Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-16

W. o. Duntley, president of the Chi
cago Pneumatic Tool Company, build.
ers of the Little Giant truck. has made
plans to give a remarkable demonstra.
ton of heavy hauling by a six.wheel
truck in the traffic.congested loop dis.
trict-an exhibition of power wagon
hauling fourteen tons and making the
corners as easily as a touring car,
backing up into small areas and trav.
ersing the slipperiest streets without
skidding. writes 4. G. Westlake. the
well known automobile editor of the
Chicago Evening Post.
What some critics have informed
me was the most remarkable heavy
service truck efficiency the country
ever saw recently was brought off In
Paterson, n. j.. and surrounding coun.
try with Little Giant six.wheel
truck" said Mr.. Duntley. I'VE are
having heavy trucks shipped here to
duplicate these performances. And
when this ball bearing across the
chassis principle is extended to equip
Ford cars I;ll guarantee that Ford
will be turned into a one.ton truck Of
great efficiency"
In New York City recently one Of
these Little Giant six.wheel trucks,
with a body twenty-five feet long,
carried 11S soldiers from the battery
to Van Cortland Park for the maneu.
vers. Another. was loaded with tim.
bers sixty feet long. and the police
sent out TO clear the sidewalks Of
pedestrians at the corners the trucks
were scheduled to turn found that
the six.wheeler made the turns with
no more danger to pedestrians than
touring car.
Our data on the New Jersey demon.
|. strations," continued MIR. Duntley,
Shows that one six-wheeler transport.
ed fourteen tons Of -four from Pater.
son to a town eight miles away at a
good rate Of speed. Still another six.
| wheel truck took similar load Of hay
from Paterson to Hackensack, twelve
miles. An eleven.ton load. OF ice was
carried to Riverside In ten minutes,
and still another of these wonderful
trucks was utilized to transport hay
from the siding to Bordens milk depot,
taking 1856 bales Of hay, practically a
whole carload. The passage of this
immense load through the streets Of
Paterson attracted a lot Of attention.
The truck was Unanswered In a man.
ner quite impossible with any form OF
trailer or semi.trailer The Little Giant
six.wheeler may be handled quite az
easily as a four.wheeler. and by this
arrangement OF the load distribution
prolongs the life OF tire 25 per cent
The six.wheeler has attracted the at
tention OF, nearly every transportation
expert In Europe.
The second annual Automobile
Derby will be held on the chicago
Speedway June II. II will be follow
ed by another meet on tn oval Oh
Oct. IA. These dates were allowed
the Speedway Park Association by
Richard Kennerdell, chairman of the
contest board Of the American Auto
mobile Association. who met with rep
resentatives Of every speedway In the
United States the day before the Vim
cent Aston race was supposed to have
been run In Gotham.
While no date was assigned, It II
known that Chicago will have another
date sandwiched between those as
signed for the long.distance events, II
having been decided by officials Of the
speedway to make the 100.mile chal
lenge race. SO successful last Aug. Z
an annual affair.
President David F. Reid, Secretary
Frank Foster and Treasurer Christian
+. Weihe represented the Chicago
Speedway at the meeting. They were
elated to have been SO successful II
securing June II for the first race
that date being identical with the
date of the opening meet.
Chicago will be the scene of the