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AUTOMOBILE NEWS
TIMELY LOCAL FEATURES OF INTEREST TO AUTOISTS
BY ALFRED P. DAVIES, AUTO EDITOR.
REO PRODUCES
MOSTTRUCKS IN
U.S. A,--SCOTT
Statement Issued by the Vice
President (lives Many
Facts
According to a statement just
made public by R. H. Scott, vice
president and general manager, the
Heo Motor Car Company is now the
largest truck producer in the world.
Mr. Scott's statement, which is
based upon the official figures for
the first quarter of 1919. comes as a
surprise to those who have not
watched closely the progress which
the Keo company has been making
in the manufacture of trucks. Mr.
Scott also indicates that the Tteo
Motor Car Company is planning an
increased production both of pas
senger cars and trucks for the next
fiscal year. The text of the state
ment follows:
"Based on the official figures for
the three months ending March 31. (
1919, at the present time Keo Motor
Car Company is producing more
trucks for commercial uses than any
other truck manufacturer in the
United States —with the possible ex
ception of Ford, whose figures are
not available. I make this state
ment with full knowledge of the
statements in the advertising >f j
other manufacturers that THKY |
are the largest truck producers. Of- ,
flcial figures furnish the indisputable
answer.
"This achievement represents to
us the vindication of a principle.
When we first presented a truck
whose outstanding attributes were
pneumatic tires, speed and complete
electrical equipment, the judgment
of Mr. Thomas, our Chief Engineer,
was freely questioned by buyers and i
competitors alike. Within the past |
\ear the correctness of our principle
has been eloquently acclaimed by j
countless imitations, and to-day the J
principle has been even more elo- j
quently acclaimed by the ultimate
judge—the truck user himself—as
the production figures for the first j
quarter of the year clearly proves.!
We manufacture but a single model; ■
but with that one model we are I
build'ng mora trucks than any j
ether manufacturer—whether he
has one or a dozen models.
The New Ton WORM Drive
SELDEN SPECIAL at $2185
Meets the Hauling Needs of To-day
To meet the present-day need for a moder- an extent that we can sell the SELDEN
ate-priced 1 ton truck of the same rugged SPECIAL at a price far below its value,
construction, the same great powers of en
durance, of the s.ime design and built on the Wherever there exists a need for haulage of
same sound engineering principles as the tons capacity, the SELDEN SPECIAL
other models in the Line of SELDEN will rende r highly efficient and profitable
TRUCKS, we offer the SELDEN SPECIAL service.
The specifications of this remarkable achieve-
Manufacturing facilities, greatly enlarged ment in motor truck manufacture are proof
during the war to meet the demands of the that only the highest quality units obtain-
United States and allied governments for able enter into its construction—which is
Selden Trucks, enable our factory to stan- your assurance of long, uninterrupted se
dardize production of this model to such vice at low operating cost.
Ask us for complete specifications of the Selden Special.
SELDEN TRUCK DISTRIBUTORS
1017-25 Market St. Harrisburg.
Wo Have a Fully Equipped Machine Shop and Can Give Ton Immediate Service on All Repair Work.
ClaLlqiii Motor
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SATURDAY EVENING,
New Liberty Garage at Sixteenth and Walnut Streets, Used by Kirk and Ochs
as the Cole Liberty and All American Truck Service Station
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The above illustration chows the new Liberty Garage, at the corner of Sixteenth and Walnut streets, for
merly the Kuss Bros.' ice cream plant, that has been remodeled and turned into an up to-date garage by
Kirk & Ochs, local distributors for Cole, Liberty and A'l-Amreican cars. The garage is not --et ready for occu
pancy, out work is exp cted to be finished in a very short time. The inseVt in the cut is that of the All-Amer
iean Truck.
j "I would not attempt to forecast
; the future. But this I will say. We
, shall not voluntarily relinquish the
I position of dominance v.-e have thus
. j acquired. To maintain that posi
. i lion, we must increase our truck
j output to keep pace with the con
,; stantiy increasing demand and
. j even now our production is running
II more than 50 per cent, stronger than
i tile record figures for the first
. | quarter.
BOCK SAI.KS \\l) SERVICE
I STATION TO MOVE SOON
Announcement is made to-day of
the acquiring by George B. Zeck, of
i the salesrooms and service station
| that is now occupied by the Miller
Auto Company at Shaffer's Garage,
50 to 68 S.-Cameron street. Mr.
Zeck is the local Buick distributor
and now has a service station at
35 S. River Ave., which has proved
entirely too small to handle the
largo and growing business of Buick !
cars.
The Miller Auto Company re- j
eently purchased the Boyd Estate!
Building at the corner of Third and!
Locust streets and will move their j
salesrooms there in the near future. |
This left their old salesrooms open j
and Mr. Zeclc immediately closed a!
lease for their occupancy. The Miller!
TL/LRRISBURG TELEGRAPH
, Auto Company will still retain n
I fseVaTa "° f fhc *" ra *e and win
cars service station for their
,,ACK -ARBS
I WK! A 7TOM AEROPLANE
I tecord ht w Redn,ond took his
! cfouds during Hip tri|> throußh the
Loan rioi, .• recent Victory
thousand nl ' be threw several
three of u t ?' e ,, Ca ' ds out '"to space,
w-ritten on n° . a "ttle story
to the finder h? * aCk that im P al 'ted
return the n tbat sbo should
and receiveT'five ° Wner
the same 1 e dollar reward for
Andy were fi cards ' according to
between the , own out 'somewhere'
and . er ancl the railroad
sheet HnfJ Street and Maclay
street. However, two of the cards
have now been returned and both
Itese f°" nds t'rking'to the bushes in
Reservoir Park. One was found bv
glrl Uvin n a "p th ° ° ther by a little
girl living on Park street.
Mr. Redmond intends to have
those cards framed and keep them
as a souvenir of the first trip he
iJ" t ? e alr ' Mind ° u T a
say first trip, for according to gos-
Sip, Andy is negotiating for the
f ° r a standard maka of i.ero
c. A. FAIR INCREASES FORCF
IN TOP DEPARTMENT
hn?ini^ B heavy increase of
ishinif H ♦ tCp and cur tain fin
ishing department at the C. A Fair
Carriage and Auto Works at the I
east end of the Mulberry street
bridge. Mr. Fair announces that he
has secured additional help to take I
care of the regular summer rush in
this department. O. J. Spickler, of
r ranklin county. a well known and I
experienced top maker has been se-1
Monl an t WIU re P° rt f or work on i
Monday, June 2. I
Work in all the branches of this!
firm have been so heavy this spring
that many orders have been delayed
to a certain extent. In order to in
crease the efficiency a larger force
A ppu n in all departments.
A large number of truck bodies have
t b ® e " turned out this spring which
testifies to the exceptional number
of trucks that have been sold to
nusiness firms in the vicinity. This
firm makes a specialty of building
any kind of bodies according to
specification.
CHELSEA AUTO WRECKING CO
DOING INCREASING BUSINESS
This spring has bee.i a banner sea
son at .he Chelsea Auto Wrecking I
Company s big warerooms at 24 -°S i
N. Cameron street. This firm makes!
a specialty of buynrg and selling
used cars and parts. Demand for
these parts has been augme. ted. due!
4 ° ,he /act that it has been hard
to get immediate shipments of parts
from any of the factories that makes!
machines. The parts that are sold!
,h . m .v are tHken from ma
chines that they purchase and are I
thoroughly inspected before 'being!
offered for sale. They have most!
anything in stock from a spark plutr
.n ? \. 920 Pcar ce-Arrow down to a
tail light for a 1905 Oldsmobile.
HARRISBURG TO Il .'DFOIID. VIA
CARLISLE AND • VMBERSBURG'
0.0 HARRISBURG 105.7;
CO Lemoyne lor 0
2 0 Camp Hill 103.0
8.6 Hogestown 97.1
11.0.... New Kingston .... 94.7 I
14.0 Balfour 9L7l
IL6 Carlisle 88.1-
25.5 'Stone Tavern 80.2
28.0 Centrevllle 77'*;
31.5.... Walnut Bottom .... 74.2
54 0 Lees X Roads 71.7
38.5 Shtppensburg 67.2
44. Green Village 61.3
49.5.... Chambersburg .... 56.2
57. St. Thomas 48.0
63.5 Fort Loudon 42.2
68.0. Cove Mountain .... 37.7
72.0.... McConnellsbUrg .... 33.7
78.2 Harrisonburg 27.5
79.4 Green Hill 26.3
80.0 Mans 25.7
81.4 Reamers 24.3
86.0 Mcllvalne 19.7
89.4 Breezewood 16.3
97.7 Everett 8.7
99.0 Mt. Dallas 6.7
102.3 The Willows' 3.4
105.7 BEDFORD 0.0
DIAMOND GRID BATTERY
COMPANY OPENS HERE
The Diamond Grid Battery Com
pany have opened a sales and serv
ice station at 68 S. Cameron street
under the management of L. O.
Airsman, a well known local battery
man. They will handle and make
repairs exclusively on the famous
Philadelphia Diamond Grid Bat
tery. This buttery has wo 1 consid
erable fame during the war. it be
ing used in submarines und other
electrical equipment of the army.
One of the strongest claims for It
is the construction of tne plates.
These plates a-'o made excepttonall •
strong throughout the cross section
ot diamond grid construction.
LIBERTY BUILDS
NEW FACTORY AT
DETROIT, MICH.
First Sod Turned For Another
Mammoth Motor Car
Plant
The only wheels that turned at the
Liberty Motor Car Factory last
Tuesday morning were those of some
hundreds of Liberty cars that car
ried the officials, employes, out-of
town dealers, and a score of enthu
siastic Liberty owners out to the
now factory sile at Charlevoix ave
nue and Conners Lane to witness
President Percy Owen turn the first
sod in the breaking of the ground
for the new plant. The ceremonies
opened with the playing of the "Star
Spankled Banner," after which J. E.
Fields, the general sales manager of
the Liberty Motor Car Company, aot
i< g as master of ceremonies, inlro
duced as speakers the following
men, whose names are all recognized
as prominent in Detroit's motor car
activities:
President Percy Owen; V. C.
O'Meara, of the Michigan Manufac
turer and Financial Record, 011 c of
the country's leading writers on in
dustrial topics; Captain Gilbronth,
manager of the Detroit Automobile
Club; J. H. Cullen, of the Detroit
Board of Commerce, and H. H. Es
selstyn, Detroit Commissioner of
Public Works.
The factory site for tlie greater
Liberty plant comprises twelve acres.
A ra'lroad in the rear, and a sid
ing at the east of the plant, give
ample transportation facilities inside
of the property limits. There will
be three principal buildings and a
factory power house. The lay-out
and construction of the throe prin
cipal buildings and the power house
as well, will be as convenient and
complete as modern derign and con
struction methods can make them.
The administration headquarters
will front on Charlevoix avenue
i, hich Is to be converted into a
bt ndsome boulevard. This budding
.will be 50x200 ir. size, of brick colon
ial construction, and in appearance
vi ill resemble rather an up-to-date
slab house than a regulation oillce
building.
Ope of the distinctive idrns tor
this building is a tower, modeled af
icr that of Independence Hall, and
which will contain a replica of the.
Liberty Bell instead of the conven
l cnal factory whistle.
On the drst floor will be located
all 01 the production offices and dis
play rooms for the latest Liberty
models. The second floor will house
the executive and sales of offices of
the company. Among the conveni
ences on this floor will be the girls'
rest room, and also the unusual feat- j
ure of a men's smoking room as
well.
Building No. 2 is located immedi
ately behind the administration
building. The building will house
a service, experimental and closed
Copyright registered, 1919
H'J si.tlil'
FHOM TH E AIIE
Seven S. Klver Ave.
nnil ,
One Hundred Nine Market St.
Why We're Here
To help you get the right
start with your new car —
To see that you are sup
plied promptly with the
best battery built.
To charge your battery if it
needs charge—to test it with the
hydrometer—to supply you with
distilled water —to repair bat
teries that have suffered from
neglect or abuse.
Come in anytime. Ask as
many questions as you like, but!
be sure to ask this one: "What
is Willard 90-day Battery In
surance?" Remind us to hand
you a copy of the booklet
"Willard Service and You-"
I ill Dea,ers Wanted ]
f nLBa i n the following counties: Franklin, f
I ONE SUPER- Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, , I
I TON TRUCK Adams, Perry, Lebanon
j ~ and Yor k* '! 1
KIRK and OCHS
1 DISTRIBUTORS ' '
r y-y Harrisburg Auto Liberty Garage J
2 rriff f i\Tf/- fD "I f Tire & Repair Co. 16th and Walnut C
I llt 111 IV q>l (Zt&O I 131 S. Third St. Streets C
-it.. ■ to -
body mounting departments, *s Hell,
as the officers' and employes' : es-I
taurant. The size of this building is \
si::ty by three hundred arfd twenty!
feet. '
Just back of it will be the main
assembly building, which is to be
120 feet by QUO feet in size, a tre
mendously large building, which will
give thoroughly adequate facilities
for the production of Liberty enrs.
The power house will complete the
new plant for the present, but nil
the buildings have been so designed
that additions may be made as re
quired.
Cement driveways will run be
tween the buildings, giving easy ac
cess and egress for all kinds of trans
portation.
The loading platform front which
Liberty cars arc shipped to all parts
of the world. Is already erected and
.n use.
RICHMOND TO OCCUPY NEW
SALESROOM NEXT WEEK
The new Salesrooms at the co ,- *"r
of Till, d and Hr itlton streets that
! will he used by Andre * Redmond
as the salesrooms for Chandler
Touring Cars and Vim Trucks has
been vacated and will be ready for
Mr. Redmond some time next week.
This new salesroo: is 65x25 feet
and will be painted white on the
inside and v n decorate," will pre
sent a most beautiful salesroom for
| these cars. Announcement wt'l be
; made later as to ' .3 exact date Mr.
Redmond will
DIES AWAITING HER ROY
Philadelphia. May S'l.—Excitement
over preparations being made for
the expected arrival home of i -r
son, brought on an attack of heart
disease which caused the death yes
terday morning of Mrs. George Eh
"Bill's" Garage
; 1801 Susquehanna St.
NOW OPEN
Ford Car Repairing a
Specialty
ALL WORK
GUARANTEED
r— — ■■
!
You cannot afford to carry extra weight
CTHE extremely light car of short twelve to fifteen hundred pounds mere —
C wheelbase vibrates up and down. nor in extremely light, short cars. i
The extremely heavy car, whose wheel- Its whole tendency is toward forward
base also is short considering its weight, movement.
cannot escape the wear and tear of side ... , . < , ...
it is a new kind of a car. And her
, sway. aiding the new, it has naturally marked '
| You cannot afford to carry extra weight. the passing of the old.
Yet who would sacrifice it at the cost of
. , , . .. .. - Picture the perfectly balanced chassis
jerky up and down vibration?
> of finished mechanical excellence equipped
j Thc JordHn Silhouette has banished with this new custom sty]e a ll- alulTlinurn
both difficulties forever. body. Style —dash —individuality —and
It is the lightest car on the road for its perfect riding comfort,
wheelbase. Built in both four and seven passenger.
Yet it-possesses that peculiar balance Optional colors Brewster Green and Bur
which cannot he attained in cars weighing gundy Old Wine. !
REX GARAGE & SUPPLY CO.
j ' 1917 N. Third St. Harrisburg, Pa.
DISTRIBUTORS
L. L. SHETTEL, Mgr. S. S. POMUROY, Pres.
\ JORDAN MOTOR CAR COMPANY. CLEVELAND. OHIO Ji
MAY 31, 1919.
. mnnn, 66 yeurs old. of No. 3110 Bel-I
! grade street. The son, Philip 3h-
I mann, arrived 'in New York on I
i
| g I
11 Automobile and Aeroplane School
Day and Night
I.eam a good trade —-he Independent. l l.u. yoiii-M Ii in a posi
tion to lie able to demand a K<HMI job anytime, anywhere. The de
;l mantl for trained automobile aiul aeroplane meelianles far exceeds
=| the supply. '
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;! Thousands of Trained Mechanics
Wanted at Once
= We train you thoroughly in a short time. Our courses are com- j
jS pletc. A few hours a day In your spare time after you are through j
H your regular work will make you an expert. Ciet complete details j
( H now.
FULL COURSE FIFTY DOLLARS
Call or Write, 25 North Cameron St., Harris burg, Pa.,
or at Training Quarters,
260 South Front St., Steelton, Pa.
1 AUTOMOBILE AND AEROPLANE
MECHANICAL SCHOOL
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pany I, 316 th Infantry, 79th Di-
I vision.