The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-30
TRUCK PASSES FINAL MUSTER
Experts in the Motor Truck World
Take Great Interest in Strenuous
rests Of Truck Which Attracted the
Attention Of U. S. Army Experts.
lFrom Wednegday s Dailyl

(From Wednesday IS Da1ly)
For the past four years the experts
of the Thomas B. Jeffery Company have
been at work building the Jeffrey
Quad The completed truck is de
clared to be the biggest contribution
made to the world of motor driven com
mereial vehicles in years. In has
hurdled the examinations of expert en-
gineers, has been approved by United
States army experts and their approx
al resulted in large order for the
trucks being placed by the government
1T ha smet with hearty reception from
hundreds of private concerns and to-
day it was TT up against the supreme
test when forty of the leading automer
bile experts of the middle west came to
Kenosha These men are all connected
with motor journals and other trade
publication and with the 81 m from
Missouri feeling they came to Keno
sha to see just what the Jeffery Quad
would do.
While in Kenosha the big bunch Of
men, headed by Walter Wardrop, pub
Usher of the Power Wagon and de-
dared to be an expert of experts along
hese lines, were the guests of the JET
cry management. They spent the entire
morning at the big west side plant
matching the F'Quad = Go stllats. These
stunts were arranged especially to show
just how sturdy is the latest addition
to the Jeffrey family of motor driven
vehicles. With case the driver sent
he big truck up and down lumber piles.
1t walked right over a six inch
obstruction and just to show that it
VAS a machine of parts it walked right
>ut of a trench. The most strenuous
;ests ever given to any motor driven
vehicle were proposed for the new
Quad" and the men declared that
they were surprised at the way it
made good,
After the demonstrations at the fac
tory were over the guests gathered
for a dinner and conference at the club
room of the Hotel Borup. Covers were
laid for some fifty people and the din
ner was of an informal nature. There
were stories and yarns and couple of
serious toasts were responded to by L.
Fl. Bill the factory manager of the
Jefiery company and Walter Wardrop
tho publisher of the "Power Wagon. /"
After dinner was over che party re-
turned to the factory for more demon
STATIONS and they will return to Chi
caeo late in the afternoon.
The members of the party included
Arthur w. Hatfield editor of Com
mercial Vehicles ~ George f. Dean,
secretary Of "National Builder
Charles A. Miller Jr., managing edi
tor National Builder; Harry A.
Tarantous, editor "Motor Age Y; H..
Fl. Van Sicklen, Jr, publisher Of
Motor Field; G. c. Mckinney, west
srn manager Commercial Car Jour
nal'' Harry M. Walker, advertising
manager Engineering and Contrac-
tor S. II. Johnson, editor "Cement
World; David Williams, editor
Black Diamond :; /, H. Smith, with
F'Power Wagon ?; G. R. P. Edgecumb,
editor g American Carpenter and Build
err and Cement World" G. L. Ro-
rick, manager "Brick and Clay Rec
ord p; J. Winchester Holman, president
Mining and Engineering World
Sidney Clemens, editor "American
Lumberman y; Walter Wardrop, editor
"Power Wagon y; Thomas B. Guerm,
editor Cement and Engineering
News ,; J. F. Waldron, manager See
ment News =; w J. Kuecker, manager
Popular Mechanics =; Alfred S. john
son, representing Radford publications;
w. G. Dittmsn, western manager
Motor Truck" and Automobilet
Journal. From the Jeffrey organiza-
tion were L. H. Bill, G. G. Morgan, j.
VI. DeCou, Z. S. Jordan and L. H..
Hill The Williams and Cunningham
Agency was represented by S. P. New
ton and c. A. Williams.