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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1914)
Till) OM.VUA SUNDAY ' HKK: OCTONKK 'J.'), 1914. PLAN SPACE JNAUTO SHOWS Drawings Made in New York for New York and Chicago Show. HAYNES DRAWS GOOD SPACE l.'J - A fonpaay Plana ta F.shlMt for tee Foarteeath Time, a Rrmrt Few Maaafaetarera Tan at Present Boast Of. 'The larrrest gathering of motor car builders In the history of the Industry was present at the semi-annual meeting of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce In New York City when draw ings were held for space at the New Tork and Chicago automobile shows," states C. J. Corkhlll of the Nebraska Haynes Auto Sales company, distributers In this territory for the Haynes. "The Haynes company drew space B-J2. which covers 919 square feet for their exhibit at the New Tork show, which will again take place at the Grand Cen tral Palace, week of January 2 to ; and for the Chicago show, which will be held as usual at the Coliseum, the company drew epaca H. I., which covera 24 square feet. "Last January at the Chicago show, the Haynes co-upany sold more cars than at all the previous shows held In the Windy City combined; but with the popu larlty of the Hames "Light Six" It Is predicted that all Haynes " records for cars sold at similar events will be shat tered. It Is stated that there will be ap proximately 6G0 exhibitors at the New Tork and Chicago events. Of this num ber 101 will exhibit passenger cars, while the aalancn will exhibit accessories and products of allied trades that enter Into the making of the modem motor cars. Applications Many. "8. A. Miles, manager of the shows, re ported that applications fur the fifteenth annual exhibitions exceeded In number those for any previous affair of the kind. It being Impossible to provide for seven of the car applications received for the Chicago show. , "The drawing showed that the last year has seen little or no Increase In the number of manufacturers, the cars rep resented at the drawing being the old- timers in the field. In this connection it is interesting to note that the Haynes company participated In the fourteen an nual exhibitions held In New Tork and Chicago a record that can be duplicated ,by very few of the present day manu facturers." shows why he ts so proud of hla Max well. "On a gasoline test last week, I drove the Maxwell, loaded with five pas sengers, thirty-five miles with a heavy road for one-half the distance, on a gal Inn and a half of gasoline. The whole distance was over very ordinary and Mlljr country roads." Reason Why Fords Light in Weight, Strong in Power An automobile expert of national repu tatlnn recently made some Investigations to discover for. himself the secret of "pulling power," and the "animation" of Ford cars. , .Ford cars are recognised everywhere as being" exceptionally light In weight, yet they also have refused to take second position to'a,ny car In ability to 'go and come back," and to negotiate grades. The engineer In question wanted to know why, for the problem of weight is a nice one Involving such Important factors as safety, power, an economical operation. " ' 1 It Is well known that the number of cubic Inches of piston displacement gives the fairest idea of relative power and, therefore, furnishea an accurate basis for comparisons of the "pulling: power1 in question. The Investigator made some interesting discoveries, proving that the exceedingly high power per pound weight of the Ford is borne out by the results obtained from a compilation of ratios of weight to cubic inches of piston displace ment. All the leading American cars were compared. The average for all ex cept the Ford Is somewhat over eleven pounds of total weight to each cubic inch ui pinion Displacement. The Ford. It was found, has . the lowest weight-to-power ratio of any car. Its figures of only 7.95 pounds to be carried by each oublo Inch of piston displacement shows why It rides the hills so surely, why It la always humming cheerily along over sand and ruts, and tough, rough roads In spring, iummer, autumn and winter the depend able, universal motor car. Packard Builder Says War Does Not Stop Motor Sales Excerpts from the annual report of Henry B. Joy, president of the Packard Motor Car company, throw interesting light on conditions In the industry at large. A spirit of optimism is In evidence In the opening paragraph. "It is most gratifying to note that, even during the month or August, the first month during which war In Europe was in active operation, our sales of motor carriages to customers were considerably stronger than In the corresponding month a year ago, and It is proper to state that the sales of motor carriages during Au gust, September and up to the date of this report have been about the' same as last year, while .our commercial vehicle sales are such as to tax our manufactur ing capacity to the maximum for several months. "The future of the motor car Industry Is gradually, we feel, clearing up for manufacturers. The strenuous develop ment period through which we have been going bus produced In a few years the most rapid crystallisation In the motor vehicle Industry, probably mora rapid than ever occurred la any other mechan ical art." Virginia Hills Easy For Little Maxwell Nowhere In the country Is there a better place to test motor cars than In the state of Virginia. With Its mountainous coun try and rough, hilly roads this state will "make or break" the reputation of a car in a short time. , M. P. Farrier of Pearlsburg, Va., la a man whose business takes him into every corner of his state 'and he makes moat of his trips In his Maxwell car. Conse quently Mr. Farrier ts In-a position to judge automobile from every angle. Writing to the Maxwell company In Detroit a few days ago, Mr. Farrier told of aeveral Interesting experience which 1 ha had while riding la the Maxwell. In i one Instance he towed a car of large make up a hill and four miles into the nearest town. Ihe new model which Mr. Farrier re cently purchased has been run over 1,300 miles and has not yet needed an adjust ment. An extract from Mr. Furrier's letter New Equipment for Cadillac Cost Over Half Million Cash Most people have but the vaguest Idea of the tremendous amount of preparatory work and attendant expense Involved la the production of a new model motor car. The pulblo Is at a loss, perhaps, to understand why. In these days, changes In design and construction are seldom radical. It perceives that most cars ad here pretty closely In their new modeki to what has become, to them, standard design. Motor car makers who produce In their own plants all the essential parts for their cars have big Investments In machinery equipment, and what may ap pear to be minor changes In construction often necessitate costly changes In plant equipment and operations. For that rea son many manufacturers prefer to avoid radical alterations In their cars. As an Instance, the eight-cylinder Cad illac recently announced a distinct de parture from any previous American de sign necessitatea approximately half a million dollars In nw machinery, tools, jigs, dies, fixtures and other equipment. Thla Investment, of cqunse, will be spread over the production of thousands of cars and probably for a long period of time. The new type of cylinder block and new shape crank case demanded huge milling machines, different from those the Cadil lac had used In the production of previous models. The same was true of the ma chines , which cut tho bevel gears In the rear axle. The teeth on the driving! pinion and the large differential gear In the new car are of tho helical type, which could not be formed wtlh the equipment previously used. There ere many other Instances where new equipment was neo essary, each calling for an additional ex penditure. In the light of these facts It can readily be understood why many manufacturers prefer to follow their own standard de signs and avoid radical changes. Firestone Company Holds Conclave of District Salesmen One of the best recent sales conven tions was that held by the Firestone Tire and Rubber company at Akron, O. The convention calendar called for ses sions on Wednesday and Thursday, However, enthusiastic Firestone men be gan to arrive at headquarters as early as Monday In fact, all the branch managers had put In their appearance by Tuesday and the day was devoted to ' get-to-together meetings and planning for the two big days, Wednesday and Thursday. Early Wednesday morning, therefore, all were In readiness to get down to busi ness. The Firestone company, at their recent annual meeting, announced a 78 per cent Increase in output oyer the previous fis cal year. All departments have been crowded to more - than capacity In order to take care of this additional business. and the now additions now nearlng com pletion will add a total of 96,800 square feet to the already extensive floor space. Overland Registers Very Biggest Week The biggest week In the history of the Wlllys-Ovcrliind company closed Satur day, October 17. The volume of business done during the six working days broke all previous records of the company. Actual shipments were made totalling 1,400 Overland cara, representing a value of more than f 1,800,000. This figure Is exclusive of shipments of motor trucks, and other products sold by the Willys- Overland company, which would greatly Increase 'the total. Since- the start of the fiscal Overland year in July 11,400 cars had been shipped up to and including October lis This Is an Increase of 40 per oent over the ship ments made during the corresponding period of last year and is 600 per cent greater than those of two years ago. Auto Men Engage in Story Telling Race The Saxon Motor company has lust made known the results of a. driving day held. among Saxon dealers, by the terms of which three prises were offered to the dealers , who drove their cars per sonally from fifty to 100 miles and then wrote the best stories of their experi ences. First prise of $25 went to John E. Gil bert of the Imperial garage, Jackson Vile. Fla. Second prise of til was awarded to R C. Horshfield of the Bond Motor com pany, Kansas City, Ho. The division Of the Drtre monav. lio was made equally between Roy C. Lamp-' man of Pownal: Vt. and J. W. Dlnn! or Albany, in. , REDDEN STILL TOURING WAR-STRICKEN EUROPE Several messages have come at ir.. lar Intervals to the home office r k. Maxwell Motor company in Detroit from the company's sales manager, a. v. Bor den, who has boen In Europe ever since me outDreaK of the war. Mr. Redden haa probably seen more of actual war- lare man any other American abroad as he has been touring Euro do in hi. u.. well touring car, even after fighting be gan and train service was stopped. Mr. Redden's Itinerary has taken him into several countries where battles were In progress, and he has even seen actual fighting. i WILSON AND ROCKEFELLER PURCHASE FCRD MACHINES Two distinguished Americans have re cently Joined the huge list of Ford owners. The first la President Wood row Wilson: who haa bought a Ford for runs In and about Washington, particularly for "emergency calls" to the golf course. The other U John D. Rockefeller, who Is using his Ford to Inspect his estate at "Forest Hill." Cleveland, and Ilka the president in one respect at least, to get to his golf game wtfh the least possible dels) Little Water Will . Remove Carbon from Motor Carburetor An Ignorant laborer In the testing room of an engine faotory la responsible for one of the greatest boons to motorists ever discovered. A tester had just started a kerosene engine, and as it Is neceessry to "liven' up a kerosene motor with gasoline In Jected from a squirt can into the air In take of the carburetor, he was Industri ously helping the machine along when the squirt can ran dry. Calling the laborer he tojd him to fill the ran with gaaollne. The laborer, not understanding English very well, filled the can with water and brought It back to the tester. Meanwhile the engine was running alone as best It could, smoking and miss ing fire, until a little gasoline" was shot into It from the refilled squirt can, when to the astonishment of the tester the motor picked up speed and ran without smoking. Naturally he Investigated matters anj eventually traced the Improvement to water In the squirt can. He then tiled It on a gasoline motor and dMcovere-l that while It did not greatly affect th ojeratlim of a gasoltue entilne that It would remove the raibon collected on the I tnsldn of the cylinders. It Is surprising how few repair men. experts and motorcar drlvi rs know about this handy method of removing carbon from a motor, so M. . Young, engineer antl deslKner of the Regal Motor Car company., has consented to Klve the fol lowing Instructions for Its use. Procure a squirt can. fill It with water, tart your motor, rnlse the bonnet on the carburetor side and with- the run Inject a few drops of water Into the air Intake of the carburetor while the motor Is run ning. Keep this up a few drops at a time for several minutes. It certainly la easier than taking the motor down to scrape out the carbon, and really does clean out the motor In good shape. Willys Given First Space at Big Shows For the serond consecutive Year the Willys Overland company has been awarded th first choice of exhibition spare at the New York ,j Chicago au tomobile shows. The awards are basej entirely on the volume of business done by the yfnipnnles affiliated with the Na tional Automobile Chamber of Commerce, which Includes all of the large manufac turers of hlKh grade automobiles In the l"nlled tSnles. The spare allotments were made at a meeting held fur that purpose by the chamber, which promotes the two biggest show events on the automobile calendar. Tho action officially shows that the Willys Overland company haa been the largest manufacturer connected with the organisation for the Inst two years. It shows also that the Overland la beyond question the most popular high grade automobile In the fnlted States. T T X0 x&f r g- j M (Immrnrn 'Tim nWrH rHl H tjf xr'!r' ... 1 I' I 11 'i I i 92,550, f. . b. 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