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SATURDAY. SEPTE~1BER 25TH: 1909. THE AUTOCAR a 3ournal publiabe~ in tbe interests of tbe mecbantcall~ propelle~ roa~ carriage. EDITED BY H. WALTER STANE~. No. 727. VoL. XXIII.l SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 1909. [PRICE 3D. The Autocar. (Published Weekly.) Registered as a Newspaper for t ransmission in the United Kingdom. Entered as second-class matter in the New Yor ... (N.Y.) Post Office). Three Editions every Friday. The THREEPENNY EDITION, printed on Art paper. The PENNY EDITION, printed upon thinner paper. :'he :b°i!a~ ~GN EDITION, price 3d.1 printed on thin paper for transmission Editorial Office : COVENTRY. Publishing Offices : 20, TUDOR STREET, LONDON, E .C., England. CONTENTS. N'OTES USEFUL HINTS AND TIPS (ILLUSTRATED) PHENOMENA OF COMBUSTION I N THE ENGINE CYLINDER (ILLUS.) SPEC[AL ~'IOTOR ROAD5 CONSIDERED I:-.' THE LIGHT OF COLD FIGURES .• BODY D ES IGN AND CONSTRUCTION (ILLUSTRATED) " The Autocar League " .. 0.s THE T RACK (ILLUSTRATED) THE VULCAN VULCANISER (ILLUSTRATED) ROAD \\'ARNI:-.'GS (ILLUSTRATED) MISPLACED POLICE TRAP."-t (ILLUSTRATED) THE PANFLEX SPRING WHEEL (ILLUSTRATED) MOTOR U~ION NOTES .• THE DEVELOP'.\IEST AND ROAD htPROVE'.\fENT BILL THE NEW R.\V, DETACHABLE \\'HEEL-THE SEM:\lERl~G HILL CLIM B CORRESPONDENCE .. CLUB DOINGS FLASHES • . PAGE. 467-468 469 470-473 473 474-475 476-479 480 48, 482-486 487 488 489 492 497-502 503-504 505-:06 Subscription Rates : British Isies-Home Edition, r6s.; penny (thin paper edition), 6s. 6d. Abroad (thin paper edition), 22s. 8d. per annum. Index to Advertisements appears on page 38. Notes. Chauffeurs and their Masters. There are many thoroughly good paid drivers in the motor world . By good we mean honest, capable men 11·ho are properly qualified for their work. I t is equally true there are a la rge number of incapable paid dri,·ers, whose q_ualifications are very scanty, and who in one way or another are quite unfitted for the work, and very often their only recommendation is that they are cheap . On the other hand, there are all grades of employers, from the reasonable and considerate man to the unreasonable and suspicious individual that no man, whether he be honest and capable or dishonest and incapable, can satisfy. A perusal of our correspondence columns would at times give the impression to an outsider that all paid drivers were a bad lot, while ~t another time he would be equally impressed with the idea that al 1 employers were inconsiderate, unreasonable, and impossible to satisfy. There is no doubt t-hat the grumbles on the part of the employers and on the part of the men are often real, and the grievance that both classes detail are not all imaginary. After all, a man can only speak from his own experience. If an employer have never succee<led in getting a good chauffeur he is apt to conclude that all chauffeurs are hopeless, and the chauffeurs in their turn who are unlucky in their masters arri,·e at the conclusion that reasonable employers exist only in story books. We are glad to say that in the course of our motoring experience we have come across manv motorists and men 1Yho have thorough ly understood each other, and 11·hose relationship ha been of a satisfactory nature both to employer and employed. The difficulties which have arisen have undoubtedly been largely due to ignontnce and consequent su picion and unreasonableness on the part of the employer, and to incapacity and sometimes to downright dishone ty on the part of the employed. Im u.g ine the position of an honest and capable chauffeur who is engaged by a motor car owner who knows little or nothing about the car, and who has previously emploved a man who has been proved to be either dishonest or incapable, or possibly both. Now such an employer is so ignorant that he does not really know the difference bet1Yeen the good man and the unsatisfactory one, and consequently he fails to appreciate or to trust either, so that no good man 11·ill stop with him longer than he can help. Then , again, there is the employer 1Yho knows ho11· a car should be driven and how it should be looked after, but who, somehow or other, ne,·er seem to secure the right man. It may be urged that he is unreasonable, but whi le this is often true we know in some cases it is not so. These things will right themselves gradually as the ignorant owners learn and as the incapable chauffeurs eith er mend their ways or turn their attention to other work. Difficult but not Hopeless. In the meantime a 11 is not so black as it is painted, and while the ch;iuffeur question is a difficult one with many, it should be remembered on the other hand that there is a large number of satisfied employers who would not ask fo r better men than they have, and a large number of men who would not ask for better masters. As we have shown, most of the difficulties arise from faults on both sides, and sometime very serious faults too, but neither class is as bad as the other is apt to paint it. Those masters who have been unlucky, and who really desire to end their troubles, should apply to tbe secretary of the Society of Automobile Mechanic Drivers. ·w e do not infer that no unsatisfactory men ever get into the S.A.:111.D. , but such men cannot long remain in its ranks, as the standard is a high one, so that if an occasional incompetent should be sent out by the society it should not be assumed that he is a fair sample. Another application to the secretary with explanations would doubtless bring about a better result.

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SATURDAY. SEPTE~1BER 25TH: 1909.

THE AUTOCAR a 3ournal publiabe~ in tbe interests of tbe mecbantcall~ propelle~ roa~ carriage.

EDITED BY H. WALTER STANE~.

No. 727. VoL. XXIII.l SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 1909.

[PRICE 3D.

The Autocar.

(Published Weekly.)

Registered as a Newspaper for t ransmission in the United Kingdom.

Entered as second-class matter in the New Yor ... (N.Y.) Post Office).

Three Editions every Friday.

The THREEPENNY EDITION, printed on Art paper. The PENNY EDITION, printed upon thinner paper. :'he :b°i!a~ ~GN EDITION, price 3d.1 printed on thin paper for transmission

Editorial Office :

COVENTRY.

Publishing Offices :

20, TUDOR STREET, LONDON, E .C., England.

CONTENTS.

N'OTES

USEFUL HINTS AND TIPS (ILLUSTRATED)

PHENOMENA OF COMBUSTION I N THE ENGINE CYLINDER (ILLUS.)

SPEC[AL ~'IOTOR ROAD5 CONSIDERED I:-.' THE LIGHT OF COLD

FIGURES .•

BODY D ES IGN AND CONSTRUCTION (ILLUSTRATED)

" The Autocar League " .. 0.s THE T RACK (ILLUSTRATED)

THE VULCAN VULCANISER (ILLUSTRATED)

ROAD \\'ARNI:-.'GS (ILLUSTRATED)

MISPLACED POLICE TRAP."-t (ILLUSTRATED)

THE PANFLEX SPRING WHEEL (ILLUSTRATED)

MOTOR U~ION NOTES .•

THE DEVELOP'.\IEST AND ROAD htPROVE'.\fENT BILL

THE NEW R.\V, DETACHABLE \\'HEEL-THE SEM:\lERl~G HILL

CLIM B

CORRESPONDENCE ..

CLUB DOINGS

FLASHES • .

PAGE.

467-468

469 470-473

473 474-475 476-479

480 48, 482-486

487 488 489

492 497-502 503-504 505-:06

Subscription Rates :

British Isies-Home Edition, r6s.; penny (thin paper edition), 6s. 6d.

Abroad (thin paper edition), 22s. 8d. per annum.

Index to Advertisements appears on page 38.

Notes. Chauffeurs and their Masters. There are many thoroughly good paid drivers in the motor world . By good we mean honest, capable men 11·ho are properly qualified for their work. I t is equally true there are a la rge number of incapable paid dri,·ers, whose q_ualifications are very scanty, and who in one way or another are quite unfitted for the work, and very often their only recommendation is that they are cheap . On the other hand, there are all grades of employers, from the reasonable and considerate man to the unreasonable and suspicious individual that no man, whether he be honest and capable or dishonest and incapable, can satisfy. A perusal of our correspondence columns would at times give the impression to an outsider that all paid drivers were a bad lot, while

~t another time he would be equally impressed with the idea that al 1 employers were inconsiderate, unreasonable, and impossible to satisfy.

There is no doubt t-hat the grumbles on the part of the employers and on the part of the men are often real, and the grievance that both classes detail are not all imaginary. After all, a man can only speak from his own experience. If an employer have never succee

Difficult but not Hopeless. In the meantime a 11 is not so black as it is painted, and while the ch;iuffeur question is a difficult one with many, it should be remembered on the other hand that there is a large number of satisfied employers who would not ask fo r better men than they have, and a large number of men who would not ask for better masters. As we have shown, most of the difficulties arise from faults on both sides, and sometime very serious faults too, but neither class is as bad as the other is apt to paint it. Those masters who have been unlucky, and who really desire to end their troubles, should apply to tbe secretary of the Society of Automobile Mechanic Drivers. ·w e do not infer that no unsatisfactory men ever get into the S.A.:111.D. , but such men cannot long remain in its ranks, as the standard is a high one, so that if an occasional incompetent should be sent out by the society it should not be assumed that he is a fair sample. Another application to the secretary with explanations would doubtless bring about a better result.

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