■aAtt AUTOMOBILE SECTION ' AUTOMOBILE NEWS AND ADVERTISING W^' ALFRED P. DAVIES, AUTO EDITOR . ' SPECIAL FEATURES EVERY SATURDAY ' " O.DECKMAN&SON CARLISLE, GETS SPECIAL TRUCK Kelly-Springfield, Specially Designed, Delivered Yesterday J. E. Dare, of the Atlantic Motor Truck Company, Pennsylvania dis tributors of the Kelly-Springfield Truck, delivered a specially-designed and built truck yesterday to the O. Deckma-n nad Son Company, of Car lisle. This truck is a three-and-a half-ton standard Kelly chassis equipped with a covered van six feet six inches wide by seventeen feet deep. This body was built by the Hoover Wagon Works, of York, the largest builders of truck bodies in this see-I lion of the country. They have built many bodies for trucks under special order and this one for the Deckm&n Company is the largest they have ever turned out. It 'is made up of three sections, the cab which has a seating capacity for five men, a sleeping compartment equipped with three bunks and a storage compartment that will hold a house full of furniture. Each com partment is equipped with electric lights. The tires wore built for this particular truck and are of the cushion design. This truck is one of a fleet of five that the Deckman Company are using for hauling work in the East. It is understood that they have n large contract now to deliver the household effects of more than a hundred families from Philadelphia to Carlisle where there is a big con struction contract being filled that will require the moving of these families there. Another Kelly truck is now order ed for the Deckman Company and will be delivered in the near fu ture. Automobiles in North Carolina will have only one license plate for each car in 1920. The one-plate law origi nated in the Senate at the last ses sion ot the General Assembly, and was urged as an economic measure. Reversible FORRY s ' 8,000 Miles Guarantee TIRES 1 I I R, A Tread That Cannot Part From the Fabric Pull with all your might—travel over the roughest of roads—the tread remains firm to the fabric because the fabric and tread are perma nently vulcanized together by live steam. The salesman at the United Store will gladly tell you of other mileage-making features. I Stores and Service Stations the Country Over. United Tire & Rubber Corporation , 231 No. 2nd St HARRISBURG Phone 2480 8,000 Miles Guarantee SATURDAY EVENING, PRODUCTION COST A BIG PROBLEM Packard Company Meets It by Special Training For Executives How to solve the problem of the ever-Increasing cost of production, reduce waste, and secure a closer co ot dlnation of functions between the various department, are vital prob lems with automobile manufacturers at the present day. Much progress has recently been made in bringing about their solution at the plant of the Packard Motor Car Company. The medium through which the campaign was conducted to secure these ends is known as the Packard Advanced Training School, which has just clos ed its first 18 months of successful achievement. Since, April, 1918, over 70C Packard executive have been giv er a special course In industrial man agement at the advanced training I school. "The institution of the Packard Advanced Training School is a most noteworthy innovation in modern in dustry," is the opinion of Mr. E. E. Mead, superintendent of advanced training. "Our plan is original with us. Before outlining our own plans, I made a thorough Investigation of many industrial educational systems in other establishments, and was un able to find any plan in operation that could be depended upon to meet our present days needs for better indus trial training. "Therefore we enrolled in the school all of our job setters, produc tion foremen, assistant foremen, fore men and assistant superintendents. The school was divided into assemblies of approximately 30 members each. Many of the office men and graduate engineers from the University were also enrolled and thus brought into closer contact with the men from the shop. They all met in the school on a common footing, and studied in the spirit of hearty co-operation the va rious possible solutions, as outlined by the lecturers, to problems of shop management, which had long con fronted them. The following subjects were stud ied. 'Outline of Course of Instruction," "Shop Discipline," 'Rowan Premium System of Paying Wages," "Inspec tion and Scrap," "Tools," "Time Study,' "Routine System," "Stock Keeping," "Production," "Care of Ma chinery," "Employment." Safety and Sanitation," and "What Makes an Exe cutive." At the fifteenth session of the school an examination was given on all the subjects covered by the lecturers. Much of the information contained iti the lectures, has been put to prac tical use. It was found, however, that many benefits derived from the tech nical information would be lost un less placed in a printed form and given to the Packard executives for permanent reference. The textbook, "Packard Advanced Training School Lecture Course," has, therefore, been published and dis tributed to all Packard executives. A few copies are available for gen eral distribution to students of indus trial management and engineering. Atlas Electric -iBT Service Co. STORAGE . CASTARES Fishman Garage BATTERY 1 APPUANCZS Dell Phone 3685 Dial 6262 THE 1920 POST-WAR PREMIER TO BE SH OWN HERE SOON NEW PREMIER IS LAST WORD IN CAR CONSTRUCTION Jiagerling Motor Car Com pany to Have Demonstra tion Here Soon The new postwar series Premier has made its appearance on the mar ket and will be shown iri this city immediately after the holidays by the Hagerling Motor Car Company, the local distributors. That the various Premier models are the last word in motor car construction is shown in the many and superb ap pointments that are a part of the regular equipment of the car. Noth ing been left to the imagination; every little detail has been worked out and the new Premier stands out as a very able rival of the foreign cars that have, up to this date, been the bane of particular car buyers. The now Premier is the only car equipped with the Cutler-Hammer magnetic gear-shift as regular equip ment. It has an all aluminum mo tor. The beauty and finish of the body and the interior is in keeping with the finest work produced by American body builders. There are three open-type bodies, the two, four and seven-passenger models, and two closed-type bodies of four and seven-passenger capacity. As shown in the illustration, the cars all come fully equipped with two extra rims and two cord tires. Other features that are a part of the regular equipment include a Per fection heater, dash and reading lights, cigar lighters, fire extinguish ers, tire pump, clock; in fact, every thing that adds to the comfort and pleasure of touring. Four million dollars for tlie con struction of roads during 1920 will be available in Maine. It is expected that 150 miles of new state highway will be constructed. As a result of demands for a more expensive automobile than is manufactured in the United States, a large plant is to be erected for the production of a British car at Spring field. Mass. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPIF Motofl DIGEST S Automobile Activities Throughout the World Automobiles are still restricted in Bermuda. Street traffic in Buenos Aires goes to the left. The average motor truck has a displacement of five horses. The Detroit Automobile Club ha 3 a membership of more than 7,000. American-made automobiles are exported to 81 different countries. Citizens of Cleveland, Ohio, have bought 15,000 automobiles during 1919. Prices of the latest French pas senger automobiles range from $2,000 to $30,000. Automobile tourists will find the longest mile in Norway. It contains 12,182 yards. Ruses on Fifth avenue, New York City, have had a continuous service of thirteen years. There has been an increase of 22 per cent in the sale of motor cars during the past year. The average consumption of gaso line per automobile is from 10 to 14 barrels per annum. The College of the City of New York has added two automobile courses to its list of studies. A magneto industry in Hapton, England was established entirely by the labor of women. It is estimated that there will be no less than 25,000 automobiles in North Carolina in 1920. There were 214 passenger cars and 15 motor trucks exported to the Dutch -East Indies during August, 1919. England, France and Italy are planning to chip cars to America with prices ranging from SIO,OOO to $20,000 apiece. In the registration for automobiles and trucks for 1919, Ohio has taken the lead from New York of 3,416 more motor vehicles operated. During 1918 Great Britain im ported 193,000,000 gallons of motor' spirits, 70 per cent of which came from the United States. The 6,500,000 motor cars in use in the United States by the end of 1919, will have displaced no less than 30,000,000 horses. Through the enforcement of the so-called blue laws of the State of Maryland, the sale of gasoline is forbidden on Sunday. Of the 42,000 motor trucks made during the third quarter of 1919, there were more of tho three-quar ter-ton type sold than of any other kind. The number of motor cars stolen each year in the United States is far greater than the combined output of five big manufacturing plants. Servant girls in tho exclusive resi dential section of St. Paul, Mo., have the use of their mistresses' automo- 1 biles "one or two" times a week. 1 More than 75,000 licenses have ! been issued this year in Cleveland, ' Ohio, at the branch license bureau ! conducted by the Cleveland Auto mobile Club. ! A mammoth automobile garage to be constructed at Atlanta, Ga., with capacity of 2,000 cars and con taining 175,000 square feet of floor space. t The estimated cost of a Roosevelt Memorial Highway across Long Is land is $2,000,000. The proposod route will connect New York with Montauk Point. The President of the United Busi nessmen's Association, of Philadel phia, is in favor of a large corps of motorcycle policemen. A resolution will be passed requesting the city to place such policemen on the streets to cambat automobile thieves. Seeing What the Battery Does at Willard Station "A good many things of the ut most importance are constantly go ing on inside the box of every auto-! mobile starting and lighting battery," i says Mr. Kent, local Willard Bat tery expert, "yet it is very seldom that any of us has an opportunity of watching these changes as they take place." "The whole process is showing an unusual way in a demonstration given at the technical school con ducted by the Willard Storage Bat tery Company. At this school, a number of cells are assembled in plass jars in place of the regular rubber Jars and are charged and dis - charged under conditions which closely approximate the conditions of actual service." 1 "To show what happens to those cells when Impure water Is used, several foreign suhstances are drop ped Into the various batteries. To one nitric acid is added; into an other a little sal ammoniac is drop ped; a little hydrochloric acid is put in the third. All the results arc Carefully noted by students. In this way, the Willard service station ex perts who attend the school are en abled to tell at a glance not only when impjjre water is used in a bat tery, but exactly what sort of im purity is interfering with tho proper work of the cell." BRISCOE SETS . NEW GAS RECORD Fifty-one Miles OP One Gallon of Gas; Highest on Record Beating its own record in the Yo semite economy run, some months ago, a stock model Briscoe touring car has just set up a gasoline mile r age mark regarded as little short of phenomenal by those who witnessed the performance. 1 The Briscoe averaged 28.8 miles on gas in the Yosemite economy run, ' and this mark was overtopped by 32.4 miles in a test run last week at 1 Pomona, Cal., with the automobie department representatives of four ' Los Angeles newspapers as witnesses. The Briscoe traveled 51.2 miles on ! a single gallon of gasoline, a per formance such as has never been J approached anywhere in the world ' before, according to all available records concerning stock model four cylinder cars. The Briscoe's mileage test was ar ranged and on the day of the at ! tempt to establish a new record, 1 Manager Earl V. Abbott and Charles Rider, accompanied by the four Los ; Angeles newspaper men, made the trip from this city to Pomona to act as witnesses and to check against the Briscoe's performance. M. W. Zandler, who piloted the Briscoe to victory in the Yosemite economy run, was at the wheel again on this occasion. The newspaper representatives who watched the Briscoe set up its remarkable record of 51.2 miles on a single gallon of gasoline, were Jack Waters, of the Express; Fred Ross, of the Times; Otto Matthies, of the Examiner, and Nelson Lally, of the Herald. The Briscoe was equipped with oversize Miller 31x4-inch cord tires. In the presence of the newspaper representatives Zander disconnected tho gas line from the Briscoe tank. He then drained the carburetor. Next he obtained a certified gallon measure of gasoline and he trans ferred its contents to the special tank which was connected to the carbureter after the gas lino from the regular tank had been uncou pled. The top was lowered, but the wind shield remained in place. The passenger load was 650 pounds. The observers followed the test car in another machine. Eighty-seven different makes of passenger cars and 70 of motor trucks are produced in tho United States. Private chuffours in New York City arc demanding higher wages and shorter working hours. The petition for a minimum wage of S4O a week, a 10-hour working dav and two hours off for lunch and recreation, $1 an hour for overtime, free uniforms and one day and night off a week. .France is making systematic plans to attract the automobile tourists. Under a new order all the villages In the country are to have their names shown in eight-inch letter 3 and the municipal offices. National roads will have red-painted mile stones, while the old-fashioned sign posts are to be replaced by blue enamel plates, with the direction of the next town and its distance dis played in big white letters, so us to be easily rpad from the passing car. I ijfm %lw TEXACO GASOLINE AND FRANKLIN SEDAN PRODUCTION ON THE INCREASE One Hundred and Eighty-nine Closed Models Made in 1914; 5,666 This Year From a production of only 189 en closed cars in 1914 in addition to open lypes to nearly 6,000 enclosed cars in 1919 Is the exceptional manu faet-iv.ng and sales record of the Franklin Automeiblle Company of Syracuse, N. Y., which started five years ago to fill the anticipated de mand for this type of motor car. The schedule of the Franklin Com pany called for the manufacture of 5,60f> enclosed cars for the ynr end ing this month and the possibility of Increasing the schedule ta satisfy the increasing lemand, makes it probable that the figure will be near er the 6,000 mark. The history of the American en closed car is largely a nistory of the Franklin, which is said to have pioneered the enclosed car for utility pui poses In this country. The first Franklin enclosed car made Its appearance in 1907 and was a limousine designed to fill a certain large-city demand. It was not un til 1914, however, that the enclos ed car business gained in volume. At that time the Franklin Company produced its first Sedan, or inside drive enclosed car, with the certainty that aS long as the enclosed type was limited to chauffeur operation It would not cut much figure in the business. The advantages of the enclosed type for general use quickly became self-evident and the Franklin Com pany took advantage of the demand in developing this type. The Franklin factory just began to swing into production in 1914 when 189 cars were built. Many obstacles were overcome and the car was not / New Triplex Springs Radical In Design Wonderful In Comfort - jolts and jars. They permit 1 cords a great step for- long springbase with its easy ward in motor car design. riding and short wheelbase Even on the roughest with its handling, roads the new three-point They thus make possible^ suspension Triplex Springs light weight with resulting ward off the shock of road great economy. bumps. You can have no idea of Attached diagonally at the comfort, satisfaction and each end of the car, they convenience a light sedan protect car mechanism and can give until you ride in passengers from the usual Overland 4. The Four-Door Sedan complete in every detail weighs only 200 pounds more than Touring Car THE OV ERLAND-IIARRISBURG CO. 212-214 North Second Street ItJtSO 1 W St m!?. lit fit ° p ?, n ,j s % lln s s NEWPORT BRANCH: \\ eat Market St. Bell 4370 Oppoaite P. K. R. SUtlon Prices Subject to Change Without Notice" r DECEMBER 20, 1919. put on the market until it tqsted true to the perfection already es tablished at that time in the other Franklin models. The enclosed car output In 1915 was 406; In 1916 It was 444; and in 1917 and 1918 It took a sharp jump to 2,465. The war prevented manu facture for a time but for the cal endar year, beginning at about the date of the signing of the armistice, the enclosed car marks will reach 5,666. Of the number produced the schedule calls for 4,466 Sedans, striking testimony td the popularity of that model. The remainder of the closed car business will be of the Brougham, a four-passenger en closed type. Movie Star Tells Why He Likes the Cadillac "When a friend of mine wrote to mo and asked me why I drive a Cadillac," reads a letter from "Fatty" Arbucklc, star movie comedian, to the Cadillac Motor Car Company, Detroit, Mich., "I took my pen in hand and told him. If it makes you feel as good to know what I said as I feel when I hear that somebody enjoyed one of my pictures, I would rob you of a lot of satisfaction bv keeping silent, I told my friend I drive a Cadillac because:— "X have driven every other kind of an automobile. "I am an automobile crank and a crank always goes from one thing to another till it renches the top. "My home is the best place 1 know of to eat and I want to be sure of getting there before the meal gets cold. "I like to think when I'm riding, and 1 think better when it's quiet. "I love fine machinery and in my love affairs I always pick the best. "I take long trips and hate blis ters. "1 have been married and appre ciate the novelty of having some thing respond readily to my guid ance. "I hate to stop at garages. "The designers of the car didn't build the driver's seat to fit Singer's Midgets. "Both myself and my machine en joy the respect of the neighbors. "It stands up when I Bit down. "Jesse James had nothing to with building it. "If I want to, I can always hayl someone to talk to, even If it's only the speed cop. "t doesn't play me any dirt*! tricks. "Those are my Fourteen Pointaj need no League of Explanad tions." , Before securing a motor llcenMf to operate a car in Brazil °a chauffrad must pass severe examinations. Thg applicant must undergo road register fingerprints and photograph and license number which is reconW ed by the police authorities. SCORED CYLINDERS REPAIRED (By Lawrence Process) NO NEW PISTONS REQUIRED ' METAL WELDING O! All Kinds—Aluminum n Specialty NO JOB TOO BAD THAT WE CAN NOT REPAIR MACHINE WORK OF ALL. KINDS Harrisburg Welding and Brazing Co. OA-OS S. Cameron St. Both Phone* N —^—d m TP your lights are dim or S ■ A the starter hain't jut the 1 ■ "pep" it should have, let aa S M look over your battery. M || IIATTEIO SEKVICECOt\|| || Centrul I'ennn. Distributors I -0(1 N. Second St. I Well -tSOS ttnert.l.iirg Dlnl 24T.2 II 11
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