Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-02
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BY w. J. MORGAN

Keep your motor Venlcle uidlnIc-
nance costs down, not only In size,
but also on paper. The man who is
constantly striving to keep his up
keep expenses at low figure Is work.
ing along the right track, but he is
overlooking a good bet If he fails to
see the Importance of keeping an ac-
count of his costs.
This is especially true in the opera
ton of motortruck. Not only does
the truckowner need to know how
much he is spending for the upkeep
of his vehicle, but how he Is spending
it, too. Both are highly important.
Every manufacturer and dealer Will
tell you to keep your costs down by
careful operation and handling of
your vehicle, but only a COMPARE
lively few of them will give you the
best method whereby you may accom-
plish this economy.
A cost accounting system is as es-
sentIal in the operation of a motor
truck as in the conduct Of any other
business. Without such a system,
which can be maintained with very
little trouble, the truck owner Is
without key to his upkeep problem.
He may know from the total amounts
expended that he is not getting serv-
ice at as low a cost as he should,
but there Is no way for him to know
where the leak Is. With a cost sys-
tenn, and 1t need not be at all elab-
crate, he can easily tell at the end
of a week, month or year, just what
he is spending too much money on
and how the loss may be adjusted.
Those who took part in the races
ha Ua nj pri1
Pabst trophies at Milwaukee last
year have been offered 20 cents on
the dollar for their claims against
the promoters, and have been asked
to request no more, as it will be i'm
possible to pay 1t. The winner OF
the Vanderbilt Cup race, Ralph de
Palma, was injured in an accident
in the Grand Prize race and nearly
lost his life, and David Bruce Brown
the young millionaire sportsman, was
killed owing to the condition OF the
highway over which the race was
run, yet De Palma Is asked to take
20 cents on the dollar.
Fred j. Wagner, official starter
who advanced 1905 to help out the
promoters and who received nothing
for securing entries and starting the
races, believes that he has received
rough treatment himself, and that the
treatment of the riders who risked
their lives in the races and wasted
time waiting for the completion Of
the road, is worse. Wagner Is nov
in Milwaukee trying to make a prom.
inent brewer. who was interested ir
the race promotion, aid the Others
in paying dollar for dollar and thu.
saving the reputation of Milwaukee
xrys4AIx. .61,-f tt,,,a CiIxrax
will make announcement Of a move
to larger quarters on Broadway. The
old place has become too small to
handle the business of the Overland
dealer. He Is just rounding out the
greatest fiscal year in his history
The greatest volume of business was
naturally transacted in his New York
place, but his Brooklyn, Newark an6
Asbury Park places showed crafty
ing increases over 1912 A total OF
nearly 1000 cars will shortly have
passed through the hands of the
hustling New Yorker, eclipising al
records for retail sales in this sec.
ton.
Henry B. JOY, president of tn
Packard Motor Car Company an
president of the Lincoln Highway AS
ISOLATION, believes that motorists wi
cross America in 1915 in eleven days
and the prediction of Mr.. Joy ma
have much bearing upon the Gliddel
tour of that year, which will be fror
coast to coast. Should that event b
scheduled for eleven or twelve day
American cars would be given ties
the like Of which was never know
before, and the winning of whic
would mean much to any maker.
is suggested that the tour might b
run in two divisions, contesting an
nom contesting, the latter class I
take much more time for the 1ourne,
! This would reduce the work or carin
for the hundred of motorists takin
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