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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1916
Page
18
William H. Stewart Jr outlines ignition basics for auto owners, tracing ignition history from naked flame to dry cells and storage batteries. He explains dry cell limits, series wiring, moisture risks, and how the modern generator-charged storage battery maintains ignition, starting, and lighting.
The article explains magneto ignition, contrasting it with storage batteries, detailing how magnetic fields form, the role of soft iron cores, primary and secondary windings, the armature, and condenser in generating high tension current. It describes the distributor mechanism connecting to spark plugs in a four cylinder engine.
Postal authorities in Toledo report an unprecedented mail load from the Willys-Overland Company. On February 25 the Reprines plant dispatched 96,426 pieces, about 40,000 folders catalogs and circulars, with the rest being letters to various destinations.
A refinement on the Serries 17 Studebaker models gains popularity among owners. The patented storm proof windshield overlaps the upper and lower glass to prevent rain from leaking inside.
February proved a strong month for car makers with demand exceeding supply across major firms. Distributors faced shortages of freight cars, forcing use of flat and coal cars, while production set winter records and orders piled into March for the Hupmobile series N.
Alex Fraser of the Dort distributing agency cites high praise from technical men and machinery professionals. R B Dort notes a large file of enthusiastic letters from discerning purchasers, supporting the claim that the Dort is the preferred car among experts.
Kansas City innovator James D. Smith and Kansas City Automobile Supply Co describe a water gas system that runs water from the radiator through a filter and coil around the exhaust to return steam mixed with gasoline. The hydrogen and remaining oxygen reduce carbon buildup and can nearly halve fuel needs for cars and tractors.
To meet 1916 demand Studebaker adds 1 million dollar extensions to Detroit factories. The upgrades, begun last October, boost daily capacity from 3,800 to 4,000 cars and support a yearly target of 100,000 units. Major additions include a new forging shop, eight furnaces, gear-blank forgings, power plant upgrades, a three story warehouse, and 75 new manufacturing machines. The plant unit system will sub assemble raw materials in the same department before final assembly.
Peter 8 Steenstrup, South American sales rep for Hupp Motor Car, reports gradual U S growth in Chile, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, and the West Indies. He notes war-disrupted German and British supply credit made short terms hard to educate local buyers while raider fears and night sailing added peril to his six month trip.
A railroad conductor confuses a salesman from United States Rubber Company with a United States Postoffice inspector after noticing his lapel seal. The incident follows a separate theft of a mail pouch at a depot and an arrest by a federal officer on the train's incoming trip.
Many Studebaker owners signal each other with three short toots of the horn while passing. The practice adapts the Morse code three dots for S, the first letter of Studebaker, to road use.
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