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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1915)
Tim OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 14, 1015. HAY CHANGE LINCOLN ROAD Hiy-Jry Between Salt Lake City and 0?den May Remit in Taking Latter Off Route. DGDHT STARTS THE TROUBLE The) aharp rivalry between two tTtabj rttlee, Os-den and Fait Lake Cltjr, may auA a rhan- In the official rout of the Lincoln highway. Tha rout planned br tha Lincoln high ray offlrlali before the or'slnal prtx lama tlon of tha route was Issued, passed through 8alt Iake City.' Later, at- tha request of Governor William Spry of ttah It waa re a rracctd . to hrclud Ordcn. . Offden ham .slnre mad. desperate ef fort; to divert Lincoln hlirliway', motor ists to the north of Grat Salt lake, and away from the offl-lal dur throwfl Knit Lake City and thane around the lak via, tha eouthem Way, ' Oltlxen of t'tah make' tin aecreb of rie fact' that the IJnroln Highway associa tion 1 nlll be petltlone.1 to Cut ngdea off and :return to tha ortlnrtl route. Dr. C. Hart Merrlam.-the Washington. 1. O.. motorist, and road scout alnce th" 40' , 'make rlgomti protect ' against an article in one of the motor ,maga. ilnra. which praises tha northern route around the lake. He brandy It As "out rageous misinformation." and ssya the editor haa been grossly milled to the relative merlta of the two routea, with both or which the doctor haa a thorough personal acquaintance. . 8. 1). Waldon, vice prrvtdcnt of the Packard Motor Car company, a noted touring authority, wama motorist! not to be misled by Ogdtn's advice Into taking the northern route. ' Tha large amount of travel over the official route, he asserts, ! a valuable safeguard to travelers. la ittnben There Is Safety. "Kven a breakdown In the middle of the Oreat American desert," he declares, "would be robbed or its dangers by the certainty that within a few hour a car, motorcycle, prairie schoonel or man on noreback would paaa. going one way or the other. Every ranch along tha south ern rout carries gasoline. Kvery ranch has water. And where the official rout crosses the Great American' desert, the county has put a well midway of the alxty miles of desert going. Thirty of the sixty mile are better than any speed way I have ever traveled. I have trav ersed this stretch In better than a rrwle a minute." ; , f Waldon has driven tha S miles' from Ely to Salt Lake City, the official of the two mooted routea, between a. m. and 11 p. tn., a record which would not pos sibly have been made over a road not clearly defined and In good condition. Another thing In favor of the southern, or official route around the lake, la that It goea through Ely, tha best branching off place on tha Lincoln highway for Loa Angeles, wither mora than half tha tour ists wish to go. Electric for Milady's Comfort r I u j hi ; ; r-v t ii , l. .j . ii i ii , , j LUA n.. M as the clutch, transmission and differen tial gear. All are driven by an eleotrio siotor, so that tha working parts ara shown In action. In addition to thla chasnle, tha Stearns company will shew an especially finished) six-cylinder, slx-paeenger car. This type of csr has made an unusual hit In east ern cltiea, especially In Washington, D. C, where It hns become known as the club car. Included In the exhibit will be found two special limousine and two of the new 0,710 light four models the first Btearna cars aver built to sell under $3,009. Cat for Motoring. A Dunstan raglan Is a ' very loose modeled coat, with low drop sleeve hav ing tha melon seam over tha shoulder. Though the sleeve Is large, the cuffs fit closely and are banded with blended euulr. ril to match the broad collar. The coat Is lined with shot gold satin and fastened with seamed leather buttons. New Aatomoblle Carrier. Sole leather pillow cases containing a yellow silk pillow and having a magm xlne pocket on the outside are new In tha way of carriers. They are designed to go with the pigskin Victoria, overnight hag and tea box, with 1U silver fitting. The canes all matching make quit an Interesting traveling outfit. res The Woods Motor Vehicle company will have on exhibit at the Chicago show one dual control worm drive flve-paaaenger model, selling at l-I.WO; one light four passelnger model selling at 12, KM, and one chassis showing the new features of con struction. . Kor. the Woods' line will consist of a flve-paaaenger dual control at 13.100, one flve-panaenger rear control and one five-passenger front control at $3,000, and one four-passenger rear control model at The five-passenger models will ha built on a chassis having 110 Inch wheal base. The four-pasacnger model chassis will havs a wee! bae of 100 inches. In the design of the 1915 Woods body the graceful curved lines are much In evidence. The curved door with rounded window corners throughout Is still a dis tinguishing feature of the Woods' de sign. The construction of the W15 Wood chassis again shows considerable atten tion to the matter of aprlng realllency. Full elliptic springs, both front and rear, are still a feature. The rear apiir.ga ara mounted on radius rods extending from underaearth the chassis to the rear axle. This construction gives a leverage to the springs and reduces by about 40 per cent the road shock, which the rear spring will be required to absorb. The design of the chassis frame menv bersj in the form of a letter "C" with the opening down Is still a unique Woods' feature. This haa several advantages, for Instance, It allows placing the springs, both ' front and rear, inside of the side chassis frame members, giving very sub stantial connection and at the same time allowing for a wider frame construction and consequently better foundation for the roomy Woods' bodies. . The Woods' models on display at tha how ara particularly noticeable on ao oount of their very attractive trimming and their rather striking combination of pleasing colors. MAXWELL TEAM IS FIRST TO ENTER INDIANAPOLIS RACE Three of tha new- ItlS Maxwell racers have been entered In the big oOO-mlie rao in; Indianapolis, . on Momorial day; and according to the speedway official the Maxwell car were the first entries made tola year. - ' .fsnuury JS motorcyclists Pay City, Mich., celebrated their third annual banquet Tests by Chandler Prove the Economy Of Light Six Car In view of the general bplnlon held, until recent years, that the six-cylinder motor car wa more expensix to operate than the four-cylinder type, data recently gathered by the sales department of the Chandler Motor Car company possesses more than ordinary Interest to tha auto mobile buyer. "In the last few years we have received hundreds of letters from Chandler own ers throughout the country, giving the mileage and the average consumption of gasoline made by their car In dally serv ice and on long trips," say C A. Kmlse, vice president of tha Chandler company. "Wa have tabulated the mileage from ttieae various letter and find that owner of the Chandler 61 have driven 1,748,751 miles, with an average of seventeen and on -eighth mile to the gallon. The speedometer records of these various own era a 'compared with their use of gaso line hao given them a varying mileage, ranging from fifteen miles to over nine teen mile to the gallon, but the average for over a million and a half miles of seventeen and one-eighth miles to the gallon Is a remarkable tribute to the economy of the Six." AUTO SCHOOLS ARE NOW BECOMING A BIG FACTOR "Aa each year brings forth hundred of thousands of new cars, the need of men trained to keep these oars In running order Is apparent," say Mr. Anderson of tha National Auto Schools. "Just aa the manufacturing of car has advanced by leap and bounds so has the profession of teaching the mechanic of automobile. The demand for trained automobile me chantcens haa already far exceeded the supply. Our school ha established It responsibility to bring forth these trained men and wa have concentrated our ef fort to do the teaching well rather than to build a big school.. ' A new motorcycle club ha been formed In Cincinnati, O., known as the Queen City Motorcycle ctub. It ha twen- Ity-two charter member. The organisa tion Is planning to affiliate with the T. A. M. CUT-OVER CHASSIS IS FEATURE OF STEARNS EXHIBIT The F. B. Stearns company will exhibit a a leading feature of their exhibit at the Automobile show, the cut-over chas sis of their $1,750 Bllent-Knlght Model, which made such a hit at the . New York show, keeping an Interested crowd about It from morning until night This chasels is ao cut away as to show the operation of the motor sleeves, o oentrlo rode, eccentrlo shaft, silent chain, etc., as well aa other parts, such The Maxwell Motor Sales Corporation is exhibiting at the Omaha Automobile Show at the Auditorium, all three Models of the Maxwell "Wonder Car," and a Special Exhibit will be found at Rome Hotel, Rooms A 39 and A 40. This gives the public and the automobile trade an opportunity to compare the "19 15" $750 Maxwell with its 17 new features) with other automobiles of every price. The "meeting place' for all dealers wtll be the Maxwell Headquarters at Rooms A 39 and A 40, Rome Hotel. , Maxwell Motor Sales Corporation, IUdie ets s Jl isartsr. alae. ,fe JT Fhis French Car Has No etitor Comp There are plenty of people eatJified with ordi nary, cheep, unattractive cat, hastily built and hurriedly bought. Others, with no more money to invest, went a really high-grade bght car. The Briacoe Car appeals to these diacruninatinf purchasers, because it ia built of the fines material, with the treateet care in workman ihip a car of assured reliability and of highly finiabed, artistic appearance. The rnanufacturere intended that the 'Briscoe . Car should satisfy discriminating buyer by year of eervwe and by equality e? service beyond thnr expectations. The BrUoue Car was first built In the Briacoe experimental shop at BiUancourt, near Pari. The leading French engineer collaborated in producing it. . It i the pjuahed. product of three years' careful Investigation and study on the pert of Americans who have had fifteen year' experience In building American car. The Briscoe has been tried and proved under every cqpceivable practical teat, both abroad and at home. Arrange for a demonstration to-day. In denv -onstrating tha new Briacoe Car we want to put It through the severest testa you can suggest. We want you to sea its smooth propulston at all peedt, under all condition of control, on all sorts of roads and hills. You will quickly realise that you are riding la a different kind of car than you expected for this price. You will begin to understand the genius of French engineering, aad you will no longer wonder why French automobile were able to sweep evcrythiag before them at tha recent Indiana poll t races. , r Come in to-day ,or phone ua for a demonstration. NoU aarel uJv the following features, boasted of In ear coating- $1100 to $1400. - You .would efemanrf them if you were paying $100 or $2500, Tha BRISCOE haa thera withaut additional ckimi . 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Because it is somewhat smaller and lighter than either of the other "Sixes" it was necessary to develop a different kind of construction. r" e " For instance, a unique, type of spring suspension was originat ed. It gives this lighter small er car all the easy riding quality Qeallty Firtt w"ditv.;iiauv. ui nc xigiu JIX. ana inc master oix. Eren the motor because of the type of the car ia Of DIFFERENT construction. It is of un usually . small bore and extra long stroke a high speed motor that produces a wonderful amount of power on a m'TifmnT consumption of gasoline. Throughout this car is evidenced the same care and skijled workmanship you find in the "Light Six" and the "Master Six." The materials, too, are of equally high quality. In a word it is a Chalmers car with all that means at $1,400. YOU ARE WELCOME AT OUR SALESROOM STEWART-TOOZER MOTOR CO. EXHIBIT ON THE STAGE DealersDo not fail to have us discuss our new agency plan with you. 204S-5Q-52 FARNAII STREET. 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