Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-23

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 rafiic-congested loop dis.
trict--an exhibition of a power wagon
hauling fourteen tons and making the
corners as easily as touring car,
backing up into small areas and trav.
ersing the slipperiest streets without
skidding, writes Z. G. Westlake, the
we'll 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 of 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 one.ton truck Of
great efficiency
In New York City recently one Of
these Little Giant six.wheel trucks,
with 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
a touring car.
Our data on the New Jersey demon
l.strations," continued Mr.. Duntley
shows that one six.wheeler transport
ed fourteen tons Of -four from Pater
son to a town eight miles away at q
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 wal
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 1855 bales Of hay, practically {
whole carload. The passage Of thii
immense load through the streets o.
Paterson attracted lot Of attention
The truck was Unanswered In man
ner quite impossible with any form o
trailer or semi.trailer. The Little Clan
six.wheeler may be handled quite al
easily as q four.wheeler. and by THU
arrangement Of the load distribution
prolongs the life Of q tire Is per cent
The six.wheeler has attracted the al
tention of nearly every transportation
expert In Europe.
The second annual Automobil
Derby will be held on the Chicag
Speedway June II. II will be follow
ed by another meet on the oval OF
Oct. IA. These dates were all0we'
the Speedway Park Association b.
Richard Kennerdell. chairman OF tn
contest board Of the American Auto
mobile Association. who met with reT
resentatives of every speedway In tn
United States the day before the Win
cent Aston race was supposed to hav
been run In Gotham.
While no date was assigned, II
known that Chicago will have anothe
date sandwiched between those al
signed for the long.distance events,
having been decided by officials Of tn
speedway to make the 100.mile cha
lenge race, SO successful last Aug.
an annual affair.
President David r, Reid, Secretar
Frank Foster and Treasurer Christia
F. Weihe represented the Chicag
Speedway at the meeting. They wer
elated to have been so successful l
securing June II for the first rac'
that date being identical with tn
date Of the opening meet.
Chicago will be the scene Of tn