The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-09
They Found No Better High
ways on the Trip.
INTEREST TAKEN IN RACES
Plans Being Made for Motor.
cycle Event June 20.
Items of Interest to Auto and
Pop.Pop Enthusiasts.

AduSGS ROADS were III ~cACCAACAt -
dition this week according to y. r.
Feltz and E. C. Wagnitz. two Detfolt
men, who passed through Topeka on
an automobile trip to the PACIFIC coast.
The two men left Detroit April zz, 20
make the trip in a Hupmobile road
ster They are ''roughing it," ana the
men are going only for pleasure.
I'VE heard a lot Of unfavorable
comment on Kansas roads. Mr.. Wae-
nitz said this week. "but we have
found no better roads on our journey
than those Of eastern Kansas. In ILL
nois it rained excessively and the
roads were almost impossible at times.
The Missouri roads were only fair' put
from Kansas City to Topeka on the
Golden Belt route, we had an easy
time Of it,
The travellers spent two days in To-
peka, leaving two days ago for Colo
RADIO. They followed the Golden Belt
road. They will stop at points OF In
terests along the way Next week they
will be in Colorado Springs and Dem
yer. They say this is an ideal vacation
for them. They will hunt and fish at
some of the mountain points In Colo
a small tent with them, cooking .uten-
eils and every necessary article Tor
overland travel.
While in this city they made their
headquarters with o. s. Perkins, local
Hupmobile dealer.
orcycle races that will be held in To-
peka. June 20 by the motorcycle rid
ers OF Kansas George Brumm1tt,
Irwin Keller. and M. e. Harding,
members OF the committee appointed
by the Topeka Motorcycle club to ar
range for the meet, have received let
tiers from those in other towns who
desired Information relative to the
event. The. program is now being
prepared and the offerings will be
more than 5000.
The novelty race in which no ma
chine will be entered that has been
in use less than four years is expected
to interest number of the local rid
ers. Because of the fact that it is
something entirely new the event for
machines that include side car at
tachments will appeal to the Topekans
and others who go to the fair grounds
as spectators.
The officers Of the Shawnee Motor
league are getting their heads togeth-
er and figuring out a plan of action
for the organization. That is. these
enterprising new officials believe that
the league should have some definite
work mapped out to accomplish in the
future-something to keep the organ
ization active. A meeting will be
called soon to talk over tho plans.
A New Ford Record.
Take out your watch. Follow the
second hand around the minute cycle.
Every time it ticks off twenty-four
seconds a new Ford car comes into
being. The month OF April was an
other record-breaker at the Ford fac
tory in Detroit. Thirty thousand, four
hundred and two complete cars were
built and shipped during the month.
which had twenty-six working days.
A little mental arithmetic shows
that this means a daily production of
about eleven hundred and seventy
cars. 1t shows that approximately
enc hundred and forty-six Fords were
built each hour. 1t shows that almost
twenty-four seconds elapsed between
the time one complete car left the fac
tory doors until another followed it. OF
course these figures are based on an
eight-hour working day. The assem-
bling department at the Ford factory
work but one shift of eight hours.
Other departments of the factory
works but one shift of eight hours.
order to keep the assembling depart
ment going at top speed. The first
seven months of the company's fiscal
year have seen the production Of more
than one hundred forty-five thousand
complete Model rs. Every succeed
dar year has seen the Ford factory
hand up a new production record.
Auto and Pop-Pop Notes.
The roads have been in good condi-
ton this week, but the weather has not
been ideal for motoring-too cool.
A. A. Degner, secretary of the Du-
luth- Wheaton Auto club in Potta-
watomie county, was in Topeka this
week on his way to Chicago. His club
is composed Of about twenty members
and il an enterprising organization.
The good roads meeting at Mime
apolis scheduled for Tuesday was post
poned on account of the condition Of
the roads adjacent to the city. Several
Topekans were to have spoken.
The Cole Automobile company has
1ust produced a newer and lighter
model OF the standardized car" This