Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 February 1917 — Page 57

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS AUTOMOBILE SHOW SECTION, FEBRUARY, 1917,

“Inch-in-a-Pinch” Safety for Thousands of Miles

Your safety often demands that last

i-in-a-rii ping or si

by inches not by miles.

“Inch-in-a-rinch” that prevents slipor skidding, for your car skids

This safety is assured when you use miller

GEARED TO THE ROAD

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They grip the road inch-by-inch; giro you car control over wet streets, through slush and mud. . They are built to give you safety and mileage, for thousands of miles. The wonderful Miller mileage records are due to the fact that the exclusive Miller process retains the natural vegetable wax and oil in the cotton fabric for wear on thm road. The life of Miller Tires is not cooked out in the vulcanizing pits. All the native toughness and elastkitv of the rubber, all the rugged strength of the cotton are kept intact to give you service. That’s why Miller Tires are brim full of “ Mile Muscle ” and u Inch-in-a-Pinch ” safety. Don’t wait until “next time’*~get Miller Tires now. Miller Rubber Co. 429 North Meridian Street Complete Stock on Hand at Noble Vulcanizing Co., 1340 N. Capitol Are. Nonpariel Vulcanizing Co., 910 N. Illinois St Doc Gant 317 N. Delaware St. Olin Tire Senrice. 416 8. Meridian St Thirtieth Street Garage, 30 W. Thirtieth St Wayne Tire and Rubber Co* 928 Ft. Wayne Are. Russell & McCloud, 1726 E. Tenth St. Olin Sales Co* 164 N. Illinois St

APPERSON CHUMMY ROADSTER GAINS MUCH FAME IN DAY

The Apperson Ro&daplan. Chummy roadster leaped into popularity In a sin. gle day, and It baa remained there throughout the last year. It is the car for which the average American family

has long been waiting.

The unique design of this roadster, which permits an easy conversation be^ tween four chums, makes the greatest appeal of any roadster designed, it la the original four-passenger roadster, after which att others are patterns. Provided with individual front seats, there la an aisleway between them which leads to a rear seating compartment, providing room

,for two additional passengers.

The Chummy roadster design tec ted by a patent from the

is pro-

~ won united States government issued to Elmer Apportion, president of the Apperson Bros.

of K-o'

Automobile Company,

MANY MACHINES iN ENGLISH REFUSE SERVICE—AMERICAN WORK SATISFACTORY.

[By A. Jackson Marshall] (Secretary Electric Vehicle Section National Electric Light Association.) The collection of refuse is a class of municipal service in which motor vehicles are becoming more and more popular. As evidence of what can be accomplished where conditions are of the kind that would generally be termed as decidedly unfavorable, the experience of an English municipality will be found full of interesting and enlightening Information. In Barnes, England, the machines now employed for refuse collecting are electric vehicles. An economy of 23 per cent has been effected since the conversion from horse-drawn equipment, as well as a distinct gain in service rendered. The adoption of “electrics” by this municipality was decided upon after a fourteen-day test in which one threeton machine of the type finally selected was put in service. Its operation was carefully watched and accurate records of mileage, load, current consumption, etc. were kept. The electric vehicles employed have a capacity of 4Vi cubic yards, and are capable of a maximum speed of about ten miles an hour. A single charge of the battery is sufficient for forty or forty-five miles. Each truck holds Just twice as much as the type of horse-drawn carts regularly used, and is capable of collecting twenty-eight loads a week as compared with twenty-one loads for the horse-drawn vehicle. It is estimated that eighty-five “electrics” now fulfill the same service that formerly required 275 horses. Many Stops a Minute. In this municipality there are large numbers of small houses, and the vehicle is often required to make three or four stops in one minute. The distance between stops may be no more than fifteen or eighteen feet. The electrio truck is particularly suited for such a performance, as it is so readily stopped and started. A striking point In the operation of the machines is the difference in the time spent by the two kinds of vehicles—horse and electric—in collecting and traveling. Of the eight and one-half hours in each work day the horse cart spent two and one-fourth hours in collecting and six and one-fourth hours in traveling to and from the incinerator, while the “electric” spends five hours and fifty-six minutes in collection and only two hours and thirtyfour minutes in traveling. These electric trucks are fitted with sheet iron bodies with hinged sides which can be let down at a convenient hight so that the greater part of the load can be dumped in at the sides direct from the cans on the shoulders of the fillers. Unloading is quickly and easily done by the power of the motor. A worm shaft geared to the motor pushes the body backward about two feet while inclined tracks at either side tip the body through rollers mounted on its sides. The front end of the body-is elevated and the rear end lowered, a discharge angle of fortyfive degrees being obtained. The entire operation of dumping and drawing the body back to its normal position is accomplished in seven or eight seconds by two movements of a convenient switch. The body is galvanized so that it may be flushed out at night with a hose. An American Example. The electrical vehicle section. National Electric Light Association, has record of another example of the efficiency gained by the installation of electric trucks used for garbage collection in the city of Paterson, N. J. Twenty wagons, each with a capacity of three cubic yards, were used, with three men on each wagon, a driver and two lifters. There are 150 miles of street in the city to be covered, and in the severe snowstorms it was impossible to give the service required. After continued difficulties, followed by many complaints, the city decided to install electric trucks. Although the initial expense was fairly heavy, a saving of $6,000 was the estimate for the first year, and for the second year the saving was figured at $22,000 to $25,000, and the Improved service is beyond expectations. The sanitary department of the city of Boston is also operating electric trucks of five tons' capacity, and is finding them extremely satisfactory. The trucks make twenty-five miles a day in five trips, and the work of each truck is equal to twice or three times the work which would be done by a similar horse equipment Municipalities in this country are gradually becoming aware of the efficiency and economy of the “electric" for refuse collection, a fact which has long been realized and taken advantage of in many countries abroad.

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Will Start Your Motor Immediately, and Keep It Going on the Coldest Day.

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V. B. “GOOD LUCK” CARBURETOR

WE GUARANTEE, that the VanBriggle Carburetor will V V start your motor immediately in the coldest weather without nursing or the use or application of hot water. That you can make a quicker “get-away,” have more power, get more mileage and excel any carburetor on the market today. That you can use the cheapest as well as the best grade gasoline. That it will not choke. That it will do the work on the lightest car or the heaviest truqk. That it will save enough gasoline to pay for itself in one season’s use.

After 30 days’ trial, if the VanBriggle Carburetor has not backed up our iron-clad guarantee, we will cheerfully refund you your money. Correspondence is solicited with dealers, motor car manufacturers and users. If you are a motor car user and your dealer can not fur-

nish you the VanBriggle Carburetor, we will supply you by parcel post on receipt of price, subject to our guarantee of satisfaction or money refunded. In writing give name of car, horse power and size of intake manifold. Regular discount to garage owners and automobile dealers.

VanBRIGGLE MOTOR DEVICE CO. 600 Fletcher Trust *Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind.

COMPLETE SAXON STAFF. • Complete organization of the selling force la announced by the Bark-ley-Wonser Saxon Company. W. L. Herder is the manager of retail sales in Marion county. Included in his staff are A. D. Wolfe, R. A. Izor and L. D. Owen. Both Mr. Herder and Mr. Wolfe were formerly with the Overland. Mr. Herder received his primary training with the Ford organization. Mr. Izor leaves the retail phonograph business to enter the automobile line. He was manager of the Edison shop. Mr. Owen formerly sold the Maxwell. R. D. McCain Joins the Barkley-Wonser Saxon Company’s wholesale department, after a successful period of service in Indianapolis and California.

BELIEVE ATTENDANCE FIGURES WILL BE GREATER THAN ANY OTHER SHOW OF KIND.

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INCREASE CAPITAL

An increase of capitalization was made by the Gier Pressed Steel Company, of Lansing, at a meeting held January 16. The former capital was $500,000 and this has been made $1,000,000. W. K. Prudden was elected president; Harry E. Bradner, vice-president; B. S. Gier, secretary and general manager, and D. F. Edwards, treasurer. These officers and Lawrence J. Price, E. Verlinden, Harry F. Harper and W. H. Newbrough comprise the board of director^. There was declared a 25 per cent stock dividend. The company is w located in its new plant and is filling orders for the Olds Motor Works, the Reo Motor Car Company and the Auto Wheel Company, among others.

/Howard E. Coffin, chairman of the industrial preparedness committee of the naval consulting board, who is man or the First Pan-American n&utics exposiUon in Grand Central pallace, February 8-15, has wired from Washington, I Ek C., that there is considerable interest being taken at the capital in the exposition. There will be a large delegation of senators, congressmen, army and navy officers, as well as foreign ambassadors and military and naval attaches, who will make the trip from Washington to visit the

/Opening.

v The exposition promises a greater attendance than any other industrial show ever held in New York, with possibly the exception of the long-established automobile shows. At this early date the advance sale of tickets already amounts to more than 26.00t)-a surprising record, and one Without precedent. Of this number none have been sold singly, all having been disposed of by mail or from the office of the Aero Club in books of twenty-five tickets at $10 a book. The interest being taken, as evidenced by the advance sale, is even beyond the expectations of the promoting organizations, which are the Aero Club of America, the Pan-American Aeronautic Federation, the American Society of Aeronautic Engineers and others. However, this is to be considerably more than a mere “show”;'it is the establishment of a permanent institution and annual clearing house to develop and exchange ideas that will promote the aeronautic industry. On the Other end of the work, so rap-

idly has exhibition space sold, that there i Is now very little left on the two large floors, and exhibitors are “renting the air, with anchorage in the celling,” for dirigibles, and balloons will be suspended from this ceiling, as will also several Of the aeroplanes where application for sufficient floor space was made too late. The exposition will be intensely interesting to all classes of peopla. Owing to the great number of prominent men who have taken up aviation in the last year or two, there is a popular interest which will more than equal that taken in the international meets of former years, and the same social aspect will be upheld. The widespread use of air machines in warfare has accelerated this interest. While Europe has had her hands full turning out aircraft fast enough to supply the demands of war, America has had time to study ana improve her aeronautics. Many new designs and new devices will be on exhibition to interest the layman, the army and the navy men, the manufacturer, and even the children.

Watch Bad Riveting. The blades of some fans have an objectionable habit of working loose on account of defective riveting at the hubs, and for this reason a new fan should be

rather carefully watched for a time. A loose blade can do a good deal of damage, and/when one blade goes, the rest of the fan often is damaged. If running at very high speed, because of the lack of balance. HACKETT TO MOVE.

Announcement has been made that the Hackett Motor Car Company will remove from Jackson, Mich., to Grand Rapids. Mich. The Michigan Motor Securities Company made the announcement. The company will announce its location within thirty days. A. H. Nienow and W. L. Smith, of that organization, announced that the company would employ 300 to 500 men in Grand Rapids. Beauty Has Influence. Attractive appearance as one of the most Important considerations of the retail buyer is becoming more strongly recognized each year. Distinctive lines and general appearance are one of the strong talking points of the new Empire models displayed at the automobile shows.

MLS M SAW AUTO IS A GREAT MACK

“It is only at rare intervals,” says Fred Wonser, of the Barkley-Wonser Saxon Company, "that the automobile merchant encounters a prospective purchaser who knows nothing of finished product or parts. This is due to standardization and consistent, truthful advertising. The Saxon Six is in every respect a standardized car. The motor is continental, produced by probably the most extensive manufacturers of automobile engines in the world. The Fedders radiator Is acknowledged to be of the best material and quality of workmanship and distinctive in appearance. Timken bearings are familiar to every reader, and it is the established reputation of the makers that enables the prospective motorist to understand that a car equipped with such bearings must be good. “Then there are the Timken axles, which have undergone every severe test

conceivable. Their ability to stand strain getting*something whoS'wSrth’w bSyoJd dispute The helical bevel drive gear is conceded by engineers to be one of the quietest and most effleient known. The Remy ignition needs no introduction, especially to Indiana people. The Wagne*-two-unit starting and lighting system Is used on all high priced cars, but on few uhder $1,000. "The Saxon clutch is so satisfactory that it is imitated by other manufacturers. The Rayfleld and Stromberg carbureters have beep proved to be the most economical, as it assues vaporisation fo low-test gasoline. The fiaxon Motor Oa Corporation adds to these various wel known parts features obtainable in n< other car under $t,000. For Instance th springs are full cantilever of vanadium steel. They make the Saxon Six in far a comfortable automobile, Just as tl motor makes it a powerful machine, ar the roomy body ’a big touring car tv five people.’ ” Joins Chalmers Company. R. D Pinkerton, formerly an oftlcof the British army, has Joined the Cha: mers Motor Company and will have charge of a zone.

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brackets.

The Chummy created a new class of roadsters the minute it was announced. Since then it has been the most imitated motor car ever designed.

Body Polish.

A good and inexpensive polish for brightening enameled body, parts can be made by mixing three ounces of ettronella, one pint of kerosene, one gallon of turpentine and one and one-half ounces of oil of cedar. Apply the mixture with a soft doth end then rub well with another dry, soft cloth. The more rubbing afforded the parts the greater will be

the luster.

Watch Valve Springs.

A scraping noise sometimes can be traced to a valve spring which has become misplaced and is rubbing against the place which inclosed the valve mechanism. To eliminate this requires either the fitting of a new spring or the reshaping of the old spring so that contact with

Sokomo, Ind. the cover plate is avoided.

Will Damage Tire.

Most modern cars are equipped with demountable rims and carry the tires inflated on these rims at the rear of the

This necessitates heavy suspension Care should be taken that

these tires are securely strapped to the irons. Each mounted tire weighs considerable. and if not securely fastened will chafe against the irons and greatly damage the case in a very short time.

Avoid This Trouble.

Most self-starting systems have a fuse box installed at an accessible point. The purchaser of a new car should acquaint himself with this as quickly as possible. Very often considerable trouble can be eliminated by replacing a burned-out fuse with a new one. This is a simple matter, but. if not known, may cause a lot of trouble and unnecessary expense.

Another Company.

Guy Hamilton is organizing the Hamilton Motors Company at Grand Haven, Mich., with a $600,000 capital stock. Many of the stockholders of the Alter company, being settled up now, will subscribe to the new company, on an equal exchange basis. The Hamilton four is to be built by the new company.

Keep In Dry Place.

When dry cells are used for starting purposes extreme care should be exer--cised to keep them In a dry place Even though the calls may be new any dampness will cause them to short circuit, and when this takes place you will have hard work starting the engine oa th* magneto.

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A REAL DEFINITION. The automobiles are popeyed, mechanical quadrupeds found in almost all parts of the world. They are cf various sizes, shapes and colors, and feed on oils and gasoline. Some of them live to be five years old. They are largely nocturnal in their habits, seeming to delight In tearing over the country by night and leaving a lot of mortuary matter in their wake. The eyes of automobiles are so bright that when they look upon a person at night he is absolutely blinded. They seem to enjoy the annoyance they are able to inflict upon people In this way, but a monkeywrench or two piloted into their face generally breaks them of this nasty habit. - The speed of an automobile is unknown. Lovers of racing have paid enormous sums for well-bred cars and driven them at what they thought sure would prove to be a world’s record. Then another car would whiz by the first one and make It feel like a hearse in a funeral procession. No, the speed possibilities of the automobile are not known. But next to gossip, it Is said to be the fastest thing on earth.

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