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TTEABST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1013,
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Popularity of New Conveyance At
tested by Demand for Large
Number First Year Out.
NEW HUDSON "SIX-54” SEDAN
It is generally conceded now that
one of the most important of recent
motor car developments is the in
troduction into America of the cycle-
car. As originally developed in
France, the cyclecar Is virtually a
four-wheled motorcycle. The French
cyclecar haR proved popular, owing
to Its lightness and speed. These cars |
are provided with a narrow body and j
two seats arranged tandemlike. The i
motor, transmission and drive is the
same as in a motorcycle. There is a
36-lnoh tread, to enable the cars to
run between the ruts of poorly kept
roads, of which France has many.
In England there are cars of this
type manufactured and used to a lim
ited extent. However, England has
adopted in a majority of instances a
cyclecar which is in every sense of
the word a miniature automobile—
with the motor, transmission and
drive of an automobile.
Adapted to Roads.
These cars are particularly adapta
ble to the well-kept English roads.
American cyclecar makers started to
follow the French type of narrow
tread to run In the middle of the road
and keep from the ruts on both sides,
and are finding daily that this type
of car will be popular in spite of the
American roads.
The cyclecar of America Is designed
more particularly for City use, and
will be purchased In great quantities
In such States as New York, Ohio,
California, New Jersey, Georgia, and,
in fact, those States where splendid
roads are maintained regularly and
where a narrow tread will be possi
ble. America has followed England
in its cyclecar construction, inasmuch
as it has combined with the cyclecar
treads the idea of the miniature au
tomobile, with motor, transmisison
and drive the same as the motor car.
First Year Output 10,000.
The American Cyclecar Company,
organized in Detriot and owned and
controlled by the Connecticut Elec
tric Manufacturing Company, of
Bridgeport, Conn., has found its con
struction popular, and this company
has scheduled not less than 10,000 cars
for its first year’s production.
The trade people and dealers who
are anxious to close for a largo pro
portion of the output have found that
the plan of combining the narrow
gauge car and the small automobile
is extremely popular. The car to be
manufactured by this company will
be of the roadster type, with the two
occupants seated side by side, and in
appearance will vie with some of the
handsomest automobiles on the mar
ket.
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J. W. Goldsmith, Jr., the local Hudson automobile dealer, reports a great many inquiries
for the new 1914 Hudson “Six-54” Sedan, which has arrived at the shop on North avenue. This
car is one of the most complete yet put out by the Hudson company, and it promises to be one
of the moat popular types of the year.
Features of Latest Automobile
Creation Are Left-Side Drive
and Six-Cylinder Motor.
“SPLASH” TYPE OF OILING
IS FAVORED BY MOTOR MAN
“In current discussion among motor
car makers of the oiling system we line
up with the advocates of the splash
type as being by far the simplest, most
efficient and most satisfactory,’’ said E
J. Kulas, general manager of sales of the
Peerless Motor Car Company.
“The term ‘splash’ Is rather a misno
mer for the system. Mist or vapor de
scribes it better. The oil carried in the
bottom of a Peerless crank case is so
constantly and violently stirred up by
■coops on the crankshaft provided for
the purpose that a heavy mist of oil
arises and settles in quantity on ev*ery
part to be lubricated.
“In very cold weather oil never be
comes too stiff to work well with this
system as it often does with some types
of forced feed."
The new 1914 Hudson model,
known ae the 64 Sedan, is of regal
proportions, appearance and equip
ment. This superb car is built on
the newest Hudson chassis with the
true streamline body, six-cylinder
motor, left-side drive, gasoline tank
in dash, and other new features. Ev
ery possible comfort and convenience
has been provided.
From his seat the driver performs
every operation of starting, driving,
lighting and controlling the car. Gas
oline filler is conveniently placed out
side the car, where it Is accessible
without the necessity of either driver
or passengers leaving their seats. The
car is magnificently lighted. In ad
dition to the standard electric head
lights, dash and tail light, there are
handsome outside pillar lights, and
a most complete arrangement of in
side dome and other lights.
All are controlled by the touch o^
a switch on the dash. The interior
fittings and finish are of the highest
type. Upholstering is in imported
novelty Bedford cord and all leather
work is pebble grain and hand fin
ished. The sashless windows are
raised and lowered by a new and
convenient device, doing away with
the old style strap lifters. Five oc
cupants are comfortably accommo
dated and it is an easy matter to
carry a large number in an emergen
cy. Upholstering is firm yet soft,
and seats are designed to suit present
styles of dressing.
J. W. Goldsmith, Jr., the local Hud
son dealer, has recently returned
Staggard Treads
Holding Up Well
In a letter received by the local
branch of the Republic Rubber
Company, Joseph F. Duval, of the
Duval Tire Re-Building Company,
of New Orleans, reports that The
American’s pathfinder, E. L. Fer
guson, is having very little trou
ble with Republic Staggard Tread
Tires on his coast-to-coast trip.
Mr. Duval says that when Mr. Fer
guson reached New Orleans, near
ly 1,000 miles from Atlanta, his
tires were in good shape, and the
indications were that he would not
need the extra tires that he car
ried with him.
from a visit to the factory at De
troit and states that early delivery
can be given on £ limited number
of these handsome cars.
Two Six-Ton Trucks
Sold to N. Y. Concern
Asphalt Company Makes Experiments
and Decides on Garford—Dump
ing Bodies a Feature.
That the motor truck is valuable not
only for transporting merchandise over
the street, but also for building the thor
oughfares, is shown in a recent delivery
of Garford trucks, made by the R. and
L. Eastern distributors for the Garford
Company, of Elyria, Ohio. The delivery
consisted of two six-ton vehicles to
the Eastern Asphalt Company, of New
York, one of the largest street building
firms in the metropolis.
The asphalt company conducted a se
ries of experiments with various makes
of trucks during the past year, and
finally decided on the Garford as best
fitted for the work required. The ve
hicles will be used for the transportation
of asphalt from the mixing plant to va
rious parts of the city where paving is
being laid, being equipped with special
dumping hoods for quick unloading.
GOES 10 BEESON
Former Manager of Studebaker in
Rocky Mountain Section Gets
Place—Extensive Section.
The Studebaker Corporation of
America announces the appointment
of W. W. Beeson as manager of its
Atlanta branch. Mr. Beeson has ar
rived in Atlanta and has taken charge
of the entire business of the branch.
The handsome new headquarters on
Peachtree street has been an espe
cially live center for several days, full
of dealers congratulating the new of-
itci.il
Mr. Beeson comes to Atlanta from
Denver, where he has been manage*
of the Studebaker branch supplying
the Rock Mountain district. Prior to
that time lie was manager of the
firm's branch In Louisville. Mr. Bee
son succeeds George W. Hanion, now
with the Oakland. Mr. Beeson will
have charge of one of the biggest
parts of the Studebaker territory. The
^Atlanta branch serves not only the
entire States of Georgia, Alabama,
Florida and South Carolina, but also
the western part of North Carolina.
Besides the large wholesale busi
ness done from Atlanta as a dis
tributing center, the Atlanta branch
maintains its own retail store at Its
main headquarters, which li also
fully equipped with parts and service
departments.
Mr. Beeson says that he is glad to
get back South. “The West is a
magnificent country and I enjoyed my
work out there, but tirere’s no place
like home and, believe tne. I'm glad
to be back,” he said. “The welcome
from the Studebaker dealers has been
a mighty pleasant part of It, too.
“Another pleasant feature Is the
fact that my work here will bring me
into touch again with a large num
ber of Studebaker dealers with whom
I worked while In charge at Louis
ville. This Is because of the recent
enlargement of territory of the At
lanta branch, which now serves a
large share of country formerly sup
plied from my old stamping ground.”
AUTOMOBILE AS AID
TO RAILWAY TRAFFIC
I F the automobile has, In a man
ner, perplexed the mil roads of
the country In lessening their re
ceipts from passenger traffic, It has
benefited them greatly by opening
up hitherto undeveloped territories
and thus increasing freight traffic,
according to George W. Bennett, vice
president of the Willys-Overland
Company, in a recent discussion, “i
have lately had called to my atten
tion statements made by Newman
Erb, president of the Minneapolis and
St. Louis Railroad, and one of the
keenest financial men in the country,
In which the automobile was given
due credit for the good It has ac
complished,'' said’Mr. Bennett.
“Mr. Erb declared that two billion
dollars was a conservative estimate
of the Increased value of farm lands,
due directly to the automobile.
“A few years ago farm lands which
were located near the railroads were
worth about $75 an acre, where the
land twenty miles back could hardly
be sold at $10 an acre. With the
introduction of the automobile, how
ever, the latter land was brought
within a few minutes' run of the
railroads and Its value has Increased
tremendously because of this fact.
The farmer who owns an automobile
and lives twenty miles from a ship
ping point ia to-day as close to the
markets of the world as Is the man
whose land Is within three or four
miles of the railroad. The automobile
will make the run to the shipping
point In less time than horses take
to cover three or four miles.
“Besides eliminating distance, the
automobile has worked another tre
mendous influence for good in the
agricultural districts of the country
by creating a demand for good roads.
It 1h universally acknowledged, that
good highways mean Increased pros
perity for the farmer, and wherever
automobiles are owned there will
good roads be found as soon as they
can be built. Many shortsighted peo
ple have claimed that the purchase of
an automobile by a farmer Is an ex
travagance. I maintain that It Is
one of the most foreslghted economies
he ever Introduced and I think the
majority of the successful fanners of
the United States will agree with
me.”
Wylie West Will Represent City
at Detroit Conference This
Month—Others May Go.
Wylie West, manager of tha local
branch of the Firestone Tire and
Rubber Company, will represent tl •
city of Atlanta in seeking the 1914
convention of good roads advocates,
which Is meeting from September ”0
to October 4 at Detroit. The local
Chamber of Commerce and hundreds
of automobile men, together with the
Atlanta Convention Bureau and other
organizations, have united In an ur
gent Invitation to the good roads peo
ple to be the guests of Atlanta, and
Mr. West believes that Atlanta will
be the winner.
The Detroit meeting will be held
under the auspices of ths American
Highways Association, the American
Automobile Association and the
Michigan State Good Roads Associa
tion. A number of local automobile
men and others are expected to ac
company Mr. West
NEW MOTORCYCLE TIRE
OF GOODYEAR CONCERN
A new motorcycle tire has been an
nounced by the Goodyear Tire and Rub
ber Company. It is the blue Rtrealc
non-skid tire, designed for all-around
service, but especially for the rear
wheel of motorcycles which carry tan
dem weight and are subject to over
loading
The new tire Is made of white stock
with a blue streak girdling the tread. It
has a non-skid tread, which affords a
reliable grip that practically prevents
skidding.
Real Tire
Economy
Means
Extra Mileage
You’ll get this in the
Republic by the extra
f ull-thickness plain
tread tire under the
long tough studs of the
“Staggard Tread.”
Absolute Safety
The original effective
studs of the “Staggard
Tread’’ dive vou great
er freedom from skid
ding and slewmn than
any other non-skid type.
We Paid $50,000
To Prevent Tread Separation
On No-Rim-Cut Tires
Another Exclusive Feature
THE REPUBLIC RUBBER CO.
237 Peachtree Street
Here is another vital
feature found in Good
year tires alone.
This fabric — called
“rivet” fabric — is pat
ented. We bought the
rights for $50,000.
In every well - made
tire, at the base of the
tread, runs a breaker
strip. It is usually a
solid weave.
It is near this strip, where rubber joins
with fabric, that loosened treads occur. It
has cost tire users millions of dollars.
The “rivet” fabric is our breaker strip.
Note the openings in it. We force the tread
rubber down through these openings, so
hundreds of large rubber rivets are formed to
prevent tread separation. Then the whole
tire is vulcanized en masse. This is one of
the biggest of Goodyear economies, and no
other maker can use it.
Saving Blow-Outs
At a Cost of $1,500 Daily
Here is another ex
clusive feature.
No-Rim-Cut tires get
the “On-Air Cure.”
That is they are final-
cured on air bags shaped
like inner tubes. They
are cured, as you use
them, on elastic air.
Other tires are cured
on iron cores alone. The
’fearful compression
often buckles the fabric.
And there, where some
of the fabric bears no part
of the strain, thousands
of blow-outs occur.
Our “On-Air Cure”
corrects this buckling.
The rubber and fabric
adjust themselves to
actual road conditions.
Every part of the fabric
bears its part of the
strain.
This process—used
by no one else—adds
to our cost $1,500
daily, just to minimize
blow-out cost.
No Rim-Cutting
In addition we save you, in No Rim-Cut
tires, all the ruin of rim-cutting.
With clincher tires—the hooked-base tires
—rim-cutting ruins almost one tire in three.
This is proved by statistics gathered forus by
certified public accountants. No-Rim-Cut tires
are guaranteed against this costly damage.
We control the only known way to make
a satisfactory tire of this type.
Three Savings
So we save you on rim-cutting—
you on blow-
Save
outs—
Save you
separation.
on tread
Good#year
AKKors.omo
No-Rim-Cut Tires
With or Without Anti-Skid Treads.
Yet no standard tire
of any type costs less
than No-Rim-Cut tires.
That is due to our mam
moth output. No-Rim-
Cut tires, when we made
less of them, cost one-
fifth more than clinch
ers.
Note what you get
which others can’t give.
You will then see why
Goodyears far outsell
any other tire that’s
made.
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Akron, Ohio
This Company has mo connection whatever with arty other rubber concern which uses the Goodyear name
Branches and Agenciea in 103 Principal Cities For Sale by All Dealers
London Address—Central Ho use, Kingsway, London, W. C.
ATLANTA BRANCH 223 PEACHTREE ST.
Phone Bell Ivy 915-16 At'anta 797
MOTOR CARS
FOR 1914, WE OFFER HIGH GRADE, FINISHED,
ECONOMICAL, SERVICEABLE MOTOR CARS-WITH
DELCO ELECTRIC STARTERS, ELECTRIC LIGHTS,
LEFT-HAND DRIVE AND CENTER CONTROL.
TO THE PURCHASER
The Buick Motor Company has the largest automobile factory in the world
and is one of the strongest industrial companies in America. We are in
the motor car business to stay indefinitely—we build cars that properly
represent the enormous resources at our command—cars that reflect the
knowledge we have gained by nine years’ practical experience while mak
ing in our own shops more high-grade cars than any other company (150,-
000 in all). We build Into all Buick motor cars, more thoroughly than any
other moderate price makers, the six qualities you wish for and should de
mand—Endurance, Power, Finish, Economy, Comfort and Service. We are
not manufacturing size at the expense of quality and economy in
order to make a pretense of value through magazine and newspaper
advertisements.
DOMINANT BUICK QUALITIES
Endurance
Buick Endurance is proven by the
fact that no other company can give
you the names and addresses of as
many owners who have run their
oars'25,000, 50,000, 75,000 or 100,000
miles. We Issue this statement as a
challenge.
Finish
For three years Buick Finish has
been the envy of all other moderate
price motor car builders. We use
real leather upholstery. We finish
our running boards, doors and floor
hoards. We enamel our cylinders
We properly paint and varnish Buick
oars We Invite you to Inspect them
under the seat cushions and under
the floor boards. Then look at other
cars sold at or near their price.
Comfort
Buick Comfort Is a remarkable qual
ity. Th long springs, wide seats,
wide doors and extra deep cushions
are but factors. There is real com
fort in owning a oar that takeB you
wherever you wish to go at any
speed you care to travel, a car that
climbs nearly all the hills on high
gear and Is more flexible than any
other moderate price car In city traf
fic.
Power
Buick Power is recognized wherever
motor cars are run. Buick cars have
won more hill climbs than any other
make. Right here In Atlanta we
demonstrate over hills that no other
cars climb.
Economy
Buiek Economy Is the result or per
fected cars that have no weak fear
tures. The cars are light on tires.
They run 1,000 or 100.000 miles over
hills or any roads with more cer
tainty and on less fuel than any oth
er motor cars that receive the same
care. They last for years, and have
as much power after two or three
years as other moderate price cars
have when new.
Service
Buick Service, backed by Buick
Branch House stock rooms, shops
and unequalled facilities. Is not.
equalled In the motoring world. All
Buick cars are guaranteed for one
year. Our free Inspection system
keeps all beginners out of trouble.
The knowledge we have gained while
building up the greatest automobile
retail business In Atlanta is worth
your serious consideration.
EQUIPMENT
The following equipment is furnished with every 1914 Buick Car: Latest
Delco built-into-the-car system of starting, lighting and ignition; silk mo
hair top; new style rain vision ventilating windshield; five demountable
rims; electric horn; tire irons on rear of car; combination oil and electric
side and rear lamps; specially designed electric head lamps with focus
adjustment; foot rest; jack; tire pump and complete set of tools.
FALL ORDERS
Our advance sales all over the country are positive proof that the pur
chasing public appreciate real motor car value. This will surely be the
great Buick year in every Buick Branch from coast to coast. Send for
a catalog and arrange for a thorough demonstration at once if you ex
pect to purchase this fall. You get seven extra months’ use of a 1914 car
purchased now that you will lose if you wait until next April.
BUICK MOTOR COMPANY
241-243 Peachtree St,, Atlanta, Ga.