12 THE WINNER OF THE HAYNES OLD CAR CONTEST Jfe j ffl THE winner of the HAYNES old car contest (jK ' Above Is one of the oldest gasoline automobiles In this country, the winner llSk ot the Haynes old car contest, with Its owner. Edward J. Howard, president at an ohl ° rlver shipyard firm, at Jeffersonville. Ind. Mr. Howard bought the ri old sear driven "horseless carriage" in the summer of #1897. and his son went to the factory at Kokomo, Ind., after the car. ' SS~ At that time Mr. Howard met Elwood Haynes. now president of The ■'■jjaft • * ;|cj Haynes Automobile Company, who was then busily engaged in working out HHKbH Improvements on his two-cylinder, motors. In 1897 the Haynes factory fur- Bref.mWlH* nished employment for twenty men, and its output of sixty cars in the four PLWQOD HAYNEft vears thaX led up to 1-900. was considered a record industry. VUVJU r T rM"— y e rs inax e<six-passenger "horseless carriage" lias an 8 H. P. two-cylinder PRESIDE.NT HAYNES motor, mounted on the rear axle, and is driven by a direct gear arrangement, Al ITHh/IHRII P Cf}\ IPA KtV instead of the chain that came into general use shortly before 1900. One A*>\J Ivj I*l V.7 131 L.L. V.L'Mr'MINY of the car that distinguishes it us belonging to a particularly early V „ "BUILDER. OF o— s period of motor history, is the use of T-shaped wooden plugs as covers for the • uv-nuj-zi-rv. v, i o— i rease channels on the rear axles. Many other peculiar parts show that this THE;OLD CAPL-> car belongs to the automobile stone age. CHALMERS CLOSED CARS ON DISPLAY i Observed by Dealers of Nation; Smart Body Lines Dis tinguish 1917 Cars To mark the formal opening of the closed ear season, 1,500 Chalmers dealers in all sections of the country observ ed the week of October 2 as J Closed Car Week, and held a con- j tinuous public reception for six days | and nights. All salesrooms were specially decorated for the occasion and some of the larger distributors provide music and other entertain- j ment during the week. With interiors designed by Lady j Duff Gordon, famous as "Lucile" of Fifth avenue prestige, the new Chal- 1 mers town car, limousine and touring sedan, are the last word in luxury and completeness of equipment. Until. recently women motorists have paid but scant attention to the upholstery or trimmings of closed cars. When it became apparent that milady was growing more particular each season, Chalmers designers called upon Lady Duff Gordon as the recognized i feminine authority on styles and j fabrics. "We are in the midst of a color j renaissance—the heyday of vari-tinted 1 tapestries and brocades," says Lady 5 Duff Gordon in announcing her selec- 1 tlons for Chalmers closed cars. "The j 6-Passenger Touring $095 Roadster Type $540 Ensminger Motor Co. i THIRD AND CUMBERLAND STS. Bell Pbone 3515 V ■ mJ\ Overland-Harrisburg Co., DISTRIBUTORS 212 N. Second Street Special Prices on Guaranteed TIRES . These are the Blackstone Perfect Traction Tread Tires, a great many of which have been sold by us In this city and used for a year without a single one coming back for adjustment. 30x3 $8.89134x4 $17.48 30x3% $10.98 36x4 $18.98 31x4 $15.98 32x4 $16.49136x4*4 $25.40 33x4 $16.98|37x5 $31.98 ALFRED H. SHAFFER WHOLESALE AND RETAIL AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES 100 SOUTH CAMERON STREET I 1 11 1 SATURDAY EVENING, HAKRISBtTRG ftffifo? TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 7, 1916. | somber tones of past seasons, whether ! | in Madame's chapeaux. her gowns, the 1 trappings of living room and pun par- | lor, or the interior fittings of her j j favorite motor, have given place to a! ; riot of color. "On the whole the grays are pre- | ferable for closed car trliumin'g. But j I taking a rich pearl as u standard, I have chosen a wide variety of stripes, checks and pialds to humor Individual 1 I tastes. For both town car and limousine a wide standard assortment is offered, but for the sedan I have selected a black and white Bedford cloth and Versailles Buff. A big favor ite this season is a deep Lincoln check i ; 011 a tan field. lam particularly fond of a tan tapestry, delicately woven i with pale rose figures. Then there is ■ u rich brocade In either silver or tan. My s-election for the 1917 Chalmers 1 Interiors were made easy by the taste ' ful range of coolr schemes which i characterize the bodies. For the first : time X am convinced that it is un necessary to make an outlay In exce: j jof $2,500 for the most luxurious of town cars or limousines. The utmost: I to be desired in fashion and good j 1 sense can be secured to-day In closed ! cars at a price In the vicinity of that j \ figure." I Most striking among the new Chal | mers 1 closed models is the touring j | sedan for all-year-'round use. Follow- t ing the slanting lines of the wind- \ ! shield, the body design is new with out being bizarre. Seating six pass engers, the sedan can be changed in ' a few moments from a winter I limousine to a summer touring car. | I The glass sides fold away neatly into 1 j special compartments andthe change; i can easily be made even' by women ; 1 1 passengers. The driver's seat is of the club chair type, deeply upholstered. 1 Next to it, but separated by an aisle, is a folding chair seat that swings out |of the way when not in use. Up | holstery is of heavy Bedford cloth, which comes in either black and white j j or bluff. The Chalmers town car Is of the I type rapidly gaining popularity among I city dwellers. The driving compart ! ment Is open, allowing unobstructed 1 I view ift all directions. But the driver ; I and footman are shielded from the ele ) ments by an emergency storm curtain. 1 Within the enclosed compartment , ! there are accommodations for five.! j The two auxiliary seats when not in !; j use are folded away in the compart-|; ! ment wall and ane Invisible. Listed I with the very complete equipment of ! all Chalmers closed cars are two elec-1 j trie dome lights, clock, cliophone I speaking tube, a lounging pillow, has-j i sock and robe rail. A dainty toilette j; II case for ladies, and a gentlemen's: I smoking set are placed in panels and : spring from concealment at the touch of a button. Not least among the 1917 closed ears is the more conservative seven passenger Chalmers limousine. With the exception of the more gracefully curving body lines, slanting windshield and rich interior furnishings, the car adheres closely to the excellent stand ard set by Chalmers limousines of past seasons. All interior wood work is Inlaid mahogany which harmonizes well with the hangings selected by- Lady Duff Gordon. The enclosed com partment Js fitted out with the liftcury of a sun parlor and the equipment is complete down to the cut glass flower vase. Four color combinations are offered Including meteor blue, purple lake, coupe green or Chalmers gray. The three-passenger Cabriolet com pletes the line of closed and year 'round cars offered by Chalmers. As a vehicle for both business and pleas ure the cabriolet type continues to reign supreme and the big sales of Chalmers Cabriolets in i"e past thirty days reflects the immense popularity of this particular model. All Chalmers closed cars are mounted on the famous 3,400 R. P. M. Six-Thirty chassis, now in its second year of satisfactory service. This car in the first year of its life has earned the enviable record of having achieved 99.81 per cent, perfect service in the hands of owners. Studehafcer Output Will fie 120,000 in 1917 An output of 10,000 Studebaker cars a month, or 120,000 for the year 1917, will be made possible as a result of action recently taken by the Stude baer directors authorizing the con struction of new buildings and addi tion of equipment, the total estimated expenditure of which will be sl.- 500,000. Work on the new plant extensions, at both Detroit and South Bend, is under way. The South Bend addi tions will include a large modern foundry, 1,100 feet long by 150 feet wide, with four cupolas and 250 tons daily melting capacity. Among the Detroit additions will be'a 35 per cent, increase in the forge shop capacity through the purchase of a battery of steam hammers, together with all necessary trimming presses, forging and heat treating furnaces, involving an investment of more than $150,000. These plant extensions of the Stude baker are made necessary because of the development and growth of its business during the past five years. In 1911 sales amounted to $25,487,547 and included 22,555 automobiles. In 1915 the sales had increased to $56,- 539,006, and included 46,845 automo biles. In the current year sales will approximate $70,000,000 and the num ber of automobiles 75,000. During the five years under review, the real estate and plant investment account of the Studebaker increased from $10,554,503 to $12,400,493, or less than 20 per cent., while the volume of business has increased more than 300 per cent. Thus, Studebaker has been able to greatly Increase its production, without materially in creasing its investment in real estate and plants. Now, however, with the recognized need of building at least 120,000 cars to meet the 1917 demand, the Stude baker officials decided that this great ly Increased production can be made possible only by extending the present factory facilities. According to J. G. Heaslet, vice president in charge of engineering and production, the policy of adding to its facilities will enable Studebaker to the fullest extent to manufacture in its own works practically all the parts that enter Into the construction of its automobiles. The contracts for AUTO STORAGE— First class, fireproof gar-*, open day and night. R a ?£ reasonable. ates Auto Trans. Garage = KSIOMT ?ruNDEP^fIU^ TiyQ "'I lie Car of No Kegrels' The King is the second oldest auto mobile in the United States; i#i# 7-Passenger Touring .. Good Territory For Live Dealers King CarSalesCo. 80 S. CAMERON STREET 5 Passenger 3400 r. p. m. Chalmers—slo9o Detroit That is the Real Secret of the 3400 r.p.m. Chalmers Popularity # Whenever you see the Chalmers trade mark you always see the phrase "Quality First." Whenever you think Chalmers you think "Quality. And if you have been reading my ads or have been in my salesroom, you are impressed with the fact that the 3400 r. p. m. is a Chalmers car of unusual quality. QvutjFy* I've often said that it is, in my opinion, the greatest car the Chalmers Company has built. And I have an excellent reason for saying this. It is a step ahead of any preceding Chalmers because it performs a shade better. The Quality in the new Chalmers is the kind of quality that tells on the road and tells wonderfully. Now it is just this exceptional quality, just this shade of improvement that has brought Chalmers sales and production ahead in leaps these 12 months past I don't think the men in charge of affairs at the Chalmers factory realized what they had in the 3400 r. p. m. Chalmers. At any rate they underestimated the demand. They built more than they had ever produced in any previous season, 'tis true, but still not enough. The first making order was snapped up quickly. Then came a second lot These went just as fast. Now the factory is building the third lot and I understand that Chalmers has no intention of stopping even there. Quality it was that caused this un precedented demand. Chalmers certainly have the right idea in building: cars. "Quality First" DEALERS: Keystone Motor Car Co. yoTJ Pa . 1019-1025 Market Street Snyder & Wingert, Chambersburg, Pa. C. T. Romberger, ElizabethviUe, Pa. _ A. D. Shateer, GreencaStle, Pa. New Eberhart Garage, Geo. F. Eberhart, Prop.. y Gettysburg, Pa. / C J M. E. Schlegel, Thompsontown, Pa. P it, Waynesboro Garage—J. B. Hoffman, Proprietor, *• Waynesboro, Pa. MET. the authorized construction work have 'been let with James Stewart & . Co., lar., engineers and contractors of New York and Chicago. The work is already under Vay. The Stude baker output at present is at the rate of 8,000 cars a month. Grant Six Sets New Mountain-Climbing Mark By traveling through almost moun tainous country from New York to Boston and back again with first and second speed gears removed to neces sitate speeding on "high" all the way, a Grant stock car has set a new mark for hill climbing efficiency, according to an announcement just made by J. C. Kerrison, of the Baystate associa tion. Shooting without apparent effort over the steepest hills while other cars on the road seemed to have the greatest difficulty in climbing with the use or all three speeds, the Grsuit I six-cylinder roadster completed tie Journey of 500 miles in 18 hours ami ; 15 minutes. The average speed was! 27.8 miles an hour, while the fuel con- 1 < sumption was remarkably low, being l an average of one gallon of gasoline to every 17.7 miles. Driven by Joseph J. Ryan, of the Hollander-Randall Co., Inc., New York, The Grant Roadster started at 1 o'clock in the afternoon from Columbus Circle, New York, with its mechanism sealed. When the car arrived back at its 1 starting potnt next day, after running over the most difficult country for more than 18 hours with only the most necessary and the most brief stops, the mechanism seals were in tact. Examination by Mr. Kerrison re vealed that the Grant Six had gone , through one of the most severe tests to which an automobile can be sub jected and was still in perfect con- ' dition. The time made by the Grant road ster would have been even lower if 1 there had not been a blowout during the first half of the trip, which was made in 9 hours and 15 minutes.. The ' return from Boston was completed in : an even 9 hours. , New Velie Six Wins in Long Road Test The statement that, "Automobiles sell themselves," had a different mean- 1 ing affixed to it some days ago when a gentleman walked into tne New I York agency of the Velie Company,' and after critically examining the | Velie "Biltwel" Six said, "If this car will show a reasonable amount of high gear work and acceptable flexi bility on a 160-mile trip over a route I pick out, I'll take it at the end of the run. 1 have owned several cars and know what an ideal car should do." The New York agent had talked so much about the ability of the Velie Six to perform well under all condi tions of roads and travel, tnat he could j not back down even in the face of a ' proposition which seemed unreason- I able at first, so he consented and the 1 car just off the salesroom floor was I filled up and driven away. The new Velie went out with five 1 passengers and was gone all day over ! a route which led to Newark, N. j., up tne State to v Alatteawan and back ' tnrough Elizabeth to New York. The prospect knew his route well ana picked some roads seldom traveled uy motorists and other where com parative tests with other cars abound ed. -ill told the new Velie traveled 147 miles and upon its return the gentH maii said, "The car did better uran I 1 expected in fact, far better. 1 am enthusiastic ovef its worn, ivot uucu did we take anyone's dust and it rode beautifully. It has more than SIOS6 worth in it and you may drive me home. This car is my car and I'll give you a check right now." Pullman Is Lucky in the Thirteenth Year Traveling in squads of a baker's dozen, the New York automobile edi tors usually get what they're after. The day of the single-handed inter view is long since dead in the metro pollls. One day recently, H. W. Hayden, the human dynamo of the Pullman Motor Car Company, while on one of his flying trips to New York, was "cornered" and with his back to the wall, was forced by a young army of motor-writing experts to reveal some of the Inside things about the won derful growth of his company. Although a thirty-third degree ad vertising fan, Mr. Hayden is of a re tiring disposition when it comes right down to publicity and seldom, if ever, allows his own name to be used as a factor in the big: things which his rapidly growing organization is doing. However, this time, he was bom barded with questionrf'and, in his own way told why the Pullman car has just closed a tremendously prosper ous season. "Mr. Hayden, what has caused your company's big success in tha last year?" he was asked. "Gentlomen, we frave, been very successful, as the records of our pro duction and sales will testify," said Mr. Hayden, "as the direct result of the most judicious forethought in the marketing of our cars, in their mak ing and in the buying of the raw ma terials which go into them. Months before other manufacturers saw the handwriting on the wall we signed CATALOGUE AND NAME OF CAR GIVEN ON REQUEST I #r ' ,tal PrICC CylMer. c,„ en bloc. Lrf,- J™ * :i: A Hand Drive, Center Control, Canti- ISOOc f : f L ever . S P rin * 8 ' T °P. Glass Front, :<! f) II Speedometer, Electric Horn and V :l Elertrir , ?!° 0 ' *?*• 1 Agents Wanted : iilectnc Starter, Elec. Lights, Selective Type. 3 Speed Transmission, : u, n C „ ASH 0R TIME PAYMENTS V'" "perfect fromrr.rVVn "J", KNa P Toutln *: 11# MAXWFXL ToarlM ■i' S*j.h tto 2'; ! , " l,ow * no ., we " r a ii it<iric .qui?;:; 19 '", OLMMOBtLE: ,oo mJ: loTfi'vßUK tIS? 1 four br,nd °* w li' % tractive' ' " J #t " new: owner will ell at a 1010 SCRIPPB BOOTn : i : >V'BS-Torta, : c.o b. MSIW3&h3?KU brandnew tIrST- *Jtk r ~ r? u^, , t „A l 5 h, .r , I#,u '><>nOK Road.ter: .11 ; ii: iSc&CsTT "SfiSs?*" "• ij:* :!: 1 °on 1 B|| hUy C tiw if t/tri ' ot " ° f poWer °* n '' "demount- ij Mulnmm ' ' tltr * iff&Si,,,.- - , ••'<? rlm: mecbanlcallr ■ loiu DOnnit 191S BUICK Tourln* "C- perfect: 1300. I!; wW*l2TBl.lUft M Tour.n,: J ij, i' IBM HAXnN ••( •• U.K. 10IS OVERLAND Roaditer: ai[W. P <i • : fl?e I*wen*er iuat llki "* ht ' * D 2.J?* rt- CnEVROLICT Tonr- / : i : JfhnZr LnZ 2 'fßuM.d.r. TuX" MW: 40,1 f: *VA C c?re L gS.: MT*n : jr- s, j° , attnctle uil f..t p.WuV"; UriJln. I! , Rebuilt Trucks and Delivery Wagons, Small Touring Cars and : ? Roadsters, $l5O to S3OO. GORSON'S AUTOMOBILE EXCHANGE iji 238-240 North Broad St., Philadelphia. Open Sandav 9to 2. i S^3W3Ss3SsSs3Ss{ay?'rrra < m,7| big contracts that were sure to tide , us over any exigency. "Later the other parties to these contracts offered us undreamed of inducements to cancel. We could not have canceled them if we had want ed to. Our year's production had been signed up for specified dates. It 1 was our master stroke, the very heart of the greatest success which has at tended any one of the thirteen years in which the company has been in business. "I believe a large factor in the growth of our company I* the fact that we have enjoyed an immense share of the tidal wave of popular priced car buying, which broke slowly at first but Is increasing every month with gigai.Mc force." Mr. Hayden, who is Vice-President and General Manager of the Pullman Company, enjoys the distinction of be ing the "miracle man" of the motor industry.
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