Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1910 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]
Horse and Buggy, 2Y 2 cent* Expenses continue when not in uses. Based on 10-Mile Trip 10 lbs. hay .095 12 quarts oats .... .228 100 lbs. straw per month, daily pro rata .... .05 .Horseshoeing—daily pro rata .083 Grease—daily pro rata ... .0002 Depreciation .... .062 .5182 Cost per mile—two persons - .05 Cost per mile—per person - .025 a horse and buggy the cost is based on hay at $21.00 a ton; oats at 60c a bushel; straw at $1.50 cwt.; horseshoeing, $2.50 per month; grease. 12c a month; depreciation harness and buggy, .005 a telle; horse, buggy arK L,,^ arness cos tlng $275.00 and lasting ten years, stabling not included.
It Proves Beyond Dispute
conserve his time, extend his field and support his hands. That the automobile industry, practically unknown ten years ago and now the fourth greatest industry in the United States, is fully vindicated and proven economically sound: That the Maxwell car is the standard of that industry; the efficient, economical, reliable, utility automobile, as near perfection as human intelligence and human handiwork can make it under modern conditions.
needs of each vehicle were supplied at roadside stores at current market prices. Each day a different route was laid out, in order to cover all conditions of city and suburban traffic and all sorts of roads. One day they covered the densely congested districts of the city; another day they ran in infrequently traveled suburban roads. Everything was done to make the test normal, actual, eminently fair and conclusive.
The Results Attested by Its Judges
The car required 5 x /2 gallons of gasoline and a pint of lubricant daily. The horse needed 12 quarts of oats and 20 pounds of hay per day. The other expenses—tire cost, up-keep and depreciation or similar charges brought the total cost of the car up to 18/iol 8 /io cents .per passenger mile, as shown in the table above. The other incident expenses of maintaining a horse and buggy brought its total cost up to 2 /2 cents per passenger mile as shown in the table above.
Maxwell-Briscoe Motor Co. Tarrytown, N. Y. Special Demonstration the Latter Part of This Week Only. Majcbuett Auto Co. NNNOSBLAKN, INDIANA
Lecture Dates. Nov. 30—The Schuberts, a mixed quartette of singers and entertainers. Dec. 9 L. B. Wickersham, popular lecturer. Jan. 19—Booth Lowrey, humorist. March 13—The Beilharz Entertainers. Extra Number—Byron King, Jast year’s favorite, whose date has not been set. ’*
You get your sale bills when TOU want them when ordered at T' e Republican office. 1
