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AUTOMOBILE NEWS
Local Features of Interest to Motorists
Pv ALFRED P. DA VIES
NEW TIRE FIRM TO OPEN
UPTOWN IN SHORT TIME
Announcement is made to-day in an
other part of the paper that the New
York Cut Rate Tire Company will open
a store in a few days, on or about the
"Oth at 1737 North Third street. This
number is in the Koons building at the
corner of Third and Kelker streets.
That Third street north of Broad is
fast becoming the mecca for automobile
tirms is evidenced by the fact that sev
eral new places. have opened up along
Third street between Broad and Peffer
streets and together with the ilrms that
have been established there for several
years is beginning to make Third Btreet
look like automobile row.
The New York Cut Rate Tire Com
nanv is a new firm in its line of busi
ness in Harrisburg and will handle a
complete stock of all the leading tires
on the market as well as an assortment
of seconds. This firm has a New York
reputation and with the large volumn
of business carried on says that they are
In a position to make big reductions on
the price of tires.
r!Hr.I,SKA AVTO WRECKING
COMPANY M.\l>E HIT AT SHOW
Ruring the show week the Chelsea
Auto Wrecking Company maintained
a booth in which they displayed many
used parts for cars of every kind. This
was an exceptional exhibit in-as-much
as the sale of used parts had not been |
exceptionally keen before, many people
thinking that a used part was worn
out beyond any hope of getting service
from it. This display showed parts;
that had seen service to a certain ex- '
Rettberg Brothers
428-450 N. Front St.
Steelton
I
Authorized Ford Sales
and Service Station
Auto Repairing, Battery Re
charging, United States and
Goodrich Tires, Mobiloils. Texaco
Motor Oils. Agency Gould Stor- ,
age Battery.
BELT; PIIONE
WANT TO SELL YOUR
OLD CAR QUICK?
Spot Cash Waiting For Yon
No matter what condition your old car may be in
we will buy it and give you every dollar it is
worth. That's our business.
We Sell Used Cars and Parts Too
We have practically any part for any make of
car and sell them at prices that mean a saving of
dollars and time.
WE SPECIALIZE IN REPAIRING
Electrical work and all kinds of repairing given
prompt attention by experts.
A. SCHIFFMAN, Mgr.
22—24—28 N. CAMERON ST.
Copyrlibt registered. 1919
HALF SQUARE FROM THE SQUARE
SEVEN SOUTH RIVER AVE.
Plain Language
You'll find that common words, simple
explanations and quick action are the rule
at the Willard Service Station.
It is part of Willard policy to make it easy
for every user of a Willard Battery to get the
most out of it. So our instructions are plain:
I—Add1 —Add pure water.
2 —Take hydrometer test every two
weeks.
3 —lf hydrometer test is less than 1.285
at any two successive readings come
straight to the Willard Service Station.
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Motor Supply C°.jjL^
SATURDAY EVENING, •
Fishman's Garage, Foarth and Chestnut Sts.,
the New Everready Battery Service Station
I I
V j y j.
Fishman's parapre, Tnc., was recently appointed the sales and service sta
tion for Everready batteries. A complete equipment for the taking: care of
repair work of all kinds and the recharging of any make of battery haß been
installed and an Everready battery for any make of car is carried in stock.
tent but were yet good for many a mile
in a car.
This company maintains a large ware
room and repair station at 24-26-28
North Cameron street and both buy
and sell used cars and parts. In their
stock a person can tind most any kind
of parts for any make of car that was
ever made and some that wasn't. It is
more interesting to an automobile en
thuiast to go through this comglomora
tion of parts than to go through an art
museum.
TIMELY HINTS FOR
THE USE AND CAItE OF TIRES
The Miller Rubber Company, of
Akron. Ohio, gives out the following
rules that, if strictly observed, should
go a long way toward solving tire mile
age troubles. The waste resulting from
misusp of passenger car tires
runs into millions of dollars annually,
according to experienced tire men.
"DON'T OVERLOAD TOUR TIRES.
A tire will "give out' sooner from over
load than from almost any other cause.
"DON'T UNDERINFLATE. Under
1 Inflation and overloading' account for
. fully !io per cent, of all tire trouble.
DON'T NEGLECT SMALL CUTS.
I These will often extend farther than you
i think. Dirt and water get in. the fabric
i rots and blowout follows. Look over
. your tires from time to time and repair
. small cuts.
"DON'T RUN IN RUTS. CAR
TRACKS OR AGAINST CURBING. The
side walks of a tire are much thinner
than the tread and will not stand this
kind of useage.
"DON'T START OR STOP SUD
DENLY' OR SKID AROUND COR
NERS. The strain thus set up in your
tires is terrific.
"DON'T RUN ON A FLAT TIRE.
Better run on the rim if only for a
short distance.
"DON'T LET OIL, GREASE OR GAS
OLINE REMAIN ON YOUR TIRES.
They all destroy rubber. Wash only
with pure cold water and a little soap.
"DON'T KEEP A SPARE TIRE OUT
OF USE TOO LONG. Change over oc
casionally. A tire lasts better in use
than exposed to the sun and rain on the
running board, or suspended at the rear.
"DON'T LET YOUR RIMS GET
RUSTY. Common stove polish will
keep them in good condition.
"DON'T LET THE WEIGHT REST
ON A DEFLATED TIRE . Jack up the
wheel or remove the tire.
"DON "1 LET YOUR AXLES OR
RIMS BECOME BENT. If your wheel
doesn't turn free and true, your tires
will suffer. If your wheels are not in
line—remedy the trouble—you are
dragging your tires. They wiil show a
rapid and one-sided wear not generally
understood by motorists, and usually
blamed on the tire."
WHERE OH WHERE ARE
THE TRAFFIC COPS ON
RAINY DAYS?
There has been considerable comment
lately on the conduct of the various traf
fic cops stationed around the bußy sec
tion of the city on rainy days. It is a
rare sight to see one of these gentlemen
at his post directing traffic when it is
raining. It is more usual to see them
standing along the side of a building
conversing with some one or out of
sight entirely. This is a condition that
should not exist. These men are sup
posed to be guardians of the public
safety and when is a guardian more
needed than in wet weather when the
pavements and streets are as slippery
as they get here. Take especially the
approach to the Mulberry Street bridge
from Fourth street. There is consid
erable incline there and traffic coming
out of Chestnut street on to the bridge
is unable to see traffic coming out
Fourth street from Market and because
of the incline traffic both ways puts
on more speed to make the hill. " Should
two machines meet there on a wet pave
ment it is hard to tell where they would
stop. And there are many other corners
that are just as bad. Isn't it time that
the traffic cops get raincoats or better
still maybe the city will build a com
fort station at each corner for them.
HARRIS BURR TO
DELAWARE WATER
GAP. VIA INYPrSVILLE
AND MAUCH CHUNK
I .0 HARRISBURG 126.8
j 8.3 Progress 123.5
i 7.8 Linglestown 119.8
| 18.2 Ono 108.6
! 2"'.5 Greenpoint 101.3
36.9 Pine Grove 89.9
SHO Llewellyn 75.8
55.9 Pottsvllle 70.9
58. Port Carbon 68.6
62.1 Silver Creek 64.7
64.1 Middleport 62.7
68.1 Tuscarora 58.7
72. Tamaqua 54.4
86. Mauch Chunk 40.5
90. Lehighton 36.5
90. Weissport 36.3
91. Harrlty 35.2
96. Steinersville 30.4
101.3 Carbon 25.5
103.6 Kresgeville 23.2
107.3 Gilbert 19.5
109.9 Broadheadville 16.9
123.2 Stroudsburg .. 3.6 |
| 126.8 DELAWARE 0.0
! GASOLINE 12 CENTS A
i GALLON—IN LITTLE ROCK
| The following letter from T. B. Wild
ermuth, of the Front and Market Motor
Supply Company, gives some interesting
side lights on the price of gasoline here
and in other sections of the south. It
will he noticed in this letter that prices
are quoted as low as 12 cents a gallon,
and as the letter says there is plenty of
room for thought. Some years ago
I gasoline sold here for 10 cents a gal
lon and has gradually gone up to its
present level. It will certainly be a
welcome reduction to see gas come down
here if it ever will.
To the Auto Editor.
Harrisburg Telegraph:
Dear Sir: We have just had a com
munication of some length in reference
to the future price of gasoline and it
looks very much as though we are go
ing to have gasoline at one-half the
price that we have been paying.
Some of the prices in the south are
as follows:
Chattanooga 16 cents a gallon
Nashville ....14 cents a gallon
Knoxville 18 cents a gallon
New Orleans 19 cents a gallon
Memphis 13 cents a gallon
Little Rock 12 cents a gallon
This condition in the gasoline market
gives great occasion for much thought.
On the impulse your mind jumps to
Bolshevikism for the simple reason that
you cannot understand how the Stand
ard Oil Company can sell gasoline to
the consumer in one place for twelve or
thirteen cents and another place for
twenty-eight cents. The general ethics
of business would either show that they
HAJRRISBURG frffjjjftl TELEGRAPH
are making 100 per cent, profits in Har
risburg or they are loosing 50 per cent,
on the cost of the product at Memphis,
Tenn.
After careful thought you then will
conclude that this is the beginning of
the after war drop in prices.
During the great conflict on the other
side millions and millions of barrels -of
gasoline were being shipped in a steady
flow to the armies over there and this
lias now been stopped with the con
sequence that the refiners are beginning
to fight each other on this side for busi
ness.
Considering the first conclusion and
the last conclusion, the ultimate deci
sion is to sit tight and the supply and de
mand in this good old country of ours
will regulate the price sooner or later.
This condition with our general edu
cation produces a neighborhood where
the Bolsheviki element can not exist.
Yours very truly.
T. B. WILDERMUTH.
Front-Market Motor Supply Co.
CAPACITY WEIGHT TO HE
CARRIER ON THE TIRES
The following tables of weights has
been prepared by the Firestone Tire and
Rubber Company, of Akron, Ohio, to
represent the capacity weight that
should be carried on each tire in order
to get the best results from the tire.
These weights have been thoroughly
I Electric Starting, Lighting, and I
On Pneumatic Tires
THESE THREE INNOVATIONS when THIS REO IS THE ORIGINAL and, hav
lntroduced by the Reo Engineers revo- ing been in service now, more than
lutionized Motor Truck standards and four years—tens of thousands of them
multiplied Motor Truck efficiency. —its superiority has been proven beyond
THIS REO "SPEED WAGON" was the caviL
first Motor Truck to be equipped with TT , V ~ TT _ T „ ,„
electric starter and electric lights. U CAN get a Reo Speed Wagon"
* v you will know you have the best If
AND IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST vehicle you can! — t
designed exclusively for trucking—not a
converted touring car, but especially de- THERE'S THE RUB—demand has always 1
signed for commercial use only—to be been vastly greater than the output,
equipped with pneumatic tires. though that also is the largest in the' I
THE VERY MAKERS who are now striv- world of this of Pek
ing to imitate this Reo "Speed Wagon" nTTC , .
—and doing so as to looks, but not in ° U *°^ N QUOTA has never been suffi-
I performance!—these very rivals flouted 2! * su PPty . a JI W& 0 wanted Reos.
the idea when first introduced by Reo Tardy buyers, waiting till the last moment
to order have had to be denied, much to
WE NO LONGER NEED to explain the our regret.
I ""i tremendous advantages—the greater
efficiency—of this type of Motor Truck. SO THE ONLY WAY to be at all sure of
n IMITATION—the sincerest form of flattery getting a Reo "Speed Wagon" is to order
—is doing that. Rivals are doing more to early now. Don t delay. Demand in
endorse the Reo idea than even we can do creases apace while there's a limit to
SUFFICE IT TO SAY then, that when !,
you have decided you need a speedy, BETTER SEE ABOUT THIS at cnce
sturdy, economical truck for your own Delay may result in your having to I
use, prudence dictates that you insist on accept your second choice in lieu of
an original—not an imitation. a Reo.
1 larrisburg Auto Co.
Fourth and Kclker Sts. DISTRIBUTORS Harrisburg, Pa.
\ Reo Motor Car Company, Lansing, Michigan ~„n
"Speed* Wago n" ■paiaMMuaniraßZd l*H
SI3SO
" w W. ftAi.n I
OF VALUES" |
tested out by the Firestone factory and '
when a car is loaded over these weights
the tire will of necessity give less mile
age than if not overloaded.
(Per Wheel)
Hear Front
28 x 3 350 lbs. 450 lbs.
30 X 3 375 " 475 " |
32 x 3 375 " 475 "
34 x 3 400 " 500 "
38 x 3 425 " 525 "
29 x 314 450 " 550 "
30 x 3\4 475 " 575 "
131 x 3 % 500 " 600 "
j32 x 3*4 525 " 625 "
133 X 3*4 550 " 650 "
|34 x 3% 575 " 675 "
:36 x 3M: 625 " 700 " j
J3O x 4 550 " 700 " I
31 x 4 575 " 725 " j
32 X 4 600 " 750 " j
33 x 4 625 " 775 " I
134 x 4 650 " 800 " !
135 X 4 675 " 825 "
136 X 4 700 " 850 "
37 x 4 725 " 875 "
138 X 4 750 " 900 "
40 X 4 800 " 950 "
142 X 4 850 '• 1000 "
1 32 X 4 ',4 800 " 1000 "
133 x 4% 850 " 1050 "
34 X 4'4 900 " 1100 "
j3sx 4<4 950 " 1150 "
136 X 4*4 1000 " 1200 "
137 x 4*6 1050 " 1250 "
38 X 414 1100 " 1300 "
|4ox 4Vj 1200 " 1400 "
142 X 4V4 1300 " 1500 "
133 X 5 950 " 1200 "
|34 x 5 1000 " 1250 "
135 X 5 <*...1050 " 1300 "
'36 x 5 1 100 " 1350 "
37 x 5 1150 " 1400 "
38 x 5 1200 " 1450 "
38 X 5 1250 " 1500 "
41 x 5 1350 " 1600 "
43 X 5 1450 " 1700 "
36 X 5'4 1250 " 1500 "
37 x 5*4 1300 " 1550 " I
38 X 5*4 1350 " 1600 " J
40 x 5V4 1450 " 1700 "
37 X 6 1350 " 1600 "
39 x 6 1450 *" 1700 "
41 x 6 1550 " 1800 "
DAUPHIN MOTOR CAR i
CO. GETS BIG START
When the Dauphin Motor Car Com
pany opened their office and service sta
tion a couple of weeks ago as Central
Pennsylvania distributors for the Oak-
I land Six they received as an initial
I shipment three car loads of all the
I various models of this popular car.
To-day tliey are entirely sold out of
; this shipment and are holding orders for J
j deliveries to made in a few days.
I This company is under the manage- !
j ment of Ed. C. Allen. Their office ia at j
| 11 South Third street and they maintain j
'an exclusive service station for Oak- j
lands at 125 Cherry street.
.
MOHN BROS. APPOINTED
FACTORY DISTRIBUTORS
FOR DAY-ELDER TRUCKS
Monn Bros, of the Star garage. Thir- j
teenth and Thompson streets, have been ;
appointed factory distributors for Day- j
Elder trucks for Central Pennsylvania, j
They have been local representatives of !
this trucks for a couple of years but |
with the change in the business policy
I of the Pen-Mar Auto Company through
the death of Mr. Dill, who were the fac- I
tory distributors. Monn Bros, were ap- 1
pointed in their place.
This enterprising firm has been mak- j
ing rapid strides in the automobile busi- |
ncss in the past couple of years. They i
now are selling the Day-Elder (D-E) ]
trucks, Sanford trucks and the Crow- j
Elkhart touring car. They maintain a I
show room and service station for all j
their cars at their garage at the above I
address. '
APRIL 12, 1919.
May Compel Allies
to Quit Sebastopol
Paris, April 12.—The advance of '
the Bolsheviki is likely to force the j
allies to evacuate Sebastopol, on the
JJlack Sea near the southern ex- 1
ARE YOU SURE
THAT NEW BATTERY?
G Maybe we can fix up your old one
and save you money. That's what
we're here for. We have the GOULD
O QUALITY parts of the right type, and
we have the skill and experience.
UYes, we would make more money
selling you a NKW battery but we are
Lin the business to stay, if a good re
pair job that, saves you money will
Dmake you a permanent customer, that's
good business for us and for you.
Automobile Electrical Repairing
THE RVTTEItY 1 ' Y° u have trouble with your
w.m. lighting system, motor, gen
" 1 1 inn erator or storage battery—Call
DRKADNAUGHT We have Expert Mechan
... ... ics. who can remedy your trou-
PLATES ble.
ELECTRA GARAGE
Evergreen and Thompson Sts.
| tremity of the Crimea, according to
! lntransigeant.
DID HIS BIT GLADLY
Visitor—And what did you do to
! help win the war?
Jimmie—l didn't take castor oil
so's thered' be plenty to use on the
1 flying machine.—Nashville Banner.