Our Competitors Don't Like
Us, But Our Customers Do
JF the best is none to good for you, examine the Abbott-Detroit
line of pleasure cars. They will stand any test any car will
stand, regardless of price. N© car has a clearer or better record,
and the company behind them is RIGH T, financially and otherwise.
THE BULLDOG LINE" is admired and appreciated by
the thousands of owners and thoroughly disliked by its competi
tors. There's a reason, ceme to us and let us tell you all about
it. The story is instructive as well as very interesting.
HARRISBURG BRANCH
Abbott Motor Car Co.
106-8 South
Bell Phone 3593 :: :: :: - :: Harrisburg, Pa.
orcycle Expert
Arrives at the Excelsior
inifred P. Stratton, of Chicago, is
at the Excelsior Cycle Company
harge of the repair department.
Stratton comes direct from the
CRISPEN MOTOR CAR CO. f
413-417 South Cameron Street
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What Is YOUR Definition of the Right Car ? 1
Is it what thousands of careful, shrewd buyers have demanded and found in Jackson Ipj
cars? If your definition of the RIGHT car means [P
AN ESTABLISHED REPUTATION OF THE MANUFACTURER, 11
A HIGH STANDARD OF QUALITY REASONABLY PRICED, in
DEPENDABLE SERVICEABILITY AT LOW UP-KEEP COST If]
then you too will find it in any one of the models of the Jackson 1914 line. |fj
THREE MODELS COMPRISE THE 1014 LINE. EACH POSSESSES QUALITIES AND FBA. G33
TIRES THAT MAKE IT A LEADER IN ITS CLASS. tS
"Olympic Forty" $1385 "Majestic" SIBBS "Sultanic" $2150 §§
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CENTRAL GARAGE 334 Chestnut Street |
P. H. KEBOCH & DeWITT A. FRY, Agents. j|j
SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG t&Sfjllß TELEGRAPH MAY 9, 1914.
Excelsior factory and has had the
traininpr and passed the examination
required for their efficiency depart
ment, which is said to be a severe
mechanical test.
The Wheeling (W. Va.) Motorcycle
Club is arranging to have larger quar
ters this Fall.
Stewart-Warner Service
Station Will Open Here
Ross C. Barrett, of the Front-Mar
ket Motor Supply Store, will take a
course of instructions at the Stewart-
Warner offices in Philadelphia in or
der to qualify with the expert knowl
, edge required in the management of
! a service station for Stewart-Warner
; speedometers, which will be a fea
! ture of the Front-Market Supplv Store.
; One section of the store will be devot
j ed to the adjustment of speedometers
I only, thus eliminating the necessity of
! sending the speedomoters to the fac-
Itory for adjustment. This department
will be at the service of all automobile
I dealers and other supply stores as
I well as for the individual owner.
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VARIOUS PHASES OF
SIXES DISCUSSED
Manager of Keystone Motor Car
Company Emphasizes Numerous
Advantages Claimed For Six
Beyond doubt, the moat discussed
single phase of motor construction at
the present time is the question of
"six" and "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 may be a
! pood one cannot be denied. The public
has bought and used "fours" for a
long time. Their worth Is conceded
I even by builders of "sixes." On the
other hand, there Is no question but
what the "six" has made wonderful
progress. When leading manufactur
ers in every-lncreasing 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 con
sideration of every buyer.
"Despite the many hectic and often
unreasonably biased claims advanced
by adherents of both fours and sixes,
there are some fundamental facts
about the two types which the intend
ing buyer can easily learn for himself,"
says Robert L. Morton, local Chalmers
dealer. "The wonderfully Increased
production of sixes from just a few
hundred cars four or Ave years ago to
many thousands for this season is not
an accident or the whim of manufac
turers who have more money than
brains. The ever-increasing demand
for sixes is the result of experience.
"Users of sixes since the first Ste
vens-Duryea and Wlnton cars of that
type were built have learned, not that
the six is necessarily faster than a
four; not that it will climb a given hill
any faster than a four of equal power;
not that it will travel any more rap
idly through sand or mud than a four
of as 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 think that 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 experi
ence. Claims have nothing to do with
it. Any man who will ride 100 or 50
or even 20 miles behind the wheel of
a six, and the same distance over the
same road in any four will know when
he leaves the car why 37 of the 42
leading builders of this country have
made sixes their leading models.
"It has been said that the six !s
simply a fad. It doesn't seem quite
reasonable that American buyers in
ever Increasing numbers shouid con
tinue to indulge In a fad as costly as
the motor car if they derived no ma
terial benefit. People just don't have
that kind of Tads. No do manufac
turers—the biggest and strongest in
the country spend vast fortunes
changing their entire equipment and
production plans, staking the whole
assets of their companies on a fad.
Xo, the six has had to prove itself
jjust as the four once had to. '
I "The most frequent plea one hears
for the four Is 'it is more economical
than the six." Why, I wonder. The
reason for the supposed greater econ
omy of the four I have never seen
clearly stated. Meanwhile, actual ex
perience shows that a well-built six
will travel any given number of miles
or for any given period of time on
just as little gasoline and oil as any
four of equal motor size and equal
car size.
"It has been my experience that
weight is the biggest factor in econo
my. And the six is not heavier than
a four of equal size. For instance,
one four I have in mind is not as large
as the Chalmers Model 24. yet it
weighs between 300 and 400 pounds
*nore. Surely the four-cylinder motor,
which has to work harder to move this
extra weight is '- ore extravagant of
fuel than the six which has 400 pounds
less dead weight to carry. Again, ex
perience proves this to be a fact.
"-We hear frequently, too, that Eu
rope doesn't build sixes. The fact
here is that European engineers don't
know how to build good sixes. They
are just learning. More than half the
leading factories in England, France,
Germany and Belgium are experi
menting with sixes. As fast as they
learn how to build them, sixes are
being produced, by the leading Euro
pean manufacturers.
"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 ig
norance of automobile engineering.
The United States is to-day the great
est motor-building nation in the
world. We built ten times as many
cars as Europe. And In every market
of the world, In competition with the
best Europe produces, we outsell Eu
ropean cars ten to one. We have
gone ahead of our one-time teacher.
We are showing Europe the way now
—and most assuredly on sixes.
"Nor yet do I wish to be classed
among those who decry fours as
worthless. 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 and giving 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, that the six Is mechanically
the superior. The whole trend of the
automobile 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 pre
dominant. But I sincerely believe I
♦hat the next two years will find all
loading cars over $1,500 built In sixes
only."
Hup Wins South American j
Run by Six Hours Lead j
P. S. Steenstrup, now in Buenos!
Aires, as resident export representative
for the Hupmoblle in South America,'
reports an interesting reliability run
in which the Hup was victorious over
a field of fifteen entries, many of :
which were French cars of high pow-1
er. The run was of exceptional sever
ity on account of the frightful road
conditions and the difficulties caused
by rivers and other obstacles. Not the
least interesting feature of the event
was the resourcefulness displayed by
the Hup driver, Senor Sanchez.
The run was from Buenos Aires to
Mar del Plata, a ditance of 400 miles
The roads in some places were so
heavy it took hours to go a single
mile and the strain on the cars was a
thorough test of their durability. At
one point the contestants had the
choice of making a long detour across
the river San Porondon or a bridge or
being towed across the river, which at
this place is 500 feet wide. The Hup
driver, however, accepted neither
alternative. Mr. Sanchez wrapped the
carburetor and magneto In oil paper
and plunged Into the water, driving
across the stream safely and tri
umphantly under his own power. In
this way the Hup gained about one
hour on its competitors and It finished
the 400-mlle run six hours ahead of
iall others
aimers
The Master "Sixes >
J_,' € R*»ei\ger Touring Car $2275
You Can't Afford to Buy Any Car
Until You Have Seen the Master "Six"
We claim there is no car—either "four"
or "Six"—within SSOO of its price that
is the equal of the Chalmers Master
"Six" in quality of materials, perform
ance or good looks. On the truth of this
claim we stake our business reputation,
and the capital we have invested in Chal
mers cars.
If what we say is true you want a Mas
ter "Six" in preference to any other car
under S3OOO. That's only business sense.
Make Us Prove Our Claims
Now, we don't ask you merely to take
our word for it. But we do ask you to
prove for yourself whether our claims arc
true. Yes, we even go so far to say you
can't afford to buy any car at any price
until you have seen the Master "Six" and
made us prove its worth.
The Chalmers Standard Road Test is
the proof we offer.
This is not the ordinary kind of demon
stration ride. It is a real test which
shows you in deeds—not words—what
the Master "Six" can do.
You see with your own eyes IIOAV this
Master car will creep along 011 high gear
at two miles an hour; and at a touch of
the throttle speed away like a hare.
You feel with your own body the ab
sence of vibration which only such a
"Six" can give; the comfort of the 132-
jrrli wheel base, the big tires and the
undcrslung rear springs.
Keystone Motor Car Company
1019-1025 Market St. Robert L. Morton, Manager
Electric Starter and
Generator on the Abbott
A special feature of Abbott-Detroit
cars is the electric self-starter and
lighting system, in speaking of its
merits, C. D. Stewart, manager of the
local branch, said:
"The Auto-Lite starter and genera
tor was originally built exclusively for
Abbott, cars, and from the very be
ginning it has been a success. This
season we have incorporated every de
sirable Improvement, and now nay
without fear or contradiction that it
has no competitor.
"We hae subjected this starter to
unusual tests during the months of
January and February, 1914, On a
number of occasions our cars have
been in zero weather for four and
five hours .and then have been started
right off.
"This started will spin our six-cylin
der motor 140 revolutions per minute
for thirty consecutive minutes. None
other has this power or the capacity."
son, ethese selections give assurance
City Auto Supply House
Agency For Diamond Tires
Having assumed the distributing
agency for Diamond tires for Harris
burg and vicinity the City Auto Sup
ply house this week received an un
usually large stock of this make. This
phase of the supply business has be
come such an important factor that it
requires the service of an additional
man to keep in touch with subdealers
In nearby towns.
JOKES I
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Mileage guarantee on tires
is a joke.
Empire tires are guaranteed
100 per cent, efficient.
MONDAY ONLY
TZS... P " IN .. $lO-53
Tr«d 3 ' 4 P ' ain . $13.18
T r* P,ai ".. $15.08
Tread" PUi ".. $21.20
34x4 Plain $22.92
tW, Plain ■ $30.56
s3l-50
Tr«d... Plai .".. $37.76
We will accept all orders at
these prices on this day for im
mediate or later delivery.
Front-Market Motor
Supply
AT MAHKCT STRKKT BItIDUK
HARRISBURG
Non-Stallable; We Prove It
This test shows you the simplicity and
power of the Chalmers-Entz one motion
electric starter. It proves to you that the
Master "Six" motor is non-stallable. By
actual performance it demonstrates the
safety in giant brakes that will stop the
car in its own length.
I f you are a driver, take the wheel your
self. Actually experience the flexibility
of a car that will start "on high" without
a jerk or jolt; that will go'from a stand
still to 25 miles an hour in ten seconds.
Challenge Other Makes
These and a dozen other wonderful
features of performance that no car can
surpass and few can equal, the Chal
mers Road Test will prove to you. Then
look at the Master "Six" and see for
yourself if anv other car is more beauti
ful.
So let us take you out on the Chalmers
I est Ride. '1 hen challenge any other
car in the class of the Chalmers to dupli
cate its silence, smoothness and flexi
bility; challenge any other car in any
class to show equal value at the price.
You are tinder no obligation except to
yourself—and you do owe it to yourself
to buy the best dollar-for-dollar value
you can get in a motor car.
fhalmpra banter "Six"—2, 4. or 5 pniacngrr.
thnliuern M»»«er "Sl*"—n ptMrnvrr Irnr, #2275
(fully equipped f. o. I». Detroit)
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