The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-18
THE AUT0MO-
 BILE WORLD

One of the novel features of the part two period of the eleventh na- tional automobile show at Madison Square Garden, is an invention by which the expensive part of the mo- tor truck-the chassis-rnay be kept constantly moving while the two or more bodies-the inexpensive part are being loaded or unloaded. The new device is the invention of Mir. Ralph l.. Morgan, designer of the we'll known Morgan truck. The in vention greatly capacities the loading and unloading of the truck. In des- cribing his device, MT. Morgan said: My interchangeable body system con- sists of a Morgan truck chassis, with two or more removable bodies and portable loading slips. In operation the truck backs into the slip with a body coupled to the chassis. The act of backing automatically lifts the body off the chassis and sets it on the track of the slip. The truck may then be instantly run out, leaving the body resting on the slip ready to be loaded or unloaded. The chassis may then be backed into an adjacent slip, pick up another body by merely dropping in a coupling pin and be on its way The act of leaving one body and picking up another takes less than minute. These slips are profiitab ble and may be
 
 freight yard by the truck itself in about the same time it takes to shift the bodies" In the Tong haul" the economy of motor trucks is unques- toned, but as the bulk of merchan- disc in the large cities is carried less than two miles. it became necessary to devise a means of keeping the truck constantly on the move to show the same ratio of economy in the "short hauP' field. This is what MT. Morgan's invention is designed to meet
 THE MOTOR TRUCK ENGINE. Ry Chas. E. Duryea, Special Tech
 nical Cores. for A. l.. A. M.)
 The man who buys for pleasure may be affected by considerations of os- business judgment and lead him to buy six cylinder car when perhaps a smaller number would serve him better, but the buyer of motor bus mess wagon is not likely to be thus affected and we may safely look upon the splendid exhibit of commercial vehicles at the great double shows now running on their second week as correct and up-to-date examples of the best that can be produced in this line. Take for example the engine. Where, in the pleasure car we found many six cylinders and but few twos, in these business vehicles we find no sixes at all and many twos.
 Thus, the Hewitt, GrabOwslxy, Rapid, Autocar, Sampson, Buick, Randolph, Atlas and others show double cyl finder engine; while the Courier, Frank lin. White, GarfOrd, Knox, Mack. Ov- erland, Rapid and many others show the four cylinder engine. The Reli- ance trucks show a three cylinder en- zine of the cycle type which se- cures as many ignitions per crank but has far less than half the parts and so is rather to be classed with the two cylinder cars in the matter of simplicity although really with the six cylinder ones in matter of steady propulsion. The Atlas business vehicles and taxicabs also use the 2 cycle engine which although having but two cylinders and but moving parts in the engine, secures the even propulsion of the common cylinder engine.
 Most of the two cylinder engines are of the opposed type such as is so successfully used on cars like the Maxwell and others where the motor is placed crosswise the front of the vehicle. This keeps the weight low, permits perfect accessibility and is in many ways the admirable placing of the motor.
 Tn the Rec and Brush runabouts the engine has but single cylinder. In the Brush this is placed vertically under the hood at the front while in the Rec 1t is placed horizontally. It will thus be seen that the buyer has every opportunity to choose that which best meets his needs and it is cer- tain he cannot go wrong with such a complete exhibit before him.
  ELECTRICS AND COMMERCIALS
 All the aisles of Madison Square Garden were crowded on the opening night of the part two period of the eleventh national automobile show, held under auspices of the association of Licensed Automobile Manufactur- CTS with the cooperation of the Li- censed Dealers of New York City. While the part two period of the an- nual exhibition in the Garden is es- sentially a business one, the visitors were not all of the sterner sex, for many of the merchants who went in search of commercial cars for their delivery systems took women relatives with them. The electric passenger carrying vehicles were also responsi- ble for the attendance of many women visitors.
 While there is a certain element of incongruity in the fact that light, highly-hnished and luxuriously equip ped electric passenger vehicles are dis played alongside huge business-likc commercial cars there. is not so much difference in their appearance as might be expected as the vehicles of 411>