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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1910)
TTTFi OMAHA SUNDAY VT.T,: PnCEMF-ER 4. 1010. FREPARI!: FOR AUTO SHOW Local Praleri Arranging with Fao torieg for Car. keut DnxnrsT in tiie exhibits f aaloattoas Are for a Blaster Year Tbaa Kvrr la the Aatniaahlle nilru la Tala Srrilea of th foontrf, Omaha automobile dealer lire ol ready arranging; with their fflctorle for car to be eihlblted at the show of the Omaha Automobile Phow association, which la to be held at the Auditorium February SO-25. Keener Interest la being; manifested In this how by the dealers than ever before for the reason that they look for a better on next year than during any prevlou year. Members of the association will meet thla week to determine on Home of the de tail! for the distribution of apace In the biff building. Indications are that there will ajraln be a contest for space, with oma of the dealers disappointed In not being able to aecure as much as they would like. It has been so for the last two shows. Trior to that time It was more of a problem to fill the apace. Omaha Is the natural distributing- point for the middle west, and here Is where mora machines are sold than In any other section of the country. The farmer Is now the big buyer of automobiles, and Judging from tha Immensity of the corn crops he will be the big buyer again next year. Firm which sell cars ,to farmers report a steady Sale, even at this time of the year, and some firms that did not sell a car dur ing November of last year report that they have been able to sell enough this year during November to pay their expenses, which Is quite unusual for the winter months. . "We are looking for a big trade next year," said Lee Huff, manager of the Ne braska Bulck company. "All firms which ell to the farmer trade are preparing to handle mora cars than ever. There Is not now a town In Nebraska but what has an automobile agency, and the Omaha show will draw heavily In tha way of attend ance from theae dealers. They have long since found that Omaha, Is their logical buying point, because of the time saved In getting cars and also In securing parts to car In case of a breakdown. This ele ment of time Is a great thln in tha tuto tnoblle business. When a man has a car it is because ha wants to get around the country quickly and he does not want to have it laid up for any length of time. Iff look for big things this year." ( Clark O. Powell of the Powell Supply company, one of the manager of the com ing show, is also quite enthusiastic over the how. Mr. Pcwell la printing a little booklet relative to the supply business. Along Auto Eow Sealer BelUne Cars and. Mak ing Preparations for Biff Show Big Business for Heat Tear. While auto row look cold, and cars are landing up resting, dealer are flying around at a lively rate picking up anything n sight. And they are selling car. Arrangement are going forward look ing to the making of the biggest automobile bow ever given in this section of the country. About every dealer expect to be in tha show, and some have made ar rangement for their show car. Guy Smith has a nice, spanking new buinch of Franklins. Smith make the Franklin go when ordinary business 1 at a stand still. The big locomobile expected by Colonel Eerlght arrived last week and attracted fconslderable attention. That vanadium steel Is destined to be 'Come the standard automobile material U bing conceded more and more each day. lli-nry Ford, the first of tha automobile men to adopt it and the only manufacturer who I using It entirely in hi product, ha been watching the experiment of the navy department jth much interest "My clsJm for vanadium are being proven by the navy expert," ay the De troit manufacturer. 9"It la. the intention of the navy men to ' use vanadium In the manufature of the teel work In the make up of a warship, including the great gun. J:y. the use of Vanadium the weight of tha vesel will be greatly reduced, thereby Increasing the speed without the loss of tlghting efficiency. Another advantage of the newly adepted, material la that it will prevent erosion of the big gun, which is now a problem before the bureau of ord nance. "The value of vanadium 1 in the fact that it 1 . what teel men call a "cav-. nger." Jt clears out the lmpurltle that may be in the steel and. gives the other element of high grade steel, chromium and nlckle, a chance to do the work for which they are Intended without Inter ruption by gases and other deleterious mat tori. The use of vanadium prevents all blow holes, such as caused much discus sion and trouble in navy circles a few tears ago. While vanadium J ometimes rererrea o as anew element, it vaiue in in making of steel ha been shown to some tent sine "1KB when It was discovered by a French scientist. Later, a German dis covered It in Bwltrerland, but not until recently was It found In quantities sum oleut for commercial use. For years steel men have txiea searching for vanadium and tha whole world ha been spent in the seavch. "Much of the vanadium used at present some from the mountain of South Amer ica. The Andes are very rich In it.' C. I Gould, manager Ford Motor Co, In moved into his new home on Harney street. Gould, 1 making a big record for the Ford. William Drummond and George Relm have put the Cadillac on a 1.1 th plane, and have greatly Improved It sales in thl taction of the country. Ionise Baikalow rolled out another bun.h cf new electrics last week. Manager Sternberg of the Interstate Auto Co., has begun to pueh the Interstate iu thla section and be la making a good atiovtttig in the outttet. The Kanibler Auto Co. is succeeding Konderfuliy with the Ilanibler. The E. M. F. has finlahed Its garage on Farnam and has on of the prcttleat and largest show rooina In U.l part of th country. Henry II. Van Hrunt has brought out the new Overland and is trying to supply the h.t di-ujand created here fur that car. Fret-land liroa. at Ashley will be In their brw home on r m nam mtu a short lime. This will be mi of the large.-t garages in tl.e webt. im.ing a faat railroad tian by f'.fty f;v UuiiuUa, I'lii i'Uig cue huur and f fty- Brush The economy contest between the Brush runabout and the horse and bupsy. which has been conducted on the streets of Omaha during the last two weeks, came to a close Saturday noon. Tha results of this content show very in teresting figures. For Instance, the total traveling time of the automobile was forty-one hours and forty minutes, with a five minutes off the best previous time made by a hlKh priced automobile, and maintaining a schedule over badly cut up roads that was little short of miraculous, J. C. Skinner, the Mitchell representative at Stockton, Cal., recently made the run from that city to Fresno, 138 miles. In three hours and thirty-five minutes. This Is Bklnner's third memorable auto mobile driving exploit with the same close coupled Mitchell six-cylinder car. which has completed 8.000 miles of the most strenuous kind of Pacific coast road grind ing, with Skinner piloting the car every mile of the way. Valley highways, moun tain passes and desert trails made up the variety of roads traversed since the Stock ton man obtained the machine, and he has Informed Sales Manager J. W. Gilson of the Mltchell-Lewts Motor company at Racine, Wis., that this wonderful mileage has been made without taking up a bear ing In the engine and on the same set of spark plugs. The Stearns and Oakland are domiciled In the same garge on auto row now and they are both doing a growing business. II. E. Fredrlckson Auto company has made the Cbalmera-Detrolt a great car In this part of the world. Lewla Doty, manager United Motor Omaha company, said: "There is probably nothing in recent In dustrial history that has surpassed in in terest the enormous growth of the auto mobile Industry In this country. It has grown In eleven years from nothing to a commanding place with an enormous an nual output, a vast Investment of capital, a huge salary roll and haa pulled up with It a number of minor Industries concerned In tlie manufacture of accessories, of which allied interests the manufacture of auto mobile haa more probably than any other single Industry. "With the American tendency to sp-. ctallze and the habit of the American con sumer to demand everything that Is new and to seize, once that stage Is past, upon everything that la useful and time savtng, It waa inevitable that the automobile In dustry should almost from the start as sume certain features, positively startling to the originator of the Industry. It 1 true that for once America waa caught napping In tha beginning of an industrial revolution and there is no denying the fact that the automobile gained much headway In Europe before American designer seriously took up this modern means of travel and transportation. "The question of who Invented the gaso lene motor and first thought of applying that principle to a self-propelling vehicle is of little relative Importance. The fact re mains that 1 waa In Europe that the automobile was developed Into something of a commercial value and It is there that the painataking and the laborious experi ments that were necessary were carried on. That 1 tha fact which explain America' delay In getting a progressive grasp of the situation. "Here and there in America were men who saw what was coming and who were working at the problems involved. Too much credit can not be given to such pion eer aa Maxwell, Pur-yea, Selden and others, but something more than that waa needed, email bodies of enthusiast had to work at tlie problem from every angle. It was not work for on man and the experiment In volved a use f money and a use of time by a large number of Individuals, working soparately, but alurigT the same tinea with no tangible results to cheer them along from time to time. "There the American temperament enters Into the situation, Americans In the mass can work, out definite problems with a thoroughness and a speed that cannot be approached by any other nation. That this is true Is conclusively proved by the rapid strides made by American automobile manufacturers. True It la that Europeans set the pace abroad, but It was not a great many years before the American manu facturer bad not only caught up with his foreign competitor, but had paused him. "Thus, after the first painful groping had been accomplished and It was seen that a definite future laid before the auto mobile, hundreds of brilliant Americans began to concentrate their thoughts and their work on the definite problems that separate them from the ultimate goal of perfection. Thene men have built up the automobile Industry In America, have put It In the first rank and have seen from their unerring Judgment th chance for kptclallzation, they have worked out superb selling organ! istlons, developed th tork car race and made the automobile a factor of national life. They have per fected the small, cheap car with Its mani fold usefulness. They have reduced the cost of production, which has saved the public thousand of dollars. They have the small, fast car most useful to the physician and hit upon the universal ap peal made by the use of cars by doctors. Every physic-Ian who uses a car Is a powerful aelllng agent for this car, uncon scious though he may be of his function. "A similar development Is now taking place In aviation. It was the foreigner who first produced tangible result in the building of aeroplanes, but the recnt aviation meets held In this country have conclusively demonstrated that the Wright brothers, Curtisa and oilier American In ventor have come up with and have also passed the European designer of aero pltnea, aa did the American designer of automobile pass the European. Through year of discouragement and eftort, they have forked out the problem, facing death in their work. Now the reward baa come end It has come more sedi!y than it did In the case of the automobile. 'That the American automobile industry Is now firmly established is without quri tlon. H ha passed through its period of Infantile diseases and bus taken lis right ful ploe In the world and Is now leading tha way as an American industry should. Alrt ady the lesson we have tautht in mak ing popular and medium priced Car L Runabout and Horse and Buggy total mlleaee of 6GS miles. The consump tion of gasoline was was 19'4 gallons and lubricating oil four pints, at a net cost of 13.21, making a trifle less than ',i cent per pnssenRer m!le. The total traveling time of the horse and buggy was fifty-three hours and twenty three minutes. In which time It covered 205 8-10 mlk'S, and In the meantime con been learned abroad and foreign manufac turer!! are fast falling In line. "It used to be said that the automobile Industry was a manifestation of Inflation, and pessimists declared that It would collapse at the first sign of hard times or depression. Yet it not only kept Its head above water during the 1M7 panic, but the sales during ttiat year and since have eclipsed those of preceding years. The percentage of failure In the automobile Industry Is considerably less than in the majority of Industries In this country. The automobile has become a part of our na tional life and has built roads and broad ened whole communities. It has proved Its value In the fields of the west, where a farm Is a large as an English shire. It is a great force In the life of the whole country, and the Industry to which It has given birth Ik safely established upon a firm foundation of prosperity that is bound to endure." Manager Berger-said: "President Wal ter E. Flander of the E-M-F. company returned yesterday from New York, where the annual meeting of the company wa held Saturday, and the following officer and directors were elected for the ensuing years: "President and general manager, Walter H. Flanders; vice president, F. Gordon Brown, New Tork; treasurer, Clement Studebaker, South Bend; secretary and as sistant treasurer, F. EL Fisher, Detroit, director. W. E. Flanders, F. Gordon Brown, Clement Studebaker, F. E. Stevens, Frederick P. Delafleld, F. H. McKnlght, Frederick 8. Fish. "Owing to the Increased demand for the $1,000 E-M-F. "30" car the dlrectora decided to increase the output for December, Jan uary, February and March by J.000 cara. a remarkabla two weeks' test which was made on the streets of Omaha to prove defi nitely and unquestionably the relative cost of using a horse and buggy and a Brush An accurate record of the amount of hay, grain, etc., for the horse and the gaso line, oil, etc., for the Brush Runabout has been kept and an affidavit made to prove its correctness. YW-Cm SAVE HONEY Various stops, such as a business man would require, were made, and the records show that the horse and buggy averaged 20 miles per day and the cost per passenger mils was 14-5 ccnt3. The Brush Runabout averaged C3 miles per day and the cost per passenger mile was less than l2 cent. In other words, the Brush covered 3 1-5 times a3 much ground as the horse and the cost per passenger mile was over 1 3-10 cents less for the Brush. You cannot figure, without investigating, how many thousands of dollars is rep resented in the new business made possible by this greatly increased mileage. 1 1 by practical demonstration that the Brush is worth thousands of dollars to you. LEND US YOUR STAR OUTSIDE MAW FOR A DAY.. AND WE WILL IJ0RE THAN DOUBLE HIS BUSINESS. Moreover, we will prove that these results cost you Ices than your present results cost. THE TEST IS AT OUR EXPENSE. Phone and say when we can prove our claims to you. T. Telephones Dcii. 1707; Si.'! ' . ' " : sumed 200 pounds of hay and five bushels of oats. This amount does not Include the feed consumed on Thanksgiving day and last Sunday, when there was no contest, and It really should be added to the up keep cost of the horse and biiRKy, but the total cost for the days In which It was entered In the contest was $3.70. or 1 8-10 cents per passenger mile. bringing It up to 7,0u0 cars for these four montfis. In order to accomplish this the various plants In Detroit, Pontlao and Port Huron will be worked day and night, and the manufacturing forces will be Increased by 1,000 men, which Is a very gratifying state of affairs at this time of the year. "The E-M-F. company has 1,500 direct agents In the Vnlted States, not Including subsidiary dealers, and the reports from them Indicate that In part the Increased demand for the cars Is due to the '30 road ster, with which Frank Witt has been do ing sensational performances through the south, and to the dcml-tonneau, which has attracted much attention. Both these mod els will be ready for delivery the latter part of December. The annual Inventory will be taken from December 16 to 25, and after the latter date the force at plant No. 3, where the Flanders 'Vf is manufactured, will also be Increased. "The status of the automobile Industry from our viewpoint la exceedingly grati fying,' said President Flander yesterday. 'We had prepared for a delivery output of 1,000 car a month for the next four months, which In Itself is unusual for the winter months, but order for auch car have forced us to Increase the output With our equipment this I not a difficult matter. It limply mean more work and more labor. " Tha demand ha been created by the 1911 'SO model at the $1,000 price, which. In my Judgment, cannot be approached, and which set a standard In automobile con struction.' "Notice were mailed to the dealers yes terday stating that the delivery specifica tion for the Increased output will be ap portioned the first week In December." Guy Smith haa brought out a new Frank '' , . .. , - - " "MiRr MUSES WIMS US PROVE S. IJOSTSVALL CO., Ind. A-1707. Contest The automobile traveled about three and a quarter times as far as the horse tnd buEgy In about four-fifths of the time. The results of this contest demonstrate conclusively the statements made repeat edly by automobile manufacturers that the automobile Is far more economical and therefore more practical than the horse and buRgy. lin for John Drexel, which Is attracting a great deal of attention. "That man Drexel seems to think that the Irish ought to have everything good," some fellow said. Reflection of a Spark Plaar. A chauffeur, In the abstract, la any chap that drives an automlblle. In the concrete, he Is the person whom you pay to let you ride In the tonneau. The word chauffeur comes from the French, and means some thing warm, like hot air. The chauffeur Is commonly supposed to be human, but not necessarily humane. With him the killing of chickens Is a pastime, and the maiming of pedestrians a fine art. He has no speed limit, and loads a fast life with little to ehau-fer It. He has more brass than his machine, and a double molar has lees nerve. The average chauffeur Is unbearable, but when driving a Flat six he la Insufferable. Never careless about his appearance, ex cept at court, he dresses like his employer and looks like SO cents. He Is usually In bad odor, and smells like numerous scents. One chauffeur can bankrupt two bank ers, and sometime earns more than his employer ever did. He haa three lives: The life he lives, the life he takes In his hands, and the life he ought to serve In Jail. He haa a set of rules which he never break 8, except when he la in the hospital, such as: Never go alow under any circumstances. Never blow horn except In front of a church. Never be on time. Never show Intelligence or look pleasant. A rich man has no more show with a chauffeur than a camel has with the eye of a needle. George R. Brill in Judge. 014 JONES STREET. .J Automobile Races to Bo Bigger Thau Ever Next Year Grand Prize Event Will Be Held at Savannah and French Can May Enter. NKW TOUK. Teo. S.-The grand prUe race, wherever It Is held next year, is to be a blguer thing than ever. Probably In fact, almost certain the race will be held at Savannah, where two grand prize races have been conducted. 'VVhntever the disposition of this contest, the date and place will be announced ab nit eight months In advance and a campaign for a thoroughly International representation will be carried on. This year there were American, German and Italian cars In the race. Next year. It Is hoped, there will be Krenrh entries. Perhaps there will be Kritlsh. too. But, at any event, th plan now Is to have more varieties of cars from the foreign countries than waa the case this time. There has been an Idea that certain for eign countries agreed to boycott racing. As a matter of fact certain makers abroad did agree not to race for a couple of sea sons, but that agreement apparently Is st an end. 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