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8 m:\nsT"* si shay AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA . SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1013. NOISY MUFFLER CUT-OUT STATE LI CALLED IDEAL Western Legislature Sets Georgia an Example in Abating Nuisance. Hamlets Prevented From Passing Nagging Laws Atlanta citizens who have been accustomed to the rasping noise of the automobile muffler cut-out will read with interest that Wisconsin has just passed a law directed at this abuse in highway travel, and that other states are rapidly legis lating against the nuisance. Under a law recently passed by the legislature of the State of Wis consin, the muffler cutout is pro hibited absolutely within the limits of any incorporated city or town or village. Another interesting departure in the Wisconsin law is the provision pro hibiting village officials from passing ordinances regulating automobile us ages. The State law is supreme, and no township can interfere with its own local measures. This provi sion has an Atlanta application, as tourists pa**frtng too fast througn East Point, Hapevllle and College Park can testify. The Automobile, well-known trade publication, points out the following in Wisconsin’s so-called "model au tomobile law," as reproduced in the Literary Digest: “Among the requirements in the Against Tourists. new law which have heretofore ap peared only in local ordinances in various cities ore the following: " ‘Reducing speed to 8 miles an hour while passing tnrough parks and cemeteries, In the highway. The old speed limits of lf» miles an hour in cities and villages, and 26 miles an hour in the country are unchanged, excepting as provided above. "‘Requiring every motor vehicle to be equipped wita an adequate signal device. “•Dealers or manufacturers who knowingly permit the use of their number-plates on cars owned or con. trolled by others are liable to a line of from <10 to $25/ "The law was drafted by James T. Drought, president of the Wisconsin State Automobile Association and a well-known attorney of Milwaukee, who was mainly responsible for the organization of the Milwaukee Auto mobile Club, the first organization of motorists in the Radeer State, and who Is still counsel of this club. It w as introduced by Senator Alexander R. Martin, of Milwaukee, and was one of the final bills to be passed and signed at the 1913 session of the Legislature." SANDMA KESB E ST ROAD __ DECLARES WALTHALL According to W. P. Walthall, well- known real estate man. who is back from an interesting trip to Washing ton by automobile, Fulton County has spent $500,000 too much on macadam ised driveways and other roads, through failure to use sand-clay. The sand-clay road is the most satisfac tory and long-wearing, according Lo Mr. Walthall, and It Is being built rx tensively In South Carolina and other States. He regards It as “nature’s own" road, and one that man can't improve. Accompanied by hi* two young sons and Carl and Max Brittain, Mr. Wal thall left Atlanta In a Stevens-Duryea Monday, August 18. and arrived in Washington the following Sunday, after having stopped over a day in Richmond. The party loft Washing ton on the return trip Wednesday, August 27, and arrived in Atlanta Sunday When they reached Washington Mr Walthall steered for the Stevens-Dur- yea office for minor mechanical re pairs that cost $5.15. The only other expense was for gasoline and a new mi of tires. Speaking of the sand-clay road. Ml Walthall said: "The road built of fine wind is better by far than the rood of macadam or other much-used mate rial. In the places where the auto mobile seldom goes it is seen winding its way through pine thickets. It is the hardest and yet the softest road there is. It can’t cut up tires and the tire serves to pack it down. w ‘The automobile, by the way. is not responsible for bad road*, but for good road*. It is the overloaded convey ance of narrow tires that cuts up the roads The automobile tire tends to smooth the highway.** Mr. Walthall and his companions went around to the White House and missed President Wilson by the nar row margin of ten minutes In view of what Mr. Walthall says concerning the disutility of macadam and other, road materials, the fol lowing from The American Motorist la interesting: "That new macadam construction has been practlcaly eliminated from consideration by traffic requirements on the principal highways Is admitted by the foremost highway engineers of the country. California has adopt ed concrete with a hi. ominous sur face for a.most its entire mileage of State roads now being constructed. "The State Highway Engineer of Illinois has recommended concrete or brick—preferably concrete on ac count of low cost—* r its recently established system of State aid roads. The Board of Consulting Engineers of the New York Highway Commis sion has recommended concrete for 146 miles of State roads now being built, under inadequate specifica tions, ‘to prevent the waste of the money already expended.' " Peachtree Road Oiling. Work is practically completed on the oiling of Peachtree road from Brookwood northward to Buckhead, and autoinobilists have expressed much satisfaction over the improve ment. Street car passengers and home owners along the way are like wise glad to escape great clouds of dust which have been whipped up. Local Auto Owners Are After Thieves Three Machines Stolen During Week, and Police Aid Is Sought—C. EL. Corwin Latest Victim. IiOcal automobile folk are waxing wroth over the disappearance of au tomobiles. and it is probable that an appeal will be made to Chief of Po- I lice Beavers to instruct his men to 1 watch out carefully for machine j thieves. Another automobile, the third In a week, has been stolen from its down town parking place. This time it is ] the machine of Clarence E. Corwin, manager of the F. A. Hardy Optical Company, in the Grant Building, who left his 4-passenger 1912 Hudson at the Walton street entrance of the Grant building Saturday morning and returning a while later found it i gone. G. Arthur Howell, who lost his car in front of the Candler building, is again at the steering wheel, having had the machine returned after it had taken a flying trip to Duluth. Lamp Concern Moves From State to State Demand for Centralization of Indus tries Causes Big Plant to Seek Home in Ohio. The demand of the automobile business for complete centralization and standardization has caused a Michigan city to mourn and one in Ohio to rejoice. The occasion of the respective joy and sorrow of the two cities was the removal from Battle Creek to Toledo of the plant of the Castle Lamp Company, manufactur ers of automobile lamps, made nec essary by the desire of John N. Wil ly 8, president of the Willys-Overland Company, to center his various busi ness interests In his home city. Th- lamp concern, in which Mr. Willys hits a large interest, has been re established on a site furnished by th. Willys-Overland Company within c. short distance of the latter’s plant. It has always been the desire of • ||^-.ient Willys to make every pan ^Df product at home and since a | large portion of the output of the lamp company goes into the equip ment of Overland and Garford cars, the location of the plant in Toledo is a logical move toward complete eco nomic centralization. The plant em ploys nearly 200 skilled workmen, many of whom have moved from Bat tle Creek to Toledo. REPUBLIC SjAgGaRd TREAD TIRES It’* real economy to buy them A/r/f—because you obtain greater freedom from skidding and slcw- ing. Stand—because the extra thickness of the Studs #twr tk trdmarf pUtn triad yields you extra mileage. THE REPUBLIC RUBBER CO. 237 Peachtree St. Hudson Six 54 $2250 f.o.b. Detroit True Streamline Body Left-Side Drift Right-Hand Control Mohair top and boot Clear vialon windshield Stewart speedometer Electric horn Flush U doors with dis appearing hinges REDUCED No Ifs or Ands or Buts About a Hudson Six 54 Y OU seldom need to shift gears. The motor flexi bility takes care of the different speed and road conditions. To ride in a six is a deKght. The ear starts as smoothly as a yacht. It develops speed smoothly and steadily. It glides over the road. It gives the sensation of flying. It rides like constant coasting. It will run smoothly—on high gear—at the pace of a man’s walk. This isideal in congested traffic. It will ‘‘pick up - ’ almost instantly to the speed of an express train. This without changing a gear — without touching a lever. Just a slight pressure of the foot on the accelerator pedal is required. There la no jerkin ess. There is no annoying and tiring vibration. See These New Features T HE HUDSON Six 54 has the true streamline body that comfortably seats four, five, six or seven passengers—four- speed transmission — left-side drive—right-hand (center) control-—new, fast type Delco electric cranking and lighting system, patented—entrance to driver’s seat from both sides of car —gasoline tank in dash—new "dimming” electric headlights —135-inch wheel base. Come, see for yourself the true Streamline Body and ex amine the smoothness and flexibility of a real six-cylinder ear. Fulton Automobile Supply Co. 46 E. North Avenue. J. W. GOLDSMITH. JR.. President. A more powerful motor. Longer wheelbase. Tires larger. Tonneau more roomy. Equipment complete. Better and more costly than ever. In every respect the Overland value has been increased while the price has been reduced. The policy of the manufacturers to turn over the mam moth production facilities to the building of one model has made possible the offer of this wonderful automobile value : such an extremely low- price. 50,000 cars of one model will be built. 10,000 men kepi busy concentrating their every energy toward the manu facture of this one car. That’s the way the Overland makes possible this $1,200 automobile value for $950, AGENTS EVERYWHERE IN THE SOUTH WILL FIND THE 1914 OVERLAND THE BIGGEST SELLER OF ITS TYPE IN THE WORLD. WRITE FOR PROPOSITION Overland Southern Automobile Co. 232 PEACHTREE ST. OVERLAND OFFICIAL liUSV SHOWINfi ROADSTER ATLANTA FOLK SPEED MANIA PASSING; 100-MILE GAIT BANNED Decorations and Music to Feature Next Display—Officials Busy on Autodrome Project. L. E. Becker, president of the Overland Southern Automobile Company, declares that the inquiries for the new 1914 Overland surpass any record that has yet been attained. Mr. Becker is here shown in a stock model in front, of the Capital City Club on West Harris street. Native of Michigan, Mr. Becker Likes Dixie Home—Predicts Record Automobile Business. L. E. Becker, president of the new Overland Southern Company, has just returned from a tour of the State with a 1914 Overland roadster. Mr. Becker came from Pen ton, Mich., and is a veteran in the motor car game. Together with his son, W. S. Becker, every detail of Over land interests in the South is being carefully worked out. They intend before the- end of the present year to visit every city in their territory and meet the various Overland dealers. hi sneaking of conditions and pros pects in the South, Mr. Becker says: "The South is on the verge of the most prosperous year in its history The crops nr*- more diversified anti in a more healthy condition than evet before. Both the farmers and the city folks are in an enthusiastic frame of mind and boosting the South is everywhere the slogan. "As far as Overland business is concerned, we are assured of a ban ner year. With the value represented in the 1914 Overland and this terri tory on the threshold of prosperity, there can be no doubt of a big sea son." VETERAN TIRE EXPERT. During five years of uninterrupted service, George Benninger, foreman of the tire mounting and repair depart ment one of the Studebaker plants in Detroit, has mounted on wheels and rims a quarter of a million auto mobile tires. Against Term I lorsepower Leading engineering societies abroad are endeavoring to substi tute the term kilowatt for horse power. The unit of measurement m electric power Is the watt. A kilo watt. which is 1,000 watts, equals practically 1.34 horsepower. The Au tomobile advocates the universal adoption of the new designation. Says an editorial writer: "In the matter of sound, kilowatt is far superior. It lias no ugly hiatus in the middle, but runs trippingly from the tongue. It has a plural, too, while the plural of horsepower has always been doubtful and awkward. Its ab breviation kw. without a point—has been thoroughly established by th* electrical engineering fraternity of the world. The value of kilowatt, as well as its spelling, is international and uniform, which could do no harm in the ever growing export trade." NEW YELLOWSTONE ROUTE. Under the auspices of the Chicago, Black Hills and Yellowstone Park Highway Association, a party in a Studebaker car has just laid out an improved and direct motoring route to the park from Chicago. The route runs through Madison, Racine, Man kato, Pierre, Rapid City, the Black | Hills and Cody, Wyoming. It is said to be both shorter and better than the former route by way of Den- l ver. INTERIOR OF AUTO SHOP RENOVATED BY G. A. SOHL G. A. Sohl, popular manager of the Republic Rubber Company’s Atlanta branch, has been very busy during the past two weeks remodeling the Interior of his salesrooms on Peach tree street. The new effect of wall coloring is exceptionally pleasing, and the offi.ee equipment blends in perfect har mony. When linished the new salesroom of the Republic will be one of the most handsome i* the city. Atlanta automobilists are looking forward with a great deal of pleasure to the approaching automobile show in 1914 and the opening of the local Autodrome on the Collier road. Near ly all of the 18.000 square feet of floor space available for the show has been eagerly taken by automobil- ing and accessory concerns, and R. N. Reed, chairman of the show com mittee, predicts that there won’t be enough space for all. Although this year's show was a great success, that of 1914 will sur pass it in many ways. Seven Thousand for Music. The Atlanta Automobile and Ac cessory Association will spend $7,000 for fourteen concerts by John Philip Sousa’s Band, and there will be many other attractive and expensive fea tures of the program. Contributing- to the gayeties of au tomobile week w’ill he the opening of the Autodrome, which is located on the Collier road, just north of Brookwood, on acreage belonging to city of Atlanta. There is a plan on foot to erect a magnificent country club inside the automobile track, and George W. Hanson, of the Oakland Company, thinks this idea entirely feasible. Speed Fiends Entered. A glance at the list of riders who have already signified their inten tion of entering the Atlanta races will show w'hat kind of events may be expected. There is Ralph DePalma, Harry Endicott. Bob Burnham. Spen cer Wishart, Harry Anderson and a string of others. A feature of the auto show will he more elaborate decorations than ever before. The committee has arrang ed to buy 500 canary birds, and as many gilded cages, and to give the birds away to visitors after the show. The show committee is composed of R. N. Reed, chairman: Wylie West, George W. Hanson, C. H. Johnson. J. K. Gewinner, H. D. McCutcheon, .John F. Toole. K. T. McKinstry and H. A. Price. T HE speed mania has had its day. Safety and sanity in the operation of motor cars is the one big thing necessary to a con tinuation of the phenomenal success which the automobile industry has seen, according to leaders in the busi ness. Staunch, stable construction and the utilization of every possible me chanical improvement and refine ment, rather than an effort to pro vide tremendous speed, are, in the minds of the big manufacturers, the demands of the day in motor car building. Vice President G. W. Ben nett, of the Willys-Overland Com pany, and one of the leaders of the industry who decries the craze for speed, said In a recent interview: Disagreement on Speed. "The motorists who demand speed and ever more speed are the exceed ingly small minority of the auto mobile public of to-day. They and their requirements can and must be Ignored by the manufacturer who hopes to produce a motor car that will appeal t<» the solid, substantial part of the population. The motor car need of the present time is staunch ness and dependability rather than terrific speed. "I most heartily disagree with the men in the industry who have been quoted as predicting a standard, everyday automobile which will bo capable of 100 to 150 miles per hour. Roads Can't Stand Pace. "This statement is ridiculous on the face of it. At the present time there is not a highway in the United States, nor in the wor for that matter, on which a sped of 100 miles per hour is either possible or desirable. Half that speed is all that our best road? can possibly stand, and our laws and common lenie forbid even a quarter of it. We are manufacturing auto mobiles for business and pleasure, and surely there is no business which demands a speed of 100 miles per hour. As for pleasure, anyone who has ever ridden in ari automobile is aware that at more than 30 or pos sibly 40 miles per hour there Is no enjoyment. "The idea of providing any such speed as that mentioned in some of the printed reports is not only silly, but suicidal to the industry. With motor cars scooting through the country at 100 miles per hour, evsn il! the highways were so improved as to allow this insane pace, it would be only a matter of days before every State in the Union would enact re* strietion laws." COUNTY CONVICTS BUSY ON AUTOMOBILE ROADS PERRY, GA., Sept. 6.—The county convict gang, consisting of 60 con victs. has been divided into two squads, one working on the automo bile highway between Perry and Hen derson and the other on the road from Fort Valley to Macon near Pow- ersville. County officials declare that the convicts are an invaluable asset in road-making, and that they are contributing largely to the pleasure of motoring in this section. Vest Pocket Cards New Thing on Trips Full Running Directions Supplied, and Device Is Free From Vibra tion, Dust and Wind. One of the distinct novelties intro duced this year for the benefit of mo tor tourists is in the form of a sys tem of vest pocket touring informa tion, published in card form, also in miniature tour books for attaching to the rim of the steering wheel. The cards are the exact size of playing cards and contain full run ning directions between cities in both directions. They are fitted into a leather case, which buttons to the rim of the steering wheel, thus giv ing the driver directions in tenths of miles before him all the time in a form which can not be blown by the wind or affected by the weather, dust or grease. There are 380 cards now on sale. For the convenience of motorists who are making extensive tours and can not plan their itineraries in ad vance, the same running directions which are published on the cards have been turned into a compact, flexible, leather-covered tour books, free from advertising. There is a key map in each book, from which the motorist plans his tour and selects the numbers of the routes he desires. Firestone Escapes From Big Ship Fire Tire Official, Imperator Passenger... Predicts Unusually Large Busi ness for Next Year. H. S. Firestone, president of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company* was one of the passengers who es caped the Imperator fire by landtng in New York August 27. Mr. Fire stone had just returned from a two months’ trip in Europe, and had been off the monster ship just a few hours before she caught. Officials in the Akron concern breathed a sigh of re lief when they learned he was safe. Conditions abroad and at home, ac cording to Mr. Firestone, are such, that his company’s business during the next year will be larger than ever. Several large additions to the factory, for which ground was broken just before Mr. Firestone left, arc well under way, and will be completed by early winter. These additions will increase the factory output from 50 to 60 per cent. AUTOISTS’ LONG DRINK. On one day of the recent warm wave, the office employes of the Studebaker Corporation’s plant in De troit drank the contents of 38 six- gallon bottles of distilled water. NEW ELECTRIC STARTER IS CHALMERS FEATURE The Chalmers-Entz electric starter is one of the features of the new Chalmers “Six" automobile. Only one motion, that of throwing a knife- switch on the dash, in necessary to start the machine. This one. switch also controls th" ignition, which In every other way is separate from the starter system. The Bosch magneto is used. The starter is also silent in its operation. T oledo. f. o. b. Toledo. 35 Horsepower Splitdorf magneto Cowl dash Schebler carburetor Three-quarter floating rear axle 33x4 Q. D. tires Brewster green body with light green striping, nickel and aluminum trimmings Turkish leather upholstery With Gray & Davis Electric Starter and Generator—$1075 INCREASED ===PRICE Full electric lights Storage battery 35-horsepower motor 114-fnch wheelbase Timken bearings VALUE