The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-30

serving us in every department Of life.
II you a a trip to the Brooklyn Navy
Yard the officers Of the Jupiter0the
largest collier in the world-will be de-
lighted to show you over the vessel and
they will call your attention to their
method Of electrically transmitting the
power Of the engine to the propeller
shaft. by referring to the United States
Navy records o will find that the bat
tleship California, which will be when
finished the largest d~readnought ever
built. is being equipped with this method
of electrically transmitting power. What
awful consequences would follow II this
should fail to work in sight Of the enemy.
TIL naval constructors know II cannot
fail.
"In the constructor Of the Owen mag
netic car we are simply following the
trend Of tho times. With the cars hat
are now OF the highways We have run
up a mileage that will reach into hun
drcds Of thousands Of miles. Last year
! took a ride in a car that vas built
nine years q n equipped with one
Of these transmissions 1t Is still In the
hands Of the original owner. who in
formed me that he had driven II over
$1,000 miles and has never had any
trouble. I might add that the Jupiter 1
have just mentioned has been in SER
vice for nearly Ave years and I am
credibly informed that they have never
had the slightest bit OF trouble with
their method Of transmitting power cleo.
trically.
"You will naturally ask me. why. II
this IL good. was IL not adopted earlier?
I might reply to you, why was II the
automobile Itself was not brought INFO
use earlier? find the best answer ] can
/ give to the question is that the public
had TO accept and digest the lighting
and starting system before they were
prepared to accept this transmission ~
ours. which Is nothing more thas an en-
larged lighting and starting system.
W have never advertised our car
to any great extent because We have
always been able to keep our sales
we'll in advance OF the production. but
with our greatly increased facilities
since the Baker r. & l.. Company took
| over tho manufacture OF the owen Mag
netic we are nov IN a better position
TO more nearly meet the demands made
upon us. and Of course since the General
Electric Company have become allied
with us. both financially and in the
manu- curing of this car. the general
interest has been intensified.
The Baker X. & l.. Company is one
Of the oldest manufacturers OF utomo-
DIES IN NallF 'VuAltfNs H'A AhA'i' "'
builders e high grade coach work is
world wide. We have a wonderful plant
with a machinery equipment that H. un-
SURPASSED. The General Electric CONF
pany j. "ioolius up their Fort Wayne
plant to build this transmission. not
only for the over Magnetic Car hut Tor
such other manufacturers who are 10
adopt this method Of transmitting power.
az might mentor that the General
Electric Company did not become assoc
ciateI with us until their leading men
had been formed into an investigation
committee and had made most sxhaus-
tive tests. both mechanical and in prac-
teal use. covering thousand OF miles on
tn. roads. This investigation EXTENDED
over a period OF several months
"a groa. many people come In TO us
who are naturally familiar with electric
units and know that what We call a
magnet j. IN reality a revolving electro
magnet. and that the booster motor has
A stationary field that the pieces 81
steel on the drive shaft are arinatures
tina, the lever on the wheel operates
through a conventional controller box
hu, We have found that the greatest
number coming to our salesrooIn arc
more vadily able to understand our
transmission by means Of a little \ i
e folder we AVE prepared 20 Simplify
the explanation Just as ! have simplihec
=, for GU
This Is wonderful. Mr.. Partridge.
said the caller. w hen can 1 nave .
demonstrations
"Right now replied the sales man
ager. Fred Titus will show you wha'
the car can do .
The business man was gone for hal
an hour and came back IT
oil even more wonderful now" he e\
claimed. Il want to order one or then
right away. That little A Il { tax o'
yours. to carry out the IDEA OF sim
plicity which you have advanced. wa'
ike The bread and butter Of childhood
happy days-so good. And the ride wa!
no nmf,irD sucar on Il. and YOU re