The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-22
Notes of Ltve Interest to the
Motor Trade. Local and FOREIGN

selected n day. which. according to the
local records. was the hottest June day ever
recorded. The tires were pumped up to
eighty pounds with the car standing In the
cool OF the garage. 1t was driven Inter-
mittentiy for about an hour and when not
running was allowed to stand In the sun.
Then 1t was taken Tor n spin AT forty miles
an hour over brick and tarred wood block
on measuring the pressure we
found It had increased Just four pounds.
Tires are now built with such a high
factor OF safety that an increase In pres
sure Of many times four pounds would not
cause q blowout unless already ruined by
overlooking and underinldtiun.'
The business man OF to-day wants the
actual figures on what motor transporta-
tion equipment Will cost him and what IL
will do for him. says j. + Bowman of the
Federal Motor Truck Company. AT the
present time Allan Baker Of our st. Louis
agency IL making an investigation which
will be ~ Interest to business men en-
gagged in the selling and delivering OF per-
ishable proiuc's, such as meats. milk and
cream, vegetables and fruits. The %investi-
cations arc being made with III" coopcra.
ton OF the Hickle Commission Company OF
81. Louis. Mo.
"a sealed instrument has been alta ched
to the company's Federal truck which re
cords a daily analysis Of the work done.
Included In this report are the number Of
loads carried. stops made. gasolene con-
enable the user of horses to check the In.
efficiency Of his team and by placing hi.
horse operating figures alongside the truck
records he can r ally tell how much more
a truck could accomplish for him.
W are gathering records in all lines %
passed will he able to supply any business
man with records which viii show exactly
what the cost OF his delivery would be 10
Federal trucks were used
n there Il anything that heats tho pun
ishment administered TO tires or a city
taNicRb. the choice might possibly g. to the
motor ear In service at a logging Camn
Sales Manager Herbert Citizens Of the Fed
eral Rubber Manufacturing Company. re-
Gently selected two letters from tho hun
dreds that reach his desk In the course Of
a month. typical OF the two above men
TONED extremes.
Henry J. Fox. manager ~ the Central
city Taxi Car Company. Syracuse. y. y,
writes that two AKA inch Federal tires -
the rugged tread type have been driven
over q 900 miles on one ~ his taNictNS
Mr.. Fox SAYS the tlres sim look good foT
an ADDITIONAL 5000 miles
G, II, Akers, Mayor Of Monte Vista, col,
and owner Of several lumber camps and
mines near the town Of creole In that
state, informs Mr. Citizens that his car has
gone over ll.oOo miles on one set Of Fed
erals. Mayor Akers's trips include the
worst roads IN Colorado combined with
many mountain tours
Some automobiles are Ike songs or
musical compositions They take Win
i A. r publ in,I'9i,y sIn,4, 9il aSI go@ ndn gr,r
favor" says william g. Po"rtuer. president
q the foertner Motor, car COMPANY
Tested in a single model than has been tho
case with the new Nationa! Highway stx'
zone ~ our customers who bought a
Highway six left from in front ~ our
salesrooms hound for the Panams-raclhc
exposition with his family The car is
and a telegram from her received ves,er-
day from Chicago saws that the car has
run perfectly all the way
l. f. dwell, vice-prcsidcnt n the Chat
49, -. L. TT ~ 800
ton In tho north woods Of Wisconsin, Tho
dwell party Is making an extended canoe
trip and expect 20 be gone until the mid
die OF September.
In addition 20 other shipments, stude-
baker has adopted the plan ~ consiggirg
two train loads OF the new models each
day 20 their branches from which tho
cars are passed along 20 dealers. Accord
lnsiy, on last Morlav two train loads ot
the new Stulehaker models started. ono
iant,c coast. for iIstrihn,Inn among deal.
ars tributary to those branches TUESDAY,
two more trains were under WAY frr other
branches, and on Wednesday another dou-
BILE train load was sent out This programme
TO continue until each branch house viii
The demand ~ 'isiG' mo,ie,s has been
50 great that, although working lty and
night, the enormous Stulrhikrr plants at
Detroit and South Bend have been unabis
TO meet the situation
Louis Manshach, treasurer Of the Time,
Square Auto Company. after an iuspec-
lion tour ~ N. N,fra o1 .,g r,.,rAf,.
agencies through N.v rrgi,,' H,"nnr.
that eyervwhers hIstnoss a,,r sP
-, was yr,,ityi,r 80 ~, u,"l 'nm'nE.
business ~, aug WW.TT'" r ,nr mount OF
have dane and urs n',rrfrr 80 T., "e
MIR Nanshath THE T.rrt, 10. -
man1 for iiPht cars that ri,s r,, ',,N,a
for the price ,on'inu,s A. st''h Al, r,ho,.
mace that this ys,r M scIi,r rs,"-Is ,rtt
be ccllIssd 90
Never in mi1.rmv.r h,s ,no ,un,t,
been SO active i'm ,u,nnipnra bI,yi,r a.,
Il has ken US guessing 4, mako sIs,u.ts
deliveries to orr agents vIrsa y,Ia. ~
many Instances have ho,n rrsn,iy ,,.iI'
tated by the direct ,ss.s',r'. 80, r.,
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