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Hugh Chalmers to Have Charge
of Washington N, A. G. C.
Headquarters.
To further co-ordinate the war
needs of the Government with the
capacities of the automobile plants
the automobile manufacturers in the
National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce at their sessgion today de
cided to establish a general headquar
ters at Washington, in charge of Hugh
Chalmers, vice president of the asso
ciation and chairman of the Chalmers
Motor Company.
For some time work of this kind
has been cared for by the automobile
industries committee, which it was
voted to dissolve and to have the au
tomobile manufacturers represented
ta Washington by a vice president
and staff of the organization. At the
headquarters will be engineers to
belp manufacturers in connection
with Government work.
A vote of thanks was extended to
the members of the automobile indus
tries committee for the work accom
plished at Washington.
The members passed a resolution
Indorsing the work of the newly
formed Highways Industries Associa
tion and appointed Willlam E. Metz-
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Tire prices are based on the amount of material that goes into them. That is why
you pay more for a large size than you do a smaller size.
That being true why should you not know how much material is in the tire you pay
your good, hard dollars for. If the manufacturer is skimping on rubber and fabric you
are going to get skimpy service.
Tell a story of just construction when placed on the scales. They have more rubber,
more fabric and give more miles. That is why users of Star Tires never change to an
other make.
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ger and Windsor T. White to repre
sent the motor car and truck manu
facturers in that organization.
Because of the severe weather and
;Monday closing orders the paid at
tendance at the New York and Chi
‘ca(o shows, for the first time in sev
‘enteen years, showed a falling off
from previous records. The reports of
‘the dealers’ attendance and business
transacted, however, were almost on
a par with previous affairs,
There were reports from cornmittees
on patents, traffic, good roads, ex
ports and motor trucks, with 4 meet
ing of all the motor truck interests
held in the afternoon, when plans
were suggested for further aid to the
Government in transportation mat
ters and for the truck industry gener
ally.
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Willys-Knight Taxi.
Cuts Operating Cost
It has been said that the proof of the
pudding is in the eating. This is par
ticularly true in the Willys-Knight tax.
scabs. For, while they receive the hard
est service where dependability is es
sential, yet they do positively improve
with use.
A nlrikinfi incigence of this ability
to continually give satisfactory service
is shown by a recent report from the
Soux Falls Taxi Company. These peo
ple have had an opportunity to test out
the Willys-Knight taxicab by having
one in their service which has already
covered a distance of 35000 miles.
‘““While we have not attempted to ke?
any accurate cost figures,'' they sald,
“the Willys-Knight is giving us the
best service of any car we ever used.
It is always ready %o go and is a big
favorite among the drivers.'
“From our experience with the ecar,
we feel perfectly safe in estimating its
running cost at 50 per cent less than
any car in the service.,”
284 Peachtree Street, at Junction of West Peachtree.
‘““ON YOUR WAY COMING AND GOING.”
HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN — A Newspaper for People Who Think — SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 1918
Forrest Alvin Thinks Time Ripe
for National Truck
Show,
The ndtional motor truck show, re
garding which there has been so much
discussion covering a period of several
vears, is now a strong probability, in
the opinion of Forrest J. Alvin, gen
eral manager of the United States
Motor Truck Company of Cincinnati,
who has advocated such a show for
more than a year. Mr. Alvin believes
that the annual exhibition of motor
trucks will become a fixture within a
very short time. ‘“The premature
holding of such shows several years
ago and the lack of interest at that
time in the events had its effect,” said
Mr. Alvin. “It has taken several years
to develop the truck business to its
present magnitude, and the time is
surely ripe now when this show should
be a leading business feature in Amer
fea. An exhibition of commercial cars
now would be an immense sgccess as
compared to the so-called ‘frost’ of a
few years ago. Conditions have
changed. Business men now want
motor trucks, and they must have
them to carry on business of every
character, They are such a necessity,
and the demand for trucks is so great
that I believe today the motof truck
exhibition would draw more people
than passenger car shows and be a“
money winner for the promoters. The
class of people who would be drawn to
such a show would be the business
men of America and of the world and
not. sight-seers, and the volume of
business done would be enormous. We
of the United States Motor Truck
“‘ompany favor such an event strong
ly, as it presents a glowing eoportuni
ty for us to show our product in com
petition with that of other makers,
and needless to say we are .not
ashamed of the United States truck.
Our success has been phenomenal,
and we want to exhibit wherever pos
sible and whenever possible, as every
exhibition this cc»m;:.an‘| has ever
made has paid handsombely, not only
in advertising, but in actual business
secured.
“Business men are going to appre
ciate a national exhibition of motor
trucks held at a season of the year
and under circumstances where dem
‘onstrations will be possible, for con
cerns about to motorize their business
are at a loss to. make a selection when
‘unable to make inspection of all the
offerings on the market. 7There are
lmany trucks, and many good ones,
‘and each has its special feature which
‘the business man desires to inspect
ilndividually and collectively in as
'short a time as possible. The national
‘exhibition will give this opportunity,
and not only the truck maker, but.the
dealer and the buyer, will appreciate
such an event”
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Gives Interesting Facts Regard-‘
ing Development of
Industry. 1
Developments in the motor truck
industry have come thick and fast
during the last two years, but this
development has not been altogether
surprising to the men who have care
fully nursed the growing industiry
under the belief that the motor truck
would ultimately arrive and hold the
confidence of the business men of
America. The optimism of the truck
manufacturers who have held on and
kandled the business so carefully has
not been misplaced. True, that the
war and the great use to which the
truck was placed In connection with
the war brought results, and the
freight congestion in America and
the necessity of providing transpor
tation for merchandise to assist tha
railroads in the terrible straits reach
ed by them, due to the demands ex
ceeding their capacity, did much also
to emphasize the value of the truck.
The time has come, according to H.
A. Conlon, sales managey of the
Acason Motor Truck Company, who is
now in Atlanta seeking a distributor,
when the demand for business wagons
of every character actually exceeds
every expectation, and the only ques
tion which reliable truck makers have
to meet is that of delivery in quan
tities desired. Practically every motor
truck manufacturer is planning en
largements to the plant, and for the
third time the manufacturing facili
ties of the Acason Motor Truck Com
pany are being enlarged to serve the
demands of the times for Acason
product. It was not so many years
ago that a meeting was held of rep
resentatives of mopst of the prominent
truck companies of America, and at
this meeting a careful review was
made of truck sale reports showing
that from 16 to as high as 30 calls
were necessary upon a business man
before a sale was consummated. This
time has gone by, and Mr. Conlon’s
reports show that the number of calls
necessary for a sale has decreased
practically to a minimum. The de
mands for trucks of reputation, and
whith have won their spurs through
a period of years of reliable service,
arg today greater than the manufac
tujrlng possibilities of America when
the necessity of production for war is
taken into consideration.
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One of the largest sipgle shipments
of motoreycles for the~ Unitedq States
Government ever made was carried away
from the Hendee Manufacturing Com
pany's Indian motorcycle factory in
Springfield, Mass., on Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday, March 26, 27 and 28,
in four army truck trains of 30 trucks
each. Nearly 1,000 cases of Indian mo
torcycles, side cars, tires and spare parts
for the machines constituted the ship
ment, and it took every one of the 130
big five-ton trucks to carry them. The
loading alone took two and one-half
days. The motorcycles are for the
American forces in France and they
were rushed from the factory to an
Atlantic port by motor truck trains to
relleve freight congestion and speea up
shipment. :
The first train arrived at the Hendee
factory at 8 o'clock Tueseay morning
after a grilling trip through snowdrifts
on Jacob's Ladder in the Berkshires.
The hard-packed snow had drirged to
depths of six and eight feet in spots
and the pick and shovel gang climbea
off the trucks and got busy. Some o 1
the trucks had come all the way from
Pontiac, Mich., and the soldier boys
had some topgh tales to tell of their
experiences en route. Between Buffalo
and Albany, they said, the roads were
covered with ice and snow and they
were obliged to get out and chop a road
through solid ice with the thermometer
registering 10 degrees below zero. Some
of those days they made less than five
miles a day.
It was with distinct relief that they
hit Springfield and the Hendee Manu
facturing Company Tuesday morning,
for it meant that the long run was over
for a few days and they were further
relieved when informed that the roads
from this city to the ‘“Atlantic port’
were in fine shape and entirely open.
Major George W. Bailey, Quartermas
ter Corps, was in command of the four
trains, and supervised the first day's
loading at the factory. ®He was ably
assisted by Charles 8. Spencer, assist
ant superintendent of the Hendee plant;
C. N. Bancroft, transportation manager
of the company, and Wililam G. Mec-
Cann, of the sales department, and a
corps of 100 “huskies” attended to the
heavy work of loading.
The first train was completely loaded
by Tuesday noon and in the afternoon
part of the second truck train had its
load. The following morning the last of
the second and most of the third outfit
filled up and Wednesday afternoon was
expected to see the finish of the loading.
However, a few cases were still on the
platforms and some of the trucks had
to return for them Thursday morning.
Nothing in Springfield was too good
for the soldiers with the four trains—
nearly 350 men-—and they were Kkept
busy and happy accepting the bounty
and hospitality of residents near the
factory and merchants in that vlcinitr
Mrs. L. B. Mitchell, who runs a little
gift shop as a part of her home on
State street, across the factory, gener
ously set up a hot coffee stand on her
front plazza and bade the boys to go
to it. They did. It was a raw, cold
March morning and they went to the
coffee and doughnuts like starving men.
One soldier went into a lunchroom to
buy a few cigars for himself and the
proprietor gracefully handed out enough
boxes to give each of his mates a smoke.
The Hendee company made arrange
ments to feed the boys In a restaurant
near the Indian factory and in the even
ing they had the run of the Springfield
Y. M. C. A. .l
Each truck train consisted of 30 big,
five-ton Plerce-Arrow trucks, a tank
car for gasoline, two other light trucks
and a small closed car for officers.
Each train carried 77 men and two of
ficers. All the trucks were brand-new,
having just been turned over to the men
at the factory.
While stowing aboard Indians, the
truck trains camped overnight in the
Eastern States Exposition grounds, in
West Springfield, which ave been
leased to the Government as an ord
nance depot. The big fleet of machines
were parked on the half-mile track,
three abreast and nearly choked the
entire track. The soldiers slept on cots
in the Arena building and claimed this
was the most comfortable sleeping quar
ters they had on the whole trip.
This method of transporting Indian
wotorcycles from the factory to the
coast is expected to inaugurate a sys
tem which will hereafter be used exten
sively by Uncle Sam in expediting the
transportation of supplies for the over
seas forces from inland citie; to the
;’,joast allxd in relieving freight® conges
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Transporting Tires
In order to help relieve railroad con
gestion and at the same time insure
prompt deliveries of tires to their deal
ers the United States Tire Company
has established a system of motor truck
xyrm;(sportatlon between Detroit and New
OrkK.,
The first truck, loaded with 4.300
pounds of tires, arrived in New York
Wednesday noon from the big Detroit
factory of the tire company after en
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Power to take a hill, and power to pass the other fellow
are still claimed by many car makers; but here’s a car that
puts such expressions into the dark ages of automobiling.
It is the current Chalmers, equipped with the famous
“Hot-Spot” and “Ram’s-Horn” Manifold, which wrings from
gas more power than was ever taken out of gas before.
But not merely brutal power (for that it has), but a
newer kind, a softness of power that is as thrilling to bear
witness to as the technique of a great musician.
Accomplished how? By those two great devices: a “Hot-
Spot”, which fairly cooks the gas, then “cracks it up fine as a
powder”, and the “Ram’s-Horn” Manifold which “sets it
down” in the combustion chambers with celerity and with
out disturbance.
So that when the spark touches it off, it gives nothing
but power; soft, harnessed, controlled power that you will
never forget once you have had its feel.
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JOS. G. BLOUNT,
Distributor
451 Peachtree St. Atlanta, Ga.
countering the fiercest snows of the
winter on the way east. The big ve
hicle, a two-ton Pierce-Arrow, was
equipped with “Nobby Cord” pneumatic
‘truck tires, and despite the strenuous
work they were called upon to per
form neither truck nor tires showed
signs of wear.
The run from Detroit to Buffalo was
made in 281% hours, excellent time when
the conditions are taken into considera
tion. But between Buifalo and Albany
the truck experienced the worst roads
and heaviest snows of the trip. Snow
drifts completely obscured the roadbed,
making it impossible for the driver to
avoid the ruts. This not only slowed
down the speed of the last half of the
journey, but added materially to the
strain on the truck and tires.
The United States Tire truck follow
ed an army convoy of 60 trucks out of
Buffalo, leaving them at Amsterdam
a few hours before arrival in New York.
Throughout the winter the United
States Tire Company has been a leader
in urging the use of motor cars and
trucks. to alleviate traffic congestion
on the railroads. In and around Detroit
where the congestion in the railroad
vard blocked traffic for weeks at a
time, the Detroit factory of the United
States Tire Company supplied the au
tomobile plants in the city and suburbs
by car and truck. Foreseeing the prob
able conditions early last fall the com
pany officials stocked all their branches
w.th tires, enabling them to make
prompt and certain deliveries to cus
tomers despite embargoes and delays
by rail. The company’s enormous fleet
of cars and trucks has helped greatly In
delivery work during the past few
months. .