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PERFECTION IN ELECTRICS
Carrying Capacity of Electric Can it
Now Almoit Unlimited. '
scope tor use is widening
Weight of Battery la Reduced aad
Tire Irablem Are Being
solved to Make These
Popular,
Concomitant with the advance In elec
trical vehicle were the Improvement
wrought In storage batteries. The success
at the electrical vehicle depends almost
sxeluslvely upon the obtainable success of
the battery. The question of the chassis
wag settled In common fur the several
ntodea of automobile. The electrical motor
Used In vehicle of thl olaes wa refined
In Connection With street railway and other
work. In the early days, before the per
fection of the chassis and the details of
the electrical system, the problems were
mote diverse In their characteristics and
far more difficult to solve.
. The tire proh'em was more acute in con
nection with electrical vehicles because the
weight of the battery mounted up to a con
siderable figure. , In some of the eurliet
type of trucks 11 was not uncommon to
observe a weight of two tons In tfie battery
alone. Gradual advances in battery con
struction resulted in a very material re
Suction In the total weight, and this reduc
tlon. In view of Improvement wrought Ir.
tires, resulted In the elimination of what
was long termed "impossibilities" In con
nection with the electrical vehicle. True
there remains what I called the the prob
lem, but it has been reduced to a com
mercial basis. In that the electrical auto
mobiles do so much and such good work
as to earn excellent returns on the Invest
ment, besides settling for tires and the re
maining costs.
In the early days of the electrical auto
mobile the facilities tor charging the bat
teries were so crude as to be Indescribable.
A battery follows very well known and
fixed chomlcal laws: It must be manipu
lated by a man who appreciates the sig
nificance of these laws, and every violation
of any one of them carries with it a pen
alty. There was a time When experts In
this line Worked continuously With the Idea
of evolving types bf battery, less In point
of weight on the one hand, and of greater
stability on the other. In We long ran re
liance was placed on the batteries a they
are today, and when It Was found that re
lief 'was to come by way of careful atten
tion to detail, rather than through the
good office of j some revolutionary Inven-.
tlon; things looked up a bit and the bat
teries thrived. t
lClrrlrU-al IMeaaore Aatomobllea.
As a general proposition an electrical au
tomobile will carry the equal of Its own
weight. The motor equipment ,ls of such a
character as to deliver the requisite torque
under the most severe conditions of service.
An electrical delivery automobile,- then,
will make headway on bad roads, up steep
grades and In deep snow. They are not
vehicles for speed, and, while they are rel
atively slow, they are sure. Because of this
reliability, electrical vehicles lend them
selves to commercial work, especially to
heavy short hauls, and If they are used
continuously, as they ehoulo be, the bat.
terlee will serve best and earn forthe
owner of the car In every case the price of
a new battery, phi a fair return, ere the
battery wears out.
There Is nothing that looks more pleas
ing than a little ' piano box" type of elec
trical runabout, picking Jts , way. through
busy streets or on boulevards, with a
woman at tho lever. These little cars are
perfectly simple to manage; they obtain a
speed of from twelve, to eighteen miles an
hour, and ttiey rarely ever get out of order
If the batteries are managed by persons of
fair skill. These oars can be handled by al
most anyone at all, and In connection with
othert automobile In a well equipped gar
age they are extremely useful. There are
other type of electrical automobiles that
are well worth mentioning, as, for Illus
tration, town car as brougham, victoria,
landaulets and a type of cabriolet.
Medical doctors. In their practice, espe
cially in the winter time, particularly ap
preciate comfortable and sure means of
transportation. The first year that the
brougham type of electrical Wutomoblle was
Introduced In the city of New York seventy-two
doctors adopted this type of ear for
use in their service. Home of them com
plained that the cost Was rather high, but
none of thm made complaint because their
radius of travel was increased and their
sone of activity brought them better re
tiun. In. the long run they tired of com
plaining, but they stuck to the brougham,
and. from all accounts, the quality of the
service Wa Improved from year to year,
until today It represents much of all there
is of sturdy, reliable service and obmfort
In the extreme w ithout defeating stability.
Wise Usage Qr aPa.
In private service the electric vehicle may
be In divers forms. Krom the little car
with the "piano box" body to the most lux
urious type of the town car is a long way,
and space forbids a detailed discussion!
Moreover, the subject is well I hies hod out.
Kvrn so, It hiay not be far-fetched to say
a word or two by the way of calling atten
tion to the fact that In various way con
sistent with the well known ipllltles of the
"electric" the service has been on the In
crease to a very gieat extent. From early
morning to lata at night the cars of this
lias can remain in constant service, beginning-
wllh the safe and comfortable de
livery of the master of the house to his of
fice in th morning, by which time madam
will command the attention of the car for a
shopping expedition. In the afternoon the
ssme car will be available for calls or a
roll on the "boulevard." 'unless It Is that
Mme social function intervenes. In the cp
ria neasoii (he car will be in much ds
mam. In which service It has long riveted
Hie attention of autolsts. The time wus
when the service that a battery would
r uder did not permit of a schedule such
as tills. That lime is past: the batteries
now embody the requisite qualities, which
f ery adequately proven recently alien
car of this class made a touring trip
from Colorado to New York under its own
power, over roads auch as were long looked
upon as entangling propositions for even
j irienliuua touring cars.
aus of Short rirealt.
If eriRltie troubles suddenly develop dur
ing a rainstorm, or while traveling over
muddy roads, it Is very probable that water
r mud la short-circuiting the secondary
current. Thla I especially liable to hap
pen on a distributor system which is not
well protected from splash, and a thorough
cleaning will remedy th troubit, at least
laoaporarU. ,
Good Roads
Easy to Make
At Small Cost
Split Log Dray Ooei Long: Way
Toward BolyiUff the Problem of
. Road Work in Country.
The Iowa Highway commission, which
has had a great deal of experience with
the split-log drsg, has Issued a bulletin
containing the following strong Indorse
ment of the benefits of the King split-log
drsg:
The work of road maintenance In Iowa
Is largely confined to the car of earth
roads. Within the last two year the
methods have undergone a complete change
and She use of the split-log drag and other
slmp contrivances for this purpose has
extended Into every township and county
of thla state.
First, last and all the time the timely
and liberal use of th road drag Will pay
bigger return on the money invested than
the use of any other -road implement. Thl
assertion, while apparnntly dogmatic. Will
appeal to those who know, as a good safe
lule for the township truseea and road
superintendents and street commissioners
of the average Iowa town to adopt for
IftlO and to put Into force Immediately.
Much more can be accomplished during the
. pring and winter months than during the
jumnier and fall months. The roads on
which the drag has been used during the
winter are In much better shape to with
stand the succeeding wet and thawing
weather. When the "frost IS cdrtitng out"
of the roads Is a critical time with them.
The loose, moist condition. If taken ad
vantage of, will make a wonderful . Im
provement, but, if neglected, becomes a
great sponge, ready to oatch and retain the
spring rains. The use of the drag now
will accomplish the following results In
a greater or less degree, depending on the
numfcer of time and the care with Which
the drag Is used:
1. First of all, the water standing" In
the ruts and depressions or running down
the wheel tracks will be thrown out of
the raveled way to the side ditches.
2. These ruts and depressions will be
filled with moist earth, which in this-condition
will pack and become k solid part
of the roadbed.
S. The shoulders at each side will be
built up where the traffio bas flattened
and slewed them into .Wide ditches.
4. Uldgts which the wheels have formed
between the center of the road and the
sides Of the ditches wl.l be smoothed down
and the center of the road will be built up,
giving the water that falls on the traveled
portion of tho road A opportunity to glut
away.
ft. By dragging the side ditches with the
drag hitched at an angle of more than
forty-five degrees the ditches can be
cleaned of wash or dirt thrown down by
the front from ovti'hanglng banks and th
road gradually widened.
6. The sev-d beds between the center of
the road and (Ode ditches waiting to grow
into a mass of hoxious weeds can in a
large measure be destroyed now.
7. If the soil Is Just moist, each time the
drag Is used a thul layer will be added to
the traveled portion or the road, Which will
pack into ami Utiiiu Up a i.arU uunacu crust
under the traffic; If It Is wet, tne Water
will be forced out, drying the road In a
much shorter time. " . . . .
8. magging in March, April and May will
reduce tne dust In , June, July, August and
September. .
. . The action of the frost has put the soil
In such condition now that the two horses
will do the work of four a little later.
10. The waves and ruts can be taken out
of gravel roads now, and the material
Which has beeh forced toward the Side
ditches brought back onto the traveled way.
The wheels will do all Ih rolling neces
sary. '
11. By reversing the drags on hills and
throwing the earth moved from the center
of the road to the aide ditches, deep and
dangerous ditches at the roadside may soon
be filled and the grade of the whole hill
lowered.
s"he responsibility for having1 th drag
used ha been fixed by th legislature on
the town trustees and th road Nuperln
tendents. Tile drainage on steep hillside, or on
flat, wet stretches of road whtre th
ground water stands at high level will sup
plement the up of the rvad drag and prove
a splendid lnvestmenl. 8uch place as
these Will Itlmw nn a ...... I .... 1 1
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bad, and will remain wet long after tljSM
u.. in ma vicinny nave dried. A !
Inch tile, sometimes only a few hundred
feet long., down one side of tho road. If
properly laid, may prove sufficient to drain
the road; only extreme cases will require
two lines; $KS to T0 per 1.000 feet should lay
six-Inch tile three feet deep, and 10 per cent
to 20 per cent of the road funds of the av
erage township could well be Invested In
tile drainage. This would amount to $100
to 1200. which at the above figures would
lay a considerable amount of tile. It would
profit each township to select Its road sup
erintendent at once, If this has not already
been done, and send him over the principal
roads of the township to note the length
and number of place that are badly In need
of tile drainage, as these place will be
particularly apparent during th spring
months.
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It may surprise you to know that even the costliest cars fall short
of that fineness of measurement t in the component parts upon
which the operation and the life of the car are wholly dependent
yVhat is the peculiar quality in any motor car for which you pay
$5,000 or $6,000 T
It is not reputation no matter how fine that a reputation may be;
because no reputation could be worth $2,000 or $3,000 to each.
, purchaser. ' '
It is not mere external elegance.
It is a definite, concrete excellence, for which the maker is justi
fied, in a sense, in charging.
You pay $5,000 or $6,000 for running qualities and an element of
longevity which no cur of lesser price, save the Cadillac,
will give. . .
Those running qualities and that longevity are in turn directly de
pendent upon the accuracy with which more than 100 essential
parts are made and the perfect alignment resulting therefrom.
Your $5,000 car (or your Cadillac) funs more smoothly and lasts
longer, because of the time, the care, the money and the expert
workmanship expended in eliminating frict!ion by producirfg
between those hundred or more vital parts a fineness of fit
which no eye can measure and no words describe. v
And this leads to the disclosure of the utmost concern to every
automobile owner. ' ( .
In the production of more than ten thousand Cadillac "Tbirtys"
in the past fifteen months it has been demonstrated beyond
peradVenture that in this element of synchronization, har
mouy,'fit and elimination of friction, the Cadillac standard .
has not been attained by any other plant or any other car.
FURNISHED AS TOURING CAR, DEMI-TONNEAU OR GENTLEMAN'S ROADSTER
CADILLAC IVIOXOE CAR CO.
Thus, the one element which justifies a $5,000 or $6,000 price l
present to a higher degree in the Cadillac than in any other
car in the world. , N f
In the Cadillac there are 112 parts which are accurate to the one
thousandth of an inch.
Thus as a single illustration the Cadillac Thirty" piston is
made to work perfectly within the cylinder bore, which is 4V4'
inches. To gauge the aceuracyof the piston diameter, two
snap gauges are used. These snap gauges are shaped similar;
to the letter "U". The distance across the opening of ona
gauge is 4.248 (four inches and 248 one-thousandths of an
inch) and is marked "Go." The other is 4.247 (one-thousandth
of an inch less) and Is Marked "Not Go."
The "4.248 Go" gauge must slip over the lower end of the piston,
but the "4.247 No Go" gauge must not. If the piston is so
large that the "Go" gauge will not slip over it, the piston is
ground until it does. If the piston is small enough to permit
the "Not Go" gauge to slip over, it is discarded as imperfect.
Crank shafts, cylinders, pistons, gears scores of essential Cadil
lac "Thirty" parts are rigidly subjected to the scrupulous
" test of 1-1000 of an inch accuracy.
Not $5,000 or $6,00(1 can buy you the magnificent assurance of
smooth, velvety operation and long life obtained in every,
Cadillac at $1,600. r
The great Cadillac factory in Detroit is always open to
visitors; and it would be a pleasure to us to offer you
' verification of the interring information contained
herein by a trip through the plant at any time that
you may be in this city - .
Four cylinder; 33 horse
power; 3-speed sliding
gear transmission', shaft
drive
(F. 0.1$. Detroit). Including the following equipment:
Magneto, Delco system four unit cioil with controlling
" relay and dry batteries, one pair gas lamps and gen
erator, one pair side oil lamps, one tail lamp, horn, set
of tools, pump and tire repair kit, robe rail, tiro irons.
Detroit, IVIicli
Members Association Licensed Automobile Manufacturers. Licensed under Relden fatent.
ft. tt. KIIVI BALL, 2026 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb.
RATES FOR AUTO CONVENTION
Held at Chicago Daring: Kinth Annual
Automobile Show.
GIVEN ON CERTIFICATE FLAN
I'alfornt Uwi Ae to Be Discussed
Whlk Will Make Toarla More
Easy Betweea States In
This C'osmtrjr.
DIMVESS BETTER USE GOGGLES
Good Protection for Kyrm In All
Kinds of Weather. '
Kor various reasons a great msny motor
ists never wear uglp. in the esse of th
fair sex it is no doubt tlie disfigurement
of their appearance which counts, and
probably thr Sis quite few of the other
sc who are vffii enough to let tli same
reason" Influence them. Soma men make
qultj a boast qf nevr requiring them, no
matter how fast the car may be traveling,
or how dust-ladpn or otherwise unpleasant
the atmot-phere. This neglect to wear gog
gles Is a great mistake, and on that can
not help adversely affecting tile' eyesight
eventually. In winter there are the cut
ting winds to guard against, which are
necessarily intensified by the speed of the
car when Journeying against them. In
summer, too. the continual Impinging on
the eyeball of gust must have g very
damaging effect on the delicate mem
branes. When It is considered that, in
spite of washing th eys, on returning
from a motor rid without having used
goggles, there are pieces of dirt which
remain and work out In nature's good
time by net morning, It la pretty clear
that the eves have been singled' out for
a ruslllsds of particle which, to say the
least, are unnecessary and Uuwslcom
lodgers. v
A convention o.f the American Automo
bile association, In which all automoblllsis
Si Invited to partlclplte, will be held In
Chicago during the ninth annual automobile
show of the National Association of Au
tomobile Manufacturers, February I to 12,
1910.
Provided 1.000 certificate are' presented
for validating, a fare and one-half wll! be
granted to all automoblllst attending tli
oonventlon from tho territory of the
Trunk Lin association and .the Central
Passenger association1.
The territory of these two passenger as
sociations includes the states of New York,
Pennsylvania. New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland, blstrlct ot Columbia, Virginia
(points on Chesapeake t Ohio and Balti
more V Ohio) West Virginia, Michigan
(east of Lak Atlchlgan), Indiana, cities ot
Louisville, Ky., and St. Loul. Mo., and
Station In Illinois and points east of and
en linn -of the Chicago. Rock Island t Pa
cific railroad, from Chicago to Peoria;
thence the Texas-Pkalfle 4 Western rail
road to Burlington, tbehce Mississippi
river to Cairo, 111. j
American Automobile association mem
beta and all gutomoblllst residing at
points outside of the territory herein de
fined, .should purchase regular one-way or
t xouralon tickets to the nearest point from
which a certificate reduction has bewn au
thorised, and there purchase a one-way
ticket to Chicago and secur certificate.
Ticket and certificate may be secured
not earlier than February !, and not later
than February I. These ticket should
b presented for validation at th Ameri
can Automobile association headquarter in
the First regiment armory on February t,
I. 14. It. In view of the necessity of hav
ing the 1.000 certificates actually in hand
before the validating can begin on Tues
day morning, February I, it la Imperative
that certificate be deposited a soon after
arrival In Chicago as possible.
Th holder or tickets will be entitled
p to and including February II, to pro
sure a continuous passage ticket by the !
lame road ever which the going Journey
Mr.; Prospective Purchaser!
In your automobile you want the maximum efficiency, speed and
durability for the minimum price, don't you? Of course! (
This 30 H. P. MOON, 4 CYLINDER, 4V4 in. x 5 in., at $1,500, em
bodies the latest in design, workmanship and material. Call at our new
garage, look the car over, test it and we will prove it to be the best car
ou the market for the price. Better even than most higher priced cars.
' We are showing other good cars at different prices to suit your
pocketbook and inclination.
MOON, Model SW, $1,500.00.
32 H. P. PARRY, 4-Cyl. . . $1,285. 45 H. P. MOON4-CyI., 5-Pass.
i 50 H. P. AMERICAN TRAVELER . . $4,000
$3,000
Our storage facilities and repairing equipment are as good,' if not better, than any in the west. Our new concrete and
steel building insures yourar against -loss by fire. We invite inspection and our watchword is PROMPT SERVICE.
Mr. Agent!
f Wo want agents iu uualloted territory,
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iu ieorBKa aim western jowu.
Sweet-Edwards Automobile Co.
2032-2054 Karuam Street.
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Waa mader at one-half of the regular one
way, first clas fare, to the point at which
the certificate was Issued. This reduo
tloit can be secured by all members of the
American Automobile association and) all
Automobillsts who attend the Chicago show
Of ths American AutomubllS association
o6nventlon. ' ,
All mevtlligs In connection with the con
vention will take place In the First regi
ment armory, and due notice of sum
will be available at th American Automo
bile association headquarters In that build
ing, beside announcements in pubt e print.
.
. StralBlag the Motor.
Very many amateur motorists delight In
always taking a hill on the high speed,
not realising that thla often strains a
motor or 'requires the csr to go too fsst
up grade over rough places that eould be
taken with less strain aud slow en the
Intermediate spec ,
SOLVING SOME HORN . TROUBLES
Little Think 'that Will Help the
, Worried Aato Owner.
Horn troubles' may be divided Into three
heads. The commonest Is the presence of
dust on the tongue of the reed. This Is
Instant'y remedied by passing a slip of
thin paper under the reed a eure that
seems too simple to record, tint many a
motorist under these circumstances Jumps
to the conclusion that the tongue has lust
Its si'ti and begins to bend It about or pass
a knife blade under It, with the result that
a iittw reed Is required. Th secund trouble
I a leaky or punctured bulb, generally
curable by patching; and th third I a
broken flexible connection. Break In th
flexible tube are due to want of support,
and It is not the slightest us to mend th
break without adding proper support.
When sufficiently supported, th flexible
may be rendered air-tight temporarily by
wrapping it In thin rubber sheeting taken
from the repulr outfit, and binding tightly
with thread for an Inch on each sid of
the break, after which a piece of canvas
should be wrapped over th rubber and
tightly bound down. Th first opportunity
should then be taken to shorten the (flex
ible tube, and to solder tha union piece on
to the cut end.
tare f Kstra Tabes.
Very careful attention should be given
to extra, shoes and tubes, th latter In particular.-
When nut iu use they should b
partially Infaud and placed Inside the
spur shoes. Extra tubes should Oe spread
upon a table with the valves spread half
way, and then rolled up with the wires
on top. Talcum or soapston should than
b freely sprinkled In tha folds.
When you want what you want when
you want It, say so through The Bee Want
Ad Columns, - -
DRIVES MUST KNOW HIS BUSINESS
Strict Hearalatloit .'or Motor Chauf
feur In Karoste.
It Is not so .gsy to get a Job as a chauf
feur In London or Paris. Kxaminatlona
there are very rigid and the chauffeur Is
required to pass two. The first on Is for
general knowledge of the city, and Is given
by the police department. The chauffeur
Is asked to name the most direct rout be
tween two different points of London. If
he cannot give ths shortest route within a '
block or two he la not allowed the license,
but- is given an opportunity to still siudy
the map of the city. After this examina
tion Is successfully panned he Is 'taken In
hand by an expert and examined a to hi
knowlrdg ot the operation of the car. Tl .
regulations are very strict and th chauf- I
feur not living up to them la liable to lose
his license at any time. These extreme
measures are necessary on aocount of th
crowded condition of the street there.