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——— "" W M "P M TTEABST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1013, 7 C 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. mum* Sir - ' r:* - m gSj&rt m ■■PHI A V . <. & &.S.. ' y.^.. 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.