The Washington herald., 1912-07-07

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Maxwell automobile which until a few
years ago made many . flying trip from
| New York to Albany carrying politicians
and statesmen to elevesth hour legisia-
tive battles at the State Capitol. and
then got lost in q less honored service.
has been located again at Oyster Bay.
N. Y.
Edward N. Hendricksop, who built
Col Roosevelt's residence at Sycamore
Hill twenty-eight years ago and now
runs an automobile livery, has Old
Glory at work in a rental service and
running the greater part OF night and
day.
In Albany the appearance Of the old
car was always the symbol OF some
great political coup, and its absence In
recent years caused many people to sus-
pect that it was worn out. But. In the
roundup of owners, who have driven
5000 miles, Old Glory was found and
her record was put into an affidavit. 20
that Mr.. Hendrickson could get one of
the gold medals Of the 5000 Mile Max
| well Motor Club.
He has driven the car 10000 miles and
other Maxwells 5000 more. A few weeks
| ago he had the old car. overhauled at an
| expense of SIS, and after being RECALLED
| in a new coat OF paint, he Is going to
| make a midnight run tosthe lawmaking
citadel with some former just politicians
| to remove memories OF the part Old
glory took in building up the statutes-
It was recently estimated by the
| American Automobile Associations Tour
| ing Information Bureau that N,00o,oo0 Is
spent yearly by transcontinental tour
lists. 1t is up to the A. A. A. to see
that these people have well mapped
| route. The man who lays this out Is
the veteran. A. L. Westgard. Official field
representative of the A. A. A West
gard is known as the guardian of the
| Trail to the Sunset" He has crossed
the continent more times by automobile
than any other man. This year he will
cross by three routes in the official
pathfnding car.
The experts of the Massachusetts, In
stitute OF Technology decided some time
ago TO investigate the comparative costs
of horse delivery, electric delivery. and
gas-car delivery, and being scientists,
they were not satisfied with the usual
methods Of securing data, but determined
upon a mechanical record of the per-
Torrance Of each wagon that would abb
solutely eliminate the human factor In
| the problem.
A speed indicator was devised with a
of the wagon. its actual and its relative
| speeds at every hour In the day and
also the number Of stops and the amount
of time the wagon stood idle during every
stop.
When the record was complete the
driver was required to explain the
cause Of every stop, and in this way the
scientists secured a record of his drinks.
This was an unexpected development
of a serious investigation The really
Important facts unearthed. according to
W. C. johnson, assistant manager of the
Waverley company, were those relating
in delivery costs. Quoting the Scientific
American, he says:
The first thing that suggests itself as
an outcome to the investigations up to
date is that service requirements are as
important a factor in determining costs
as is the type of vehicle selected Every
class of service must be considered by
itself.
For parcel delivery, nine-hour day.
three trips. four parcels delivered per
mile. and with one minute consumed in
each delivery. three-quarters Of an hour
being allowed for loading and the maxi
mum load being half a ton. the horse
drawn vehicle does only two-thirds as
much work day as the electric or gaso-
line truck, at a cost per delivery of SO
cents, 81 cents, and SIS cents, respec-
lively. The cost per mile by horse Is
likewise between the two other costs.
In the delivery Of coal. which is very
different kind Of delivery. at the heavy
end of the scale, with loads Of five tons.
the horse wagon (three horses, one rest
ing every third day. does only about
half as much work per day as either Of
the motor trucks. The cost per mile here
runs in much the same way as with the
light work, being IS cents for horses, Il
TO- <Av- line rx-hfl o
the costs per delivery are in the same
order, s3.9l, against sac and s407.
Some experiments have been made in
special service requirements as affecting
the cost of operation, and for the parcel
delivery two minutes per call has been
allowed instead Of one. This increases
the standing time, reduces the mileage
per day. lessons the distance factor. and
raises the cost on delivery"
It would seem hiatt instead of motor
cars becoming cheaper, the demand of
the public for more equipment and more
complete models in every detail, is SO
great that prices must necessarily be
raised. This, at least, would seem to-
be the meaning conveyed by the an
nouncement of the F. B. Streams Com
pany, Of Cleveland. manufacturers of
Stearns-Knight motor cars, in their re-
cent announcement for the coming season
on all their models. In discussing the
raise, Roy F. York, vice president of the
Stearns Company, has been quoted as
saying:
The public at large is, of course. con-
versant with recent increases in cost of
all kinds, and in material generally used
in motor car manufacture. Then too, the
steadily increasing demand of the public
for more complete equipment has had its
share in raising prices. Manufacturers
81 the better class of motor cars will
never will never be content to sacrifice
quality, and as result. the only thing
they can do is to raise prices, for motor
lists insist upon having greater equipment
and more work done in connection with
their cars. I believe that a number of
other announcements will be made in the
near future concerning the increased
prices. and I think II will be found
general throughout the trade where the
better class cars are concerned"
George J. Smith. OF Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil, who is making an extended tour
of this country, recently spoke before a
large gathering of automobile men in
New York city and discussed briefly the
misunderstanding market of south !
America, particularly Brazil. He ex.