ncrease With Price---Hazards of Touring Glz .ea ucec U ei 0115 TYF'ES OF; TORS NOW USED Ixes, Eights, and Twelves All ng Manufactured in Auto Industry N VALVE FOUR MAKES PEARANCE IN WHITE CAR y Vehicles Have Not Advanced Price in Ratio to Other Commodities ust as the show time has come und again, the question as to the tuber of cylinders best adapted for automobile engine bobs up, stimu- ed to fresh interest by the an- incements and improvements in tor design. This question involves >ther one-as to how the competi- n between the four, the six, the ,ht, and the twelve fared in 1916. irty-six new companies entered the omobile manufacturing field dur- the past year, and their choice as the number of cylinders for engines ,y be taken as indicative of tendency motor car design. )ur figures show that there are 150 npanies making motor cars in this mntry. Of this number 58 make rs exclusively; 43, sixes exclusive- 12, eights exclusively; and five, elves exclusively. There are in ad- ion 16 companies using both fours d sixes; six companies, fours and ;hts;" five companies, sixes and ;hts; two companies, sixessand elves, and three companies fours, :es and eights. [t is very hard to draw any hard d fast conclusions from this table. can only be considered as an ex- ession of tendency. Most of the ;her priced cars are of the multiple inder types but this is not true -oughout the industry, as is evi- aced by the White with its four linder motor with sixteen valves. ere is a general striving on the part the makers of fours and sixes to ke their machines as flexible as >se with a higher number of cyl- lers. The tendency toward high speed en- es continues stronger than it has er been before. The small motors th their low gasoline consumption ye a large following in this day of e high cost of gasoline. Three speed ar boxes have almost entirely re- aced the four speed type on account the greater flexibity of the high eed engine. The motors with re- >vable cylinder heads are fast com- g to the front and the makers of ny of the higher priced cars are lowing the Ford in this respect. Bat- y ignition has gained 100 per cent Ice 1915 on account of the universal e of the storage battery and the ady spark which it delivers at a j engine speed. More than 71 per ct of the cars will be equipped with cuum gasoline feed in 1917. Over- ad valves and the thermo syphon oling system also gained popularity 1916. There seems to be a tendency the part of all of the makers to ovide some means of getting the oling water warm as quickly as ssible and keeping it about a con- mt temperature automatically. The touring sedan has been very pular during the past year and it is fair to continue in favor. It ovides the ideal car for an all season cily car and is equally useful for e professional man. Since automo- es have come to be used the year und, this new combination has found very useful place to fill and many ople think it is as comfortable a car it is possible to build. The automobile has not shown quite much of a desire to advance in price th the high cost of living as some the other commodities. While most the manufacturers'have announced ight raises these are very small ir oportion to the way the other things ye advanced. The car of largest 'oduction has even reduced its price o on the touringnodel and thus has ade it possible for almost anyone to an automobile owner. ame Pedestrians for Car Accidents "Eighty-six per cent of all fatal and- rious street car accidents that oc- rred in Germany in 1915 were due the fault of the injured, as shown - a report of the Association of Ad- inistrations of German Street and terurban Lines," says the National itomobile Chamber of Commerce. 'his agrees almost exactly with the port of the New York city police partment for the same year, which ows that 87 per cent of all vehicular cidents in the streets of the city, in iich persons were injured or killed Everyone Should Now Have Mvotor Wisconsin Bankers Express Them- selves Heartily in Favor of Auto for Average Man Not over a year ago the bankers of Wisconsin watched with dismay as the number of cars in the state increased at a stupendous rate and many even thought that the man of average meanst who invested in an automobile must be crazy. This sentiment has changed decidedly as shown by the most re- cent bulletin of the Wisconsin Banker's Association, part of which reads as follows: "Have a car if you can afford it, and not because your neighbor has one; get all the pleasure out of itt possible, but remember Thrift. There will come a time, if it is not already here, when every man who earns $1,- 200 a year in small places and $1,800E a year in the city, can afford andt should have a car. It brings moret lasting and beneficial pleasures thanI any other medium yet devised as a pastime. But a little study of cars' and their care and operation, thoughtt for the little savings that are possible, will make what would seem a burden- some task a real and lasting benefit." OWNERS OF DODGE BROS. CARS SHOW SPIRIT OF COMRADESHIP George H. Phelps, advertising di- rector of Dodge Brothers, has just re- turned from a trip to the coast. He declares that one of the most striking things to engage his attention is the fraternal feeling that exists between the owners of Dodge Brothers cars. "There always has been a bond of good fellowship between the owners of similar makes of cars," says Mr. Phelps, "but this seems to be far stronger than usual in the case of the the owners of Dodge Brothers motor cars. "Out on the Pacific coast, to drive a Dodge Brothers car is just like be- longing to a big society. At various points I learned that it is customary for excursions and picnics to be ar- ranged to be participated in only by drivers of Dodge Brothers cars. "This situation is very gratifying and we are glad to see the idea spread, as it means that the owners of Dodge Brothers cars are proud of their pur- chases." AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERS MAKE CLASSIFICATION FOR BODIES The automobile industry has grown to such proportions that a special vo- cabulary, derived partly from the names used on the first motor styles, and partly from a list supplied by the Nomenclature Committee of the So- ciety of Automobile Engineers, has been constructed enabling motorists to distinguish the difference between the 16 types of cars on the market. In general the standard auto bodies fall into four groups which may be classed as follows: first, roadsters and coupes; second, sedans; third, touring cars; and fourth, limousines. By con- sidering the subject from these di- visions the 16 specimens can be more easily apprehended. Two New Models Have Large Sale Price Will Advance After March 1 . ) i "Ann Arbor contains more people within its limits, who have either pur- chased cars or are about to do so, than any other town of its size in the state," said Henry A. Schroen, man- ager of the Chalmers agency, yester- day. For a number of years the Chalmers motor car had been without adequate representation in Ann Arbor, but since the establishment of the salesroom at 209 Fourth avenue early in October, the results have been most gratifying. A beautiful seven passenger, six- cylinder touring car was on display. "Owing to the fact that the materials entering into that car had been con- tracted for, just prior to the time when the increase in raw materials began to make itself felt," explained the man- ager, "the car can be sold for $1,350, when it might easily bring from $200 to $250 more." The five passenger, also a six-cylin- der motor, will advance in price after March 1 from $1,090 to $1,250, and many orders have been placed for the model at the former figure. The new- est device on the car is a thermostat which enables a "cold" engine to be started with the least possible amount of gasoline, and with the greatest amount of speed. An easy, smooth- running engine is said to make the CHALMERS HASGOOD REPRESENTION HEREI During the year just past the stand- ards committee of the Society of Au- tomobile Engineers has been busy in their big task of standardizing the various parts used in the structure of a motor car and in making it possible for any car owner to order a part by specifying the size wanted, with the assurance that it will fit when it ar- rives. During the year the following work has been done: Solid tire widths havq been stand- ardized in order that there may be some uniformity between the different makes as related to the nominal widths under which the tires are sold. This will be of great benefit to the tire user enabling him to make intelligent and direct comparison between the per- Ow ARTS FOR CARS MADE STANDARD vner Can Now Order from Factory With Assurance That New Piece Will Fit formances of different tires in service. The committee has revised the stand- ard specifications for making engine tests and has gotten out some sheets on which the data is to be reported. Thus there will be direct means for comparing the performance of differ- ent motors under the same conditions and the curves plotted on. the regular sheet will be intelligible to anyone. The electrical equipment division is still wrestling with the problem of formulating a non-glare provision for headlights which will be satisfactory to both makers and users. The elec- tric vehicle division is working on the standardization of storage battery sizes. The nomenclature division has com- piled a list of the different bodfis used on pleasure vehicles and has divided them into 16 classes. It has also tried to have standard names for every part of the car but has found considerable difficulty with this and the final list is not quite complete. The tire and rim division is at work on very important tables for the capac- ities of both solid and pneumatic tires. At least 30 other items of more or less importance have been acted upon during the past year, all making for increased coherence apd intelligent co- operation among the manufacturers of automobiles and their accessories. Pennsylvania Working for Good Roads A bond issue totalling $50,000,000 is now proposed by Pennsylvanians prom- inent in the good roads movement. An amendment of the state constitution will have to be passed at the coming session of the state legislature in or- der to accomplish this object. Short Gasoline Rations in England Motgring on an allowance of half a gallon of gasoline a day would seem like very short rations to the average American car owner, yet British own- ers are rejoicing because the govern- ment has lately increased their allow- ance to that amount. A l P car one of the best hill-climbers an( road cars of its class. GASINDUSTRYGROWL Fuel Production for 1916 Over Twit as Great as in Previous Year d S e According to a report made by the geological survey at Washington, a vast increase in the production of gasoline from natural gas resulted from expansion of the casing head gasoline industry during the last cal- endar year. During the year 65,364,- 665 gallons of raw gasoline were ex- tracted, a gain of 22,712,033 gallons, or 53 per cent, over 1914. An average price of 7.9 cents for the unblended product was received. The entire market value of the year's pro- duction was $5,150,823. It has been estimated that 24,000,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas was utilized in the manufacture, with the average recov- ery of 2.57 gallons per thousand cubic feet. Reo Plant Has Many Miles of Ais Ie e According to R. C. Rueschaw, sales manager of the Reo Motor Car com- pany, those who work in the Reo plant have no need for golf or other outdoor sport. To traverse every aisle in every department of the Reo factory would mean a walk of 10 miles. Twelve years ago the Reo factory occupied one three-story building. Now the plant covers nearly 40 acres, 39.23 acres to be exact. r AU CHEVROLET Give us a call at the Show. BENZ 101-110 S. Ashley St. BROS. Ann Arbor I1 After you look them all over Model 490, complete $550 Baby Grand, complete $800 .i "THINK" The sensation of the New York Show---the eight-cylinder, valve- in-head, 120-inch wheel base. Special design. come back to the STUDEBAKER For live, progressive, up-to-date ad- vertising use The Michigan Daily. lbi Hupp MOTOR CARS i 7 Passenger, 40 horse-power--Four $940 7 Passenger, 50 horse-power--Six $1180 and buy the best value at the Show EXHIBIT Represented by Ann Arbor Garage 206 W. Huron St. ANN ARBOR, MICH. H. F. GAYLORD 311 Maynard Street Phone 1927 v