The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09

tive parfS means Bankruptcy 10 many.
OF them So here's the other big
problem the designer faces when he
attempts TO make car OF this size
and weight and power. and sell il at
the price. He must be absolutely
no repiacements-yet the manufac-
turer must guarantee his product. In
order 10 do this, the engineer must
guarantee il TO the manufacturer win
every ounce OF experience and tnIelf-
gence and earnessneSs he has in him.
Every part must stand up.
All Problems Solved
1t is knowledge Of this great fact
possessed by Mr.. Flanders and his or
ganization. and backed With millions
OF dollars and long experience. that
has made the Maxwell ..o5" possible
and has made it-wdat It is. Knowing
every problem we had TO face. and
knowing from past experience how
they must be met, we have solved
them.
Periodically, you see, the great
factor IN the making of a low priced
car is high priced material. This is
thought that perhaps had not oc-
CURED TO you. When the average
naturally thinks OF cheap material
Some makers have evidently thcaght
so too-that is Why their product and
their companies failed.
1t cannot be done that way. On the
other hand. Il costs no more to- use
one pound or ten cent steel than two
pounds OF five cent steel. It is vastly
cheaper. in the end, for the reason
that car so made viii weigh only
half as much and require only half
the power and tire equipment. the
will bo than
half, and so on down the line.
Acres of Floor Space Used
But having the design, having the
materials, and being sure OF the mar
ket, then il requires millions OF dol
lars capital and acres OF floor space
and the most up TO date automatic
machinery TO produce the car in guam
titles. with every part interchange.
able and eliminating tie human equa-
ton to the last possible degree SO as
10 reduce the cost There is a point
we had overlooked-that item OF in
terchangeabiiity. When a man own
S5,0G3 car and 4 part wears out or
breaks, he sends to the factory for
another part, and he never expects It
10 fit when Il arrives. He expects
his mechanician TO make the neces-
sary alterations and adjustments IN
i'll 1t does 1T. Manual labor enters
largely into the making of such car,
and wherever the human element en-
tiers in, there you Will find errors.
The hand c.nnot approximate the ac-
curaey of the machine. No man. how.
ever skilled. can make two parts alb
solutely. alike. A hand made car IS
a process of making one mistake to-
ii another an infinitum. interchange
ability, therefore, is out OF the ques-I
ton. On the other hand, in the max
ing of car such as the Maxwell 20,
interchangeability is absolutely essen
tiaI, both from the makers standpoint
and that of the USE Consider it from
be, there must be, no mistakes. When
the parts go 70 the assembling room.
they must assembl Il
yo ugive the workman latitude TO
make one part a little small, SO It
viii fit into another. you can be sure
he will occasionally take that same
latitude 10 make II little too small
or little over size. In one case
it will be loose and noisy-in the
other case it won't go" And so an
amount equal to or greater than the
value of the part must be expended
on Il before II can be used.
Must Be Made to Fit
Such processes are absolutely out
of the question. 1. rIust be made to
fit. II is fact. easily verified by any
buyer. that the parts of a Maxwell
50 are .nacnined 20 fine degree OF
accuracy-ro a half or even a quarter
of oue-thousaad;h OF an inch.
We are certain that if every pros
pective buyer of car knew as much
about the problems involved in rhe
making of the Maxwell '~25'-cf the
sIeepless nights and the weary days