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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1914)
THE OMAflA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 17, 1014. 15 A osr most mum weight So Says Sales Manager of Chandler Motor Oar Company BUT MUST HAVE EBDUEASOE 'Car 'ftftTonlfl Weljrl Under Thro Thouand Found., bat JIsly Htnxnin nod Kndnrnnc. a Heavier Mnatilnee. Th nnwrpavm mad niaoulflea are faJrf HUM wltli -nrU1it dJaeOMtona In autorooWUi adrertlonnmU sxnl eartfnl obserrei decUf that the moat rotable movement in tho automobile Industry U the )lthtwdht movement. All manu facturec apparently, are striving to create' the impression of lightweight. C. J Kmlee, rice president and sates manager of tho Chandler Motor Car Co. ' of Cleveland aays that the greatest alexia Improvement which can now be made in automobiles la -weight reduction. He adda tb it "every five-passenger car should 4 elgn less than 3,000 pounds." . "When I say a flve-paasengor car." ex' plains Mr. Kmtsc, "I mean a cat of ISO inch wheel' base; for that la the ideal length. Leas Is not enough for comfort and more la unnecessary. The great per centage of present day cars are of this lze. If a six or seven-passenger car Is - dosirod, 133-Inch, wheel baao ia tho least that will give comfort and sufficient room,' bui then wo are back again to the great heavy car, and that is what the public has found out that it does not want.- Some builders try to make six and seven-passenger core with three or four inches to the wheel base. Three inches may bo enough room for dolls, but not enough for children or grown-up folks. "So the Chandler company gladly goes on record In stating most positively that ' 'fthT automobile' 'should not weigh more ' than 3,000 pounds, and we make the prophecy without qualification that with 'in the near future a car weighing more, - than this will bo .difficult to sell: Three ! thousands pounds Is the weight limit of !tho flvo-passcngcr car In tho future. , "Tho manufacturers know this question iof weight is vital. Head the advertise 'jnents, and you will see the signs. 'A 'light car and a speedy one.' 'How much t'shoud an automobile weigh?' The un jmlstakable demand for light weight' !'Our car is 300 pounds lighter,' "Our car (is heavy enough for safety and comfort, ,bu't medium weight ls-tho right weight.' i 'Our light eix Is just the right weight.' "But with all this talk of light weight, I has it not occurred to you that about the most difficult thing to find out about a tear is what it actually weighs on the j scales. With alUthls talk about weight, figures are hard to obtain. It la a sig nificant' fact that about the Only' six- cylinder cars willing to advertise and .1 publicly proclaim their wiKhtrara-.th three six-cylinder cars t than 3.000 pounds. The othors talk about light weight,- but strangely enougtti sTupmi .1 "dhandler Bays a 8,000-pound cor has .nil the endurance and stamina and tho., 7 freedom from mechanical trouble and car," this movement toward lightweight cars, and you will find every manufacture when ho reaches the 3,000-pound mark , will publish the figures and they are all , Wnsjldas possible tjvJMa. I Gray Sloop, of Moorsvllle has been appointed iV.A, .. M. Commissioner of North Carolina, Dan Cupid again made use of the mo torcycle recently when doprge H. Roston, in electrician of Baltimore, and Miss Kate TJmrle, rode a two-wheeler to An-, napolls; where they secured a license and were, married; . " ; An' economy test in which each mof torcycllst will be furnished with the lame: amount of , gasoline and oil and Ke tanks sealed, will "be held some time July on the Piedmont Park track at Atlanta. Ga. Speed Boys Warm Up for Big Race at Indianapolis i From record which aro being made In early practice at the Indianapolis pood way, it looks as 1C it would take some re markably fast driving U win the' big prise there at the international face. Decoration day, ,' Barney Oldtleld on Sunday, May 10, made some great tlmo In his speedy Btuta. Before an Interested crowd of over 3,(00 spectators Barney tore up tho track In his old-time form, running alxty-tlve miles without a stop at an average speed of eighty-four miles per hour. His last lap was covered at tho rate of eighty-six and .one-halt miles par hour. As usual, he drove on Firestone Urea. These figures are particularly signifi cant when It is realised that Oouk won tho race last year at an average spcod of 75.93 miles per hour. In 1912 the raoe was won by Dawson in his National at the rate of' 78.72 miles per hour. In tho first race, back In 1911, Harroun won at the rate of 74.6 miles per hour. Both Harroun and Goux used and won on Firestone tires. Kverythlng points to a record breaking atendanco this year and also an unusu ally speedy lineup of drivers. , Abbott Motor Cars Finished in Fancy and Bright Colors According to Edward F, Gerber. Presi dent of the Abbott Motor Car company. Detroit. Mich., thla company is finishing at east" one-half of Its output' in fancy colors. Touring cars and roadstera-ln-both' six and i four ' cylinder models aro being turned out dally in Violet. Purple Luke, Kapler Green, Golden Drown, French Carmine, Town Car Blue, as well as . the standard black. The demand for fancy colors seems to be unusually Insistent this spring, which Is probably occasioned by tho use of spe cial colors on all o the high-priced 'for eign cars. With hardly an exception every foreign car Is being finished In somcy special shade, principally those above mentioned. Price to Be Cut on late Model Moline Owing to the demand for the Moilne Knight. President "W. H. Van Dervoort ofjttieloline Automobile company, makes O iitjisjlUntd mid-selling 'season .an nouncement that he Is compelled to offer (fhe, latest iqo'del- Moilne 40 horsepower, five passanger, touring car at ii,boO, to rndU ei'rbim"Sfdr. Increased Mollne-Kntght production, ''Never In the history of the automo- , breakage that is. PoMMto,btaJn equipped. a car." concluded Mr. Emlse. "Watch Horsepower, iz men w wheel base, elec trlcally lighted, electrically started car beenoffered atjsuch a low price," says President W. "H7 Van Dervoort. "This Is the identical car that for three successive .years .won the Chicago Motor club trophy," 'perfect scored in grinding Glldden tours and other well known en durance contests. "As Is welj known tho Moline M-40 has 'heretofore, been sold for 31,950, but we are face to face with a problem beyond our control, Inasmuch as the demand for the Mollne-Knight has gone so far be yond our fondest expectations that It is absolutely Imperative that, this M-40 model be gotten out of tho factory, so that every square foot of floor space In our plant can be utilized for the manu facture of the Mollne-Knight. Expense of Upkeep of Ford Motor Cars Exceedingly Light To the man Inclined to believe that motor car travet Is still somewhat of a luxury, figures recently secured from more than 300 owners In Cleveland, show ing conclusively tflat. It costs on the average 1H cents a mile to drive ono well known type of car In that city should prove Interesting, At present thero aro more than 1,W0 owners of Ford cars In Cleveland. Of this number 317 had owrtcd their cars an average of nine and a half months, and had kept careful and complete record of tho cost entailed. Each of the 317 owners had driven his car on average distance of 6,373 miles. Each had carried a load of approximately 44t pounds (three persons) tho entire dis tance. It cost an average of 155.01 for gaso lino per car for tho nlno and one-half 'months' service. Tho average expense for lubricating oil during tho same period was 14.28. Tho ayerago cost of repair per bar for tho " entire period of opera tion was 318.13. In wear, on tires, the shoes of a car, thla particular car showed exceptionally economical. Tho average life of a set of, tlrra waa &,23 miles. The data from which these figures wore, taken Is on filo at tho Cleveland branch of the Ford Motor company, where It may be Inspected by any Doubting Thomas. Tho data concerning each car Is In writing over tho owner's signature. From these figures It appears that It Is about as inexpensive to. own and drive this type of car aa It is to walk and wear out shoe leather, to say nothtng of the time saved and distance shortened. C. J, CorkhiU Made Haynes Sales Agent Tho announcement Just made by the Haynes Automobile company that C. J. CorkhiU has been appointed District Bales Manager for the Btatcs of Ne braska, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas, has created considerable talk In automobile circles. Salesroom)! have been established In 'Omaha and Kansas City, both of which aro under control at Mr. CorkhiU. Service departments, In charge of com petent mechanics, wilt be maintained for the benefit of Haynes owners, so that the company Is now In better position than ever before to give service to Its constantly Increasing trade in this part of" tho country. Mr. CorkhiU has been Identified with Automobile Industry for years, and the company is ,tq to congratulated upon securing his ee"csJw,v All inr Hu. Grit mi Rtpttr Jkop. 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