The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-15
Motoring Notes,
Good Roads News
and Trade Matters

Not only the automobile dealers but
the entire motoring public in the state
Of Virginia will be interested FL tEfs
letter, sent out yesterday:
There will be a meeting az the
dealers of Richmond at the Automu-
bile club of Richmond, "Wednesday
night, October 18th. at s. q elack, 7, NJ,
ar which time the plat OF the Horse
show building will be shown ana
space sold for the automobile show. IL
is to your interest TO be present al
that time as the space will be selected
by lot Thanking YOU for Attending
TO same. / am.
Yours very truly.
RICHMOND AUTOMOBILE DEAL
Frs SHOW ASSOCIATION, I'M,
THOMAS II. HUTCHINSON,
General Manager
Th,s letter was sent TO all the deal
ers in Richmond yesterday. and there
should be a large sized gathering In
the Jefferson hotel, where the Rich
rnoud Automobile club now mas us
headquarters, tomorrow night.
Long Life of Trucks.
proper loading is big factor in pro-
longing the life of motor trucks. in
the opinion of Harry :. Houpt, gen
eral sales manager of the American
Locomotive company automophe de-
partment ,,-....,-....o,.
How 10 secure the right distribution
of a load, and the effect of good nai :
ance of weight in preserving the
springs. tires and other features Oh
mechanism, are told by MT. houpt
in the Following suggestions i
truck drivers: ,.i-
"Do not place all the 9eaNy ~,
cies on the rear or the tfas"- -
the truck. place an article OF
weight on the front also. "a
TT YOU have q small and heavy ioao
SINGH az steel rails, use small pons
Have the body constructed so 'hae
,ha load will be conferred II tam
hoay il used TO haul over rousi :.
roads IL should be made only lar
enough To carry normal ioao; 49,
Don't overload II the body Is 700
hiy don't load the truck 10 the Ca
pacity OF the body. =, r..
"Some drivers are unhecessaiAts
hard ON tires. The way the truck -
loaded has a good deal 10 90 WIN W.
wear balancing the load not o.ls
saves the tires and springs pu' AZ"
driving mechanism also.
Saws the Washington Post:
A three-ton wilcox dump truck Was
,,nrehased bv s. NJ. Frazier from the
congressional Garage company ovsl
tu,o months ago. A reading OF ..0
odometer Yesterday showed that ti'9
truck had covered 1904 niles az
average Of fifty miles per day. = N,
razter fs engaged In the coal anu
huildip- supply business IN Ahacos.a,
and during the course OF gay tnaNef
hauls not only across the cry W
washington. but the truck peih =. =,
goods 10 points twenty miles out "
son,hern MARYLAND, and anyone VINO
has motored in that secnoh "a s
state knows that. with the exceptioi,
OF the main State highway, the roaus
ara extremely bad. In an nterN's"
with Mr.. Frazier yesterday ny
said. For the past two wears
d,rereut motor truck agencies ~
Warrington have been Trying ~
tersuaefe ma to bury q tFao"' ea1s :
believed that the oid-styie hoFse
drawn vehicles were not onls .he
cheapest, but the more reliable W.,
Mr.. Semmes, of the Congressionaa,
Garage company. came 10 me any an,
talked of the Wilcox truck ! was 81,
skentical, but others who owned tracAs
nurcha sed from him spoke in tne
highest terms Of the service depart
ment maintained by the Wilcox agen-
c.. and the good qualities OF the
truck. To be brief. l purchased a
three ton Wilcox. and within siasy
DAYS was SO thoroughly convinced tnat
motor trucks were far better thah
teams that / bought the truck shown
above, and last week ordered third
wilcox. I md am making my as-
liveries quicker. making longer naois
IN shorter time, and displacing two
ana three teams per truck. nave
had the best Of service out OF my VIII
coxes and am more than glad that
Charles w Semmes, Of tho Congress
sional Garage company. induced me
10 change for the more progressive
way" The local agent for the VIII
coy have placed on the streets OF TINS
CITY close ON to 100 wilcox trucks
ranging from tho light delivery car
to the three-ton model, within the
past two years. The Wilcox is man
ufactured in Minneapolis, Mimi. ny
the III. r. wilcox Manufacturing COM
pany. They make three models. name
iy. a light delivery wagon 81 l,5of-
pound capacity, q 4 1-2 to 2-ton model
and a s-ton truck. Any style or Kind
OF body Is furnished.
knfatrt Motors FSr thS TrxuS.
An encouragement or great interest
/ to the trade h4n h4en made BY thu
;gE - !. IA M;