14 ► HAROLD A. HIPPLE A Tribute I ! BUILDING CONTRACTOR I Now that we have moved into our new I j > quarters, I feel that it is befitting that I , should transmit to you my heartiest ap- ? > # # # proval of the service you have rendered . ? , : Is justly proud of his achievement in the completion < : of the new home of the Keystone Motor Car Co., at Rarely is there a building erected in 1 * rn l 1 Art f( ll n l 1 V "I J_ # which, after occupancy, some slight aft- \ s 57 to 103 South Cameron street—a building complete m d - s " ot its f '; y > -i i i • •• • __ _ 0 _ - 1 - which improvement could be made. In .< : detail and gigantic in size. Read the endorsement forethought exercised in the original 1 > • ■* ir TT* TT Tl J? J_l plans has entirely eliminated even the i given Mr. Hippie, by C. H. Barner, manager 01 the possibility of i ?P in ■ < > > x-n rangement. I feel that our new build- r : Keystone Motor Car Co. * xi a tribmc t0 vou as we " as t0 our " ; i omcEs - Harrisburg National Bank D .. i>. MANAGER I J : 16 South Second Street Bell Phone - 1324R : : •i PEERLESS EIGHT IS DEMONSTRATED TONEWSPAPERMEN C. H. Barner, Local Distributor, Takes Scribe For Fast Spin in Country The Peerless Motor Car Company liave long advertised the phrase, "Ask the Peerless dealer to demonstrate its •double sjwer range." A representa tive of the Telegraph, the other day fisked C. H. Barner, manager of the Keystone Motor Car Company, "to be Shown." Did he back down ? Not for an instant. Mr. Barner is a busy man but gracefully he accepted the chal lenge and really "showed" the news paperman. Out of the wide doors of the handsome new home of the Key stone we glided in the big black beauty and down the street into the heaviest downtown traffic where a snail's pace was necessary. Did the big Peerless halter and hitch when she was held up behind lumbering horse-drawn de livery wagons? Not for a minute! She eeemed perfectly content to take con ditions just as she found them. But presently we were out of the traffic congested districts and she pointed her sleek, black nose out towards the far stretching country roads. "When you get to know her better," said Mr. Barner, "You'll understand that she's a car of 'dual personality.' Back there, under the menacing eye of the traffic cop she demonstrated her 'loafing range.' In this 'loafing range," the fuel consumption is about half what you would expect of a car its size and power. Think of an eighty horse power eight-cylinder car, with all this power, smoothness and flexibility, con suming so little fuel in all ordinary driving as to put many a forty horse power car to shame! "Presently." continued Mr. Barner, "I'll demonstrate her other personal ity: her 'sporting range.' " We were now clipping along at a livelv pace, nearing the city's limits. With that delicate purr of the well-bred motor she carried us out into the open coun try over the glistening asphalt road way. "Watch her step along now into her 'sporting speed.' " said Mr. Barner. The throttle was opened a trifle wider ! ! i ii ! i j ' AUTQLINE OIL "for your motor's sake" Wm. C. ROBINSON & SON CO. 1 * * ' WEDNESDAY EVENING.' and we were cutting through the crisp ] November air with the speed of an I express train—an express train trying! to make up precious minutes lost. I There was a deeper tone to the purr i ing—he had opened the double pop pets. Mile after mile of that hard polished roadway slid by under us and car after car was overtaken and passed in her easy flight. About ten miles, I should say, were done in a lit- I tie over as many minutes, and with | the movement of a finger we were | throttled down and the big Peerless turned about with the ease of a bat | talion commander ordering his com | pany to "about face." Back to th city streets we whirled in ne tinter. "Now," said Mr. Barner, smiling, "you understand what we mean by 'dual personality.' " The answer is to be found in her eight cylinders and there's not another 'eight' on the mar ket that can outstep hier in a friendly brush—any place, any time." He had made good, and now it's easier for the newspaperman to understand why the I Peerless people say: "Ask the Peer less dealer to demonstrate its double power range." Measures Force Required to Break Gear Tooth Another triumph for automobile en gineers is recorded in the develop ment of a gear impact testing ma | chine which actually determines the I exact force required to break a gear tooth. Heretofore, although tests of I this nature have been conducted since | the beginning of the industry, it has i been possible to estimate only approxi mately the force expended, without i taking into definite consideration the force left over. It is in its ability to record the latter that the machine re cently perfected by the engineers of the Dodge Brothers physical labora tories differs from earlier designs. In this respect it is distinctly nsw and superior. As indicated by the accompanying illustration, the gear under test is set lin an iron base. A sharp steel blade is inserted between two teeth. The | blade is at the end of a heavy steel arm which extends out into the path of a pendulum-like weight. When the weight falls, it drives the blade | through the tooth. As the weight strikes the gear, the dial at the top to I which it is attached, records the "left j over" energy. Since the force exerted | by the falling mass is a known quan tity. it is a simple problem in arith |luetic to compute the total energy ex pended. The development of this machine is characteristic of the Dodge Brothers policy of rigid tests for all materials, and dependable instruments for do ing it. 1917 CHALMERS 6-30, SEVEN-PASSENGER A roomy, comfortable car with the famous 3400 r. p. m. engine under the hood. Save for a more generous wheelbase, capacity for seven passengers and a few noteworthy advances in body design, it is the twin of the five-passenger 3400 r. p. m. Six-30. DODGE BROTHERS CAR AT KEYSTONE Popular-Priced Four Has Proven a Good Seller Ever Since Introduced Here In its general aspects the Dodge Brothers car Identifies Itself as a car of a type that so large a portion of mo torists want—a handsome, comfortable, medium-size car for five people, with plenty of power, and built to run for years. A full grown car of 30-35 horse power, with four-cylinder motor and a wheel base of 110 inches. Available in five-passenger touring car form and as a two-passenger roadster. It is sold with everything that could be asked for in the way of equipment, including electric lighting and starting, one man top, and windshield. With Its tapering effect from the tonneau to the radiator and its well-knit low-hung de- KKRSUSBITRG TELEGRAM sign, (he car has even greater breadth and room and more of the large car | qualities than the outside view indi- I cates. In form it meets the approval of i streamline advocates, having a grace- | ful body without abrupt transitions. The radiator housing is of the straight front type with rounded top and edges neatly smoothed off, blending into the straight tapered hood. The cowl meets the body section in a sweeping flare. The side panels are straight, but have the effect of sloping very slightly up ward to the rear and are topped with strips of durable pressed steel. Wide doors lead to the high-backed, com fortable seats, upholstered in leather of a grade that would do credit to any car. The cushions are shaped for ease, with sloping seats and deeply tufted backs and ends. The front compart ment. like the rear, has an abundance of leg-room, and the floor, like the run ning boards, is linoleum-covered. The breadth of the rear seat brings the body close to the ground in effect, while the spare tire, supported on the strong and simple three-point carrier abote the plain cylindrical gasoline tank, the definite location of the li cense tag In the center of the circle formed by the tire, with the tailll'ght illuminating it from the left-hand side and finally the crowned center of the guards, impart the impression of a staunch and tidy structure. The working out of the compact four cylinder block engine, with its integ rally mounted three-speed selective gearset, reveals close attention to de tails, as well as a fine appreciation of the fact that the average American mo torist prefers to do a great deal of his driving on high gear. The cylinder dimensions of 3 >4x4% inches afford a stroke-bore ratio of I.IG and a piston displacement of a trifle over 212',4 cu bic inches—2l2.27 cubic inches to be exact. The engine has a compression |of 65 pounds per square inch. Even on the basis of a 30-horsepower the car ready for service has a weight ratio of only 75 pounds for every horse power. The gearing is conservative. On di rect drive the transmission Is geared 3.615 to 1, the driving bevels having 47 and 13 teeth. On Intermediate the ratio is 6.93, affording good speeds on hills, while low speed is geared 16.87 to 1, as compared with somewhere about 12 to 1 in a good many much larger and heavier cars. Thus, running on direct drive, the engine turns over approxi mately 380 revolutions per minute at a car speed of 20 miles an hour, 1,140 revolutions at a speed of 30 miles an hour, and 1,5?0 at 40 miles an hour. Chalmers Six Hauls Fifteen Ton Hammer at Factory Installation of heavy machinery at the big automobile plants presents problems that only resourceful factory managers can solve. During the week a big steam ham mer arrived at the plant of the Chal mers Motor Company for installation in the drop forge building. The steam hammer weighed in excess of fifteen tons, and after being unloaded from a railroad flat car, had to be moved a distance of a quarter mile. A Chalmers Six-30 chassis was hur ried over from the final test, hooked up to the big hammer by heavy ropes and the power turned on. So heavy was the piece of machinery that steel rollers placed under it were crushed like egg shells and the ropes lasted for only short periods. But the 2,000-pound Chalmers chas sis moved its 30,000-pound load with ease and the hammer was in position within an hour after arriving at the factory. Few Motorcars Stored For Winter Says Barner The "stored for the winter" tag on motorcars will be less in evidence throughout the country this year than ever before, according to C. H. Barner, Dodge Brothers dealer in this city. There are several reasons, he says. One is the unparalleled business ac tivity now in prospect, which will re quire incessant use of the automobile for businessmen. Another is the growing impression that "the motor car made these days is good enough in any weather." Still another, and perhaps more important, is the de velopment of winter cars to the point where cost no longer conflicts with comfort. In other words, the time has ar rived when the average motorcar HERRE BROTHERS # Plumbing and Heating Contractors The American Ideal Lo>v Water Line Boiler and American Rococo Wall Radiation was installed in the Keystone Motor Car Company building by this firm. We arc now in possession of our own new building with 5,000 square feet of floor space devoted entirely to our plumbing and heating business. Estimates cheerfully given on large or small jobs. Complete stock of American Ideal Boiler and Radiator repairs always on hand. 417-419 VAUGHN STREET Riverside, Harrisburg, Pa. Bell 1058-J. NOVEMBER 22, 1916. owner will not hesitate between shiv- 1 ering through the winter in an open conveyance, or Investing in year around comfort by buying a winter car. The motorist has come to regard it as an actual economy. Tucked away in the warmth of an enclosed car on his way to the office, he no longer finds it necessary to devote the first half hour of his working time to "warming up." As one has put it: "I find wholesome pleasure even in defy ing the blustery winds; it puts me in a good mood for the morning." Due to conditions such as these, as well as the criterion afforded by the heavy sales of last year, Dodge Brothers' dealers are preparing for an exceptional demand. They are now in a position to supply snug winter cars both of the touring and roadster type. Slight alterations in the style used last year make it even more desirable, both from the standpoint of taste and comfort. The interior is handsomely upholstered in gray and both the roadster and touring car are fitted with a dome light of a pleasant glow. ALL OF THE Building Hardware for the Keystone Motor Car Co. building was furnished by Bretz Brothers Supplies for contractors and builders has been a specialty with us for years, as well as Tools for Mechanics. As we will move to new quarters, 209 Chestnut street, the middle of January, we have Special Reductions on our entire stock. It will save money for you to investigate. 105 North Second Street Doors fit tightly, but open easily and rattling is minimized by exactness of construction. One of the most attractive features of the Dodga Brothers' winter car is the fact that the winter top may be removed with out difficulty, thereby affording an ideal conveyance for use the year around. Also, by purchasing a winter top, with which the local dealer is now supplied, any owner of a Dodge Brothers' touring car or roadster may easily convert his last summer's auto mobile into a dignified, comfortable closed car ready to cope with the worst of weather. MARRIED 63 YEARS Conoy, Pa., Nov. 22. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Hoffman, aged 90 and 89 years, respectively, are married to-day 63 years. Both are enjoying good health, and they_ have lived in the same house ever since the wed ding day in November, 1853. They were married by a Lutheran minister iat Lancaster. Ten children were born to them and nine are living.
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