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Good Roads Situation Is Like the
Railroad Problem Was
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Fifty Years Ago.
“Along with the great national
movement for better highways comes
the question of weight of loads, speed
and many other factors,” says James
Brign.an, distributor for Federal
trueks. “In the solution of the mat
ter, plain, ordinary common sense
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We are always pushing forwaed to find some new way of serv
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Our Free Road Service, first in tims, is also first in quality. Our
service facilities, at our store as well as on tne road, are the best
in the field both ir equipment and operation.
Repairing—Free Road Service—Vulcanizing
Quick Tire Service, Inc.
Phone: Bell, Ivy 65 2-6 W. Peachtree St.
Atlanta 700
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should prevail. Unimproved roads, in
good weather when they are dry and
sound, can stand a great deal of traf
flc with little or no dammage. They
can even bear tremendous loads if
the width of the tire is sufficlent.
When these roads are solid big steam
traction engines, with thrashing ma
chines or corn shellers, run over them
with no damage; in fact, with benefit
as they act like rollers. |
“Moderately improved roads like
wise can stand much traffic in good
weather. The big trouble with these
roads ls that they are not what can
be called all-year-'round roads. They
ghould be improved to meet the nor
mal requirements of traflic so that
full benefit may be derived from them
at all times,
LARGE LOADS LOWER PRICES,
“The weight of the load should be
determined on the basis of width of
‘tires. Routes between large cities or
important eommercial and industrial
centers serve for emormous tonnage
and the larger the units in which this
tonnage is hauled the greater the
economy of hauling. These routes
are main artertes of tratfic and any
thing which increases the cost of
trapsportation on them is paid for by
' HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN — A Newspaper for People Who Think — SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1919,
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Title to Moior Car
Must Be Flawless
| There has been Introduced tn the
Ilinois L.egislature a bill which may
have a tendency to reduce the num>
ber of thefts of motor cars. The
measure provides that no motor ear
may be sold In Illinois without a bill
of sale containing the name and ad
dress of the purchaser and a minute
identification of the car as to factory
and engine nymbers, etc. The bill
| of sale must be recorded with the Sec
retary of State and will be placed on
record. Kach garage is required to
make a public record of every car
handled, giving the engine number
and other details as shown in the
bill of sale. All engines found with
|out their origindl number, must be
| junked.
all the people, regardless of how far
they may be from these main arteries.
When it is taken Into consideration
that a 50 per cent increase in the size
of the unit hauled makes a 15 per
cent decrease In the cost of trans
portation the matier becomes one of
great economic importance with ton.
na&e r\mn% t&lnto the millions.
LIKENS A TO RAILROADS,
“On these roads the weight is fully
taken care of by the 800-pound limit
per inch width of tire. For every
800 pounds an inch is added to the
bearing surface of the tires. With
the addition of a trailer the weight of
the load can be doubled without
doubling the strain on the road. You
simyly add to the wheel base. 'The
load, while greater, is distributed
over more wheels of proportionate
tire width. A striking illustration of
this is given by our roads. While
heavy rolling stock, such as the big
¢ompound engines which are now
used on our railroads, are very much
heavier than the rolling stock of
years ago, the weight per inch of
bearing surface has not been greatly
increased. This has been met by
putting extra bearing surface under
the weight. For instance, the big
engines now have sixteen driving
wheels, whereas the early engines had
only four. ‘
“It would have been as sensible 50
yvears ago to have prohlbited the use
of locomotives larger than the little
four-wheel drivers, as it would be to-(
day to limit the weight of the motor
truck on any oOther basis than tire
width, and the number of wheels un-‘
der the weight, which in the case of
qur large locomotives gives several
hundred per cent greate. hauling c-a-‘
pacity with probably only 100 per cent‘
greater weight of rail. Without the
development of the large locomouvel
and the increased size of railroad
cars, freight rates would probably he‘
double what they are now. If we set‘
an artificial limit on motor trucks, we
are handicapping what is fast becom
ing an lmg)omnt means of transpor.
tation, and adding to the cost of every
article of food or clothing we use,
and placing a zinomlly greater eco
no‘;nlc burden oh the country. We
must build the road to carry the
load.” 2
AR CAUSE OF
AUTO DEMANDS
A new and bigger demand for mo
tor cars is prophesied for the United
States as the:returning legions from
the fighting front again take thelr
place in the tndustrial and social life
of the nation. This prophecy is made
by John Lottridge, distributor for
Marmon and Jordan cars, and it is
based not on the wonderful exploits
of automotive vehicles in the war
zone, but on the change in habits of
the personnel of the armies as a re
sult of their military experiences.
“The habit of punctuality and of
getting to a giver® place In the short
est time and with the most ecoonmy,”
says Mr. Lottridge, “is one that will
be firmly stamped upon the character
of the rteurned soldiers. War is based
upon timeliness of movement; upon
speed and accuracy in carrying out
any plan of action, and the boys who
come back are going to apply this to
their daily business and social life.
“There can be one result only, and
that to make them see the motor car
in the MNght of service. Couple this
habit of propmtness with the per
formance that motor cars have made
in carrying out the vital maenuvers of
the war and the ex-soldirs will be
quick to recognize the value of the
automobile in their everyday exist
ence. When you stop to consider that
every motion in a soldier’s routtne is
based upon doing the task in the
shortest, yet most thorough way, you
can understand the way in which
these fighters will sweep aside the
older, clumsier methods of their eivil.
fan days and adapt the new-found
methods to them.
“l belive that the motor car has to
day arrived on a new plane in the
public mind. It has been an experi
ment, it has been a novelty and a
craze, too. Now it is § sound, sub
stantial product—with a definite place
in our daily life, which can not be
taken by another.”
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Each Tire Has Its
Own Particular Woes
“We hear a lot about the ills the
body is heir to,” said the Michelin
repair man, “but I forget them when
1 consider the ills that are forced on
automobile tires by careless or indif
ferent owners. You ought to hear
the tires tell their troubles when they
are brought in here with all kinds of
things the matter with them. Their
appearance tells the story all right.
And when 1 have a busy day, ‘The
Tires’ Lament’ is the very saddest of
choruses to me. There isn't much
harmony, but there is a lot of pn’mo'
in it all.
“‘He overloaded me,’ cries oné.
“‘He underinflated me,’ moans an
other.
“Then 1 get a long-drawn-out wail
of—
“‘He ran me on the car tracks and
against the curbing.’
“‘He stopped me suddenly and skid
ded around corners.’
“‘He kept me going when I was
flat.’
“'He left gasolne and grease on
me.’
“'He used me on a wheel that was
out of line.' .
- “l have been in the tire business
for many years, but I can not get
used to tire abuse. It's all so unneces
sary and expensive for the owner.”
Resilvered Reflectors
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Protect the Motorist
For safe night driving a motorist
should have a legal, safe and effi
clerdt light, one that will concentrate
all the light where needed. To do
this the reflectors must refleet. There
is so much difference between a high
ly plated reflecter and a dull, dingy
une, that one of the best investments
an autoist can make is to have his
reflectors re-silvered,
According to H. C. Simmons, ot
the Simmons Plating Works, motor
ists are fast learning this fact, al
though many of them wait too late
or until they have had some accident,
or brolien a spring by running into
W rut, which could have been avolded
if they would have had the proper
light for driving.
Street is Diagramed
For Drivers of Motors
. To Avoid congestion at busy street
crossings in Washington, D, C,, a new
system of “rotary traffi¢” has been
adopted. The purpose of it is to pre
vent any “left turns,” and automobiles
must go around the circle marked on
the pavement when they want to
shunt off in that direction.
The entire crossing is plainly mark
ed out with this rotary scheme, cir
cles and straight lines being laid out
in geometrical fashion to indicate
where motor ca s and pedestrians are
to move. Small arrows are part of
the scheme, and no driver has any
excuge for not knowing the rules. All
he has to do is to keep his eyes on
the ground,
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More Attention Paid
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To Springs on Autos
Automobile manufacturers are pay
ing more attention this vear than
ever before to the easy riding quali
ties of their cars. In the new BEssex
180 inches of springs are used, al
though the wheel base is only 108 1-2
inches long.
W histles, Bells and
Gongs Before Horns
The use of the nutomobile horn was
inaugurated in France, and was
adopted by automobile manufacturers
in this eountry In 1900 to substitute
whistles, bells, gongs and the many
other devices used theretofore on alls
tomebiles to the confusion of pedes
trians and drivers allke,
Nickel Plating
Automobile
Parts
BUMPERS
LAMPS
REFLECTORS
FORD RADIATOR SHELLS
And Every Other Part That
Requires This Work
Algo Refinishing Stlverware,
Surgieal Instruments and
Brass Bods
Plating Works
1256 8. P"V\rr‘\( “‘7‘".'o‘.. Ga.
According to local Standard Oil offi
cials there is no immediate danger
of a serious shortage in the gasoline
supply. This despite the fact that
there is a real shortage of crude oil,
considering the refining capacities of
the country.
The shortage of erude is estimated
to be as high as 50,000 barrels a day
in the Mid-Continent alone. There
are ut present and in process of con
wtruction,” refining capacities in the
Mid-Continent and Téxas areas for
825,000 barrels of crude daily. The
production of ecrude from all section
available for this maximum of ca.
pacity admittedly is short, and if the
country were dependent upon the
daily output of the refineries for its
gasoline there would be some cause
for alarm,
This is not the case at the present
time, however, According to Stand
ard there are considerable stocks of
gasoline in store, sufficient to meet
the demand which will come imme
diately the weather warms up and
cars begin to be used to their maxi
mum. The saving factor in the situ
ation has been the weather, which
has ocontinued cold and inclement,
and which has prevented the con
sumption of gasoline normal to this
time of year. With the present stocks
on hand and the production of the
refineries, irregpective of the admit
ted shortage of crude, there is no rea
son to be apprehensive about a short
age.
California May Vote .
oyye
40 Millions for Roads
The State of California will submit
to Its voters on July 1, 1919, a pro
posal for a new bond issue of $40,-
000,006 to provide funds for the ex
tension of the pavements on the State
highway system. In 1910 the State
authorized an issue of $15000,000 and
a second fssue of $18,000,000 in 1015,
The paved roads which have I§en
completed under these lssues have
ingpired a desire for more—and have
created a need for more, by reason of
the development of new areas which
are reached by thgse highways.
Metal Strip Will Hold
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Vibrator Box in Place
In case the screws that hold the
gemall brass jackets to the vibrator
box become worn so that they do not
grip any more, do not try to remedy
the trouble by using longer screws, as
this will probably injure the windings
of the cofil and ruin the vibrator. The
better plan is to put a metal band
arourd the box and attach it to the
idash with small bolts.
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Warm Up Your Motor 3
Without Racing It
A cold motor should be warmed up
slowly, as it 18 dangerous and detri- |
mental to race or accelerate a cold
motor. This does more harm than con
gtant service under full load at correct
motor speed. Never race a cold en
gine. Where this instruction is dis
regarded and the engine is speedsd up
bevond the speeds which we indicatg
as the safe running speeds, you &are
inviting trouble, repairs and expense. \
"REPUBLIG .
More than twice as many Republic Trucks are
sold yearly than are sold by their next largest com
petitor. Over 100 Republic Trucks are in operation
in Atlanta and the list is growing daily.
J. W. Goldsmith, Jr.-Grant Co.
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FENDERS AND BULBS,
In case where the headlamps are
fastened to the fenders, looseness in
these latter results 7ln excesdlve vibra
tion, which will acéount for rapid ruln
of bulbs,
No other proof is needed to win you to it.
Thousands have placed their orders upon
the demonstration revealed in a short ride.
Its performance is so convincing that one
is not left with indecision as to its value.
Consider What .
Thousands Say
On every hand you hear praise for the
Essex.
Its newness created an interest that sent
hundreds of thousands to Essex stores to see
it. On the first day more than 5,000 rode
and were won by its performance
Every day of the past four months has
seen a swelling tide of admiration until now
all are saying the finest things for it.
What Is It
That They Admire?
Is it performance or appenrance—l—-low cost
or economy of operation?
One speaks of one . quality, another of
gome other feature.
That is accounted for by the experience
those persons have had with other cars.
The man who has owned a good light
J.W.GOLDSMITH,JR.-GRANT CO., Inc.
229 PEACHTREE ST. e ATLANTA, GA.
SHAHM WAS BRAVE POTENTATE.
1 The Shah of Persia Introduced au
| tomobiles in his country in 1900, pur
| chasing the finest specimen of a “horse
)| less carriage’’ that the market then
afforded.
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Just You Ride
More Than Half a Mill:on Motor- ,
ists Now Praise Their High Quality
Light Weight Car— $1395 (5elio:)
In An Essex
BEGINNING AUTO DELIVERY.
The first Mmotorized parcel dellver®
service in the Middle West was inaue
gurated in Detrolt, Mich., organized un
der the name of the Automoblle Rapid
| Service Delivery Company, in 1500, with
six motor cars.
weight car recognizes in the Essex a wider
power range. He sees a complete car. It
has features he had never hoped to obtain in
any car selling within his price range.
The man experienced with fine cars sees
in the Essex an equal quality to that with
which he is accustomed but at an immense
saving in operating and maintenance cost.
It Has Arpuled
. To All Motorists
Interest in the Essex has come from all
classes of motorists.
That proves the fulfillment of the aim of
its builders. They intended it should be the
car that would embody all the advantages of
the two accepted types of cars.
It should have lightness as well as dura
bility—performance as well as low first cost
—easy riding qualities as well as economy of.
operation. .
They did not sacrifice the advantages of
either—they combined them. .
That is what all have recogniZed. :
It is what we want yon to know and thus
our statement ‘‘Just you ride in an Essex.”
A FEW ATLANTA
USERS OF
REPUBLIC
Continental Gin Co,
Western Electric Co.
Morris Packing Co.
The J. W. Clarke Co.
Pernsylvania Rubber Co.
Atlanta Bn'ggngn and Cab Co.
Frank E. Block Co.
H. M. Patterson & Son.
Georgia Creamery.
C. J. Baisden,
Marett, Streater & Co.
Stein & Co.
Gramiing, Spalding & Collins«
worth,
E. B. Stuart & Co.
Rice & Hutchins.
Sam H. Saltzman,
Globe Coal Co.
A. McD. Wilson,
J. E. Raley & Bro.
Capital City Club,
High:&wcr Hardware Co,
Edgerfon Salt Brick Co.
Parfay Bottiing Co.
Mitchell Bros,
Meinert Coal Co.
C. J. MeWilliams,
Boénhom Auto and Equipment
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Walker Electric Co.
T. H. McKinney.
Belmont Farm and Dairy Co,
H. C. Bagley.
Williams - Thompsen Co.
Wynne Plumbing Co.
American Red Cross,
Soénhern Marble and Granite
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Morris, Ine.
Hogue Electrie Co,
M. M. Stanaland. .
Bradley & Woertz,
R. O. ;lanngnn.
National War Workers' Coun
cil,
Walker Rocfin'g Co.
Morrew Transfer Co,
Arthur Wrigley.
Phenix Supply Co.
J. A, Kelley.
Conley & Ennis.
Atlanta Journal,
Atlanta Constitution,
Atclnn!a Pioneer ™ Motor Exp.
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Frederick Disirfecting Co.
William George.
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