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A powerful and efficient motor with AL.L BRAKINGS ROI-XiKR
BEARING. AI,L STEEL CLUTCH RUNNING IN OIL, can be oiled from
seat while riding; an UNDERGEARED TRANSMISSION with ONLY
ONE CHAIN, no SHORT CHAIN to GIVE TROUBLE. ALL STEEL
BRAKE, no LININGS to BURN OUT. HALL AND SOCKET JOINT
Inlet. A TWO-SPEED PLANETARY TYPE, GEARS ALWAYS IN
MESH, two speed and clutch controlled by ONLY ONE LEVER, the
only correct practice. A MECHANICAL OILER TO MOTOR that Is the
HIGHEST DEGREE OF PERFECTION, a THOR rider never need turn
on his oil. for the moment the motor starts the oil is fed to crank
case and gears.
Compare the THOR FEATURES with all other makes. You can
not And any make with such real improvements. When you buy a
THOR you buy 100 per cent, efficiency.
4-5 H. P. S2OO 7-9 H. P. $250
5-7 H. P. $225 9-14 H. P. $275
Two apeeii 940 extra on all model*.
YALE TWO-SPEED
The man who wants this sort of machine will And every require
ment more than fulfilled in the new Two-Speed Yale.
Model 47-7-8 H. P. 2 Cyl. $285
Model 45-5-6 H. P. S Cyl. $235
See These Models at the Auto Show
Chas. H. Uhler
1317 Derry Street
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THE DOMINANT SIX
Sold by I. W. DILL
Wmf Your visit to the Harrisburg Auto
mm. Show, March 14th to 21st, would .jBflH
not be complete without seeing jraH|
|H the 1914 Oaklands—especially— BBB|
H the New Light Six—sl7Bs JS^H
H which has revolutionized six- 9HE
BB cylinder values. tmEm
HUE Fours and Sixes
227 North Broad Street
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THURSDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPIi ' MARCH 19, 1914.
COST OF SMALLEST 1
ARTICLES FIGURED
Abbott-Detroit's President Tells of
Efficiency Methods Employed
in Figuring Expenses
"Few dealers in automobiles, and
practically none who use them, ever
stop to consider the enormous amount
of detail necessary to arrive accurately
at the factory cost*of a car."
This is the observation of Edward
P. Gerber, president of the Abbott
Motor Car Company, who within the
few months has acquired a control
ling interest in this concern.
"To secure the exact cost of each
of the 3 5,000 parts entering into an
automobile requires more detail, more
labor and more vexation of spirit than
the average man can readily under
stand. And yet for any manufacturing
concern to be a success It is absolutely
necessary to have some good system of
arriving at the cost of its product.
"Cost records can be maintained by
many small manufacturing concerns
without much trouble and expense,
where their products do not differ ma
terially. But with a big automobile
concern the ease is different. Its out
put is large and extensive, every car
being made up of innumerable pieces
| and small parts. This makes neces
sary the installation of a very com
prehensive department to correctly de
termine the cost of every finished car.
"To arrive at these figures, many
actual tests must be made, especially
in the machine shops and in the paint
ing and trimming departments. Not
only the amount of material used In
the construction of each part must
be figured, but also the labor cost. And
any waste in materials used must be
correctly determined.
"While there Is no particular waste
in the larger Items entering into a
car, yet the percentage runs high in
a great many things. For instance in
cutting up hides of leather for up
holstering purposes the waste is very
large. This is also the case with many
of the smaller items, such as tacks,
bolts, screws, rivets, paints, etc. An
accurate account is kept of each test,
so that a fair and safe proportion of
waste may be determined, and proper
allowances made therefor.
"A large record book is kept so
the cost of each part of each model,
and of the entire automobile itself,
may be known at a glance. Not only
are we able to determine the cost for
any one period of time, but also for a
series of preceding periods, so that
proper comparisons may be made with
former figures.
"Every month the records of the
past month are checked over and
variations are noted in the record
book, so that figures are always up to
date. The work requires men of much
experience in cost accounting, and In
addition to this they must have a prac
tical knowledge of the automobile
business. It would not bo possible for
any novice to furnish even a close
estimate of the shop cost of different
parts, for many details have to be
I taken into consideration which one
can master only in years of experi
ence.
"A large percentage of orders re
ceived at our factory do not follow
the regular method of construction,
and the cars have to be made special.
This is true with a few other high
grade automobile manufacturers, but
■ as a rule does not apply to low-priced
1 concerns. In these cases it is the
I duty of the cost department to figure
II the extras or the reductions in con
: -.traction cost, based on the price of
I regular work. After this new cost is
j ascertained, the selling price is deter
mined.
I "In my opinion manufacturers are
coming to realize more and more the
great importance of accurate cost rec
ords, and i believe that the next year
or two will see more comprehensive
systems established in many automo
bile concerns than in tlie past."
Bear in mind that the Hugo offer
that the Harrisburg Telegraph is mak
ing to its readers is a most unusual
lone. Right now you can get a beau-
I tiful six volume set of imported books
t'or only a coupon and 98c. This op
portunity should not be neglected.
QUITE EVIDENT
The Sunday school lesson was con
cerning the afflictions of Job and his
wonderful patience during all his
| trials.
"And now," said the superintendent
at the close of the lesson, "who can
tell what condition Job was in at the
end of his life?"
"Dead!" answered the sad-looking
boy in the back seat.—ln National
Monthly. *
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Auto Tires-
Firsts
Extra Heavy Casings, double
curve, wrapped tread.
SIZES _ PRICE:
30x3 plain tread $7.86
plain tread ... $10.28
32x3J/2 plain tread ... sll.lß
33x4 plain tread $15.73
34x4 plain tread $16.33
OTHER SIZES QUOTED OX
REQUEST
These casings are manufac
tured by a large and reputable
factory and nave been on the
market for several years, giving
good service.
Will ship C. O. D., subject
to examination
J, A.
THE TIRE MAN
80 SOUTH CAMERON ST.
| HARRISBURG, PA.
Phone 458 R
A DEALER WANTED I.\ EACH
TOWN
Ensminger
Auto Show
Green & Cumberland Sta.
Admission Free
Ohio-Apperson aid Mitchell
Pleasure Cars—Dart Trucks
1014 Hupniohlle at Coat.
WOULD PUBLIC BUY
150 111 YEAR?
Haynes, Pioneer Automobile Man
Once Hesitated Over Build
ing Fifty Automobiles
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EL WOOD HAYNES
Father of the American Automobile Industry
President, the Haynes Automobile
Company, Kokomo, Ind.
As early as 1898, when the Haynes
Automobile Company was still in its
infancy, we decided to build for the
following year about fifty cars. About I
the same time I learned that another J
firm was expecting to build 100 ma
chines for the same year, and we won
dered if both companies would sell
the entire output of 150 cars.
It was not a question in my mind
whether the American people could
buy these machines, but whether or
not they would buy them. • To my sur
prise we sold all we could make, and
the public still clamored for more.
Notwltlistandlngthetremendous strides
which have been made in the business,
this experience has been repeated each
year without exception ever since.
The automobile has so established
itself in thousands of American homes,
, and so endeared itself to those who
use it, that it will not be given up
• excepting In certain cases where dire
necessity demands it.
; Not only does the owner of a ma
chine take his own family out for
1 pleasure driving, but frequently takes
■ the children of his neighbors, so that
! it is now rather difficult to find a boy
■ or girl in the more populous districts
" who has never had a ride in an auto
mobile.
The motor car will no more go out
' of style or out of use than the beauti
i ful home ,the piano, the Brussels car
. pet or a hundred other things that
l contribute to the joy of life. It has
t become the basis for outdoor life for
1 thousands of families, contributing not
j only to their enjoyment, but to their
; health, peace of mind and general well
. being, affording, as It does, a long
f wished for pleasure and utility, which
i it has only been possible to realize
. I within the past ten or twelve years.
The latest Haynes cars consist of
three models. In brief, the principal
changes are: Pressure gasoline feed
with tank, equipped with gasoline
gauge, suspended at rear of chassis,
and air gauge on cowl board; auto
matic air pressure pump driven from
cam shaft, and auxiliary hand pump
on cowl board; motor-driven tire
pump; ample storage space under both
seats for tools, pump, jack, etc., bat
tery box is under front seats, leaving
running boards clear, and leather
kicking pads on lower rear half of
front seats. The greatest of all motor
refinements added to the new Haynes
models, however, is the Vulcan elec
tric gear shift, standard equipment.
The Vulcan electric gear shift em
ploys the well-known principle of
electro-magnets, or solenoids, as they
are technically called. By these electro
magnets are operated the sliding gears
of the usual selective transmission.
On the steering wheel is a dial of
push buttons, known as the "selector"
switch. In order to engage any de
sired gear it is only necessary to push
the proper button and depress the
clutch pedal.
When the clutch is out, a switch
attached to the pedal makes an elec
trical contact and sends current from
the battery to the solenoid controlled
by the button pushed. The propei
gear is instantly pulled into engage
ment. The entire operation takes only
a fraction of a second.
As the switch between solenoids and
battery can only be closed by depress
ing the clutch pedal, the danger of
stripping gears is absolutely elimi
nated.
The Vulcan electric gear shift is
i decidedly simple, both electrically and
j mechanically. It is "fool proof."
It was given the most exacting tests
| and its reliability proven before Its
| adoption. Hundreds of Haynes cars so
equipped are in use all over the coun
try at the present time and in no
single instance has it been necessary to
resort to the use of the hand lever.
However, for emergency use, a hand
shift iever is provided, the same as a
crank is provided for emergency with
the electric starter of any make.
The use of the Vulcan electric gear
shift is bound to lengthen the life of
the car. Careless handling of any
transmission will wreck it in time.
With this device the automatic shift
ing of the gears by the solenoid colls is
a precise operation which eliminates
the familiar "burring" of gears.
The amount of current used foi
shifting the gears is so small that it
can scarcely be measured. Current is
used only for a fraction of a second
at times when gears are being shifted.
Haynes cars are on exhibition at the
auto show under the direction of the
Harrisburg Automobile Company,
| Haynes distributors in this territory.
Yes, the Harrisburg Telegraph of
fers you a set of Hugo, six beautiful
volumes, over 3,000 pages, bound in
English ribbed cloth, stamped in gold,
for a coupon and 98c. If you are
prompt you can get these imported
books for the price of one. Come to
the office and see this wonderful bar
gain.
A GOOD OLD WORLD
This is a good old world to live in.—
The Hon. Thomas Riley Marshall.
Well said, old truepenny. A good
old world, even if inheritances—
soundly taxed—are still permitted In It
and an all wise government hasn't yet
wholly succeeded in preventing pros
perity.—New York Sun.
CONDENSED TRAGEDIES
[From the Boston Transcript.]
"I frequently find my wife poring
over that volume of sad Action, the
cook book."
"Why do you call it that?"
"Because not more than one in ten
of those pieces come out rig-ht."
AFTER six years' study of the light delivery problem and more than
two years' rigid testing of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle truck, as ?
it now stands, we are offering a proposition that has actually demonstrated /,
its worth. In the hands of retailers and wholesalers all over the United j;
States, as well as in the Government service and general parcel delivery.
Gasoline consumption, 30 to 40 miles per gallon with full load. Speed, j|
I 2 to 35 miles per hour. >;
MT SEE US AT AUTO SHOW \
j HEAOY BROS.
i OPEN EVENINGS 1204 N. THIRD ST. }
THE YEAR OF THE SIX
CYLINDER MOTORS
Automobile Shows Are Usually
Dominated by Some One
Idea, Says 1. W. Dill
"The slogan at the automobile
shows of the season is 'The year of the
six-cylinder'," says I. W. Dill, Hudson
representative. "Automobile shows
have usually been dominated by some
one strong idea. One year it was fore
doors. Another the self-starter held
the prominent position. This year mo
torists are agreed that a strong note
in all the motor car shows, Including
the present show in Harrisburg, Is the
advent of the six-cylinder car into a
price class and an efficiency class
where it Is expected from now on to
dominate the automobile industry.
There have been sixes before this year.
But they have been, in most cases,
merely the adding of two cylinders to
a four. Which induced excessive
weight, high cost of manufacture and
expensive operation. This year sees
sixes manufactured as cheaply, in
some cases more cheaply, than fours
of comparable power. It sees some
sixes at prices even lower than com
peting fours. It sees economy of gaso
line, tires and general repair reduced
to a point where the four is no longer
supreme. Discriminating motor car
buyers who want a car of reasonable
size, power, beauty and efficiency and
who can pay from 51,2 50 up consider
only the six. At the shows the four
cylinder car is comparatively incon
spicuous. The bulk of the exhibit is
six-cylinder cars. Even makers who
list both models keep their fours In
the background. And the public en
dorses this verdict. The exhibits of
the sixes are so crowded that one has
difficulty In getting near them. Evi
dently 1914 is to mark the rise to sov
ereignty of the six-cylinder car and
the decline of the fours, thus repeating
the record of the fours when the two
cylinder went out of use."
(RSiehler. !
1-ton gasoline commercial cars.
Suitable for any business 9730
Stanley Steam Cars
Pleasure anil Commercial.
UniOO.OO to 9U,500.00, fully equipped.
Equipped to burn kerosene.
Paul D. Messner
1118 JAMES STREET
Hell l'houe.
The
See It at the Show
Most Completely Equipped Car Ever Offered
Cose T Head Motor, Bore, 8% Inches; Stroke, 4% inches; Bosch Magneto; Kay (lob I Carburetor: Wfit
inghouse Electric Starter; Westinghonse Dynamo Electric Lighting, 110-Inch Wheelbase; Demountable Rims;
Electric Horn; Warner Speedometer; 8-day Clock: E.cetric Lamp on Ix>ng Wire; Set Weed Tire Chains;
Extra Rim; 2 Extra Tubes; One Extra Tire; Cover for Sparc Tire; Rain Vision Wind Shield; Top; Curtains;
Boot. ' :
NO EXTRAS TO BUY, FULLY WARRANTED; COMPANY'S OWN BRANCH IN HARRISBURG.
J. I. CASE T. M. CO. 429 South Second St ]
5 th ANNUAL
Auto Show
NOW OPEN
ARENA—REX GARAGE, Harrisburg, Pa.
North Third and Delaware Sts.
WHAT YOU SAVE
in the operation and upkeep of a METZ "22" as compared
with other cars, eventually equals the purchase price. The
original cost of a METZ is actually returned to you in econ
omies. You save monpy when you buy it, and every hour
you run it.
METZ "2:2" $475
WINNER OF THE GLIDDEN TOUR
The Gearless Car—No Clutch to Slip—No Gears to Strip
The METZ "22" is the most economical car on the market
to operate. It travels from 28 to 32 miles on ONE gallon
of gasoline, 100 miles on ONE pint of lubricating oil, and
from 10,000 to 12,000 miles on a single set of tires. It is
speedy and stylish, and exceedingly durable—« thoroughly
PRACTICAL car.
The METZ team of three cars 60 miles per hour on the high
won the last Glidden Tour. In hn.. f „ y fa ß t «
competition with cars costing anteed car, torpedo semi-encldsed
from five to ten times as mich; body, left-hand drive and center
and the three MET/! cars were control, fitted with standard
the ONLY team that held a PER- equipment throughout, includ-
FECT SCORE, without a<ldi- ing <-cyllnder 22 % h.p. water
tional allowance or time extan- cooled motor, Bosch magneto,
sion of any kind, for the entire SO-inch artillery wheels, best
eight days of the contest. I quality Goodrich clincher tires,
The METZ "22 makes from 5 to I etc.
SEE IT AT THE SHOW. PHPNE OR WRITE FOR DEHOHSTRATIOIT.
MONN BROS.
Harrisburf, Pa.