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TTRATvST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, OA., SUNDAY. AUGUST 31,
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NEW LOZIER “FOUR” ARRIVES
Official Annual Report of Massachu
setts Highway Commission Lays
Blame on Heavy Weights and Nar
row Tires—Motor Truck Is Cleared.
The Massachusetts Highway Com
mission officially state* in its an
nual report that the greatest cause
of the destruction of modern roads
Is not the automobile or the motor
truck, but the heavily loaded vehicle
drawn by horses.
Massachusetts has long been pur
suing investigations. Its road com
mission consists of Colonel W. D.
Sohier, chairman; F. D. Kemp and
f J. W. Syrian.
Striking Experiment Made.
In two instances quoted In the
current report 60 to 75 ice teams a
day, carrying three tons or more
each on 2 1-2-inch to 3-lnch tires,
broke up within a month the side of
the road on which the loaded teams
traveled, whHe the surface lasted
three months on the other side where
the teams came back empty. For
miles beyond the ice houses the roads
are still In good condition. These
roads are of macadam treated with
heavy asphaltic oil.
The traffic study shows that it is
not the number of teams, but heavy
teams—two or more horses, and
heivy loads on narrow tires—that
cause the failure.
A carefully-prepared statement as
to the causes of wear and what cer
tain roads will stand Is presented
as one of the results of the careful
traffic study entered on some years
ag«> b' tbe commission. Among the
established results are the follow
ing:
What Roads Will Stand.
A Food gravel road will wear rea
sonably well ^under a daily traffic
cornnos^d of 50* to 75 light teams, 26
to 20 loaded one-horse vehicles, 10
* to 12 loaded two or more horse-drawn
wagons, and 100 to 150 automobiles.
\VPh a larger number of automobiles,
the gravel should be oiled. The oil-
irur presents what is spoken of as a
“b’ Tket surface” consisting of heavy
asphalMc oil and sand. If the oil
be Honlicd hot, the blanket surface
will last 3 to 6 years; if cold, it must
bo renewed everv year.
'Vied gravel will stand fairly well
under 75 to 100 light teams. 30 to
50 heavy one-horse vehicles. 20 heavy
wagons with two or more horses, and
500 to 700 automobiles daily.
Waterbound macadam will stand
under a dally traffic of 176 to 200
light teams. 175 to 200 heavy one-
shorse vehicles, and 60 to 80, perhaps
more, heavy wagons with two or more
horses. If even 50 to 100 automobiles
per day go over the road at high
speed dust layers will be serviceable.
With a really good dust-layer the
road will stand 300 to 500 automobiles
a day, although the stones will wear.
Danger In Heavy Goods.
Waterbound macadam with an oil
and sand blanket, applied hot, will
be economical with 150 to 200 light
teams, 76 to 100 heavy one-horse
vehicles. 26 to 30 heavy wagons with
two or more horses, and automobiles
up to 1,400, or more with fewer teams ;
and with 60 or more motor trucks.
The large number of automobiles
seems to keep the oil rolled down
when It would cut up and crumble
without this traffic. This wme road,
however, will out up and crumble un
der & traffic of 100 heavy one-horse
vehicles and 50 two or more horse
wagons on narrow tires, such as load
ed farm wagons, ice wagons, loads of
wood, etc.
The report further states: “Many
million dollar* a year are being spent
in this commonwealth to secure Im
proved roads, and provivon should b°
made by law to prevent them from
destruction. The law should fix some
maximum weight per inch width of
tire In contact with the ground.”
Keen Competition
For Railway Trains
In Motor Truck Use
This Is View of C. W. Martin, Jr., of
Goodyear—Advantages of New
Vehicle Pointed Out.
Here is the new “Four” just announced by the Lozier Motor Company. It is for seven pas
sengers, with the Gray <& Davis eleptrie starting and lighting system, and the price is $2,100.
The machine is equipped with a long-stroke motor, 4 1-4-inch bore bv 61-2-inch stroke.
Chalmers 1914 Cars
Are Beauty Models
Customary Side Lamps Done Away
With—Left-Hand Drive and
Center Control Are Features.
“The future will no doutjt see the
motor truck, when operated on first-
class highways, a means of solving
the railroad situation,” says C. W.
Martin, Jr., manager of the motor
truck tire department of the Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company.
“The building of railroads made
possible a wide distribution of the
population and an expansion in agri
cultural production. The rise in man
ufacturing tended to hold great pop
ulations within narrow confines of
cities and towns and to attract to
them increase from the rural districts.
“Railroads, too, were the means of
bringing from distant points the ma
terials for manufacturing, and also
food for the workers in manufactur
ing.
"With nearly half the population of
the country living in towns and cities,
the demands upon the railroads for
distribution of materials of agricul
tural and mineral production are in
creasing every year.
“The motor truck has demonstrat
ed its economy and utility, and has
suggested a more comprehensive
adaptation to the needs of the coun
try. For instance, household goods
can now be moved from one town
to another with only two handlings
instead of four.”
A new car from the groynd up—
that is the assertion of the Chalmers
Motor Company in announcing Its
new "Six" for 1914.
To one familiar with motor cars,
the 1914 “Six” appears not only a
new Chalmers, but a car new and
different in many respects from any
other car on the market.
In the first place, there have been
striking changes in appearance. The
“Six.” which is designated as the
Model 24. has genuine streamline
bodies, tapered motor bonnet, very
long dash cowl and a distinctive
style of molded oval fenders. The
gasoline tank and spare tire carrier
are at the rear of the tonneau, giv
ing a decidedly lengthened and racy
appearance. , The customary side
lamps have been done away with. The
running hoards are absolutely clean.
“Shipshape and advanced in style.”
is the manufacturer’s description, and
it suits admirably.
Left-hand drive and center con
trol are other changes that immedi
ately attract attention. The new
“Six” may be entered from either
right or left side. In this connec
tion. the Chalmers engineers have
made a great advance in door con
struction. The 1914 cars have doors
of unusual width, fitt’ng flush to the
body and with invisible hinges.
The fnotor of the 1914 Chalmers
is the six-cylinder. T-head type with
all mechanism enclosed. Only the
carburetor, water pump and magneto
are visible as one looks at the cylinder
block. The clutch is a new design
of the multiple dise type, is self-lubri
cating and is said to be absolutely
non-jerking. Proof of this is offered
in demonstration by starting the new'
“Six” from a standstill on fourth
speed.
Local Hudson Official Urges That
One Gain Knowledge of Several
Types—Raps Provincialism.
lng and driving of a modem six, such
as the new Hudson Six 54. He ex
claims in wonder at its gliding mo
tion. He marvels at the speed shown
on the speedometer w'hen he can
scarcely tell that the car is moving,
lie is bewildered by the way in which
it can be slowed to almost a walk
and then Jumped to express train
speed in a moment.
He can do none of these things with
the pet car he so long has owned and
j driven. Yet all this a man might
) readily be familiar with were it not
for the provincialism that leads own
ers to stick so closely to their own
cars that they hardly dream of the
big advances that are being made in
automobile construction.
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OFFICIALS
Dealers in Peru and Elsewhere
Engage in Pranks With Car,
and the Crowd Gets Drinks.
Amazing as have been some of the
American automobile values, when
announced in the foreign market,
there has been no sensation of re
cent years similar to that attendant
on the advent in the export market '
the car in solitary majesty on their
floor. Then they invited the other
dealers in. and let them go over the
car thoroughly inside and out.
" ‘What do you think of it?’ asked
Signor Pancarvo, our representative.
They all talked it over and agreed
that, with its electric lights, starter
and horn, its large tires, immaculate
finish, six-passenger body and six-
cylinder motor, the car must be pric
ed somewhere around 1,600 libras,
$4,500.
Seek Nearest “Posada.*
"When the jury had handed dow r n
this decision, Signor Pancarvo pro
duced the hub caps and nameplate
and put them into place. This open
ed the eyes of several of the wiser
ones, who knew of the Studebaker
'Six’ and had heard of its vogue in
the States.
‘‘When they realized that they had
been stung into putting so high a
figure on a car w'hich they knew Pan
carvo Brothers would sell at a price
below’ most of the ‘Fours’ they them
selves were handling, some of them
broke into loud lamentations, while
others covered their confusion by-
heading a thirsty procession to the
nearest ‘posada.’ ”
of the modern American light Six.”, Anf A Pnll/ Waifirirv
In Europe, Australia, South Ameri- XlUbU 1 U1K VVdilllli*
ca and South Africa, as well as the y-j n -r\
For Oiling of Road
Orient, “Sixes” have formerly been
regarded as the prerogative of the
extremely w’ealthy. In European
countries “Sixes” have been the ve
hicle of royalty and Ti&ve been almost
exclusive in price.
“We have received some amusing
letters from our dealers abroad, fol
lowing their receipt of their first ship
ments of ‘Sixes,’ ” says Sales Man
ager Benson, of the Studebaker Cor
poration
Practical Joke in Peru.
“Our distributors in Peru made use
of their first ’Six’ in playing a ra
ther cruel practical joke on their com
petitors in Lima, most of w’hom rep
resent lines of European manufac
ture.
“They removed the nameplate and
huh caps from the car and placed
Automohlllsts are looking forward
with a great deal of pleasure to the
promised oiling of Peachtree road
from Brookwood to Buckhead.
This work has been assured by the
Board of County Commissioners, who
are waiting for the wet weather to
pass on before attempting to lay the
material. Chairman Shelby Smith de
clares that the work should be start
ed at once now, and be completed in
a few- days.
Dust has wmrked much harm to res
idences around Brookwood, and resi
dents there will also welcome relief.
By ITIITIS
Local Chamber of Conferee Con
sidering Invitation to Body
Now Meeting in Detroit.
The Third American Road Con
gress, held under the auspices of the
American Highway Association, ti e
American Automobile Association ai 1
the Michigan State Good Roads As
sociation will meet in Detroit Sep
tember 29 to October 4, and the At
lanta Chamber of Commerce and the
Convention Bureau are considering
the advisability of sending represen
tatives to this meeting and trying to
secure the 1914 convention for Atlan
ta.
There are over 2,500 delegates in
attendance. This convention has
never been South, and the benefit At
lanta, Georgia and the South w’ould
derive from such a congress Is evi
dent, according to chamber officials.
Fred Houser, secretary of the Con
vention Bureau, and others are work
ing on the proposition. Inasmuch as
the convention will vote soon on a
city, the chamber officials are mak
ing all haste.
In spite of the numbers of motor
cars on the market it is quite re
markable, according to J. W. Gold- i
smith, Jr., the local Hudson dealer. |
how little the average man knows
of other cars than the one he owns |
and drives. This, too, in the face of
the fact that the owner of an auto- i
mobile is always intensely interested ‘
in everything connected with the I
making, selling and use of motor cars. ■
Yet when it comes to actual definite ;
knowledge of automobiles it is al- j
most always true that a man knows
little or nothing in detail of any
car but his own.
Love for Old Car.
That to some extent aeounts for the
fact that men are apt to buy a sec- j
ond and third car of the kind they j
first used, unless there is some glar- j
ing defect in its construction or rid- l
ing qualities. Most men ride day aft- |
er day in their own car, and rarely
enter any other.
To keep advised on developments
in motor car engineering an owner
should make it a point to see and ride !
In as many cars as possible. Only
thus can he keep posted on improve- |
merits and changes. Merely to see i
them, casually, as cars flit by or only
to read of them in advertisements
and news columns is inadequate in- i
formation.
It is amazing, says Mr. Goldffmith, i
the change that comes over the ideas
of a man who has always owned and
driven a big four or some other jerky,
strenuous car when first he experi
ences the smoothness and ease of rid-
HE HAS OPENED
A NEW GARAGE
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The Clincher Typo
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C. A. ETHERIDGE,
Mgr. Atlanta Electric Garage Co.
An expert in electric auto re
pair work, C. A. Etheridge, la put
ting his seven years’ experience to
valuable service in the supervision
of the Atlanta Electric Garage
Company.
This special electric garage has
been opened at Nos. 34-36 James
street, with a completely equip
ped storage battery department
for the repairing, rebuilding,
charging and general care of
storage batteries. The general
electric auto repair shop is pre
pared for charging, washing, pol
ishing and storage.
Electric auto repair is reduced
to an accurate science by C. A.
Etheridge and his associate, J. H.
Gray, who head a corps of trained
assistants.
C. A. Etheridge was formerly
connected with the Rauch & Gang
service station, where his thorough
training fitted him for the estab
lishment of this new and special
electric garage.
Prompt, efficient service and rea
sonable prices are to be the para
mount feature of the Atlanta Elec
tric Garage Company.
This I* why hundreds of thousands of
men use Goodyear No-Rim-Cut tires.
The clincher tire—the hooked-base tire—
will rim-cut. You must, with that type, turn
your rim flanges inward. And those thin
curved-in edges cut the tire when wholly or
partly deflated.
Statistics show that 31.8 per cent of all
ruined clincher tires are discarded for rim
cutting only. And these statistics were gath
ered by certified public accountants.
All Thi* Ruin Saved
No-Rim-Cut tires can’t rim-cut. That we
guarantee. You set your rim flanges so they
curve outward when you use this tire. A de
flated tire then rests on a rounded edge.
In a tire of this sort the tire base must be
made unstretchable. Six flat bands of 126
braided wires are vulcanized into our tire
base.
We control these bands. They are made
in secret under lock and key. And, without
these bands, one cannot make a satisfactory
tire of this type.> Single wires or twisted
wires won’t do.
Control of this feature gave to Goodyears
rulership of Tiredom.
We do this so the fabric won’t be left |
wrinkled. So every part of the fabric assumes
its full share of strain.
All other tires are vulcanized on iron cores
alone. The fierce compression often wrinkles
the fabric and that wrinkled fabric escapes the
strain. That causes thousands of blow-outs.
This “On-Air Cure” adds to our cost
$1,500 daily. It is so costly that no other
maker employs it.
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Tread Separation
Loose treads have cost tire users millions
of dollars. A breaker strip, in all well-made
tires, comes at the base of the tread. It is
near this strip that separation comes.
This breaker strip in No-Rim-Cnt tires has
hundreds of holes in it, made by a special
weave. The tread rubber is forced down
through these holes, forming hundreds of
large rubber rivets. Then the tire is vul
canized en masse.
We paid $50,000 for this patented way
to prevent tread separation.
Blow-Outs Saved
No-Rim-Cut tires get
the “On-Air Cure.’’
That is, they are final-
cured on air bags shaped
like inner tubes. Cured
under road conditions.
GoodJ-year
AKKONiOHia
No-Rim-Cut Tires
With or Without Non-Skid Treads
Please consider these savings.
Rim-cutting completely avoided.^
Blow-outs and loose treads saved.
All done by methods
which we alone employ.
Yet these tires, because
of our mammoth output,
now cost y6u no extra
price. Is it any wonder
they outsell any other
tire?
Our dealers are every
where.
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Akron, Ohio
This Company has no connection whatever with any other rubbei concern which uses the Goodyear name
Branches and Agencies in 103 Principal Cities For Sale by All Dealers
London Address: CENTRAL HOUSE, KINGSWAY, LONDON, W. C.
ATLANTA BRANCH: 223 Peachtree St.
PHONE: BELL IVY 91S-16
ATLANTA 797
f. o. b. Toledo.
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jwy
$950
f. o. b. Toledo.
Sensation
of the
1914 Announcements
Here’s Why:
Bigger, Better, More Beautiful Than Ever. It Is Already
the Largest Seller of Its Type in the World.
Ton can now buy a real motor car for less than a
thousand dollars.
Overland has made this possible.
Here’s a 35-horsepower nipt or—plenty of power to
give satisfying comfort and speed—and a motor that
Is noted for Its flexibility.
Tlmkln
tured.
bearings—there are no better manufac-
Rplltdorf magneto—the final word In Ignition.
Three-quarter floating rear axle.
Electric lights throughout.
Hchebler carburetor—acknowledged leader.
84x4 quick detachable tires.
114-tnch wheelbase, creating the basis for a real
car.
Stewart speedometer, electric horn, clear vision
windshield, mohair top Hnd boot.
Finish—-Brewster green body with light green strip
lng nickel and aluminum trimmings and—
The price Is $950, t o. b. Toledo.
Your problem Is answered by Overland.
We urge you to see this car to-day. Ride In It;
feel what a difference the big 114-inch wheelbase
makes; note the. car’s changed appearance. It Is
neater and prettier than ever—and that means the
handsomest car of the year.
You’ll find a most efficient and reliable electric
lighting system on the new Overland.
The costly additions to equipment In this car Is
worthy of a $1,500 price.
The new Overland body has a handsome finish—
beautiful, rich, dark Brewster green. The trimmings
are of heavy nickel and aluminum. And the big
graceful cowl dash gives to the car an appearance
of dignity vainly sought In most cars of higher price.
Examine the spacious tonneau; note the big, soft,
deep and luxurious folds of upholstery. The new
Overland Is bigger and better than ever. We can
show yon point for point where It Is absolutely the
greatest automobile value your money can buy.
Turkish leather upholstery.
With Gray & Davis Starter, $1,075, f. o. b. Toledo.
Live, active dealers can earn good money handling the Overland agency.
Demonstrating car is now touring the State. A request to our office will bring the
car and an expert to your door.
Overland Southern Automobile Co.
232 Peachtree St.
to well
. erarat'ons
4Plon: quick
-five years,
re Ocrffian.
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