Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1910 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The First Real Cost-Test Ever Made Automobile vs. Horse A per passenger mile—lre cts. Horse and Buggy, passenger mile—2 rets. PUBLIC test of the Maxwell Car and a horse and buggy oi& the streets of New York and its suburbs, under actual conditions ot traffic, has just been completed.

Automobile, l% cent » Expenses stop when not in use. Based on 10-Mile Trip Gasoline - yy) - - .014 Grease •. - - - i .003 Tires and Car S3 .369 Cost per mile—two persons - ]036 Cost per mile—per person - !oiß * operate an automobile the cost is based on gasoline ’J„r 0c a cation; oil. 50c a gallon; grease. 12c a pound; depreciation andtires, ,023amile: average cost of gasoline per mile, .0122 (figuring 16 % miles to the gallon)and "ot ineiudlng storage. The average of 16% miles to the gallon of gasoline is based on tests of the Maxwell used the economy test and Is extremely low.

That the automobile is undoubtedly an economy. That its low cost of operation surprises even its advocates. That the extravagance of the motor car is voluntary and unnecessary. That its pleasures are within the reach of men of moderate means. That it is an indispensable factor in transportation and a utility. That it is an implement which, if properly employed, will increase the earning power of man,

Test Officially Sanctioned by the American Automobile Ass’n

We invited the Contest Board of the American Automobile Association to conduct this test in order that it might be in absolutely disinterested control. The board appointed judges to attest its results. The two vehicles ran each day over a predetermined route. Each ran continuously for six hours, regarded as a normal day’s work. Account was kept of every item of expense entailed. The

The automobile cost ®/ioo of a cent per passenger piile to Operate The horse and buggy cost of a cent per passenger mile. The car covered 2 1/2 times the distance traveled by the horse. The car averaged 76 3 / w miles a day at a cost of $1.03. The_horse averaged 32 9 /io miles a day at a cost of 95 cents.

This 13 our answer to the charge made that the automobile is an extravagance This Droves that Ihe ho re e e°a n n7b„ig C “ r W ° U ' d miUiO " S “ thC WCre everywhere substituted for We have always been unable to fill orders promptly in the spring and summer. In order to stimulate early season business all these cars sold during the next 30 days will be GUARANTEED FOR LIFE.

guarantee for life ®he Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Co. guarantees this car to be made In a good and workmanlike manner and free from defects in material, and will replace free of charge during the life of the car any material (except tiros and added accessories) adjudged defective when returned to its factory for inspection, transportation prepaid. by President MAXWELL-BRISCOE MOTOR CO. Date.

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With a 22-caliber rifle, Melvin Grubbs, a 12-year-old Warsaw boy, Friday shot and killed a golden eagle 1 measuring eight feet between the tips of th‘e wings. The bird, which resembles the one whch last week attacked a small child in Huntington county, has been purchased by Chas. Rigdon, of Warsaw, state secretary of the Order of Eagles, and will be placed in the Warsaw hall. Twenty aeroplanes at least are needed for the United States government service, Gen. Allen, chief signal officer of the amy says, in his annual report Just made public. Mrs. N. L. Otis, of South Bend, and Miss Mabel Hess, of Goshen, were injured in a collision with an auto driven by four Joy riders, and Miss Hess is in Epworth hospital, South with several broken bones.