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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1916)
11 A Big Crowd Buys Used Cars Fast at the Auction on Market Place DEMAND FOR CARS IS UNPRECEDENTED Inter-Stata Plant Works Day and Night to Insure Prompt Deliveries. NOT A QUESTION OF SELLING i.f TO q41 - THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 28. 1016. V s. FitfC Regardless of the fact that all auto mobile manufacturers anticipated a big increase in business for this yrar, the demand for can, and especially the medium priced cart, hat grown io rapidly that nearly every manufac turcr finda himself in a position to deliver far more cart than the moat radical estimates have predicted. The most accurate Information obtainable shows that the shipments of cart in April of this year were almost twice what they were in April of 1915. The Inter-Slate Motor company is having such an unprecedented demand for their product that doubling the pro duction over last year may not tupply the demand by several thousand cars. The Inter-State plant hat found it necessary to work manv of the de partments twenty-four hours a day, and several nights hiftt have been added to many other departments. Every conceivable effort it being made to insure prompt delivery on a basis of 6,0D0 cart; and at the present rate of increase in demand this num ber will fall short of the requirements. On May 10 the ordert lor immedi ate shipments totaled a volume of business in access of $320,000. This represents about one-third of the specifications from distributers for May delivery alone. U. W. Twyman, general manager of the company, stated that he has never seen anything like ths demand for cart in all his sixteen years of con nection wtih the automobile business. "VV see no reason why our entire production will not be delivered from thirty to sixty days ahead of the usual time. It certainly is not a ques tion of selling cars. It now rettt with every manufacturer to arrive at a point of thoroughly efficient manu facturing, under the present strained conditions of the material market, and deliver cars in big enough quan tities to supply the demand. . Ideas of Workers Are Sought by Saxon Company "Every employe of the Saxon Motor Car company," says W. L. Kelly of the Noyes-Kelly Motor com pany, "from the officers down to the day laborers, has opportunity to give his advice and thoughts to bettering business methods and conditions, And many of them have furnished hints that have been worked into Improve ments now in use In the factory. "Co-operation of the employes and the desire to give attention to their thoughts about the company has al ways been one of the ideals of Harry W. Ford, president and general man ager of the Saxon Motor Car com pany. He has a motto which is posted in all parts of the plant as a slogan for his workers. "Think, decide act.' That is th slogan, and it applies to the motor car industry with the same force that the famous watchword of Joseph l'ulitzer terseness, accuracy, terse nessapplied to the conduct of his newspapers. Quite aside from the value o! the slogan as a check to rash nd unconsidered decisions, the ideal jet by the words has brought a spirit of unity into the factory. "Hvery suggestion of an employe is sought, in fact, solicited, and every suggestion is given due consideration y the heads of the company. There s no scoffing at an idea, foolish and impractical though it may seem to be. If it cannot be used, the originator is told why and asked to keep on the lookout for others." Maxwell Cars in Hazardous Climb Time and again the Maxwell cars have demonstrated their superior powers as hill climbers, but the work of three stock touring cars in Mauri tius, an island in the middle of the In dian ocean, is the most gratifying per formance of its kind to be recorded. The used actomoblle auction handled for the Omaha automobile automobile dealers by the Dawd Auc tion company was pronounced a suc cess by various dealers who had cars at the sale, Cars of ths moderate price type sold readily and at amounts which allowed the dealers a margin of profit ot at least an even break. The sale of the heavy type did not reach so high a percentage owing to the fact that many of the buyers were out of town people living in the rural districts where the light car is more in demand. This is the first big auction which has been stRged in Omaha and the confusion of such a large crowd made It impossible to register all the bids, The Market Place, the stage of the auction, was packed with people in terested in buying cars, It is csti Big .a on &ofti$b of " up"" ' Newt of the latett Maxwell feat, in which a trio of touring cart climbed the haxardoua patht of Mount Chama rel, hat Just been received by the ex port Department at Detroit. At the time the Maxwells tuccessfully made the climb, two othert cart of Ameri can make attempted the difficult as cent and both were stalled. One of these cars was a twenty-horsepower touring car and it was forced to aban don the climb when one-quarter of the way up. The other was a forty-horsepower seven-passenger car and it tailed to negotiate half the distance. Omaha Man Tells How to Keep Storage Batteries Charged Elmer Rosengren of the Nebraska Storage Battery company says that owners of modern motor cars often ask him how to keep their batteries charged, complaining that their elec tric lamps burn dim, and the starter Is weak. Mr. Rosengren has this information to offer to owners of electrically equipped motor cars! "The complaint of dim lamps and weak starters in a great many cases is due to the fact that the owner does not drive his car luflicicntly without the lights burning, or the starter in operation, to generate tufTiicient cur rent for the battery to tupply the de mand of the lights, or the starter, when necessary, "This is especially true among the class of car owners -who drive short distances dally, using their starting motor considerably and not putting back into the battery the same amount of current they take out. Then they drive their cart at night with the lights burning and oftentimes let their cars stand at the curb with mo tor dead and the lights still burning and using current from the battery. "Every car owner must remember that it is necessary to drive at fifteen or twenty miles an hour to generate enough current to affect the battery to any extent. A well cared for bat tery is just about as dependable a thing as there is on a motor car, but one which is not given the proper at tention will soon cause a lot of truble and expense to the owner." HARRINGTON BROS. GARAGE 1325 Park Ave. . Annnunra that on and after JX'NE Int. Guonllnr, OII, AcceaMHiri and Repair will he (-nun. A Road Car of Wonderful Flexibility and Consistency of Performance at a Remarkable Price Th INittman 11 v Pasacrtger has a whl Ht of 114 in. fin tli Urtf l car on ! maikrl al H pric. I"ifty. ituh. full cantitavrf raf sprints mk ri.!in msf r h rmihit rttails Not rcr hwWy pvlW ! on,lefful hill butter tquinpoti with UeJrntLU 32 II. P, mot.r. Two, lltrro nj Fit FMfngrr Model. I II f f. t I U. Vi SI M .-K4. wriiMi. ntt 4 tM bt. ffatttf at iMMit 94ilwi tml ai I .i . i i in. tit ( tfcAi .ki vANr.u-iMMKiuri; m nvum a THE T. G. NOKTHWALL CO. OMAHA SIOUX CltY Minnt t: itatr rtni; co nin Si, UjhM KUit t.tf ,t .us IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED AT UNIVERSITY CLUB Four plans for improvements at the University club have been sub mitted to the members. The plans, which are tentative, call for the addi tion of several athletic features. Kach plan contemplates a full membership, that is, an addition of fifty stock holding members and twenty associ ate members. Included In the plans submitted mated that there were at least 700 people on the grounds at 1 o'clock and that 1,01X1 people attended the auction during the afternoon. The advertising for this tale was handled exclusively In The Omaha Itee. No other means of advertising wire used to the members are squash or hand ball courts, a swimming tank, a gym nasium, bowling alleys and showers and lockers. . It is intended to finance the propo sition by mlslng subscriptions to sec ond mortgage bonds. sTaN I ft p .lock ll3-" m 1. 2010 Far a hy You. Should Owe a Maxwe Comfort First, because it is a comfortable riding car. Plenty of room for five people: deep, soft cushions; springs made of the best spring steel, scientifically heat-treated, accurately suspended and balanced ..You will always be comfortable in a Maxwell. Appearance Second, because the Maxwell is a trim, smart, good-looking car. ' Many makers of heavy, high priced cars, as you know, have copied the general lines, the shape of the body and hood of the Maxwell. This is more of a compliment than an infringement. Service Low First-Cost Low After-Cost Third, because the Maxwell, being a product of thirteen years evolution, is so designed and manufactured that it. gives unfailing, consistent and and satisfying service to thousands of owners. Maxwell cars are made of the best materials that money and brains can buyanc they are made right. You can get out of any car only what is put into it. Fourth, because you get everything in a Maxwell that you can get in any car and you get it for less money. The answer to this is that the Maxwell is a light car and it is built in enormous quantities. The Maxwell Co. is one of the three largest pro ducers of high grade motor cars in the world. Fifth, because the Maxwell will give you more miVc per dollar than any car built. We say this without hesitation or doubt. It is our honest belief and we arc willing to prove it by Maxwell owners, by comparison with any other car or by any other way you suggest cr prefer. The Maxwell will please you. Vc hnow it will. Let ua arrange for a dem onstration and well taho the responsibility of satisfying you completely. Tourim: Car $G53 Roadster $G35 ,r. o. a. dukoit I ' fJVll I C. W. FRANCIS 221G-1 S Far nam St., On: a ha. AUTO CO. Phone Doug. 853 Time Payments if Desired !)' - g - a. .4 rirrt1' ..... fe.for Stre'' -co. ,-l I I 7 li : .. v-