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Suggestions Made to Those Who
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Go Motoring to Strange
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Places This Summer,
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Thousands of motorists this year will
drive from their accustomed and fa
miiiar territory to strange places,
where the topographical conditions
are unfamiliar to them. and where
they may encounter roads and road
conditions never before met. Some
advice on driving under various con
ditions will be helpful,
Though it is generally known by the
ex)erienced motorist that if a hill is
toc steep for even first gear the re
verse may be used, the first-time own
¢ may give up in despair and try
another road without a steep grade
The reverse of every ecar is geared
lower than first, hence if the car can
('l:u' pull on low because of the steep
ness of the hill or lack of power, the
driver can back up the hill. It must
be done slowly, of course, and a very
wutehful eye kept for oncoming cars.
In ascending grades, always keep
» 10 the extreme right. This should be
done always, of course, but on grades
tars coming down usually travel at
speed and the driver takes a little
more road room than usual. It will
be found safer also if there is a turn
on the grade.
In descending a grade, various re
sirtances may be used to keep the car
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WALKER BroTHERS Co.
; WHOLESALE GROCERS
‘P}t‘ L. and N. Terminal Building
g ATLANTA, GA. May 19, 1919,
& Erigman Motors Co,
g 493 Whitehall St.,
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¥ Atlanta, Ga. :
% Gentlemen:-
,* You may advise your customers that we have been using
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ii three Federal Motor Trucks in our City deliveries for the past
4 several months, and we are so well pleased with the satisfactory
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results given that we have placed our order for an additional
& 1-1/2 Ton Federal to accommodate our increased business,
Yours very truly,
' Walker Brothers Company,
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: 5 There is a Federal Truck that best suits your needs. Let us know what you haul and our ex
;’i perts will tell you how to decrease your haulage cost and increase your delivery radius. -~
BRIGMAN MOTORS CO
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!I 493 WHITEHALL. ATLANTA. MAIN 529.
Distributors for FEDERAL Truck Company, Detroit.
é O the genteel Toursedan he's a sficker, spick and span,
An' he leads a life of luxury an' ease; {
g Mr. Roadster, he's a sport of the racy, reckless sort,
An' Miss Electric she's a lady, if you please! §
% I'm related to their tribe, but 1 ain't what you'd describe
As a slicker, or a sportin’ lucKky-buck; )
I'm the roughneck of the crew—l'm the course uncouth Yahoo--
I'm the un-aristocratic Motor Truck!
I'm the sturdy son of toil, I'm the grim and grimy mofl }
: An' the bedlam of the bu-g parts of trade; ,’ g
You can pipe me off a mile by my rough and ready style, {
An' my hale an’ hearty hiccough on a grade, {
I can carry heavy freight at a slow an’ steady gait— }
I'm the patient, ploddin’ sort with pep and pluck— 5
But I gotta groan an' grunt when [ do my toilin’ stunt, {
'Cause I'm just a plain, plepelan Motor Tryck! $
Where they dig an’ blast an’ boré in the earth for oil and ore, $
"Twixt the mines and mills I ply with precious loads; !
§ O'er the rugged mountaln trails I kin trundle with the mails—
An' they tell me I'm a bear at buildin' roads, ?
From the peaceful countryside where the farms an’' flelds abide, §
I transport tremendous loads of market truck; 2
Oh, I'm burly an’ I'm tough, 'cause I'm built of solid stuff— $
I'm your bustlin’, husky, rustlin’ Motor Truck! 0
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} To the furthermost advance of our fightin' force in France, {
In the face of them inhuman, hellish Huns
{ To the front-line trenches fanned by the breeze from No Man's Land-—
$ I kin lug the ammunition an' the guns.
! T kin treck with tons of food oer them shell-torn stretches strewed
0 With the grim debris ot battle, blood and muck— 3
{ An’ I'll do my bit unawed, by the e verlivin' Gawd, {
2 As a crashin’, smashin’ U. 8. Army ’{‘ruck!
' —C, WILES HALLOCK in The Denverg Post. §
in check and save brake lining. lln
some States the grades are so steep
that if the driver were to use the
brakes alone to retard the car's move
ment the lining would be burned out.
when the bottom of the grade is
reached. The driver should remem
ber that shifting to a lower gear al
ways throws in engine resistance.
Hence on low gear there is the great
est resistance obtainable. If the igni-!
tion is. switched off, then the rear
wheels turn over the engine and fur
ther resistance is thrown in, Opening
the throttle introduces a little more.
The brakes should only be used if the
registance mentioned is insuflicient to
prevent the car from attaining a dan
gerous speed. ¢
Sandy roads baffle the owner who
is accustomed to driving in sections
where no such roads exist. The light
ca. takes the sand easier than the
heavy car, but both may find difficulty
if the sand is very loose. If the sandy
stretch is quite long and looks dan
gerous, the tires may be wrapped with
burlap and if this is not at hand rope
will do. Deflating the tires is often
all that is necessary. Once a car is
stuck in sand it is useless to try to
get it out by spinning the rear wheels.
This only causes them to dig deeper
intc the sand. If no progress is made
on the first trial, shift to neutral and
get busy at the rear wheels. Boards,
if they are .obtainable, are excellent
in allowing the rear wheels to grip.
The boards should be placed at the
rear of the tires and ‘the car reversed
out of the difficulty.
In approaching a sandy spot, it is
best to speed up a little, holding the
steering wheel firmly so as to be pre
pared for an e mergency. In sand the
steering wheels are a little hard to
control.
Muddy roads are negotiated in the
same way as sandy ones, though usu
ally the chains will pull a car through
muc that is not too deep. The mud
road as usually found is not soft for
‘many inches down, SO that if t he car
sirks the chains will probably take
hold on the firmer grounu underneath
the mud. The market now affords a
number of devices which may be at
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tached to the rear wheels to enable
th: car to travel over almost any kind
of a road. In one instance the device
allows the car to sink just enough to
clear the axles, /
One of the very handy devices for
the tourist who expects to meet
some bad roads and get into diffi
culty is an extractor of some sore
This is the last-resort device which
may be handled hy one man to pull
the car out of deep mud or sand.
Block and tackle is the common de
vice but there are many special ones
on the market for the automobile
touristg
It may seem like childish zdv!ce to
sav that a driver never should cross a
stream without investigating its depth
anA the condition of the bed, but nev
ertheless many experienced motorists
forget and find themselves stuck.
Even our war tanks could not travel
everywhere, for our army had to send
men ahead (“bellycrawlers,” they
called them) in order to look over the
territory to see that the tank could
travel over it.
In addition to observing the simple
rules mentioned, the motorist will do
well to make an investigation of the
road conditions in the section of the
country in which he expects to drive.
The American Automobile Assocla
ticn, the travel bureaus, etec., have
information on the roads in all sec
tions, and it would be better to get a
report from one of them. The road
books are, of course, helpful, but they
can not be expected to indicate road
conditions rhonths after they have
begen published.
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Oversize Tires May
} Not Clear the Car
When oversize tires are to be used
the car owner should be certain that
there is enough distance between all
the tires and the nearest parts of the
car. When the tires are under heavy
load there is danger that there will not
‘be clearance between wheels and fen
ders and the casings. Be certain that
when the springs are compressed to the
‘limit by some extra bump the tires
'will not come in contact with some
part of the chasis.
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Government Expert Predicts Rail
roads May Soon Have to
Tear Up Short Lines.
That the railroad of the future may
find it more economical to tear up
short line tracks and develop motor
truck transportation in its place is
the forecast made on the future status
of the railroads by C. A. Morse, as
sistant director of operation in charge
of engineering and maintenance for
the United States Railroad Adminis
tration. Mr. Morse delivered an ad
dress before members of the New
York: Railroad Club and his remarks
were followed with close attention as
coming from one of the best known
railroad men in the country.
“The perfection of the motor truck
and tractor, together with the univer
sal use of the automobile, has intro
duced a new element into the trans
portation problem that should be
taken into consideration at this time,
while studying the reorganization of
the whole transportation{ question,”
said Mr. Morse,
“Good roads are demanded for the
use of the automobile and a study
should be made to see what addition
al expense would be necessary to so
construct them that they would serve
for motor truck and tractor. Where,
heretofore, development of the country
for 50 miles either side of a trunk line
of railroad has required the construc
tion of light branch lines, it is a ques
tion to be seriously considered wheth
er good wagon roads should be con
structed and the products of farms
and passenger travel should not be
handled by motor trucks, and auto
mobiles to the main line. s
Short Rail Lines Lose.
“Taken alone and considered as a
unit, practically none of these small
branch lines pay expenses, but as
gatherers of freight and passengers
to increase density of traffic on the
main lines they are sources of profit.
“As, however, the traffic gathered
by them is turned over to the main
line with a deficit attached which has
to be overcome during the main line
movement before any profit is made,
it would be a decided advantage if
this traffic could be delivered to the
trunk line by means of the motor
truck, tractor and automobile with
out this bill of expense attached,” Mr,
Mcrse said.
Noting the fact that a handling
would thus be obviated since it is
now necessary to truck farm products
to the short line branch, then trans
fer them to the main line, Mr. Morse
continued: “Investigation of this
subject may show the desirability, as
good roads are completed, of the tak
ing up of many branch line railroads
and utilizing the abandoned roadbed
for improved motor road, thus de
creasing the expense of maintenpance
and operation of our railroads and
giving in its place a well located mo
‘mr road. Such a change would ecall
for increased facilities. at stations
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Standardize Motor Planta!
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Is Idea of the British
In discussing a pmper on “Jigs., Tools !
abd Special Machines,” before the ln-i
sPMtution of Mechanichl Engineers in!
London recently, #lerbert Carpenter |
I sald he would uuroul that the Govs
| ernment should call the motor car mans« |
ufacturers together and (fnt them to
gform a committee to consider standard- |
fzation. There were 200 or 300 cars on
ithp British market, with not so much |
as a piston rlng standardized., Such
| a committee might develop designs em
bodying the best features of every car,
and a dozen types might be standard-
Ized omhrncmT Mght cars, taxicabs,
trucks and delivery wagons, together
with two or three other essential types,
They could evolve five or six types of
{engine and one or two magnetos, while
they could standardize carburetors,
| valves and piston rings. The making
|of emall fittings could be especialized |
by the smaller firms, engines by larger
firms, and motor cars by firms stil
larger. With such a system, connect
ing rods should be produced at a cost
of 20 cents per rod, and generally thé
price of cars be reduced to pre-war
| limits, It might be urged that the
scheme woluld arrest improvement and
| invention, but he thought that a man
lufacturers’ committee would be well
able to judge of the desirability or
otherwise of a proposed improvement,
along the main line for passengers
and for hauling frelght, including
storage, trackage, etc, but it would
mean the concentration of supervi
sion and labor, permitting better
‘ housing and living conditions for em
ployees.
“Motor driven conveyances have
gradually been changing conditions of l
railroad transportation for the last!
ten years, and now that the gefleml'
study of transportation facilities is|
up for discussion, it should be taken
into careful consideration, and due'
weight given to its influence on the
economics of the situation,” he con
cluded.
Merchants---
Motorize Your Busi
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Increase Your Hauling Radius!
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Increase Your Profits!
—ln The Atlanta Journal’s Ship-by-Truck to Rome,
Georgia, last week an immense fleet of trucks demon
strated that trucks can haul your merchandise on a 70-
mile run at a cost that stamps this method of transporta
tion as a sound business investment,
—Confined to the limits of your present hauling radius
your volume of sales—of business is just so much—your
profits a certain per cent. The increasing of this busi
ness and profits admits of only a logical growth.
—Tlnecrease your hauling radius and at onece you have
opened the channels for an immediate increase of sales
and of profits.
—The increased equipment for this larger hauling is re
markably low in comparison with the possibilities for
increased profits. :
—With motor trucks you can render consistent, regu
lar, effective service to your customers that results in in
creased profits. ~
—Allow a transportation engineer to help you solve your
hauling problems. Their experience will be of benefit
to you and your business.
In considering motorizing your
business we invite your inspec:
tion of the G. M. C. Truck.
. 270 Peachtree Street
Atlanta Charlotte
PRICE REDUCTION
Gates Half Sole Tires
We wish to announce to motorists that the prices of
Gates Half Sole Tires have been reduced in proportion
to the reductions recently made on several makes of tires
THEY STILL COST JUST
HALF AS MUCH
International Rubber Sales Co.
D. B. Donaldson H. R. Armstrong
345 Peachtree St., Phone lvy 656