The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-02
Potentases and Autos.


In picking out car" says b. A.
Bienner. you need to profit by the
experience OF others. Now nobody
would think OF presenting to a poten-
tate O car which is not of the latest
type and II one OF these rulers OF a
section of the earth should purchase
| one It is only natural to suppose that
he gets the best TO be had. He gets
the best Of everything In the way Of
comforts iuxuries and other material
things. so why not when Il comes to
automobiles?
Well then.
the King OF Great Britain. who a also
Emperor OF India. and holds d few
more titles; the Gar of Russia. the
Emperor Of Germany and the Presi-
dent OF France, all own carS equipped
with the knight silent engine
Now any good Democrat who wants
something In the line OF an autonao-
bile which shall DO az good as the
cars owned by Kings. Emperor and
Cars can get 1t in the stearns car.
That is equipped with the Knight silent
motor and the Stearns car will stand
comparison In build with any car in
the world. When tell you that Nf.
knight himself chose a Stearne car
out of all the those equipped with ais
silent motor you can depend upon il
| that he bought 1t ,becanse It u the
best to be had"
The Portland, Ore. Evening Tele-
gram, prints this little testimonial,
| which Is really worth STUDYING:
After running several cars and And
ing them rather expensive, Gil. Frank
lin, Of Portland, when he purchased
ms last car, a Chalmers 80" decided
70 Keep an accurate account Of tina
| upkeep OF the car. He found. after
running 5000 miles. that the total opar-
afing and maintenance cost per mile
was S0.D464.
That so.o484 per mile was for the
original cost and wear on tires eharg-
I ing fubricaticu, gasoline and ruiycef-
ianeous expenses, including the inter-
est ON the Investment.
= sSxstsa So efae u sslse; ssaTses 81
an automobile, was comparatively
small, for Alr. Franklin sTsll has the
original set Of castings aud tubes on
HIS wheels. He figures that the wear
ON tires Is s0.15 per mile. That also
Includes the first cost.
Statement OF cost OF operation and
maintenance Of Chalmers 30 ftoy
tonneau) on basis Of the nrst b,poo
miles run.
Interest on Ina stInent OF $4,000
for six months at per cent.
per annugn ....ss.s. Y0sNA
Cost OF gasoline. 4iS gallons IT
1bc, -.......sss--.s..-% eV-ve
Lubricating oil. 10 gallons zero.
line, at 6Jc. ....st.....ss-s~ n,oy
Transmission grease .......@ go
Recharging storage batteries Z.ee
Recharging prest-o-iite tank 11.oo
o. sszs IL SI H. :. .a - lso.es
Although these figures are conn
puted on a 50e0-uliie basis.
5000 miles have been secured
from tires on above car at
present writing. and they ap-
pear 10 be good for 1000 miles
additional. a total OF s.uo0
miles. Accordingly. the tires
having stood 5000 miles os the
s.6e0 expected, fise-eigl1fs Of
their original cost should be
charged off .....s...ss.sss. s9-g7
ro,ai ........... i sss.ss
Cost Per Miles.
Tires -s.s.H WY
Gasoline .......s.....@..s.. Oh
fabrication .-....ss..s.ssss.- .vS4p
Charging lincludipg batteries 80.
and presto tank) 'ep<s
Miscellaneous lincluding inter-
est on ifsyestmenf) ..,..s*s 1pIt
Total operating and naainte-
nance cost per FaIle 49, evsez
The two tires on the left hand side
BIZ the machine have the ea1z,e All
iii them that came with the car. New
air has been added from time - tifne.
but there never hes been 5 pu1tktzsel
or blow-ouf on either one ok <nkse
tires 10 the Toward tire On <Asl
right hard side Of the car. Mr. F<Kr<s