Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-28

4 age family because II allows them 10
travel faster-from a power source under
their own personal control-than any
VI other method in the history of mankind,
As was the case with the telephone
with every great invention-engineerins
progress has placed it within the reach
Of the average family quickly.
This has come to pass with the auto
Nobile-a new invention to facilitate per-
sonal transportation.
" Anslyze the average mans ownership
OF the modern motor car.
We will grant that a portion OF his
savings or inheritance take care Of the
\ purchase price of the motor car. costing.
let US say, between sl.0Oo and 5000.
u Averaging up the yearly mileage OF all
automobiles, it is found that the average
} car is used 4,O00 miles year-this includ-
| ing summer trips. weekend trips. the
trip to and from the office and evening
jaunts.
II That makes an average Of about 3Ss
Al miles a month. For gasoline the cost is
1915 a month, for approximately twenty
five gallons are necessary. Lubricating
oil will cost about sLsO a month. If he
owns no garage Of his own SO a month
Is the standard garage charge.
tires give about 5000 miles service-some
as high as 500 miles. Tire cost then,
spread over a year. will be about sl2
A month. Allowing for puncture repairs
"a 81, the cost is SIS month. Often this
cost will not exceed So but am CIV
ing the outside figure. The reliable auto
mobile dealers take care OF adjustments
on their cars. d.
IA There you have Approximately SIS
adding up III figures-as a maximum
charge, and Vhen l state that figure
TO a liberation the fact that the
he most abused OF all ma
"a ice OF supporting an auto
average.
mechanism, of course,
Il. for there are fewer
Aer, fewer TO adjust and
III judgment TO be care
lat you choose u simple
n Ice of supporting a car
I 'erage / have given.
NJ whose income is in the
N s22s a month. the owner
~ bomobie leaves approx
household and personal
sidering the broadening
yclal benefits a car brings,
n erenee II makes in mans
and the simon-pure en-
4 gives a family-it Is worth
hid good deal more.
derful trips and tours at GER
of the year are possible
another economy.
" of these tours by other meth
them up for yourself-make
n motor car stand out as an
force.
Ee reasons why the automobile
10 stay, The bicycle, being an
M licle, was a fad at first. II
IN and then the fad ceased. But
passing OF the fad the bicycle
ed on a sound basis. It became
|ortation necessity TO thousands
kmen and office men In the hey
the bicycle fad less than 10000
machines were purchased each year
merlca But last year this country
\. lsumed" 10000 bicycles, and there is
( leady increase of 5000 bicycles each
n here never was, nor ever can be,
Id" period with the motor car. For
constitutes the ultimate means Of in
lvidual transportation. That fact is
n Generally recognized.
In keeping with the subject Of owning
motor car comes the question OF how
Yong will an automobile last That OF
course depends basically upon the cars
design and materials.
Then comes the important item of the
care Of the car by the motorist
The average motor car is the most
abused piece Of machinery in existence.
Yet look at the years and years and
years that most ears run. This exempll-
flies the progress which has been made IN
this industry and the sIeepless nights
engineers have spent in designing and
constructing a piece Of machinery that
could stand the strenuous use to which
u It is put
But a car well cared for can give life
- time service.
Take the railroad locomotive. Every
few hundred miles II is carefully exam
ined and oiled. At every two-minute
stop the engineer gets out with his oil
can and lubricates the moving joints Of
the steed Of the rail- The locomotive has
an expert mechanician In constant at
tendance. II runs on rails that are like
% level floor.
Contrast this with the treatment Of
Jan automohile-with the roads IT must en-
icounter-you will quickly see that the
modern motor car is a transportation
masterpiece, for # performs with as
much certainty in the layman's hands as
does the locomotive controlled by an ex-
perienced man.
Imagine. then. what the motor car in
the hands OF the layman who will en-
deavor to care for 1t can be capable Of
at very small expense. Care Of car IS
! vital In determining its cost to the
owner.
In caring for a car the first requisite,
naturally. is knowledge of the car
Makers Of cars. as a rule, make provi-
SION for this b. issuing books on the sub
Jet Occasional scrutiny Of those books
s Combined with the fact that the auto
mobile has given many business men
good mechanical kRoEledgA-also has 4
tendency to give maximum life TO the
car. For, fortified by knowledge thus