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HKAKST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, JUNE J, 1D13.
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USE WIDE TIRE
TO SAVE ROAD,
URGES G.G.DIERE
Official Would Also Lighten Loads
and Save Bridges—State
Legislation Needed.
Leading Autoist
George W. Hanson, Stude-
baker dealer who is a veteran
in local automobile circles.
NEW HOMES ON THE AUTO ROW
A meeting of leading State high
way commissioners and the manufac
turers of horse-drawn wagons and
motor-driven trucks is the suggestion
of Chairman Oeorge C. Diehl of the
A. A. A. National Good Roads Board,
who contends that the time has ar
rived when those interests can advan
tageously discuss the drafting of suit
able legislation governing the width
of tires and the weight of loads. Af
ter an interchange of views a com
mittee could prepare laws the passage
of which would be practically assured
when put forward by the chief high
way officers of the various States.
“Many States have enacted laws
which endeavor to regulate the width
of tires of vehicles, but unfortunately
there has not been strict enforcement
of these regulations,” says Chairman
Diehl. “The width of tires is one of
the important factors in highway con
struction and maintenance. Narrow
tires, especially during the wet sea
son, form ruts in improved roads and
in many instances, where the roads
are weak, break through the surface
with the subsequent rapid destruction
of the highway.
Danger of Skidding.
“One great difficulty in enforcing
wide-tire ordinances with horse-
drawn vehicles has been that while
less traction is required with wide
tires, on slippery clay or hilly roads
It Is very difficult in wet weather to
manage a horse-drawn vehicle with
wide tires, owing to its tendency to
skid and slide into the ditches. In
stances are frequent where in a jour
ney a farmer must drive over miles
of slippery road and only have a few
miles of improved highway, in which
case he would naturally jtrefer to use
narrow tires for the entire distance,
rather than to attempt the use of wide
tires over the slippery section of the
road.
“There is no question that protec
tion and economical maintenance of
improved highways require that nar
row tires sholud be discarded, and or
dinances must be enforced which will
prevent their use on main traveled
highways which have been improved
at great expense. If a vehicle owner
desires to use narrow-tire wagons on
slippery roads, be must be absolute
ly prevented from using the same
tires on improved roads. Equal, 11
not greater, damage can be done to
1he highway with tires of insufficient
■width on motor trucks. There is no
fctate where wide-tire ordinances are
drawn which relate to both horse-
drawn and motor-driven vehicles, or
where a scientific attempt has
been made to prepare such ordlnahces
or where a strict enforcement is had.
To Limit Weight of Load.
“It is also entirely practicable and
reasonable that the weight of loads
should be limited, as the bridges
which form an integral part of the
highway, are not, in a great majority
of cases, sufficiently strong to carry
weights which are becoming more and
more excessive. It must be recogniz
ed that it is impossible, within any
reasonable time, to reconstruct thou
sands of bridges. There should be
legislation in all of the States limit
ing the weight of loads and prescrib
ing the width of tires, and specifying
an adequate and reasonable method
of strictly enforcing such regulations.
As far as possible, the laws In the
various States should be uniform
with a view that the manufacturers
of wagons and motor trucks may be
guided in their construction of vehi
cles.”
Lights at Night.
“Another traffic factor which should
be the subject of uniform legislation
or regulation, is the carrying of lights
on vehicles at night. Nearly all au
tomobile laws require front and rear
lights on motor-driven vehicles. Irf
some of the more populous sections,
euch as New York and Connecticut
many drivers of horses use lights,
without the legal requirement, as a
matter 0/ self-protection. That all
do not -do so emphasizes the need for
laws on the subject. With the travel
on the roads constantly increasing
there is no reason why lives and
property should be endangered by ab
sence of lights oa any class of vehi
cles.”
Mike Murphy’s Luck-.
Keeps Car in Garagei
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DETROIT, MICH., May 31.—Mika
Murphy certainly Is running In hard
luck here. Three weeks ago the old
guards of the Detroit Athletic Olttb
presented the veteran trainer with a
Paige but he has not had an
opportunity to enjoy his car, having
been laid up in bed.
Ho says. “I don’t mind taking a
rest once in a while if the doctor*
prescribe It, but what is worrying mo
is when I am going to get a ride in
my new Paige I’ll give those doctors
two more days to get me well, and If
t can’t get out of bed, then they are
Just going to place that old cot of
mine in the rear of that machine and
then I will get a ride. I think a
ride in my new car will make mo
feel better than all the medicine they
have.”
I
IS GEORGE HANSON
Local Studebaker Dealer Organ
ized Auto Association and Is
Still Active in Its Work.
The Cadillac Motor Car Company,
Detroit, has sold through its Yoka-
hama agents, Andrews & George, five
1913 Cadillac limousines to the Jap
anese royal family. Two of these
were taken by Prince Sanjo, and one
each by Count Hijikata, Count Nijo
and Count Kanei.
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As indicating the increasing popu
larity of the wire wheel abroad It Is
pointed out that of the 394 cars and
chassis displayed at the recent Brus
sels Salon no less than 217 were thus
equipped. At the 1912 exhibition but
65 of the 308 ‘cars and chassis on
display used wire wheels.
George W. Hanson believes in At
lanta. His Is an active belief—a
boosting belief—a belief which helps
to make Atlanta the beautiful, pro
gressive city of which the South is
proud.
Mr. Hanson is an automobile man
and his particular automobile is the
Studebaker. He has been connected
with the Studebaker people since the
establishment of the factory and has
been in charge of the Southern dis
tributing center. The first car shipped
to him wag No. 9, sent out fi*om the
Studebaker factory. This same car
won the hill climb a few days ago.
Atlanta is a great automobile dis
tributing center to-day. But it was
apparently a down-and-outer when
Mr. Hanson came here. Every auto
mobile branch had not prospered and
the field seemed most discouraging.
“The Atlanta spirit opened up
my pores and permeated my system.
It was great dope,” said Mr. Hanson.
His? enthusiasm was not of a passive
kind. He immediately got into touch
with the newspapers and asked for
co-operation in pulling for the Na
tional Automobile Show. He followed
this move by a visit to New York and
conferred with the National Automo
bile Committee. His arguments were
convincing—“Atlanta is to the South
what New York is to the East and
Chicago‘to the West. We are entitled
to the show.”
He got it. He had not gone to fail.
Mr. Hanson’s Enthusiasm.
The success was gratifying to the
extent of making the dealers lose
enthusiasm a few years later. George
W. Hanson worked against this lack
of interest. He called all the dealers
together and gave a barbecue at Cold
Springs. There, with the Atlanta
spirit revived, the Automobile Asso
ciation was organized. This asso
ciation puts on automobile show’s and
influences the manufacturers to at
tend.
Atlanta is in its automobile infancy,
even if it is one of the best automo
bile markets in the United States.
Georgia is one of the best automobile
States.
Mr. Hanson says that prospects are
good for this year’s business. A re
cent trip through the country around
Atlanta show's fine crop conditions,
a vast improvement over a few' weeks
ago. Farmers are delighted with the
cotton situation. There is an intense
relief of the tension of ten days ago.
“I need more oars,” declared Mr.
Hanson, and he left for Detroit Sat
urday night. He will get them, too,
if the Studebaker factory has to work
double time. He gets what he goes
out after.
New Home of the B. F. Goodrich Co.
Australian Automobile Dealer
Charms Snake and Throws
Boomerang,
Attractive personality in selling au
tomobiles is just as effective in for
eign lands as in the United States,
according to W. H. Halley, foreign
department manager for the Studeba
ker Corporation, who is just back
from a tour around the w’orld, during
which he touched at Studebaker
agencies throughout Asia, Australia
and Europe.
Mr. Lalley cites the instance of S.
M. Joss, manager of the Canada Cy
cle & Auto Company, of Brisbane,
Australia. Some of the deeds of Mr.
Joss would make the most enthusias
tic American salesman pause.
“Brisbane is a great sheep country,
peopled largely by immigrants from
Great Britain,” tells Mr. Lalley. “The
owners of the sheep ranches make up
a large part of the buying class and
find motor cars of great value in
their work. Few of them are motor
wise, however, and Mr. Joss had to
study ways of getting a favorable
audience for an American made pro
duct, forced to compete on unfavora
ble tariff terms with the leading cars
from the British factories.
Cunning of Joss Sticks.
“Joss had made a close study of
aboriginal Australian life. The idea
occurred to him that he might put to
a practical use his ability to tame
the vicious snakes with which the
bush abounds. He found that many
a profitable opening followed demon
stration of his ability to charm a
snake out of his lair or to throw
the aboriginal weapon on a course
that would take It around a tree and
back again to his feet. So, snake
charming and boomerang throwing.
Joss journeyed through Brisbane, sell
ing Studebaker cars.”
Now that the cars have gained
A motor volunteer corps has re
cently been formed in Sofia and is
reported to have been in service with
the Bulgarian army, transporting of
ficers at the front.
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The Wiltshire County Council In
England has decided to utilize a tar
preparation for laying dust on the
main roads connecting’ between 90
and 100 villages of the county during
the coming year.
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The first Japanese motoring maga
zine has made its appearance in The
Autocar. It is a monthly organ,
published by the Nippon Automobile
Club, and is printed both in Japanese
and English.
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Austria has decided to impose a
tax of 40 cents a day on all motor
tourists in that country. Automo
biles are permitted to stay' three
months before becoming subject to
annual taxation, w'hile a motorcycle
may remain but one month.
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In view of the increasing demand
for Warner Auto-Meters in Great
Britain, the Donald F. Johnston Com
pany', sole European agent, has open
ed a branch at 211 Shaftesbury Ave
nue, London, W. C., where the prod
uct of the Warner Instrument Com
pany, Beloit, Wis., will be found in
the future.
Dad Pays for Motor,
But Boy Buys It
That Is Philosophical Reflection of
Cartercar Official—What Lad
Did in Transaction.
their opening, Joss finds less need
for the exercise of his art. for Bris
bane has become fully acquainted
with Studebaker quality and value.
But the salesman’s friends once in a
while ask,and get an exhibition that
show's Joss hasn’t forgotten either of
hia strange means of eatertainment.
Onq of Mj\ LalleV’s’ problems
through out the Far ftast nas been the
establishment of a fixed selling price.
He found that in many places dealers
were getting as much as $2,500 for
the $1,290 Studebaker *'85,” with its
electric starting and lighting equip
ment. His trip resulted in a hard,
fast rule, prohibiting a greater price
than the original list, plus the cost
of transportation and duties.
Had an odometer been attached to
Mr. Lalley it would have shown about
40,000 mile£ as the result of his four-
months' trip.
Local automobile owners and driv
ers are up in arms over accusations
of heartlessness and lack of consid
eration for pedestrians, according to
J. W. Goldsmith, Jr., the Hudson
dealer. They assert that it’s a poor
rule that won’t work both ways, and
that pedestrians are generally su
premely reckless that wtre It not for
the extraordinary care exercised by
motor car drivers accidents would be
a hundred times more frequent. It
is not denied that there are some
unheeding drivers, but the percentage
is very’ small.
“To take a short trip through the
heart of the city' in an automobile is
to open one’s eyes to the amazing
indifference of the public,” declared
Mr. Goldsmith. ‘‘People stroll down
the center of the most crow’ded
streets, calmly Ignoring the fact that
the motor cars have some rights
there. Women stop to kiss and gos
sip directly In the path of scores of
vehicles. In getting on and off street
cars not one person in ten pays the
least attention to where they Jump,
but dash wdldly across the pavement
dodging here and there in absolute
recklessness.
“Mothers allow their two and three-
year-old babies to crawl and toddle
into the middle of busy thoroughfars.
Meanwhile the anxious and harrassed
automobile drivers vainly shift gears,
and blow horns, and dodge back and
forth among the criminally reckless
populace, knowing that the slightest
scratch on a pedestrian almost ex
poses the man in the car to lynching.
“Isn’t it about time,” suggests Mr.
Goldsmith, ‘‘that the public realized
that probably the most careful and
anxious man on the street is the thor
oughly honest and respectable tax
payer who is endeavoring by r every
means within his pow'er to avoid evevi
the slightest accident. How long
w'ill it be before people learn that the
one man most anxious to avoid dan
ger and trouble is the man who is
sitting behind the steering wheel of
the motor car they so constantly ac
cuse and villify.”
“The boys buy the motor cars—the
men pay for them,” Is the statement
of H. R. Radford, vice president and
general manager of the Cartecar
Company. Pontiac, Mich.
“No one but an experienced motor
car salesman can have any idea of
the great influence of the boy in the
family, when the question of buying
a motor car comes up,” says Mr. Rad
ford. “Unless the salesman can s*ell
the boy he is going to have a very
hard time in selling the father. Of
course, this is not an infallible rule,
but it is true in nine cases out of
ten. The boy is naturally interested
in motor cars, because his eyes are
open to every kind of pleasure, and
nothing else offers such enjoyment as
a motor car. He gets tiw> catalogs
and reads them from cover to cover.
He knows Just how the different cars
are made, and consequently when the
head of the house is ready to make
the purchase he looks to the boy be
cause that is where he is going to get
a large part of his buying knowledge.
“Just the other day one of our
salesmen went out to call on a pros
pect and when lie got there he found
the representatives of tw r o other cars
on the ground. There was nothing
for him to do but wait his turn.
Finally the young son came home
from school and the Cartercar sales
man immediately got him into the
car and drove out to a wide boulevard
where the young fellow was taught
16 White Trucks
Sold in New York
To Gimbel Concern
The sale of sixteen White delivery
trucks to the New York department
store of Gimbel Brothers announced
by the White Company, of Cleveland,
Ohio, is one of the largest motor
truck installations of the year, and
it follows closely upon the announce
ment of other large sales to Now York
stores, notably the delivery of fif
teen trucks to Stern Brothers.
The sixteen trucks purchased by
Gimbel Brother?. In conjunction w’ith
a fleet of 26 White? w'hich have been
in the service of the company for a
year and a half, gives this well-
known department store the largest
fleet of standardized gasoline delivery
trucks.
Gimbel Brothers' delivery depart
ment is maintained on progressive
lines. The company’s own men han
dle all adjustments and simple re
pair?. Not one of the White trucks
ow r ned by this company lias ever been
in a White service station.
how to drive. When they returned
the boy was still at the wheel, and as
he drove up he shouted to his father,
‘Buy this Cartercar for me. dad, be
cause I can drive it already.’ This
chap w r as only nine years old, yet
his request w'as enough to cause the
father to buy a Cartercar, even before
he had given it a trial himself.”
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Spain has appropriated $10,000,000
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