The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-07
Motoring Notes,
Good Road News
and Trade Matters

sixth great war.
Only few months before the open
ing Of hostilities. one corporation sold
the Ottoman empire an order of over
2,0t1 ammunition wagons and ambu-
Iances.
That these wagons played an i'm
portant part in the transportation OF
supplies required for the bulgarian sd-
vance. Is logically inferred. In the
meantime. Charles Heske. a veteran
member of the corporations staff, is
telling his friends the entertaining
story Of the sale of the wagons a
story doubly interesting because OF
the close acquaintance which Mr..
Heske secured. with Turkish methods
and the personnel Of the Turkish war
office.
The Turks may have deteriorated
as a fighting race" Mr. Heske COM
nents, but they are as shrewd buyers
as l have ever seen. When they de-
cided TO buy their new army wagon
equipment, they advertised for demon
STATIONS. When / arrived on the
ground with my samples, l found rep
resentatlyes of vehicle plants In Rus
sia. Hungary. Germany. France and
Great Britain, all there. The officers
put our wagons through actual road
and field tests of the severest char
aeter. 1t was really wonderful that
even my own wagon survived, for they
seemed to expect steady string Of
near-im possibiiities.
There were two Of the wagons left,
after the tests were over. The Turk
ish commissary Off GERS then showed
themselves just as clever at bargaining
as at trying out the wagons. They
finally got me down to my rock-bot-
tom 'hgure-a figure that / could meet
ha had
simply the stock farm type. especially
equipped with the army fixtures, and
Is regularly produced by las Ia i'm
mense quantities"
MIR. Heske is planning another trip
Nbroad. as soon as peace lis declared.
tie is inclined to think that the Bui-
sars will be good motor wagon con-
verts from their experiences with the
wagons, captured from the Turks.
Predicts BIZ Year.
FFes4a present indications the. teaa
season will be banner year for high
priced cars. according H. Harry s.
Houpt, general sales manager of the
automobile department of the Amer
lean Locomotive company.
The bright outlook liz due" says
Mr.. Houpt, ITO the fact that the pub
lie IL becoming educated in automo-
bifes and Is demanding greater COM
fort. more luxurious appointments
and superior beauty. The public pays
more TO ride comfortably and iuxu-
riously when travelling by rail or on
ocean steamships. Naturally 1t pays
more to obtain these needs in auto
mobiles.
by luxurious appointments r.
would mention such features as cleo
trio lighting, step lights, deep uphol-
stery Pullman lights. superior hard
ware and all the little details Of
equipment
Motorists no longer follow the
custom If waiting for the shows be-
fore placing orders. They place their
confidence In the old established man.
ufacturers and know that all the lat
est improvements are incorporated In
their cars.
"As as instance Of this 81 per cent |
of our product was sold to new GUS
toners before we even had announced
the features for our 1913 line. Our
Los Angeles dealer made a special
trip to New York to place an order
for sixteen cars, sales value OF $780,
600. and each Of the cars was assign
ed to an owner"
Survival Of Ffttt <t.
The business and industrial world
in general liz constantly demanding
Increased efficiency, not only as APP
Piled to employees of all grades, but
also In equipment, and the matter
soon resolves itself into "a survival |
OF the fittest."
Transportation. for a specific IN
stance, has always presented In !,
difficulties. This is par
ticularly true In certain lines such |
as large construction work where the |
or base of supplies is far re- !
moved from the scene OF actual |
operations
Many new labor saving devices )
have been adopted by construction
engineers during the last few years. /
but none have been 80 decided /
factor in the saving OF time ana /
labor. and, therefore, money. as the /
motor truck Of large capacity.
Motor truck efficiency of very |
high order was recently shown by
Locomobiie flve-ton truck, which is
on big construction con-
tract at Woodbridge, near New
Conn, where the c. w.
Tsiakestee Constructor company we'll
known contractors of the latter city, /
are building an immense storage dam
for the New Haven Water company
The site OF the dam 10 about nine
miles from the city and to reach 1t
road must be traversed on which are
a~ite a number of very steep hills
and many soft stretches,
Among the various supplies used
on the work were lung t.mbers, weigh
ing about 1,7o0 pounds each. In or
der to facilitate the transportation
Of these immense timhers, the /
Blakeslee company. who have been
users of motor trucks for sometime.
had trailer OF special design built
for them.
This trailer, which weighs 5000
unloaded. Is so built that a
portion Of the load is carried ON
he trailer and part on the truck
proper. this being made possible by
, turning swivel placed on the plat
form Of the truck.
This trailer was. OF course, tn
ended for use with trucks already
n the service Of the Blakeslee COM
,any. but 1t was soon found that
more powerful truck by far. was
necessary, and II was at this juno
ure that the Locomobtie five-ton
ruck was placed on the work.
This truck made several trips TO the
lam during each day. carrying Oh d.
larily. twelve OF the giant timbers
eferred to above, each one being Il
~ la inches by 12 Ia inches by 4
"A feet. end Weighing 1.700 pounds, II
making total OF 10000 pounds or
'yer ten tons
tf'r ~ he~s were loaded nv III
means Of . derrick. and although
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