KING MAKES ONLY
EIGHT-CYLINDERS
Five and Seven-Passenger!
Touring Car, Five-Passenger
Sedan and Roadster Models
J In addition to the flve-passenger,
fight-cylinder King, the King Motor
Car Company, for the forthcoming
3 ear, will also manufacture a seven
passenger, eight-cylinder touring car,
it flve-passenger, eight-cylinder road
ster and a flve-paesenger, eight-cylin
der sedan.
The eight-cylinder chassis, which is
being added to the King line, has a
motor of three-inch bore and five-
Inch stroke, 120-inch wheelbase, 34x4-i
inch tires and a number of other j
changes mechanically. The body I
lines are entirely new. The five-pas- j
isenger, eight-cylinder King will be |
continued in conjunction with the i
new model. j
The new seven-passenger King has ]
graceful lines, which merge from the j
hood to the cowl, gradually sloping |
upward and outward till they end in!
ii full rounded back, which, in Its;
breadth and pleasing lines, gives the |
impression of ease and comfort on \
the road. Crowned fenders and i
rounded skirts further carry out the
soft body-line effect. The two auxi-1
llary seats in the touring car fold I
into the back of the front seats and |
in the roadster into the rear deck.
In the motor for the new King the !
engineers are following some new de- j
signs. Staggering cylinders are used,
permitting the use of connecting rods. !
which operate side by side on the 1
crank shaft instead of in yoke. The
cylinders arc arranged at 90 degrees
and cast in block of four.
A large cellular radiator, with ex-;
tension tank and large capacity in-'
take and outlet water manifolds, are |
part of the radiation system on the j
ne wear. The exhaust manifold Is un
usually large. Large bearing sur-:
faces, both main bearings and con
necting rod bearings, are a feature.
The motor is of the unit power
plant type, with three-point suspen
sion. The lubrication force feed and
splash. Ignition is furnished by Wll- j
hi rd storage battery and Atwater-
Kent distributing system. l*'or start
ing and lighting the Ward Leonard
single unit is employed. A Ball du
plex carburetor is used in conjunction
with the Carter gasoline system for
< arburetlon. Vic Cramer's Xeverleek
one-man top Is regular equipment.
The starting motor is mounted i
above the crank case Is conected with
flywheel and extends back over the
clutch housing. The transmission case ,
is unusually compact and rigidly,
bolted to the crank case. The emerg- :
enc.v brake is placed on the rear of |
the transmission case and operated;
on the transmission shaft.
The forward end of the spring is
now attached to the frame by means
bf a shackle, while the rear end is
underslung from the rear axle. The
whole spring suspension is placed
lower on the frame, which gives the
< ar a much lower seat, without los
ing road clearance.
The rear axle Is connected with the
rear cross member of the chassis by
means of a tubular torsion rod and
swivel joint connection, which allows
full action to the springs. A deeper,
■wider channel section frame and
. heavy cross members give the chassis
" an unusually sturdy appearance.
An innovation is found in the front
cross member, which is so shaped as
to support the front leg of the motor,
while at the same time it cradles the
radiator.
The King eight Is represented in
Flarrisburg by the King Car Sales |
"ompany at 80 South Cameron street, t
In charge of W. P. Keister, with AU'j
bert N. Straub as rialesmanager.
United States Has 448
Automobile Factories
How the motorcar plants are di
vided by States:
Michigan S6
New York 60-
Ohio 52
Illinois 47
Indiana 45
Pennsylvania 35
Missouri 16
Minnesota 15
Wisconsin 14
California 13
Massachusetts 17
New Jersey 10
Connecticut 7
1 owa 6
Washington C
Maryland 4
Colorado 3
Kansas 3
Kentucky 3
Tennessee 3
Texas 3
< 'regon 2
Delaware 2
Georgia 1
Louisiana 1
Maine ..!!!! 1,
Nebraska ' . i
North Carolina 1
Jthode Island i
< 'klahoma j 1
South Dakota " . i
Utah X
Virginia ..!.!! 1
West Virginia i
Inter-State Car's
Novelties Are Many
The Inter-State roadster has many
features which will Interest the lover
of touring. Back of the seat a deep
compartment is built to take rare of
'■aggage. It will easily hold the con
tents of a small steamer trunk. In
the rear of the body two tires can be
carried on demountable rims, held se
curely by special locking device. The
door of this compartment can be lock
ed. The tires can be carried safelv
und free from dirt and the bad effects
of exposures to the weather.
THK MOTOR CAIt OUTLOOK
l!v \V. C. U-land. General Manager
Cadillac Motor Car Co.
The outlook for the coming year is
not lacking in encouragement for the
well organized automobile manufac
turers whose product has established
Itself in the confidence of automobile
users. It would be difficult to name
industry which rests on a more se
cure foundation than that portion of
the automobile industry which com
prises properly constructed, honestly
made motor cars.
The universal demand for the trans
port of passengers and material will
continue while our clvilzatlon stands.
The intrinsic merit of the motor car
for that purpose insures permanency
to the industry.
The period of evolution through
which the automobile Industry Is pass
ing may temporarily embarrass those
manufacturers whose product is not
thoroughly established. Intelligent
«tiscr!mination in buying motor ears
will be manifest this year to a greater
extent than ever before.
The coming year will demonstrate
the lirni hold which the honestly mnde
motor car has on the American public.
We believe that the adherence to
the policy of maintaining excellence
in the quality of material and work
-1 iiianfcliip and the policy of giving to
the purchasers a liberal return for
their expenditure will be a material
factor in the constant increase in the
production of motor cars.
SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 19, 1916.
NEW MARK ACROSS
THEALLEGHENIES
McNamara in Maxwell Sets,
Now Philadelphia-Pitts- j
burg Figures
; With the peaks of the Alleghenies
| covered by a glare ot ice, and the
; hollows full of drifted snow, Itay Mc
-1 Xamara, in a 25-horse power Maxwell t
; has amazed all Pennsylvania motor- j
<lom by driving from Philadelphia to 1
'Pittsburgh 294 miles in eight,
hours, nineteen minutes.
The former record, set last June by
J. N G. Vincent in a high-powered 12- j
cylinder car was nine hours, twenty
j minutes.
McNamara's run was thoroughly!
checked by newspaper men at both.
ends and at York, Bedford and Ligo- F
nier along the route.
The road between the two chief cit- j
ies of Pennsylvania has long been a
j favorite testing ground for automobile 1
manufacturers, on account of the j
steep grade* and the rough nature of
the highway which, for most of the
distance, crosses in succession the
parallel ranges of the Allegheny moun
! tains. In winter, however, the course
is usually 14tt to local traffic.
The record over the course has al-!
• ways been a subject for competition,
though prior attempts have been con- i
fined to the season of longer daylight 1
and more favorable road conditions,
i McNamara made his start In the,
small hours of the morning to avoid '
urban traffic and covered half his route!
i before daylight, crossing the famous i
■ Cove mountain grade in the dark, with
only his electric lights as a beacon. i
Over this and other successive
that have proven a Waterloo to 1
/Inexpensive to Run and Easy to Drive — the New_34oo r. p. m. Chalmers
The mist of gasoline that whirls through the tiny inhaled by the powerful suction of the motor pistons,
perforation in the carburetor jet of the 3400 r. p. m. It means that when, at the point of highest pressure,
Chalmers, rushes into action that has changed the a spark from the distributor ignites the oxygen of the
whole aspect of automobile engineering. air with the carbon of the gasoline, every mechanical
The conditions surrounding the manner in which condition is such that loss of energy is cut down to the
its dormant energy is awakened, brought to life, and lowest possible degree.
compelled to perform, explain the strange ability of It means that the 3400 r. p. m. Chalmers twice
this new car. * the mileage on gas that many another high-speed
* The six cylinders of its engine are small —3H by engine will deliver,
inches. The small area from which heat can be thrown The speed of its uncanny carburetion makes flight
away by radiation, reinforced by the incredibly short satin-smooth by bringing the explosions of gas so close
cooling process between the swift succession of its ex-', together that you are unconscious of anything but an
plosions, create maximum energy with minimum uninterrupted stream of might.
waste. Unlike cars of superfluous might, the 3400 r. p. m.
"Make herperform," said Hugh Chalmers to his Chalmers has a pick-up so flexible that it's the first to
engineers. "Get acceleration, long mileage on gas, make its get-away at the crossings, and the last to
activity." . . take another car's exhaust.
The result —18 miles for every gallon of gas, any- It's a cheap car to run and an easy car to drive,
thing up to 60 miles an hour, and supremacy of pick-up. p ; SIO3O Det roit
3400 revolutions per minute means that every gram mjjgm
of energy is wrung from every drop of gasoline that is
Dealers: Keystone Motor Car Co. Diuributors
Snyder & Wengert, Chambersburg 1019-1025 Market Street
Ideal Automobile Co., Lebanon
York Garage and Service Co., York Both Phones
B. T. Romberger, EHzabethville Manager
so many cooling systems, McNamara*
and the Maxwell climbed without re
plenishing tanks or radiator. Often
the grades were icy and many of the
valleys were deep with snow, broken
only by logging crews and sleighs.
Crossing the Chestnut ridge, after a j
lively snowstorm, McNamara warmed |
| his back by the rising sun.
The finish was attained without a '
motor stop and with' but two delays. \
both short, one caused by a freight |
train standing at a crossing, the other
occurring when a tire chain became!
unfastened.
McNamara was accompanied by B.;
F. Durham who had shipped as relief I
driver. The hero of four trans-con- j
tinental trips remained at the wheel!
lor the whole distance, however, Dur-;
ham watching the speedometer and;
•sounding the alarm horn.
Among other records held by Mc-1
Xamara in the Maxwell are the fast-!
est performances between Detroit and j
Indianapolis, and between Chicago,
;uid Cleveland.
"Like the other records, we did it'
by steady plugging, rather than by!
great bursts of speed," said McNama- I
•ra at the end of the run. "The car to
?take on a run of this sort is one that
will accelerate quickly, and that Is a j
Maxwell characteristic. We jumped'
time and again from eight or ten miles
an hour to forty or better while I'd be
taking a long breath."
McNamara's average time was 36
*>>iles an hour.
Production of Automobiles
For Last Ten Years
Official figures furnished the Tele- j
graph by the National Automobile j
Chamber of Commerce:
■ Passenger |
Year. Cars Only.
190'. 53,896
1906 52,462
1907 -67,389
1908 85,846
1909 I . . . 125.593
1910 175.800
1911 209.957 ,
1912 378.261 ;
|1913 450.000 j
1914 515.000 1
I 1910 703,527 ,
PEERLESS EIGHT
LOCAL AGENCY
One Type of Chassis Will Be
Featured This Year; Here
For the Show
Among the newcomers to be shown
at the Harrisburg auto exhibit this
year, but known from coast to coast!
for nine years, is the Peerless which
is to be sold in this territory by the
Keystone Motor Car Company.
For the first time since 1907, when I
it brought out only one. model, the'
Peerless Motor Car Company has
committed its factories to the produc
tion of a single type of chassis. The
new eight-cylinder model 56, intro
duced to the public at the automobile
show, will be manufactured exclusive
ly during thlß season.
In commenting on this new policy,
R. J. Schmunk, general sales man
ager of the Peerless Motor Car Com
pany, says:
"Owing to the quality and conse
quent high price of our product the 1
Peerless clientele has naturally been I
composed of experienced owners. The ;
demand of the experiencd ownr is l
Ten Motor Conce
Capitalization
Capitalization
Company 1915 1916
Ford $2,000,000 $100,000,000
Overland 25, 000,000 50,000,000
Chevrolet 2,500,000 20,000,000
Hupmobtle 1.000.000 6,500,000
Saxon 350,000 0,000.000
Chandler 4 25,000 10,000,000
Franklin 900,000 2,000,000
Continental 500,000 2,900,000
Perfection Spring ' 1,500,000 2,500,000
Simplex . 1,500,000 5,000,000
Total $35,675,000 $204,900,000
Increase $169,225,000
' specialized. When he tours he wants
the best obtainable for touring, which
: means great power, reasonable wheel
base, large wheels and ample carry
ing capacity. This demand brought
' the big car into being. In the city
I the experienced owner wants snap
piness in the motor, a short turning
radius and economy of maintenance,
; because his city driving is more near
| ly a routine matter, and he naturally
j looks to maintenance cost. This spe
! ciallzed requirement meant a smaller,
! reasonably powered car.
"From a six-cylinder motor of
given size the best of these two wide
ly different types of service cannot
be obtained; consequently until this
j year we have mnde It a practice to
manufacture each season more than
one type of car. The development of
i our eight-cylinder motor, however,
makes it possible now for us to conse
-1 crate on a single c.hisis. The great
| power and flexibility of the properly
constructed multiple cylinder motor
adapts it admirably to the require
ments of touring and city work alike.
"From a manufacturing standpoint
the advantages of concentrating on a
single model are Indeed great. These
advantages are reflected in the price
of the new Peerless Eight. Includ
ing the very finest equipment, upon
which we have always insisted, the
] price for the model is less than one
-1 third of what two years ago we were
; forced to charge for the big 'GO-Slx,'
i to which the new eight is comparable
»in performance."
WILLYS-KNIGHT
CAR BIG SUCCESS
Sleeve-Type Motor 011 One of
Models Made by Willys-
Overland Company
A car that is arousing unusual in
terest in this field is the new four
cylinder, forty-horsepower Willys-
Knight at $1,095. Carl Hansen, sales
manager of the Overland-Harrisburg
Co., local distributors, reports that
those already in use are giving perfect
satisfaction. This is the lowest price
at which a car with the Knight type
of motor has ever been offered. Up to
the present writing there has been a
veritable famine in this new product
of the great Willys-Overland plant.
The Important difference between
the Knight type and the poppet valve
type motor is that the Knight has
sleeves instead of valves. There are
two of these sleeves, one inside the
other, sliding up and down between
the cylinder wall and the piston. Each
sleeve is provided with openings
which at the proper moment In the
operation of the motor come opposite
each other, thereby permitting a
change of fresh gas from the car
buretor to enter the combustion cham
ber and likewise providing means for
the burnt gases to pass out into tho
mufflers. The action of the sleeves
is absolutely positive, as they are
opened and closed by positively oper
ated connecting rods, eliminating any
uncertainty as to the time or extent of
the opening.
Mr. Hansen points out that the
sleeves of the Knight motor do not
have to be made to a tight fit to hold
compression, as is true of the piston,
and while in operation, they are al
ways covered with a flirt of oil. This
dissipates the common impression
that the operation of a sleeve valve
might offer some difficulty.
The car Itself in stock models la a
large ami powerful flve-i>aaae»gfer
touring car, a two-passenger road
ster and a four-passenger coupe and
Is also being offered by Mr. Hansen
with various special winter bodies,
including limousines, laundaulettes,
iaudau-broughams, broughams, col
lapsible broughams and sedans.
MOTOR DELIVERY ECONOMICAL
Have you ever thought of the earn
ing power, the real value of the motor
truck, the efficient service it gives, the
economy of operating? E. J. Caven
der, local Garfield representative,
states that a motor truck will permit
a more rapid and economical delivery
and increase business. Users have
found them satisfactory for efficiency,
economy, durability and reliability un
der all operating conditions. The driv
er of a horse drawn vehicle, adds Mr.
Cavender, develops a certain speed,
because his horse in front of him is in
no hurry; the same sped Is applied to
the balance of his work, and the de
livery cost to his employer keeps
steadily on the rise. The same driver,
put to work on a motor drowh vehicle,
will ginger up and surprising results
I will follow. The decrease In delivery
I cost will be very noticeable.
' ■ i --
Dead Storage for
Automobiles
Excellent Facilities at Reasonable
nates.
We particularly Invite Inspection
of our special fireproof automobile
ato race department.
Capacity—lso Cars
Also Drjf StoraKe For General
i Merchandise.
MONTGOMERY&CO.
Office 627 Walnut Street
Bell Phone No. M7-J.
Inlted Phone No. 533. W.