The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18

Orleans. wish to extend an invitation to the tourists to come by Montgomery. Our people will give them a glad welcome. and on behalf of the citizens of our cap itaI city I, as governor of the state, ex- tend them q warm invitation. I will ap- preciate your calling the attention of the committee to this invitation"
 At the March meeting of the A, A. A. executive committee the subject will come Up for discussion. Every indication is that this event will be more successful than ever before in it's history Charles J. Glidden, donor of the famous trophy bearing his name, has filed, entry number one, and thus becomes the first amateur to place himself on record as being posi- tive contestant for the A. A. A $50o0 na- tional trophy.
 It is inevitable that the 1912 event, like that of 1911, will give a grear impetus 10 good roads enthusiasm in the country through which the tour passes. In like manner the tours of A. A. A. state as-' sociations will bring substantial results of the same kind. One of the newest of the associations to consider good roads re- liability run Is the Maine State Auto mobile association. which is furthering in great degree highways improvement in the Pine Tree state. Chairman Hoegg of its contest board outlines the Maine plan in these words: Our idea Is to run a tour of from two to four days duration, with a battery of good roads speakers to hold good roads rallies at night; during the day we will endeavor to hold meetings with the county commissioners and road commissioners along the route and in every way possible boom the good roads movement"
 That a motor truck can be made to pay for itself in one year may sound rather fishy to the layman, but 1t is nevertheless a fact.
 As an actual instance to substantiate the above claim one can cite the case of a large trucking company in western city who had & contract to remove all the city garbage, refuse, etc, three miles from the city to reducing plant located in the outskirts.
 For five years this work had been done with horses and as the concern were con- templating the installation of motor trucks, very careful figures were kept of the actual cost of operation, including all items for use as a future basis of com parison
 To do the work successfully with horses it was found necessary to use five two-horse teams of three tons ca pacity each, four of the teams making three round trips per day or IS miles, while one team had to make four trips or A miles; each of the five teams all ternating in turn for the extra trip. This arrangement was found to be the most economical for operation with horses, and the daily cost. including all items, such as drivers wages, repairs, depreciation, interest, etc, averaged over $6 per day, or a total daily cost for the five teams of about go.
 Believing that they could reduce this expense considerably by using a motor efv Y,,, truck fitted With a 50 horsepower mo- tor. Very careful records were kept of this vehicle also and the results so far have been truly astonishing. Very llb- eral allowance was made for tire repairs, depreciation, wages, etc., and tho daily cost figured close to $f5 This single truck was found to be easily able to move the entire AS tons of refuse In a working day of 10 hours. supplanting five two horse trucks and four drivers. The motor truck thus effected a saving of $135 @ day, or actually paid for Its cost, S520O, in 347 working days.
 The three golden rules necessary to observe to insure a motor truck paying handsome returns are:
 l. A good truck suitable for the bus mess.
 g. Proper care and attention.
 B. A business so arranged that the truck can be kept busy and not permitted to stand Idle large part of the time
 Where these factors are given reason able consideration substantial saving over horse flesh methods are absolutely assured to say nothing of the effect on customers and business by the improved method of transportation.
 "Since the price of the motorcycle has been reduced to a point within the reach of men earning s a day and upward, there has been tremendous increase in demand from a class of people who formerly were in the minority among users." says John Yoke of the Flanders company.
 "I refer to mechanics, foremen, tool | makers and other factory employees. These | see in the motorcycle an opportunity to do and to enjoy many things here tofore impossible.
 'But of ali the blessings of the Poor | Mans Automobile,' confers on the me chanic that of enabling him to escape | from the city tenement in the dirty. con | eested part of the city and to rent or i to own a cozy cottage with few acres l of garden just outside the city-this is | the greatest blessing any modern fnven- | ton has placed within the reach of the | laboring man. And man earning 8 day can well afford a motorcycle at S175. | He will save his gasoline and tire bills | in car fare. And he will save the price | of the motorcycle in a few months fin | the difference in rent 10 say nothing of the less cost of living In the country | where he can get his milk, butter, eggs and garden truck cheaper and absolutely | fresh from his neighbors."
 The house of Pope, which has been so prominent in the development of the individual. transportation system, has created an entirely new product a power bicycle
 The name of Pope, which has been connected with the devel- opment of the bicycle and automobile, | is believed to have added new prestige to its long line of successes by bring ing out this power bicycle.
 The new creation is not motor cycle, in the sense that we know | today, because 1t is ex- ceedingly light and can be easily taken indoors and slowed away like bicycle.
 In getting out the new Pope vehicle, lightness In weight has been the | feature most prominently brought to the front. It is for that reason that l the new machine is described briefly | as a power bicycle, because it strikes a | happy medium between the very light | bicycle of the old day and the very | heavy motorcycle of the present day.
 The new machine will be fitted with | an imported magneto which has been | found excellent in service Reliability. | reasonable speed and notable hill |