•atee AUTOMOBILE SECTION ~ • AUTOMOBILE NEWS AND ADVERTISING ALFRED P. DAVIES, AUTO EDITOR . _____ === _ SPECIAL FEATURES EVERY SATURDAY JORDAN URGES ACCEPTANCE OF OPEN CARS NOW Spring Deliveries to Be Re tarded by Big Demand Edward S. Jordan, president of the Jordan Motor Car Company, urges Jordan dealers to safe-guard their spring business by taking now all Jordan cars they can get from the factory. Mr. Jordan sends this message from England where he went to attend the Olympia Motor Show and visit the principal foreign motor car factories. "We are now producing 500 cars a month," says Mr. Jordan in his message to dealers, "with orders from dealers for immediate delivery of ten months production at this rate. There is every indication that the demand will increase steadily throughout the winter. "The closed car situation from the standpoint of deliveries is most discouraging. No one can begin to produce enough closed cars to meet more than a fraction of the de mand. No one could possibly have anticipated such a demand. Even if it could have been an ticipated. producers of plate glass for wind-shields, top lights, and closed car windows would be un able to supply sufficient glass for months to come. Furthermore, the production of closed car hardware is far too limited to satisfy the de mand. Besides all this, the num ber of body manufacturers is very Gloves, Robes rvj j^/j Reversible Leather FORRY'S \ Harris W *"" jr. | .. |j Dauphin Tire Service Company H - . announces that it is note prepared to give ■- | "COMPLETE TIRE SERVICE" | = at its new home ■ jj 211-213 NORTH SECOND STREET J HI Every detail in the care and preservation of your == tires has been provided for in the most con- == = venient arid, complete manner 1^ g| VULCANIZING RETREADING REPAIRING § done with the latest and most efficient type' g[~ ©G of machinery and by the most skilled workmen §J OFFICIAL GOODYEAR TRUCK TIRE STA TION . . =l= - Solids and Giant Pneumatics —•— i- Also a complete line of Goodyear Pleasure Car Tires We are distributors of I DRU N S w ICIf ™ s I p D ■ TIRES AND TUBES lY I M g 1 Raydex ~ I : = Violet Ray Lens The Honeycomb Metalens . . = = Tire Accessories Jj Free Air "COMPLETE TIRE SERVICE" Driveln 1 SATURDAY EVENING, small considering the demand, their facilities are limited, and they can- I not secure enough men qualified to ; build high-grade closed bodies. "It will be impossible for any i factory to include closed models in their shipment of open cars. Any r dealer who shows any inclination to hold up shipments of open cars for closed cars jvill have to pay the penalty in the spring through the shortage of open cars when he most ■ needs them. We therefore urge all distributors or dealers to sareguard their spring business by preparing for it as we have prepared for it by notifying nil of our suppliers that we are ready to take any quantity of material they can ship at any time. "There is already a shortage of one million cars. There will be a short period during the winter when every dealer cannot sell every car he can get for immediate delivery. But deliveries this year will be so widely distributed and production so fnr short of demand that no dealer or distributor can accumu late any Quantity of cars. "There are 30.000 dealers in the United States. If each dealer se cured only one car for storage, the factories would have to produce a surplus of 30,000 cars beyond the present demand. That is entirely out of the question. "I expect to see the demand for r cars increase after the New York | show the first week of January, and | see it pass beyond all possibilities of production following the Chicago | show. "We realize that we cannot give our dealers all the cars they want, I but we plan to have our cars widely ■ enough distributed so that each ' | dealer will have an opportunity to J share the success which will cer ! tainly come within the next six | months." | Wood wheels are seldom found on I the latest European cars. They | have been replaced by the steel i spoke, the steel disc or the wire : wheel. All these wheels are of the ! ] detachable type with clincher rims. Last year in only 21 cities of the country, more than 7000 automo- j biles values at more than $28,000, ' 000, were stolen. About 5000 ofi these automobiles valued at about $5,000,000, never were recovered. ! A record-breaking run of an auto | mobile was recently made from j Pittsburgh to Detroit. The 376 miles of distance was made in 12 hours, which time practically equalled that of express train ser | vice for the same trip. | _ Hundreds of passenger cars leave | New York city each day and travel | into the country districts, where the I farers have erected stands for the f cost of fresh vegetables for citv i housewives. | The "slow strike" in British motor I factories has been a chief element I iof delay, the output per man being less than half that of 1914 and less than one-third that of the war per iod. License numbers for passenger 4 cars in the State of Pennsylvania - amount to nearly 450,000. 4 The New Nash Four-Passenger Six Coupe Si * • m " o^^HSE! , THE MOTOR TRUCK I am the Motor Truck—of damaged highways, Ruts and holes, the cursed beginning. .Yet hear my self defense—l claim I'm far more sinned against than sinning. I plod neglected, time worn roads; Until my parts all ache with strain; I haul freight cheaper, quicker, better, — I slave; I sweat; —all for the Nation's gain I am a public servant—patient. Drudging utility of trade. Yet they would stint me rather than To build good roads to give me aid. My railroad brother once outgrew His rails by hauling increased freight; He wasn't held down to the rails— They built the rails to hold his weight. Unbar the gates that hold me back If you would have me haul your loads. I'll do my part if you'll do yours— Just give me more and better roads. —P. L. SNIFFIN, International (Mack) Motor Co. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH "Windows in the Nash Six coupe are adjustable by the turning of a nickeled handle. Adjustment may be made to any position of the window desired. The plate glass windows securely fitted have no interstices through which the wind or rain can penetrate, shutting out the elements. "Because the door supports are built permanently into the car there is no body vibration or rumble at any speed. "Illumination is provided by two sunken lights at either side in the rear of the car. "It is upholstered in beautiful taupe colored mohair. The cushions are wide apart, broad and deep, and the seats have the comfortable resiliency of springs which add so much to the joys of motoring and rob it of fatigue." Motok. DIGEST Hylr Automobile Activities Throughout the World The State of Kentucky has 90,190 automobiles. Canada has one motor car to each 50 persons. The production of the first four cylinder car was in 1900. San Francisco and Los Angeles are now linked by a paved highway of 82 miles. The Automobile Workers of the World is a new labor organization in ! Detroit, Mich. Kansas City, Mo., now has 30 motor express routes to the sur rounding rural districts. Mexico City and suburbs that com prise the Federal District of Mexico have 5493 nutomobiles. Kansas City was the first place to establish an automobile service with the so-called jitney 'bus. The Allied countries of Europe have less than one-half as many vehicles as the United States. The War Department has sent J 35,993 surplus motor vehicles to France since the signing of the ar mistice. It is estimated that 60,000,000 tons are hauled by motor trucks in the United States every 24 hours. The average automobile owner drives no less than 4000 miles a year, and buys a new model every third year. The United States exported 750 motor cars to India during the month of July, which were valued at 3632,645. With the return ofEuropean farm ers to pre-war conditions the farm tractor sales in Europe are increas ing. Since its organization in 1892, the Highway Commission of Mass chusetts has expended over $35,000.- 000 upon highways. The Lincoln Highway is to have a continuous paved road from the Hudson River to the Mississippi by the end of 1920. With a population of 18,000 In habitants, Reykjavik, Iceland, has several hundred motor cars, nearly all of American manufacture. The contract for automobile li cense plates for next year in the State of North Carolina calls for a total of 135,000 plates. NEW NASH COUPE IS SHOWN HERE Four-Passenger Six, the Latest AVord in Nash Models The new Nash coupe is here. The lateness of its coming, due to tardi ness in production has in no way allayed the many luxuriant and com fortable appointments of its interior nor the beauty of its streamline body. It is the last word in Nash models and in keeping with the lineness of former Nash cars. There is ample seating capacity for four people. The motor is of the latest improved six cylinder type, valve-in-head and with the spark plugs entering the head of the motor. The new model is now on display at the salesrooms of the Myers' Mo tor Sales Company, local Nash dis tributors, 1210 Penn street, near Broad. Mr. Myers in speaking of the coupe, says: "In the construction of the Nash six four-passenger coupe no de tail that might provide- for comfort or convenience has been overlooked. The seats are wide and comfortable and their arrangement makes it easy for a passenger to enter or leave the car under all conditions. Permanent seats are provided for three with the driver's seat a little forward of the others. This arrangement, while leav ing the driver's seat close enough to the rest of the passengers to enable him to carry on a conversation with no inconvenience, gives him more than ordinary driving room and al lows him unusual freedom of move ment. CHANDLER USES AIRPLANE TO SECURE PARTS Chicago to Cleveland by Air plane to Speed Up Production "Express companies and the mail service proving inadequate to get parts from Chicago to the Chandler Motor Car Company, in Cleveland, I the factory, determined to keep up | production, is now employing air- > planes to deliver parts," declares j Andrew Redmond, local Chandler distributor. "Production troubles in Chicago, where sockets and plugs for Chandler I headlamps are made, caused a serious I shortage- recently of these small but ! very necessary urticlei*. Things ' looked bad at first, but finally almost I normal production was resumed, and j everything would have been fine; —ex- ' eept for the need of fast transporta tion service between Chicago and i Cleveland." "Efforts to get these parts through speedily enough to eatch up with pro duction were to no avail. Regular | special delivery mail, railway ex- I press and even baggage- were not | adequate because tile sockets and plugs weren't being made fast j enough to permit big shipments ut sufficient frequent intervals. "Some- other method of trnnsporta- I tlon had to he found. And it was. j For now those parts are coming - through by airplane special delivery j mall, and this shortage has now been practically overcome. "There is nothing particularly startling about all this, perhaps, ex cept that it illustrates vividly the determination with which manufac- I turcrs in the automobile Industry j have been working, throughout the | year, to overcome production dif- I Acuities. No effort and no reason- ' able expense have be-en spared. "And yet the average motorist, not 1 being able to get his new car when he wants it, rinds difficulty in appro- i elating the strenuous times thnt man ufacturers have gone through. Really I serious troubles, too, and we a " Try Th ese Wonderful I New Springs Yourself T IOUSANDS have been absolutely 11 astonished by the remarkable riding qualities of the three-point suspen sion, Triplex Springs. The universal en thusiasm of owners explains the tremen dous demand for the new Overland 4. The Four-Door Sedan has the additional dis tinction of exceptional coach details. THE OVERLAND-HARRISBURG CO. 212-214 North Second Street YORK BRANCH: Open Evenings NEWPORT BRANCH: 128-130 West Market St. Bell 4370 Opposite P. R. R. Station "Prices Subject to Change Without Notice" L "DECEMBER 13, 1919 proud that it has been possible for Chandler production to reach its present magnitude." Every Mysterious Box Isn't a Bomb When New York financiers receive mysterious packages these days and no letter of explanation accompanies them, the bomb squad is invited to open the box. Early In December the wife of a New York banker received an ex press shipment carefully packed in burlap and wood. It was the shape j of a large suit case. She waited fori [a letter to explain the package, but I (When none came she notified the I ; Police Commissioner. I The investigators arrived and I I worked with line-tooth saws, augers' land a flashlight, and after a thorough! j interior inspection to expose any "ires and mechanism the snap was pressed and the open box showed a i 'folding camp table, n Christmas pres-l I ®nt from her brother. ; "This uneasiness could have been ! a P trn^ ted by proper dipping in 'oftthin° n A S ;i w, J - N - Bo >P*ardner, J the Atlas Electric Service COlll - 1 j Cal Prest-O-Lite serMce station, and you can be sure all otr l m° a wlll"hnv' B delivered for Chrlst plenations. Pr ° per " h,pplns ex " | "We believe a word of precaution I tertea '' n n , , ei T tanfll ' ls: " lp Pare of bat- 1 1° much to prolong the [ • lilt of this electric hp-wt ~ , 1 ! mobiles— and believe, like the bomb batTeVvV nn(, 7 t ßtan(l the mysterious! ' cars ° X Whlch H,ar,B and light.,, A monthly inspection for in Ess "fMeci, and this is a wise re-mln neJ h ;, I t 8 u t re r0 ?: v e ba a ter ' y , Wlll in f^l able that likl?Vni service so reli-| "Shts vou ca,, 1 ° r llo,lsp f or granted ~,, ?V> reliability lend to aggravating r ir' 11 put an Jwr. from falling fights'"" and rinn " Two hundred and sixteen types ol passenger automobiles and trucks were represented In the 15,000 ma rliine purchased by the War De partment during the recent emerg ency. The cars ranged from the small roadster of about a half a ton to the 10-ton portable crane. The Automobile Ambulance Unit, S. S. U„ No. 646, was recently de-J corated with the Croix de GuerreJ and lite Medal Milltaire and Fourl agers. It was the first time in tory of the French army that a unit of this kind has been given such high honors. The unit was originally known as the Formation Harles, and was the first American motor unit to participate in the world war. Garage dealers in Clinton, 111., have installed a nlckelrin-hte-slot device for supplying air and water to motor vehicles. For live cents a driver may obtain enough air to inflate his tires and enough water to fill his radiator. The latest production of motors in England is a passenger car rated at 100-horsepower at 2 800 revolutions. To handle this power four forward speed gear sets are employed. ALTO TIRE DISTRIBUTORS j WE WILL FINANCE UP TO SIO,OOO 525,000 A DISTRIBU TOH FOIt OUR SUPERIOR TIME-TESTED, P O P U L A 11 - j PRICED "SPEEDWAY" ALTO 1 TIRES. CORDS, 0,000 MILES; FABRIC, 0,000 MILES GUAR ANTEED MILEAGE; ALSO AB- I SOLUTELY G UAItANTEE D ! AGAINST RIM CUTS, STONE ; BRUISES, AND PREMATURE BLOWOUTS. TERRITORY DISTRIBUTOR MUST FURNISH $5,000—510,000 CASH BOND. THIS IS AN UNUSUAL OPPOR TUNITY. MAKE APPOINT MENT WITH W. .1. WORMS, ; SALES MANAGER, NATIONAL RUBBER PRODUCTS CORPOR ATION, 000 NORTH BROAD STRE ET , PHILADELPHIA, PENN. 9
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