ABBOTT-DETROIT
The above picture of the Abbott-Detroit four-cylinder touring ca
hows C. D. Stewart, manager of the local factory branch of the Abho
Hotor Car Company, and R. T. McDuell of the Abbott sales force.
Joyous News For
the Auto Buyers
.The Abbott Motor Car Co. are now offering to the
buying public a 40 H. P. five-passenger touring car,
with every modern equipment, including Auto-Lite
Electric Starting and Lighting System, Continental
Motors. Warner Transmissions, Spicer Universal
Joints, Timken Bearings, and all HIGH-GRADE re
finements for $1435.00 f. o. b. Harrisburg.
See this WONDERFUL car before placing an
order. It's the GREATEST BUY ever offered. It
has torque tube and radius rods, which insures you
against being laid up, should you break a rear
spring. \ou will not find such equpment on any Car
selling for less than $3,000.00.
Don't overlook the great six-cylinder car we are
building this season. It's the greatest hill climber
-ever brought to Harrisburg. No car at its price will
compare with it in mechanical construction.
Let us arrange a demonstration with you. .
HARRISBURG BRANCH
ABBOTT MOTOR CAR CO.,
IC6-08 South Second Street
BELIj PHONE 3503 HARRISBURG, PA.
——— r.>.nuunim mi >») i ii <|
REO the Fifth g^SsT
Now $220 Less
Note that Peo th<» Fifth—Mr. his been charged against
Olds' creat car—sells at a new previous output.
%pr!ce tills year. Wo hn"fi saved »nH nnto that this car at
you 1R »er cent, on the car, less—h*is
eu"lr>ned. The now -Cpatiillno Tv>«l v
Some narts—like tires find FleetHp nml li<rlits
electric rter-—cost iw less tbls A engine
year. Tint most of tb>s saving s<v4
comes from tbe fict fVint nl] snp- l)lnuntn>; senrrlillKhtH
cial machlnerv for building Ibis "ne-rocl control
The Car That Stavs New
Nobody doubts that 7?eo the 1/\ /\/\/\ 11/f'l 1* «.
fifth is the best-built car in its iU,UUU-JYll'e 1 est
class. It embodies all Mr. Olds* Test cars with this chassis
'">sed on 2" years of have for years been kept run
car building. liing at high speed night and
Tt takes six weeks to build ,Inv rotio-b road*. 10.-
each car. because of the utter "!llr K , o 0f :!£ Uleis driving the
test car is taken annrt. and
exactness, the countless tests and every driving oart is remiired to
inspections. sbnw up in almost perfect con-...
The steel is twice nnnlvsed. v '«• - . i
m, . „ , .. •"«> other modest-rrice car has
The (rears are tested for Tfi.OOO PV er been built In this slnw .care
pounds nor tooth, the springs ful, costiv wnv. Rut the result
for 100,000 vibrations. is 11 onr <" hn t stnvs new. Tt saves
The car has 15 roller bearing,
190 drop forsiners. Tt has a cost- upkeep.
ly clutch which prohibits all Men who know 'are buying
pear clashing. Tt has the slm- cars this. Tbe Rnrinir de
plest eear-shift in the world. alwavs twice the factory
...... outnnt. IvinrrVi «mli*s Vihva
All driving' parts are built one- broken every record
half stronger than necessary— We unre n.on who n.av want
built to meet the requirements this lioncst car to come and sec
of a 50-horsepower engine. jt now.
Also a Handsome Roadster
Harrisburg Auto Co.
THIRD AND HAMILTON STREETS
SATURDAY EVENING. fIAfIRISBURG TELEGRAPH APRF 4; 1014.
Jackson Makes Record
Run, Portland to Boston
What is probably the fastest time
ever made by a stock automobile be
tween Portland and Boston yas made
recently by Fred D. Morse, of Port
land, Me., in his six-cylinder Jackson
car. Leaving Monument Square,
Portland at 12:45, Mr. Morse and
party. Including a Sunday Telegram
representative, arrived ' at Sullivan
Square, Boston, at 3:50; making the
run, including three stops made on
the way, in three hours and five min
utes. Mr. Morse, who had previously
made a very important business ap
pointment in Boston and intended to
leave here on 12:05 train, missed his
train and so resorted to his automo
bile with which to keep his appoint
ment in Boston. On leaving Portland
Mr. Morse remarked that it would be
necessary for him to lower the average
running time considerably for him to
reach Bosto non time. At no time
during the complete trip was it neces
sary for him to stop for any car trou
ble in any particular and that, to
gether with the fact that the roads
were in excellent condition, enabled
him not only to keep his appointment
but also as far as is known to break
the time record between the two cities.
Mr. Morse was heartily congratulated
by a number of Boston automobile
men who were acquainted with the
time he left Portland and were pres
ent upon his arrival there.
The four and six-cylinder models
of this famous Jackson car are on
display at the Central garage. P. H.
Keboch and DeWitt A. Fry are the
local representatives.
Hupp Export Business
In Charge of C. 0. Hastings
Pi csident J. Walter Drake an
nounces that Chas. D. Hastings has
given up his duties as general man
ager of the Hupp Motor Car Com
pany. He still retains the office of
secretary and will continue to be ac
tive in the counsels for the company.
Later on in the year Mr. Hastings
will take an extended trip In the in
terests of the export affairs of the
Hupp Motor Car Company, a branch
of the business that has developed im
mensely during the past three years.
Export shipments have now grown
to such an extent that to-day this
business alone pays the running ex
penses of the factory.
I J. Waiter Drake, president of the
company, continues active supervision
over the general affairs, while the title
of F. A. Harris has been* changed from
assistant general manager to that of
I commercial manager, the scope of his
duties having been enlarged,
i The personnel and policy of the
l management remains as before. These
i changes are merely in the course of
, rearrangements that have taken place
I gradually.
Many Cadillacs Are
Delivered in Two Weeks
The Crispen Motor Car Company
reports the delivery of thirteen new
Cadillacs since the automobile show
and two others for next Monday, mak
ing fifteen Cadillacs in two weeks.
Eight of these were touring cars, four
of them phaetons and one roadster.
In addition to the new models, four
used Cadillacs were delivered and two
of other makes that had been taken
in trade by purchasers of Cadillac
cars. This indicates a prosperous
condition, not only for the Crisperi
Company, but is evidence that there
is a strong market and that the com
ing season promises to exceed any
preceding one.
Stokes Stupendous Speed
on Excelsior Motorcycle
Glen Stokes smothered many dirt
track records last month at Bakers
field, Cal., on his Excelsior motor
cycle. The ten-mile record went first.
He made this in eight minutes, six
and three-fifths seconds. The mile
speed traditions were smashed in
forty-six and two-fifth seconds. The
hour record was sixty-nine and five
tenth miles, and to top it off he
romped around the track twenty-five
times in the 25-mile free for all in
21:15 and then went to supper. And
all these records were on a circular
dirt track.
I PUBLIC CONFIDENCE 1
| IN THE |
♦* Most Significantly Demonstrated H
II By the Actual deliveries we have made in the last 11
I** two weeks, March 21 to April 4, as follows: XX
1914 Cadillac—Two-passenger Roadster,
1914 Cadillac—Five-passenger Touring, 2
1914 Cadillac—Five-passenger Touring, H
1914 Cadillac—Four-passenger Phaeton, XX
1914 Cadillac—Four-passenger Phaeton,
1914 Cadillac—Four-passenger Phaeton, ♦♦
1914 Cadillac—Four-passenger Phaeton, ♦♦
1914 Cadillac—Five-passenger Touring, 11
1914 Cadillac—Five-passenger Touring, 11
1914 Cadillac—Seven-passenger Touring, XJ
XX 1914 Cadillac—Seven-passenger Touring, 5
1914 Cadillac—Seven-passenger Touring, M
♦♦ 1914 Cadillac—Seven-passenger Touring, H
1914 Cadillac—Five-passenger, (will be delivered 11
XX Monday). JY
H 1914 Cadillac—Five-passenger, (will be delivered «Z
11 Monday). / ft
♦♦ USED-CAR SALES, MARCH 21—APRIL 4 ♦♦
♦♦ 1912 Cadillac—Five-passenger Touring, ♦!
-j* 1913 Cadillac—Five-passenger Touring, 11
H 1912 Cadillac—Five-passenger Touring, ll
H 1912 Cadillac—Four-passenger Phaeton, 2
XX 1913 Hupmobile Touring, 2
♦♦ 1914 Six-cylinder Car, (Traded in on 1914 Cadillac). ft
H TO Bfi SURE OF MONEY VALUE, g
♦♦ BUY A CADILLAC t ♦♦
1 Crispen Motor Car Co. H
j 413-417 S. Cameron Street g
ADVANTAGES OF SIX
OVER FOUR MODEL
Various Phases of Question Ex
plained by Robert L. Morton,
Chalmers Representative
Beyond doubt, the most discussed
single phase of motor construction at
the present time is the question of
"six" or "four." With the adherents
of either side lined up strongly for
their particular type, the buyer Is
quite likely If he is not wary to become
hopelessly confused in a maze of con
flicting claims.
That a four cylinder car inaybe a
good one cannot be denied. The pub
lic has bought and used "fours" for a
long time. Their worth is conceded
even by builders of "sixes." On the
other hand, there is no question but
what the "six" has made wonderful
firogress. When leading manufacturers
n ever Increasing numbers add "sixes"
to their lines, and finally drop the older
type for "sixes" exclusively, one Is
forced to the conclusion that the "six"
at least merits the serious consider
ation of every buyer.
"Despite the many hectic and often
unreasonably biased claims advanced
by adherents of both fours and sixes,
there are some fotindumental facts
about the two types which the intend
ing buyer can easily learn for Him
self," says Uobert L. Morton, local Chal
mers dealer. "The wonderfully In
creased production of sixes from just a
few hundred cars fout» or five years
ago to many thousands for this sea
son is not an accident or the whim of
manufacturers who have more money
than brains. The ever increasing de
mand for sixes is the result of ex
perience.
Lsers of sixes since the first
htevens-Duryea and Wlnto cars of that
type were built have learned, not that
the six is necessarily faster than a
lour; not that It will climb a given
hill any faster than a four of equal
p °wor, not that it will travel any more
rapidly through sand or mud than a
four of us great motor size. But they
have learned that the six will do all
these things easier, with less fuss, with
less vibration, with less gear shifting—
and consequently with less wear and
tear on the machine and on the driver.
„i, i ]tth, ha t all any builder of sixes
should ask Is that the intending buyer
find out for himself if these things
are true. This can be proved by ex
perience. Claims hnve nothing to do
with it. Any man who will ride 100 or
50 or even 20 miles behind the wheel
or a six, and the same distance over the
same road In any four will know when
h» tile car why thirty-seven of
the forty-two leading builders of this
model ° ma<le slxes their leading
j,' l , has been said that the six is
rr?.Pn£„i a i 'JS' - 11 doeßn 't seem quite
°nable that American buyers in
fwf.L '"creasing numbers should con
« « «. indulge in a fad as costly
nii P L ln k oto, ;u Car n if the y derived no
thatki!.? en S ; #• , Pe0 P ll! Just don't have
i r!J l „°' fads. Nor do manufac
thl —. e biggest and strongest in
the country spent vast fortunes
production t nfi r e P t L r , e equipment and
n# ?£>£ lans * taking the whole as
i their companies on a fad. No.
the six has had to prove itself Just
, the four once had to.
for the 'fW | f . r °.?* ,le . nt plea one hearß
thnntiwV . * ls mor " economical
rM«nn Lth Wily, I wonder. The
omv nf th. ? supposed greater econ
m> of the four I have never seen
Derien'pfi Meanwhile, actual ex
wm Jra - ? hOWB that a well-built six
„LI 01 a ," y g'ven number of miles
as mti glv .? n period of time on Just
Of Jnnif * ?u, * olin e and oil as any four
"It hoJ K e and equal car size.
weiJhtu nf en i ! my experience that
weight is the biggest factor In econ
a fo.ir e ! s lx . ls not heavier than
one four T \ S V*°- . Four instance,
one foui I hs>ve in mind is not as
large as the Chalmers Model 24, yet it
HiwF r S between three and four hun-
P° und s more. Surely the four
cylinder motor, which has to work
harder to move this extra weight is
which e has & 4 oif founds S'ess dead
thl B C t"be a fa a ot' ° Xperlen "
'We hear frequently, too, that
h»lM P^a en F' neer s<l° nt know 'how to
putld good sixes. They are lust lparn
ng. More than half the leading
t° r 'es In England, France. Germany
F 5 1 - are experimenting with
hiiiin' »i^ s . as they learn how to
build them, sixes are being produced
ei-s leading European manufactur-
And isn t it about time we stopped
worshipping this European fetish.
America owes a great deal to Europe
But we have outgrown our early ignor-
automobile engineering. The
T nited States is to-day the greatest
W« h„lM l '»l lng .i natlon ln the world.
e build ten times as many cars as
Europe. And in every market of the
world, In competition wlfh the best
Europe produces we outsell European
cars ten to one. We have gone ahead
of our one-time teacher. We are show
ing Europe th» way now and most
assuredly on sixes.
'Nor yet do I wish to be classed
A fIVE-TON G ARK) 1(1) MOtOR
~ T , his truck was delivered this week to John Black, of 201 South Seven teenth street by Andrew Redmond.
Mr. Redmond and K G. Bacon, of the Oarford factory branch at Philadelphia, met the truck at Lebanon Tue«-
i idnight. It is a five-ton truck with steel body and patent dumping and hoisting device operated by
m?»?i!L drivers seat, making it possible to back up and dump load and return body to chassis In one
minute and a quarter. Mr. Clifford drove the truck from Philadelphia, accompanied by Superintendent Rldgely.
among those who decry fours as worth
less. I have sold a great many fours;
more than 35.000 Chalmers fours are
now in use. And they are good fours.
Of the earliest Chalmers fours just as
great a percentage are running to-day
Saving satisfaction as of any cars
built at the same time. But actual
experience has proved to me as it is
proving to new thousands each year,
MgF*The Car That Invites Comparison
and Has No Fear of Competition,
Made in one of the largest and best equipped automobile factories in the United States.
Built by a firm that has manufactured automobile parts for other leading automobile builders for
twelve years; and specialized on high-grade machinery for over forty years. The Herft'-Brooks
car is produced by men who know the cost of materials, manufacturing, selling, and what is legiti
mate profit. The car that caused the big sensation among automobile men at the great Chicago
show, is made by an organization consisting of highly specialized mechanics; each an expert in his
particular line of work, and backed by men who are known to every automobile manufacturer of
consequence, and whose financial standing is assurance that they are in the automobile business
to stay and will compete successfully in quantity and quality with the largest makers of motor
cars. Ihe Herff-Brooks Corporation does not care what competitors think of so remarkable a car
at so remarkable a price, but they do care what the buyer thinks and invites comparison, point bv
point, with cars one-fourth to one-third greater in price. Prompt deliveries guaranteed. First
shipment about April tenth. Make your own comparisons with the following and we feel confi
dent you will sec the Ileroff-Brooks before you buy your 1914 motor car:
SPECIFICATIONS AND EQUIPMENT
i cylinder cast en bloc; bore 4 1 ,» Inches; stroke 6 Inches; five bearing; crank shaft; enclosed
valves, easily adjusted and removed. Engine develops 3 8 horse power. COOLlNG—Honeycomb type of radiator,
with positive gear water pump, belt driven fan. IGNITION—Magneto and dry cells. LUBRICATION—SpIash sys
tem. gear pump, circulating, with sight feed on dash in view of driver. CLUTCH—Leather faced cone with
•springs under leather to insure easy engagement. TRANSMISSION—SeIective type; three speeds forward and
Departure ball bearings. DRlVE—Through torsion tube to rear axle; one universal Joint,
mnffil i?RfiNT VYl°.' witrS on r ? ar wheel drums; dust and mud proof and lined with special
i'vii? Sk , V, heavy beam, drop forged in one piece without weidlng; Timken bearings,
ixivA? AXLE—Three-quarter floating type, with extra heavy New Departure bearings. STEKRINU GEAR
Worm and gear type, easily adjustable; 18-inch steering wheel with control levers on top. Right hand drive
tenter control. SPRINGS—front semi-elliptic: rear, three-quarter elliptic. WHEEL BASK —116 inches. TREAD
—;>6 Inches standard. BO inches for Southern trade. WHEELS—Artillery type of best irrade hickorv will. rtT
TIRES 34x4 inches Q. D. GASOLINE TANK-Underfront capacity fifteen gallons'
HOm—Mve-passenger touring two-passenger roadster, with deep upholstery of genuine leather and a good
quality of curled hair, back of front seat fitted with protecting strip; concealed hinges* cleen cowl on d»«h*
m?ngs mont ,)ourcl un cowl. COLOR—Black running gear. Browster green body, nickel and aluminum trim*
EQI IPMK\T—Electrle Self-Starter, electric headlight*, electric tall light, electric daub light, with dimmer In
connection with hcml light* taking place of side dash lights, electric horn, clear vision Ventilating wlnd
shleld, inohnlr top and side curtains, full top hoot, eoueenleri tool boxes, speedometer, demountable rims with
usua"e.Vulpment. re "" tlre rep,,lr k "' tool ' k "» Jatk ' t,re »"">»> '»<>« rail, robo rail and oTher
48 Horse Power ..
r > electric lights, completely equip
" V 'V T J
The Herff-Brooks Six is guaranteed to be the superior of any car selling for $1750, and equal
to any car of S2OOO made, regardless of specifications or name. This guarantee is backed up by
responsible makes. This car is the sensation of the automobile field this year. Specifications of
Six exactly like the Four with the exception that it has a 124-inch wheelbase and 6-cylinder, 48
h. p. motor. All prices f. o. b. factory, Indianapolis.
Write or Telephone For Further Details or Appointment.
CONRAD «Sf BENTZ
WEST END OARAGE
Agents For Dauphin, Cumberland and Perry Counties
1808 Logan Street Harrisburg, Pa.
that the six Is mechanically the su
perior. The whole trenil of the auto
mobile demand is toward sixes among
cars of $1,500 and over. Among the
lower priced and very light cars, the
four Is likely to remain predominant.
But I sincerely believe thjit the next
two years will tlnd all leading cars
over $1,500 built In sixes only?"
FALLS FROM SCAFFOLD
John Snyder, aged 68, of 1108 Nortli
Twelfth street, had a fractured left
leg treated at the Harriaburg Hospital
last evening. Snyder fell from a
twelve-foot scaffold at 1327 Susque
hanna street yesterday afternoon.
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