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Motor Trucks Rendered
Good Service During
Car Strike
"That the motor truck rendered in*
valuable Mrvle* for munlclpnlltlrH during
the rec ent roal *trlk<. only another
example of the unuaual dependability,
economy and adaptability of the motor
truck in meeting unusual traonportatlon
demands " aaya (i A. Kiasel, president of
the KiPM‘l Motor Car Company.
“Tn the Middle Waat quit* it few of
our distributor* wrote u« that the motor
truck took the place of the railroad lo
comotive* in h*lpln* move freight car*
loaded w|th ewil from nearby tplnea and
•hipping points tip to the varda of the
local electric light, hum and water pump*
ir»g atationa, to provide heat lo the mu
nicipal and industrial buildings
“I, myself, noticed In the daily papers
at the time, how when different switch
men's unions refused to move freight
ears loaded with coal mined bv volun
teer*. motor truck* stepped Into the
breach gnd kept up the supply of the
ptec one fuel at a time when no other
(native power waa avatiftb ■
“If these motor trucks had not proven
equal to the Job, many additional hun
dreds of thousands of employes, as wefl
sa scores of industries, would have had
to shut down
“Owing to the fact that the motor
truck did not employ coal as * source
of its motive power, mad** .their opera
tion economical and efficient and did not
isc up fuel that could have been used In
snv way by industries or municipal
buildings.
“When the history of the roal ah Ike
has been written in its fnflrety. when
ih« suffering and angulub of the millions
of people as the result hue bean told, »t
will b» found that If It hadn't been for
the motor truck, the nation would havu
been much worst off."
MOTOR GARS vs. HORSES
Far from the hard grind of the city,
out in the green pasture**. oei aaionaliy
doing a little work f*»r the farmer, old
l>obbin, the faithful horse, is being rele
gated rapidly to hIH pant age," nays
Stewart M« Donald. president and gen
eral manager of the Moon Motor Car
Company of St Louis.
“Almost every day some city or town
in the United Ktates sounds the death
knell of n horse and substitute* for him
motor drawn vehlcilcn. Of course there
are still millions of hen sen used In the
••ountry and there will he for many
year* to come.*but motor cuulpmant t»
Gradually forcing them out of the more
populace center*. Oakland, Cal,, |« the
latest to do this. Oakland ha» Just con
tracted for i not or driven strict sweep*
ii»g brooms.
“In New York. Chicago. Boston uno
Xt. Louis the niunicipalitirs use motor
trucks for public hauling, they use mo
tor driven street sweepers and sprink
lers and street squeegee* And bettter
stII. for w•• manufacturer* of patscKtigcr
automobile*. they supply to all of theil
• nsp«*ctors and to the heads of their va
rious city departments, to the chief of
their police and to their mayor and to
htelr tin department chief? and cap
tains. good looking and good running
paarsonger automobiles They are also
In even the smallest cities using mo tot
propelled fight hie apparatus.
“Truly the day of the horse Ji fust go
ing and the du> of the motor car with
its hundreds of variations Is coming ln.*‘
BRITISH PROFITEER*
London. —in tin* past month then
have been &71 prnseeutlon* in England
on charge of profiteering in food sup
plies. Convictions* were obtained |n HHI
cooes and fines aggregating 920,000 have
heap imposed.
Ei’ri IMS
f (or Car can
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edged” at
overlapping
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Automobile Department
J AUTOMOBILES, TRUCK 3. ACCES3QRIES, YTX X£Ttr"aTIERS AND TRACTORS ~T7*
About four Automobile
By JULIAN CHASE.
Formerly Editor of “Motor,” “Horseless Age,” etc.
Everyone is familiar in u more or
lees definlt*- way with lh« grneral
manufacturing s< hemo of a match
factory, In.which I°K» go In at one <md
and finietied matches packed In boxes
come out the other. That's .about the
way the manufacture automobile* to
day.
An automobile plant, considered as
a whole, is merely a big muehlne
which taker in raw material at one
end and delivers a string of com
pleted ears at the other, the conver
sion being accomplished In a practi
cally continuous operation. Engines,
axles, transmissions, frames, fenders,
bodldes, whrelj and the other units
all have their own special depart
ments In which their parts ure fin
lehed and brought together, anti
when each is completed as a separate
unit it In conveyed to the proper
place on ihe line of the general or
chassis assembly system, there to be
picked up and put in as a part of the
completed car to which It Is destined
assembling which is employ
ed to bring the various complete units
of lie car together Is .lino employer!
in nsennihllng the unite themselves
In the engine department, for example,
when the several parts nre finished
they nre (li*trthun><l along the assem
bly line Hint each i lights In built up Hh
it 1h moved along, taking lie crank
i use here It* crank sh ift n little fur
ther on, getting lls pistons anil ron
iieellng rods. Its e\ tinders, it* water
pump. Its Ignition units at other points
end finally, perhaps its starter and
xi in ator Just is it is about to leave
Ihe engine demirtment to he taken to
the point on the chaals assembly sys
lein where It iolnts the axles, Ihe
transmission anil other ports which
inakn up the completed car
ll has been said often, but tt ran be
■ I again because it is so Hue, that
Davis Distributor Suggests That You Be Careful in
Using Non-Freezing Solutions
• srrful »tt*ntiori to obtaining » non*
finning solution wliioit will not boll »t
lower temperatures than water Is aug
k -ated by Mr Chao. It I’ltts. of th»
fltts Motor tv. lonsl distributors for
the Oeo \V Pavla Motor Car Co
Acordihg to Mr Pitts, motor car
owner# »r.‘ using iMr rars mors in tbs
winter, hem's I hoy rsallss ths nsod ror
an eff.l'l l vr solution for their radiators
which will not frssss
"In selecting such a tlutd ronsldsra
tlon should be given to the boiling |>olnt
if tin solution as well as the fr«v»lng
point." says Mr Puts "This is nse»s
irj because many solutions which will
not frci sr except at exceptional!, lew
Car Owners Should Ex
amine Their Car
Occasionally
"Motor car owners could very easily
cu! dow n r. pair t> Us If the, would oc
casional!' i xamlne the various n.i-ihan
lc«l units in their car.” say* John P.
Manedr'd. general sales manairri of tns
Oort Motor Car Cernpanj
“It does not take much time, nor for
that mallei any great amount of me
Making Motor Cars by the Millions
to belong.
As soon as a frame is rlvited it
goes on to a chain conveyor, which
i arries it along to a point where men
are waiting to attach the springs. It
moves along again and Is fitted with
axles. Once more it moves and ac
nu I res a train.ml.,;iion unit or perhaps
an engine. Whichever comes first, if
they both do not go In together, de
pends upon the design of tin car. An
other move, and a radiator Is added;
another, and a muffler and exhaust
piping an attached. And so the car
goes along the line gathering its parts
in itself until at lom, a completed Job,
It leaves the conveyor, Its motor is
.■tartod and it runs off under its own
[lower for a final test, to be followed
by a careful inspection and whatever
adjustment Is nccebsary before it goes
into the freight car and Is on its way
to the dealer and the anxiously wait
ing buy el.
Each car as It is moved along by
the conveyor is preceded by a car Just
the American automobile industry is
marvelous tn its combination of quan
llty production with high quality of
product. And the quantity produc
tion -huge quantity production- and
tho quality of the product Is real
quality.
There Is no other country In the
world which ever has or ever can pro
duce cm's as we produce them here.
There are several plants In America
which alone make more ears In a year
iban are made by all manufacturers
combined in any other country There
arc several p'ants here which, m a
year, make more ears than are made
in alt Ihe rest of the world outside of
America h the same period. And they
arc good ears
In Europe they build cars In Amer
ica we manufacture them. Over there
it takes several men to produce each
temperature-, boil before water doss.
Siieli a condition would cause [he en
glue to overheat and should be avoided
"Certain salts ntay be used success
fully If there is no add In thorn These
in be bought at many Harare* Alco
hol. although expensive, will prevent
freealiiK If enough Is used It evapo
rates readily, however. at|J needs to b*
replenished more frequently than many
commercial anf-freetlng solutions which
If bousht of a reputable company, ran he
counted upon as being practical!' is ef
fective.
“It is not advisable to use kerosene
because water will boll at lower temper
atuies with It In the solution and the
odoe will he rather- offenslv *."
Chunk'*! knowledge, to tighten a bolt
here and there, and In the lour run, this
may save a serious repair Mil. Thu**
are many way* In which owners could
operate tbclr . ars at a great deal lower
expense, simply by performing these lit
tie acts.
"For eu.mpte an easy method of
cleaning valve stems, under suspicion of
harboring cat bn deposits, la to tnjeo: a
rule kerosene In the air valve of ths
carburetor while the engine Is running
In this way, the kerosene finds Iss wav
down thr valve stem and softens and
washes off the carbon. It is not a bad
idea to do this once a month or to
"Another very Important feature la
changing the oil in the brankcase This
Is a Simple operation, and If an owner
would follow out the Instructions hs
gels when h* firs! purchases hia car.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
one step nearer completion, and is fol
lowed by another, one step farther
fiom It. The result is a continuous
stream of cars rolling off the end of
the conveyor, in some plants at the
rate of one a minute.
There is no time ip tills kind of
manufacturing for the old kind of car
riage painting. Jtodles, fenders, wheels
and chassis are all palmed separately
and the paint is sprayed on like per
fume out of a big atomizer. The paint
ing in done, in many eases, ar a part
of the progressive assembly system.
Men stand with their air brushes and
spray the paint over the diasls as it
comes along. The wet chassis then
moves through a series of drying
ovens and comes out at the other end
in a few minutes as dry as if. under
the old method, it had stood for a
week. The wheels, with inflated tires
mounted on them, are usually fitted as
soon as the chassis leaves the drying
ovens.
The same general scheme of pro-
car. Over here each man produces
several curs in a corresponding space
of time.
Foreign makers use the only meth
ods I hey can possibly employ in their
limited outputs. It would bo abso
lute!/ Impractical for them to fit up
their plants with assembly coijveyor
systems and with the automatic and
quantity production machinery which
oui* America makers use, because they
would never he able to get. for all the
cars which they can sell, enough mon
ey to make the cost of such installa
tion a good investment.
And we do not make poorer cars
because we muke more of them.
The American automobile is the
product of a new era in manufactur
ing Wo had quantity manufacturing
before the car industry began to grow
and we had quality manufacturing and
have had it since the days when man
firs! made things, but there had never
before, in the history of industry, been
the demand for the combination of
quantity production methods with high
degree, of quality of product which the
American automobile industry has de
veloped.
In many automobile plants they
make ten thousand, yes, one hundred
thousand or even a million of each
of many thousands of different parts
and each single part Is so true to size,
shape and standard of quality that
any combination of all the different
ones will make a perfect ear- -a thing
Unit will glide along the highway, fly
up hills or purr softly as it pulls you
slowly through city traffic.
Such a marvel of manufacturing had
never been accomplished before the
automobile came, but now it is being
accomplished, in America alone, aev
m thousand times a day.
particularly on this point of oil and o I
Cleaning, lie would save himself much
trouble. Lubrication Is the paramount
feature to perfect motor car operation.
Owners cannot be too careful on th a
quest ion. Knglneers will tell you that
positive Oiling IS the very life of a gas
engine and this holds good for the other
units of the car.
"The instruction book used ppofllr.bly
s a guide to lower repair b'lls. It does !
not lake much troub’e to read this over
occasionally In order to brush up on the
parts of the cur that ne-'d attent on and
sre often apt to be neglected. If users
would pay closer heed to these little
things and examine regularly the parts
that need attention. Snore wou'd be
fewer cars in the repair shop Besides
saving money, you have the nddltional
advantage of operating a perfect run
ning car"
INVENTS CIRCULAR LOOM
Manchester, Eng.—After a futile effort
to Introduce his invention In Knglish
mills, C Whallev, who contrived a circu
lar loom which, it l* claimed, will benefit
the weaving Industry. I-.6s gone to the
t'nlied State* where he hope* to obtain
- financial assistance In giving his mi-
I chines a thorough teat. An oficlal of
the textile department of th* H'ackburn
Technical school declared the new loom
»<M»ld reduce the cost of operating p r
i sontiel bye three-fourths
»TEP UP MEN AND HIRE VOUR
PARTNER.
London.—British dance hs'la ars now
hiring girl partner* who sre rented to
men dancers at 10 cents fi r 18 minutes
C Bremen tic but popular.
PRINCE ALBERT TO BE A FREE
MASON,
London --Prince ,i ib-T'., younger broth,
er of the Prince of Wales, IS to follow
his brother's example and become, as
was King Edward VII, a Freemason.
1920 Model.
/ *
It's Alive With Power
Woodward Motor Co.
State Distributors.
An exceptional opportunity awaits good dealers in terri
tory that has not been alloted. Wire, writfe or phone either
Atlanta or Augusta office.
AUGUSTA 1
513 Broad Street.
*" SJI
I™ ll jjjjH 111
The Four-Passenger Sport Model
You will like the Columbia Four-
Passenger Sport Model. Every one does.
You will like it first because of its
appearance.
It has the snappy ultra-modern lines
that cause people to turn and give your
car the second look.
And there is no use denying it, we all
like such a car.
And you will like it better the more
you know about it. For it is just as
good on the inside as it looks on the out
side.
The chassis is composed of very best
units money can buy. If you were
having a car built to order, you couldn't
choose better. Specifications prove this.
And then you will find certain fea
tures possessed by no other car.
Motes Motor Co.
509 Broad Street* Augusta, Ga.
Colombia Sid
Gem of the Highway.
■
"But,” said one map, "I understand
the girl you are engaged to is a twin;
how do you tell the difference between
her and her sister?”
"Well, It’s a Jolly nice family," raid the
COMET SIX
-jUBJIdIM
POWER—ihat’s what makes an automobile step out
and discount the miles and the hills, taking you there
and back on your scheduled time —or ahead of it.
It is power that gets you quickly out of traffic jams, and
makes impassable roads passable.
And yet your car’s abundance of power must be flexible,
as it is in the newest Comet Six, so that you may get
away quickly, so that you may roll along at 50 or more
without noticeable engine efort, so that you may do the
steeps on high and never doubt her gameness in
“hanging on.” ,
Wonderful car, this newest Comet Six—the car that has
everything from beauty to bulldog tenacity. May we
show you? Simply telephone.
Spocifisationa: Timken A*l*»—Continental Ssal Motor—
Harrioon Radiator#—Thermoota tie Control or Shuttoro—Spicor
Universal Joints—Barg A Book Clutch—Detroit Stool Product*
Company's Spring—Auto Lit* S tartar Atwator-Kent Ignition
Systom—Stromborg Carburetor— Prest-O-Lite Storage Battery
Painting and Trimming givan graat carw—Pantaaota Top.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 4
lucky man. “and I don't bother very
much."—London Tit-Bits.
Evidently a coal strike does not dimin
ish the supply of hot air.-—’Salt Lake Citi
zen.
ATLANTA
548 Peachtree Street.
For example, the automatic radiator
shutters which are opened and closed by
a thermostat, keeping the motor operat
ing in Avinter or summer at the most
efficient temperature. This does away
with all the trouble Vith hood covers,
slow warming up and hard starting.
And besides it saves a lot of gasoline.
And you will be surprised how com
fortably it rides. This is because of the
non-synchronizing spring suspension. It
prevents the car from vibrating up and
down every time it hits a bump on the
road.
The Columbia was one of the first
three companies to build a four passer*
ger model.
Yes. you will like the Columbia Six.
Come in and see it.