The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-18
FLASHES FROM
FORD FACTORY

Detroit, Mich, Oct. 1S.-A large ad-
vertising agency recently sent out a
card to several thousand motor car
owners asking their opinion on vari-
Gus standard parts and accessories.
Among the cards returned was n
which read as follows: Il am not in
sympathy with any Of the heavy large
cars as their upkeep is too great for
| the average class. | have driven a
Ford car since 1909. Model T. l can
. follow any Of them with one-half the
expense. It's good enough for me-
Another answered: II guess I'm a
back number. l drive a 1909 Ford,
Model s, and it goes some YETI
Detroit. Mich, Oct. 18.-Guests Of
the Hotel Ponchartrain Of Detroit
were very much surprised several
weeks ago to see a dapper young man
in a rough working suit make his way
from the elevator to a waiting taxi
while a person, evidently a valet
brought up the rear with a suit of
overalls carried openly in his hand.
Inquiry brought out the fact that
the young man was Count Paul Won
Bonscham of Vienna, member Of n
Of the oldest houses in Austria. The
count spent considerable time in this
country studying American Industrial
methods and while in Detroit he
worked at the plant of the Ford Mot
or Co. in the motor assembling de-
partment. He asked no faVors and
worked steadily for two weeks.
! His employment brought him in 81
per day while the suite at the hotel
he occupied with his valet was cost
mo RIO Nor 6qN When tho V01Inp
man was leaving he asked for a letter
stating that he had been a faithful
workman, saying that he wanted it to
show his friends that he had actually
been working with his hands in this
country. 1t was cheerfully given. The
: count had several other letters from
various institutions where he had
been employed in this country.
Detroit, Mich. oct. 18.-One of the
questions continually asked Ford
dealers is how they are able to secure
t'ord motor cars when there is a
shortage of railroad freight cars.
Investigation reveals the fact that
this is accomplished because the Ford
company after considerable expert
menting figured out a plan for utiliz-
ing every inch OF space in a box car.
Ford cars are shipped six to the
car. The stripped chassis are stood
on n in n end of the car and the
bodies in the other. The wheels and
other equipment. carefully Grated to
avoid breakage, are piled in between
and when a freight car pulls away
from the Ford loading sheds there is
not a particle of vaCant space in it.
If it were not for this method Of
loading the Ford company could not
deliver its enormous output, despite
the fact that thousands of the cars
! = II n ~ % TNo4ro;A oo ;-
in knock down form to the various
assembling plants around the coun-
try.
Detroit, Mich. Oct. 1S.-Six Ford
~runabouts recently went into the
service Of the police department of
the city of Detroit. Commissioner of
Police Gillespie hopes to save the city
$4,000 a year in automobile expenses.
The ~runabouts which can be oper-
ated for a little more thar ! cent a
mile will be used for all public work
except the transfer of prisoners and
hurry-up calls. This will reduce the
$4,000 miles, which the auto patrols
and heavy cars which cost about 20
cents a mile to operate, Travelled last
year. to an estimated 80, 900 miles.
Detroit, Mich. Oct. 1S.-Henry Ford,
president of the Ford Motor Co., ceIe-
brated his 50th birthday, Wednesday,
July 80. Mr.. Ford spent the entire
day at his home at Dearborn where
showers Of congratulations poured In
upon him.
Mr.. Ford was born at Dearborn,
Mich, about ten miles from Detroit,
July 80, 1863. He came to Detroit to
learn the m~achinist's trade when 18
years Of age.
The story Of the building of the
first Ford automobile, of the obstacles
overcome by the inventor, of the es-
adjustment of the Ford Motor CO.
ten years ago and of it's marvellous
growth is familiar ever to the aver
age school child.
: His 50th birthday sees Mr.. Ford
/ owner of approximately 1000 acres at
Dearborn, where he has one of the
} finest farms in the country. In course
of erection on his estate is a bunga-
low to cost in the ~neighborhood of
t 100000 but a few miles from the
old homestead where Mr.. Ford was
born.