The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16
RAMBLER SHOW IS
MOST ATTRACTIVE
Complete Exhibition of All Parts
of Every Style Car Made
Is Put on View

During the New York show there was
shown an exhibition of unusual sig
nificance to all purchasers of and deal
ers in automobiles.
At the headquarters of the Rambler
automobile company of New York there
was shown a stock OF duplicates of
every part of every Rambler car manu-
factured in the Rambler factory since
the factory was started ten years ago.
The importance of being able to pur-
chase an extra part with ease and dis
patch has never been fully realized by
new purchasers of automobiles, but
always considered of great importance
by people who have owned cars.
The New York exhibit made by the
Rambler representatives illustrates
what has been accomplished by Thomas
B. Jeffery & Co. in this respect within
the last ten years.
The growth Of this factory has been
entirely in the direction of making
every single part of every Rambler car
in the best possible way. Today every
important part of the car is made in
the Rambler factory, and every Ram
bier dealer is in a position TO carry all
necessary extra parts.
In a recent blizzard which swept
through PennSylvania, stopping vehicle
.,.-- t T tn c, blocking
.rr.,-I,,. x1o,Ls trains in drifts and
in B,izgard hindering the Gem
.. IN DnA MERGE Of cities,
most of the auto
mobiles were put away tor a period of
days Henry l.. Brownback of Norris
town, with his Is horsepower Frank
lin, was the first in his town to break
through the snow.
The owner of the most recent inven-
tion in automobiles" need not worry
over the price of gasoline. spark plugs
and other troubles OF the same nature,
because this machine has none of the
above connected with it. All he needs
to know is the catalogue OF ruies OF
navigation. And he need not fear OF
sinking. either The wind automo-
bile" is invented and is being operated
in Germany by man who desired 10
become one of the aeronaut class, but
feared to fall. Therefore he made his
aeroplane in the shape of an automo-
bile TO run on the roadways.
Consul Thomas H. Norton of Chem
nitz writes in his official report: with
the increased study, of the wind as
direct factor in aiding locomotion in
the air inventors have taken up agaIn
the problem of utilizing the WIND LOT
transportation on land.
1T is true that early experiments
with horseless vehicles included sail
wagons as we'll as steam wagons, but
both At the time failed to promise any
practical utility. In these days OF light
construction, rubber tires. bali bear,
ings and above all of smooth, solid
roads. the conditions are totally
changed The feasibility of sailing
easily over the frozen surfaces of riy-
ers and lakes has long been realized
and utilized, and it would now appear
as if the wind can render helpful ser
vice to some extent in connection with
locomotion over normal roads.
and patented simple sail vehicle.
which makes fair progress over good
roads and across sandy stretches, such
as sea beach. The dominating fea-
lures in the construction are lightness
and effective steering facilities. The
present form is a light framework sup
porting saddle and mast for the
sail and resting upon four wheels, one
wheel on either side and one before
and one behind The two latter are of
larger diameter than the former and
all are far apart wbee Tbe 1n cRief nee
culiarity of the device is the connec-
tion of the wheels with one another.
The rear wheel and the right side
and the same is the case with the front
wheel and the left side wheel. The
two connecting bars are Joined with
each other by means of an axle or
cross bar. the attachment at each end
being of the hinged type.
"A person sitting on the saddle rests
his feet on this transverse axle and by
suitable pressure can alter at once the
relation of the wheels to the main axis
of the framework. This arrangement
Furthermore leaves his hands COM
pletely free for adjusting the position
of the sail or using a brake. The
whole device has a certain lightness
and elegance which will appeal proba-
bly, at first to the lover of sport. Con-
tests of speed will involve but little
danger accompanying competition with
cycles and automobiles, but will afford
play rather for the quickness and deft-
ness required of the mariner in utiliz-
inc fo the utmost the surrounding at
mospherc conditions