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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1911
Page
19
Chicago officials and engineers focus on worm drive as a novel truck transmission at the Chicago Motor Show. The format promises quieter operation and efficiency, with Pierce-Arrow singled out as adopting the worm drive after testing a chain-dominated industry.
Charles F. Splitdorf, a noted magnetos maker, advises applying three or four drops of oil once a month to magnetos, cautions against flooding bearings, and notes the units are dust proof and sealed so they can run for years if not abused.
The Abbott-Detroit Bull-Dog crew completes a 23,601 mile journey from Chicago to Minneapolis in two weeks of heavy blizzards and deep snow. They pushed through Iowa and Minnesota using rope around rear wheels and constant shoveling, then plan southward toward the Dakotas and Omaha before heading to Mexico.
City uses municipal motor cars to deter robberies as Maxwell vehicles with special bodies shuttle prisoners between police HQ and crime scenes. The swift patrols blunt criminals, while a booklet about Louis Abernathy and his brother meeting Colonel Roosevelt appears in automotive literature. Touring cars cut rate. Mew phone 49.
James Winslow and Lloyd Johnson drove a Hudson "20" roadster 178 miles in six hours and thirty five minutes on a trip from Corpus Christi to San Antonio, claiming a likely Texas road record. They faced tire trouble including a burst casing and multiple punctures, yet completed the return trip in similar time with minimal engine work beyond adding radiator water.
Florida beach races emerge as the next big calendar event for motorists. The meet aims to lower the mile record currently held at :27,33 by Barney Oldfield as the crown in speed world remains the sought goal.
Article argues improved roads and hotels in South Texas, especially San Antonio, will draw winter tourists. It cites high car trip costs, growing car shipments to San Antonio, and forecasts a major boost if road work continues, with New England’s road program as a model. It also previews a March speedway meet at Atlantic Beach near Jacksonville featuring American and foreign cars and notes famed drivers and machines in pursuit of speed records.
New York March 4. President R P Hooper arranged a transcontinental trip for A G Batchelder chairman of the committee. The voyage begins February 18 heading to the Pacific coast via the northern route and returning by the southern route. Batchelder will attend state association gatherings and club meetings while sampling motoring needs of the American Automobile association with a 40 000 member base. The itinerary lists Minneapolis Omaha Cheyenne Salt Lake City Denver Twin Falls Portland Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles Phoenix San Antonio Houston Galveston New Orleans Montgomery and Atlanta with more cities possible.
Howard E. Coffin, Hudson designer and newly named president of the Manufacturers' Contest Association, urges all motor truck makers to affiliate with the M C A to standardize rules and ensure impartial administration. He notes trucks will dominate future industry and that recent truck contests lacked proper oversight.
New York March 4 The Glidden tour will stay to Atlantic seaboard cities this year with a transcontinental coast tour planned for 1912 The Atlantic route is chosen due to insufficient time to prepare a Pacific Coast or transcontinental event and the Pacific coast clubs aim to hold next year’s coast route from Tia Juana to Vancouver B C American Automobile Association officials expect eastern pressure for a transcontinental show but coast clubs push for a Pacific coast run with improved highway work and repairs The Max Welander Q model has added 500 miles to the run and driver Harvey Smith nears 4000 miles on rough Ohio roads
New York March 4 The word chauffeur has become a magical term in rural areas as country boys seek new experiences through automobile driving instead of farm work. H A Grant a mechanical engineer from Tarrytown says many top chauffeurs come from small towns and he notes owners prefer trained drivers over garage hangers. Grant has prepared a free leaflet guiding ambitious men on entering the auto business, available by writing to him in Tarrytown, New York.
Ray mond J. Brokaw of Plainfield N J lies in precarious condition at Middlesex Hospital after climbing a telegraph pole to cut wires and receiving a live shock during Wesleyan University's Washington's birthday cannon scrap between freshmen and sophomores. E M Peck of New Haven and A J Buell of Madison Conn were injured in the rush and a section of football bleachers burned. The freshmen won the rush. Tacoma Fire Chief buys a thirty horsepower Stoddard Dayton for the department.
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