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Suggestions Made to Those Who
Go Motoring to Strange
Places This Summer.
Thousands of motoris hi ear will
rive fromsthe wecustomed and fa
miilar territory strang places
where the topographica ndition
are unfan ir to them. and where
they may encounter road ind road
condition never before met SOome
wdvice on driving under vario con
litlons will ¢ helpful
Though it is generally known by the
{ erienced motorist that if a hill is
O { even first gear the re
verse may be used, the first-time own
! may g up in despair and try
inother road without a steep grade
F'he reverse of every car | geared
lower than first, hence if the car can
not pull o w because of the stecp
ness of the il or lack of power, the
driver can back up the hil It must
e done slowly, of course, and a very
techfnl eye kept for oncoming cars
In ascending grades, always keep
o the extreme right. This should be
dene always, of course, but on grades
irs coming down usually travel at
speed and the drive takes a little
more road room than usual It will
i found safer also if there is a turn
n the grade
In descending a grade, various re
sirtances may be used to Keep the car
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b W ALKER BROTHERS Co.
o WHOLESALE GROCERS
J L. and N. Terminal Building
; ATLANTA, GA. May 19, 1919,
o rigman Motors Co,
2 493 Whitehall St.,
‘Z Atlanta, Ga.
i Gentlemen: -
you may advise your cusiomers that we have been using
'g three Federal motor Trucks in our City deliveries for the past
t‘ several months, and we are so well pleased with the satisfactory
"y results given that we have placed our oxder for an additional
;—;/2 Ton Federal to accommodate our increased business,.
" Yours very truly,
' Walker Brothers Company,
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s There is a Federal Truck that best suits your needs. Let us know what you haul and our ex
perts will tell you how to decrease your haulage cost and increase your delivery radius.
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BRIGMAN MOTORS CO.
I 493 WHITEHALL. ATLANTA. MAIN 529.
: Distributors for FEDERAL Truck Company, Detroit. :
THE MOTOR TRUCK
O the genteel Toursedan he's a slicker, spick and span, |
An' he leads a life of luxury an' ease; j
Mr. Roadster, he's a sport of the racy, reckless sprt, w
An' Miss Blectric #he's a lady, If you please! ‘
I'm related to their tribe, but I ajn’'t what you'd describe
As a slicker, or a aportin’ lucky-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, 'm the grim and grimy moil
An’' the bedlam of the busy parts of trade;
You can pipe me off a mile by my yough 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-—
But 1 gotta groan an' grunt when I do my tollin' stunt,
‘Cause 'm just a plain, plebeian Motor Truck!
Where they dig an’ blast an’ bore in the earth for 01l and ore,
"Pwixt the mines and mills I ply with precious loads;
O'er the rugged mountain trails [ kin trundle with the mails-—
An’ they tell me I'm a bear at bujldin’ roads.
From the peaceful countryside where the farms an' flelds abide,
I transport tremendous loads of market truck ;
h, I'm burly an' I'm tough, 'cause I'm built of solid stuffe
I'm your bustlin’, husky, rustlin’ Motor Truck! ‘
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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
-1 kin lug the ammunition an' the guns, |
I kin treck with tons of food oer them shell-torn stretches strewed
With the grim debris ot battle, blood and muck— ;
An’ I'll do my bit unawed, by the e verllv’r' Gawd, .
As a crashin’, smashin’ U. 8. Army Truck! |
—C, WILES HALLOCK in The Denver Post.
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in check and save brake lining. In
gome States the grades are s 0 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 I 8
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 ig thrown in. Opening
the throttle introduces a little more.
The brakes should only be used if the
resistance mentioned is insufficient to
prevent the car from attaining a dan
zerous 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
inte the sand. If no progress is made
on the first trial, shift to neutral and
get busy at the rear wheels. Boards,
it 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 chaing will pull a car through
mu¢ that is not too deep. The mud
road as usually found is not soft for
many inches down, so that if t he car
ginks the ehains 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
the 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,
(Omne of the very handy devices for
the tourist who expecty to meet
gome bad roads and get into diffi
culty is an extractor of some sork
This is the last-resort device which
may be handled by one man to pull
the car out of deep mud or sand
Bl'ock and tackle is the common de
vice but there are many special ones
on the market for the automobile
tourist.
It may seem like childish advice 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. I
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 Associa
tion, the travel bureaus, etc., 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 he expected to indicate road
conditions months after they have
been 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
\Hmit 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. ‘
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That the railroad of the future may
find it more economical to tear up
ghort line tracks and develop motor |
truck transportation in its place is
'lhr forecast made on the future status ‘
of the railroads by C. A. Morse, as- |
| gistant director of operation in charge ‘
'ur engineering and maintenance for
the United States Railroad Adminis
'nuntm. Mr. Morse delivered an ad
dress before members of the New
'\’m k Railroad Club and his remarks
were followed with close attention :m]
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 guestion,”
said Mr. Morse,
I “(iood roads are demanded for the
use of the automobile and a study
should be made to sce 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.
Short Rail Lines Lose.
i “Paken alone and considered as a
unit, practically none of these small‘
| branch lines pay expenses, but “J
lgntherers 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.
| Morse 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
land utilizing the abandoned roadbed
| for improved motor road, thus de
i creasing the expense of maintenance
‘| and operation of our railroads and
, | giving in its place a well located mo
.l tor road. Such a change would call
for increased facilities. at stations
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' Standardize Motor Plants
Is Idea of the British
In discussing & paper on "Jigs, Tools
and Special Machines,” befors the In
stitution of Mechamical Engineers in
London recently, Herbert Carpenter
#nld he would nufl"l that the Gove
! ernment should call the motor car man
ufacturers together and get them to
form a ecommittee to consider standard
izatlon, There were 200 or 300 cars on
|!he British market, with not so much
as & plston rtng standardized. Such
| & committee might develop designs em
|bodying the best features of every car,
and a dozen types might be standard
llzl‘d. embracing light cars, taxicabs,
trucks and delivery ‘;nlonl. together
with two or three other essential types,
They could evolve five or six types of
lengine and one or two magnetos, while
they could standardize carburetors,
Ivalves and piston rings. The making
iof small fittings could be especialized
by the smaller firms, engines by larger
Iflrml, 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 the
price of cars be redueed to pre-war
Umits. It might be urged that the
"scheme would arrest improvement and
{invention, but he thought that a man
jufacturers’ committee would be well
{able to judge of the desirability or
|mherwine of a proposed improvement,
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along the main line for passengers
and for hauling freight, 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 eonditions of
railroad transportation for the last
ten years, and now that the general
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. 1
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 yvour merchandise on a TO
- 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 bhusi
ness and profits admits of only a logical growth.
—lncrease your hauling radius and at once 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 tha 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 vy 656