12 NEW SERVICE STATION READ YFORINSPECTION Public Invited to Attend Opening of Keystone Motor Car Company's Building Tomorrow Afternoon and Even ing; Again as Large as Former Quarters to Meet De mands of Increased Business HOME OP CHALMERS,PEERLESS AND DODGE BROTHERS MOTORCARS To-morrow marks tho opening of the new sales and service station of tho Keystone Motor Car Company at 67 to 103 South Cameron street. This building has a frontage of 117 feet in Cameron street and 100 feet deep with two floors, making a total of 25,000 square feet of floor space. The sales room for the display of the Chalmers, Peerless and Dodge Brothers models Is on the northwest section of the first floor with offices adjoining and back of that is a room devoted to the nu merous repair parts and accessories carried In stock. The greater part of the first floor remaining is used for garage purposes as well as the addi tional space for car storage on the ■econd floor. The second floor also Includes a completely equipped repair department for the repairing and ad justment of the motorcar mechanism. An upholstery department for the making of tops, cushions and back rests is a feature on this floor and a large room for the paint department, as well as a separate room for the varnishing where the finishing coats may be applied jobs that have been re painted. The more pretentious quarters is a decided contrast to the former loca tion where the Keystone Motor Car Company was established years ago. Located on one of the principal streets leading to and from Harrisburg and a street which is rapidly becoming an automobile row, the building is con lE* . _ >•?/ j r, j; fflL 4sS&'' M|^k w. ESZ&^L AM *■"7 iiHilroillK. Jt*' fr, ■ V- ;' r y,- By7T*WoOfe3?i4^rtT^7^^*^^BaEj??yTdl C. H. BARNER C. H. Barner, manager of the Key stone Motor Car Company, has been associated with the Keystone Company for eight years, coming there as a re pair man and expert mechanic and later developed from a demonstrator to a salesman. His success in the lat ter position led to his appointment as manager to succeed Robert L. Morton when the latter resigned about eigh teen months ago. Mr. Barner is a na tive of Harrisburg with an extensive acquaintance throughout Central Avoiding Material Faults in Dodge Brothers Car Much has been said of the great care used by Dodge Brothers in select ing materials, but there is still a great deal to be told of the tests to which all material is subjected. For instance, all brass and bronae need in Dodge Brothers' cars is care fully tested to ascertain the amount of copper and lead and if the quantity Is such that it might prove injurious, the entire consignment of metal is re jected. , , The method of testing was devel oped in the Dodge Brothers' labora toThe process of determining the "un desirable elements" is similar to the ordinary electroplating. The brass or bronze under test is dissolved in acid and Into this solution are placed two electrodes, consisting of platinum eauzes. A direct current Is applied and the resultant electrolytic action causes the copper to be deposited on one gauze and the lead on the other. The weight of the deposit is then de termined by an extremely delicate set of scales. Platinum electrodes are used because platinum is immune to the chemical action taking place dur ing the electroplating. Incidentally, it might be mentioned that the little gauzes weigh considerably more than an ounce—and that platinum these days Is worth from $3.50 to $4.00 a gramme—and that there are 28 grammes, of course, to the ounce. How Steel Is Tested to Ascertain Hardness Machines and devices for testing the materials that BO into automobiles are being constantly developed and improved. A notable advance is the new Brinell steel testing machine, of •which one of the finest examples In the country is installed in the labora tory of Dodge Brothers. With this machine tho hardness of the various steels that enter Into Dodge Brothers' cars is tested and careful checks are kept on all mate 2*ial In testing a piece of steel it is placed in the machine and a small ■teel ball of great hardness is pressed Into the piece to be tested. By the pressure exerted, which is indicated on a gauge, and by the dimensions of the impression made on the piece, th operator is able to make com WEDNESDAY EVENING, spicuously situated and so near the principal thoroughfares leading In every direction that every section of the city Is conveniently accessible from this point. At night the electric sign and a number of arcs will help to make this busy thoroughfare a still brighter lookiug place. Distributors for the Chalmers Sixes, the Peerless Eight and Dodge Brothers Four, tho Keystone Motor Car Com pany covers an extensive territory throughout Central Pennsylvania with associate dealers in the various coun ties adjoining Harrlsburg and in others more remote. C. H. Barner, manager of the Key stone Motor Car Company, reports the most prosperous senson in the history of the company. The increasing busi ness made it necessary to get in more commodious quarters in order to have tho proper service facilities to meet the requirements of a business estab lishment which is the distributing cen ter for three of the leading motorcar concerns in the country. Associated with Mr. Barner in the sales department are William Zumbro, H. E. Early and Merlo Cope. J. R. Hoffman is office manager. Jacob A. Markley is foreman of the mechanical department, with J. A. Herr in charge of the paint department and S. Wag ner superintending the trimming and upholstering work. Assisting them is a staff of trained mechanics and serv ice men. Pennsylvania, gained during the eleven years in which he has been identified with the motorcar industry. A great deal of the success of the Keystone Motor Car Company, and its rapid growth in recent years is due to Mr. Barner's untiring energy and hustling qualities. No matter whether he is out after business at the wheel of his car, or in the service station, the pace he sets is a rapid one and his example is an inspiration for his men and imbues the whole establishment with the spirit of hustle. parison with certain standard figures and arrive at the exact hardness of the steel tested. This method of testing steel has largely superseded the old method whereby small steel balls were drop ped on the test piece and the height of the rebound indicated the hard ness of the steel. Both the machines are the inven tions of J. A. Brinell, a Swedish engi neer, who has a wonderful reputation because of his knowledge of steel and its composition. FOOTBALL, HURT FATAL El Centro, Cal., Nov.-22.—Ephraim Angell, 20 years old, a high school stu dent, died here yesterday from a broken neck received in a football I practice game. mjgf MM Mm, Hi I ' W\ - mm hBHL v; BL >a Bk \J H MHmWHp H. E. EARLY A native of Harrisburg who is one c of the livewire salesmen at tho Key- ' stone Motor Car Company. CHAWS HERE FOR SEVEN TEARS Keystone Motorcar Company Have Placed Many Chalmers in This Section For seven years the Chalmera I motorcars have been represented In .this district by the Keystone Motor Car Company, and the hundreds of Chalmers cars that are to be seen on the highways to and from Harrlsburg is evidence of its popularity as their leading seller. The most popular model in the Chalmers line is the 3400 r. p. m. which came into being one year ago last September. This Six-30 had tho remarkable sale of $22,000,- 000 in orders in the convention hall at the factory when the dealers as sembled first saw the model on ex hibit, and before the first year com pleted $56,000,000 in orders rec orded for this one r. p. m. Chalmers. Forty-eight thousand cars in all. This season the 3400 r. p. m. Chal mers is being produced in two lengths of wheel-base; a 115-inch five pas senger car and a distinct touting and closed body styles have been built. In corporating the most advanced trend of design. The seven-passenger Chalmers re flects the influence of foreign design on American body lines. From the Blant of tho hood, on through the tilted windshield and double cowl, the car has the appearance of an expen sive European creation. The extra Inches of wheelbase insure a tonneau of ful capacity for five passengers, without crowding the driver's com partment In any way. Deep nine-Inch leather upholstery increases tho comfort of passengers on long tours over country roads and on ill-paved city streets. Two leather backed auxiliary chairs fold into the rear of the front seats, out of sight when not in use. A highly polished black walnut panel in the rear cowl brightens the appearance of the whole. The front compartment Is roomy and comfortable. The conventional In strument board has been superseded by a cluster arrangement of the In strument ), carried in an aluminum housing convenient to the driver. Equipped with the 3400 r. p. m. mo tor, the seven-passenger Chalmers is ideally suited to the needs of the av erage American family. The price of this model is $1,280, Detroit. Offered also, on the 122-inch wheel base, for 1917, are three handsome closed car models. The town car, and limousine embody distinct advances in design, affording at the same time ample room for seven passengers. The touring sedan is one of the handsomest all-year-round types ever mounted on a Chalmers chassis. Lady Duff Gordon, more familiarly known as Luclle, and famous in New York, London and Paris as a modiste, has designed the interior trimmings, and upholstery for all Chalmers closed cars for 1917. As a result, excellent taste and the richest of materials have been combined to form a series of closed cars deluxe for milady of the American family. Jn the Chalmers touring sedan, per fect driving comfort is afforded at all seasons of the year. In warm weath er, the front and door windows can he dropped into the body. If still more breeze is desired, the windshield can be dropped, and the rear quarter windows and window pillars can be stowed away in a special compart ment back of the rear seats. The re placing of the windows, transforming the car into a vehicle for inclement weather, can be accomplished in a few moments. The driver's seat is of the club chair type, deeply upholstered. Next to it, but separated by an aisle is a folding chair seat that swings back against the right side wall when not in use. An auxiliary seat swings out from the back of the driver's seat if seating ca pacity for six passengers is desired. Ebonized interior moldings har monize with the refined interior ap pointments of the compartment., All seats are upholstered with finest qual ity curled hair and covered with heavy- Bedford cloth in either black and j white or buff. The Chalmers Town car has en-1 closed seats for five passengers with] room for driver and extra passenger on front seat. Here too, Lucile has specified the interior furnishings, in cluding upholsteries, carpets and silk window hangings. When the two aux iliary seats in the passenger's com partment are not needed, they fold in to the compartment wall out of sight. In warm weather, the door windows may be lowered or adjusted to any I position by means of an automatic | regulator. The town car is the ideal j machine for the city dweller and is built to meet a big demand in the metropolitan centers for a car of this type. The limousine seats seven passen gers and also has a handsome inter-1 ior by Lucile. All Chalmers closed car equipment is very complete including electric dome lights, vase for cut flow ers, chauphone speaking tulle, loung ing pillow, hassock and robe rail. A dainty toilette case and smoking set are concealed In panels which are re leased by a touch of an ebony button. On the 115-inch chassis, the Chal mers Six-30 will again be continued in touring, roadster and cabriolet styles. The Chalmers cabriolet has already won high favor among those motorists desiring an all-season car. Comfortable seating capacity for three pasengers is provided, the driver's seat being advanced to allow greater ease of operation. For physicians and other professional men who must drive in al varieties of weather the cabriolet Is tho ideal type. Wire wheels are optional at extra cost on the Chalmers roadster and Cabriolet models. THREE OF KEYSTONE'S HUSTLERS </% MERLO COPE Formerly a traveling salesman who chose to Identify himself with the mo torcar business aa a salesman for the Keystone Motor Car Company, ■ ! 11 '■ 1 ' HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH I A Great Loss and a Greater Gain This business has rounded out twenty- volume every day, Dodge Brothers are two months of existence by distribut- "losing business" by their policy of ing to owners more than one hundred keeping production within the bounds thousand cars. of continuous betterment. i Price-concessions on this car are rarely that sense they have doubtless suf- = asked, and never given with Dodge fered a great loss in the past and will = Brothers consent or to their knowledge. endure a great loss in the future. You can therefore figure accurately . over a S a i ns t this great loss is an = the amount invested by the public infinitely greater gain. | in Dodge Brothers cars, by multiplying The people of the United States have I the output by the retail selling price. implicit faith in the integrity of Dodge One hundred thousand cars at $785 Brothers manufacturing methods, per car means a sales-total in less than One hundred thousand owners —or two years' time of $78,500,000 or, rather, one hundred thousand families | with freight-cost added, considerably —are practically of one mind concerning more than $80,000,000. the car and the men who make it. There have been no bursts of speed in This business and its product are the up-building of this great business. blessed with a friendship probably with- I § , , , out parallel in the history of American § At no tune has there been even an at- manufacturing. tempt at stimulation of sales or of g production. Fresh from the factory, or sold at . second-hand, from one end of the Never for a single day has production nation to the other, the car has special been speeded up for the sake of attain- value and a special reputation, because ing a total. Q f the name it bears. On the contrary, it has been held down Because of the name it bears, you may every day within the limits of close, be sure that the principle behind the careful, conscientious manufacturing. car will never be changed a hair's 1 Both production and sales have been breadth. stable, steady and spontaneous —scru- Dodge Brothers have only one idea in pulous care in the one, producing huge the upbuilding of their business. 1 . volume in the other. That idea is to build so soundly and so i At this moment, as at every other well that the good will which they have period, although producing a large won will grow and endure forever. Tht gaaoline consumption is unusually low. The tU*e mileage ia unusually high. 1 KEYSTONE MOTOR CAR CO. ] 5 7 to 103 S. Cameron St. HARRISBURG, PA. C. H. EARNER, Manager | The price of the Touring Car or Roadster, complete, price of the Winter Touring Car or Roadster, H ia $785 (f. o. b. Detroit) complete, including regular mohair top, ?.a ~ H $950 (f. o. b. Detroit) Hill-Climbing Most Severe Test Says Chalmers Man That the hill-climb continues to be the most severe test for motorcars, is vouched for by Fred Junk, the youth ful Chalmers pilot, who captured the free-for-all event in the Giants' De spair Hill Climb at Wllkes-Barre last month. Junk drove a Chalmers Six to first place in his class event on Pike's Peak in August and is well qualified to define difficulties of mountain-climbing. "Without considering the merits of speedway and hill-climb events, froijji the strenuous standpoint, the fact re mains that the latter test is the one to which the majority of owners put their cars," said Junk, yesterday. "No owner buys a car to race it at top speed for 100 or 150 miles, but he does require the motor of his machine to possess sufficient power to climb the steepest grades on his touring trips across country. "For this reason, the past year wit nessed a revival of interest in hill climb events in all sections of the country. At Pike's Peak and Giants' Despair, big crowds turned out to ob serve the performance of the best American cars on the highest auto mobile roads in the country. "In hill-climbing, the strain on the rear axle, including the driving and propeller shaft is almost double that given the car in fast work over level roads. Second speed traveling is nec essary in surmounting the steep 20 Magr^.^lßeßßK Hf W. H. ZUMBRO Well known In the business circles i of Harrisburgr, Mr. Zumbro is among; the young men who are making good i as an automobile salesman with the I Keystone Motor Car Company, per cent, grades on mountains such as Pike's Peak and Giants' Despair. This imposes not only extra strains on the axle, but on the transmission and also requires a cooling system thjjt will take care of the extraordinary de mands made upon it in high altitudes. "In speedway events, the fastest speed is obtained in the straight-aways and the drivers rest their motors on the turn. In hill-climbing, the motor must be kept hard at work, because the force of gravity is constantly in operation and tugging at the rear wheels. I have found nothing in track events which compares with the twist ing, weaving motions of a car making .. All .. Electrical Wiring and Fixtures In the new home of the Keystone Motor Car Co., was installed by the / Columbia Electric Co., 1253 Market St. This is but one of the many large wiring and electrical fixture contracts we have recently fulfilled. We are always glad to make estimates on all manner of electrical wiring jobs, etc. Our Electrical Store will be found completely stocked with all that's to be desired including gas and electrical fixtures, the famous I Hot-Point goods and Regina cleaners. v,, ' .i NOVEMBER 22, 1916. a fast turn on a hill. In my opinion, a car which can successfully meet a test of this kind, is so constructed as to render perfect satisfaction, even in the hands of an inexperienced driver." The crowd of 60,000 persons who witnessed the contest swarmed out on the tracks at many points, leaving only a narrow lane for the cars to pass through. Junk drove a roadster and a stripped chassis in the three events Saturday, winning the SI,OOO | Hollenback trophy, the Philadelphia Press trophy and the cup for 230-inch I displacement event. His time of one minute and forty-one seconds was the fastest of the day over the course. Von Jagow Is Reported Out of German Cabinet Amsterdam, Nov. 22.—Gottlieb von Jagow, the German minister of foreign affairs, has resigned, according to a Berlin dispatch. The condition of his health is given as the cause of his resignation. Dr. Alfred Zimmerman, under sec retary of feorign affairs, the dispatch adds, probably will succeed Herr von Jagow. The Tageblatt prints a rumor that Herr von Jagow will became ambas sador at Vienna.
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