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FORAUTO SMASHES
EVENING PTjBLlC EBGE3PHIL'AI)LPHIA,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1920
flood for Examination of Drivers
Seen in Incroaso of Fatal
Accidoirto
MANY DRIVERS IGNORANT
i factor which seems to strengthen
iril for a rcaponable cxamlnntiou
t'Scir operators in Imllcated n
"l. .nmi il report of nrcidents in
ft'...rtl " ts as compiled bv the An
?U,ffie An-lrle.it InvestlsatluR Di
on nf the .Department of Public
"r& in that fctutr. It shows that
H-e the lifcot year ended' November
ffi 'ota of, ,r'?2 "T,008, vm,
iiV,i in motor ehicle accidents and
"4 '"erTinjured. vvhllr. 21.S04 a,.
w wore reported. The previous
""'ilLi nnd 15.S8S accidents reported.
V, Increases are.10 ner cent in killed,
no per cent in injured and 34 per cent
,u .rini As the number of motor
whlcles registered gained 25 per cent
E; the i J ear. the increase in the
fatalities is lower than miRht be cx
iVctcd from the larger number of ve.
tides on the roads.
Tn cnrkavorinc to ueatice inn praoaoc
lu ,. . il fin iaw i.tinf InnrnOfcn in
ZZn .injured; The Boston Tran
I?ff?SHiVhiitM it to the srenter public
nropenty, shown by the fact that the
Ufher wages receivea oy worherN iur
liz the war period and since its cesa
tlon have brought a new class of own
tn into the motor-using ranks.
"Thousands of men, it is cxpiainca,
.. ....nhftinn nf fnrrir-ti tnrtli.
"a large iuu.vivw" w .v..e.. ..v...
with little knowledge of the lows of
A -n sliffht mental trnimng. and
Jonseauently possessed of slow mental
FIRST AUTOMOBILES
PROPELLED BY STEAM
French' Army Officer Operated Auto Artillery Carriage
in 1769 Watts and Symington Soon Followed
Lead of Cugnol Early Triah in London
processes,
have been turned loose on
L hiehways with motorcars. They
load their cars far bojond normal ca
iacitv and go riding. Ignorant to an
Jmiwlns degree of the mechanism of
1? T.MMo know Ins little about the
laws of the road, and mentally eniupped
in that in an emergency their reactions
are slow and at times paralysed, the
become involved in accidents in which
a diproportioninc liuuiucr ui n:uiie in
injured 1)5 reason of the crowding of
the cars
"Tin" is borne out by other figures,
rcbich show that of the injured by far
the largc-t uuniDPr were oucupums ui
motor ehicles Of the 16.281 persons
i,,rf rinnii!7 the j ear. 8712 vere occu
pants of motor chicles. And this num
ber is 250 per cent greater than during
tie preceding jear. nucn u increase
is attributable to the crowding of cars,
many accidents resulting in the injury.
more or less. erioiiily. of six to eight
rssEcngeis who were in an prdiuary
die paenger car.'1
CRANBERRIES GET FAST
RIDE TO SAUCE POT
'Adjunct to the Turkey Speeds
From Bog to Table by
Motortruck
ipiJW persons, perhaps, rcalizo that
- the first automobiles were ull steam
propelled and really were the forerun -ncr
of hlenni railroads. It was back
in 1709 that the first landmark appears,
in the steam artillery carriage, the
product of n Frenchman, Captain Nich
olas Cugnol, of the Trench army, who
had presented n complete working model
of it in HOT to the ling of France.
Cugnot wns soon emulated by two
Englishmen, John Walts and Syming
ton, whose steam carriage came forth
in 17S0; and by two of his own coun
tr.Miien. Dallery and Seguin, who con
structed a steam carriage with a tubu
lar boiler in 1700.
Gttniey Appears
The nineteenth century ushered in
Sir Goldcsworthy Gurney's commodious
steum coach, which for three years
made regular trips from the Bank of
England in Loudon to the suburb of
ll'addington; and in immediate succes
sion came a number of "Gurncys,"
chief among which was the improved
stagecoach constructed by John Squire
(a pupil of Sir Goldcsworthy) and
Colonel Mncerone, an Italian engineer.
Meanwhile the inventive genius of
our forefathers on this side of the ocean
had not lain dormant The contem
poraries of Captain Cugnot had the fol
lowing prophetic statement placed be
fore their ejes, one day, in the New
York Commercial Advertiser:
"The time will come when people will
travel in stages moved by steam en
gines at fifteen to twenty miles an hour.
A carnage will leave Washington iu
tho morning, breakfast at Baltimore,
dine at Philadelphia nnd sup in New
York. A steam enciue will drive n nnr
ringe ISO miles in twelve hours."
Evans on Scene.
Such were the printed utterances of
a resident of our proverbially "slow
city" a few years after he had given the
first illustration in America of the ap
plication of steam power to the pro
pelling or land carriages. This far
sighted man was Oliver Evans (1753-
1810), who bad suggested steam as a
motor on land as early as 1773, nnd
for boats in 1778,
"In the year 1S04," he wrote in Poul"
son s Advertiser. "I constructed at Phil
adelphia n machine of niv inpntinn for
cleaning docks a heavy mud flat, with
n steam engine of the power of five
horses in it to work the machinery.
And to show that both steam carriages
and steamboats are practicable with my
steam engines, I first put wheels to it
and propelled it with the engine n mile
nnd a half, and then Into the Schuylkill,
nlthough its weight was equal to' that
of 200 bags of flour."
Plans Road Carriage
Even before this experiment Evans
had planned a road carriage for freight
that would carry n hundred bags of
flour in two days from Philadelphia to
Columbia at the rate of two miles un
hour, but the turnpike company would
enter into no contract with him.
Then ho wagered $!!000 that he could
'make a carriage go by steam on a
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on Passenger Vehicles
The factory facilities of the Peer
less Motor Car Co. arc now devoted
to tho production of tho "two-power
range," eight-cylinder passenger
cars. Only the one chassis and bod
ies In tho five approved open and In
closed types are manufactured. Ma
chinery and space formerly used for
truck building arc now taken up by
tho, passenger car work.
The addition of four new build
ings nnd the elimination of vtruck
production have more than doubled
the passenger car capacity of the
Peerless plant, which makes possible
an enormously increased output for
the coming year.
level road fuster than any horse," nnd
ho found no takers. Evans was evi
dently ahead of his time; the psycho
logical moment had not arrived yet;
nnd not until the closing years of the
century did the coming dawn of prac
tical achievements cast Its welcome
glow before.
This brings us down to the modern
autpmobile, as it is known today, whose
history is almost too familiar to need
rchersal. Its early days arc replete
with names that have made automotive
history, but only u few of which sur
vlvo today ns automobile producers.
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Abundant reserve power for the "open stretch," yet, with equal
facility, crawls along in dense traffic. And consumption of gas
on an average is 15 miles to the gallon. 9-N Continental Motor
iV2" x 514".
At the Philadelphia Auto Show, Space No. 6.
borne tcnitory open lor responsible dealers
TRACTOR SALES & SERVICE CO.
Bell Poplar 7800 Edw. C. B Fletcher, Pres. 3 1st & Master Sts.
lT8&S2Mg!&2XS23$
fruits do their bit in keeping that
delectable adjunct to the dinner crsm-'
km sauec- from flirting with the high
roit of living I sed by the United C'tpc
Tod Crjoberr.v t'o., of Kojith Ilunvnn
Mas', vwth properties iu some eight
towns of the rranberry section of Mas
snehusetts. thev nio instrumental in
rfecting many (ooriomics. and have on
more than one occasion beeu the means
of saving substantial crops from iin
pending disaster.
Trueks in tho cianbcrry industry
must he dependable. The season of
karrest is short, nnd in the "peak
load" period every truck must be on
tb,ejob and do double duty botli in load
md hour-, as the fruit must be taken
id as fast up harvested.
The Imled Capo Cod Craubeny Co
oper.itPS three Whites two two ton
odatbrie quarter ton. "These trucks
nave probablj aVcraged more than 100,
000 ruilrs each." savs Marcus I,
Irann uirsidcnt of the comimnv. "The
ost of operation, including deprccin
hod snows n marked saving over
learns.'
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iaL or limousine, in charge of a com-
nelenl, courteous chautTeur, by the
hour, day or week, at surprisingly moderate cost.
nj Our centrally located, thoroughly modern fire-proof garage
U offers every facility and convenience for either active or
dead storage at reasonable rates.
Here we maintain a completely equipped machine shop in
charge of skilled mechanics who specialize in high-grade
repair work. Here you can leave your car with the full assur
ance that the work will be done RIGHT at the RIGHT PRICE.
7 A We also conduct a well-stocked accessory and supply depart-
" ment with special discount to our patrons.
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"Third Degree" for Finish
tin th.rrt dgrpo' ij clven Iu overs Eisex
JW hn H com trom the paint bIiop
Tie Bunltpht pouring" through tha windows
1" not t-n u,'h An electric torcli is used
to reveal nv hidden blemishes If an' are
Jound the b-idv li returned tu b reflnished
Th boj f. inspected aarain when the car
tomts to iIp rliipplnc dock
Phone Spruce 65 or Race 245
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AMERICAN TAXICAB CO., L0
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Plying From Newark
Klit between Newark, N J
'lltrlct is th lareo two ton
"1 tho American llus Co
Automobile Accessories
and Supplies
Balterr and Ignition service,
vul-sniilns llrts anil tuhe.
lotiin (llstributnr for Trlnd.hleld
Jlnts line Uno if Stmularil
Tlre ami Tubes, M'eed Cliuins.
Willi ntl . lreeze rompountl.
ford parts for sole.
S. THOMAS
1316 Vorth Bronil Street
"fll 1'lionc Wjomlnp 5830-W
MR. FORD OWNER
Tor i, l0nd ,f ,our 1(al(h romfoltl
"aur. a ., pront put a KOUrUT all
f"' 1r' " i ur l'ord Coma and sre
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Touring $97.50 Roadster $75.50
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C!J,Coriifort Cushion Co."r
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ihe Haas Auto &
Supply Co.
3943 N. Rrnnj ci
Wializing Ford Cars
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FORD BODIES '
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Portable Electric Drills
With "Pistol Grip
and Trigger Switch"
This Patented Control is found only in Black & Decker
electric drills. It gives you what is probably the most per
fect control known that of the automatic pistol.
The Drill Ualaiiccs Naturally in your hand and you can
switch the power on or off in&tantly by pulling the trigger.
In the Ordinary Electric Drill, where the power is turned
on oi oil by pressing a button, or turning a handle or ti
key, operating the .switch tends to disturb the balance of tno
machine in the opeiator's hnntlb. . .
With a Black & Dec.ker Electric Drill, when the Hit
breaks through the woik or catches on a burr, you instinc
tively tighten your grip, and iu doing to pull tho trigger,
which stopd the drill.
These Electric Drills arc rugged in construction and
light in weight. The motors are unusually powerful nnd
uir cooled.
Ledrof later Electric Air Compressor,
for the Garage
Electric Valve Grinders
We Can Make Immediate Delivery
BLACK & DECKER PRODUCTS SERVICE STATION
64L643 N. Broad Street. PhonoPoplar 2631
Send Ua Your Repair Work
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This business has not grown just
because the automobile business
has grown.
It ha3 grown because there has
grown up in America, and all over
the world, a demand for the kind
of a motor car Dodge Brothers
build.
It has grown because the users of
these cars have given Dodge
Brothers a good name as careful,
conscientious manufacturers.
The result is that wherever these
two words Dodge Brothers arc
seen, they stand as a symbol of
exceptional motor car value.
Even when they appear, all alone,
on a window, or a wall, or a bul
letin board, they instantly mean
something special and significant
to the passer-by.
They call up a picture of a par
ticular kind of a motor car.
Or, to be exact, a particular kind of
motor car workmanship, which
people have come to associate with
the name Dodge Brothers.
The two words Dodge Brothers
are an advertisement in them-
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selves, not merely in America; but
the wide world over. '
The first thought that follows,
wherever they are seen, is the
thought of a car that is reliable.
The name has "come to suggest
integrity integrity in the car, and
integrity in the manufacturing and
business methods of the men who
build it.
Such a good name is, of course,
almost priceless in value.
Dodge Brothers are' keenly . alive
to that fact.
They realize that the permanence
of their business rests upon the
continuance of that good name.
They realize that such a name is a
perpetual promise to the people,
which must be perpetually fulfilled
by a finer and finer product.
As long as the name is attached to
their motor car, Dodge Brothers
may be depended upon to safeguard
and protect it.
As long as they build motor cars
they will be the best motor cars
Dodge Brothers can build.
THORNTON-FULLER AUTOMOBILE CO.
PARKWAY EAST OF EIGHTEENTH ST.
Spruce 1040
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Atlantic Gasoline functions perfectly in the most wintry weather. No draining
the battery or wearing out the starter in order to make Atlantic take the spark.
A few spirited turns of the crank-shaft, and away she goes, every cylinder
firing regularly eager to transmit lively motion to " " wheels the moment you
let in the clutch.
You know the disappointments of inferior gasoline. The churn-chum-churn of
the laboring "starter". The opening of pet-cocks and the tedious priming. Mean
.while, the chilly blasts that numb your extremities and mock your efforts.
Guard against this thing by using tried-and-true Atlantic Gasoline, the all-year
motor-fuel.
THE ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY
Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh
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