The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-18

"A positive reply TO the query:
Where do the old automobile go?' IS
found in the repair department OF the
Mitchell-Lewis Motor company. Or
ders for parts for models built as far
back as 1902 in the Racine plant fire.
ouentIy are received by the MITCHELL
Lewis company These orders origi-
nate in all parts of the world. The
vets generally are sold to foreign
countries where the vanity of owning
q. this years model does not exist.
"Often orders for parts for cars
that have been doing service in South
America, Russia and India FOR seven
or eight years--these were second
hand machines when sent there--are
accompanied by requests for the latest
catalogues. The old model autos that
are efficient are doing the work OF
good statesmen for the American IN
dustry even in far-away India.
logging With Motor Trucks.
Logging work to which the motor
truck has been assigned has not only
proved to be thoroughly practical ana
economical, bu. has been the means
bf developing one branch OF the in
dustry that has suffered from expen-
sive methods. This was brought out
plainly in the work OF a motor logging
truck which was built by the White
company especially for Theodore
Kundtz, of Cleveland, who has had a
five-ton log tractor at work for nearly
year in the woods near Brecksville,
in the southern part Of Cuyahoga
county, Ohio.
On q small scale this truck has done
the work of the logging locomotive,
the skidder and the donkey engine.
In addition. 1t automatically loads the
truck by Ats own power and then
transfers It's load from truck to fiat
car by that same power.
In order to appreciate the condf-
lions under which the truck has been
working. few characteristio features
should be mentioned. 1t Is built with
six-cylinder motor and IN all other
respects. except the wheels, 1t is the
standard design Of the White COM
panys five-ton truck. The front and
rear wheels, however. are special.
The driving wheels are built of steel.
/ with a twenty-five inch thread hav-
| ing the usual corrugated surface OF
/ tractor wheels. and enabling the truck
| to run over rough surface and soft
ground such rs will be encountered
on any timber tract. The driving eff
/ fort is greatly multiplied by the use
! Of a. gear ratio much lower than used
on trucks in normal service. This
] limits the speed from Z to 10 miles
I Per hour. A power winch, driven off
/ the transmission of the truck, IS built
+ amidships and controlled by a lever
/ similar to the brake and gear shifter.
1 Loads as high az six tons have been
carried without difficulty. although the
+ rated capacity of the truck In five
! tons. ny proper Use OF the power
winch and "A simple scheme of rope
and chain tackle the crews have load
ed 1000 feet OF lumber on the truck
In twenty minutes Furthermore is;
/ remarkable capacity fer loading is
awaited of in many ways. notably In
the salvage Of fine specimens of hard
wood which frequently fall into ra-
vines and cannot be recovered except
ste the prohibitive cost Of Installing
donkey engines and moving them
irons place to place. or else dtyerttng
the use OF horse from more systema-
TIC and profitable work
The facility with which the truck
has drawn heavy logs out of ravines
five and six hundred feet deep is ap-
preciated no less than its capacity
10 load and haul rough logs on a
heavy tonnage basis. The customary
haul is approximately five tons for
an average distance of about six miles.
ON arriva! at the railroad siding the
repiaify with which the truck drops
its load and pulls the logs upon
L freight cars by the use OF IT'S power
drum and cable. produces great saw
ing Of time and labor
The Supreme Court Of the United
States will be asked to pass upon the
constitutionaiity OF the double taxa
ton OF automobiles as enforced by
many States. 1t was a result of the
growing inclination on the part OF
many States to increase the registra-
ton tax. while at the same time tax
ing automobiles as personal property
and thus compelling motorists TO pay
an unjust proportion of roads CON
structior and maintenance money. thai
this action was taken at the Ralti-
more meeting of the executive board
of the American Automobile associa-
ton.
From time to time there have &C
cumuiated protests from automobil-
lists in various parts of the country
against holding them mainly respon-
sitsle because a greater use or the
/ highways has made necessary i'm
proved construction ana systematic
maintenance Ii is the contention OF
the motor vehicle user that the cost