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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1917)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 9, 191T. U.S.ARMYWANTS STANDARD. TYPE OF MOTOR TRUCKS Officers Estimate That Be tween .30,000 and 50,000 Will Soon Be Required to Care for "Sammies." OVERLAND CARS ON PARADE Local agency takes visiting dealers on a drive through Omaha parks. (Photo taken in the Happy Hollow district) The committee on automotive tntjs port of the Council of National De fense has announced that, as an out- come of a conference of motor truck manufacturers, engineers, represents' tives of the' quartermaster corps of the army and of the committee held at Columbus, p., July 20, the results o which haye since been approved by the War department, the motor truck makers of the country have agreed voluntarily to co-operate with the War department in carrying through a continuing standardized motor -truck building program for the require ments of the American army. The Columbus meeting was attend ed by fully 200 representatives of the industry and its action insures the or ganized assistance of the country's motor truck makers in providing an ample supply of military motor trucks e r . TM. tor government service, says j.uc , Power Waeon. For immediate service in France, the government either has already ordered or will place orders in the near future for enough motor trucks )f modified commercial type to take ;are of the first expeditionary forces Even after the standardized motor truck if approved, such orders will be continued so that the fullest possible use will be made of machines of the !ype now in the service of the allies, which some American hrms are now building. Baker Helps Out. In the meantime the secretary of war has set aside from the contingent fund a sum sufficient to complete the work of standardizing parts for a military motor truck, based on the best American and foreign experi ence, which will serve in the future as the standard American army vehicle. Much of the work already has been carried out voluntarily by the mem- . -bers of the. Society of Automobile Engineers, co-operating with the offi cials of the quartermaster, corps. It is hoped that under the new authori zation of the War department the en tire work of designing and testing will be completed before January 1, 1918, and that construction of the new standardized machine can then be gin. - - Troops Demand Motors. The experts of the quartermaster corps, together with their civilian ad visers, have reached the conclusion that it is only by a thorough stand , ardization program, by which a)l manufacturers of parts can be turned to making the same interchangeable designs that the army can be assuercd of ample supplies for possible greater demands on the capacity of the in dustry in the tuture. -It is pointed out that not only will the demand for motor trucks grow as more Ameri can troops go abroad, but that if fu . ture allied offensives should drive the ' fighting more into the open, more rapid and extensive supply transport facilities will be needed. .The stand ardized motor truck, whose design is finally to be completed under the department's authorization, will be en tirely suitable for commercial pur. poses, as well as being the best mili tary machine yet design! Some Builders Protest. The decision of the government to adopt standardized designs of motor truck parts, announced at the Colum bus meeting' by Captain W. M. Brit ton, engineer ; of motor transport, quartermaster corps, provoked pro tests from a number of manufacturers of motor trucks. These concerns said that the fact that they had supplied a great many motor trucks to the al lied governments for war service, and that similar . orders were continuing to come in, indicated that the ma chines had proved satisfactory, and further that it was impossible for the government to improve upon the de sign represented by the products of those makers. In opposition to this view, Captain Britton said that pres ent military conditions in Europe relatively easy service due to the un changing battle lines could not be expected to continue, .and that the new conditions to be encountered in all forward movements would impose greater transport difficulties than the campaign in Mexico, which had been reckoned as unusually severe. v Standard makes of motor trucks will probably be purchased through out this year, in the opinion of Major C B. Drake of the quartermaster general's office," but those bought .thereafter will be of the government's standardized type. It is expected, said Major Drake, (hat he government will order between 30,000 and 50,000 motor trucks within the next twelve or eighteen months. Divisional motor s trains are to consist' of approximately 140 cargo motor trucks and the muni tion trains of approximately 400. New $1,000,000 Company to , Manufacture Light Jruck's ; The TurnbuU ' Motor Truck ' and Wagon company has been organized with a capitalization of $1,000,000. W. O. Allen of the Allen Motor company is president of the new organization. Mr. Allen estimates that the plant has s capacity of 5,000 to 10,000 trucks per year, since the TurnbuU plant lends itself admirably to large-scale production of motor trucks. Regarding the new enterprise Mr. Allen said: "Several of the new trucks for. test and demonstration purposes have ' already been built and put into serv ice. These initial models have met with remarkable success and a recep tion by the trade that assures, with out question, the sale of the first year's output of the company, espe cially in view of the fact that there are not enough motor trucks of this vtype and capacity to fill the demand at the present time. , "The TurnbuU truck, as the prod ' uct will be named, has a capacity of one and one-half tons with sufficient strength for 50 per cent overload, v "It is too early to state lust what .the TurnbuU truck will sell for. How ; ever, because of manufacturing econ omies evolving from this combination of interests,, a popular price is assured"' vy'P, J W'-r - x'j'r.s ,-,;V'X;'': VjJ Franklin is Popular Car Among Professional Men "Numerous proofs of the popularity of the Franklin among doctors and professional men come to our atten tion from day to day," asserts H. Pel ton of the Franklin Motor Car com pany. "The elimination of many parts and particularly the radiator makes a strong appeal to the man who hasn't time to bother with numerous ad justments." "Last week," asserts Pelton, "a friend of ours met a physician in a southern Minneosta town who had traveled over 300 miles for the sole purpose of trading for a Franklin roadster which a friend of his wanted to trade for a touring car. "The doctor had owned a Franklin once before and claimed it was the most satisfactory car for his busi ness because of its simplicity. This doctor is also a huntsman and says the one thing that makes a Franklin the hunter's car is that there is no radiator to freeze. The car can be left standing for hours without a thought of freezing." The above picture illustrates a unique parade ' staged in Omaha Thursday by the Willys-Overland Inc. branch for the purpose of dis- Farmer the Big Buyer Of the Motor Trucks "No automobile man who attended the Nebraska state fair at Lincoln should have any further doubt re garding the future of the motor truck," asserts J. M. Opper of the Sones-Opper company. "Nor should e doubt the fact that the farmer will be the chief buyer. farmers, of course, will still use the horse to some extent. That goes without saying, because the horse is able to perform some tasks that the motor-driven vehicle never can per form. However, the .fact has been brought home to the farmer that a horse employed where a motor truck can be used is false economy for sev eral reasons. For instance, it re quires several acres of ground to grow playing its models. There were twenty-six models of automobiles in the parade and each one carried sev eral United States soldiers. The col- feed enough for one horse, but it makes it impossible for that ground to be utilized for. growing saleable produce. Then, too, where the mo tor truck can be used it is a great deal more efficient The work can be done in a shorter time with less effort." . Seven Thousand Hudsons Are Driven by Farmers The American farmer is the modern Croesus. This fall his purchasing power will be greater than ever. The farmer of today is an authority on automobiles. His natural aptitude has given him an added interest. He knows cars and car values. In the great farming states of the west and middle west there are more automo biles per capita than in New York ors ot tne three leading cars was very fitting for Uncle Sam s boys. The leading. car was red, the second white and the third blue. City, and with 40,000 Super-sixes now in operation it is a conservative esti mate that over 16 per cent are owned by farmers. Less than 1,000 bushels of wheat will purchase a Hudson, and it does not take many hogs at $18 a hun dred to Duy a car. Automobile Man to Leave For Trip Through the West W. M, Clement of the W. M. Cle ment Motors company will leave soon iui inu iiivuiua uiy uuuugii Cali fornia and the west coast states. The business of the Clement Mo tors company will be directed by Mr. McCullom during Mr. Clement s ab sence. -.; ; Bee Wants-Ads Produce Results. V .. cjmaraiess . dEcpwm i Come in and see this car. It has the smartest stylo of any car ever produced to sell at so low a price. In fact it is the only smart sport model among low priced cars. Z , v ' ; ; . And it is as economical as it is smarts The motor is a wonder--smooth-lively powerful yet with a very low consumjp- tioii of gasoline and oiI.C :' : r; : It has cantilever rear springs whicIT mako . it exceptionallyjeasy, riding and easy, onV t tires.' aS-:v-'vl': '-v-''-"' ' . ' The uniqueseating arrangement provides comfortable room for four large people. And it is just as comfortable for a big man as for a little woman to drive for the front seats are adjustable forward or back. Five wire wheels are included in the price. . Come in and look it over. " P sj sWbsmsmm .. ' ' x . XTrucKs have been accepted as unquestioned values at all times, because they were built by the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co., a concern well able to turn out the best and satisfied that inferior trucks spell poor economy. Dunlley Hydro-Pneumatic Gas Generator is an exclusive feature of the Little Giant, enabling users to burn half gasoline and half kerosene, or if necessary, pure kerosene. It guarantees a saving of 50 jo in fuel costs. 1 2, 3V, 5-Ton Complete Trucks Also a Convert-a-Car insure your getting the truck best suited to your needs. '' A Truck For Every Hauling Problem Haarmann-Locke Motors Co. 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