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AND DELIVERY WAGONS FROM *l3O UP.
/ Gorson's Automobile Exchange \
238-240 N. BROAD ST., PHILADELPHIA
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Inspect the Mechanical
Parts With Great Care
"X heard of a new kind of bible the
other day," said Ross Martin, of the
local Chalmers Agency in a fanning
bee with some automobile men the
other day. "I was going- through a big
automobile factory and every once in
while I heard a foreman say, 'what does
the bible say about that?'
"Of course my curiosity became
aroused after a while and I asked the
official who was with me what all this
talk about the 'bible' was. He smiled
and took me over to a great big book,
one of the biggest and fattest that I
ever saw outside of a museum.
"It was the shop 'bible' or instruc
tion book on automobile building from
A to Z and in all my career as an au
tomobile expert I must say that I
never saw anything like it anywhere.
Every operation was detailed down to
the minutest point. And after a
description of each operation was the
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Maybe It Isn't Fair 1
T .? F.\T e the eight-cylinder motor all the credit for maklnic the
new Cadillac "The Sweetest Running Car in the World."
For Instance, give up one Item alone—the noiseless spiral bevel
gear—and you have lost that silent gliding sensation, like a boat on
the water after the power has been shut off.
Then too, there must be that perfect harmonv and balance of
mechanical parts, and accuracy of workmanship which gives the name
Cadillac a world-wide significance.
.. Th * ' aßy \ P. 0 ? 111 '? and steady steering, the short turning radius
III" *i y clu . tch - J. he convenient gear change, the comfortable foot
throttle, the automatic spark control, the easy application of the pow
erful brakes, the tilting steering wheel, the wide doors, the disappear
ing tonneau seats, and the wonderful finish, are all niceties that eo
to make up the whole in the most wonderful car in the world.
Crispen Motor
413-417 SOUTH CAMERON STREET
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jj Model "F"—2000 Pound Capacity- jj
4 Cylinders-Bosh High Tension
Magneto-No Batteries
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j; International Motor Trucks made in three sizes—1,000 lbs. i I
II 1,500 lbs., and 2,000 lbs. capacity.
11 The International Harvester Company is in the motor truck '!
;; business to stay and is prepared to furnish parts or service as i!
11 l°ng as the truck lasts. From every point of view you are safe <'
|. when you buy an International Motor Truck.
Call and investigate the new models and note the manv \>
; | advantages. ' , 7 < j
DEMONSTRATIONS GIVEN ON REQUEST.
| International Harvester Company ij
of America
j | (INCORPORATED) j|
Motor Truck Department, 619-21 Walnut Street
j! Other branch houses at Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Elmlra and Parkeraburg.
wwwnuut'!
SATURDAY EVENING,
one word 'inspect.' And that word
'inspect' appeared thousands of times.
"X never saw such inspection any
where. We are accustomed to look on
inspection as a once-in-a-while neces
sity but In this plant were enough in
spectors to man an ordinary factory.
And they were light on the job with
microscopes "and delicate measuring in
, struments to make sure that every
piece was just like its mate."
The factory in question is the Chal
mers Motor Company.
MOTORCYCLE SOTES
In making recommendations for the
better policing of Chicago, Chief of
Police Gleascui has suggested that two
motorcycle oßlcers be placed at each
police station in the city.
One of the first motorcyclists this
season to start on a coast-to-coast hike
is Floyd Chandler, who recently left
Han Diego for a journey across the con
tinent awheel.
imioii HIS
TWO NEW MODELS
1,500 and 2,000 Pounds Capacity
With Sealed Governor That
Limits Speed
The International Harvester Com
pany of America has added two new
delivery trucks to their line, Model
|K of 1,500 pounds capacity, and Model
F, of pouns capacity, and now
have these models, together with
their Model M, 1,000 pounds capacity
on display at their new show room,
619-621 Walnut street.
Following the policy adopted by the
Harvester Company with their other
lines of machinery, these trucks have
not been placed upon the market un
til they have passed the experimental
stage, and have been found to be suc
cessful. The manufacturers claim
many advantages for their truck,
chief of which is the sealed governor.
It being a protection to the owner
against the abuse of his truck In the
hands of reckless drivers, as It elim
inates the possibility of speeding. The
governor cuts dow nthe gasoline sup
ply when the truck reaches a certain
speed.
The specifications on the Model K
truck are the same as on the Model
E, with the following exceptions:
Regular express body, inside dimen-.
sions 108 inches long, 44 inches wide,
12 inches deep with 6 inch flare
boards; capacity 2,000 pounds; 12 8-
Inch wheel base; four-cylinder motor,
cylinders motor, cylinders cast en
block, 28 horse power.
Centrifugal pump and high tension
magneto on cross shaft in front of
motor. Valves on one side and valve
.mechanism enclosed. Renault type
of hood with radiator behind hood,
behond motor, leaving motor very ac
cessible from front. Pump feeds oil
to main bearings and troughs into
which connecting rods dip. Cone
clutch, Brown-Llpe transmission, three
speeds and reverse. Center control,
left-hand drive, irreversible steering
gear.
Rear drive through propeller shaft,
with Spicer universal joints t6 inter
nal drive rear axle. Weight is car
ried on dead axle. Power is applied
to the wheels through pinions mashing
with internal gears, on wheels.
Both brakes are on read wheels.
Standard roller bearings on all wheels
and Timken bearings in transmission.
Annular ball bearings on rear axle
shaft.
Wheels artillery type S. A. E. stand
ard dimensions. Solid tires. 3t>-inch
by 3%-inch front, 36-inch by 4-inch
rear.
Frame—Front, half elliptic; rear,
platform.
Gasoline tank under seat. Capa
city, 17 gallons, with reserve for
emergency.
Pneumatic tires, self-starter. skid
chuins, windshield, storage battery,
combined speedometer and odometer
can be furnished on special order.
The specifications of jyie Model E
truck are as follows:
Regular express body; inside di
mensions, 90 inches long, 4 4 inches
wide. 12 inches deep, with 6-inch llare
boards; capacity 1.500 pounds; 102-
inch wheelbase; L-head motor, equip
ped with sealed governor, 20-horse
power, four-cycle, water cooled, cen
trifugal pump, large vertical tube ra
diator and fan; crankshaft bearings
babbitt-lined; camshaft has phosphor
bronze bearings. The crankshaft and
connecting rods are high-grade steel,
heat treated to give strength and en
durance. Forced lubration by means
of a gear pump; double system of
ignition, furnished by magneto and
dry cells; chain drive: Holley, Model
H. carburetor, 1%-inch, with adjust
able hot air supply, hand-control on
steering wheel, also foot accelerator.
Another feature which is a decided
departure in the automobile industry
is that the crankshaft is counter
balanced. Counter-balanced • crank
shafts have been accepted as mechani
cally correct and are used ajinost uni
versally by the manufacturers of high
speed steam engines.
The wheels are of the artillery type,
38-inch diameter outside tire, front
and! rear with 2%-inch S. A. E. stand
ard, side flange, detachable tires.
Each wheel is provided with two Tim
ken roller hearings. An oiling plug
eliminates the necessity of removing
the wheel for oiling. Front axle I
beam type, carbon steel, heat treated.
Rear axle is stock nickel steel, heat
treated. Front springs are half ellip
tic; rear springs, full elliptic.
Right-hand control, contracting
band brake on differential by foot
pedal, internal expanding brakes on
rear wheels operated by hand lever.
Twelve-gallon gasoline tank.
The model E truck Is furnished
regularly with seat having divided
folding lazy-backs, fenders, magneto,
two gas headlights and Prest-O-Lite
tank, three oil lamps, horn and tools.
One special order the following can
be furnished: Skid chains, glass wind
shield, storage battery, combined
speedometer and odometer, cab tab
for seat or full length and three
inch tires on rear wheels.
MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS
Scores of motorcyclist clubs will take
advantage of the two holidays which
come on May 30 and 31 to stage pleas
ure or endurance runs. Following are
some of the clubs which are planning
Memorial Day events:
Indianapolis Motorcylle Club, three
day sociability run to Wyandotte Cave.
' Niagara Falls Motorcycle Club, two
day endurance run.
Los Angeles Motorcycle Club, an
nual endurance run.
Rockford. 111., Motorcycle Club, three
day Good Fellowship tour.
Maryland Motorcycle Club (Balti
more), annual Spring tour.
Schenectady Motorcycle Club, two
day endurance run to Sabin Rock,
Conn.
New Jersey Motorcycle Club, annual
two-day endurance run.
Blair Countv Motorcycle Club (Al
toona. Pa.), endurance run to Harris
burg and return.
BRICK
Common or Face Brick,
100 or 1,000,000, Quick.
Delivered on site of work.
Glazed Building Tile
cheap. Pleased to quote
and send samples.
RICK-RYAN
Brick Company
EXHIBIT ROOMS
8 N. Second Street
Bell Phone 127-W
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This is some record to be proud of. No punctures or Mechan- H
ical trouble of any kind, in the three day Sociability Run of 408 miles H
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Auto Owner Does Not
Have to Be a Mechanic
The popularity of the automobile
has not bred a race of mechanic own
ers, men who can delve into the motor,
investigate its troubles pnd make need
ed repairs.
As a matter of (act the average
owner does not expect to have to do
any work of this kind. When he buys
a car he figures that his purchase will
run with such uniform consistency
that he will have no repairs or adjust
ments to bother with. The occasional
small attention the machine may need
he figures he can get from the service
department of the company that sold
the car.
In the early stages of the motor car
Industry there was quite a little of
the "get-out-and-get-under" action
from chauffeurs and owners. It used
also to be the remark of a large num
ber of men without money to hire
drivers that they were deterred from
buying automobiles by the doubt that
they had the necessary mechanical
skill to keep them running.
But this hesitation has disappeared.
It is no longer a factor. The man
tinkering a car on street or roadside
is becoming such an exceptional spec
tacle that small attention is given to
the possibility of a car going wrong
anywhere.
"The reliability of the American au
tomobile is the explanation," says
D. R. Ream, of Ream & Son, local dis
tributors of Mitchell carp.
"Take a car like the Mitchell Light
Four. Its cost Is small, yet
it Is a complete, handsome car,
adequate in every respect. In re
liability it is capable of more than the
highest-priced of cars of six or eight
years ago.
"This statement does not rest on
my unsupported word. It is backed
by strongest proofs. A stock car of
this model underwent last Fall a test
of one month that for strenuousity
has never been matched. In one month
this car covered 7518.4 miles, running
night and day, an average of 250 miles
every twenty-four hours, for thirty
days, irrespective of road conditions.
"The run was made with a sealed
bonnet. There were no adjustments
of any kind. The most unskilled of
mechanics, the man least expert In
motor car construction and operation,
could have piloted the car through
this ordeal provided he knew how to
drive, for there was never any occasion
to do work of any kind on the en
gine.
"In this test the car did amazing
things, more than could ever by any
chance "be exacted of It In actual oper
ation.
"It tackled every kind of road. It
ran night and day. Except when a tire
was replaced a wrench was never used
on the car. The tool chest could have
been left at home. It remained un
opened. Over gumbo roads, through
mud, despite rain and even floods, up
hill and over mountains, this was the
varied experience, and yet there was
no repair work, adjusting or tinkering
of any kind.
"The experience of users of the car
during the past six months has borne
out the record made by this particular
Light Four. It is 6ecause the Mit
chell-Lewis Company, of Racine, Wis.,
with Its wealth, organization and years
of practical experience, can turn out
at small cost cars of such superior re
liability that a man no longer feels
that he needs to have a chauffeur or
to be a mechanical expert to run a
car. He just gets the machine, and
knows that his experience will be the
same as that of other laymen, the car
built right is so reliable that it will
pretty nearly take care of itself."
COLE EIGHT HAS SPEED
That there is "some speed" in the
new eight cylinder car manufactured
by the Cole Motor (Jar company, of
Indianapolis, was proved recently
when It was found necessary to use a
75-mlle speedometer as stock equip
ment on the car Instead of the regu
lation 60-mile-speedometer.
Taxation of Motor Cars
Feature of A.A.A.Meeting
Automobile taxation in general is
a subject which will command para
mount attention in the annual meeting
of the board of directors of the Ameri
can Automobile Association, to take
place in Boston next Monday and Tues
day.
The winter sessions of the State Leg
islatures betrayed a wholesale tendency
to call upon the motor car owners for
increased registration fees, despite the
fact that in 1914 the total contributed
by motorists exceeded $12,000,000.
"An automobilist should pay only one
tax on his vehicle —either for registra
tion purposes or as personal property—
but we find in our national member
ship a difference of opinion as to which
Is the most re'sultful, but not necessarily
constitutional, form of motor car taxa
tion to bring about roads improve
ment," comments President John A.
Wilson, who is the unopposed candi
date for re-election as to the head of
the American Automobile Association.
"ITlltlmately it will be conceded,"
says Mr. Wiison, "that the road is a
general expense and the cost of its con
struction and maintenance should come
out of general funds. Furthermore, it
Is a certainty that finally a motor
driven vehicle will be looked upon like
any other piece of property and subject
simply to usual and not special forms
of taxation."
Chairman G. C. Diehl, of the A. A. A.
Good Roads Board, will ask the Boston
meeting to decide what plan of Federal
aicT will assist the several States to co
operate most advantageously with the
counties in the Improvement of market
roads. Mr. Diehl Is confident that Con
gress will act at the session to begin
In December next, and he desires that
the A. A. A. shall advise its 600 clubs
throughout the country as to the con
census of automobile opnlon In this
Important matter, so that A. A. A. mem
bers may consult with their Congress
men who are home for summer vaca
tions.
The facilitating of roads travel will
be brought forward by Chairman Frank
X. Mudd. of the A. A. A. Touring Board,
who will have several new ideas to put
forward for the approval of the meet
ing. . .
A representative attendance of di
rectors is assured, and they can bring
with them as many club members as
may care to attend. Not a few of the
directors will make the Journey to Bos
ton over the road, and Massachusetts
Automobile Club, one of the pioneer or
ganizations of the country, has cour
teously offered accommodations to the
cars of the visitors. The Tuesday ride
over the route of Paul Severe will be
a feature of the meeting*.
TOURING CARS
FOR HIRE
Lowest Prices—Best Service
Special Rates to Day Parties
Also prompt and effi
cient taxicab service.
W.J.GENZLER
Bell Phone*—>37o2 and 2304 J.
United Phone—324.
in
Ensmioger Motor Co.
Third & Cumberland St*.
DISTRIBUTORS
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MAY 15, 1915.
Empire Sales Record Is
50 Per Cent, in Lead
"With our 1916 model announced
early in April, sale for that month
exceeded by far any like period in the
history of our company," says P. A.
Babcock, sales manager of . the Em
pire Automobile Company. "On April
.2, just two weeks after our new car
was announced, our shipments passed
the total for any previous months, and
In the remaining days the average was
increased daily. May has started out
in a way that makes it almost certain
that even April's record will be better
ed.
"This volume of trade may be taken
as striking evidence of the demand for
our latest car. The result of the an
nouncement of the new type, with its
Increased size throughout, was a rush
of orders that has kept the entire Em
pire organization working at top speed.
"For over a month before the 1916
model was announced our entire manu
facturing efforts were devoted to pro
duction of this car. We withheld the
announcement until we hbd several
hundred cars ready for delivery and
our dealers were supplied with demon
strators. This plan of introduction,
rather than letting the car follow
months after the announcement has
met with popular approval. Our deal
ers have been able to make deliveries
promptly and although the number of
cars we had built up in advance is
Canvas Tread Tires
-g ON ' SK !£ t , Non-skid. No Punctures.
'Treads. No Blow-outs.
7 Patents Pending. 5,000
f Jjly ~ ><r | Miles Guaranteed. Ford
ll MM c awc GIRXV Hi 1 Cars, 6,000.
tl M 3m f This cross section of tire
\m ON YOUR TIRES ■/« shows the improved way of raik
*\Bft _ v _ <*. in ■ Mr/' Ins the highest grade Pneumatic '
vA BY DOUBLING KJI tlre tread The tread is made
YflllP Mil CAPC El* from a series of canvas strips
1 ißk impregnated with rubber in such
a way that it prevents the tread
from separating from the alr
carcass, splitting, peeling off, or
coming apart. It also prevents
rupturing of air-carcass, which Is the ruination of all tires, and It also
prevents punctures and blowouts. The tread Is so tough It will not split,
peel off. or crack like other makes of tires. Each layer Is a binder to
the tread, which holds the rubber between the plys In its place. It takes
more than 1,500 miles of road service to wear off one layer—each layer Is i
.ton-skid. No chains necessary. Count the many 4 thousand miles you 1
can run. It saves 25 per cent, on gasoline and engine power. Don't boy
*n> fires until >ou fcave examined this tire. Write for free booklet tell- 1
lng many other Important features and agents' proposition.
Harry P. Motter
1925 DERRY STREET «
Bell Phone 3955. Harrisburg, Pa.
GENERAL AtiENT FOR THE CANVAS TREAD TIRE CO. OK LTICA, I*. T.
The New 1916 pa^
America's Greatest Light Six
With new improvements—new prices—will soon be hcr«.
ARRANGE TOR EARLY DEMONSTRATION.
Salesroom Central Garage, 334 Chestnut St.
ROBERTS & HOIN
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being decreased far more rapidly than
we had expected, we will be able to
continue such prompt
throughout the season by the heavy
crease made In daily manufacturing
schedule."
The Empire Company was the first to
announce its 1916 model, bringing out
a car larger than any of the company'*
previous offering, and retlned in vari
ous details, , ,
LOS ANGEI.BS SALESMAN
WISS STUDEBAKER FRIZF]
The essay contest In which several
thousand Studebaker salesmen took
part, writing upon "How to Sell a
Studebaker Car," has resulted in first
prize going to Paul G. Hoffman, of the
Los Angeles branch. In addition to
receiving SIOO as his own Mr,
Hoffman's success brought a silver lov
ing cup to the Los Angeles branch to
commemmorate the success of Its sales
man. Mr. Hoffman has won every prize
ever offered by Studebaker for which
he was eligible to compete. He Is ono
of the best salesmen in America, and
makes a friend of every one to whom
he sells a car.
Second prize went to W. 8. Benson,
Austin, Tex.; third prize to L. C. Mc-
Elroy, St. Louis. Mo., and fourth prize
to W. F. Seel. San Francisco, CaL Tho
judges commented on the excellent
work of all the essayists, and awarded
special mention to a number of con
testants.