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WILLYS ARRIVES
JI OFFICE FIRST
Beats the Office Boy and Post
man to His Plant Every
Work Day.
Truth and fiction have come out of
the West, telling of the growth of the
automobile industry and the men who
have grown up with it. Staff writers
of big national magazines and the high
est paid publicity experts have com
bined in their efforts. The other day a
Southern correspondent in the West
saw a Toledo station master hold the
* Twentieth Century five minutes for
John North Willys, of the Willys-Over
land Company, and ho relates his ob
servations of an auto general in action
The Toledo manager, who is one of
the most active in management of any
of the Western automobile captains of
industry, puts in a whirlwind day
which could not be outdone by the pres
idential candidates. He Is a man who
sets a terrific pace for the manufacture
of 40,000 automobiles in less than 360
days.
The man Is in his office before his
office box. Mr. Willys’ secretary says
that his average at rival at the office is
7:20 a. m. This means that the presi
dent of the $15,000,000 company arrives
before the office help, almost before the
men who man the big batteries of drills
and automatic machines
He beats the postman. The general
superintendent meets him with a roll
of blueprints and the two go to look
over and suggest changes and im
provements in the factory. As the
plant covers about 62 acres, the boss
lacks no morning exercise.
The manufacturer always has his
factory inspections completed by 8: SO
and returns to the office to find a huge
list of appointments, reports from va
rious departments, such as the previous
day’s car production, deale s' orders,
stock conditions, etc.; also, a stack of
mail, which, despite repeated cullings
by office heads, is mountainous.
Glance at his appointment list. This,
too, has been culled and all but the
most important and necessary ones
have been switched to the various de
partment heads. It is a three days’ job
for any man but one of the quickest
decision.
Jotted on a special memorandum pad
by his secretary, it contains the names
of two tire manufacturers, men sated
tn the millions themselves, the sales
manager of the biggest magneto com
pany, a personal friend passing
through Toledo, two representatives of
i a big steel plant, the company archi
tect, the general contractor, echo Is
adding a new building, a bank presi
dent, vice president of one of the rail
way systems of the country, a mar,
with a new demountable rim which
looks good, the managing head of one
of the allied industries and several
others.
LARGER AND BETTER
ROAD SIGNS BADLY
NEEDED IN SOUTH
"An important corollary of the good
roads movement which the automobile
world Is doing so much to prosper,"
says an Atlanta automobile expert, "is a
movement for larger, more frequent
and more distinct road signs. We do
not sufficiently take in consideration
the fact that in the day of the horse,
and buggy one could only cover a lim
ited area and one knew tint pretty
well.
"If a piece of road had just been
* torn up. you knew and avoided it. If
the local drawbridge was liable to draw
when your vehicle was half off and
half on. you knew that and negotiated
the bridge with due caution.
"Nowadays the automobile covers
twenty miles for every mile possible
for a horse, making accessible to us a
practically limitless country. That
means we cover roads that are un
known to us and run the risk of dan
gerous crossings, steep embankments,
etc., which the inhabitants of those
particular places know and avoid.
"Where warning signs ate posted at
■ til they are usually too small to be
read by the driver of a ear. even sup
posing they are conspicuous enough to
be noticed at all from a ear traveling
at an average speed. It is a significant
fact that the large majority of auto
mobile accidents occur when ear and
driver are on unfamiliar roads.
► "National god toads ate a gratify
ing indication of industrial and social
prosperity. 1 believe in them, and my
firm has been among the foremost in
arousing public sentiment in favor of
good roads and crystallizing the senti
ment into action. But I firmly believe
that, hand-in-hand with this movement,
we need a movement for large, easily
read road signs, to be placed wherever
their absence would endanger a motor.
Ist unfamiliar with local toad condi
lion."
Newspaper men. joung. middle aged
and old. have been flocking to Detroit
during the past few weeks on a tour of
inspection of her automobile factories.
I Whether in search of business pleasure
| or a more intimate knowledge of the
| methods of motor car production, these
men have kept those in charge of enter
tainment at the various factories deeided-
L bon the jump-
HENDERSON CAR
NOW IN ATLANTA
New Indianapolis Product Can
Be Seen at Show Rooms of
Local Agent.
Th? Atlanta Auto Sales company, the
distributing house forth? Henderson
Motor Car company received its first car
yesterday. The new 1913 model of the
Henderson lives up to the Indianapolis
manufacturers’ motto, “The Car of Your
Dreams.’’ It is truly a luxury car.
This product of the Hoosier State is a
surprise even to the motorwise, incorpo
rated in this 1913 product are several new
and interesting features that make it a
luxury car. This is th? one car in which
the spring suspension has been designed
in such a manner that shock absorbers
are not necessary even on rough roads.
The Henderson has for one of its
marked differentations from the aver
age American car. the left drive. This
is admitted by experts to be the ideal
drive Not only is it more accessible for
the driver, but it contributes to the safety
of the occupants, giving the driver a bet
ter view ahead especially in heavy traffic
and the cities.
In Resigning this new sensation from
Indianapolis, the engineer incorporated
the center control. In this feature the
Henderson is distinct. The control lever
is placed between th? cushions of the
front seat. The driver grasps the ball
knob on top of the control lever and
moves the lever up and down instead of
the lateral movement in the usual car.
Instead of employing the H quadrant
with which the motorwise have long been
familiar to guide th? shifting lever, the
quadrant is placed in a vertical position
which admits of more ease in changing
gears.
The body design Is unique. In this the
engineer has borrowed from our European
brothers the idea of a long cowl on the
dash ami placed the gasoline tank under
the dash. This gives a direct gravity
feed to the gasoline and enables the
owner to climb a hill of any gradient
without resorting to artificial means to
gel gasoline into tiie carburetor. An
other advantage in this design is more
room for carrying spaces under the seats. |
The car is equipped with a Disco self
starter, Ward-Lecha rd dynamo lighting
generator. Stewart speedometer, inde
pendent Uemy ignition and Baker de
mountable rims. The body finish is olive
green, and all metal parts are heavily
nickled. ‘The Henderson was a revela
tion to me,” said D. I>. McCall, sales
manager for the Atlanta distributors. “I
have been selling automobiles for many
years; 1 have sold cars in Atlanta, but
this car at a price of $1,485, excels every
thing it has been my pleasure to inspect
in motor cars. The value of the car
alofie will make th? owners of the Hen
derson happy and contented, and Atlanta
will pay tribute to the product of the
Henderson, for these manufacturers have
a reputation for giving the best in the
land. Georgia has an interest in this car,
Mr. L. H. Carter, of Jesup, Ga.. being
one of the large stockholders in the In
dianapolis company.”
ALCO MOTOR TRUCK
CARRIES NUMEROUS
FINE INSTRUMENTS
Piloting a motor truck across the con
tinent is no "joy ride" in any sense ot
the wotd. as Captain E. L. Ferguson,
director of the Transcontinental Alco
truck, is glad to testify.
Not only is he responsible for main
taining tile truck's schedule —a stren-
I nous 'ask in itself—but he has also tu
keep a detailed record of the trip. The
large number of instruments with
which he is equipped for this purpose
would do credit to a scientist’s labora
tory or the expedition of an Arctic ex
plorer.
tin the truck itself are attached a
Sears-t'ros.s speed indicator, operating
on a flexible shaft and registering rate
of speed and total mileage; a Veedei
odometer, fastened on the axle; and a
Coronet hubodometer built into the hub
cap of the front wheel, thus giving a
triple check on the mileage of the ear.
On the wooden canopy frame of the
truck, just above the driver's seat, is
attached a Servis recorder, a device
which, without being in any way con
nected with the running gear, shows
every period of travel and stops dur
ing the day. The Servis Rexorder charts
at the end of the trip will be proof of
the actual running time of the truck
and will be one of the most valuable
and interesting parts of the travel data.
Besides these instruments attached
to the truck itself. Ferguson carries his
famous "bet-winning" watch, a time
piece of remarkable accuracy. At the
• ■nd of its present transcontinental hike
it will have been on practically every
important automobile tour in the coun
try and in all but two of the states of
tin I’nion. This watch is worn after
the European fashion In a wrist case.
The equipment also includes a Unit
ed States army compass, specially cali
brated against magnetism—an import
ant item on account of the practically
all-stedl construction of the truck; an
aneroid barometer to record height
above sea level and humidity ; a United
States army thermometer in a special
case to prevent bleakage and other in
struments to test accuracy of the data
obtained.
The results of the trip when tabu
lated at the finish will furnish the most
complete data ever compiled on the
longest distance delivery yet to be
undertaken by motor truck. They will
show the exact mileage of Charles \V.
Young &• Company's Alco. and just
how many hours of actual travel were
required to make the journey, both day
by day and for the entire distance. Tht
proportion 'if time ) n motion to time or.
the road w ill be indicated. Every stop
will show on the record charts, as well
as the cause for each stop—whethei
foi bridge inspection, impassable roads
or fue*
The Atlanta Georgian
AuTOMOBILI DtPAETMfNT
MORE CAR FOR LESS MONEY
Self Starter Center Control
30 Horsepower
Remy Magneto
Prestolite lank IT Warner Speedometer
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Timken Bearings HL / J | i f ( J I b |__ Mohair Top and Boot
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HO-inch Wheel Bas W I V Clear Vision Auto-
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sPassengerTouringCar H|| || I II matic Wind-Shield
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Model 6g T Completely Equipped E. 0. B. Toledo
The Giant Economical Manufacturing Strength of the Huge
Overland Plants Makes This Value Possible.
This car at this money proves the abil- duce a quality car and realize a mod- self-starting, 30 horsepower, five-passen-
ity of this most powerful and efficient au- erate, conservative profit on each sale- ger touring car—fully equipped, all ready
tomobile factory . endeavoring to maintain at all times the for night or day, rain or shine service
headed by John North Willys, works to- magnificent economical plan of factory Made of the best materials on the market,
gether as one unit every day in each year, producing facilities and at the same time by the most skilled men known to the
to manufacture automobiles of a standard uphold the quality and volume insisted trade, and in the most efficient automobile
quality, and place them in the hands of upon by Willys. In this manner a five- shops in America. And the price is but
owners at the lowest possible cost. Hav- passenger, 30-horsepower Overland car, $985.00.
ing no watered stock, and each and every completely equipped is placed in your This is the automobile industry’s
member of the entire organization feeling hands at this remarkably low price. record value. Come in and see this car of
that he is a part and portion of a great co- Here we can but call your attention extraordinary value—take a ride in it, and
operative family, there is necessarily a de- to the bare facts. This is the car—a big, be convinced. We can show it to you to-
sire in the hearts of every one to help pro- powerful, beautiful, spacious, comfortable, day.
SPECIFICATIONS
MOTOR—Four-cylinder, cast separate- CARBURETOR—ModeI L Schebler. REAR AXLE—Three-quarter floating; FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS Timken
ly; bore, 4 inches; stroke, 4 1-2 CENTER CONTROL. bearings, Hyatt; axle shaft, Car- roller bearings.
inches: horsepower. 30. SPRINGS—Front, semi-elliptic: length, penter Samson steel; propeller FRONT AXLE—Drop forged; clear-
IGNITION—Battery and magneto—two 36 inches; width. 1 3-4 inches. Rear, shaft, cold rolled steel; mam driv- ance ’ 1012 '"Ches.
sources of current. three-quarter elliptic: length. 42 mg shaft, Calumet steel. Tl RES—32x3 1-2 Q. D. ♦
COOLING—Water cooled. Thermo- inches; width, 13-4 inches All BR A K ES—Contracting and expanding FINISH—AII bright parts nickel plated.
, . . ... with black trim.
syphon cellular radiator. springs have six leaves, steel bush- ° n rear wheels. Inside diameter
OlLlNG—Splash system for crank and lno eyes- brake drum. 13 inches; width of er N l pe^ometer tOP wlndshie°d.'
cam shaft bearings. Cylinder and TRANSMISSION Selective: three brake shoe, 2 1-4 inches; outside Prestolite tank. Self-starter. Five
timing gears oiled with Kinwood speeds forward and reverse; annu- diameter brake drum, 13 3-8 inches; black and nickel lamps. Tire irons,
r . - .1 robe rail, foot rest, tool kit and
forcefeed oiler, lar bearings. width brake band, 2 1-4 inches. jack.
OVERLAND SOUTHERN MOTOR CAR COMPANY
232 Peachtree Street y? . THOMAS H. SMART
Ivy 1477, ATLANTA P • General Manager
* President.
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