AUTOMOBILE NEWS • TIMELY LOCAL FEATURES OF INTEREST TO AUTOISTS BY ALFRED P. DAVIES, AUTO EDITOR. t TREE LECTURE AT TECH OX TRI CK EFFICIENCY Thursday evening. March 13. at o'clock in the Technical High school building in Walnut street, everybody Interested In trucks or truck operation in any way are invited to a free lec ture on "How to Increase Truck Effi ciency." This lecture will be delivered bv E. G. Schich. manager of the Phila delphia Branch of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. He will be as sisted by A. B. Shore who is manager of the Truck Tire Department at Phila delphia. i One of the features of the lecture will be motion pictures of the big "Pioneer" Pneumatic Truck Tire that was origi nated by the Goodyear Company, show ing it in the course of construction and in actual operation in the big Boston to San Francisco trans-continental Journey. The lecture clearly explains all the IrlS* Tiretoe Tire For Every Truck No Rocd Too Rough, No Test Too Tough For Firestone Truck Tire Equipment will find the rifeht type in tlie Firestone line for X every hauling condition, from heavy duty t rucking, to fast delivery work, and we have a complete stock. j Let us recommend the truck tire that will feivo you greatest service at the least cost. Whether you do country or city work, or both; lonfe or short hauls; lifeht or heavy loads; | few or frequent stops, will be taken into consideration. ■ Having no one type of tire to push, our recommendations I are unbiased. Call us. Let us show you how to lengthen the life of your | truck, reduce truck and tire repairs, feet tire milesfee and traction, reduce skiddinfe and spinninfe, lower feasoline bills. I Our service is unequaled in this city for truck tires and ■ all lir.es of mctcrinfe aids. It pays to consult us. HARRISBURG AUTOMOBILE CO. Fourth and Kelkcr Sts. HARRISBURG, PA. Both Telephones Vim Truck means nothing whatever to you in your ,— — business life unless that business '} ! I T " [1 '■' requires an efficient light delivery rT ! truck. Then it means everything \ l i^arCTTrr^r^?'' to you for it has proven its worth to more than two hundred owners in this VIM territory. It is THE Trucks , , J do even truck for your more than LjJiMjirij I them. They v a —-£3[ JD |l_l I are economical and efficient giving perfect satis faction. They are ad \ adaptable to any kind of business. They # arfe four teen types of bodies. Better see the VIM before deciding on a truck. See a VIM at our office THIRD AND REILY STS. ANDREW REDMOND DISTRIBUTOR f Superior Qualities Of "IlXlfcC Starting Battery j | Proven by Thirty-one Years Experience < i When you equip your car with an "£xlt>C" J with a battery developed by thirty-one years off 4 hw£hu experience in battery building. ftfxSSSi We re battery specialists and repair all i IfMJBAyj makes of batteries but when your battery is | worn out we advise an 4 *fiXtt>CJ because we > ViLf know its superior qualities. w Excelsior Auto & Battery Co. ] J i Eleventh and Mulberry Sts. j ttmrnrn mtm-nm mm wnm unwi m BATTERY ♦♦ C i Authorized 'Bxtoe listributor T and Battery Service Station service- c liWirti SATURDAY EVENING, points of interest and is highly,'instruc tive in every way. A demonstration of applying and removing these tires will also be given. The "Pioneer" big pneumatic truck tires, made in sizes ranging from 36xb, 38x7, 40x8 and 42x9. have proven high ly efficient. These tires have been made by the Goodyear Company for four years and on the average make about 15.000 miles. Any number of them have exceeded the 20.000 mile mark The company is now makinp sr.es 44x8 and 44x12 that are in use on their big trucks that operate fast express between Akron. Ohio, and Bos ton. There are seven of these big ton trucks that are always on the go. day and night, in this service making the round trip in six days. If ever there was a gruelling test for a tire i this is one and the big pneumatics are I are not only standing the strain but ! are proving much more efficient in every | way than the solid tire. A speed of ; forty or fifty miles an hour Is obtain | able with pneumatic tires and the cost , of upkeep to thfe truck is brought down , ito a minimum. They are practically '• j puncture-proof. . Xext week a number of the leading i merchants will display these tires in ; their windows and during the show I there will be at least eight trucks ' ; equipped with the Pioneer pneumatic I truck tires. | This lecture is sure to prove educa- ! ! tional to a large degree and a big j | crowd is expected to take advantage i • of it. j AUTOMOBILE SHOW TO ; START NEXT SATURDAY Xext Saturday, March 15. is the big ' day in automobile circles in Harris- ! j burg for then th& passenger car and j I accesory exhibit for 1919 starts. The j ! following week the truck and tractor l j show will be held for three days be- I ginning Monday. Both these shows will I | be held in the warehouse of the Over- | i land-Ilarrisburg Company at 26th an|l I Derry streets. Little change will be noted this year i j in the various models that will be on ; exhibition. There will be one new car j this year that has not been seen here , in a show, the Essex. This car created j considerable favorable comment at the j i New York Show and is sure to do the ! same here. The many accessories that have bem ' created because of war; the many im ' provements along this line will cause | considerable wonderment. There is | little left to the imagination after pass ing along the accessory' booths this j year. | ' Complete details of the show with all j j the important happenings ; points about j i the cars, stories of the army truck, the ; | aeroplane and the Liberty motor that ] I will be on exhibition will be carried next , ' Saturday in a special automobile sup -1 plement that will be a part of the reg ular paper. Many interesting and in structive stories, pictures, etc., that will come in handy later in the summer when on touring trips will- be found in this special supplement. . | NEW CUMBERLAND FIRM SELLING DIXIE FLYER The Dixie Sales Company under the management of F. R. Shetter and with W Trucks! 1 Continuous Service | and Long Run Economy glet Us Give You Full Details?! The Overiand-Harrisburg Co.f §§2l2-214 North Second , Will III! BARRISBURG TELEGRATH headquarters in the Now Cumberland Garage at the corner of Sixth and Bridge streets. New Cumberland, are the Central Pennsylvania distributors for the Dixie Flyer, one of the cars that will be on exhibition at the com ing Automobile Show. This car while not so well known j in this territory has gained an enviable : reputation in sections where it has been handled by a live dealer. It is a med ium-priced' car built in three different models, the five-passenger touring and the four-passenger roadster, selling at I a little over a thousand dollars and tlie five-passenger Sedan, selling at close to j j fifteen hundred. j I The Dixie Sales Company have Just ; taken on the agency for this car anil ! are looking forward to a promising i season. They unloaded a couple of I carloads this week and have another , [ carload in transit. j PHILADELPHIA Al'TO SHOW S ' OPENED. LASTS TWO WF.ITfvS ! Today is opening day of the pas | senger car show in Philadelphia. Like ; Harrisburg. the Philadelphia show will ! cover two weeks with passenger cars j and accessories holding the center of j | attraction the first week and trucks mil j I tractors the second week. j I * HAGERLIXG GETS SHIP MENT OF PREMIER'S THI RS. A shipment of Premier-cars, the litst to arrive here since the Hagerllng M"- ' tor Car Company was appointed ihe ; distributors for Central Pennsylvania, arrived in Harrisburg Thursday and j were unloaded immediately. These cars . will be on exhibition at the auto show ! and before taken out to the Overland | Harrisburg ware rooms will be on exhi | bition at the salesrooms of the Hager j ling Motor Car Company at 1137 Mu'.- I berry street. | While the Premier is no stranger lo j Harrisburg it is not so well known as ' many of the popular priced cars. The 1 Hagerling expects to put them across i here to sucli an extent that they will be as well known as the 'Lil ole Ford.' j One of the big features of the I'rc- I mier is the electric gear shift which is | placed on the steering wheel post and j does away with the gear shifting lever, j The gears are all shifted by simply pressing a button. This feature has . been proven to be highly successful the ! same as electric lights and electric I starting and is becoming more popu lar as it becomes better known. I The lines of this car as well as the motor and many of the other important points of the car are of the latest de : signs and improvements. ARMLEDER TRUCK SOLD BY HARRISBURG WELDING AND MACHINE CO. Armleder motor trucks, made by the , O. Armleder Company. of Cincinnati, are I sold in the Harrisburg territory by the Harrisburg Welding and Machine Com pany. These trucks are made in dif- I ferent models to meet the requirement j of practically any kind of hauling busi i ness. ! Since this company was appointed lo- , | cal distributors they have sold a large j ! number in this vicinity and with the j ! coming of spring expect to place a • large majority of the business that will 1 be done in trucks here. i SELDEN TRUCKS PLAYED jIJIG PART IN WORLD WAR In a recent circular sent out to users of Selden trucks from the Selden fac tory at Rochester, army photographs of the Selden in operation at the front, large fleets of trucks on their way | across the pond and many other inter- I esting articles of the big part the Sel- j j den played in the world war was de- j i picted. Along with these photos of the Sel- i | den in the war were a large number of j | photos of Seldens doing practically j | every kind of Work under the sun. One ' j of the photos was a large Selden truck j i used as a stage coach for carrying pas- | i sengers between two cities and another • j was a large undertaker's machine with i j trucks for hauling coal, express ma- j i chines, lumber machines, ice cream ma- | ' chines and others too numerous to men- I i tion sandwiched in between. There are quite a number of Seldens | Tin operation in Central Pennsylvania, j J The Selden Truck Distributors at 1019-1 ! 25 Market street report a number of j | sales so far this Spring and a large . ) number of prospects that will be closed j I in the near future. —■ I DATES FOR TRI CK AND TRACTOR SHOW MARCH 21, 25, 2fl Some of the dealers as well as the j public were informed that the Truck and j Tractor Show that is to be held here ' I this • year immediately following the I passenger car show was to start Tues- I day, March 25, and continue until ' Thursday, March 27. This is an er- 1 I ror. George MacFarland. president of ! I the Motor Dealers' Association said this morning that the dates for this part I of the show were Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. March 24. 25, and 26. ' RAYFIELD CARBURETOR IX- I CREASES MILEAGE FROM XIXE |TO TWENTY MILES A GALLON | Norman Hoffman, proprietor of the j Hoffman Garage, who drives a Chalmers Six, 1917 model, recently purchased a Rayfleld carburetor from Frederick's i Garage, the local agents for the Itay filed and applied it to his car. Mr. Hoff man had previously been getting on an average of nine miles per gallon out of his car with the old make of carbure tor and on the trial trip with the Ray filed he made twenty-three miles per gallon, aocording to Mr. Frederick in a conversation this morning. SPACE ALLOTTED FOR TRUCK SHOW THURSDAY Thursday evening at a meeting of the Motor Dealers' Association in the of fices of the Front Market Motor Sup ply Company at 109 Market street, the space for the truck and tractor show was allotted. On another page of to day's paper appears the names of the accessory and passenger car exhibitors and a drawing of the positions they will be found in at the Automobile Show. A list of the truck and tractor exhibitors apd the number in which they drew for space is also carried. At the time of going to press no draw ing had been made to show the loca tions that the various exhibits will be found. AEROPLANE, ARMY TANK AND LIBERTY MOTOR TO BE SHOWN AT THE AUTO SHOW One of the interesting exhibits at the coming show will be a regular army aeroplane, an army tank and the fa mous Liberty motor. These exhibits will prove of unusual Interest due to the fact that Harrlsburgers have been thrilled day after day lately by the army aeroplanes from the Mlddletown Aviation Camp soaring around over head. They will be suspended from 1 the ceiling of the big rqpm In which the show will be held. It will be about I eight feet from the floor so that It is I out of reach of any one who might be hunting relics and want to take part | o( it home. The army tank is the same model as I those that were In actual operation on the western front against the Hun. This tank will hold the center of attraction in a space opposite the orchestra and is sure to draw large crowds. A regu lar army officer will be in charge and will explain its many working points and it is possible that there will lie ex hibitions on the outside as to just how these demons of war go over trenches, through trees nnd other obstacles as ; though they were not in evidence. I NASII QUAD I Although (he \n-li Quad is identified with dilTleult transportation problems. Its economy uiul efficiency are Just as pronounced -til or dinary hauling servlee. Its fame Is world wide. I In the United States gj and In twenty-three dif ferent foreign countries in |-'Helically every |j commercial use it is giving excellent satis- 1 faction. See the Nash line at the | show or at our sales- j| rooms. Myers Motor Sales f I' Company 1210 PENN ST. j I This is the Chandler Motor I Famous for Its Excellence I CHANDLER owners, and men generally who know automobiles, talk about the Chandler motor for its marvelous performance and endurance. It is exclusively the Chandler motor, of Chandler design and Chandler manufac ture in Chandler shops. The only automobile hood you can find it under is the Chandler hood. It is not a stock motor. No other car has it. - - And this is the greatest of six-cylinder motors. The Chandler motor, with refinements and improvements from time to time bnt without radical change at any time, is now in its sixth year. Lift the hood of a Chandler car and see that motor. Even from the outside you Itnowitis good. I Manufacturers wouldn't build and mount a motor with such care if it weren t an extraordinary motor inside, - . I j Cylinders cast in threes, valves in the extending solidly from frame to frame, | I side, all working parts easily accessible. giving perfect rigidity and saving the Heavy, perfectly-balanced crank motor from the rack and stress of the shaft, running in unusually large roadway. bearings. The power so economically produced Silent chain drive for generator, mag- by the Chandler motor is carried back neto and cam shafts, three chains run- to the rear wheels with loss by friction ning in constant oil spray. brought to its minimum through accu- 1 Bosch Magneto for sure ignition. racy of workmanship and the use of | Mounted on solid cast aluminum base annular ball bearings. Chandler motor and chassis design are typical of the highest priced construction, yet Chandler is moderately priced. It offers greater value than other cars give you for hundreds more. You can abso lutely prove this to your own satisfaction if you will come and study the Chandler car. K Seven-Passenger Touring Car, $1795 Four-Passenger Roadster, 4/795 Four-Passenger Dispatch Car, $1875 Convertible Sedan, $2495 Convertible Coupe, $2395 Limousine, $3095 | AU prices f. o. b. Cleveland I ANDREW REDMOND I DISTRIBUTOR Third and Reily Sts. ii I ZliZ Harrisburjl CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO • # ' i' ' ' jOjj M ljj[ ; i r STEPHENS ~l by an individuality of tyle |J =£ I J l^at immediately stamps it the product of ex- 3 pert motor car designers. Lines are lithe and =| The Six - Passenger is particularly attractive, o N ■. 7jj// seating four, five or six passengers in comfort While it has ample passenger capacity, it is light-in = weight which makes for economy in maintenance. S "That i. MJient which Body sides are -fashionably low, with deep, soft || is strikingly m*t\iic9t or cushions that incline the body at the proper angle EE which ch he. the afn- j or maximum comfort. _ = H "° n "* ° , r " ' The finish of the car is characterized by the == utmost refinement, and the equipment is replete = , with fitments that satisfy the fastidious. The top is || artistic and distinctive in design with beveled plate == = glass window at the rear. Underneath the double || §j cowl the auxiliaiy seats fold neatly away. In the right front door compartment is installed a touring S = kit, complete with brushes, trench mirror, etc., and ' a complete tool kit is carried in the left front door. = M c A £*a, %L°U' • The latest and best in motor car design is yours j£Lnt'iL<*' ' in the Stephens Salient Six. Let us demonstrate. = I J. S. SIBLE, Jr. . [ =§ DISTKIIJITOIt || s Third and | gj[||]LliM STARCH 8. 1919. 9
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