The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-10-04
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LOCAL MEN WILL co TO WARREN,
e oHto,sTo SEE MACHINES THAT
ARE DEMONSTRATING THERE.
! PROJECT LOOKS GOOD AND
SPLENDID CHANCES FOR LAND.
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AT a meeting OF the Fairmont Cham,
Der of Comerce held yesterday after
noon the proposition OF locating q mo
tor truck factory here was under con
sideration. A special committee con
sisting Of President Thomas ]. Brett
Everett Drennen, George T. Watson
Fred Helmick and NJ. l.. Hutchinson
was appointed to 60 to Warren, Ohio
to investigate and ascertain all the
information that 1t can concerning
the two trucks that have been dem
onstrating in that town. -
4 Three years ago the Universal Mo
tor Company was organized In Den
yer, Colorado. for the purpose OF work
ing out truck that could be used in
any country and to secure patents
from these countries for the truck
So far the company has worked out
what Is claimed to be superior mo
tor truck and patents have been Sc
cured from &c countries. >,
Only two machines have been man
ufactured and these have been used
for demonstrating purposes alone
Both have capacity OF five tons. The
trucks. have been tried at Cincinnati
and It Is claimed that they have been
equal to the severest tests hauling ca
pacity loads over the steepest grades
that could be found. The trucks are
now at Warren, Ohio, where they arc
being put to the same test.
The superiority of these trucks !.
to be found in the construction Of the
machinery. They are a gaso-electrit
truck: The power Is generated by I
gasoline engine in the truck, There
is one dynamo with four motors, one
in each wheel. This is claimed to bt
the etgreatest advantage thatsthe, ,trucl
has aas over other motor + " vehicles. a!
there Is a motor In each wheel iwher
a machine strikes a mud hole tlit
wheel sthatiis down has three othel
moters in the other wheels to help !
out Of the bad place. This multiplied
power from having motors in eacl
wheel is considered great advan
tage as It does away with the coup
ling system, and enables the truck tt
so through muddy places and to climl
hills Of unusual steepness.
The matter was thoroughly gont
! over with a representative Of the com
pany who was. here. II is the plan |
everything proves satisfactory t
erect plant here that will manufac
ture two five, ton trucks per day. 1t !!
not wise to manufacture truck!
of smaller capacity for in the large
ones there is only one concern, thu
sauer Motor Company, that would b.
competitor. This. however. woult
.bc a keen one for 1t has just been re
organized and capitalized at $1,000
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1t is argued by the representative o
the Universal Motor Company that
plant of a capacity Of two trucks pc
day could be equipped at cost o
100000. or this sum the local capl
talists would be expected to rais
100000. The same amount would b.
raised by people who are interested
In demonstrating the machines al
ready manufactured. The compali.
, will be. capitalized at s1.0OO,OOO Hal
preferred and half common stock.
A plant of two truck capacity woul'
employ from 400 to 500 with an ulti
mate employed of 1000 skilled work
men.
II the committee finds that every
thing Is as represented and upon in
vestigatlon the project looks as goo'
at close range as it does from a dis
tance there Is no doubt that Falrmon
Will have motor truck factory th'
company ofllcered by Fairmont busl
ness men,.
MORE CABBAGE. t
Farmer" Evans again to the front
This time 1t Is { a head of cabbage