THE CAIV EGI^TS
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The New q Cylinder
Till: WOKIJVS MItST POPVLAIt-PKICED EIGHT
$1350 Complete
AT THE AUTO SHOW IN KELKEH STREET HALL,
Mechanical simplicity. Valves easily accessible. Sturdy
construction, characteristic o!' King. Cantilever springs.
Pure European streamline. Great power and flexibility.
Silent and smooth running'. Easy turning length and light
weight as a moderate priced four. Price f. o. b., Detroit,
$1,350, completely equipped.
KING POPULAR "4" $1,165
KING CAR SALES CO.
80-88 S. Cameron Street
HAYNES SIX TOURING
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Robert & Hoin, Distributors, S3-! Chestnut Street
PRIMITIVE HAYNES
ID MODERN CAR
First Car Had Speed of Eight
Miles Per Hour; Light Six
Goes Fifty
ELWOOD HAYNES
Fatttr mf tin Amrnkam Automobile ladortry
ELWOOD HAYNES
Special interest always attaches to
the exhibit of the Ilaynes car at local
automobile' shows. There is a his
torical angle to this display, for the
Haynes has a claim to be the first
of practical American automobiles.
Roberts and Hoin represent the
car in this city, and will make a dis
play at the Capital Motor Show in the
Kelker street hall.
C. It. Johnson, treasurer of the com
pany, tells the story Of liow Elwood
Because it gives the highest motor car serv
ice at lowest cost, the Ford is the one car
you'll find in large numbers and in constant
use, in every land. It's a better car this year
than ever before—but it sells for S6O less
than last year.
The Ford is everybody's motor car because
everybody can easily understand and safely
operate it. Doesn't take a skilled mechanic
to operate or care for the Ford. Less than
two cents a mile to operate and maintain the
Ford. With "Ford Service for Ford Own
ers" your Ford car is never idle.
* Buyers will share in profits if we sell at retail 300,000
t new Ford cars between August 1914 and August
1915. Runabout $465; Touring Car $515; Town
I Car $715; Coupelet $775; Sedan SIOOO, delivered.
J See them at Ford Sales Company, South Cameron
street, and Auto Show at Kelker Street Hall.
SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MARCH 13, 1915,
Haynes, after having spent consider
able time as an educator, finally be-
came interested in the subject of trans
portation, and decided to apply to the
problem the mechanical knowledge he
had gained in a thorough technical
course.
Haynes first experimented with
steam and with electricity as his mo
tive powers, but dismissed them both,
and after moving to Kokomo, Ind.,
matured his plans for a gasoline en
gine and ordered a one-horsepower
Marine upright, two-cycle, gasoline en
gine.
This little machine was built up In
the form of a small truck, and its total
weight, complete, was 820 pounds.
The first test was made twenty years
and six months ago, July 4, 1894, to
be exact. The car went off at a spec*!
of seven miles an hour, was driven
about a mile and a half into the coun
try, and was brought back to Kokomo,
without having made a single stop.
This little machine never made
above eight miles an hour, whereas
now the Haynes can readily do fifty,
but it was the foundation of a great
business.
The final development of the auto
mobile development by this primitive
car will be seen In the local Haynes
display.
The Haynes purchaser will not only
find a complete equipment, but con
veniences of every description. In fact,
the Haynes car bears every evidence
of a thoughtful, painstaking and in
genious manufacturer.
Among the more important features
are the electric gear shifts, the motor
driven tire airpump, gasoline-pressure
feed and the starting and lighting sys
tem, all of which are standard equip
ment on Haynes cars this season.
STARTING THE MOTOR
When starting an engine a better
mixture may be obtained by not
opening the throttle too wide. Two
or three turns with the spark off
and a single turn with the spark on
will give the best start. Spinning the
motor should never be done with the
spark on. The object of "spinning"
is to fill the combustion chambers
with an explosive mixture and this
can be done with safety only when the
spark is off. After the chambers are
filled a single pull upward will secure
all the results of the spinnlngand elim
inate danger from back-kicking.
IKWELL MODELS
FIT POPIILI DENIM
Local Distributor Enthusiastic as
to Business Outlook For "25"
Touring and Roadster
A car thnt has enjoyed what la con
sidered an unprecedented sale, in the
history of the industry, Is the Maxwell,
handled in the local district by E. W.
Shank, distributor for Dauphin, Cum
berland and part of Northumberland
county, with sales room at 334 Chest
nut street, at Central garage.
The Maxwell record was made be
tween August J. 1914, and Febraury 1,
1915, and it is all tjje more remarkable
on account of the wave of depression
which has swept many parts of the
country during this period.
In the Harrlsburg field Mr. Shank
declares that he has sold more cars
than any other one firm, with the ex
ception of one that sellis a very low
price car.
"The demand for the Maxwell has
simply astounded me," he said. "If
there has been any depression or tight
ness of the money market I have not
felt it in the least. The only thing
that 1 can attribute it to is the great
value in the Maxwell. Of course, there
Is no other car that competes with
the Maxwell, for mere is no other car
on the market with the high grade
features of the Maxwell and of like
size and beauty that sells for so low a
price, $695.
"But the demand has been different
from any other demand I have ever
known. Kight in the height of the
winter season I have been bringing
Maxwell cars to this territory in ex
ceptional numbers considering the sea
son. Eighteen were delivered in the
month of February.
"These oars have all been sold by
us or our agents and delivered. We
have orders from practically every
subdealer, who wants cars at once for
Spring delivery."
The Maxwell factory is working day
and night to keep up with the demand.
This in the height of the winter makes
us wonder what will happen when the
real buying season opens April 1.
"If the demand keeps up as it has
we will not get half the Maxwells we
will want in the summer months—no
factory, however large, and the Max
well is one of the world's largest, could
turn them out fast enough to keep
the buyers satisfied.
"Because of this we are advising: all
our agents to take orders ahead for
those who intend buying Maxwells
when the season opens. We are advis
ing: local buyers to place their orders
now, so that they will not be disap
pointed later.
"All indications point to a general
boom business as soon as the Spring;
opens, and if this is true the coming'
season will stagger all statistics for the
record it will produce in car sales.
"Walter E. Flanders, who heads the
Maxwell plants, told us the other day
that he is making the most, elaborate
preparations that lie has ever made
to take care of the Spring business.
He declares that the Maxwell business
during the winter months has proven
to him that the summer months will
break all motor records, and he has
promised that the factory will be
equipped to more than double its pres
ent capacity. He 1B SO optimistic that
he does not believe that double capa
city-will build cars fast enough for the
11915 demand."
Shaffer Wagon Works
Adds Truck Specialties
The Shaffer Wagon Works was
bought by Alfred -H. Shaffer from the
C. E. Shaffer Estate April 15, 1912. The
plant was then located at 5 North
Cameron street in a two-story frame
building with 4,000 square feet of floor
space. Mr. A. H. Shaffer Immediately
organized a selling organization with
Li. E. Guarln as manager, and put forth
all efforts for the upbuilding of the
business.
In 1913 it became apparent that the
plant in North Cameron street was too
small, and in the Fall of the same
year ground was bought and new
buildings were erected in South Cam
eron street.
In the year 1914 it was again found
necessary to increase the door space
and additions were made to main build
ing. The Shatter Wagon Works
to-day occupies buildings located at
80-88 South Cameron street, containing
17,000 square feet of floor space de
voted to the building and repairing of
wagon, carriage and automobile bodies,
and containing the latest machinery for
their manufacture. .
The Shaffer Wagon Works are also
distributors of the Gibney Wireless and
the Kelly-Springtleld motor tires in this
vicinity, and have equipped their plant
with a 150-ton hydraulic press (the
only one between Philadelphia and
Akron, Ohio) and other modern ma
chinery for the application of all sizes,
kinds and types of motor and carriage
tires. In speaking of the truck tires,
Mr. Shaffer said:
"All manufacturers of motor truck
tires have now come to the conclusion
that the pressed-on-type of tire is the
only solution of the motor tire prob
lem of to-day.
"It became apparent that if the de
mountable tire would not answer the
purpose because of lost motion, it was
necessary to construct a tire that would
answer the purpose, and this tire was
the pressed-on type design.
"The pressed-on-type was first
brought to this country by James U
Gibney. who went to Europe to study
solid tires. Mr. Gibney conceived the
idea that the steel-base tire olTered the
greatest possibilities and he thefore
returned to this country and manufac
tured the Gibney Wireless Pressed-on
type Tires, being the flrst wireless tire
manufactured in this country. This
type of motor tires has many distinct
advantages over the old type, viz: The
fastening of the tire to the wheel is
steel to steel, thus eliminating Inter
nal friction and lost motion. Changing
the contour of the tread and substitut
ing a wave line instead of a straight
line upper surface of the hard rubber
sub-base, and has increased the re
siliency of the compound."
Lemoyne Auto Shop Now
Has Modern Building
With a brick building to replace the
one recently destroyed by lire, the L.e
moyne Auto Company now have a
modern brick -building on the Market
street road. This building Is 00x102
feet, equipped with the most modern
machinery for giving service on all
kinds of automobile repair work.
Irving H. Heiges proprietor, is a
mechanic of well-known ability, hav
ing been established since 1893, and is
a tool and die maker by trade. Mr.
Heiges was for years associated with
local manufacturing establishments
before going into business for him
self. and served as expert machinst
at Toledo, Cleveland and Brooklyn.
In addition to the repair work there is
ample space provided for storage of
cars in that vicinity.
Motor car owners belonging to the
Denver Motor Club are being saved
a great deal of time and inconveni
ence by a plan the club has inaugu
rated to secure the 1915 State licenses
for all its Denver members. Official
application blanks have been mailed
to the 1,100 members living in the
city und county of Denver. They can
1111 out these blanks at homo, take
them to the club's headquarters, have
the required notary work done in a
few minutes and then let the club ob
tain a large number of licenses at
one trip to the office of the Secretary
of State.
The New 1915 Maxwell "25" is the
biggest automobile value ever offered for '
SMreiilll: less than SI,OOO. Our production of ==
60,000 cars makes the new price of $695
fully equipped (with 17 new features) ~ :
Here are the 17 New Features .
== ™ ~ I.—Pure stream-line body. 13.—Head lights braced by rod running • :
■-- 3. —Sims high-tension magneto. 14,-Famous make of anti-skid tires on rear r." . ..
~-V; ~ a£y ~. 4.—Three-quarter elliptic rear springs. wheels. l. ~
' 1 r I<i re brackets on rear. 15. —Gracefully rounded, double-shell radi
—rZUZziz <<-v- ' „ . „ • - ator equipped with shock absorbing 1
■ - va jg- 6.—Spring tension fan. device? . - -
■ ; %"* 7.—Kingston carburetor. "... —. ■
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B.-Clear-Vision Wind Shield. meter> carburetor adjustment , , nd
"* - 9.—Foot-rest for accelerator pedal. gasoline filler. 1 —
r = - 10.-Tail lights, with license brackets j7.-Improved Steering gear; spark and ~
1 - - • I attached. throttle control on quadrant under ■ ■ «
~ 11.—Gasoline tank located under dash cowl. steering wheel; electric horn button ■ ■
: - , . -'• - 12.—Crown fenders with all rivets concealed. mounted on end of quadrant* - ~
- . . Automobile experts have refused to believe that anyone could produce a rzzr^ijjfe
• ~ / -■ full-grown five-passenger really beautifully equipped car—a car with real
- - "■ •_ - high-tension magneto —a car with sliding gear transmission —left-hand drive trijufc IJn
- - ■ : Trr—r~ cen ter control, a car with practically every high-priced car feature for less |jll
• ■ >■ : Here it is! Here is a real automobile. Here is the easiest car to drive UN Egl
~1 : in the world—here is the greatest all-around hill climbing car in the world.
i ■ ■ Here is an automobile to be really proud of.
gl With Electric Self-Starter j||g|
— At the Capital Auto Show, Kelker Street Hall, March 13-20 KpOljpp^
||jj| |g H| E. W.SHANK fjjj
STRIKER LINE
HIS FEW CK
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Famous Manufacturing Concern
Continues Two Chassis With
Five Body Types
The Studebaker lino of cars which
met with such success during the sea
son of 1914 has been continued with
minor changes and additional refine
ments for 1915. The chasses and live
body types are being built for the
coming season.
There is the same sturdy four pleas
ure chassis. It is furnished with both
a flve-passenger touring and three
passenger roadster body.
The Studebaker models will be dis
played at the auto show, Kelker Street
Hall, by the East End Auto Company,
of which R. C. Barrett is the manager.
The power plant is the very popular
Studebaker bloc cast four motor. It
is the modern email bore (3% inches)
and long stroke (5 Inches) motor. The
pistons are accurately ground to the
one-thousandth part of an inch and
lapped Into the. cylinders. Compres
sion is maintained by two special
Studebaker piston rings, while a third
wiper ring near the bottom of the
piston takes off the lubricant adhering
to the cylinder walls.
Cooling is maintained by a cen
trifugal force pump and an 18-inch
6-blade fan. Cold water Is forced
direct from the water puinp to the
valve seats, where the maximum cool
ing 1B necessary. An improved tubular
radiator is provided for the four. Tho
Studebaker motor is provided with
large water passages around and above
each cylinder.
| The gasoline tank is located tinder
the cowl dish, where It is very ac
! cessible for filling or for removing,
| should that ever be necessary. A feed
j pipe less than three feet long leads
j direet to the carburetor and allows the
! carburetor to be placed high up on
the cylinders. A magnetic gasoline
gauge on the dash accurately tells the
amount of gasoline in the tank. Tho
filler cap is inside the windshield and
allows the tank to be conveniently
tilled from the front seat.
Electrical power for ignition, start
ing and lighting is furnished by the
efficient Studebaker-Wagner two-unit
system. The generator is located for
ward on the left side of the motor and
is driven through silent gears in con
nection with the timing gears. The
generator charges the "VVillard storage
buttery, which is located under the
front seat. All wires are contained In
trouble-proof and weatherproof steel
conduits. Power is furnished the elec
tric starter direct from the storage
1 battery. The starter is located on the
right of Wie motor and drives through
a silent chain and overrunning clutch.
Ijine of Sixes
The line of sixes, five and seven
passenger bears every resemblance in
enlarged form to the four. Its motor
is Hoc cast, of the same bore and
stroke. It has the same cooling, oil
ing. gasoline system and electrical sys
tem as the four. Its carburetor Is of
a larger design. Its gasoline tank is
. of larger capacity. The frame of the
six is tapered in front to give added
' stealing radius and additional motor
. support. Two extra folding seats are
' provided in the tonneau of the seven
r passenger body. The body finish, the
top, the fenders and all the details of
■ the sixes are just as elegant and
i beautiful as those of the four.
[ The rear springs are three-quarters
i elliptic instead of full elliptic, as used
on tho four. The wheelbase is 121
• inches and the wheels are 34 by 4,
with Q. D. demountable rims, with
safety tread tires on the rear wheels.
An old department of Studebaker
manufacture, the commercial car de
partment, is being Riven added im
petus through the excellence of its two
body types of delivery car and its
newly acquired passenger-baggage car.
These three bodies are furnished on a
specially developed four chassis, which
maintains all of the essential features
of the pleasure car four.
These cars have a carrying capacity
of fifteen hundred pounds.
The delivery car is supplied with
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WHEN AT THE
AUTO SHOW
LOOK FOR THE
Stanley Big Mountain
Wagon or Truck
also learn about the improvements on the new Stanley
Pleasure Cars.
Kel ker Street Hall
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Paul D.
1116 JAMES STREET
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either an open express body or a
closed panel body.
The new passenger-baggage car has
leather upholstered seats along each
side, which fold up against the sides,
allowing the space to be utilized for
regular delivery car purposes. This
car will carry ten men comfortably, or
part of the seats may be folded up and
It will carry four or five people and
their baggage.
The delivery car line has all the
staunch and sturdy characteristics of
the pleasure car line.