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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1918)
The Omaha Sunday Bee PART THREE WANT AD SECTION PAGES 1 TO 12 FAST THREE AUTO SECTION Pages 1 to 12 SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1918. VOL. XLVII NO. 46. i HIGHWAYS WILL RELIEVE HEAVY BURDEN OF RAIL Motor Truck Transportation Plays Important Part in Keeping Up Quick Deliveries. That the extensive use of the high-ways-of the country will be the great ist factor in affording relief from the itagnation of industry caused by the tremendous burdens our already over loaded railroads must bear, is becom ing more and more evident The in adequacy of our present railroad equipment to cover the transportation needs of the country, is everywhere admitted, ever, by the railroads them selves But fortunately for us, in these days when freight must be moved re gardless of conditions, there is prac tical relief available in the use of motor trucks. At present upwards of 100,000 motor trucks are in actual service in the United States, and an ever-increasing proportion of these is now in use in inter-city hauling, in which field motor trucks are destined to play a wonderful part. Originally designed as a means 01 "obtaining deliveries of goods on a freight delivery basis, thousands of trucks are now operating on a sched ule showing quicker deliveries than could be obtained by express even for long distances. - Set'New Record. A conspicuous example of the im portance of motor truck transporta tion as a means of keeping up quick deliveries where speedy railroad transportation proved impossible, is the latest accomplishment of one of the big Packard trucks of the Good year Tire & Rubber company's Akron Boston line, in delivering to a large shoe manufacturing company at Bos ton, a shipment of four tons of Neolin soles, in 62 lours, setting up a new motor truck record between these two citieswhich are more than 1,500 miles apart. The truck delivered its load at Boston, picktd up a load of cotton ' fabric at the company's mill in Con necticut, and finished the round trip to Akron in six days and two hours. The journey would have been accom plished in six days flat, but for a de lay of two hours on the return trip, waiting for a train of 160 army trucks to cross the Delaware river bridge at Trenton, a few trucks at a time. - Several tests made recently by rail road express, between these two points, prov-d that express shipments -were requiring six days in transit. So that the Goodyear trucks are making the round trip in the same time that the express companies consume in delivering a shipment one way. This, however, is but one example of the usefu.ness of this service, for many eastern firms have secured quick delivery of badly-needed prod ucts, and many tire dealers have se cured shipments of badly-needed tires, over this motor truck line. PACKARD TRUCKS PROVE SWIFTER THAN RAILROAD "The recognition which the motor irucK is Winning as a last ana aepena able carrier of inter-city shipments is instanced by the American Express company's decision to handle all ex press shipments between Cleveland and Akron by motor truck asserts H. F. Or? of the Orr Motor Sales company. ."The, Knutsen Motor Trucking company - secured this express com pany's business on its ability to fur- . oish faster and more economical transportation. Operating 14 Packard trucks of big capacity, this hauling contractor is able to make delivery be- tween the two- cities in four hours; by rail it takes at least a day under normal conditions, considerable more in present traffic conditions. The tail- - road rate with pick-up charges is 47 cents per 100 pounds; Knutsen has contracted to haul all shipments for 40 tent a hundred weight. ur .1. , PA 1AA t' f 1 wi ine w.uuu iires wnicn are manu factured daily in Akron, very few now are shipped out by rail. Most of the big time companies either make de livery by motor truck direct to their branches or ship to Cleveland by motor truck for rail distribution from there. Since most of the materials coming into the rubber city are hand led similarly, motor truck traffic be tween these cities is very heavy. "A traffic census made on this road some time ago showed that dur ing a period of .72 hours, $07 motor trucks passed the point of survey.',' Dort Manufacturers Adopt Expressive War Time Slogan "Efficiency without waste" is the pew war time slogan adopted by the manufacturers of the popular Dort nodel. 1 According to Joe G Gerspacher of the Toozer-Gerspacher Motor com pany the little car is proving its right to this claim daily and is growing in fevor at a rapid rate. ,"The light weight," asserts Gers pacher, "is responsible to a large de gree for its economy. Gasoline records . average 18 miles to the gallon. Auto ire mileage is surprisingly high" Draw Bar Arrangement Permits Pilot to Drive Away Two Cars at Same Time . .,.-. - .... itfM. ..,,V u;..,.I..,...v,tt.u, !. ju .1 .., r. , . . .. H A. A. A it , MS v . hJ. 'f 1 ft.' iii SffiW.AaM! ...... ! miimmWl T ; With the motor vehicle replacing the freight car as a common carrier, and the highways easing the burden of the railways, forced beyond ca pacity, inter-city haulage is "der going efficiency improvements. Ad vancement is signalized by the an nouncement that the Maxwell Motor company has been able to double the delivery power of the single vehicle driveaway. .... This has been accomplished by means of the perfected Maxwell drawbar devised by Maxwell drive away experts, enabling one car to be towed behind another for highway delivery,. The new device illustrated on this page has been put to exhaustive tests over the roads between Detroit and Chicago, under observation of Ray McNamara, Maxwell road ex aminer, and it has proved practical and reliable under all driving con ditions. In its perfected shape,, the Maxwell iccAtiir rar deliverv. one auto mobile being towed behind another and steering itself automatically. The Maxwell drawbar, technically described, consists of three main parts the bar itself, hook-up to rear car and hook-up to forward car. The drawbar itself consists of a wooden section, 1x2 inches, with J4x2-inch band iron to protect and strengthen it. The use of wood lightens and strengthens the bar, arrests vibration and lessens the possibility of crystallization to which' an all-metal bar would be subject. Hook-up to rear car as shown in the upper right hand picture consists of a malleable casting fastened to the I-beam section of axle by spring clips. This has a slot below, through which the drawbar extends and is pivoted to same by a J$-inch bolt serving as a coupling pin. . : Steering' Done Automatically. Extension of the drawbar back of the' casting takes the hook-up of steering drag-link to steering arm. The regular drag-link from steering arm tp tie-rod is disconnected and tied to frame. The drag-link used with the drawbar is the old type of drag-link modified and is an essential part of the drawbar outfit. By reference to the upper right hand picture, it can be readily seen how moving the drawbar to right or left automatically steers the rear car. A rocking motion in the casting like wise takes care of all inequalities in the road and makes the rear car re spond instantly to the guidance of the car in front. Hook-up on forward car this con sists of an angle-iron fastened to the extreme rear-end of frame channels by spring clips and supported in the middle by a stud from the rear cross section of frame. A ?4-inch bolt serves as a coupling pin for the drawbar at the forward end.;- " ' It will be noted in the lower picture that a splash apron has been rigged over the rear wheels of .the front car. A New Type Super-Six All the best re pairmen are now in the Gorern ment Service. Choose a car which won't need a great deal of service attention. HUDtOH The Hudson Runabout Landau wQMART'7"chic" and similar adjectives are the proper descrip l3 tives of the Runabout Landau. It is the new car of the year.' i It is distinctly a Hudson creation and therefore is exclusively Hudson. The lines and low swung body are not alone its most distinctive marks. The colors and thV trim fitting tops of suitable weather proof fabric in gray, tan, olive drab or of bright French leather, according to the body colors, set off the car with admirable smart-. ness. -.- . ' , The passenger capacity is for two. Windows are raised or lowered by a new type control. The top can be let back, the windows dropped into their places in the doors and you have an ideal roadster. - . , No car is more suitable for town, country or touring. It is just the model for the owner who frequently does his own driving, who wants a closed car, and, on occasion, a roadster. y To those who have followed the performance of the different makes of automobiles it is unnecessary to explain the endurance qualities of the Hudson Super-Six chassis. ' There is hardly a per son who does not know the intimate performance history of one or more Hudson cars. More than 50,000 Super-Sixes are in service. You can get a Super-Six in any body type you may desire. GUY L. SMITH ! , "Service First" 2563-65-67 Farnam St., Douglas 1970. Omaha, Neb. This splash apron serves a most 1m portant tunction. On account of the closeness of the rear car to the front car four and a half feet this apron has been devised to hold the mud down from rear wheels of front car, thereby preven ting any possible refinishing cost at the end of the trip through mud damage. The splash apron is made of stout canvas, closing up all gaps and is slotted in the middle to permit free play of drawbar through it. After arriving at destination, the splash apron can be utilized as a bag to wrap parts in for re-shipping. Exhaustive tests of the entire draw bar apparatus made during the March thaws have shown that this device performs its work efficiently and without danger of breakage. It is now . available for dealers' drive away use. - Tight End Gondola Cars Used to Ship Cadillacs "If you can get them out, we will put them in," is the promise of the Cadillac Motor Car company to its dealers, with reference to making shipments in tight-end gondola freight cars. These are now available for motor car shipment, with the com ing of spring and the release of many cars of this type which carried coal all winter. Prictically no automobile type freight cars are available. "So far," asserts J. II. Hansen of the Jones-Hansen-Cadillac company, "92 tight-end gondola cars, carrying two automobiles each, have been sent forward from the Cadillac fac tory. A larger number of drop-end gondolas, which are much more sim ple to load and unload, have been used. For the loading of the tight-end cars, the company has devised spe cial lifting cranes, and on the auto mobiles special attachments to which the fall chains are attached." 3SS NO WOMAN need hesitate to drive the Westcott Jn city traffic. It throttles down to less than one mile per hour on high. The accelerator responds instantly to the slightest pres sure. Brake and clutch pedals are ad justable to leg length. Gear shift lever is unusually long no stooping. , Steer ing wheel is raised or lowered to suit the driver. Turns without backing in a 39 foot street. Seven Models, $1890 to $2790 , f. o. b. Springfield, Ohio Let ut demonstrate all the Westcott ; auparlorlttee to you. ' STANDARD MOTOR CAR CO. Iggg CARL CHANGSTROM, Pres. f ', gg 5S!!jk 2020-22 Fernem St. Pout;. 1 705" . J lit k P - mM fmCTt 9 "The OualityCoe Clear ThrougK" )W?iYuf The Ally of Time- The modern army uses motor transportation wherever possible because Time is the greatest single factor in military operations. Likewise in civil life, Time is more valu able, more important than any other one thing. As a time-saver the Dort has more than justified itself for greater nse daring these times when t conservation and effi ciency are imperative. Some Good Territory , Open for Permanent Dealers TKa Dor k tlirifW in. tires, fuel end oil ' is of conservative size, carries no emest veigirl end is bttDt for service wiibcrat vABte. It is tear that gives mrostul satisfaction and dvpraoctea slowly because U it made of mntsoaSy good materials and built unusually velL One does not need to save a great deal of time m a year to pay for a Dort Car nor a great deal , of time in a week to pay for its small weekly upkeep. The 1918 Dort Models are particularly smart, handsome can, comfortable, ample, readily han dled and easily cared for. ( ... s' See the Dort before you bay a can Open Can Touring 1 $865 Roadtter $86S Fouriaon Care Sedanet $1000 Sadaa $1265 Coupe $1265 All PrU.i P. O. B. Flint, Mich. TOOZER-GERSPACHER MOTOR GO. Distributors for Nebraska and Western Iowa. 2211-13 Farnam Street. ; Phone Douglas 6082, DORT MOTOR CAR CO." FUNT, MICH. V FooneasonCers Tk. D.t SJa. ..JSSSSLSL ity ( tkot Mlonciaacar Ana appauaaea, arihty and (oaf ort at low 9 ;a