Automobile Show
Amonfi the Finest
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as for the mechanical skill and artis
tic possibilities it suggests.
About one hundred and twenty-five
models from forty-two different manu
facturers are on display. These in
clude the most well-known names in |
the motor world, and range in price :
from the little cars that sell for a!
few hundred dollars, to the more lux- j
urious models with prices running up;
into the thousands—depending on the :
extent of power, range and luxurious
appointments one cares to pay lor.
With the two lloors having a com
bined space of seventeen thousand i
square feet of lloor space,
which Is about seven thousand I
more than bust year's show, one j
pan readily see the growth of the mot- j
orcar business in 1 larrisburg. Even |
at that, there isn't a dealer that could j
not have used more space to greater |
advantage and others who wanted to j
show their cars could not secure space, j
All outsiders were excluded, making |
it strictly a Harrlsburg show, under
the supervision of I larrisburg men.
A feature of this year's show will be
the attendance of Harrisburg's lead
ing organizations. Monday the mem
bers of the Motor Club of Harrisburg
will be admitted on presentation of
their membership card. Tuesday the
members of the Chamber of Com
merce will be admitted on their cre
dentials and Wednesday the Rotary
Club members will be guests of the
Capital City Motor Dealers' Associa
tion.
The members of the association
have worked hard to make the
annual show a success, and before,
the doors close next Saturday night it j
promises to be the most successful j
motorcar exhibition ever conducted:
in Central Pennsylvania. That is say- I
ing a great deal considering the many
successful shows that have been held
since the lirst one in 1010. The show
committee consists of P. Driscoll, R. C.
Barrett and George G. McFarland,
working in conjunction with J. Clyde,
Myton, manager of the show. The an- i
nual exhibit of motorcars makes it
possible for prospective buyers to go
where a variety of makes are shown
under one roof and make such com- ;
parisons at leisure as may seem advis
able, which would not be possible un- i
der any other circumstances. The I
glib-tongued salesman of fiction fame!
is not the kind you see at the motor j
shows to-day. The salesman of to- j
■day earnestly strives to give such j
information as may be desired and |
back up his assertions with facts that
will bear the closest analysis, lie is
an earnest student, of mechanical effi
ciency and endeavors to enlighten the
layman and render such service as ;
will win confidence. Dependent upon <
the good will of those in the commun- <
ity in which he does business, he real- |
izes that if he wins and holds the con- j
fidence of those with whom he deals, j
the satisfied patron will put him in j
touch with other prospects. There- ,
fore the salesman endeavors to render (
the best service possible.
The prospect for a. prosperous year
in the automobile trade is more prom- {
Ising than at any time. This is the
consensus of dealers, who are busy 1
making the present exhibit mere at- j
tractive than any given before. Manu- ]
factnrers and others interested in the
trade are of one opinion as to the fu- j
turc of the automobile industry. There j
probably will be more cars sold in |
1917, they say, than in any year since!
the automobile became such an Im
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portant factor in the -industry of this
country.
Although the prices of the individual
models have mounted upward, dealers;
point out that the advance in autonio
; bile prices has not been commensurate
jwith the exorbitant cost of materials
lor with the high prices of other prod
ucts. Automobile!*", comparatively
I speaking, are not as expensive as, for
; example, eggs or flour or shoes or coal.
The upward climb of automobilo
, prices lias been held in check by de
; velopment of efficiency to a high de
■ gree In motorcar making and by the
I application of economy in all its
! branches. So perfected has become
!fho art of making automobiles that
I never before did the public receive lis
Imoney's worth of automobiles in such
measure ns it does to-day and even
| though gasoline prices have been
raised to some extent, the greater
economy of operation because of
[greater mechanical makes the present
car more economical than even at the
slight increase in price than the cars
purchased a year ago.
Almost the entire lot of new cars
shows certain tendencies in common.
They possess an undeniable amount
of good looks and have good materials
in the body, which Is mounted on a
chassis composed of standard units.
\ Passengers have more comfort in
1917 bodies. Occupants can generally
sit as they please, and not as they
have to sit. There i's also a greater
choice in bodies for all purposes.
Among the body developments of
the year are the club roadster, the
'touring sedan, movable and adjust
able seats, better upholstery, better
, arrangement . of instruments and
' gauges, better tops, windshields and
| tire carriers and more luxurious fit
tings. An important improvement is
a wider choice in painting colors and
trim. Many makers are getting away
from the solid black and are offering
instead blues and grays as standard
or options.
I Most important of all the improve
ments in bodies is the better arrange
ment of seats. The front compart
i mcnt of the touring qar is now as
comfortable as the rear, and is no
longer neglected when the body is
i laid out. The close-coupled touring
icar has about passed out of existence,
land in its place is the club roadster,
so that in the pure touring design
j tliere is always plenty of room in the
tonneau.
Most of the year's improvements
iin automobiles are reflected In the
motor. The greater speed range,
■snappier pick-up and increased econ
omy are the three most Important
; points.
j More power is being secured from
J smaller motors. The manner in which
lit is being done is by filling the cylin
ders more full of gas. Less dead space
is left in the cylinder. Each suction
stroke of the piston is doing more
work and hence each power stroke has
increased. Larger valve passages,
'clearer ports and better caTburetion
I are responsible.
Compression pressures arc slightly
'higher and this, taken into considera
tion with the fact that there is more
gas in the cylinder, gives a snappier
engine. A cylinder can never be com
pletely tilled on the intake stroke. The
i nearer the engine approaches this
{complete filling the better its perform
ance and the more power it will give.
Efforts to smooth out the intake pass-
I ages and to cut down the dead pockets
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF AUTOMOBILE SHOW
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J. CT-iYDE MYTOX
Managing Director of Auto Show
Exhibitors at Auto Show
r AUTOMOBILES
BENTZ-LANDIS AUTO COMPANY, Jeffrey, National, Standard.
CONOVER & MEHRING, Case, Briscoe.
E. L. COWDEX, Appcrson, Paige.
CRISPEN MOTOR ( Alt COMPANY, Cadillac.
DENBY SALES CORPORATION, Denby.
ENSMIXGER MOTOR COMPANY, Dort, White.
EOltß SALES COMPANY, Ford, Ntudchakcr, Brockway.
GENERAL AUTO SALES COMPANY, Pathfinder.
IIARRISBURG AUTO COMPANY, Rco.
HUDSON SALES COMPANY, Hudson, Saxon. -
11UPMOBILE SALES CORPORATION, Ifupmobile.
P. 11. KEBOCH, Jackson.
KEYSTONE MOTOR CAR COMPANY, Chalmers, Peerless, Dodge
Brothers. -
KING CAR SALES COMPANY. King.
MILLER AUTO COMPANY, Ilayncs, Maxwell.
MONN BROS., Crow-Elkhart.
W. J. MARKS, Bell.
OVERLAND-HARRISBURG COMPANY, Overland, Willys-Kniglit.
PACKARD MOTOR CAR COMPANY, Packard.
I'ENN MAR AUTO COMPANY, Premier, Republic.
PULLMAN SALES COMPANY, Pullman.
A. REDMOND, Chandler, Oakland, Vim.
E. W. SHANK, Franklin.
VELIE-HARRISBURG COMPANY, Velie.
GEORGE B. ZECH, Buick, Chevrolet. 4 ,
ACCESSORIES
ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY, Oils and Greases.
WILLIAM S. ESSTCK, insurance..
EXCELSIOR AUTO COMPANY, Exide batteries.
FRONT-MARKET MOTOR SUPPLY COMPANY, accessories.
GLOBE REFINING COMPANY, oils and greases.
E. MATHER COMPANY, accessories.
MYERS ACCESSORIES HOUSE, accessories.
I'ENN SYLVAN IA INDEMNITY EXCHANGE, auto insurance.
STERLING AUTO TIRE COMPANY, Miller tires.
11. G. ZIMMERMAN, carburetors.
HAKRISBtJRG TELEGKXPS:
P. DRISCOLL
Chairman of Show Committee
in tlie combustion space have ef- i
feet this year.
Other features such as decreased
weight In pistons and connecting rods
have cut down the mass of the moving
parts and thus permitted the engines
to run at higher speeds. The crank
shaft balance has been looked after.
Accessories on the engUie are better
mounted and more accessible for ad
justment and oiling.
Few companies have made radical
changes in the mechanical construc
tion of their new models, the changes
in most cases being reflected in the
body design and minor refinements in
the chassis and engine or In the equip
ment.
From the not wholly beautiful
mechanism of a few years ago. this
season's motorcars as shown in the
exhibition, are a development into
things of luxurious beauty. In any ex
hibit—in any direction nothing but
beauty from an artistic as well as an
engineering point of view is to be seen.
The new cars combine the features
of comfort and elegance to a degree
heretofore unthought of, and, at the
sam<) time, have been developed me
chanically during the last year in
many minor ways—none of them of
radical quality—and none that could
! be termed a real feature of mechanical
; radicalism.
Merely to fill this bit of unoccupied
space, permit me to tell you that
every tenth citizen of Greenland and
'lceland wouldn't know the difference
between a monkey wrench and a dif
ferential even if you explained it to
him, so what's the use.—American
Motorist.
MIX-UP IN EIGHT PLAN'S
New York, Feb. 10.—Jack Curley,
who Is associated with Tom Jones in
the management of Jess "Willard,
world's heavyweight champion pugi
list. to-day confirmed the announce
ment ,from Albany that a ten-round
boxing bout between Willard and Fred
Fulton had been arranged for March
26 at Madison Square Garden. A Chi
cago dispatch, however, quotes Tom
Jones as saying that Willard would
not flght Fulton or anybody else on
March 26.
FEBRUARY 10, 1917
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ROSS C. BARRETT
iecretary-Treas. of Show Commltt
AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTUER
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U. S. Census Reports on the Industry
100-1 1000 1914
Automobile factories 121 285' 300
Persons engaged 11,2-10 .*>8,142 91,007
Capital invested $20,555,247 $131,592,905 $312,870,000
Salaries and wages 7,255,375 30,854,578 84,001,000
Cost of materials 11,058.138 107,731,440 202,508,000
Cars manufactured 22,830 127.289 573,114
Value of products 4,200,151 20,871,030 503,230,000
Body and Parts Manufacture
(l 7 . S. Census Reports)
1904 ' 1009 1914
Number of factories _ 57 478 971
Persons engaged '2,087 27,217 53,95-1
Capital invested $2,528,013 939,214,140 $94,854,000
Salaries and wages 1,100,842 18,318,713 54,552,000
Cost of materials • 1,493,227 23,914,290 03,010,000
Value of products 3,388,472 55,378,907 129,001,000
Freight Carload Shipments of Motor Vehicles
1911 1915 1916
Carloads 130,111 192,575 270,550
Ice Throws Train From
Track, Killing Engineer
Hazletonr Pa., Feb. IC-. —Benjamin
Revnolds, of this city, engineer of the
Ijehigh Valley railroad train carrying
silk mill girls from Hazleton to Weath
orly, was Instantly killed early to-day
when the locomotive was ditched and
upset at Beaver Meadow. Patrick
O'Donnell. the fireman, escaped In
jury. According to the company, the
accident was caused by a broken rail,
due to the frost, the temperature dur
ing the night registering 2 degrees be
low zero. Three of the cars were de
railed, but outside of Reynolds nobody
was hurt.
Persons at the scene of the wreck
claim that water dripping from a tank
formed ice on the rails and that the
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GEORGE G. M'FARLAND
Member of Show Committee,
train left the tracks at that point,
running' on the ties about a hundred
yards before it stopped.
FAMOUS BANDIT DIES
San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 10.—The
exploits of Chris Evans, leader more
than a score of years ago of a no
torious gang of "California train rob
bers, were recalled to-day by his death
at Portland, Ore., last night. He was
paroled in 1911 from Folsom Peniten
tiary, where seventeen years of im
prisonment had changed tho former
train robber into a broken old man.
Governor Johnson pardoned
him. He leaves a widow and four
sons. Robbing of Southern Pacific
trains and the killing of a member of
one of the posses that pursued him
were the crimes for which he was Im
prisoned.