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MAKING MACHINES
LIGHT-WEIGHT
Peerless Cars Built Like a
Bridge For Lightness,
Strength. Etc.
Now that the motor car has been
tnade thoroughly practical for every
buainess use, automotive engineers
are concerned in making many re
finements in design and construction.
The Peerless car is particularly note
worthy In this respect. Their en
gineers have worked tirelessly to get
the proper weight distribution and
balance of materials with greater
strength and lightness. They have
borrowed from all engineering prin
ciples to accomplish their purpose.
A notable feature in the construc
tion of the chassis is its bridge de
sign. Feeling that the same prin
ciples apply, those of great strength
and flexibility .they are using the
same bracing. Formerly the frame
depended for its rigidity upon deep
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S-Passenger Touring SQ2S
Car 18
J-Passenger Clover-Leaf (QOC
Roadster
Ensminger Motor Co.
THIRD and CUMBERLAND STS.
Bell Phone 5515
STERLING TIRES
ARE GUARANTEED
V
5000 MILES FREE REPAIRS
Free
Repairs Made
means that every Eglfr Every Sterling tire
Sterling tire that goes q is custom made. Its
out of our store will rapS sturdy construction
be repaired free of f and extra heavy car
charge, whether the cass is an added rea
damage is a blowout son for buying a
or puncture or from f : § M Sterling. Mileage and
any cause whatever. B service are the main
This means a saving essentials of the Sterl
of from $5 to $lO on a ' n S re - et us dem
tire. It's worth con- onstrate this fact to
KEYSTONE SALES CO.
108 Market Street Both Phones
DUPLEX DRIVE TRUCKS
The Monotony of Unusual Performance
To Duplex 4-Wheel Drive Trucks, the unusual la the commonplace! Breaking
records has become a matter of course.
To us. Duplex performance is nothing to wonder at; It is expected—planned, and
predetermined. This is why we rarely cite definite cases of Duplex achieve
ment, such as the following:
Between Edgewater and Paterson, X. J., is the famous— or infamous—Fort Leo
hill. It's a mile long and has grades up to 17 per cent. Doesn't Bound diffi
cult to negotiate?
'o! But the bottom abounds in deep chuck holes; the middle is a mass of soft
. asphalt; the top section is rough cobblestones. As good measure, there's a
3 W > m hair pin turn on the last lap.
|JR| .#% Still, It's negotiable—for anautomobile or a lightly loaded truck. But the Duplex
% was neither!
At Edgewater they gave the Duplex eight thousand pounds of sugar to carry—
11th YEAR ..and another six thousand (loaded on a trailer) to haul. All told, the load
totaled seven tons.
Summarized, the conditions were:
A stiff grade; bad road surface; difficult turn where the gTade was steepest;
seven tons on truck and trailer; new, stiff engine.
The 3% -ton Duplex made it!
* Made it in twelve minutes. Made it without difficulty, although in places the
soft asphalt was two inches deep.
Then It completed its 50-mile run on a total gasoline consumption of seven gal
lons, and at a cost of four cents per ton mile.
• • •
To us this performance is not particularly startling; to us such accomplishment
is perfectly natural. But here are quotations from truck users—who keep
careful tab on all trucks:
"Seven miles to the gallon with four tons on truck, and pulling a trailer carry
ing three tons is indeed a marvelous performance."
"It does not seem possible that any truck . . . could obtain such remarkable
mileage."
"In all my records, which cover the operation of 1,4*0-different trucks, I can find
nothing to compare with it."
• • •
The Fort Lee hill performance was unusual as a motor truck achievement, and
not unusual as a Duplex accomplishment, simply because such ability Is built
Into every Duplex truck. Exclusive principles—correct designing—careful con
striction—and ten years spent In doing It—help us produce a truck that is so
dependable. )
HARRISBURG AUTOMOBILE CO., Distributors.
DUPLEX TRUCK COMPANY Lansing, Michijaii
SATURDAY EVENING.
channel-ahaped side members. To
give these the necessary strength
they had to be of fairly heavy con
struction. This extra weight was felt
to be nnnecessary by the Peerless
engineers and they have been suc
cessful in greatly reducing the weight
of the frame side members by using
a principle familiar to bridge de
sign, the truss.
This construction permits far
greater strength with greatly reduc
ed weight for the truss-rods
furnish exceptionally strong brac
ing throughout. The frame of the
motor car when in action is subject
ed to about the same strain us a
bridge as it is virtually a bridge be
tween the front and back wheels. It
must carry all of the weiglit of the
body and passengers and at the same
time be both rigid and flexible to
uneven road action. The constant
play on the frames of usual design
is very likely to cause crystallization
of the steel which is not true in the
truss design. There is no new prin
ciple involved in this type of bracing
as it has been used for a great num
ber of years in bridge building. Its
application, however, to the frame of
the automobile was first adopted by
the Peerless Motor Car Company to
accomplish greater strength with
considerably lessened weight.
Second Hand and Factory
Second Tire Store Opens
A new second hand tire and fac
tory seconds store has been opened
by the Hamilton Tire Company, at
250 Hamilton stret. This firm will
buy and sell all kinds and sizes of
tires and also do a general vulcaniz
ing business.
A special feature that is being
introduced by this firm is the recov
ering of auto tops and the installa
tion of seat covers of all kinds.
In 1899 automobiles were exclud
ed from the public streets of Boston
from 10.30 in the morning until 9
■o'clock in the evening.
STEPHENS SIX
COMES TO CITY
J. S. Sible, Jr., Takes Over
Agency For Harrisburg
and Vicinity
J. S. Sible, Jr., takes over agency
for Harrisburg and vicinity.
The Stephens Salient Six, a pro
duct of ono of the largest manufac
turing firms in the country, the Mo
line Plow Company, is now being
distributed in Harrisburg by J. S.
Sible, Jr., with offices and sales
rooms at Third and Cumberland
streets.
The Stephens is a six -cylinder
overhead valve motor, rather light,
but sturdy built, with all kinds of
power and speed. It is the result
of years of manufacturing experi
ence and is backed by a company
that has a reputation for business
integrity covering fifty-two years. It
gets its name from the president of
the Moline Plow Co.
In the touring car. the beautiful
streamline effect of the body makes
it a car ihat is surpassingly a beauty
and with the power and speed to
gether with its idling ability and
acceleration, makes it a desirable
car.
Mr. Sible announces that he is in a
position to make immediate deliver
ies. having a few of the cars already
on hand.
"It scares horses!" was the cry of
many anti-autoists in 1805. "Sup
pose it does," wrote a well-known
writer at that time. In defense of
the motor car; "so do locomotives,
bicycles, street cars. Fourth of July
celebrations, and a dozen other
things. Horses must get used to It."
HAHRISBURO TELEGRAPH
CHICAGO EXHIBIT
OF MOTOR CARS
Big Exhibition to Be Held in
September of This
Year •
The great truck, tractor and acces
sories exposition, to be staged out in
Chicago's {5.000,000 Municipal Pier in
September, will be in the most pa
triotic sense a national exposition o 1
war-time essentials.
When the Hun hordes made their
first confident rush through stricken
Belgium in the summer of 191-1, it
was the taxicabs of Paris—hitherto
used for business and pleasure as are
the taxicabs of any American city to
day—which were "nailed" all at once
by the government, mobilized for the
Army of defense, and used to trans-
I>ort the thousands of hastily organ
zed Frenchmen from Paris to the
Marne, which they reached in time to
stop the barbarian onslaught.
Those Parisian taxicabs landed the
unexpected blow on the Kaiser's self
confident battalions, saved Paris, and
started the Germans back toward
Germany. For "Deutschland Über
Alles" got no further than where the
Paris taxicabs discharged their sol
dier "fares."
Since that day the passenger car,
the truck and the tractor have play
ed a steadily-increasing part in the
w-ar. and American makes have en
deared themselves to the people of
France and Belgium, Italy and Eng
land. Wonderful strides have been
made, principally in the truck and
tractor lines. And the exposition.
September 14 to 21. will demonstrate
under one roof how American manu
facturers have met our government's
and the allies' calls for aid.
American "lories" have been con
stantly in the limelight during May
and June, as they rushed fresh Yankee
troops through Paris to the hell of
fire in front of the German drives.
These "lories" are, in civilian life,
splendidly efficient trucks, which will
be shown at the Automotive and Ac
cessories exposition.
American trucks have transported
food and war supplies thousands of
miles from interior centers to Atlan
tic seaports during the last winter
and spring, getting through as reli
ably as the railroad freights, which
they have relieved of so much con
gestion. These giants will be on ex
hibition at the exposition too.
And no one will ever forget how
the British "tanks"—converted
American tractors —raised particular
havoc in the allied drives against the
Germans last year.
Tanks are only one phase of trac
tor development, which will £e
graphically shown by the tractor ex
hibits.
American tractors are doing heroic
service in France to-day. not only as
"tanks," but in farming—plowing,
harrowing, sowing, harvesting and
transporting crops back of the fight
ing lines.
The war has forced American farm
ers also to adopt the tractor years
earlier than it would have been adopt
ed under ordinary progress. First,
tractor development perfected the
tractor which four years ago was lit
tle more than an experiment. Next,
the crying demands for increased pro
duction and conservation of man
power, made it profitable for farmers
to buy tractors.
This year the tractors manufactur
ers cannot begin to produce these
wonder-workers fast enough. In the
Middle Western States where the
farmers are always progressive, the
demand for tractors is growing by
leaps and bounds. Thousands of
farmers will order tractors for spring,
1919 delivery, but first they will visit
the Automotive and Accessory expo
sition to select the tractor best suit
ed to their needs. This is determined
by size of farm, wind and condition of
soil, roads, fuel supply, and sim
plicity of operation.
Farms where six horses eat up
<I,OOO worth of feed each year can
now buy a two-plow tractor for little
more than one year's feed bill. With
the allies and the United States gov
ernment buying up every sound
horse for sale, the replacement of
horses is desirable not only from the
standpoint of econftmy in "upkeep,"
but from patriotic necessity.
That the ten states of Illinois, Mis
souri, Kentucky. Indiana, Nebraska,
Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin. Minne
sota and lowa alone have half a mil
lion tractor prospects proves the im
portance of the exposition in Septem
ber, where the farmer will see and
compare all the leading tractors.
The accessory end of the exposition
will be no less important because
since it has become a sign of service
to make the old car do more than was
expected of it. accessory manufactur
ers have concentrated all their efforts
to putting out essentials that will add
years to the life of used cars and
take many dollars off their upkeep
charges.
Taken from every standpoint the
great automotive exposition over the
waters of Lake Michigan will be one
of the most vital and far-reaching
human interest demonstrations ever
held in all of this broad land.
Gear Ratio Important
to Good Performance
Among more or less technical 1
motor car terms, the rear axle gear i
ratio is probably as puzzling and <
meaningless as any other to the av- j
erage car owner or layman. It ap
plies to the number of teeth in the
rear axle gears which transmit the
engine's power to the driving wheels.
In other words, it governs the rela
tive speed of the engine and the
rear wheels, as that relation per
tains to maximum and minimum car
speed, getaway and pulling ability.
The Cadillac Motor Car Com
pany recently advised its dealers
that one of the specifications which
should receive special attention in
car orders is the gear ratio, point
ing out that the character of the
country in which the car will be
driven, or the work to be done,
should guide the selection of the
gear ratio.
A gear ratio of ofur-and-one-half
to-one, for example, meahs that the
engine crankshaft makes four and
a half revolutions while the rear
wheels make one revolution. It is
not difficult to understand that a
car so equipped will have a faster
getaway and be more powerful in
sand and on hills, in high gear,
than a car With a three-and-a-half
to-one ratio. The latter car would
have a greater maximum speed than
the former because when the engine
is at maximum speed the rear
wheels would be making a greater
number of revolutions per minute.
On the other hand, it would be nec
essary to shift to a lower transmis
sion gear earlier, with such a car,
than with a four-and-a-half-to-one
ratio. This is because the gasoline
engine depenAs on Its speed for its
power—it generates greater power
at the higher speeds.
The importance of quick getaway
in a car used a great deal in city
traffic, *>r pulling ability on high
gear in rough and hilly country, al
most dictates a lower gear ratio.
The owner who drives mostly in
level country, or who prefers occa
cional gear-shifting to any sacrifice
of speed, probably would choose the
higher ratio. The safest course, for
the average owner looking for good
all-around performance rather than
mere speed, would be the lower
ratio.
i A prominent physician at Flat
bush, N. Y„ was the owner of an
early motor car whicU at that time,
he stated, saved him six hundred
dollars in a year, as compared with
the cost of two horses which he for
, merly kept la his practice.
NEW AUTO SUPPLY
HOUSE IS OPENED
M. Brenner and Sons Motor
Company Opens New Store
at Third and Hamilton
During the past week, a new au
tomobile accessory store was opened
in the west end, Third and Hamilton
streets, by the firm of M. Brenner
and Sons Motor Company.
This firm purchased the old Har
risburg Auto Company's garage and
the store rooms that faces Third
street just above Hamilton street and
have changed them into a modern,
up-to-date garage and acsessory
store. The storerooms and office
were opened last Tuesday for busi
ness and the garage, now in the
course of construction, will be open
ed in a few weeks.
This firm is the local distributor
for the Kissel Kar, both touring cars
and trucks. They have had tempoo
rary offices at 638 Herr street, but
have now changed to their new cf
fice at the above address. They have
several of the cars on hand for dem
onstrations and Ephraim Brenner,
the general manager, announces that
they will soon be in a position to
make deliveries on order. With the
completion of the garage they will
be repdy to give immediate attention
to all service calls for the Kissol
Kar.
In the opening of the accessory
store, this new firm realized the de
mand for such an establishment in
the West End. and have exerted
their best efforts to make the stock
and supplies the most complete in
the city. Practically anything in the
automobile supply line can be pur
chased at this store. Owing to traf
fic conditions some of the stock has
not yet been received but the next
few days will see as complete a stock
as can be carried.
C. C. High, a local man well
known to the automobile trade, and
who has had several years' experi
ence with local firms, has charge of
the accessory branch. All business
pertaining to this new firm will be
executed at the offices at Third and
Hamilton streets.
Graphite in Lubricant
Helps Eliminate Friction
"Absolutely perfect lubrication is
an impossibility," says an eminent
authority on lubrication. "If it
were not, your car would have per
petual motion and it would run on
tilll dopmsday, once it got started."
"Hence, so long as you cannot
eliminate friction altogether, it be
hooves the motorist to use the lub
rication that will reduce it to a
minimum. The manufacturers of
Dixon's Graphite Motor Lubricants
claim almost perfect lubrication for
their products. They are made of
specially selected greases as the
grease is used merely as a medium
to carry the graphite. It is the
graphite that does the business, as
the grease is used merely as a med
ium to carry the graphite. Th<*
Dixon Company mines its own
graphite at Ticonderoga, New York,
end refines it for use as a lubri
cant.
"Graphite forms a permanent
film between the bearing: surface,
filling: up the minute hollows and
smoothing over the uneven places.
It does not pack or lump, is perma
nent, and does not squeeze out.
This is the sort of lubricant that
reduces friction to a minimum."
The United States Army made
their first experiments with ar-
motor cars in the sum mer of
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If Ever Yon Needed An Automobile—
. s-aßjaa. YOU NEED ONE TODAY!
H J*' l * Most Serviceable And Economic Car For
WjtWt jj Every Day—Week—Month, Is The
'ALL YEAR' KISSEL KAR
•'*"***"" > | ceded America's best'convertible motor. It is mounted on eithci"-
the 'Hundred Point Six' chassis or Kissel's new 'Double Six' chassis.
seng e Vsfa A ggei C ed ß^or Se bSd y Hu P |fx For poWer ' Bpccd ' lability and service, the Kissel is the nearest
Chassis. It is one of the five superb Kissel Kar Models. approach to the ultimate in motor car preformance.
KISSEL KAR TRUCKS
Never before has there been offered to th mercantile, Indus- WfcM* W-<
trial and manufacturing world such quality trucks'selllng at prices '
that emphasize their unusual value as in the five new Kissel models.
All of these fiv e models are equipped with the Kissel-built motor x
and other superior mechanical units including the perfected worm
drive rear axle, superior front axle, etc., that insure efficient pre
formance at all times with low upkeep and high tire and gasoline MWpBF
mileage. . •• •> L, 1 Wtt
One of the most notable achievements of the Kissel truck is ""
the 'All-Year' cab that protects the driver in all kinds of weather,
winter and summer. This in itself la a big reason for the pur- Note the "ALL-YEAR CAR' as well as tho sturdy construction
chase of a Kissel Truck. ot the illustration above. Protection for the driver is an as
sured fact with the KISSEL Truck.
Our New Automobile Accessory Store
At Third and Hamilton Streets
is equipped with a complete stock of all the latest motor appliances on the market; tires, tubes, blowout patches, quick re- s
pairing outfits, cement, radiator repairing cement, vulcanizing outfits, jacks, pumps, wrenches, pliers, anti-skid chains, oils,
greases, lamps, horns lunch sets, dry batteries and the hundred and one necessary articles that will meet the requirements
of the motorist.
We solicit your patronage and assure you promt and efficient service and full value for your money.
M. Brenner & Sons Motor Co.
£ G R C A™O" Third and Hamilton Sts. EPHRAIM BRENNER
House. General Manager.
"Look for the Red Sentry"
StephenO
Salient Six
Meets Every Requirement 'of the Motorist
Beauty, Power, Speed, Idling Ability Acceleration
Backed by a company that has earned an Stephens is a car that can accomplish every
honorable reputation for business integrity requirement of its owner, from climbing im
through fifty-two years of earnest manufac- possible hills to idling along a sunny boulo- ,
_ vard. With its graceful lines and wonderful
turing endeavor The Moline Plow Company design, it gives an individual pride of owner
—the Stephens Salient Six would never be put ship, a car to be proud of in any array of cars,
on the market an inferior article. It must its motor is the celebrated overhead-valve
and does meet the strict requirements of engi- design, with such added improvements that
neers of national reputation. It is an assured makes the Stephens motor stand out as one
fact that the Stephens is a protected invest- of the most efficient, economical and desirable
ment. Aside from this all-importatit fact, the machines of the day.
F. O. B. MOLINK.
DETAIL SPECIFICATIONS
ENGINE —Stephens perfected IGNITION—DeIco double unit TREAD—S6-inch standard. '
SY' r r ' d " v ; lva e £ gln ?V system. TIRES—32x4 with all-weather
_i.! ore J 'i * TS "inch STARTING AND LIGHTING tread on rear wheels.
stroke, giving a piston dis- Delco with Bendix drive on RIMS Kelscy quick detach-
Smi . hSJiif h A C f U si C .J 9nn starter. able; the easiest to handle in
r p m OyUnders anduppor BATTERY - Willard LB A 90 GASOLINETANK-On rear 16-
balf of cra/k case are cast en eaUon eap"gaugl
bloc. Head is removable with CLUTCH Borg & Beck dry Stewart vacuum fepd nvstem to
overhead valve. Valves are 1* disc, requiring no lubrication; carburetor system to
inches in diameter and have a practically attention proof. UPHOLSTERY Deep soft
lift of %-inch. Rocker arn } TRANSMISSION Selective French-piped Turkish' uphols
construction is ball and socket sliding type with three speeds t.ery, with genuine leather and
type and is so accessible that forward and one reverse; curled hair. Cushions which
engine does not have to be stop- nickel-steel gears double heat ease the shock without rebound.
Ped to adjust tappets. Crank- treated; drive shaft ball-bear- TOP—One-man covering with
shaft is or the three-bearing in f mounted; center control. "Never-leak" fabric; Collins
type, is extra large and is given DliiVE Hotchkiss principle patented side curtains, easy to
a running balance. with double universal joints; handle.
BEARINGS The front main no cumbersome torsion tubes or WINDSHIELD Rain - vision
bearing is 2ft inches in dia- radius rods. slanting type; ventilating,
meter by 2% inches long. Cen- AXLES—Front, drop-forged I- HORN Electric, with push
ter main bearing is 2V4 inches beam, Bower roller bearings. button on top of steering col
in diameter by 3H inches long. Rear, full floating; pressed umn.
Rear main bearing is 2H in- steel housing; spiral - bevel SPEEDOMETER VanSlcklen
ches in diameter by 3% inches gears that are noiseless; Bower with drive from rear of trans
long. Connecting rod bearings roller bearings in wheels. mission away from dust and
are 2% inches in diameter by BRAKES lnternal expanding dirt.
1H inches long. All bearings and 14-inch external contract- TlltE PUMP Kellog, driven
are bronze back babbitt lined ing, faced with best heat-proof from transmission, hose con
and end thrust is taken on cen- friction material. A braking nection in flush plate on floor
ter main bearing. surface of 300 square Inches. hoard; easy to reach, yet out of
COOLING Thermo syphon, SPRlNGS—Unusually long and the way.
honey-comb radiator. straight, insuring flexibility; TIRE CARRIER—On rear with I
LUBRICATION Full force front 3"Vt inches, semi-elliptic; extra demountable rim.
feed, positive lubrication, giv- rear. 53 ,* inches, semi-elliptic. EQUIPMENT —Jack, full set of
ing the correct, amount of oil at STEERING Gemmer, of worm tools, tire repair kit and trouble
all engine speeds. Pressure and full gear .type, on left side. lamp. Tool kit In left front
f;auge on instrument board. An 18-inch wheel with finger door.
evel gauge on crank case. corrugations. PAINTING Touring car and
CARBURETOR —Latest type of WHEELS—Wood artillery type roadster. Brewster green or
Stromberg, designed for proper with 1%-inch 'Spokes. Wire black with fine gold striping
mixing of low grade fuel, IVI- wheels furnished on special or- and ivory wheels; 4-passenger,
inch size with hot air attach- deis at extra charge. Saginaw red with natural wood
ment. WHEELBASB—IIB inches. wheels; touring sedan black.
IMMEDIATE DELIVERIES
WE Will, BE PLEASED TO TEI.L YOU ABOUT THIS REMARK
ABLE CAR AND DEMONSTRATE AT YOUR CONVENIENCE,
J. S. Sible, Jr.
Price Will Advance After July 25, $1675
THIRD AND CUMBERLAND STS. BELL PHONE 1555W
JULY 20, 1913.