EFFICIENCY IN PEERLESS SYSTEM Production Methods Result in Utmost Efficiency for Build ing More Perfect Car The outstanding feature among all I the interesting and original factory methods employed by the Peerless] Motor Car Company* of Cleveland, \ Ohio, builders of the famous two-1 power range Peerless Eight, is, in tne opinion of many, its production system. With recent large additions to the factory, the company is able to work I its hobby—painstaking manufactur ing—to the limit. The method itself is based largely | on tho progressive production sys tem which has revolutionized auto mobile building during the last few j years. However, the Peerlss way of j doing It differs greatly from the average way. Progressive produc- j tion was first attempted largely for j quantity production purposes and for elimtnation of wasted time. In ! the Peerless case, it was not adopted solely for quantity's sake nor to j speed up the work on the individual cars. The progressive production system 1 Here's What You Get For $5 per Month ~:' ~ ■■ v . . , * ' j " YOU get storage for one month —and our service facilities day and night, 1n a new modern garage. You get service of At lantic gas. You'get service of eight different grades of oil. You get service of five different grades of grease. You get service of tires, tubes, blowout patches and inner liners. You get service of automobile accessories. You get free air. You get use of wash atan.d free. You get heat. You got phone service. You get protection, which means that no one else will run your car around when you leave it in our care. We ask all automobile owners to come and see our garage and see what comfort and service they get for $5 per month. Twenty-seven thousand square feet of floor space. Hoffman's Garage SEVENTH AND CAMP STREETS B. F. HOFFMAN, Prop. N. R. HOFFMAN, Mgr. Mileage You Want TT7" HEN you buy a motor truck, you are not purchasing so many pounds of steel, wood, and paint— it's mile age you want. . j§ Hauling a load the greatest distance with least expense —just what you are after—is what you get, when you use I International Motor Trucks Mileage has been built into Internationals and that is why; I users get mileage out of them. I It isn't the price you pay for a motor truck, but the ton-miles of service you get, that determines your hauling and delivery i costs. , " When you have seen the International engine, the Interna tional internal gear drive rear axle, and have learned how Interna tionals are solving hauling and delivery problems all over the coun try, you will get a new viewpoint on motor truck value —one based on International mileage and International ton-miles capacity. There is a style and size for your business—l,soo, 2,000, 3,000, and 4,000 lbs. capacity, at $1,450 to $2,550 for the chassis (f. o. b. factory). Ask the nearest branch house listed below to show you. month of July 1513 International Motor Trucks were sold International Harvester Company of America 813-815 Market Street Harrisburg, Pa. tt Motor Tr.uck Department, 619-21 Walnut Street Other Branch Houses located at Baltimore, Elmira, Parkersburg, Pittsburgh SATURDAY EVENING, was Installed in the big Cleveland pliant simply because It furnished the moat direct avenue l'or the com pany to reach Its goal of ambition— u cur so perfectly constructed that the so-called "bugs" could never en ter into Its make-up. The many visitors who daily go through the factory, as one ol' Cleveland* points of unusual in terest, are first". Impressed by the eusy, methodical* way in which the workmen labor at their tasks and the surprisingly big results accom plished in a short space of time. Every detail in the building of a Peerless car is supervised Uy a spe cialist in that particular work. The men who take care of the wiring are electricians—not .simply mechanics. The men who build the motors are motor experts, not workmen who are constantly drifting from one factory to the other, and so on In all departments. The motors and machinery parts are made and assembled, as far as possible, in the enlarged machine i shops of the main factory. A few! feet away is the new building where tho parts meet the frame work of the chassis and the car is put to gether. As the Visitor steps from the ma chine shop into the new building he finds himself at the starting point of this progressive assembly system. First, the step brackets are placed in position and fastened on the frame o? the chassis. The frame moves a few feet farther down the line and workmen are there waiting for it with the springs. After the spring installation, the journey of the chas sis continues with the axles coming next, then the wheels, the aod pan, the steering gear, battery installa tion and wiring connection. As the framo work leaves the electricians, it stops under the motor which is suspended abovo It by a crane that has carried It lu from the machine Bhop. - The motor having been placed in the frame, the gasoline tank comes next and the car emerges complete, as far as chassis Is concerned. Then comes an exhaustive test on a half-mile brick track encircling the main factory. This test completed, the chassis is rolled into the chassis paint room— a big department entirely devoted to I this task. No sooner has the paint dried on the chassis than it goes forward to meet the body, already completely painted and upholstered. The body department has finished its work, and so has the chassis depart ment, and the two elements are quickly combined into the finished product. t Although a similar plan is fol lowed out in scores of other factor ies, often there is such evidence of haste and such apparent anxiety to break previous production records that the visitor Is confused and won ders how a car can stand up when > put together In such an apparently slip-shod manner. In the Peerless factory, however, there is no sign of confusion and rush. Painstaking care is evident in every detail of the work. That is [ why Peerless officials are so proud ! of their production department. Application Of Motor Power Is Most Important Haulage ability is not a question of how much power is developed by the engine, but of power distribution and application," asserted H. M. Lee president of the Duplex Truck Com pany of Lansing, Michigan. "We recently demonstrated," con tinued Mr. Lee, "that the front wheel drive is more effective than the rear wheel drive, and at the same time substantiated our claims that the four wheel drive principle is superior to either the rear or front wheel drive. "During the excavating for thfe foundation of a local factory, the excavated material was hauled away with a Duplex 4-Wheel Drive Truck. The runway from the pit to street level was rather more than a 33 per cent incline, which—together with I the fact that the truck was haul : ing 8,000 pound loads—was a severe I test of the pulling ability of the 3 V 4 | ton trugk. "To settle a matter then in ques tion, the contractor decided to sat isfy himself which represented the greatest hauling factor—front wheel pull or rear wheel push. He disen gaged the front wheel drive shaft, in consequence of which the Dup lex had no more or less hauling power than ordinary rear drive trucks of the same rated capacities. But the load and the incline proved too much for the rear wheel push; the truck refused to budge. "Then the front wheel drive shaft was engaged and the rear wheel shaft disengaged. With only the front wheels at work the Duplex truck negotiated the incline without difficulty. "On the second trip, under identi cal conditions, the truck was stopped half way up the Incline, then start ed again, and as before, it made the balance of %he grade without a hitch. "This test thoroughly demonstrat ed the effectiveness of the four wheel drive principal and perhaps makes it more readily understood why the government favored four wheel drive trucks in its recent or der for motor vehicles to be used in Army sen-ice." HXRfWSBTJRG TEI®Glt7 IS PROVING ITS GENUINE VALUE Motor Car Has Become a Dual - I Necessity and a Great Source of Pleasure "This season has proved to Am erican motorists the real value of the automobile" says P. Drlscoll, distributor at Studebaker cars In Harrlsburg and vicinity. "Never belore has the worth of the motorcars as a dual business and pleasure necessity so forcibly been brought home to the man or woman owning a machine. In this stirring time of business and the in creasing shortage of labor the man with the motorcar has been able to do twice and in many instances I many times as much work as he was formerly able to do. The time paved in going to and from the of iice and to and from appointments has been one of the big features of the use of the automobile in busi ness. And the man owning motor trucks, while his competitor stiil sticks to the old method of horse drawn drays and trucks, has found the "going" and the business re sults far in advance of his neighbor. "Hut the big feature of owning a motorcar lies in its adaption for touring about the country, we have greeted more Studebaker owners from many states of the union here this past month than we have for many foontha preceding. The own ers almost without exception de clare that their cars have proved the means of giving them an op portunity to learn more about their own country in a short space of time than would be possible over three or four times the same per iod—and riding on a train does not permit of the exploration of the interior of historic places that is possible through the use ( of the au tomobile. "The education that the car pro vides also cements a stronger feel ing within every American to see "America First", and once having seen much of their native land to go back home and redouble their energies to do their bit for Uncle Sam. "So, the man of moderate means can find it very profitable from many angles to own a Studebaker and learn more of the land in which he is living besides using it in his business life every day. Owners Prefer to Drive Closed Type of Car Throughout the country there is a decided trend among automobile buyers towards the type of closed car that can be.driven by the owner himself. Motorcar authorities at tribute this to the fact that chauf feurs, young men as a class, are in a large proportion subject to the se lective draft for the new National Army. Owners who are thus deprived of a chauffeur are, however, seeing re lief in the convertible touring Sedan and they are in sufficient number to give a recognizable impulse to the demand lor cars of this type. "We are already experiencing a demand from owners who have lost or are going to lose their chauffeurs," said J. A. Bentz, of the Bentz-Landis Company, local National Highway motorcar distributor for the new National 12 and 6-cylinder Sedans. This car, with its airplane type 12- cylinder or powerful 6-cylinder mo tor, is so easily handled that no woman finds the work exhausting. It is easily and quickly converted from the closed Sedan to Jlhe open touring car model—without* stepping out of the car. Protection against rain without the bothersome work of putting up curtains, and absence ofrf, lot of work removing and hous ing top or parts of the top meet about ever yother demand, so that where chauffeurs have been sum moned, touring Sedan provides a way out of the difficulty. With the Sedan the driver is with the rest of the passengers just the same as in a touring car. It is also true that our touring Sedan gives a wider range of vision than the cloth tops, which many motorists never lower, anyway, be cause of the bother. There is less overhang—it is not needed for Cur tain attachment—and the back win dow is larger than in most cloth tops. Thus the man or woman who de sires all-year driving need not de pend on a chauffeur. The touring Sedan, sans chauffeur, answers all requirements, summer or winter. Los Angeles Dealer Guarantees King For Year So successful has the Leach Motor Car Company, the largest automo bile distributors in Southern Cali fornia, been with the eight cylinder King product that they have pub licly announced a year's guarantee with each King sold. Like all other automobile factor ies the guarantee on a motorcar is for a period of ninety days, but the Leach Mgtor Car Company an nounces through the Los Angeles newspapers as follows: "The famous King 8 haq_reached such a degree of mechanlSil perfection that we now feel justified in backing this remarkable car with a full year's guarantee. This is the best and strongest evidence we can possibly submit of our confidence in the per formance of this car." While this is the first instance that the King factory officials have of one of their dealers making such a broad statement on their own re sponsibility it is not the intention of the factory to change the regu lar 90 day factory guarantee which Is the standardized form used by the automobile manufacturers who are members of the Automobile Chamber of Commerce. Motor Trucks Solve • Coal Delivery Problem Besides facing shortages and un certainty about prices this year, re tail coal dealers are up against a new problem in distribution because of unprecedented conditions in their market. The approach of cold weather makes this a more and more important questions for the coal man. He is finding that five to ten times as many trips are required to deliver 20 tons of coal to one cus tomer this year than he ever had to count upon before. He has not himself been able to fill up his yard to capacity, and his customers are not disposed to load up with a wint er's supply while there is the pros pect of a lower price in sight. The result of all this is the nec essity for making hundreds of deliv ery hauls that never before were necessary. All over the country hundreds of dealers who have been using the Autocar two-ton motor truck are adding to their fleets, and other coal men, finding the horse unequal to the heavier burden, are beginning to use the Autocar be cause of Its speed, aturdlness and dependability. CHALMERS OFFICE HAS NEW STAFF Executive Staff of Maxwell Company Takes Charge of Plani!; Build Both Cars The entire executive staff of the Maxwell Motor Company, of Detroit, Mich., which has least-d the Chalmers Motor Company for live years/moved last week from its headquarters at Woodward and Warren avenues to the Chalmers plant, in Jefferson ave nue. Walter E. Flanders, now president and general manager of both com panies, announced all of his depart ment heads and also the fact that the sales of both companies will here after be directed from the Chalmers plant, with the exception of a. sales department at the Maxwell factory, Oakland avenue, to take care of Max well dealers who visit Detroit. This move will completely wipe olit the old Maxwell executive heauquar ters at Woodward and Warren and the men who have been with Mr. Flanders all through his remarkable development of the Maxwell Company, building the production from 2,000 to 100,000 cars a year, now take on simi lar positions in the Chalmers, to ap ply the simple and successful Max well manufacturing and sales policies to this higher priced car. The automobile trade Is intensely interested to see if they can do it. The wise ones are all discussing the unique development of one organiza tion producing and marketing two long established cars, selling at wide ly different prices, under two names and made in separate and distinct plants. Some say: "Mr. Flanders can not soli Chalmers cars in the same way he Bells Maxwells.' Others say: "We don't see why the game substan tial policies, which have put the Max well over, should not be applied, with equal results, to a car of the Chal mers class." So opinions differ, while production and sales at both plants are rolling along faster than ever be fore and all the dealers in both cars, who have visited Detroit since "the little Miss Maxwell married the well known Mr. Chalmers," are apparently ready to hypothecate their dress shirts to buy all they can get. Mr. Flanders has said several times that he will not promise Chalmers dealers more than 20,000 cars this year, but he has as sured them that each one will be worthy of his name as an automobile builder. To most dealers that is, "enough said." He has also said that he is going to make money out of every car he pro duces in the Chalmers plant and that he wants to help the Chalmers dealers to do the same, not only this year but as long as he cofltrols the plant and conducts the sales. His department heads have been smiling ever since he ordered them to their respective posts in the amal gamated organization. The thing which makes them smile is the double duty at the same old salaries, which of course is just a part of his plan to make the Chalmers plant work at a fair profit to all concerned. Then, too, there is another reason for the suppressed smile and the willingness with which every man in the outfit is working day and night. In the Maxwell Company all the people who have big things to do and do them to suit "the Chief," as they call him, get nice, fat bonuses at the end of each successful year, of which there have been four. Naturally everybody is thinking of that consolidated bonus next summer. The staff is nothing more or less | than the old Maxwell staff. Thomas J. Toner is sales manager of both com panies and also in charge of adver tising. Mr. Toner has been with Mr. Flanders through several of his busi ness successes. Walter M. Anthony, who has worked with Mr. Flanders since he took over the Maxwell Com pany four years ago, is controller. Charles Adams, also a veteran Flan ders lieutenant, ia production man f FOlJr'™® P 3IX W M 4. S e v d a. n a S\e> /S 4 1475 1610 1- Coupe $1275 Coupe sl4lO Low Cost —Immediate Delivery Better order one of these con* the purchase of a closed car* vertible Sedans or Coupes right And mater | als for tham \ were pur . It will probably be a long time lower than now. They represent before you can again buy such wonderful value judged by the luxurious cars at so low a price. present day range of prices for Factory foresight began the con- v ma^® ria^8, struction of these cars several You thus get the <touble advantage months ago so that you might °F low cost—and immediate de have them as soon as the weather * 1 very. turned —without the aggravating Come in and let us show you these delay so often encountered in cars. The Overland-Harrisburg Company Open Evenings 212-214 NORTH SECOND STREET Both Phones , Service Station anil Parts Department, 20th and Berry Streets Newport Branch York Branch Opposite Railroad Station 128-130 W. Market Street. fl ■jro. l - H S '3 JUIL, * - i agrer. William Kelly and E. J. Miles, both in the Maxwell organization since Mr. Flanders became Us gen eral manager and prosident, are the double-headed engineers. Roy M. Hood is purchasing agent and Carl IT. Peiton is) assistant to- President Flanders. Mr. Peiton is also an at torney and looks after the legal busi ness of both .companies. B. A. layman is assistant treasurer; J. H, Johnston, general auditor, and Gordon Muir, the only genuine Scotch advertising man in the automobile industry, is ad vertising manager. Baker Has Accident Which Ends Transcontinental Trip In an attempt to set a new time between New York and Los Angeles, Cal., Erwin G. ("Cannonball") Ea- Indian ' VELIE Sedan—closed against the chill wind* A of autumn or open to the sunshine of linger* | ing summer —on the instant Speed and power I in abundance, on hills or level straightaway, quick pickup and astonishing flexibility in traffic. V Never has so much value been offered at $1735. Lj HDjp ■v> Other Velie body styles include 5 and 7 passenger S Touring, 2 and 4 passenger Roadsters, Cabriolet, ,[ . ISVCoupe and Brougham. Prices from $1165 to $2300. • WWwSTvfiii/BSl'® VELIK-HAimiSBtTRG COMPANY W ffl JWyy** Sl *i h Hcrr Pts Harrisbtii*. Pa. s —' / 11. \Villoughy, Manager. Bell 271-J, VELIE MOTORS CORPORATION, MOLINE, ILLINOIS I* OCTOBER 6, 1917. ker on his Indian motorcycle put -up j new records betweon the Metropolis and Albuqerque, N. M. Ho rode from New York to Indianapolis, 802 miles, in 22 hours, 20 minutes, aver aging 30 miles per hour for the en tire distance. This is far in excets of the time made by any other mo tor vehicle, and is only bettered by some of the fastest limited trains. From Indianapolis to Kansas City, Baker raised his average speed to 36.59 miles per hour, in spite of a delay of four hours, two of which were devoted to resting. At Dodge City, Kan., he had covered 1,771 miles in 2 days, 0 hours, 24 minutes, elapsed time. Running into Albuqerque, N. M., Baker had been out of New York 3 days, 19 hours and had covered 11 2,286 miles, averaging 24.67 mil*# per hour, elapsed time. He had &vf' eraged 690*4 miles per day to thM( point, his longest dally mileage be*' lng"f>ss. . linker was keeping up this fact 1 pace across Arizona when & skid on a bad piece of road caused him to fall and tear a number of ligaments In his ajikle. This accident, which happened near Williams, Aril., ne cessitated his abandoning his trip, although he had only 541 miles to go to reach Los Angeles. He was 36 hours ahead of the previous motor-l cycle record, held by A. T. Bedell*] at the time of the accident. The start was made at New Yorfc on September 20 at midnight an<V wati forced to abandon at Williams* Ariz., on September 26. He had erad 2,756 miles in all.
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