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FRONT-MARKET
MOTOR SUPPLY COMPANY
Paige Manager Comments
on the Chicago Show
From a business standpoint, the
Chicago automobile show was the best
and most productive in the sixteen
years' history of motorcar exhibi
tions. While the New York and De
troit shows were far in advance of
anything heretofore experienced in
those cities, reflecting, as they did, the
general high pressure of prosperity
the industry is now enjoying it re
mained for Chicago to do more in the
way of actual business. Commenting
on this fact, Henry Krohn, sales man
ager of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car
Company, says:
"Our Chicago experience was a
revelation to us, in spite of great ex
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Exclusively Slxe* For 11»16.
Five-passenger S-3S selling for
$lO 60. Seven-passenger 6-46 selling
for $1295. Cabriolet SI6OO. Coupe
SI7OO. Sedan SI9OO. Town Car
$2250. Limousine—yes, but let us
tell you about the finishing touches
yet to be put on. See the 6-46 at
109 Market street.
Riverside Auto Co.
REAR 1417 N. FRONT STREET
Urorge R. Bentley, Dealer.
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SATURDAY EVENING, HARRTSBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 5. 1916.
I pcctancies due td previous success at j
1 the earlier shows. The - business trans- |
f' acted was far la excess of any other
| Chicago record and was greater than \
s I that In New York.
11 "There were good practical reasons !
i for Chicago's triumph. The so-called
■ I sensations had been sprung; the fads i
■ | and fancies had had their little hour; i
the public was more or less familiar i
i | with the program. They were there
, fore in a mood to examine, to consider !
and to buy real motorcars of known j
worth and value and showed only a j
passing interest in the 'sensations.'
"Cars like, the Paige—cars that had |
demonstrated what they could do In i
I actual use and were offered as plain |
dollar for dollar propositions built!
along proved lines—drew the crowd
and captured the orders. The Paige
booth was crowded at all times by I
people who knew something about I
j motorcars and past performances. I
"There was less of the glitter, and
hurly-burly of a sensational enter
j tainment and a great deal more of
I the atmosphere of a great commercial
[ exchange. People were really there
1 to buy real cars and that is why Chi- j
cago has proved the biggest success |
I thus far."
But the really big feature of the
show and one that indicates clearer
than anything else could, the prosper
ous condition of the country In gen
eral and of the Middle West In par
ticular, was the record' breaking sale
of Paige Sixes. Orders actually placed
with definite dates of delivery speci
' fled, amounting to very nearly a half
million dollars. Compared to business
! done at the previous shows in any
i part of the country, this breaks all
I former records.
PREDICTS RISE
IN AUTO PRICES
Hugh Chalmers Says Increased
Cost of Materials Due to
War
An Increase of SIOO In the price of
the Chalmers Six-40 touring car, from
$1,350 to $1,450, effective March 1,
was the sensational announcement
made during the recent Chicago auto
mobile show by executives of the Chal
mers Motor Company. Coming on the
heels of sharp advances in the cost of
all raw materials, the Chalmers an
nouncement is expected to be the
forerunner of similar policies through
out the entire industry.
"Raw materials have advanced In
price to new high levels in the past
few months, and the end is not yet In
sight," said Hugh Chalmers. "We
have found It impossible to manufac
ture a car conforming to our stand
ards of quality at anywhere near the
former production costs. Rather than
sacrifice quality or cheapen our prod
uct in any way. we have decided to
advance the car's price.
"I predict a general upward revi
sion of motorcar prices nil along the
line before many months. There ts
no other way out for the automobile
manufacturer.
"The European war has been re
sponsible, in a great degree, for the
big increase in the costs of raw ma
terials. The tremendous demand for
steel, copper, tin, lead, aluminum,
sheet metals, and other materials for
use In the manufacture of war muni
tions has made prices high and de
liveries uncertain.
"Vanadium steel, which sold at
$1.85 a pound only a year ago, has
jumped to $8.50 a pound. Aluminum
has nearly tripled in price, going from
19 cents a pound to 53 cents a pound.
Other sensational increases are: Steel
bars, from sl.lO a hundred to $2 a
hundred; high speed steel, from $1.05
a pound to $3.85; leather from 20
cents a foot to 33 cents a foot; copper,
from 14 cents a pound to 24 cents a
pound.
"Added to the many troubles of
the motorcar maker Js the difficulty tn
securing machine tools and automatic
machinery of the latest type. Factor
ies turning out shrapnel and other
munitions of war have practically cor
ralled the output of the machinery
makers.
"Steel mills are making no prom
ises of delivery within the six months
period, and parts manufacturers are
accordingly held up in tjieir produc
tion. Almost every concern in the
metal industry is turning down orders,
having accumulated a quantity suffi
cient to keep them at top speed for
months to come.
"The situation can result in only
one thing—higher prices on cars
within the next sixty days. If we
find that materials continue to climb
after the SIOO increase in price on our
car has taken effect, we will undoubt
edly be compelled to again raise the
price. We have as yet, made no
change In the price of the Chalmers
Six-30 model, now selling at $1,050,
because this car is being built from
materials purchased last Spring."
Care of the Batteries
During Winter Months
| The following information concern -
I ing the winter care of automobile
1 starting and lighting batteries has
I been volunteered by Harry TJ. Myers,
I of the Excelsior Auto Company, who
i nre the local distributors for Exide
! batteries.
"The winter care of storage batter
ies." says Mr. Myers, "has additional
dangers to that of freezing.
"First the plates must be kept cov
i ered with the electrolyte or rapid de-
I terioration results, this is done by add
ing pure water as only the water
| evaporates. As the evaporation is very
little when the battery is not in use
refilling once a month usually cares
for this. If one cell requires more
water than another, it is an indica
tion of a leaky jar which should be re
placed.
"Second, the Internal chemical ac
tion of the battery slowly uses up the
I electricity, the plates then absorb the
acid portion of the electrolyte which
lowers the specific prravity, and when
j the battery is entirely exhausted or
j discliarsed as the liquid is then
mostly water, it is subject to freezing:
j but sulphation is an additional danger
|as the plates will then become en
| crusted which will in time, render
1 them useless.
"The remedy for the above-men
| tloned ills, is to run the motor and
Irecharge the battery when filllntr with
| water, using a hydrometer to test the
; state of charge which sholud not be
allowed to stand under 1.20'0 gravity.
| The better plan would be to remove
i it from the car and Jiave it cared for
j by a battery service station.
"A battery should also be over
: hauled once a year and new separators
! installed to set the full life and ef
ficiency from it.
"This work should he done by bat
-1 tery experts who have special ap
j paratus to do it competently."
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ENSMINGER
MOTOR CO.
THIRD AND CUMBERLAND STS.
Distributors.
Hupmobile Shipments
Show 65 Per Cent. Gain
With the successful 1916 New York
and Cliicago shows 'over, officials of
the various automobile companies
have returned to their factories to
hasten production of ears In order to
meet the demand. Both the New
York and Chicago shows broke all
records for attendance and sales, to
say nothing of pros'pects, so that 1916
promises to be the most successful
year in the history of the industry.
This Is the first year that there has
not been a general policy of storing
cars by the manufacturers and dealers
for the Spring rush, but with the all
year touring types and the self
starter, which has allowed for gen
eral winter use of motorcars, the win
ter sales have been so great that the
factories have been unable to keep
up with the demand.
After his return from the Chicago
show last week. Commercial Manager
Dee Anderson, of the Hupp Motor
Corporation, made a canvass of the
Hupmobile situation since the start
of 'the company's fiscal year from
July 1 last. "During the seven months
from July 1 to January 31 the Hupp
Corporation has shown an increase of
65% over the preceding year," said
Lee Anderson. "For January alone
the 1916 shipments were 62% greater
than January 1916. These figures
are for shipments and not production,
and would have been much greater
had the shortage in freight cars not
occurred. During some days of Janu
ary it was impossible to get more
than four or live freight cars, suitable
for automobile shipments, in the en
tire city of Detroit.
"Realizing the freight car situation,
dealers at the Chicago show from all
over the Central and Par West flooded
the Hupmobile representatives with
orders for February and March so
that on February Ist the Hupp Cor
poration had an increase of 208%
orders on its books for February alone
over last year.
"As a matter of fact we have ship
ped more Model 'N' Hupmobiles in
seven months than we did its prede
cessor, the Model 'K,' in twelve
months. This, I think, shows the
healthy condition of the industry, as
our orders for the future are even
greater than our wonderful showing
in the past. This condition is not
alone with us, as I have reports from
other high-grade concerns which
show the same conditions."
Saxon Business Breaks
AH Previous Records
Indicative of the remarkable prosper
ity of the automobile business is the
January record of orders just announc
ed by the Saxon Motor Car Company.
In the month just closed this company
received orders for 6792 cars for Im
mediate shipment.
This breaks all previous Saxon rec
ords, the total number of orders re
ceived in January being more than
double that of the best previous month
—last May. when 3318 were received.
The showing is considered all the more
remarkable when it is remembered that
January is a winter month ordin
arily a dull period while the best
previous month was in the heart of
the Spring selling season.
The Chicago Automobile Show
brought in a total of 3400 orders and
the New York Show 2000. These or
ders were placed at the shows by deal
ers who this year attended the big
metropolitan exhibits in greater num
bers than ever before.
A striking feature of the record
breaking January business was the
number of trainload orders received.
A few years ago the ordering of a
trainload of cars was considered a big
event, but nowadays in factories of
large production, like the Saxon and
others, trainload shipments are not un
common. 11. W. Ford, president of the
Saxon Company, is authority for the
statement that trainload orders are
now on hand for Los Angeles. San
Francisco. Spokane, Dallas, Muskegon,
two trainloads for New England, be
sides large orders for Des Moines, Syra
cuse, Minneapolis and other points.
The Saxon shipments for the month
of January were more than double those
of the same month a year ago. In
fact, tlie increase amounted to 120 per
cent, over the business of January,
1915.
L. H. Ilagerling, local representative,
says the local demand is in accord with
that of other sections, and predicts a
prosperous year for Saxons in this ter
ritory.
Utility of Motorcar
Accounts For Expansion
"The percentage of car owners who
drive for pleasure only is growing
smaller every year," says George C.
Htibbs, assistant general sales man
ager of Dodge Brothers, Detroit.
"Motorcars to-day ore an economic
necessity and this is true particularly
of the cars In our class. Even the
wealthy man, who has one or more
big cars for pleasure touring, is turn
ing to the smaller car with its light
upkeep for business purposes.
"We had a striking example of this
Immediately after the last time Gal
veston was swept by the sea. Nat
urally we looked for a slump in busi
ness In the Galveston territory, but
Instead our representative there made
demands for more cars and specified
roadsters. When we inquired we as
certained that the big men of the
community, who were throwing them
selves heart and soul into repairing
the damages done bv the waters, were
buying Dodge Brothers Roadsters so
that they could get around the city
more quickly.
"It is the fact that more and more
people are buying cars from the utili
tarian principle that the business has
grown despite the general business
slackening up In some sections of the
country. Oars are no longer luxuries,
but necessities, and there is always a
demand for necessities."
ATTENDED EXECUTIVE MEETING
New Cumberland, Pa., Feb. 5.
Mrs. W. A. Cookerly and J. A. Wit
myer, attended the executive meeting
of the T/Ower District Sunday School
Association at West Fairview last
evening.
MOTOR CAR OF
TODAY A WONDER
E. W. Shank Reviews Lesson
From Maxwell Stock Car
Fete on Pacific Coast
The motorcar of to-day—the light,
economical four-cylinder motorcar
such as four out of five buyers select
—ls practically twice as good and
costs about half as much as the car
which, three years ago. was a reason
ably satisfactory article.
This is a statement easily suscep
tible of proof. Nor need we go fur
ther than these three short, lively
years to get all the proof we need.
Three years ago the contest board
of the American Automobile Associa
tion sanctioned what proved to be the
most remarkable achievement on its
records up to that time. It was an
officially observed run In which a car
covered, without a motor stop, a total
of 12,404.9 miles.
Motordom marveled. So stupen
dous was the achievement that, for
three years, this car remained the en
durance champion—remained *so In
spite of the fact that Its parent fac
tory had, in the meantime, passed out
of existence.
But the champion of 1912 has been
dethroned. A 1916 Maxwell touring
car now wears the crown —wears it
with a total nonstop mileage of 22,-
022.9, nearly twice as great as that
of the old champion. Again motorists
stand amazed at the most recent feat
of automobile endurance.
How great an advancement is the
car of the present over the car of
three years ago is easiest appreciated
by a comparison of the details of their
record feats.
The old champion weighed 2,500
pounds, traveled 12,404.9 miles, aver
aged 400 miles each day, covered 13
miles to the gallon of gasoline and
could be duplicated in the open mar
ket for $1,500. Its run was ended by
the motor's failure to perform fur
ther without repair.
The new champion weighed 1,950
pounds, ran 22,022.3 miles, averaged
500 miles a day, covered 22 miles to
the gallon and cost $655. It was pur
posely stopped in perfect running or
der and in the final 24 hours covered
its greatest dally distance—more than
560 miles.
The feats of both cars are beyond
question. Both were rigidly examined
and passed as stock. Both made their
records under the most careful scru
tiny by A. A. A. technical experts.
Both were fully equipped cars and
the motors which held the title were
both of four cylinders, avoiding com
plication and retaining a characteris
tic universal among cars that set
world's records.
There is a definite reason for the
superiority of the modern type. It is
a reason based not on design but on
manufacture. During these three
years there has been no revolution in
engineering but manufacturing science
has made some wonderful strides.
Cars are built in quantities far
greater than three years ago. Makes
are fewer but the great enterprises
manufacturing cars of this type are
yearly waxing more powerful and
more proficient. Their output has
cor-espondingly increased in all the
good qualities which owners covet.
Pictures of Overland
at Local Theater
American manufacturing methods
have probably reached their highest
development of efficiency in the huge
factories where automobiles are made.
For this reason, the views of the
immense plant of the Willys-Overland
Company. Toledo, Ohio, said to be the
largest automobile factory in the j
world, shown in connection with Ly
man H. Howe's travelogue, at the j
Orpheum Theater on February 11-12 [
form a most interesting feature of the
program.
These pictures follow the making 1
of an automobile from the time the i
raw material enters the forges as bar i
steel, to be formed into crankshafts |
and piston rods by immense drop ham- '
mers, till the time the finished car
leaves the factory under its own !
power for the final test.
The time and labor saving ma- j
chinery employed, and the marvelous j
efficiency achieved in the handling I
and routing of material is clearly |
shown in these pictures, possibly the !
most perfect pictures of an Industrial j
subject ever made.
The pictures show the various car !
parts in process of manufacture, and i
the employment of some of the most
modern factory machinery in use, end
ing in the department where the final
assembly Is made on traveling chain
belts.
This picture, starting with the bare
skeleton of a car frame, that grows
as it moves Into a finished automo
bile, is probably the best exposition of j
modern factory efficiency that it would !
be possible to secure.
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Third & Cumberland Sts.
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