Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

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concerns, however constitute the disciples
OF worm driving. and it was not until the
advent Of more silent engines and general
reduction in noise that the greater bulk of
the English manufacturers took advantage
of the properties which worm drive pro-
vides. Conjunctively, however, with the
created public demand for silence they re-
allied in a body the necessity for the aboli-
ton of noise in their transmissons and an
increased efficiency. with the result that
many of them closely investigated the
merits Of the worm drive and Immediately
adopted It for their new models. Today a
very high percentage of the British cars
are worm driven, both in the commercial
and pleasure fields while weekly reports
from Europe indicate that not only are the
French and Germans following in the lead
as quickly as they can accumulate the nee
essary experience. but that the balance of
the prominent English manufacturers are
about to adopt the worm drive as standard
in the near future.
An ancient method OF separating a citizen
from his dollars was to cover lead brick
with gold leaf and sell Il to him as a
chunk Of pure gold. But crooked methods
keep pace with other lines of progress. and
while today the phrase gold brick is
synonym for a swindle, there are hundreds
OF automobile owners who will paw $50
for a set OF rubber" tires Weighing 100
pounds when they know that pure rubber
when washed and tried costs 81 pound
The following sales are reported by the
E. r. Wilson Auto company II. j. Allyn
| LAWS Ia Charles Lar np,a ba mr.
c. G. Sloss Dewitt, Neb,; Heyn, photog-
rapher, Omaha.
The Nebraska Buick Auto company de-
livered a handsome five passenger Oldsmo-
bile Autocrat to Mrs. c. c. Allison
the last week. This is the new 1911 Autocrat
that Is creating such a stir in automobile
circles this year, outclassing every car in
its class. The Nebraska Buick Auto com
pany delivered car to Arnold, Neb; three
to P. L. Sandoz, Winnetoon Neb; one TO
S. p. Lawrence Of Council Bluffs: one to
A. e. Tunberg. Hopper; one to c, f.
Hayes the last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Huff drove a Nh
Buick TO Grand Island last Sunday which
they delivered to Mr.. Ray Kingsbury. They
report almost perfect roads on this stretch
of 16O miles, and had an ideal trip out
Max ]. Egge Of Grand Island will drive
his new NH Buick out today.
Mr.. Huff of the Nebraska Buick Auto
company advises us that Mr. Sides has
just returned from the Buick factory
where he has been arranging the ship
ments OF Buick cars into the Nebraska
Iowa and South Dakota territory for the
last three weeks, and he reports that the
i Buick factory has the largest, best organ
ICED, best equipped and most sanitary
automobile shops in the world and third
largest factories of any kind. Their floor
area Is 2453,lA square feet, over fifty-six
acres They are the largest shippers Of
first class freight in the world On the
ground where these buildings now stand.
and the army Of 5000 workmen turn out
their 100 odd high grade motor cars each
DAY, a huge crop of hay was harvested
seven years ago. Thirty seven cars were
made In 1904 by about fifty men; $1,000 were
made In 1910 Full trainloads of Buick
automobiles are often shipped to Buick dis
tributers One train of forty Rock Island
cars, over a third of a mile long carving
l2f Buick automobiles valued at sl64 600 was
recently shipped to Dallas, Tex Another
train carried $lS6S50 worth OF Buick motor
cars TO San Francisco. Approximately
lS'OOo freight cars will be required to move
the lsll production OF Buick cars; these
cars would form train more than 100
miles long. The lamps on the 1911 cars
placed less than 100 feet apart would more
imam light the road from New York To
san francisco. The American Sheet and
I'm rate company is authority for the
statement that the Buick Motor Car com
pany's contract for cold rolled steel Is the
largest single contract for cold rolled steel
ana shafting ever placed in America
Inc ISlO Buick production was about
equal to the total number OF automobiles
manufactured the world over in 1904 the
year the Buick Motor company was organ
lied. Two hundred and twenty-eight Buick
cars were shipped In one day; in twenty
six days in June. 1910, ss5s Buick cars were
shipped. In four months March. AnrII
May and June, 1910, 2.l23 Buick cars were
shipped. In every part Of this great indus
trial organization everything is IN place
there is no confuslon-even the floors are
immaculate.
II Is also fact that Buick cars are
more completely built in their own facto-
Ties uhan any other make OF motor car
spring works, gray iron foundry, brass
| @NAHihe pidHNt spark plug plant
sheet metal plant. radiator plant. alumni.
mum FOUNDRY (Which used 100000 pounds in
1917 more than made in America five wears
ago. Oooy plant, wheel plant. axle plant
and motor plant under on roof covering
seven and one-fourth acres, all make Darts
from the choicest chemically tested rau
materials. These parts are turned over To
the great machine, motor, gear cutting
axle, forging and milling plants Tb.v
are then given TO separate assembling
plants. OF which there is one for each
model
offices. designing rooms. pattern shons
marvellous power plants. paint shop heat
treating ovens by the dozens. oil temper
Ing baths. top and upholsterfng shops e.
perlmentRl shops, chemical Laboratory,
storerooms. garage and saiesroom are
all necessary units in this great entsr-
prise Even the cap screws. nuts aud bolts
are made here.
Representing millions OF dollars. thu
equipment OF the Buick shops is the mar
vel OF this engineering and manufacturinS