The Washington herald., 1913-04-13

National Cash Register Company. being
the headquarters for the Red Cross and
the relief committee.
AS fast as the other trucks were I'M
loaded they were manned by drivers
from the Packard factory and proceeded
without delay to unload numerous freight
and baggage cars, which had accumu-
lated during the previous few hours.
1t was extremely necessary that all
of the provisions. clothing, &C., be re-
moved from the station almost imme-
diately, as the freight yards were so
completely demolished that II was only
possible to accumulate few cars in the
yards without checking them UP. Up
to Tuesday noon there were more than
200 trucks and over 1000 pleasure cars
doing relief service.
Motorcyclists will be glad to learn of
the appearance of a heavier inner tube.
To meet the requirements of the new
and heavier models of motorcycles, the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company has
added a new blue streak tube to their
line
The new tube Is at least 20 per cent
stronger than any tube used in regular
tires before.
By combining Goodyear motorcycle
tires and blue streak tubes, motorcyclists
per cent stronger and more enduring
tubes. but also the lasting service and
the extra mileage of tires proved by
hundreds of tests to be the most dura-
BILE in existence.
"In the maintaining of the standards
Of pure food. motor trucks have been of
great assistance said G. Arthur Ben
jamin, general sales manager Of the
W iS VII 10 lo
agency here.
Coupled with this continued Mr..
Benjamin. lis the saving of money
which motor trucks have caused for their
owners.
among such instances is dairy work
and the baking business. Health officers
demand in the dairy business that horses
be stabbed at a distance from the dairy.
This necessitates the maintaining of a
separate building for the horses. 1t Is
possible to house motor truck in the
same building with the dairy.
'In the baking business 1t has been
necessary heretofore to envelope the
bread in tissue wrapper. in order that
the horse drivers hands did not come
into contact with the fresh bread. This
extra labor and expense has been done
away with by the motor truck. 1t is
necessary that baker get mis- wares
.,
no matter what the weather conditions
may be. Promptness and reliability. fea-
lures of the motor truck. are to him a
necessity.
when there is snow on the ground
and streets are icy and the going is
practically impossible for horses, a mo-
tor truck shows itself very advantage
ously. 1t is under abnormal conditions
such as these that a motor truck affords
its greatest saving
Among bakers who operate Alec trucks
are the General Baking Company, Ward
Bread Company, Bradford Baking Com
pany, Acme Tea Company, and others.
The Commercial Auto and Supply
Company last week delivered a Stude-
baked 49, limousine to Senator Joseph
w. Dixon of Montana, and a Studebaker
49, to Representative c. B. Miller of
Minnesota.
Cliff Long, agent for the Studebaker,
is expecting the arrival of George o.
Baldwin, head of the service department
of the Studebaker Corporation who is
making tour of the Studebaker agen-
cies in the large Eastern cities.
z II. Bauer. Kissel Kar agent, located
at 1908 Fourteenth Street Northwest, re-
ports that duplicate orders are being re-
ceived for the famous Kissel Kar trucks.
After ninety days test of several differ
ent types of motor wagons. but undoubt-
eddy influenced strongly by the salts
factory record of the Kissel Kar parcel
post wagons in the service of the gov
eminent at Washington. D. c.. Riegel
Roe, collectors Of mail by contract for
the St. Paul, Mimi. postoffice. have also
adopted the Kissel Kar. The Kissel
Motor Car Company looks upon this sale
as little less important. from the stand
point of prestige. than the recent de-
livery of fifteen of its cars to Uncle Sam
himself.