Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 151, 30 April 1912 — Page 11

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, TUESDAY APRIL 30, 1912.

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ELECTRIC TRUCKS FOR JH FUTURE .Advantages of This Type Are Numerous and Many Are ; Used Over Country.

MOTOR FASHIONS FOR WOMEN ARE

LATEST IS "KITT FOX

CHANGING

The future of the commercial electric automobile Is a problem of such "wide dimensions that it is difficult to attempt to treat of it in a single article. The advantages of the commercial electric are well known to those ho have employed them. One great

advantage is the fact that they are not apt to be put out of action on account

of the weather. During the severe Chicago blizzard of Feb. 21, when the snow was falling heavily and the wind was blowing fifty miles an hour, electric omnibuses and delivery wagons used in the business part of the city were in no way affected by the weather, while hundreds of gasoline automobiles and trucks were overwhelmed by the high winds and deep snowdrifts and were left abandoned. During the two weeks between Feb. 3 and Feb. 20, when the snow was heavier on the streets of Indianapolis than It has been for a number of years a Waverly one-ton electric truck in the service of the Hibben-Hollweg Co., wholesale dry goods merchants of this city, made 650 miles in fifteen days, or an average of 37.1 miles daily, at the total cost for current of $7.65.

Example of Coat. The mileage of the Vonnegut Hardware Company's truck for a period of twenty-eight working days was 863 miles, or an average of 30.9 miles per day, with a cost for current of $10.66. These are average performances of electric cars under the varying condition of the weather and may be duplicated In any part of the country where electrics are used. It is a well-known fact that the electric was the first successful motor vehicle used for transporting merchandise, but it is not so well known that during the lasf ien or twelve years the development of the electric vehicle has been going on at a .steady and rapid pace. Skilled electrical and mechanical engineers have been working at all the problems connected with electric transportation. Especially have there been improvements in the electric storage batteries, which are now so far developed . that an electric vehicle seldom gets , Into trouble oh account of the battery. The few simple rules for charging and care of the battery enable any driver of ordinary intelligence to care for his own battery at the place of storing his eleotric. Motor troubles are almost unknown In electric machines today and the controller Is so simple and effective that even a child may operate it with perfect ease and safety. It does not follow from this that the electric vehicle is adapted to all purposes of transportation in cities,

towns and villages. There are many cases where the selling engineer will frankly inform the customer that for Ms purpose an electric vehicle is not the most suitable or the most economical. . Electrics are not sold, as a rule, for long, stralght-away hauls with heavy loads and with few stops. In the majority of such cases the gasoline truck Is better adapted to the field. Short and Medium Run. The peculiar field of the electric is the short and medium run that has many stops. Whenever a competent engineer recommends the use of an electric vehicle It Is safe to say that the economy of that vehicle is greater than that of any other means of haulage. Few people realize the many and varied uses to which an electric vehicle may be put. ' In the ordinary business of hauling and delivering castings, it is customary to apply the electric power directly to the hoisting of the castings of safes to the upper floors of large buildings. This can be done without the tedious delay of operating hand windlass, and adds greatly to the speed of making such ffeliveries. The United States government has in use upward of seventy-five electric trucks. In municipal service, motor trucks are used very largely. The city of Boston operates sixty-two different cars, of which twenty-two are in the department of public service, two are used by bridge and ferry officials, five are used in the paving service, three

are used in the street cleaning de

partment, three in the sewer service, one of which is an old type Waverly;

seven are used in the water depart

ment. It is understood that the Bos

ton Developing and Sanitary Company are about to install motor cars for

transferring garbage from the receiv

ing stations to the wharves. The fire and police departments use twelve motor cars between them, while all the hospitals are supplied with motor

ambulances. Other departments of

Boston that use motor cars are the

bath department, public ground de

partment, schoolhouse department and the wire department. Often these cars are transferred from one department to another and in this way a large part of the service of a modern city is performed by motor cars. Coal .and Ash Car. A novel use of the electric vehicle In Boston Is a coal and ash car. The Quincy Market Cold Storage and Warehouse Company have two fiveton electric trucks now in use in delivering coal and hauling ashes. They are already showing gratifying economy over the horse delivery In this line of work. " In commercial service, the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company of St. LouIs has 57 electric trucks, Tiffany & Co. of New York have 21 electrics, Peter Doelger Brewing Company have 48 electrics, Jacob Ruppert Brewing Company are operating 72 electrics, R. II. Macy Company have 38 electrics, the Adams Express Company have 250 electrics, the American Express Company have IOC electrics, Flelschmann Company of New York, (ha yeaat mannfaturery hari rpot-

Dame Fashion has decreed many changes in women's motor apparel for the 1912 season. The newest pelt in motor coats is dubbed by the furriers "kltt fox." This fur is smooth, silky and glossy and looks suspiciously like the coat on well fed, well groomed pussy's back. It Is more supple than rabbit fur and not as close and fine as

the expensive ermine. Trimmed with collars of white fox these coats are very luxurious and attractive, and are of course, accompanied by becoming white fur caps to match. White cats

with their pale, cold eyes are seldom lovable, and one could wear a white "kitt fox" coat without any sentimental regrets, but when It comes to maltese motor coats the thing seems different. Most of us have loved and lost at least one maltese pussy, and the maltese fur coats with their lovely gray satin linings are not likely to prove a successful experiment for the furriers. One of these maltese coats was seen the other day in a shop window priced at almost $100. Muskrat is a very fashionable pelt for motor coats, and the soft, tawney shade is charming against the out-of-door back-ground. A muekrat coat with collar and cuffs of Australian oppossum was noted on a pretty girl recently and with the coat went an adorable bonnet of knitted gray chenile and French blue velvet.

Another charming motor costume that combined fur with blue velvet was seen. There was a long, straight coat of navy blue corduroy trimmed

with a superb collar of blue fox, with cuffs almost as large as mufts of the same pelt. The wearer, a tall, slender young girl with eyes as blueas her velvet coat, stood most of the time with one hand tucked inside the cuff of the other sleeve, and no muff could have kept her flngi'3 warmer than did the big fur cuffs thus joined. The photograph of this blue coat with its fox fur trimmings shows also the fetching little motor bonnet of blue corduroy with blue taffeta plaiting all around the edge and a flat Alsatienne bow of the velvet lined with the taffeta across the front. With this coat were worn gloves of canary yellow doeskin, and when the coat was removed a charming frock of blue mohair stitched with gold buttons and pipings of orange was revealed. Reversible Fabrics Attract. The fur motor coat, unless built of very fine, supple pelts and skillfully fashioned by a good furrier, is apt to be clumsy and shapeless and is not as attractive as one of the smart new coats of reverisble cloth of Scotch woolen fabric which come in such warm, pleasing colors. When an allwool fabric of close weave is selected such a coat Is almost as warm as the fur; but many of the cheaper motor coats are more than half cotton and the weave is coarse and open to give

the effect of fleeciness and softness.

Such coats look very well and suggest substantial warmth in their roominess

and general style, but the searching!

winter wind goes through the fabric I as it would through so much muslin, j

and it is wise, if one's coat is not of the best quality, to provide a chamois

jacket or warm sweater for protection underneath. The secret of comfort in a motor coat is lightness, yet warmth of materials, and a fit that is roomy

about the body, yet snug at all points where the wind may have access. The fronts should be double-breasted and should be bo arranged that they may be buttoned snugly around the throat, the sleeves should have "wind cuffs" inside which may be buttoned closely around the wrists, and the fronts ci the coat should lap well over each at the bottom so that the limbs may be kept warm. Some of the smart looking reversible cloth coats while fastening high and snugly around the throat, slope sharply away In almost a cutaway effect at the lower edge so that

DOCTORS LARGEST USERS OF AUTOS

when the wearer sits the lap is quite unprotected by the coat. This year the craze is for coats of the reversible duofaced cloths which are bright in color on one side and soft gray or brown in tone on the other. Stone gray with a reverse of royal purple is a favorite combination, and there are many warm brown tones backed by blues or reds. These coats are jaunty and dashing in style, with

their loose, straight lines, huge collars and cuffs, gay buttons and outside natch pockets. Nothing smarter or

more .picturesque has been brought out for motor wear since the day of the automobile began. Some Mannish Coats. Motor wear for out-of-town use has a piquant air of its own. Velvet and fur coats are considered too ceremonious

and jolly knitted garments or big, rough coats of wool are substituted. A mannish overcoat of brown and green mixture shows the leather is really the warmest thing that one can put on; the blanket cloth coat lined with leather is warmer than a fur coat, and when the weather is milder the leather lining, If detachable, may be left at home. This coat of leather, also, Is waterproof as well as warm, and if the leather is of good quality and skillfully dressed, the coat need not be at all clumsy or unmanageable. The leather motor coat is the twin sister of a soft brown tone flecked with crimson. The two garments may be

worn together or either coat may do duty separately. The maid wearing the leather coat is eqiuped also with a leather aviator cap which, besides being a protection from the cold, is well padded to protect the cranium In case of a fall. The collar and cuffs of white ratine are attached to the leather coat with snap fasteners and may be removed when the garment serves as a lining under a wool overcoat. Some of the reversible cloth coats have leather linings to the waist as an extra protection to chest, back and shoulders in an open tonneau. Many

women do not want to De Dotnerea with a muff when motoring, for unless the muff is securely anchored in one's rerson it is very likely to fly out of the car If the wind Is blowing strongly. Very heavy gloves are worn and the sleeves of the coats are so wide that the hands may be tucked into them against the warmth of the arm. Though In town it is quite safe to go about in a well heated limousine with the feet protected only by thin slippers, the woman who motors in the country is careful to put on her high laced or buttoned boots before setting out, for ankles not protected by leather are apt to become woefully chilled. So little- walking Is done by the fair automobilist that very dainty boots are usually worn with the little frock of serge or mohair which Is worn beneath the big coat and revealed when a tearoom Is entered. Patent leather or calf boots come now with buttoned

tops of Batin, suede and velvet, and these are seen under dainty tea frocks In town, but for country motoring the boots with a calf top Is the wisest choice. As to the Bonnet.

This winter the piquant hat, hugging the head closely, is more fashionable than the bonnet, and very rakish and daring are some of these new motor caps. From Poiret, wizard of cap building, comes the dashing little motor head covering of soft felt with an oriental embroidered ornament across the front. The felt, of the softest, most flexible quality, is creamy tan In color and the ornament 1b made of mahogany colored velvet embroidered in red and orange. A fetching cap is of sealskin with a brim of skunk fur and a cluster of ribbon roses In three shades of yellow In front. This cap has the fashionable chin strap which is the dernier cii just now in motoring modes.

Motor Cars Increase Efficiency of Physicians Now Absolute Necessity.

kept. It is cheaper than horses, even when used to the fullest limit. It requires feeding only when running, while causing no expense whatever during periods of non-use. It doubles the usefulness of the physician because he can call upon his patients in one-third the time, or he can call on three times the number of patients, increasing In either case his value to the community, and last, but not least, his income not to forget

the Increased opportunity for study and recreation, gains which. In modern life, are of equal Importance. The automobile is less troublesome than the horse, because it requires no grooming, no shoeing, no veterinary sort of attention that can not be given to it by the doctor himself. It adds dignity to the doctor's calling in proclaiming him to the community as a progressive member of the medical fraternity the young practitioner rid

ing Into a lucrative practice where his less up-to-date colleague merely walks into one,, the financial advancement usually being proportionate to the facility with which the physician is able to spread his skill over his territory. Automobiles are an absolute necessity to the doctor. They also mean convenience, pleasure and relaxaUon when the stern routine of the physician's calling glTes way to rest and the enjoyment of life.

Wherever an attempt is made to

classify automobile users according to their vocations. It will be found that the medical profession not only appears at the head of the list but leaves a comfortable margin between its own figures and those of the nearest competitor. No other calling has availed itself of the advantages of the automobile with greater alacrity. How strong a hold the automobile

has taken on the doctor's appreciation may be seen from a statement of a

leading motor company, that of 51.000 of their cars in use at the present time 16,527 are in the hands of physicians. This gives the medical profession a lead that is not likely to be overcome for some time. In calling the motor car Into his Important service, the doctor does not pay tribute to fashion, but he adopts this modern method of individual transportation in the same spirit in which he utilizes the valuable discoveries of science and the advantages of improved apparatus. Horse and Buggy Go. It is essential, especially to the country practitioner, that he possess facilities for independent transportation hence the once familiar picture of the doctor's horse and buggy. But with the increased use of the automobile, the hitching post has lost its significance, the service of animal flesh and blood Its former appreciation, and in its stead there is the motor car, in a form admirably adapted to the pro

fessional man's needs, since it does

the work of many horses, besides doing it better, cheaper and quicker than its four-legged predecessor. In recounting the many allurements of the motor car for use by the doctor, the greater speed obtained naturally Is an important consideration though it is well to bear in mind that the main factor is less the capability of the automobile to travvel a certain number of miles an hour than that of maintaining a given speed for an indefinite length of time. First of all, the automobile has greater speed, and thus it saves time. It possesses greater endurance, since it is not subject to fatigue and may be driven 5 or 100 miles without detriment to its life or to its readiness to perform a like service time and again ; in other words it requires no rest after coming In from one call, a simple turn of the starting handle being sufficient to send the car on another errand. .-,., The automobile is more eanitary than horses, because, unlike the animal, it attracts no insects and Is not responsible for odors that are insepa-

raoie trom places wnere norses are

WHY YOU SHOULD BUY A

ORCYC

THE price, $165, is within the reach of everyone. ' ' IT weighs but 165 pounds and is therefore easy to handle for any man or boy. IT consumes less oil and gasoline than most machines. IT is made by the Pope IVIfg. Co., a factory with So years experience. IT is a wonder on hills and rough roads. IT is a light, compact, reliable, sturdily built machine of fine appearance and is simple to operate. IT has the following equipment: G. & J. or Diamond Tires. t Breize or Schebler Carburetor. Herz Magneto, Spring Fork, Etc. We Also Have a Complete Line of

Pope Bicycles'. At $21.00 to 37.S0 wn. m. hmjndng 43 NORTH EIGHTH STREET

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ly ordered twenty Waverly electrics and are sending their drivers regularly to an electric school at the Y. M. C. A. in New York in order to prepare them for entire care and haudling of the cars. Case & Martin Co. have 100 electric trucks and the Ward Baking Company have 200. From these facts respecting the present use of electric commercial vehicles, we may make our own conjectures as to their future use. The opportunities for commercial vehicles of all types are simply unlimited and wherever the horse may be found In city service it is not too much to expect that an electric or gasoline motor car will be in use within a very short time.

Gossip. why gossip

"I wonder why gossip travels so

fast." "Because the tongues which carry it are always on the rail-" Baltimore American.

Th Bad Bankers. An Irish laborer in the federal prison at Atlanta had to undergo a serious surgical operation when he was serving his term. His nurses -were two prominent bank officials who for the sake of their sins were wenring away the days by working as attendants in the prison hospital. "How are you today?" the doctor asked the Irishman when he was convalescing. "Oh, pretty fair," he answered, "but these bank presidents make mighty bum nurses. They don't know their business. I should have been well, but they have pat several bad checks on lay recovery."-Ft Lonis Republic

Positive Proof. I "Yes. I'm getting old." "Why, you're looking younger than ever." "That's it You may be sure you're getting old when your friends tell you you're lookinjr younger than ever."

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