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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1913)
10-A THE OMAHA SVNDAY BEE: JULY 27, 1913. 41 ht- CAN STOP AUTO ACCIDENTS Properly Enforced Ordinances Will Do it, Say W. E. Flander. EUROPEAN CITIES EXAMPLES There the Ituntlntlons Are Slrlcllr Observed nnd redestrlnns Are Also Often Arretted for Violations. "We Tvtll never be able to reduce the number of street accident from auto mobiles, trolley car and other vehicles until we make and enforce proper traffic regulations In cities." says Walter B. Flanders, president and general manager jf the Maxwell Motor company, Detroit. "But -we already have trafflo regula tions In every self-respecting city, and tome that are not entitled to self-respect have traffic squads, motorcycle police and all that sort of thing," suggested the '.ntprvlewer. "Oh, yes." laughod the automobile man ufacturer, "wc havo traffic regulations, most of which tend to Impede trafflo and to multiply the congestion nt busy points. Tho Idea In the minds of our po lice commissioners seems to bo that any regulation that Impedes progress and aggravates the automobile driver must be a good ono," continued Mr. Flanders. "No, I am not referring to Detroit We have better trafflo regulations hero than In any other city I know, with tho possi ble exception of New York. Even there they send vehicular trafflo by round about ways at Herald square. Times square and other points, thus creating congestion at four or five places Instead of the original one. But they do adopt the plan of hurrying trafflo past such points, instead of slowing It up, as Is tho custom In most cities. "Faster: Fastorl signals the metro politan traffic cop'-and he paes four times as many rigs by his post as our Petrolt officers take caro of In tho earns pace. - Jiavr ainvlnsr Faster. "But I did not mean .to refer to the traf fic regulations of vehicles, as we have plenty of them such as they are, , That Is notthe solution. Automobiles ore In creasing and will continue to increase Trafflo will Increase and street crossings beoamo moro and more dangerous. The average business man covers three times the ground in a day that he used to in pro-motoring days. Bo there is threo times the trafflo In our streets, desplto the fact that the rapld-movlng motor ve nicies would naturally havo decreased the congestion wero there only one auto mobile to replace each horso-drawn ve hicle of former days. The remedy Is In proper traffic regula. tlons, for pedestrlons-rlgldly enforced. That they have such regulations and do onforoe them rigidly Is the reason why there. Is a smallor percentage 0f accidents in European cities. "Of course we Americans think It very funny that In l'arls and Merlin, for ex. ample, the pedestrian who gets run over or knocked down by a vehicle la arrested, instead of tho driver of tho vehicle. It isn't so ridiculous after all. In the first place, tho driver Is arrested as often as the pedestrian if the driver has been at fault, nut mostly it is tho pedestrian's fault lie has been violating a well defined trafflo ordinance In the enforce ment of whioh he must play his part and contribute his oh are of intelligence. "Wits Jtotnnna Offrnsu. "Originally the trafflo ordinances ot Europe were based on tho assumption that tho man on foot who impeded trof. flo was an anarchist. All privilege was then vested in tho favored few, the no bility; and these of course rodo while all the rest of the world walked. That such regulations have been retained while the original conditions on which they were founded no longer endure was not due to neglect, but to tho application of com mon sense. "In this country we say the pedestrian has the right of way. And In principle that theory is rittht Bomo eminent thlnHers protest that a man has the right to commit soictde II he wanU to. but our laws make the attempt n misde meanor. Tho same rule applies, or should npply. to traffic regulations Wo ahould protect the careless, thoughtless pedes trian against himself by malting It a misdemeanor to vlolato the trafflo regu lations just as It now Is for the driver of a truck or an automobile to do so, "Look nt them crossing the fitrect at all points in Uie block and nt all angles! The trafflo officer stops etreet cars and automobiles to let them cross, and when he signals the vehicles to proceed you will see mon, women nnd children rush ing across in front of motoring vehicles. The pedestrian Insists on his right to commit suicide and dares the motorist to thwart hlmt "Why, It tho muoh-mallgned motorist didn't exhibit the utmost care to com pensate for tho suicidal carelessness of pedestrians, there would be 100 acctdonts where there Is now one." Low Priced Oar is Winner of Recent Grlidden Tour Eace The recent running ot the Qlldden tour, jn which both the Qlldden and Minneapo lis News trophies were captured by the Metz "22' roadster, demonstrates conclu sively that it Is possible to build a thoroughly good car to sell at a conspicu ously low price. The team of three Metx stock cars that were entered In the Qlldden tour were the only team In the race to maltttaln a per fect sroro for the enilro eight days of tho contest, nnd It must bo admitted that they completely vanquished their com- botttlors, although many ot them sell at from five to ten times tho price of the Metx "12," which is 6 completely equip ped, Tho nearest competitor to tho Metx was ablo to show a perfect score for only the first two dnys of the contest. The performance of tho Mets Is all the more Interesting because of the fact that before entering the tour' it made a re' markable non-stop record run of. 1,000 miles from Boston to Minneapolis In ninety hours, thereby beating Its own schedule by six hours, and In splto of tho enforced covering ot moro than 100. miles additional becauso ot loilng tho road. . The course of tho Qlldden tour this year was from Minneapolis to Qlaclor Na tional park, a distance of somo 1,900 mites. Through Minnesota and Dakota numerous long strotches of bad roads wero encoun tered, and In Montana tho roads through the Rocky mountains presented grades and other features ot difficult traveling that put many of tho contestants out of commission. But the threo Mctx cars negotiated all theso problems handily, nnd at tho conclusion ot the run were practically in perfect condition. Gossip Along tHe Automobile Row. HANDLEY WELDS ALL HIS BIG INTERESTS INDrANAPOIJS, July 8-AnothertW. portant step toward the more definite and specific departmentlzatlon ot "Big Business," and one which marks another milestone in the rapid progress of In dlnnanol's as an automobile center. Is an nounced. It Is in the form of a $1,000,000 company headed by J. I, Ilandley Into which all of this man's Individual hold ings have been consolidated. The new corporation Is known as the J. I. Ilandley company and will own all of the Ilandley interests in tho American Motors company, the Marlon Motor Car company, tho . American Motors Realty, company antf the A. & M. Sales and Serv lco company, all of Indianapolis; the American-Marion Sales company of New York, and the American Motors Califor nia company at Ban Francisco. I The now company bocomes the sole sell ing agent ot the American Motors com pany and tho Marlon Motor Car com pany, marketing all American Undersluug and Marlon models. UntilrN Thrrnteneil by croup, coughs or colds are soon ie lloved by the )i -o f Dr. Klna'w Nwv H-s-covery. EOo and 41. For al by Beaton Drug Co. Advertisement. Governor Morehead last week bought a Wlnton car from the Lincoln Automo bile company. The governor Is as pleased w Ith, his new car as a little girl with her first doll. George R. Toozer, manager of the Stewart-Tooxer Motor company, has Just returned from the Chalmers factory, where he was successful In securing a few more cars for this season. The num ber, however, was small and the factory expects a shortage of cars for the bal ance of this season, although they aro working day and night doing their best to take care of orders for Chalmers cars. Qcorge E. Toozer, manager of the Stew art-Tooxer Motor company, has Just re turned from the Tierce-Arrow factory, where he succeeded in getting shipment of flvo I'lerce-Arrow cars this month, tour Of whtih are already sold and tho other wilt bo a stock car. The I'lerco Arrow people are considerably behind on their cars nnd aro working nights en deavoring to catch up with tholr orders' and as their output Is limited Indications pulnt to a big shortage of Plerce-Arrow cars the coming season. Twenty-two thousand nnd forty-nine model T Ford cars were built and Bold In Juno. This shatters nil records for number of cars sold by any ono company In any ono month. The Stewart-Tooxer Motor company has sold Chalmers cars to J. C. Kretchmcr of Council Bluffs, la., and to J. A. Adam son of Anoka, Neb., during tho last week. .Luther .Larson of Fremont was also In Omaha and drove home a four-passenger six-cylinder car. C. S. McICoe, the .local Interstate manager,-is in tho country . introducing his car to agriculturists. Ho reports that farmers are over-burdened with money as a result of tho nrosDcroua year and nre anxious to purchase automobiles for recre ation. The Stowurt-Toozer Motor company has Just delivered to E. A. Wlckham ot Coun cil" Bluffs a Tierce-Arrow "48-B." Mr. Orr of the Orr Motor .Sales com pany left for tho Packard factory at De troit in a Packard "iV Friday morning, Mr. Orr will take advantage of trie op portunity to report to President Joy ot the Packard Motor Car company the con dition ot thn two Omaha-Detroit routes which aro under consideration for tho new Lincoln highway. Mr. Joy Is execu tive head ot the assqc(atton and Is keep ing In closo 'touch with the 'local im provement of tho roads In tho different sections. Laurence Tray nor-Is In Chicago on busi ness In the Interests of his firm. The Ford company7 is assembling 300,000 cars n year. This means that every day 800 Fords are built, more than ono car every minute. The selling price ot 800 cars, a day's sale, Is approximately IUO.00O. Tho Central .Taxlcab .company pur chased an Abbott 60 from tho Tray nor Automobile company last week. Tho salo gives the Central company five Abbbtt cars in their service. Several new buildings to be occupied by automobile firms will bo completed In the early full. The largo building that Is be ing erected by the Studebaker corporation for Its branch house at Twenty-fifth avo nuo and Farnam street, probably will be ready September 1. Guy I Smith Is pushing work on his garage at Tweny sixth and Farnam streets, and will be ready . to occupy li about October. The We Stand Behind Everythin We Have Everything You Need for Yourself or Your Car , i We Sell Horn Auto . Supply company will prob-'i amy be in -its new building in August The last three weeks have been an end less hustle and bustle with tho Western Automobile Supply company. The big crop of wheat has been harvested by .the farmers In. this territory and with wea ther conditions most favorable for a big yield of corn has caused the farmers and dealers all through the country to turn optimists. The farmer car owners through tho country are buying cars and acces sories freely and have completely depleted the accessory stock all through this terri tory. With money flowing freely from tho. farmers to the dealers, collections have been extra good and orders have b. in Jorge ant oftiu Owlne to the ex. cellont conditions, the Western Automo bile Supply col- jany has had to Increase ineir force in overy department. Mr. Pearson, western salesmanaKer for tho Remy Electric company, was visiting the Western Automobile Supoly comcanv the lost week and reports a great many new contracts for Remy magnetos for 1914. Mr. McKenzle of the Western Auto Bun- ply company sold an opening bill tire and accessories to Smith &. Bellvillo at Teka mah last week. During tho last woek Mr. Iloss of tho Western Auto Sunnlv pom. Pany has opened a great many hew ac counts In northwestern Iowa and reports me Dcst or Conditions among the automo bile dealers. Mr. Parkhurst, the Remy servlco expert of the Western Auto Sup ply company, Is In Lincoln' visiting the Lord Automobile company, where ho is inrtainng one of the latest tvt)a nnv lighting systems, which has Just been forwarded to them by the factory. Some Ilnrdy Motorlns;. Field representatives of the Department of Agriculture do some harflv mninHn in the wild regions of the west. L. W, Wlnsor. who covers a strip of the Rookies, travels hundreds of miles-each week In Colorado and Utah, and takes his Studebaker roadster Into some -places that would be a severe test of pack mule ab'illty. New Low Priced Car Placed on the Automobile Market A new low-priced, six-passenger, thirty eight horsepower touring car has been placed on the local market by the Tray nor Automobile company and Is destined to take a big place in the pleasure car world of Omaha. Tne car Is the Partln Palmer and tho cost Is $975. The machine Is simple In appearance and built for wear. It Is powerful nnd will equal thlrty-clght horsepower. It Is roomy, giving plenty of space for six pas sengers and best of all Is silent. The motor Is the best on the market Speed is one of the features of the new car. Randall A. Palmer, general manager of the Palmer Automobile company, is the designer. Mr. Palmer says. "We know and you know that Partln values are so extraordinary that they will set a new standard in the automobile world. To compete with Partln values it will be, necessary that other automobile manu facturers practice Partlnn economies.." This car is not equipped with an electric starter nor is It electric lighted through, out, but It Is all automobile and the pur chaser gets 975 worth of automobile and no experiments thrown In with It. The manufacturers of this car, however, have electric starters and electric lighting equipments which can be attached, but these are slated as accessories. Tho manufacturers of this machine ' believe that the advantages of a roomy six passenger body, a silent, economical mo tor delivery, full thirty-eight horsepower; a wheel base of, 115 Inches, the general excellence of Partln-Palmer finish and ef ficiency will be far mere attractive to tho purchaser than-the electric starting and' lighting equipment. The Traynor Brothers decided on the Pnrtln-Palmcr car atter an extensive trip through the cost in the quest of a new car. The company will continue to handle the National car as heretofore. ST9P THAT NOISE R AUGER GEAR COMPOUND WILL MAKE NOISY REAR AXLES AND TRANSMISSiund KEEP QUIET WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY CO. OMAHA Distributers We Are Open Every Day Filling Orders Every Minute Us for Service and Reliability " "" 1 1 - Western Automobile Supply Go OMAHA 0ts!u 5041 1921-1922 FariiM Street CO V f. . k..- WINS TOUR METZ "22" REGULAR STOCK CAR GLIDDEN Capturing Both the Glidden and Minneapolis News Trophies It Was a Clean Sweep, Too, and the LOWEST PRICED CAR in the Rac Did It I Tho Glidden Tour this year started at Minneapolis, Minn., on July 11, and terminated at Glacier National Park, Montana, on July, 19, the, course covering more than 1,300 miles and. embracing stamina-testing stretches of rough roads in Minnesota and Dakota and 'monumental hills in .the Rocky Mountains of Montana. ' Tho team of three METZ "22" regular stock cars was the ONLY TEAM holding a PERFECT score for the en tire eight days from start to finish The nearest competitor had a perfect score for only the first two days of the tour. The METZ team of regular stock cars was last to leave noon control on last day of tour, passed all those ahead, caught the pace-maker ten miles, from the finish and crowded him over the last mountain range, finishing the last lap of tour with 20 minutes to spare. And this on top of the fact that the METZ "22," before entering the Glidden Tour contest, made a remarkablo non-stop record of 1,600 miles from Boston to Minneapolis in 90 hours, beating its;ownscbedulerby-6 hours Sn spite of having to drive over 100 miles additional on account of losingHhe road ; ', ;- ' .aKLK MbV $475 ssanaBowaaaBiMkBaH METZ "22" THE GEARLESS CAR No Clutch to SlipNo Gears to Strip WE have told you, time and again,. that tho METZ "22" is the very essence of EFTTCTENOS" and DE PENDABLE CONSTRUCTION. Now, with its remarkable performance a matter of oinLlYecoTd wo tell you, again, that the METZ "22" will travel from 28 to 32 miles on ONE gallon of irasoline 100 miles on ONE pint of lubricating oil, and from 10,000 to 12,000 miles on a Bingle set of tires. ' In operation and upkeep it is the most economical car on the market It is tho lowest-priced car It is extremely graceful in lines and proportions. It will olimb hills as fast as any regular stock car made: in fact, it takes many hills on the high speed that aro steep enough- to force the big touring cars to drop back onto low speed. B".a "''" wwu ijutuvi; uwwij unrojr nitu ttggttVttkLU iUXU UApcllHlVO gc8X ITOUDICS. elliptic Kprlnn all around, standard artlllerv vhuliL 'mmm. Goodrlch.cllncher. tires, nvalampi and' S motC ho ra. vvml& tool outfit, and makes from 6 to 60 mllfTpf? o!r on Cffi The METZ "M" Is a fully auaranteed roadster car of the torpedo semi- enciesca type, ion nana unve ana center control. 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