Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-28
Class B Military Trucks
Are Standardized Vehicles


screw that was not designed in Wash
ington. The timer disirio outor does not
employ single piece that is a stock
piece of any make.
AS an achievement IN the manufac-
turing line there rs only one instance
in the worlds history which In any
way compares with the building OF
these trucks. That was the Liberty
motor
The design called for first. the
agreement of specialists on each pare
and. second. .for the coordination of
the results reached by each group.
From first to last each part of a chas-
sis has an effect upon each other parts.
There Is nothing so rare In automobile
practice as a perfectly coherent de-
sign.
The early stages of discussion on the
design of this truck brought this point
cut very strongly, and probably no :.
body except those who actually did
the work will ever realize the amaz-
ing way in which every mans attitude
changed from the individual to the
collective in a matter of days. 1t has
proved beyond all dispute that the
truck engineers of America are Il
group Of men deserving the respect and
the congratulations Of the engineer
ing profession thruout the world.
From the time he work was really
started there have been no obsta cles,
no jealousics; nothing but a pull-to-
Sether spirit that has made II possl-
Dle to do In days what normally would
have taken months.
The most impressive thing Is the
sjeed of action in the factories. Blue
brints. still damp, left Washington
, every few hours; often in the hands
OF special messengers Hours. or
sometimes days, before kilograms had
PASSED from the man in the capital to
his plant. specifying the material re-
ouired. ON the arrival of the prints
| the raw stock was waiting, the ma
chimes cleared for action.
Parts Quickly Delivered.
Tons of material have gone from
place to place by first-class mail, spe-
| cial delivery: within a week the Selden
company, which assembled one of the
| chassis, received no less than 1900
| pounds OF castings and small parts IN
this way. Large parts have Travelled
on limited expresses, the messenger
| with them buying a bunch Of first
| class tickets 80 as to be able to get
the weight on board as personal bag
gage. Men have sat day and night In
express cars jealously guarding gear
box or a steering gear. Others have
made 500-mile jumps to get contact
breaker arm or some other trifle tc
| its destination faster thar the NAL
could do. East and west shops were
running night and day. often with the
small experimental staff working with
only interval enough to snatch Is.
minute meal or 'three-hour sleep fol
many days.
| 1t Is not possible. having regard &c
! the immense number OF parts and the
many factories engaged. &c say thai
the military trucks were built In sc
many days, hours and minutes. but i
| is possible to state that tho whole jof
took nearer three weeks than month
and that no entirely new truck has evel
been designed and built In less thar
six months. No truck with every par
new, as In this truck. has ever beer
built inside n year
The two experimental trucks have
beer built by the Selden company o.
Rochester. n. Y, and the Gramm
Bernstein company OF Lima. Ohio
&c ch having an order From the war de
| ra,,meht for the work and each buy