TRNIfTINEimiL ROADS IMPROVING Those Contemplating Western Trips Have Assurances That Heavy Rains Are About Over Automobile tourists who have planned their transcontinental tour to start any time between now and July 1 will be cheered by the infor mation that the rains which have re cently been so heavy west of the Mis sissippi and Missouri rivers have practically ceased—with weather re ports Indicating that a dry spell Is to continue from now on. These rains have put the roads In very bad condition, but the very many well organlied road and route asso ciations all through those sections have started vigorously at work re dragglng all the roads. This satura tion by rain will mean that after dragging the roads will be in the very best of condition, as It is this action promptly taken after rain periods that gives the dragged road that excellent surface so generally commented upon by those who have had the experi ences of touring over them. There have been many estimates as to the number of cars that would make transcontinental trips and only those who have been over optimistic might complain. Reports from vari» ous points on the routes leading through the southern section of the extreme West show that many cars have been through, and those who used Judgment In their early esti mates state they have no cause for disappointment in the number of au tomobile tourists. The north and central routes are now coming into their share and will probably be the favored ones to carry the burden of traffic during the next three months. Practically all of these routes have had an Immense amount of work done on them during the Spring and early summer in full an ticipation of travel, and no cause for complaint will probably be entered against them. Those planning to make the trans continental trip by any of the routes are advised to write the touring bu reau of the American Automobile As sociation at Its national headquarters, the Riggs Building. Washington. D. C„ or 437 Fifth acenue, New Tork city. BANKERS ARE OPTIMISTIC Lee Olwell. vice-president of the Chalmers Motor Company was in Kan sas City during the recent convention of Missouri bankers. In commenting upon the attitude of the Missourlans on financial matters he said, "I have never before heard so much enthusiastic prosperity talk among a crowd of bankers. Financial men are proverb ially conservative. Their outlook augurs well for the approaching motor car season." \ CHALMERS^ PDODGE BROS! \ and B \ SAXON § \ Motor Cars m • \ KETSTOHE $ , \ MOTOR CAR CO. f USE TANKII FOR Jg UR You'll say "Thank You" for our suggestion. 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Parker, a well known engineer of Los Angeles, with a party of assistants, has Just left that city, to tour through Death Val ley by motor oar. According to the statements of sev eral prospectors, recently returned from Death Valley, large quantities of molybdenite, an ore very little known In metallurgy, have been dis covered in that section. Mo'vbdenite, by a new process of reflnii can be incorporated in steel to make the lat ter infinitely stronger and lighter than anv metal heretofore discovered by metallurgists. With the present trend toward lightness in the construction of motor cars, the new ore would be of inestimable value to the automo bile Industry, and the Los Angeles en gineers will investigate the region thoroughly before returning. H. L. Arnold, of Los Angeles, has sold a Dodge Brothers' touring car for the trip Into the Valley, and it Is expected that the car will be subject ed to a terrific test In the desert re gions. Entering Death Valley the motorists will encounter every ex treme of weather and road conditions, ranging from the climb of six moun tain ranges averaging over a mile high, to the bottom of the Valley, which is 300 feet below sea level. /vgvar and NOTES) Delegates to the Indiana F. A. M. State convention had an opportunity to witness the annual 500 miles auto mobile race at the Indlanapolic speed way. Thirty applications for membership were received at a recent Get-to- Gether Meet of the Springfield (IH.) Motorcycle Club. Business and pleasure are combined in the motorcycle trip being made by F. D. Shamo of Dallas, Texas. Shomo Is visiting the dealers of the State awheel, and Is accompanied by Mrs. Shomo in Boston, Mass. A motorcycle squad for the preven tion of accidents and crime has been formed in Boston, Mass. The Maryland Motorcycle Club of Baltimore won the April F. A. M. membership contest, having 21 new club membership applications. The award was five Old Sol motorcycle lamps. D. L. Hoff of Waterloo, has been ap pointed F. A. M. commissioner for lowa. The 1915 Ohio F. A. M. State con vention will be held at Lima, June 25, 26 and 27. A number of tours have been planned from different sections of the State. C. R. Milburn of Kansas City Is planning a motorcycle trip to Yellow stone National Park. Three riders of New London, Mo., E. Boles. H. Briscot and P. Penn. are 1 planning a motorcycle trip to the San Francisco Fair. EIGHT MILITARY MOTOR CARS TOURING TO COAST War Department Watching With Interest Experimental Run of Northwestern Academy The whole world knows of the pro digious service that is being perform ed by motor cars in the European war, the officials of our own war depart ment and military men everywhere have observed with great interest the part played by the automobile In mil itary maneuvers in the United States during the last few years. But never, in any country, has a number of military motor cars been called upon to travel so many miles continuously as will be traversed by the squadron of the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy of Lake Geneva. Wisconsin. The tour started from Chicago June 10, with San Fran cisco as its destination. , Some years ago Col. R. P. David son, .head of Northwestern Academy, began building up the automobllle corps of the Institution, by the acqui sition of a Cadillac car, which was fitted out with a rapid Are gun. The corps now has eight cars, all Cadillacs, five of which are eight cylinder chas sis. Regular army officers will be with the party to make extended reports of the results during and after the trip. Reports to Washington will cover the observations made and con clusions reached with regard to the cars' performances under conditions approximating military necessity. There will be about 50 men In the party, 40 of them cadets at the acad emy. The expedition is under command of Col. Davidson, who has designed much of the equipment which the cars carry, and who recently supervised the building and equipment of wire less and military cars for the govern ment of Guatemala. He was In 1897 the designer of the first gun battery ever mounted on an automobile and has devoted considerable time anil study to the wireless telegraph as used in connection with motor cars. The column includes an officers' reconnaissance car. equipped with spe cial Ross military rifles, map tables and instructions for making road and contour maps, a dictating machine, a periscope for observations from behind walls or other defenses, altitude indi cators, range and elevation finders, in fact, every instrument helpful In mak ing a reconnaissance report. A wireless car has a telescopic mast mounted on the running board, and Is CONVICTS m BUILD CALIFORNIA ROIDS Southern Coast State Is Last of Western States to Employ Con victs in This Way "If you will give us the convicts to build roads through the mountains, there are 7,500.000 acres of arable land on the eastern plateau of the Sierras that can be opened for settlement." said Charles F. Stern, Highway Commis sioner of California, in supporting the bill which passed the California Legis lature this session to permit prison ers to be employed in road building. California prisoners have not been employed in this work other than in a small way around the prison, but the need of opening the mountain districts has started road building by the prison ers. The act just passed is modeled after i Colorado legislation under which ex- ] cellent results have been obtained. The Highway Department is author ized to make requisition upon the prison department for the number of convicts required and is to organize and maintain the camps as well as su pervise the road work. The Prison Department, however, retains control over the discipline of the prisoners, and, although the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor believes better results can be had under the West Virginia system where the Pris on Department maintains the camps, both the convicts and the state of California will assuredly benefit un der the new legislation. The men are to be worked under the honor system, and the Prison De partment is empowered to grant addi tional good time allowance to con victs employed in this work, condi tioned upon their loyal, obedient and efficient co-operation with the state. To bring about the earlier com pletion of the state highways which will make the isolated regions acces sible. the bill takes effect ninety days after the adjournment of the legisla ture. Reporting the successful passage of the Act to the National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor, Mr. Stern writes: "We expect to establish road camps about August first and hope to use from 1000 to 1500 convicts on our mountain roads and a year hence will doubtless have very interesting facts to relate." California is the last of the West ern states to empl,oy her convicts in this way and it is hoped the new legis lation is a step towards the recon struction of her whole prison system along the lines advocated by those who have the welfare of the convict at heart. 11T RIDERS IX RELAY One hundred and seventeen riders will participate In the coming coast to-coast motorcycle relay race which is to start from New York City about July 19. The cross-country course has been divided Into 39 relays, each cov ering approximately 90 miles. Every possible precaution is being taken to prevent the loss of single instant In hurrying the message from President Wilson across the continent to San Francisco, in the shortest possible tln\e. Three riders are to be appointed for each relay—the,first to carry the mes sage, the second to continue with the dispatch in case of accident to the first, and the third to take up the trail should both of the others be put out of the running. Every participant is sup posed to know thoroughly the portion of the course which he Is to cover, so that he will be able to make the quickest time under any conditions. The route for the dispatch will be the Central New York Route from New York City to Chicago, thence to Sterl ing. 111., over the Lincoln Highway. From Sterling, the journey to Daven port, Dee Moines and Omaha will be over the Rock River Route. At Omaha the riders will again follow the Lincoln Highway to Ogden, Utah, where they will take up the Overland Trail tW Re no. The remainder of the route from Reno to San Francisco will be over the Lincoln Highway, by way of Sacra mento. pa Ensmioger Motor Co. Third & Cumberland Sts. DISTRIBUTORS HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH equipped with a special electric gen erator capable of producing a current of 110 volts. A second car carries, In addition to Its wireless outfit, a Colt automatic and a powerful elec tric searchlight and heliograph shut ter. The field kitchen and the hospital are mounted on eight-cylinder chas sis of H5-lnch wheelbase. Cooking operated by electricity; there is also a general kitchen equipment. Special operating tables, surgical instruments »nd an X-ray jyjparatus make up the equipment of the hospital car. A complete armor of bullet-proof steel, with openings for rifle fire, ie> provided for another car, which also mounts a Colt automatic rapid firer. This car carries a simple rope and windlass arrangement which would be found useless In actual warfare in extricating the car from a ditch or dragging it up a steep embankment. Another car is designated as a quar termasters' car, carrying a Colt auto matic type of gun, while there Is one balloon destroyer armed with a Colt rapid firer. , The balloon destroyer is a hero of the Glidden tour of 1910, and by this time has had close to 80,000 miles of hard road travel and field work dur ing different army maneuvers. The corps will follow the route of the Lincoln Highway for the greater part of the distance between Chicago and the coast. A side run will be made to Rock Island, 111., for a visit to the United States arsenal. The column is routed through Des Moines. Omaha, Ogden, Salt Lake City, across the desert to Reno. Sacramento, thence south through Yosemite Na tional Park. Dan Diego; then to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Most of the machines will be placed on exhibi tion at the exposition. Much interest is being shown by many of the cities and towns on the route, and escorts and all courtesies have been vouchsafed the military men. Camps will be made along the route and military discipline will be enforced. The results of this long tour may have much to do with deciding the war department's attitude on the use of the military automobile other than the truck type. Washington will re ceive daily reports, detailing each day's run, incidents and developments. UK NEW MODEL SHOWS NEW FEMES Larger Bodies, Adjustable Front Seats, Longer Wheelbase and New Refinements The Haynes Automobile Company of Kokomo, Indiana, has Just announced the new 1916 Haynes "Light Six" cars which consist of two models with three different body styles. Model 34 is finished In a five-passenger touring car listing at $1385, and a three-pas senger roadster listing at $1485. The wheelbase Is 121 Inches and the weight is 2950 pounds. The Model 35 is finish ed in a seven-passenger body and has a wheelbase of 127 inches with a weight of 3050 pounds. "In anticipation of being unable to fill all of the 1915 season orders," states A. G. Selberling, general man ager of the company, "the new 1916 models have been developed and are now ready for distribution. The new cars contain many refinements that will give added comfort and luxury. "During the six months ending April 1. not only was every 1915 Haynes Light Six car sold, but during that period The Haynes Automobile Com pany sold 33 per cent, of the cars pro duced in the State of Indiana, and In diana is second only to Michigan in Its production of cars. "Exactly the same light, high speed motor is used in the new models. Self lubricating springs are used in the chassis. Helical bevel drive gears are used in the rear axle. Individual, ad justable front seats are used In both the five and seven-passenger models. The front doors are retained so that entrance may be had directly to the front compartment. The two auxiliary seats used In the seven-passenger model are unique in that they disappear entirely Into the floor when not in use. Only two rings remain visible. "The three-passenger roadster con tains three individual seats with form- W'ting upholstery. The center seat is dropped back and an aisleway Is left between the two forward seats. An un usual amount of carrying space is pro vided. The extreme demand for a three-passenger roadster prompted the building of a car of this type and Judg ing from the number of orders already In the hands of the factory, it Is rea sonable to assume that It will prove to he a very popular type of car. "The 1916 Haynes Light Six cars are big and roomy. The bodies are larger than they were last year and there are more refinements. The upholstery is deeper and softer. The equipment con tains in addition, a Waltham clock, a Boyce Moio-Meter, a trouble lamp, an automobile circuit breaker to take tho place of fuses, Sparton electric horn, and r.onskid tires on the rear. "The bodies of all the foregoing models have been so designed that an enclosed detachable top may be later added, and whioh tne company w'll market at a nominal figure. "Up until tie present seasor.. The Haynes Automobile Company special ized In the holding of hlif'a -priced cars The company's production never did t.'v.ed 1500 oars In any one sf.i sor.. Wi;h the event of the Haynes popular-priced Light Six. howler, tne company has been wholly unable to mee« the demands of the automobile buying public, despite the fact tha; the company has been working overtime in the factory since August of last year, except during a brief interval in December. "Five thousands Haynes cars have been built and marketed during the present season. A minimum of ten thousands Haynes cars. Models 34 and 35 will be built during the 1916 sea son. "Significant of the Haynes prosper ity is the fact that the company has under way at the present time, elab orate factory extensions, consisting of a four-story building, immediately east of the factory, and adjacent to the Lake Brie and Pennsylvania Railroads In the ground floor of this building a modern power plant will be built' Likewise & wash rack, and adjoining the latter will be an extensive con crete louding platform, thus facilitat ing shipment of cars Immediately after washing. "The top floor of this new building will provide new quarters for the ex perimental department, and prepara tions are already being made to In stall only the best and most modern machinery used In the manufacture of motor cars. "Immediately south of the factory the company hag purchased land, 100* 132 feet, where the new paint shop will be erected. "Immediately west of the factory The Haynes Automobile Company has likewise made additional real estate purchases, and ground Is already broken for the erection of the most elaborate administration building In Kokomo. The present offices of the company will be removed from the fac tory, thus giving the first assembly department an additional floor apace of nine thousand square feet. The Haynes management, has. since the first of the year, purchased In the neighborhood of 175.000 worth of «pe cial machinery and equipment lor the ' Republic Truck Gets 63 Times Their Proportionate Amount of Business % { Alma, Mich, June 12, 1915 I. W. Dill, Mulberry St. Bridge, Harrisburg, Pa. Last month there were one hundred two trucks sold in tne state of California. Twenty-one of these were sold by Republic distributors. This is remarkable evidence of Republic popularity. Republic Motor Truck Co. By dividing the number of trucks sold in the above territory by the number of manufacturers, we find that each maker would be en titled to a proportionate sale of one-third of a truck. Continental Motor, Bosch Magneto, Stromberg Carburetor and chainless drive, at $995, has secured for the Republic sixty-three times their proportionate amount of business. A like preference is given the Republic throughout the entire coun try. Save yourself time and money by investigating the construction and price of the Republic. Sold at the Hudson Sales Agency EAST END MULBERRY STREET BRIDGE manufacture of axles, fenders, clutches, transmissions and steering gears. "Quarterly dividends are being paid regularly on the Haynes common stock, which In view of the recent successes of the company Is selling at a substan tial premium." The Haynes is represented in this territory by Roberts & Hoin, at 334 Chestnut street. Haynes Factory Obliged to Put Up Tents For Cars "During the three weeks following the anouncement of the new 1916 Haynes Light Six cars at the new prices. 2642 orders for Immediate de livery have been placed at the fac tory." states C. E. Hoin, of Roberts & Hoin, distributors for the Haynes Light Six. "Over 900 of the 1916 chassis have been crowded out of the assembly de partment on acount of the increased production and are parked in a large tent on a flve-acre tract adjoining the factory. Every department has been running overtime for the past eight months. New departments have been aded to take care of the increasing demand for cars. Steering gears. mufTlers. clutches and crowned fenders are now being made in the Haynes fac tory. "Every available inch of factory space is crowded to the limit. Much machinery is in operation in the open under temporary roofs. A new loading platform has been erected to facili tate shipments. Adjoining ground has been purchased and additions are un der way. A new administration build ing is being erected. "The unprecedented demand has brought about such an expansion of j business that the Haynes Automobile Company is now the largest manufac turer of automobiles in the State of Indiana, which State is second only to Michigan In its production of cars. Five thousand Haynes cars were built for the 1916 season and entirely sold by April 1. A minimum of ten thou sand Haynes cars will be built during the 1916 season. The Light Six mod els, having the same six cylinder motor used during the 1915 season, will be produced exclusively." Cole Factory Working Night and Day Shifts The big Cole plant Is running day and night in various departments try ing to Increase the output. In one section of the paint department last week 151 chassis were being made ready for flnal assembly and ship ment. In speaking of the prospects for the 1916 season now opening. Mr. Hender son dwelt upon the general feeling of confidence and optimism of the mo tor buying public and assorted that never in the history of motor car man ufacturing was the outlook so bright as It is at the present time. "For the flrst time in my experience in the automobile business," said Mr. Henderson, "I have been able to an nounce new models, with sample cars on the floors of the various dealers throughout the country. More than 300 demonstrating cars are now in the hands of our dealers. "As a result, the volume of business now being handled by the Cole Com pany Is considerably more than double the amount that has been handled at any previous time in the history of the concern." The busiest summer and Fall In Cole hlstorj* is predicted. The month of May broke all records of the Cole Com pany when the sales for that period were more than 40 per cent, greater than any other month since the Incep tion of the concern. Mr. Henderson affirmed that not the slightest let-up In business had been noted despite the recent announcements of lower-priced new models. Dealers handling the Cole product throughout the country have only words of praise for the Cole eight cylinder car and they also are pre dicting a record-breaking sales year. Telegrams pour into the Cole offices each day telling of the wonderful per formances of the Cole Eight and ask ing that more cars be hurried forward. Chicago, New York, Buffalo and other big centers are asking for tralnload shipments of the eight-cylinder cars. According to those conversant with the motor car Industry of the city, the Cole Company Is said to be seating new sales records and also manufacturing records for Indianapolis. Oldsmobile Business Reaches Highest Point Since the announcement of their 1916 line, entailing a drop of )190 in the price of their four-cylinder model, the Olds Company of Lansing, Mich., has sold and shipped cars faster than at any previous time In the history of the concern, acordlng to the statement of their general sales manager, J. V. Hall. "Curved dash runabout days fifteen. JUNE 19, 1915. years ago when we produced low priced machines and had the field practically to ourselves," says Mr. Hall, "did not equal the present time !so far as the production and delivery jof cars is concerned. If we did not ■ have plans well under way for speed ily and permanently enlarging our output, meeting the present on-rush of business would offer a very serious problem; and even as things now stand, if orders were to stop suddenly, which is inconceivable, the factory at its present rate of production would * * Fireproof Garages (Built anywhere) '■■ 1-jU S> ; Cement Construction, Steel Sash, |*j * \ rWft ll Steel Doors—Xo wood or clay tile ''■ b== i==! ' iT. • ".1 Medium Size $235 Complete j* 1 Smaller or larger sizes: special designs C. FRANK CLASS, l"nloJ> Trust Building, Harrisbnrg, Penna. I *L | Guaranteed 5000 MILES Against Punctures and Blowouts I Your First Cos Our Union Kantskid Tires | combined with our famous I Self Sealing Tubes carry 1 the above guarantee. I Remember— I no further cost, we abso-1 lutely guaranteesooomiles I of service. That means! we keep your tire in re-1 pair free of all charge for I 5000 miles of service. Hun-1 dreds of satisfied users in I this and other cities. I Union Sales Co., ncl Second and North Streets -require two to three months to fill all orders now on hand for Model 43 cars. This, of course, is leaving out of con sideration the new eight-cylinder car announced for delivery In August, which, by every indication, will have a demand equalling if not exceeding that of the four." Quite naturally the Olds Company had anticipated some such state of af fairs as now exists, but nothing like the deluge of business which has come in the wake of their senational an nouncement. 7
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