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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1912)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OOTOBEK -0. 11U-J. 11-A Gossip Along the Automobile Row E. V. Abbott and B. East left early last week In the 1913 Michigan demonstrator for southwestern Iowa, where they will stay as long as the good weathtr con tinues, demonstrating the merits of the mighty Michigan 40. Already Mr. Abbott has received close on to a hundred let ters asking for territory for the coming year, and he is not worrying over plac ing all the cars which the factory will allow him. Blake & Llndeman, agents at Central City for the Michigan, were In Omaha last week to catch a glimpse of the 1313 machine. This particular firm did as much if not more business with the 191L' car than any other agency In the state. They were more than pleased with what they saw and predicted to Increase their business 60 per cent this season. C. 5. Corlchlir, general sales manager of the Cole Motor company throughout the middle west, has been spending the last few days In Kansas City, where ho lias completed arrangements for the re ception of several enormous shipments of 1913 cars. Kansas City is one of the Cole people's strongholds in the central I part .of the country, and indications are to the effect that there will be the great est demand ever for the machine this yeari Mr. and Mrs.. I A. Keller, who started for St. Paul, Minn., In a Flanders car on October 4, returned Monday after a most" successful Journey. The entire trip waa'jnade without the slightest trouble, the Flanders car surmounting; many dif flouties with surprising ease. On the re turn'' trip the roads were very muddy, and In many places the car pasted through mud which reaohed the axles of the machine. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Karst of tdy8ralth, Wis., accompanied the Kellers back from St Paul. John Crosby, formerly connected with the" Portland (Ore.) Studebaker branch, was In Omaha- last Tuesday and called at the .'local house for a brief visit with Manager Keller. Doty & Hathaway delivered four Reos and five "Little Fours" throughout the state last week. They also signed six new agencies for the "little Four" car. Dr. A. Bertschlnger and wife of Port land, Ore., passed through Omaha Tues day on the return lap of a trip which had already consumed over five months' time. The couple left Portland in May, and since then have visited a large num ber of the principal cities of this coun try, including Minneapolis, Chicago, De troit, New York and Boston. .They also made a short excursion Into Canada. The trip was made In a Maxwell roadster and, considering the ground covered, has been a revelation in economy. While at Tarrytown, the spot where the car was made. Dr. Bertschlnger had the roadster entirely gofle over by experts, and at the close of the rehauling his bill was Just (CO even, which constitutes, so far every cent sperit; for repair?"'; Ifyon V, leaving Omaha the speedometer, ftigitkfind- Just "7,029 mllea-The doctor expects'tp arrive in Portland Saturday. . - , Ji- '' ;. The United Motor company (delivered five 40 and five 86 Maxwells last week throughout the states Agents are con tracting . rapidly; and several new ones have been signed. N. P. O'Conner, secretary of the Pow ell Supply company, spent last week en Joying the pleasures of a- well-earned vacation. Mr. O'Conner Is one of the most energetic and competent workers In local automobile ' circles, and 1 sometimes has to be driven to take respite from his duties. C. I Oreenwell, representing the United Manufactures, was a visitor at the Powell Supply company last week. Mr. Oreen well was returning to the factory from the coast ann expressed his belief that the supply business was never better than at the present time. Manager Relm of the local Calillao company left Thesday for the factory at Detroit, where he went to secure an ad ditional allotment of 113 cars. Clarke G. Powell leaves early this week for a trip through the east, partly busi ness and partly pleasure. Mr. Powell In tends taking in the Tale-Harvard contest before returning to Omaha. August . Castenor Klron, Neb., pur chased a 'Lexington 40 deml-tonneau of the B. R.- Auto company last week. Henry 1 Roche, for many years me chanic to Barney Oldfield, an aviator of considerable note, has been engaged by the Traynpr Auto company to look after their mechanical work. La Roche comes highly recommended from many note worthys of the trade and Is considered to be one. of the best mechanics on the continent. For several years he drove racing cars for the National factory, dur ing which time he took a number of firsts In important races. Percy Owen, general sales manager of the Chalmers Motor company, spent two days last week with H. E. Fredrickson. Mr. Owen increased Mr. Fredrtckson's territory in both Nebraska and Iowa, and alloted him an additional number of ma chines for the year. The Colo Auto company of Woodbine, la., drove home an Apperson 4 touring icar last . Thursday. In spite of the muddy roads the trip was made in record time, a good performance for a car re ceiving its first acquaintance with coun try roads. : ' C. 8. Hayward of the Hayward Shoe company r purchased an Apperson 45 of the local house last week. Mr. Hayward has taken advantage of the splendid weather ,Of the last few days and al ready has made several trips into the country about Omaha. Manager De Jong of the Apperson alea company started on a 300-mile Jaunt through Iowa Thursday afternoon for the purpose of closing 1913 contracts. Richard Bacon, wstern district sales manager for the Hudson Motor Car com pany, spent several days of last week with Guy L. Smith. Bacon says that he has nothing to do now but to visit with the Hudson distributors., as the entire territory was closed up on one trip and he has already sent specifications to the factory for all the Hudson cars that will be alloted to this territory for the 1913 season.' Bacon "says it breaks his heart to have to hang out the "nothing doing" sifrn. as ea.ch dealer pleads to have his quality specifications Increased. "I hon estly believe we could get orders for twice as many Hudson cars as we will be able to build." Charles Glltner, former manager of the Rambler Auto oompany and now sales manager of the Velie Motor company at Moline, 111., spent two days with th John Deere Plow company last week. Mr. Glltner is returning from the west and reports conditions very favorable for a good Velle year. G. N. Peek, director of the Velle Motor company, also spent a day with the local branch. Percy Owen, general sales manager of the Chalmers Motor company, has been spending the last few days with the Fredrickson Auto company. Mr. Owen has granted H. E. Fredrickson additional territory In both Nebraska and Iowa. Sol Bergman, the Jeweler, received his new six-cylinder Chalmers of tlie Fred rickson Auto company Friday, and al ready has had a number of Joy rides in his purchase. Mr. Bergman can see noth ing else In the auto line- but the Chal mers, -and expects to do considerable touring next summer with the car. H. A. Drew of the Essenkay Sales conv pany reports the best week of their es tablishment in Omaha. During the last week they have equipped a half dosen machines with their famous tire filler, and have tanen twice the number of or ders. Mr. Drew says that now the peo ple are getting over their skepticism of anything that takes the place of air in a tire, the sales are increasing very rap idly. The Nebraska Buick people are having their troubles along with a number of other firms in the fact that they cannot secure cars enough to care for their busi ness: They are receiving on an average of fifty cars a week, but even with this number they expect to be 300 cars behind their orders till cold weather sets in for good. Fifteen" carloads direct from the factory were shipped by this firm into their territory during last week. I n Rambler Auto company heat cro:s j country cars to Genoa and Fairfield last 1 week. They also con true ted with h Schuyler Motor company of Schuyler to handle their line for the coming year. Deliveries have been coming through In fairly good shape lately and a good busi ness Is being indulged in by this house. Guy L. Smith delivered 1913 Hudson "31" cars last week to E. S. AVestbrook of the Transmlsslssippl Grain company, A. 0 Magdans and M. InheUier of Pierce, Neb. He also delivered 1913 Hudson to the fol lowing dealers: The J. C. Davis Auto company. North Platte; Matte Center Auto company, Platte Center; dimming Motor Car company, Grand island, Neb.; W. F. Llerman, Pierce, and Sulyers & Kayton of Strahan. la. Key to the Situation Bee Advertising. Time is Taken on Johnson's Fast Ball Walter Johnson, star pitcher of I ho Washington Americans, and Nap Kueker. champion southpttw of the Brooklyn.-', recently established two new records. They succeeded in timing the speed of a pitched ball for the first time In the his tory of the world, and In order to do this made a record -break tug run In an auto mobile from New York to Bridgeport, Conn., and return. The trip was taken one Saturday morn ing and both pitchers had to be In New York for names that afternoon. They left New York at an early hour In a big Franklin touring car, accompanied by the editor of the I?ase Ball magazine, one of the. feature writers of the New York World and A. P. I.-une, champion pistol shot of the world. The distance traveled was fifty-five miles and in returning to New York the distance had to be. made in less than two hours. This was a record run con sidering the fact that most of the fifty five miles was over city pavements, Johnson's best speed record in throwing I ft hose ball, which was made in the test j room of the Remington Arms U-M-C company ul Bridgeport, 'was 2'i feet per , second. The best that Rucker could do I us 113 feet per second. SELF-STARTER WORKS EVERY TIME IN THOUSAND One can now bid the old crank fare well -for sure, this time. One thousand starts In 1.000 trials Is the result of the trials of the self-cranking system of the New Hudson 87, by Guy L. Smith. Public announcement of the tests was made yes terday. The trial took place during the regular work of the demonstrating cars. They have been in progress at Guy L. Smith's place since the arrival of the first car and the self -cranking system has not failed to crank the car on a single oc- : casion, echoing the Infallibility of the device on the Hudson, The system on the Hudson consists ot an electric motor which operates a set of gears that mesh with notches on the fly wheel of the car and revolve the wheel, thereby performing the same function as that of muscularly twirling the crank at the front of the car. The gasoline motor, while running, revolve a shaft that In turn operates a generator of electricity. This current is stored in a battery and upon the pressure of a button performs the business of cranking the engine. The gasoline motor thus manufactures the electrical energy that cranks It. You press a button to crank the engine. "It la as we have maintained," stated Mr. Smith. "The trials which were watched by numerous motorists upon' these different occasions were conclusive In showing that the moment for discard-, lug the old crank has come." ':' mi '1' r 3i, rdn 111 IP! I?; m m Completely equipped F. 0. B. Toledo onob struct eel clean swee a. U VER two hundred telegraphic demands on this car shoot in and out of our plant every day. The telegraph companies tell us Tve are one ot their largest indi vidual customers in the world. It is certain we are, by far, the largest in the automobile business. Our daily volume of telegrams and cables is so enormous that it requires our own private staff of operators to handle it Since the announcement of this car it has become almost impossible to keep accurate account of our daily mail. To count the separate pieces of first class matter would be impractical. About all we can do is to check off the truck loads of U. S. mail bags and let it go at that. Our annual production will be 40,000 cars. Our October production schedule called for 150 cars a day, which we are shipping right now. We could ship 500 a day if we had them. For the last 30 days we have been over 3000 cars behind our immediate shipping or ders. This model has had an unobstructed clean sweep. It has gone before everything. Nothing can atop it, for nothing on earth can touch it Practically every important 1913 announcement has been made. A careful examination of these announce ments will prove precisely what we have been claiming . that there is not a $1200 car built that has any more practical value, to offer than this one for $985. And here are the comparative facts which support this seemingly bold statement - Automobile values must be looked at from several different angles. You must consider not only the price, but what that price buys you. You must take into consideration the power, the strength, the beauty, the construction, the size, the appearance and the equip ment of the car. You must judge a car by the material in it; the workmanship on it; the methods employed to produce it; and last but not least, the facilities be hind the production methods. Examine each one of these fundamentals in this Overland at $985 and you will find a car that is iden tical with any $1,200 car in the world. Go further and you find high-grade construction and painstaking care in finish that equal the production methods employed in the making of any $5,000 car you know of. This car has the power of a $1200 car; it has the strength of a $1200 car ; it has the size of a $1200 car; it has the seating capacity of a $1200 car; it has the wheel base of a $1200 car; it has the chassis construction of a $1200 car; it has the comfort of a $1200 car: it has the beauty and finish of a $1200 car. Take the equipment item alone. It has a Warner speedometer the best made; it has a fine mohair top and boot; it has a clear vision wind shield; it has a self starter and Prestolite tank every practical accessory made for an automobile. And all for the one price $985. There are no " extras." Then there are those important construction fea tures which are only found on the very high-priced cars. This model has a drop-forged I beam section front axle, fitted with the famous Timken bearings; a three-quarter floating rear axle fitted with Hyatt bearings; a selective transmission, with three speeds forward and reverse, fitted with annular bearings, and a cold rolled pressed steel frame. It has the center control. The brakes are unusually large for a car of this size and power, and are ample for cars of much greater weight. There are two powerful sets inter nal expanding and external contracting. The great braking surface of these is indicated by their dimen sions 13 inches by 2) inches each. These are the brake dimensions you find on $1,500 cars. Pick up the catalogue of any $1,500 car and see for yourself. The springs are semi-elliptic front, three-quarter elliptic rear. Each spring has six leaves. Tires are 32x3 Q. D. This model is superbly finished. The striking' body is in dark Overland blue. Battleship gray wheels harmonize perfectly with the rich, dark body which ft trimmed in black and nickel plate. How can we market this car at this price? By making 40,000 cars a year. Increased production brings decreased selling prices. There is the answer in six j small words. France is famous for its automobiles, yet we turn out in one year as many cars as all the French fac tories combined. The United Kingdom is equally famous for motor cars, yet we almost double the com bined output of all the English factories under the sun. The Overland factories alone, make nearly three times as many cars as the combined factories of Germany. And when you total the annual automobile produc tion of such countries as Holland, Russia and Sweden, you find they do not make as many cars as some of our individual dealers handle in one single year. We have more agents in some states than most American factories have in all the United States. We export more cars than the annual output of any automobile factory in Europe. Some of our American dealers alone, take more oars annually than most American factories turn out in a year. That is what 40,000 cars a year means. And that, and only that, is why we can make and market for $985 what others are forced to get $1200 for. We want to place the utmost importance on the fact that the big value of this car is found in the vital things that really establish " big value." That is, such things as the long wheel base, the big motor, the splen did rear axle unit, the large and roomy five passenger body the springs, the brakes, the high grade bearings, the pressed steel frame, the complete' equipment, etc. Any man who pays over $985 for a completely equipped, 30 horsepower, five passenger touring car of , this type and size is just wasting money. See this Model " 69 " at our salesroom in your city at once. Order early if you want it early. The Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio The Van Brunt Auto Co.,2 and Council Bluffs, Iowa Self Starter 30 Horsepower S Passenger Touring 110-inch Wheel Base Center Control Remy Magneto m iiit ' ' Warner Speedometer Mohair Top and Boot Clear Vision Wind Shield Prestolite Tank Tires, 32x3 Q. Z. Bright Parts Nickel-Plated