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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 12, 19l6.
HOLLAND ORDERS -HANYOYERLANDS
Shortage of Oars and Poor
Shipping Facilities Prevent
'. Much Larger Sales.
AUTOS TAXED BY BORE
Tht American automobiles have
satisfactorily filled the sao in Europe
caused by the discontinuance of auto
mobile manufacture by the big war, is
the opinion of Anton P. M. Ceur-
voorst. Overland and Willys-Knight
dealer at Amsterdam, Holland, who
is also the distributor for these two
cars in the land of dike nd wuid
mills. He has just completed a visit
to Toledo factory of the Willyt
Overland company.
"Before the war," laid Mr. Cetir
voorst, on his trip to Toledo, "there
were only four makes of American
automobiles sold in Holland. Today
scarcely an American car lacks rep
resentation.
"We sold more Overland and Wil-Ivs-Knight
cars during the last year
than ever before; in fact, our' sales
would have been tripled had we been
able to get the cars."
Lack of Shlpt.
Unfortunately, shipping facilities
to Holland have been very uncertain.
Ninety per cent of the space on board
steamers bound for this country is
UftCU Uy INC lUHll SUTSllluivin wi ,m
own needs.
"In Holland," continued Mr. Ccur
voorst, "the system of automobile
taxation differs from the one in your
country. Over there we are taxed
according to the bore and stroke of
the motor; thus, an Overland model
75-B with its motor of 3j-itich bore
and 5-inch stroke is taxed $80 per
year. The Overland model 65-Six
would cost the same, while the
'models 84-B, 86 and 85-Six would all
be assessed $100. 1
"Gasoline since the war has become
quite an expensive item. Before the
war we paid 2$ cents per gallon, hut
during the last two frears the price
has doubled. .... ;
. 8ell for More. ' j
Naturally, all American cart tell
for a great deal more in our country
than they do in the .states; for in
stance, the model 75-B, the factory
price of which is $635, is sold by us
for $1,100 without tires. The Willys
Knight model 84-B and the Overland
model 86 tell for $2,000 in American
money. ' ' ' I '
"The Wiltyi-Knight car finds
very big market in our country. Un
like the situation' in your country, the
Knight motor is a very well known
motor in Holland, due to the fact
that the Daimler, Minerva, Mer-
. cJet and fanhard, all Kmgnt mo
' torcd, have found a ready market in
Holland. However, all these cara are
very expensive, costing from $4,000
to $8,000. Naturally, when we can sell
the same sort of a motor in a car
for $2,000, we can find a market (or
it without the slightest difficulty."
Mr, Ceurvoortt estimatea that Id
Holland, country of 6,000,000 Inhab
itants, there are about 7,000 regit
.... k;i.. . .
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. Cadillac Building
, Nearing Completion
Work is being rushed on the new
home of the Cadillac company of
Omaha, being erected at Thirty-first
and Harney streets, and George F.
Reim is making -plans for a house
'warming about December 15, .The
walls have been raised and .the roof
will be in place this week. 1
Mr. Reim has had letters from
Cadillac distributors in other sections,
asking for his plans for the new build
ing, which is to have many new fea
tures. The idea of erecting a double
building, with the driveway in the cen
ter, is new and will be widely copied
''by other Cadillac dealers. It is Mr.
Reim's. plan to have two separate
show rooms for the new and used
cars. The used cars will have a fine
display floor and by this plan all the
, space in the shops will be devoted to
the handling of cars in repairs and
overhauling.
Mitchell Increases
Its Loading Tracks
"The surprising continuation of an
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cars that is mounting rapidly even at
this time of the year, when a natural
lessening is looked for, has created the
immediate need for increased railway
siding facilities," says John W. Bate
of the Mitchell company.
: With shipping accommodation sec
ond to none in the automobile indus
try, with over three milea of loading
sidings already on our own property,
we were forced to make provisions to
increase both Our Chicago & North
western tracks and platforms, as well
as the Milwaukee, and section men
from both lines have already swarmed
down on us with their 'bee-like' in
dustriousness, and within a fortnight
will see an addition of over two and
a half milea of track, and the loading
platforms, traveling cranes and other
machinery that makes for ideal ship
ping arrangements." ., .
FULLY U
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- , C.W. FRANCIS AUTO CO.
2216-18 Fansas St Omaha, Nob.
Phoa Douglas 853.
Development of
Storage. Battery
R. C Smith, manager Delco Exide
Service Station, in giving a history of
the Storage Battery from its tirst
state five years ago says: The motor
ist betrin to demand a more luxurious
car and convenience, so the first thing
the automobile engineers thought
about was something to crank the
. car, "a self-commencer," as we use to
! call it. Their were manv asoirants
for this job. Coiled springs, com
pressed air tanks and tanks of in
flamable gas were tried and it began
to look as if the job would never be
filled. About five years ago, how
ever, a candidate which had been fre
quently suggested, but never until
then seriously considered, was
brought out, groomed for the ordeal
and sent in for a "try-out."
This candidate was the storage bat
tery in a highly specialized form
working through the medium of and
electric motor. A halt million bat
teries are now at work for the Ameri
can motorists.
. Did you ever stop to consider what
a storage battery is. It is not a
mechanical, but a electro-chemical
structure. A charged battery does not
contain electric energy, it merely
possesses the ability to develop elec
tric energy by the chemical combina
tion of the active material in its plates
with the solution in which they are
immersed. The generator helps feed
the battery and build -it ud by the
chemical action of the active material
in the. plates, You would not think
about going without water for any
length ot time, neither will your bat
tery. The only rule to follow is to
start with a good battery properly
built: then see that your generator is
delivering enough food to the bat
tery; add water every two weeks and
a weekly health observation with the
hydro-meter to determine if you
really are getting the above.
Chalmers Prints ,
Special Newspaper
The Chalmers Illustrated News.
Volume 1, No. 1, under date of Octo
oer 21, has made its appearance. This
new publication, which is of com
manding size, will circulate to dealers
of the Chalmers Motor company and
to buyers of .Chalmers cars. It is a
brand new publication with this com
pany. Work started upon it shortly
after W. L. Agnew became director
of advertising of the company. The
first issue contained on the front cover
a photograph of Fred Junk, who cap
tured the free-for-all and event No.
6 at the Giants' Despair hill climb at
Wilket-Barre, Pa., October 7, when
the Chalmers proved the fastest car
on the course with the winning run
up the 5,700-foot hill in one minute
and forty-one second). The Illus
trated News is most liberally lllus-L
trated. as Its name implies, and car
ries many viewa of pertinent new! in
terest. .-;
Chalmers' Shop and Service il a
new publication which it being issued
by the Chalmers Motor company. It
will circulate directly to the shop men
and mechanical men of the Chalmers
organization at the factory and
throughout America and the, world.
It will provide for the mechanical
men information of great value, and
will be to them what the Chalmers
Monogram it to Chalmert dealers.
The Chalmert Monogram, which cir
culates to the dealers every week, will
be continued by the Chalmers com
pany, as the publication has ac
complished much good.
Alford Goes to
The Nash Company
W. H. Alford, formerly comptrol
ler of the General Motors company,
has rejoined his old chief. C. W
Nash, as' vice president and comp
troller oi inc asn Motors company,
manufacturers of Jeffery motor cars
and trucks. He and Nash are now
working shoulder to shoulder, guiding
the activitiet of the organization US
ward, a greatly increased production.
Alfotd was comptroller of General
Motors four veart. durintr which lime
he wat in intimate touch in an execu
tive capacity with the managers of the
various units of that corporation. At
the tame time he built up a wonder
fully fine acquaintance among finan
cial ana nusineu men trom all parts
of the country.
The association! between Nash and
Alford extends over a number of
years, and the two, as Kenosha views
them, make a team with an aston
ishing capacity for work. Mr. Alford
is probably nearer to Nash than any
other man in the entire automobile
industry and the big manufacturer has
always put the highest value on the
counsel of hit friend and present
chief aide. -
Reports Big Demand :
For Closed Car
. R. W. Craig, Chalmert distributor,
reports a keen activity in closed cars
since the recent talon. He predicts
that Omaha will enjoy a large closed
car business during the coming win
ter.. .. .
Kissel Sedan Top
SAXON WINS BIG
ONEIDAHILL CLIMB
Captures Cup in Hard Drive
Against Field of Power
ful Machines.
STOCK MODEL DOES IT
Saxon "Six" has again demonstra
ted its hill climbing ability by taking
first honors in the Oneida hill climb
in Illinois. "Bill" "Scacord, Saxon
dealer at Galesburg, d,rove the win
ning car which was a stock model,
and negotiated the steep grade in
twenty-five seconds.
The Oneida hill climb is the big
motor car event of central Illinois.
It is an annual affair and the event
was viewed by thousands who came
from all parts ot the state, for tne
event the various entrants were
classed according to displacement,
and the Saxon "Six" fell into the 231
inch class. '
Stock Cart,
Seacord took a car out of stock for
the' climb and he says that it per
formed like a tuned racer. The grade
wat exceedingly difficult and some
of the entrants failed to finish at all.
A lilver cup wat awarded Saxon for
winning the race and it it the envy
of all the other motor car dealert
in Galesburg and Oneida. ,
Last July baxon Six was entered
in the motor contests at tne san
Diceo exposition and it won the hill
climb against a field of" various pow-
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nred and priced ears, some higher
.and some lower. To do this the Saxon
hid to surmount a 55 per cent grade
il faster time than the others. It also
tarried off honors in the "quick get
away" and relay race. -Its total of
points for all events was greater
than any other car.
This also was a stock model Saxon
and it was sold before it left the
grounds of the contest. The Saxon
Motor Car corporation . has never
made a practice of entering cars in
ivarious contests and in consequence
lit has never kept a supply of spe
cially built cars for use in racing and
other events. Every tirqe a Saxon has
(on into competition it has been a
stock model and the results that
iSaxon has attained are the same that
could be approximated by any Saxon
owner.
Elgin Car Said to
Do Good Work
J. Cavanagh, manager of the Motor
company distributors for the Elgin,
has received indirect word from
Munfordville, Ky., to the effect that
the Elgin is performing stunts in the
South. Charles M. Hays drove from
Louisville, Ky., to Munfordville over
the Blue Ridge mountains, and the
car didn't balk at any point. One
stretch of this 'trip includes a steep
grade of over a mile with many sharp
curves.. Many stiff grades were
negotiated on high and at the rate of
twenty:five to thirty milet per hour.
The trip, although not intended to
be an endurance, put the little tix
over 340 miles in one day, and Hays
says the engine did not have a full
throttle at any point. ,
And then the price of the famous
Chandler Six greatest of all light sixes,
greatest by any test and any standard
goes up. .; v
Chandler production cost has ad
vanced 15 percent in the past year.
And so the Chandler selling price must
advance.
Now is your last opportunity to buy
a Chandler at the present low price
established nearly two years ago.
Get Your Chandler Now.
SeTen-PaaMnger Touring Car T 7 7 7 7 f!295 Four-Passenger Roadster . 7 7 7 7 7 7 V 11295
Sevea-Pawenger Convertible Sdtn . , . . 11895 Four-Paatenger Convertible Coup . ' . . . 11895
1 . , UmotuliM .J ... $3595
, (All Prlcee F. O. B. Cleveland, Ohio) .
Omaha Chandler Company Card-Adams Motor Company
GUS BOLTON, Pr.sid.nl. t imrni N Nrns.uri
Distributors for Eaat.rm N.hraska and W.st.rn Iowa. - . LINCOLN, NfcBKASKA.
2S20 FARNAM ST., OMAHA, NEBRASKA. . Distributors for N.braska, W.st.rn Iowa and South Dakota. '
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PACKARD'S ELEVEN
ENCLOSED BODIES
Rich Fabrics in Exclusive
Weaves Build Luxury Into
the Fine Interior.
LOW, GRACEFUL EXTERIOR
The appearance of the Packard
Twifr-Six enclosed cars in the ales
roomsartd in the possession of own
ers who have put them into use re
cently calls attention to the sumptu
ousness and luxury now attaching to
motor coach work of the highest class.
There are eleven enclosed body
styles in the new Packard series tak
ing in the 126-inch and the 135-inch
wheelbase. These range from the
three-passenger coupe to the limou
sines and landaulets, with capacity for
carrying seven passengers.
Handsome Trimmings.
The fine finish of the exterior, the
handsome metal trimmings and the
low graceful liiies are particularly no
ticeable. The enclosed cars all sug
gest roominess and the feature of
comfort raised to the point of lux
ury. The interior proves an added
delight. The plaited upholstery of
gray limousine cloth, a special woolen
texture, is particularly suited to the
interior of an enclosed car. Or the
purchaser may have his choice of
many rich fabrics, which include ex
clusive weaves. The seats are lower,
more spacious and cnmfnrtahle ht-
.cause ot the new type of upholstery
springs used in the new fackard.
Waltham speedometers and clocks are
standard equipment on all Packard
carriages. A handsome traveling
watch is also furnished for conveni
ence of occupants of rear scat in
double compartment bodies.
- Hidden Pockets.
The window ' regulators, hidden
pocketa filled with small articles of
convenience for passengers, silken
curtains, thick, soft carpet all . are
detailt of the luxury which is made
complete by the silky smoothness of
the Twin Six engine, and the sense of
security given by sturdiness of con
struction. ...
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Dr. King's. New. Dlicovery not only stops
Tour eotis-h, but hardens your system against
soldi, kills ths forms. All druaglsts.
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$1295
Until Dec. 1
The Franklin
Enclosed Cars
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Frtuklio Town Car. Weight, 2680 Pounds. Prioe, $3000.
HERE is a practical principle, marking an ad
vance in enclosed car?, that every motorist ,
ought to know about
"x The) scientific light-weight Franklin Enclosed
Cars whatever the type weigh less than 2700
Pounds.
Combined with resiliency, this light weight
means easy handling, comfort, safety and economy
on roads as they come. -
Positively controlled ventilation at all times,
giving free circulation of fresh air without drafts,
' insures comfort for summer driving and touring.
Franklin direct-air-cooling no water to freeze) v
i or leak has always given the Franklin car super
ior winter .driving qualities. -.
v Whether or not you are thinking of a new car
any time soon, by all. means get acquainted with
the utility of Franklin Enclosed Cars.
Franklin Motor Car Co., Omaha
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