Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 145, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 October 1927 — Page 13

OCT. 26, 1927

OPEN FACTORY IN AUSTRALIA Goodyear Tire and. Rubber Company Has 6 Plants. AKRON, Ohio, ords for construction and starting into operation of a tire factory were broken by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company when operations were begun this week at the Sydney, Australia, factory of the company, less than eight months gfter ground was broken. Ground for the new production unit was broken on Feb. 24. Installation of machinery and equipment was completed a few days ago and production started this week. American speed in constructing the new plant surprised native Australian engineers and workmen. Opening of the new plant brings the number of tire factories owned by the Goodyear company to six. There are two at Akron, one in Los Angeles and two in Canada. A seventh will start producing tires in Wolverhampton, England, before the end of the year. The new Australian unit will have an initial capacity of 1,000 tires and tubes a day. It will be operated under the direction of a staff of technical and production experts from other plants of the Goodyear company, with native labor personnel. Manufacture of tires in the Australian capital will supply a rapidly growing market in that country. Motorist’s Nightmare On the Bilege road in Sumatra, a stretch of about 1,000 miles, 1,000 hairpin curves are found within a space of forty-five miles.

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City Dealers, Salesmen Inspect Buick Factory

The Buick dealers and salesmen of the Indianapolis Branch territory recently made a trip to Buick factory at Flint, Mich., and to the General Motors proving ground at Milford.

Jones-Whitaker Chevrolet Cos. 345 North Capitol Avenue

: More than 170 dealers and salesmen made the trip in a special train over the Monon, leaving Indianapolis Oct. 19. Thursday was spent in an inspection of the immense Buick factory.

The number of Ton and Vfe-Ton trucks in use today is far greater than that of any other capacities —for these are the units used by thousands upon thousands of retail merchants to meet the re* quirements of modem service. And b**tause Chevrolet offers the greatest value available in each of these two sizes, both the Chevrolet Ton and Vfe-Ton trucks are leading the world in popularity. Come in—and see for yourself what Chevrolet offers you in comparison with other trucks. Note the advanced, modem design in every unit —the sturdy, oversize construction —the wide variety of body types. Go for a trial load demonstration, and test the certainty of Chevrolet’s power—its handling ease —its flexibility in traffic. Then look over the economyreo ords established by Chevrolet trucks in every line of business —records which definitely establish Cnevrolet as the world’s most economical haulage unit with the world’s lowest ton-mile cost. Then you’ll know why Chevrolet is the world’s largest builder of gear-shift trucks—with undisputed leadership in both the Ton and Va-Ton fields!

Hare Chevrolet Cos. 540 East Washington Street

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They saw the operation of the new Buick assembly line where more than 1,000 Buicks are assembled each working day. Buick’s new gray iron foundry, the largest and most complete of its kind, just completed at a cost of several million dollars, and other divisions of the immense Buick factories where production methods have been made more efficient to care for Buick’s increased volume of business, were inspected. Friday the dealers and salesmen were taken to Fisher Body Company’s new plant in Flint where they were shown the details of construction and production of Fisher bodies to be used on Buick automobiles. They were then taken to the General Motors proving ground at Milford, where they were shown how Buick is thoroughly tested and proven before it is delivered to me owner. Every test that a car undergoes in an owner’s hands is made on a Buick, every part that goes into Buick construction is ' proven, it is driven over every conceivable type of roadway, at all speeds, these tests made with one end in view—to deliver a tested and proven car into the hands of the owner. Service Stations Gain According to the Automotive Equipment Association, 88,000 automobile service stations in this country installed' nearly a billion dollars’ worth of parts and service supplies last year. This would make the average earning for each station more than SIO,OOO. Urge 40-Foot Roads That all main trunk lines have a minimum width of 40 feet, at least 24 feet of which shall be paved with a hard surfaced material, is the recommendation the New York State Automobile Association has made to the highway department of the State of New York.

ROAD CEMENT SETS IN WEEK • New Method May Revolutionize Highway Work. Bu NBA. Service FLINT, Mich., Oct. 26.—Engineers and scientists believe construction of concrete highways will be revolutionized with adoption of a quick setting cement, anew development in the industry, that sets in from three to seven days, compared with three weeks for the present product. The quick results are obtained simply by grinding N ordinary cement finer than usual. The first extensive use of the new product has been made on the Dixie highway near Pontiac—the road that conects Detroit, Pontiac and Flint, the world’s three largest automobile manufacturing centers. Here qver a 1,040-foot stretch the concrete was poured, with steel wire to reinforce it. The thickness of the mixture was ten inches at the edges of the twenty-foot pavement and eight inches in the center, which is not in highway construction. Tests were made daily by a University of Michigan laboratory representive and when a tenSlle strength of 2,000 pounds or better was obtained the road was pronounced for traffic.

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y By SWEDE SWANSON While autoombiles are constantly decreasing in price, their quality is steadily climbing. This year finds the auto the cheapest in its history and the best in its career. George W. Sutton Jr. of the American Motorist, official organ of the American Automobile Association, gives keen competition as the reason for quality increase and the following twelve reasons why cars are cheap and are getting cheaper. 1. Scientific research and laboratory tests of metals, devices and Ideas. r . 2 - T?l e B re . at purchasing power of automobile industries Insures high duality of material at low price. 3. Skillfully devised manufacturing processes make for large production and Increased savings In labor. 4. Making of high-quality bodies on large production basis. 5. Foreign markets Increase producUon and decrease surplus In America. 6. Establishing of sales financing organizations •to eliminate high Interest rates. 7. Cooperation of labor with the automobile industry. 8. Rapid turnover of materials. 9. Salvage of waste. 10. Speeding up of mechanical work. 11. Standardization through cooperation of manufacturers In the exchange of patents. 13. Better merchandising more efficient dealer organization, better market for dealers with cars of more than one price. According to Sutton, probably the most important of these reasons is the exchange of patents between car makers. Every week New Yorkers buy seven miles of automobiles, or about 3,000. Chicago and Detroit both buy about 1,000 new cars a week. Nevada will soon be without a trolley car line. The only one now in operation is a three-mile affair in Reno. The city has decided to replace this with bus lines. Os the forty-one drivers’ licenses revoked by California during the past two months, twenty-one were taken up because of drunkenness. Blackburn, wholesale sales manager of Murphy Motors, Inc., has been appointed general sales manager. C. S. Lewis becomes wholesale manager. Blackburn has been identified with the local automobile business dieven years. Murphy Mo-

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tors, Inc., Is located in the '.English block on the Circle and also at 106 East Georgia Street. Carmen Hill, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates and a resident of Indianapolis, has Joined the sales force of Roy O’Brien Cos., associate Studebaker dealers. Hill formerly was with the Indianapolis Ball club and late last year joined Ownie Bush’s clan of Buccaneers. His record of twenty-three victories and eleven defeats for this season stamped him as an outstanding pitcher of the National League. Hill is an enthusiastic Studebaker booster, having owned and driven only Studebakers for several years. Automobiles Increase | Automobiles in Great Britain now total 1,756,000. This Is an increase of 176,000 over the total of last year. To Beat Record Harry A. Miller, famous for his

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with ease to car and comfort to passengers g Your Essex gives you 50 miles an hour all day long. Far greater speed if you want it Brilliant activity in pick-up and hill climbing. More than 2V2 times the power its - motor size ordinarily rates it. Long life and enduring character to all its abilities and quality. It is exclusive performance because Essex Super-Six design is exclusive. And because every part of motor and chassis is engineered to true balance with every other part. E S SEX Super-Six 2-Pamenger Speed about S7(K, 4-Passenger Speedster $835 Coach $735 Coupe $735 Sedan sß3s AUprices f. o b. Detroit, plus war excise tax R. V. LAW MOTOR CO. Distributors 1219-1225 N. MERIDIAN ST. MAin 4082 —ASSOCIATE RETAIL DEALERS— P. B. SMITH AUTO CO. G. WININGS CO. 450 N. Cap. Rlvd. Lincoln 3603 ‘ 3816 E. Wash. St. IRrlngton 3598 OAKLEY MOTOR SALES CO. NORTH SIDE HUDSON-ESSEX CO. 1065 S. Meridian St. DKexcl 4743 2441 Central Ave. RAndolph 3524-OOBS

WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARB BUILT, BUICK WILL BUILD THEM There's no time out 'iox Buick The referee’s whistle shrills . . . "time out!" . . . The game halts pending a player’s return to the line-up. ‘Time out” is never called for Buick—Buick is always “in the game”—never “on the side lines”. If there is a ’Tong run” to be made, you can depend on Buick to reach the “goal”. When you attend the big football games this year, notice the predominance of Buicks for men and , women who like action, like Buick. Sedans *1195 to *1995 t Coupes *1195 to *IBSO Sport Models *1195 to *1525 ’ Mfprbttf. a. Sr FUmt, MUb,, geaeruiment Imc te be added. The G. M. A. C fiamnduf plan. Mu am* is smtildblt* BUICK-H 928 / Central Buick Cos. Jno A. Boyd Motor Cos. 2817-2918 Central Avenae 833-837 North Meridian Street Tbornburg-Lewis Motor Cos. 1202-14 East Washington Street

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FIVE UNUSUAL VAUJE-S Every car we deliver is exactly as we represent it. Right now we are offering 5 unusual values that will please particular buyers. Dodge 1926 Sedan S6OO Overland 1925 Coach 400 Ford 1926 Coupe 325 Dodge 1927 Coupe 800 Hudson 1926 Sedan 709 Here are five cars priced for a quick sale. T. A. BELL COMPANY 126 West New York St. Service Station MAin 4365-66-67 Meridian and 11th Sts.

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ord of 203 miles an hour established by Major Segrave.