EMPIRE
"The Little Aristocrat* *
The Biggest SIOOO.OO Value
Ever Put Into a Motor Car
You won't doubt the statement a minute if you see the Empire, model 31, a full
fledged five-passenger touring car with the luxury, comfort and convenience of the big
cars, but with the distinctive Empire essentials —light weight, simplicity of control and
operation, remarkable fuel and tire economy, absolute safety and phenominal service.
The Empire has streamline body; electric lights: electric starter; unit power plant: four
cylinder motor, 3-':j-bore by.4}4-inch stroke; Kemv simplified ignition; 109-inch wheel
base: Turkish upholstry: concealed hinges: roll crown fenders; non-skid tires on rear
wheels: and other features that the well-informed motorist knows are essential in a
good car. Roadster or Touring models, f. o. b., Ilarrisburg, SIOOO.
MV NOT AT EITHER SHOW, BUT A PHONE MESSAGE
WILL BRING OUR SHOW TO YOU
Penbrook Garage
H. A. I'lSIIIll/KN, MANAGER
PLNBROOK PA. BELL PHONES, ȣ.'.*
Haynes Motor Cars
Striking in Design
"Perhaps the most striking feature
that is to be observed in the 1915 sea
son models is the completeness of the
ears connected with the low selling
price, according to Roberts and lloin.
Who are displaying the Haynes at the
Kelker street ball auto show.
; "Regular equipment on new Haynes
irars, at least, includes many features
that were formerly counted as extra
equipment. Electric starting and
lighting is taken as a matter of
OA&moMe.
"Y • r
f f Oldsmobile Light Four
An Exact Model of the
OLDS FAMOUS SIX '
With Two Bodies, Touring
Because it's a
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East End Auto Co.
Both Phones R. C. BARRETT, Mgr. 13th and Walnut Sts.
SATURDAY EVENING, BXRIUSBURG TELEGKjILPH MARCH 13, 1915.
course. . The automobile electric sys
tem is a complete' city lighting plant
on a small scale. It has its peak
loads, and must have a reserve capac
ity for all emergencies. The speed
ometer is no longer driven from the
fro if-, wheel, but from a gear on the
propeller wheel, whel is hidden and
protected from the mud. The front
wheel is k"-pt free from grease.
"Moth the foot brake and clutch
pedals are adjustable to different
heights. The engagement of the start
ing motor with the engine in starting
has always presented a problem diffi
cult of solution.
"The strapless tiro carrier is a real
convenience as well as a saver «>
tires. A gasoline gauge in the fille
cap saves much time and labor in de
termining the amount of gasoline ii
the tank. A dimming device is i
necessity for "safety lirst' principle?
"No-Glare Mazda lamps solve tin
problem of eliminating the glare whei
the lamps burn at full intensity, ('lea
running boards and a graceful stream
line body are the dictates of tlv
most advanced design. Including i
tire air pump as regular equipment i
a decided advance. The tire pump i
more of a necessity than a luxury."
BUICK lUE-III
NEAD MOTOR CURS
! Fours and the Six Show Improve
j ments in Mechanical Details
and Design
In the IS 14 season the demand for
j Buick ears was phenomenal. The en
j tire output of 32,000 cars was sold by
' March 12. .Many improvements hare
I been made in the 1915 line and at the
'same (line the price has been reduced.
The nix, known as the C-56, priced
jat $1,650, a reduction of $336. this
!year makes its appearance as a seven-
I passenger car, the extra seats folding
!up from the floor boards, and so ar
j ranged that there is plenty of leg: room
! for e\ erybody. The other touring car
! models will sell for SIOO leas than
| last season, and the roadsters for SSO
less. The revised lists read: C-55,
$950; C-37, $1,235; C-24, s>oo, and
the C-36, sl,l So, prices which govern
jf. o. b. factory.
] All models are Delco started, with
I the automatic spark control, an added
feature on the C-33 and C-37, the big
fours and the six.
| The Delco apparatus has been
'greatly simplified by the elimination
'of the ignition relay and the cut-out
I relay, the. operation now being
i through the switch on the dash,
I which closes the ignition and gener
ating circuits.
| The unit incorporates a new sys
tem of current regulation which has
I for its main advantage the fact that
i battery charging is made easier,
. causing greater output at lower
j speeds than heretofore. To do this,
'the automatic spark advance and the
ignition control are operated in com
bination by a centrifugal governor.
The regulation shows a current out
,put curve with a peak as speeds of
| from 1.000 to 1,200 revolutions a min
: ute. This is at car speeds of about
| ten to twelve miles an hour. The
,cranliing is done by connecting the
| electric unit, which is temporarily
[operating as a motor, to the flywheel
; face gear, by means of pedal. The
turning of switch on instrument
j board starts electric motor and
i slowly turns small starting gears,
| making it mesh more readily with
I teeth on flywheel. The pressure on
I start.ng pedal meshes the gears and
starts the motor.
! Tungsten valves are now standard
on ail models. The claim is made
f that they won't pit or leak, and that
r regrindlng is made unnecessary by
_ the maintenance of perfect seating.
Changes in valve timing are also pre
-1 vented by the wonderful Tungsten re
-1 sistance. On the larger four-cylinder
i. models and the six a new method of
delivering the gasoline to the ear
-1 buretor is employed. While the gaso
-1 line tanks are still carried at the rear
r and hung below the frame level, the
force fed lias ben replaced by a modi
fication of the Webb Jay, or Stewart
n I method of vacuum feed. The vacuum
* i apparatus is mounted on bosses cast
s on the intake manifold, and is high
s f-nough so that the fuel can flow from
it to the carburetor by gravity. The
device is really a method of auto
matically creating a vacuum within it, ;
* thus utilizing atmospheric pressure to
[ send the fuel to it. This gets away
i ft-oi:> all the troubles experienced with
! pressure fed due to leaks, pressure
-1 pump failure and the like. The Bulck
! models will be displayed at the Kelker
[ hall auto show.
; j Chevrolet Engine Has
Many Exclusive Features
! The Chevrolet automobile has be
-1 come a great favorite with the mo-
I toring fraternity, and it has won its
| way to their hearts simply through its
! own sterling merits, and not through
| any effort at sensational advertising.
> There are many ways in which the
[ Chevrolet differs from the general run
' of automobiles. The motor is of the
i valve-in-the-head type. But it differs
| from the regular valve-in-the-head
i motors. having a detachable head
| (containing all of the valve meehan
i ism), which can easily be discon
[ nected, permitting the grinding of the
1 valves and removal of carbon at the
! bench. It differs from the usual valve
| ln-tlie-head motor by having no valve
i cages, thus doing away with 64 tin
[ necessary parts, very materially redue
-1 ing the weight and permitting direct
! cooling of the valves. It differs from
| the ordinary valve-in-the-head mo
i tors by being built with Doehler
| bronze back bearings, which the ma
i kers claim . are the best bearings
| money can buy.
I The Chevrolet car differs from the
! common valve-in-tlic-head motor in
'design, balance proportions and ac
; curacy of timing, resulting In a motor
i ) which produces more power for its
[ I size and weight than any other motor
II in the world. It differs from most
! | valve-in-the-head motors by having a
| I much smaller cylinder bore; but with
I j proper port areas, perfect vaporizing
|I of fuel and its peculiar method of
> : vacuum exhaust, the makers claim
| ' they obtain more mileage per gallon
' !of gasoline than any other motor of
I its size yet produced. Chevrolet mo
; tors differ from the regular valve-in
!: the-head motor in having complete
; ! ucesslbillty to magneto and generator,
i with no licat interference to destroy
| the efficiency of those important in
i struments; the exhaust pipe also car
! ries heat away from the toeboard and
! floorboards, requiring no ventilation to
i make the front part of the' car cool
| and comfortable. Chevrolet motors
i differ from the majority of motors by
1 having the wiring enclosed in flexible
1 metal tubing, preventing any bearing
iI of the wires or soaking with oil to
[ cause short circuiting. The Chevrolet
! wiring system is new and cannot be
i round on any other car now on the
[ market. A marked difference between
i Chevrolet motors and the usual run
[ of valve-in-the-head motors is the use
' of the "world's standard zenith car-
I buretor, the simplest in construction,
most effU lent and economical ever de
signed," enabling the driver to get a
mileage of 26 Vi to 30 miles on a gal
lon of gasoline. These and many
other features ure noticeable on mod
els to be displayed by Hottenstein and
Zeck at the Capital auto show in Kel
ker street hall.
Myers, the Tireman, Has
New More Modern Plant
Well-known in the automobile busi
ness is the establishment of Cieorge
AV. Myers, whose business concerns
tires and tire repair. This business
was established in 1909 at 225 Hum
mel street. but it was necessary to
seel; larger quarters. So to-day the
establishment occupies six thousand
feet in a story and a half of the build
ing at Cameron and Mulberry streets.
Mr. Myers aside from representing the
United States and Goodyear tires,
makes a specialty of vulcanizing, re
treading and doing everything rela
tive to the tire business, whether it
concerns wholesale or retail, liis
plant is equipped with up-to-date
machinery and the stock comprises a
completed :ine of pneumatic, and
solid truck and enrrlage tires, for
every vehicle where rubber tires arc
used.
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\ 11 When you purchase tires or other auto
\ \ accessories from a Department Store that
\ \ \ stands for Good Service, you'll recognize
\ \ the same advantages that go with the pur
\ \ chasing of other merchandise there—ad
,A \ vantages that only a Department Store
i can offer. Then when a "break down" oc
jj\ curs 'way out from nowhere, a telephone
jk\ call will bring to you—no matter where
i|»<i\ you may be—the long arm of Bowman
' 51(1 \ Better Service to repair the damage.
|j You'll profit also, by investigating
l ! • w : \ our LOW PRICES ON:
i H j'W Kelley-Spr
11 jV Goody ea
*®! ; Ji!£i and
are guaranteed. carry a com
plete stock, including the hard-to-find
sizes, for autos, motorcycles and bicycles.
Full Line of Tubes and
Other Accessories
FORD HAS IMMENSE
VOLUME OF SALES
One Million Cars Will Be in Opera
tion on Completion of
Year's Schedule
With the conpletion of the 300,000-
car schedule August 1, 1015, there will
be one million Ford cars in operation.
A million Ford owners mean Ford
dealers In proportion. There are al
ready nearly 6000 Ford dealers. And
in the hands—always—of these Ford
dealers is kept a stock of Ford parts
aggregating $12,000,000. The ratio of
Ford owners as compared to owners of
all motor cars is shown, for example,
by California, lowa and Florida, three
extreme points in the Union. More
than 50 per cent, of all the automo
biles owned in these States are Fords,
and there are 113,000 cars in lowa,
too. There is a Ford dealer every ten
miles in lowa. In greater New York
City and vicinity there are Ford
branches in Long Island City, Brook
lyn. the Bronx and Newark. All these
stupendous figures—a million Ford
owners, 6000 Ford dealers and $12.-
000,000 of Ford parts in the hands of
Ford dealers—merely mean that it is
impossible for a Ford driver, any
where in this country, to get out of the
zone of immediate Ford service. It Is
the basic principle of Ford service, not
only to take care of every FV>rd owner
immediately, but to take care of him
immediately—wherever he is.
Though the Ford bodies have been
redesigned, and a sedan and coupelet.
have been added to the touring, road
ster and town car models, the chassis
still is the well-known model T design.
All the new bodies have been highly
finished. This applied especially to
the closed models, which are made to
meet the tastes of the most exacting.
The coupelet is of the. type which
may have the top folded back when
weather permits; but it also may bo
closed so no water or snow can get in.
Then it is virtually a coupe. The up
holstoring is deep and windows wide
in sliding sash. The sedan has two
wide doors and provides seating for
five, three in the rear seat and two in
front on individual chair-type seats.
The right hand seat is on a pivot and
folds back out of the way. Wide win
dow panels above the doors and in the
rear make for clear vision in all di
rections.
The touring model shows a decided
improvement in design and manufac
ture thut will be of special Interest,
considering that tho show in Ivelker
street hall will have one of the first
models to bo seen in this section.
The Ford Sales company of this
city have had a remarkable demand
for Ford cars, and, although the re
cent fire was a severe blow to the com
pany, reconstruction of the building
will be completed as quickly as pos
sible in order to care for the immense
value of business assured for the com
ing season, judging by present indica
tions and reports from the factory.
The average interval for resurfac
ing macadam roads is between six
and seven years. If a sum equal to
two-thirds of the original cost of the
gravel surface itself is provided for
renewals at six-year intervals, it
should be estimated at from $l5O to
$250 per mile per year. If S3O is then
allowed for annual dragging and
small repairs, the total annual cost
of repair and maintenance of gravel
roads would be from SIBO to S2BO
per mil*
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120 Market Street, E. Ij. Lelnhacli, Manager
Service Station Opened
by Efficient Expert
H. L. Myers, who has assumed the
agency for the Cole cars, has been
associated with the automobile busi
ness since 1903, and is a mechanical
expert, of conceded ability, having dur
ing these years been associated with
several of the biggest motor car deal
ers In the city, and held positions as
foreman of the repair department until
he decided to enter business for him
MYERS, THE TIRE MAN
DISTRIBUTORS FOR UNITED STATES AND GOOD
YEAR SOLID AND PNEUMATIC TIRES
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Repaired W|
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Tire repairing of all kinds. Located in new building
equipped with latest improved machinery. Have ample and
every facility to take care of autoists' needs in most approved
fashion.
Cameron and Mulberry Streets
self. Upon the completion of the build
ing owned by George W. Myers, facing
tile Cameron approach to the Mul
berry street bridge, Harry L. Myers
leased the upper Hoor for an automo
bile service station, with especial at
tention given to the electrical equip
ment., in which Mr. Myers is especially
well versed. This room is especially
accessible by a roadway leading up
from Cameron street under the Mul
berry street bridge. Mr. Myers is do
ing business under the name of the
15xc«lslor Auto Company.