Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-14
ECONOMY AND LIGHT
WEIGHT IN 1914 CAR
Official of Jeffery Company Ex-
plains Lead His Company
Has Taken


Has Taken
By j. H. HILL
Designer of the Thomas ID. Jefferv
Company.
An interesting lesson has been
eaught TO far-sighted American motor
car manufacturers by the European
snow, and this lesson was further
brought home to them this wear hv
the Jeffery 1914 car. ''
The Thomas B. Jeffery Comnanv
mas passed through identically the
same development as have other man
ulacturers in this country. eycenting
In the one instance of the 1914 car
Whlch is the result of the entire ex,
Periniental stage of the extremely light
anu Su lnef11cient car to the heavy and
stili-lnefficient car which we have re-
Gently ceased to build.
we Ielt certain that there was COM
ihs lilne when the motor car buver
would turn his attention TO econonw
anu economy meant lightness. "LoolS
10 EUROPE, said our engineers Ana
SO, IN company with my associates T
qid look TO Europe. We attended the
Tarls snow. And in that one exhibit
hibited fifty-two that did not ehovs eAo
Single model with as large a piston as
is used IN the Jeffery Four.
di5 ne tnirty-1our manufacturers that
ulu exhibit larger motors also had
smaller bores. ii"u
40 me this was most significant. IT
meant that here again was con,ino -
great change in motor car bI,iidi,. q
Oi my return from Europe and in eTe
1HutlVe session with the officers of Tho
Lhonas b. Jeffery Company we do
u,aeu , that we would anticipate the de-
ras,,It Mnich we felt would come. arbe
result Is the Jeffery Four. 'o
In building the Jefferv Eour ,,,o
nave maintained an extreme li~htnass
Wltnout sacrificing either streneth ~.
comforts reduced friction in tha rnad
oeu OF power. We have designed n,,,,
al not only with a view to road ana
mar.t mlru resistance. but with the ali i'm
car that will give YOU the pasNiI,,iis rons
power, the minimum of unlIeen nnd uni
'HG maximum of pleasure 'N
~ Is only natural that Won might
30 now could we reduce the weight
} ~ ne Jefery without reducing the
uuraollity or its construction ?" An
other natural question for vo,, to asl,
would be. "Iow could we incraase aha
elnclency of the power chain without
product?" 'iii''i'ou
| BY the use of vanadium steel we are
aole TO carry the body for five pas
seIsers with saving of sixty-seven
BOUNDS, which is possible only because
we use vanadium steel. In nImerous
otner ways throughout the entire car
: we nave been able to decrease the
welsnt which would ordinarily be nee.
J essary Tor a slow-speed overweighted
lnotor' and consequently in using the
J n; siosor IN winch the number of explo-
SONS Is far greater than in the larger
slower motors the strain does not be-
come SO much of trip hammer yibra-
slon ana consequently the springs and
frame used may be of much lighter
= put exceedingly tougher material.
{ Let us not forget the specifications
or the construction of the Jeffery Six
t or the Four-true to the great many
3 speclncatlons that characterize cars OF
at least three times the cost
ror instance. we use the Rayfield
3 water r-Jacketed carburetor, which is
, the highest priced carburetor that the
4 Rayfeld people make. We use also
! the most expensive light system that
8 we can BUY; the most expensive mag
' nebo system and the most efficient axle
that we have been able to find. In
r iact' every piece of material that goes
into the Jeffery -Four is considerably
{ isnter ana just little stronger than
that which goes into another car.
We are trying to build car for five
people and to carry these five people
as comfortably as any car made in the
. world. We have accomplished this.
we have plenty of room in the body.
winch, by the way, is Of the famous
hothschiid type, not the streamline,
but the Rothschild type which made
the sensation of the Paris show and
winch we alone. exclusive of all other
motor car manufacturers, are showing
this year in New York. The Jeffery
-FOUR has more distinctiveness. more
real stamina, than cars Weighing twice
as much and costing four times the
price.
can't believe that 1t would have
been possible for us to produce o. more
efficient car.
Why worry when your auto sud
denly takes q notion to quit running
Just pass the time away tossing the
following questions at your fellow
passenger:
When is motor car like a mirror :?
When 1t has glass front.
What part of motor car Is men
tally unsound? The crank.
What car sings best? Car-uso.
What class of literature reminds Won
OF motor cars? Autobiography.
When water freezes in a motor car
radiator what does 1t become? Ice.
What part of an automobile spins
best? The top.
why cant motor car grow fat :?
Because 1t eats only gaso-lene.
Whit part of motor car is most
ladylike? The bonnet.
Why is the freight on an ocean liner
like gasoline in a motor car? 1t makes
the cargo.
When is motor car in the same
class with dog, peddler and a poet
When 1t has a license.
When is mtor like a horse housed
for the night? When it is stalled
Honk Honk.--Exchange.
Henry Ford has furnished the ans
wer to the question. "Why is II SO
many thousands of young men refuse
to marry?" During the FIRST week of
the proflt-sharing Increase in wages,
fifty or the men In Ford's employ be
came bridegrooms.