South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 109, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 18 April 1920 — Page 28

12 THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES

SURVEY OF ROUTE SUCCESS CONDITION IN MOTOR SHIPPING Record3 Show Failures of Track Exprcmcn Due to Lax I3ti.ines3 Methods.

That they neglected to make a careful preliminary purvey before I:tlng a route, or that they did not properly appreciate the value of keeping accurate cost accounts arc rf'Asom thoso mo.t concerned frequently give for failure In th ruraJ motor express or inter-city hauling luhinfHfl, according to I. Farr, director of the Firestono fhlp-by-tru'-k bureau at Akron, O. The results of recent Investigation mado by the I'Irr.ntone bureau along theM) lines and Homo recommendations for the guidance of prospective ope rators are enumnted by Mr. Farr. In a letter received try the South IJend branch of the bureau directed by W. J. Hill. "Investigations conducted by our field men dL.lo.-e that In a number r.f caa rural ar.'l intcr-city express lines change hands frequently, and that In ms oth-r rajn the bu.sineps hai been abandoned altogether." Mr. Farr writes. "Their reports make, It clear that frequent changes of management and the failures are due In part to lack of proper consideration of certain factors basic In any business, but more frequently to disregard of .several factors peculiar to tho operation of a motor express line. "They convince us that first of all care must bo exercised In the selection of a route. Uefore selection is mudo there should b a thorough Furvoy of tho business possibilities of several routes. Wlint to Find Ont. "This preliminary purvey should embrace tho following important points: "1. The exact length o the route and the time It will take truck to make the round trip over it. "2. Character and condition of tho road. "3. Approximate tonnage it will furnish trucks moving In both directions. "4. Existing and possible competition. "Z. Tho extent to which motor transportation is regulated by government agencies, euch as public pervico and railroad commissions. "In making this survey valuable Information can be secured from county farm agents, farmers who are large shippers, agricultural and cooperative association leaders, shippers of atrricultural implements, local bankers, wholesalers, retailers, manufacturers and commercial associations.

"It is often Impractical to interview all shippers in making a survey of tonnage available. In such rases the use of a carefully worded questionnaire will be found helpful. "Once embarked in business too much stress cannot bo placed on the keeping of complete cost accounts. The number of operators who fall to take into account euch items as depreciation, interest, supervision, insurance and taxes, is entirely too great. Many such men are making their rates eo low that operating their business is merely a process of eating up their capital. The impractical methods they are employing not only spell their own failure, but also threaten the business of practical operators who find it dimcult to compete with them."

In the Motor World News of the Manufacturers and Dealers,

of Syracuse has consummated the largest realty transaction on record by an industrial concern in that city. The plot of trround is rectanciilar in

iship covers three acrs and is lo- ; cated Immediately to the south of;

tne present rranKim plant. Tiie

Tha tir Industry is rapidly working toward a final standardization of tire fijefl, under a plan of action outlined by the rubber asoclaUon of America Uefore the war the idea of discontinuing the manufacture of tires of odd Fizca met with approval from tire manufacturers, and when the government in the midst of tho war announced that to conserve rubber the gradual elimination of unu&aal sizes would begin. there was commendation both from the manufacturers and dealers. At the conclusion of the war tire manufacturers, rim makers and car builders continued to cooperate with a view to reducing the number of sizes to the smallest possible number compatible vlth giving adequate service. Under their plans a.11 owners of cars using tires of unusual .sizes will be able to get tires for their cars as lon as the earn last, but no new cars will be rvtde calling for any except the standard eizes.

Tentative plans include motor truck tours lasting through the week and covering virtually every section of the country, according to reports received from f5 cities where branch offices have been established. Good roads organizations and associations interested in motor truck transportation will form the nucleus, it is ald, of a temporary organization to promote activities during the week. Virtually every rural section of the country from. coat to coait will be traversed by caraans of motor trucks during thip by Truck Good lioads wee-k. iing practical demonstrations of the utility of truck transportation and preaching tho doctrine of better highways.

Barney Oldfleld. the auto rar driver "who never looked back " has rnten-fl a car in the speed ela-ic to be held at the Indianapolis nv)tor speedway, May 'jl. The veteran of 18 years In tho racing game will elect another nilot

to handle his mount this vear as in I

1313 when he yent Rosoe Varies to the wire with his entry. Who OldMeld's choice will bo this yar is a .matter of conjecture he has not yet announced, and whether he has decided is not known. The car he has entered is an "Oldfleld Special" of 12 cubic inches piston displacement manufactured by Harry Miller of Is Angeles. That is all the information that was contained In the official entry blank turned in to the speedway ofl'.cials. In last year's race Old field s car was e liminated early in the game with a btVen camshaft but Carle's kept it well up in front aa long as it was in the aitair. Tore than 7,000 inspections are Riven to Studebaker cars before they are passed for delivery. These inspections start while tho cars are still in the raw material stage and end with the linal O. K. Fight hundred inspectors are employed in the various plants to earn' on a large part of this work. Figures show that 5f 0 mechanical operations on Studebaker cars call for an accuracy to one-thousandth of an inch, while 173 operations require an accuracy to one-half-thousandth of an inch.

Official announcement has Just been made by the management of the Cole Motor Car Co.. of Indianapolis, Ind., of the appointment of Howard (Howdy) Wilcox, automobile racing expert, as research engineer of the Cole Co. Mr. Wilcox brings with him to his new position an experience in the automobile industry extending over a Ion? period of years, having secured bis first connection in 1904.

National Ship by Truck Good Roads week, to be observed May 1722, inclusive. is being planned throughout the country, according to Washington headquarters of the Chip by Truck bureau.

Motor Car Prospect Is Simply Amazing The demand for automobiles is amazing. Though it.s introduction is so recent it lias become ono of the common factors in our everyday life and of the building of automobiles there la no end. An authority in tho trade estimates that at present there are 7.r. 00,0 CO motor ears in operation in the United States and that this year's output will total 1, COO, 000 inor. Though tho United States has only ene-ixteenth tho population of the world it has 10 times a many automobiles as all tho rest of the world combined. Ild not these vehicles

wear out it Is apparent that the poLnt of domestic saturation would

be reached shortly. Two or three states have an average of ono car to every' fix people. This would certainly about equal

any possible demand were there not

a constant demand for replacement of the old with new ones, though naturally such sales wuld constitute k smaller volume of business than

a virgin field where tho craze for a

car is virulent.

Ilut after tho domestic demand In

met to the point of vaturatlon there

remains the -world at large, so that the authority referred to bellees that there is a market for 40,0O0,C00

cars just as soon aa they can be

built. With present facilities this

would insure manufacturers active business for decades to come. What waj one esteemed a toy has demonstrated lis ut'liiy.

If China had fewer cemeteries it

would have more railroads. liecause every 10 feet has a dead man

under it. China will probably have many motor trucks. Oriental r verenco of ancestors viewing the removal of graves as desecration prevents th extension of present railroad lines. However, thousands of milts of post roads, if improved, will allow the use cf trucks for freight and passenger transportation.

Championship points awarded the eighth international 500-mlie $50,000 sweepstakes on the Indianapolis speeedway. In the contest for the 1920 driving championship conducted under the auspices of the American Automobile association, total 2,235 points, of which 1,000 are for first place. The Indianapolis race is awarded a much heavier point total than any other racing event cn the 19 20 calendar, the Inaugural contest on the Los Angeles speedway, for instance, have been awarded 1,115 points, or less than half the number, with 500-points for first position. Winning the driver's championship carries with it the award of a cash prize now being made up by racing enthusiasts throughout the United States, the probable amount of which is figured at $10.000, so that to breeze home in front at Indianapolis has an additional prime Incentive. ,

The Franklin Automobile Co. of Syracuse reports the largest month in its history. 1.5 4 2 cars being shipped during March and 1428 assembled.' The previous highwater mark was In August. 1917, when 1,133 cars were shipped and 1,095 assembled. All weekly shipping records were also shattered with the week ending March 27. During that week 413 cars were shipped. Sixteen thousand cars will be turned out this year, and according to present plans, 25,000 next year. By the purchase of practically an entire city square, the Franklin Co.

OAKLAND

SENSIBLE SIX

TOURINO CAR MSS. ROADSTER tttSS. FOUR DOOR SEDAN 11885. COUPE I1W5. F. O. B. PONTIAC, MICH ADDITIONAL FOR WIRE WHEEL EQUIPMENT. tU THE OAKLAND SEDAN The Closed Car is one type of automobile which can be used to advantage every day of the week and every week of the year. It is the demand of those who travel by motor that the automobile be suited to give comfort for every day driving. The Oakland Sedan does this. We will be glad to demonstrate.

The Colfax Company

Open Evenings till 9 o'clock.

100 Lincoln Way E.

1 total ground area of the Franklin J - J j holdings is now 12 acres. J Jr Mavbe a little blshevism wouldn't

be o bad fdr this country, after 3 - """" V all. The Russian bolshevik! an? ö rf V. . . . ''Sl'00'' l 7 said to be working 12 hours a day. xT 3

i nrLAwr cfvrmt UTroxTXTrcxm or ncrnt LSixjr Nj1 I it to is Man rii oallok or cuoum j AJID FROM t.VH TO MILII OM T1&X f '' ''jZ-'" 1 111 "" ' '" " " " -' " LI 1 ',"---'' ' i.. i L"" -- -2 - i mi i iillin ii i'nir - - mi i - ii i - -- -" - - r Vi i ii 1 1 -- " --I - inl M -, - j t ; -H J&fe j f -"j ASK any owne of a SPECIAL-SIX what he

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SK any owner of a SPECIAL-SIX what he

thinks of his car, and you will have the

reason for Studebaker popularity in South Bend. You will better understand this enthusiasm of Studebaket owners if you take a ride in the SPECIAL-SIX anywhere and under any conditions you choose.

Tests That Proved Hudson

peak

for

ssex

Both Hold Performance Records That Have Never Been Equaled

If some folks spent less time speculating about how to get to Mara and spent more time trying to learn what are the immediate everyday needs on this old earth, we would all be a lot happier. W. II. Auburn.

Sir Robert Armstrong Jones, the British expert in mental diseases, rays the clanger of alcohol is its destruction of the power to sav "No," 4whlch Is really the only distinction between man and the lower animals."

In all Hudson's unmatched records this important fact is clear: No ability is sacrificed in one direction to gain supremacy in another. Hudson is the fleetest. Its stock car speed records have never been equalled. On the speedway its racing cars won more points than any other team ever gained. But its speed means no forfeit of other qualities. For in official tests, the Super-Six has also out-performed all other types, in endurance, hill-climbing and acceleration. In every motor performance it has established leadership by unanswerable proofs. Hudson Records Prove Its All-Round Mastery Only a supreme advantage that others cannot use, could account for such all-round dominance. Hudson has it in the Super-Six motor. It minimizes vibration to within 10 of vanishing nearer the ideal than any type we know. In the same size motor the exclusive SuperSix principle added 72 to power and 80 to efficiency. Endurance is practically doubled. How these qualities are valued by motorists is reflected in Hudson's five years of leadership of fine car sales. Today the demand is larger than ever.

Built by the same makers, Hudson's unequalled records also speak for Essex. They foretold performance never expected of a light car. And Essex Holds the World's i 50-Hour Endurance Record An Essex stock chassis set the world's 50hour endurance record of 3037 miles. That is officially certified by the American Automobile Association. And Essex holds the world's mark of 1061 road miles in 24 hours. A stock touring car did that. Local road, speedway and hill-climbing records in every section of the country are held by Essex. Scores of abusive tests have proved the endurance that 30,000 owners find in the daily service of their Essex cars. But it is not only in performance that Essex shows the same stamp of quality as Hudson. Its beauty of line, its luxury of appointment are the work of years of leadership in coach design. See the care and completeness, even in the smallest details. Its riding comfort, its smooth, quiet running ease, with the suggestion of well-contained reserve power, are qualities comparable to the finest of high-priced cars.

A new French gun is sail to havo a ransre of 1C-0 to 120 ::Jlcs. Evidently not a son of a gun. but tho daddy cf them all. Arthur Heid.

With typewriting being taucht in Chicago schools to popular muic we now have an explanation of the tendency of some typUts to rag their typing. Chireuro Journal.

Superior Motor Sales Co. D. A. BOSWELL, Mgr. 213-217 South Main Street Ä 185.

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50-H. P. detachable-bead motor; intermediate transmission; 1 19-in. wheel base, giving maximum comfort for five passengers. AD StorJelh&lter Car are eruipre! with Cord Tire anoUer Studebaker precedent.

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The Studebaker Corporation of America Retail Factory Branch: 3 LAFAYETTE AND SOUTH STREETS

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A Scientific Development Your eyes alone will tell you that our new "Glenbrook" is one of the handsomest five-passenger cars that has ever been designed But in order to really appreciate this model, you must take an actual demonstration on the road. Then and then only will vou urxicrstand what our engineers have accomplished in three years of patient experiment work and testing. Then and then only will you realne what giant etrida have been made in motor and chassis development. Hie "Glenhrook, you must rexnernber, is a etnedy modern car. It was developed during a period of world wide mechanical research and represents the last word in automotive science. It w actually and literally a motor car developed by the war. Just what these new standards of engmeering have accomplished will be quite evident in a single demonstration. It will prove a liberal education, we believe, if you will permit our dealer to arrange for an aprxjixrtment. PAIGE-DETROIT MOTOR CAR CQMTANY, DETRGTT yljufaxiuTtT cfMotor Cor aad Motor Trwdyt Ellsasser Sales Co., Office and Salesroom, 214-216 S. Main St, Muhawaka, Phone Mishawaka 112