EVENING. LBDGEB PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 12, 1016.
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REVIEW SHOWS
LIGHT ELECTRICS
"CLOSE-JJPS" OF THE PEOPLE AND THINGS NOTED AT THE SHOW
ARCHER'S ROAD
WAS HARD ONE
ALL LAST SEASON '
Veteran Cub Catcher Hid
Much to Contend With
But Played Well
SOME REAL "STUNTS"
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Growing Prestige of Com
mercial Wagons, Taxicabs
and Roadsters
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DpyELOPMENT IS SLOW
B? A. JACKSON MARSHALL
rrtUry ElM'trlo Vchtclo Association
v ecrI:'" 0f America. i
' i . ..i .nr tinq soen mnnv chances
E" .ad Improvements In the electric vehicle
P Kjtiitry. ill of which point to nn unusu-
kllV bright future, uom ior mo cieciric
In (he commercinl nehl and as n pnseh
rercar. There have been no sudden, lllu
Jflrr spurts of popularity In the progress
nt tne electric vehicle! rather It has been
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mod etronff foundation upon which to
SnlM up Its evcr-lncrcnslnjr' business.
Tier since t,lD transportation world lina
recosnlzeil tho vnluo of tho motortruck
iTft medium for transporting mcrchnn
Slo It has Invariably been admitted In
Ihe larger cities, where there are oppor.
unities of testing- tho various forms of
trucks, that, while tho asotlna motor
truck Is especially adapted for Ions, un
interrupted hauls, the electric vehicle Is
the dcslrablo and economical vchlclo for
city and suburban work.
The Boston Institute of Technology,
employing tho best authorities In nn tin
llased study of transportation problems,
tars out this statement of the electrlc's
cddptablltty to city trnlllc nflcr four years
vef observation and 8tatlstic.il study. ln
'deedi all wo need do Is to observo the
lirgo fleets of electrics, In our city streets
t.i,.t dnvn hrcn ndnntnd' bv nilr Inrirn.qt
trK.A mmi conservative business houses.
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LIGHT ELECTIUC WAGON.
That tho horso and wagon aro jrrndu-
'fli Being dlsplacrl by tho light electric
' delivery wagon hs beep demonstrated
'tn- th icry successful campaign recently
k. Jcsrrlcd on by a well-known mnnufne
R,turer of vehicles of tlint typo. Within Its
CAPaCliy ruling III" mimii iwiiuuim curt-
trlo delivery Wagon costs less to operate
0,t.- n B(iifTlA.hnrDA tinirnn nnrl nnn tni
JTVliero conditions aro such ns To dc
'tnnnd ranees of 39. 40 or 50 miles per
Jday. the saving obtained by tho uso of
IlIUS cur unxi iiLiumij 1.U.U1 lis i.u?i in
less Uian two years, and this after all
iolKer running expenses havo been paid
for. It costs less to keep this car In tires
ithin it. docs to keep a single horse In
shots for tho lame work done. For equal
lervlco tho cost of current nt 5 cents per
MIoTatt hour amounts to but half tho
cost of hay and oats alone In New York
city moro than BO livery stables havo
expressed a willingness to store and wash
this car for J10 per month. These same
stables get from J27 to $30 per month for
stabling, and otherwise caring for a single
horse and wagon, and there Is profit In
Ik. fA.mn, n w1 nlmna, lnnltnlln lAaa In
l- it 1n,ni.
Another Important development of tho
lectrlc vehicle during tho last year In
a special field is its adoption for munici
pal Bervlco by many of our most progress
-v dye cities In ono form or another. It is
with considerable Interest that lire chiefs
throughout tho country nro watching tho
'resnlti And porformanco of electrically
propelled fire trucks and engine? In tho
cities where they havo been adopted.
The very latest development and ono
which will play nn Important part in
further popularizing tho passenger elec
tric, is the electrically driven tnxlcab.
KjThq present gaBollno tnxlcab scrvlco In
K many of our larger cities and especially
New York Is incfllclcnt. In many in
stances unsafo and costly to operate.
j'Sun Company Buys Sterling Plant
Tho Sun Motorcar Company, of Buffalo.
p;N, Y., which company has for somo time
been considering the advisability of lo
cating In tho Middle West, rjas finally
decided upon Elkhart, Ind vvhero the
plant onco occupied by the Sterling Mo
torcar Company has been purchased.
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WEALTHY MEN TELL
WHY SEVERAL AUTOS
ARE KEPT AND USED
People Who Dream of Owning
Cars Envy Those Who Do,
but the'One-Macliine
Man Wants More
MANY POSSESS A DOZEN
To thpuiands of persons tho summit of
their dreams Is to own an automobile ono
nutomobllc. In Philadelphia there aro
thousands of persons for whom tho
dream Is a reality; that is, who own an
automobile one nutomobllc.
Theso facts, nro readily admitted. But
In addition there nro several, hundred
persons In Philadelphia who own two
automobiles and probably a half hundred
who own anywhere from two to seven
cars.
To the man In the street wending his
way from hero to there on shank's maro
tho tatter class Is a sourco of absolute
wonder and perplexity. 'Whnt in tho
world," ho says to himself, "could any
body do with six or seven automobiles?
They must bo so rich they don't know
whift they nro doing."
Now, It Is true that a poor man cannot
own seven cars, nnd those whodo are well
endowed with this world's, goods. But at
the same time people with a great deal of
money to spend seldom spend It need
lessly And It Is because they know well
what they nro doing that they own sev
eral cars,
Let us investigate tho garago of a man
who owni seven cars. Ho Is telling jou
about them himself:
"You see, in the first place, I live In tho
country nnd I rldo to my olllcc every
morning, In my own limousine, during the
winter Besides I hnvo a daughter who
goes out a great. deal soclrlly In tho eve
ning and she uses the same car to take
her to and from her affairs In summer
I ride to town In nn open touring car,
which is also used by tho family at largo
when wo tour together in summer. Tor
my wlfo I hnvc a l.indnulct, which she
ran usa all the oar. since it closes up
for winter uso or tho top may bo put
back in summer.
"Now my daughter has n car of her
own, a little nicenbout which she uses
when she wants to drive nl&no or to fool
around with In the daytime Her hrothcr
nt college has n slmllnr car, although I
permit him to uso It only In summer or
other vacation periods.
"Tiat makes llvs and tho total of what
I term my famllj's plensuro cars, We
havo a light delivery car to carry baggago
to and from the station nnd to do what
ever other hnullng Is to bo done about
the plncc. This latter amounts to n greut
deal. It hauls dead leaves In tho fall, ma
terial for repairing tho roadwajs nnd
saves mo considerable cxponso of ono
sort or another in many vvas.
"Lastly, wo have a small cheap touring
car to carry domestics to and from tho
Btntion and to tnko them to church on
Sunday, Tho enr runs to the' station nt
certain scheduled times nnd If any of tho
servants miss It they must wait for thii
next or It it la the last olio at night wnlk
home,"
PEDESTRIAN MUST
EXERCISE CAUTION
Decision of Court of Appeals
Helps "Safety First" Move
ment for Street
No longer will cnrclcss pedestrians who
attempt to cross a street without looking
ti seo If they nro In danger bo nblo to
sccuro damages In the event of nn nccl
dent, nccordlng to a recent decision hand
ed down by tho Court of Appeals, which
reverses the findings of tho lower court
where tho trial Judge charged tho Jury
that "the lav. does not rcqulro that a
pedestrian should look at all, but should
only exercise ordinary care for his own
safety."
An educational campaign has been con
ducted under the nusplccs of the Safety
First Society of New York during tho Inst
two j ears. One of tho commands which
tho society has consistently promulgated
since its Inception rends ns follows:
"Look before you cross a street. Cross
nt tho regular crossing, and not N
In the middle of a block."
It is tho general belief that this de
cision will have it far-reaching effect in
reducing the number of street accidents
ns soon ns it becomes known to thoso per
sons accustomed to cross u street with
out looking In cither direction to see if
there Is nny approaching vehicular traffic
or street cars, and particularly the care
less pedestrians who take their lives In
their ow-ri hands by crossing a street nt
somo other point than at tho regular In
tersection. Somo very Interesting facts aro set
forth In tho opinion of tho court writ
ten by Judge Cardozo incorporated in
an announcement from tho Safety First
Society, wherein certain Cases nre dis
tinguished and havo been taken to sup
port this extreme view, nnd which further
en)s:
"Tho Jury was told In cttect that oven
If tho plaintiff left the car without look
ing where ho was going and then walked
blindly In the path of tho wagon, the'
might Mill n'cqult him of negligence. Tin.
law, we think Is otherwise. A wayfarer
Is not nt liberty to close his ejes In cross
ing a city street. Ills duty Is to use his
eyes nnd thus protect himself from dan
ger. The law docs not say how often ho
must look, or precisely how far, or when,
or from where. If, for oxnmplc. he looks
as he starts to cross nnd the way seems
clear, he la not bound tut a matter of law
to look again. The law docs not even
say that hecauso ho sees n wagon np
proachlng ho must stop till it has passed.
Ho may go forward unless it is close upon
him, nnd whether ho is negligent in going
forward will bo a question for tho Jury."
The talk of fates and trades thai ate
In prospect at the present time and
which will most likely continue until
tho teams start for the southern campy,
brings to mind the fact that the same
Jimmy Archer, premier catcher of the
Cubs for many years, la mentioned as
being sold or traded,
A few words about tho great player.
Last year Jimmy had 14 passed ball
out of the IS charged against all the
Cub catchers. This was more than any
other backstop In the National League
nnd It calls to our mind Archer's fine work
In previous years. Ho was far from being
nt his best In 1915, ns tho records plainly
show, but In his prlmo he was one of
tho greatest throwing catchers known to
tlie game.
Archer was a tal come-back, a rare
bird In tho national pastime. Hushey
Jennings, smart ns he Is, discarded him
ns of no use to a major league club and
sent him to Buffalo. Thcro Frank Chance
saw him In an exhibition game and nt
once secured him for the Cubs, where
lie did brilliant work for a number of
J enrs.
When at his best Archer not only threw
very accurately to second base, but lie
was an ndept nt picking runners off first
nnd third, ills "squat-pegging," as tho
Chicago critics called It, was deadly in
Its execution. Archer had tho knack of
throwing from any position by a quick
snap of his hurling wing. Catching tho
pitched ball while In a squatting position
behind tho bat, he could shoot It on a
line to first bnsc greatly to tho surprise
of the base runner and often to his sud
den discomfiture.
Few catchers have ever been able to
mako this play with nny degree of accu
racy, but Archer was nnd Is nn exception.
His ability In this lino shows the real
merit of a thinking ball player In com
parison with tho ordinary mechanical
man, who docs nothing but the obvious at
all times.
A bluff to throw to second, followed by
n snap shot to third base, will frequently
snnro tho runner off third; while a bluff
throw to third, followed by a sudden
throw to second, will almost Invariably
provo disastrous to the aggressive nin
ncr; but there aro not many -who attempt
the latter play. It is catchers like Kilns
and Archer who have tho nerve and the
skill to go through with theso playa that
turn In a victory for their team, for which
tho pitcher or the batter who makes a Jilt
In the pinch gets the credit.
Gawthorp Takes on the Bell ar
W. W. (Pop) Gawthorp, 1S05-O7 Market
J street, has taken on the distribution' of
tno uou enr ior eaBiern I'cnnayivama,.
central nnd southern New Jersey and
Delaware.
He had a dream, a Joyous dream.
That thrilled him to tho soul.
He stood with a receipted bill
And watched a row of wagons fill
His cellar full of coal.
Penn State Froth.
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Three Hundred Thousand
Owners
testify by: their purchase and later
i satisfaction that regardless of the
price you pay or the car you buy,
nowhere can you obtain greater
value than the 1916 valve in head
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