is a product of It is the intention of the league to war, is one of the secrets of the car's|place signs, which are all ready now cheapness. Another secret is the|for erection, at frequent intervals method of .construction, The vari-lalong the roads, and intersections ous parts, including the wheels and lor forks will be designated -by signs. chassis, will be stamper out--each |The danger signals will also be a complete in one piece--by powerfullfeature so that car-drivers will have machinery and simply fitted to-lample warning near dangerous gether places. There are several bad places ~ in this district and a warning as to the danger of a sharp curve, a rail- way crossing or something of a simi- lar nature will be eof. great value from a "Safety First" standpoint selse- a \ Pugragn ed ap to To Dry Cooling Sys tem. After 'the avater has Det n dra out of the cooling system 1 he en should be run for a few minartes tho oughly to evaporate all nol ture maining. This is pratt ie alarly in cold weathe litdle wate in the system is Vv likely to fre i and cause trouble; in fact, lock mg | the impeller, if a water pump is} used. ompression 2 I Cloaning Valve Stems. ery simple way clerming stems afte under suspi carbon deposits is erosene in the rburetor while In this way a lit- kerosene finds its way down the valve stem and softens and washes off the carbon. It is vo bad idea to do this once a month, Ove priming. e¢ enthusiastic ama desire to make sure of a . overprimes the engines so much liquid that the The cure lition is open the re cocky and turn the engine over times or this works Next take out the squirt oil the using about a rs and turning the r or five times, there oil film back on the wails of of Ive wm of harbor i air Is the to ignite {it to a dozen raw fuel 5 and istons, 80; Scraping Bearings. It is very essential jn scraping heal ings that proper mesh of the timing gears should be secured Th a front bearing determines the position of the 1 crank shaft and its gear. This hear] Rose therefore, be scrapwel ghot 0 fn must, hel at the otherv end pump glands, Nyon he being lined up at the same time, after tae) Saoug be soaked 4 which We middle bearings are higeo flake graphite ' Tt should wp. sround the shaft in the direction of turn of the gland nut, and this latt h be tightened more than enough to prevent leakage of r.1® drive The wrench should not be put on this it the on Pump Packing. king, dead or ashegtos for packing wit graphite or packing water whestos is thoroug! with fi be coi Either ( rking the wiste ¢ ind eylinder used rope be Camshaft Knock. 3 camshaft 1» slight knock, somewhat one caused by a connect- failure. When the engine is p the increased power need- the camshaft generally one position, so that the ly iy in a usually arms-- Loose Flywheel. not When there is a suspicion that the fiywheel is loose fe wy to determine it is to speed up the engine suddenly and then quickly close the throttle; MH this procedure produces a knoc ¥ from the vicinity of the flywheel just at the instant the throttle is closed, Ut Is pretty certain that a loose flywheel is |g unfortunate capillary affinity causing the ruble, for the oil. For this reason it is very -- { |important to keep oil away from the To Avold Scoring. rubber insulators that used in When an engine has been standing" connection with the conductors and | {dle for several days, so that it 14 | wires of all the circuits the mag reasonably sure that the cylinder |neto i walls are dry, it is a very sensible lof electricity, it ruins the precaution to inject a couple of tea- and the result is the hreakdown spoonfuls of cylinder oil inlo each the insulation, and short circuits. evlinder by way of the petcocks, and ------n then turn the engine over a few acy Magneto Brush. times. This oil prevents any danger »sncy magneto brush may pe rms Wate mn -------------------- nut. tops The tips of an aeroplane propeller invented in Europe trend forward stationary and are straightened rifugal force when revolving which the ventor claims lessens the danger them, being 'broken by | strain. Two ventor Oil On Magneto. Rulber is very quickly disintegrat ed by oil, and at the same time it has The F. E. Parrtiidge Rubber Company, Limited GUELPH, ONT. EDWIN CHOWN & SON." Kingston, Ont., Distributors ; 3 --_ PY | | Better Streets Needed | In connection with the road sign "We want decent roads," one hears|scheme, the League intends to have on all sides. A group of progressive|proper warning signs erected at the men went down to Ottawa and thereleity limits on every road into the held a conference, The machinery of]city to warn strangers just what the the government was started, and Bow {raffic laws here are. Last year the user's arm pit give lcomes an allotment of twenty mil-|city very unwisely, took severe treat- € ne a recently patented |lions of dollars. The provincial gov-lment to correct offenders, whereas a Rie i ernment has 'come across" in a num-{ yore sensible method of warning and or rerairmen a substantial {ber of ways, principally through thelpypishment would have avoided a have signs erected which will show stand has been invented into which |continuous enthusiasm of such men}pad name for the city throughout the |that the traffic laws are to be observ-|them. It is an idea which shows the n automgbile engine can be clamp- las A. M. Rankin, M.P.P., to whom| entire province. The League will led and then a concise summary as to! progressive spirit of the local league lod ar A. oo. . pt ply nd ung any angle. great credit it due. Then the city-- EVE mse rr See SA SA Ee Sf SA res in spite of certain objections by some i ------------------------------------ most of are inserted the curved springs by an in- section of & Although oil is not a conductor insulator | or | | | enters y I A A p~ Tr what motorists "must-do to obey Emerg to the city fathers--has opened up safe a little and released a small am of money. All this for road building To-day this city has a few of good pavements other treets are a positive diss There are blocks and blocks of roadways in city upon which motorists will never, if other streets are available, run their cars. They will drive blocks away to avoid them. Some of these blocks are very close to the heart of the city, as an example Johnson street, which is paved at one end but after one gets off that short block of pavement it is change that one does not soon forget "Who is to blame?" is the question often asked, and of course the City Engineer gets the bulk of the eriti- cism. It is, of course, as much up to the aldermen {0 vote the money and the members of the Board of Works to ask that it be voted. Ev- ervone is responsiblepdncluding sthe citizens who only grumble but seldom kick. The Motor League has been started, however, and we are pro- mised that unless something very de- finite is done and doue soon to im- prove the present condition there will be even a stronger move than a kick. It will be a campaign against those responsible. Some people who are in that class which keeps Kingston from being one of the best cities in the world, are now yelling over the roads question and trying to block the inevitable, They should be made to.drive over the bad roads and then have a good roads 'enthusiast explain into their ear just what a direct loss bad roads are to a city and the tremendous in- crease in values as brought by im- proved highways. of blocks thi this a More miles per gallon More miles on tires' New in Beauty, Old in Virtues, This Maxwell Has Stirred Canada EN buying cars today are giving this present day Maxwell searching consideration. For where, this moment, can you get a car, like a Maxwell, the chassis of which has had a 300,000 manu- {facturing run and the beauty of which has been improved .to an astonishing degree ? a They're weighing the soundness of the 300,000-alle) alike-for-five-years logic_and they translate that into] How:the* Hot Spot Makesy Chalmers One of the Few Great: Cars The cylinders of an engine are like the stomach of a man. THE PRICE. OF CARS. The Average Increase For 1919 Fig- ured at S325. The average price of the 1919 cars made in the United States of $2,275, an increase of $325 over that of last year. 'The average in Canada can not be estimated as some dealers have not yet completed their plans. This market, however, is very near to that of across the border and a compari- son of the present prices with those of former years is interesting. The averages were obtained by adding the prices of each make of car and dividing by the number of makes. 'This gives the following totals for the past eight years: IO die GI eee 1911 1912 1913 Tllustrations Numbers 1 and 2, show in an en- larged way- the differ- ence in globules before (2) and after (1) being "cracked up" by the Chalmers Hot Spot. Unless food is thoroughly chewed up before it reaches the stomach there is liable to be indigestion. In most cars today gas ar- rives in the cylinders in too large globules. The Hot Spot in the Chalmers prevents this. For it "'cracks up' and heats the gas. As soon as it strikes the Hot Spot gas is "pul- verized®' into a most minute 'vapor powder." Engineers call this {'dry gas." Then the gas is passed quickly through the Ram's-horn which equally distributes the gas among six cylinders and makes it arrive at each cylinder at exactly the same time and travel the same distance. reliability supreme. They know in their own business what changes in' plan, in mean--how serious thas losses in (will and profits--the dissatisfied customers. . Many of them have been "burned" by "new models", in days gone by, and have joined the "never again" club, So this present day Maxwell has a deep appeal to' them; and thousands since January 1 have reached for their check books as soon as they laid eyes on this new * Perhaps it is unfair to say "new" because the chassis) is five years old in design. When we say "new" we Which means not lonly more less gas, but hitting on all six al amazing case in starting on a cold day, less and hedce frietion, less vibration hot day. ning engine on a red To miss a demonstration in a Chalmers before purchasing a car--no matter what price you pay--is to miss an experience making a day's march to find. nowadays CHALMERS MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA, Limited WINDSOR, ONT. : M. 124 Clarence St. peter from the time 3 Jet the water run away, and, what is more i than anything else to the motor drivers, started the au- tomobile season for 1819. It was "I'm going to get the flivver out to- a cool run- mean its vastly improved appearance, There are twenty-four things done to the Maxwell to | ./make it better looking. Sharp angles have been removed; 'lines straightened; certain corners eliminated; bonnet vents increased in number; three more coats of paint added; fenders lowered; seats thickened three inches a _ ¢ircassian dash installed; gas tank put in the rear, efc. See the latest Maxwell, and you'll want one, too, MAXWELL MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA, Limited WINDSOR, ONT. f M. OBERNDORFFER, Kingston, Ont.