8 IMMENSE FREIGHT INCOME AT PLANT Overland Company Has Police to Patrol Docks Where Material Is Unloaded Among the curiosities of the auto mobile Industry are the three horses used In patrolling the grounds of the Willys-Overland automobile plant at night. These are the only horses ever seen about the great plant. Th® 16,000 employes of the Willys- Overland Company who travel to and from the automobile factory every day utilize about every known means of transportation that the city affords. Trolley cars, automobiles, bicycles, mo torcycles and Jitney buses all carry their quota of passengers to the plant, but even in this maze of power-driven vehicles the horse is seldom, if ever, seen. But after the whistle blows at night and the army of day workers have de parted for home the three horses make their appearance entering tlie grounds along a footpath at the rear of the factory. They are the mounts of the Overland night watchmen, who keep in touch with forty-five other men sta tioned around the freight yards and I factory buildings. Throughout the night they police the great Overland property and It Is said to be next to J impossible to get through their sentry lines without being challenged. This system of protection is imper ative owing to the huge quantities of j material that come into the plant at! all hours of the night. The dockage j facilities for taking care of Inbound freight extend over a distance of 4,900 feet. Some idea of the volume and value [ of freight received at the Overland i can be gained from the fact that dur- ) Ing the year 1915 the company paid I out over SBOO,OOO for freight charges I on Inbound shipments alone. There are seven and three-quarter miles of railroad tracks on the Over land property and over three miles j of storage tracks built outside of j the plant proper. As the automo biles are made ready for shipment they are run out onto any one of a number of loading platforms, houses in the freight cars that are waiting | for them, and started on their way | toward the main lines that carry them j to all parts of the world. The load- I ing platform for outgoing shipments | If joined together and extended in a j straight line, would make a runway 6.000 feet long. Looming up in the center of the rail road yards is a watch tower that over looks the entire system of tracks. From this point of vantage one night watchman can detect any suspicious characters who may be lurking around Rnd by signalling to his mounted as sistants have a guard on the spot al most immediately. Before the day workers start oper- I ntion in the morning these watchmen I disappear and the last seen of the three "night raiders" is when they leave the factory grounds through the little gateway at the rear. Motor Truck Has Developed a Remarkable Industry In discussing the rapid growth of j the Industry, Lee J. Eastman, proudly referred to the seven years j manufacture of the Packard Motor | Truck, which has grown from an an- | nual output ol' 25 Trucks to 4,411. It is indicative of the modern business j man's endorsement of the motor vc- j hide as a vital necessity in solving I his transportation problem. Manufacturing facilities and im- : proved methods of production have I had to keep abreast with such a I growth. The present high efficiency i in production is evidenced in every ! department of the process; from the j handling of raw .materials to the paint- ! ing of the completed truck. The stel , foe thf> truck frames is unloaded dl- I rect from the freight car into the door of the frame erecting shop. Trans- ! ported by power driven cranes, it is conveyed to its first station on its | journey through the plant, without I loss of time or effort. Castings and machine parts for the I working units are handled in the same manner: the rough casting or forging I starts through the long line of ma chines that perform the various oper ations and comes out ready for as sembling at a common center. There, as a part of an individual working unit, it meets the incoming frame. By an ingenious system o{ progressive handling, allowing hardly a pause in the forward travel, the various units reach the paint shop and final in spection departments as a complete truck, ready for service. Every progressive step in manufac ture means a corresponding increase in the quality of the truck. For ex ample: the modern automatic ma chinery provides on accuracy in tool ing, far superior to the old hit-ana miss hand methods, besides insuring that absolute standardization of parts which cuts down the repair and re placement bills of the truck owner. Profit spent by the manufacturer in engineering researches, improved equipment and advance factory meth ods, makes possible an increased out put, and results in paying back Into the hands of the public. Increased value in the goods delivered. Overland Company Receives 2,243 Car Orders in One Day On Tuesday, March 21st, another record was broken at the big Willys- Overland factory, Toledo. On that day, orders were received for 2,243 cars, the greatest daily re cord for orders yet established by them. The fact that it was not a contract ing time when distributors of these cars place yearly contracts, but merely a normal day's demand for immediate shipments gives some Idea of the vol ume of salse handled by that corn speed, Manufacturing and distributing 200,000 cars for 1916 is no small task, but with the current demand It now seems certain that there will, if any thing, be a scarcity of Overland and Willys-Knight cars In spite of the largely increased production. More than 16,000 men are now employed tit the Toledo plant. Public Notice Charles H. Mauk, undertaker at Sixth and Kelker streets, wants it dis tinctly understood that he has never had any business association whatever with the firm of T. M. Mauk & Son of 1523 North Third street, whose bankruptcy has been announced. Charles H. Mauk has been established as an undertaker at Sixth and Kelker street for twenty-five years, and is thankful for past business extended and hopes to be of service for a great many years to come at the usual place. Charles H. Mauk, undertaker. —Advertisement. REMOVED TO B \I.TIHORI3 New Cumberland, Pa., At>ril 1. Thomas Llpp. former proprietor of a Third street restaurant, had his house hold goods shipped to Baltimore yes terday. Mr. Llpp sold his property in Market street to Morvin Miller, of Tork. SATURDAY EVENING, KARJUSBtTRG TELEGRAPH ■ rApRTi; CAR THAT MADE The Pathfinder car that circled around Market Square Saturday noon at a speed of half a mile In half an hou >n high gear, Is shown above. Frank W. Kulins, an engineer from the factory wa'ked slowly aside the car an< limply touched the wheel occasionally when necessary to turn. This was a special feature arranged to demonstrat :he flexibility of the twin six during- Pathfinder week in Harulsburg. Hupp Official Former Consul General at China Chas. Denby, vice-president of the I llupp Motor Car Corporation, sails j March 25th from San Francisco on j the Tenyo Marie for a six months vis- ! it to China. Mr. Denby, who was j formerly United States consul-general j at Shanghai, has numerous interests] in the Orient. He is considered one j of the best American authorities on 1 China as he lived in that country for I 22 years. He served in many official ' capacities, including that of secretary general during the Boxer revolution and was for several years American adviser to President Yuan Shi Kai, ] when he was viceroy of the province of Tientsin. Leadership LEADERSHIP, after all, gravi tates to the fittest. And Service must ever be the measure of that fitness. When a man ceases to serve his community, his fellow-men, his value is lost. So it is with motor cars. In one of several automobile classes the Maxwell aims and always has aimed to give that full measure of service which shall proclaim it a leader. Every effort of our organization has been toward that end. Economy, efficiency, beauty and com fort —these are the qualities dignified by an inbuilt honor, to which Maxwell service is sequel. And these are the qualities that have set the Maxwell apart, and, in its class, marked it with the seal of distinction. Maxwell Motor Cars are honest, worthy products. They are made by folks who have not attained absolute perfection, but who strive earnestly to maintain the eminence and good will they have earned. One chiuii; five body styles Two-Passenger Roadster, . . . $635 Five-Passenger Touring Car, . . 655 Touring Car (with All-Weather Top), 710 Two-Passenger Cabriolet, . . 865 Six-Passenger Town Car, ... 915 Full equipment, including Electric Starter and Lights. All prices F. O. B. Detroit DOTM^^CHIGAN i '"i" rn; *' un ■>. -mi nu "Mmi MAXWELL MOTOR CARS arc sold in Harrishurf; by our distributor £. W. SHANK 107 Market Street Rell Phon Special Consideration For Women's Comfort A woman is the critical automobile buyer to-day, according to R. J. Church, sales manager of the Path finder Motor Sales Co. "A woman wants a low, easy step into the car, a door wide enough for comfort, a seat which fits the curve of her back when she settles herself into a corner, a firm yielding support, not a seat from which one is continu ally slipping and sliding, states Mr. Church. "These points have received special consideration in the making and manufacturing of the Pathfinder Twin Six which is a woman's car. For in- i stance, the rod which is used as a ! foot rest is not rough material and j will not injure the most expensive slip pers. The floor of this wonderful car is not cluttered up with rods and brackets to stumble over. A clear floor is much easier to keep clean from mud and dust. We realize a woman wants her car to have the nec essary equipment for service and com fort." Don't Buy Your Car Before You See the Newest "The Sun" LIGHT SIX, $1095 Built by selected expert mechanics and builders who have, for many years, built one of the high grade SISOO cars. Built by a company of % million dollars capital to back up their assertions that they will save you S4OO and give you just the quality of mate rial and grade of workmanship of which you can be proud. Won't cost you anything to look it over. If you have bought you may have a friend who can profit by this offer. Live, local agents wanted in five nearby counties. PENN AUTO SALES CO. 58 S. CAMERON ST. Hell Phone 1468-R The New Case 40— SIO9O 1 Inherited | The new Case 40 has the basic engine that I* bestowed upon Case the title of "The Car with the Famous Engine." Yet there are 1 many new features—many natural evolutions. 9 mor 6 than ever, men may still place their absolute j? faith in this famous engine. Full power is there —like- R W . wise genuine simplicity, flexibility and real economy. Come in and study this engine and its many apparent A | , excellencies. See where we have spent where others A %_ must save, m m After you know this new Case car —the more you know about 40, then go up and down the it the better we shall like it. It scale of prices and make cotnpar- will show you how many fea- 4 L isons. You can count on th new tures we include that are found Case 40 and th; name behind it, only in higher priced cars. 4 as guaranteeing all that is sane We can justly call it the 100,- and practical—a factor not tc be 000 mile car. We want the op -4 over^°^ * n these days of in- portunity to show you the new i 5 iSk novation. For the car is deliber- Case 40 at SIO9O, and explain K r llif at6 ' y built ° n - a high mi te*B e its man y features not found in Hl} Jpf ?as * s ' ome * n and study the other cars at its price. Today? \ \'W Conover & Mehring Sole Distributors for Central Penna. JSP IE 1713-1717 N. Fourth Street Harrisburg, Pa. Hi Super-Six &uilt For ■ Endurance, Not Spee<| When the engineers of the Motar Car Company designed the p* ented Super-Six motor, thej ( " entirely with the idea of ng , reserve powet and endurance. > , did not enter Into their calculation* It was only ajfter a car hi" clir i- J out on the rTad test, that it did osity was anised. On the road at times 73 illlos an hour. The a tion naturall:irose as to what it j do on a trail , „,v„,r n In the lafrr part of Xoxcnjber Super-Six, nfaoluiely stock, *as P ped to the Mfepshead Baj Speed }. New York. Jr K- Kdwards. of tne American Automobile Association , • on hand to see what the Super- ■ could do. satisfied the curiosit} or Hudson company officers by creat g new speedwav records up to 100 rni e.. . In addition it created a new one nour record regardless of- e'aßS -100 miles without a stop in 80 minulies, 21.4 seconds. In one hour speed test t it covered 75,689 miles. Its highest, average rate per hour was 76. i 5 nines. , More gratifying still to Hudson of ficials was the endurance shown dj the Super-Six in these tests, in all j. ran about 1.350 miles at a speed ex ceeding 70 miles per hour. The en gine was taken down at the l actor\.. Not a trace of wear was discoverable | on the bearings. $740 Factory at York now making 35 cars a day. How would you like a free trip to the factory and see your car made? BENTZ-LANDIS AUTO CO. DISTRIBUTORS FOR Pullman and Jeffery Pleasure Cars and Jeffery, Standard and Vim Trucks FIREPROOF GARAGE mi §3-1 L "ftwus*? $71.00 ■ MKnI&P 24**au R . Steel—Rear Window Wire Glass C. FRANK CLASS M 3 Union Trust Bldg. Used Cars Come in and look them over. Largest Stock In Central Penna. All overhauled and repainted and guaranteed in good running order. Ensminger Motor Co. Green and Cumberland Sts. i*cii Phone 3515
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