Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-02

chaser mnst re-rcgister the car aud
| pay "A fee Of 81 Owners OF cars may
carry passengers FOR hire without be
! INK licensed chauffcurs, which thcy
cannot do under the old law. Deal
cr's licenses viii cost $40 a year
The Hocsicr Motor club has started
a campaign to obtain membership
OF five thousand The organization
| now has Loss than one thousand mem-
| hcrs II viii hold a series Of lunchcons
| each Wednesday at which prominent
! speakers win be invited to deliver al
/ dresses. Subjects Of Interest tc H."
22,O00 car owners Of indianapolis Will
D." discussed.
The Ohio Freight Delivery company
has been organized TO supply t'ucks
tu meet the demand for shortcuts
tnnce freight service. Several fleets
Of trucks have been put into service,
md two units have been established
for the collection ana distribution Of
freight The first OF these has branch
stations at cleveland. ENriH, Lotpln.
Nofwalk rnd Sanduskv, the second at
Cleveland. Bedford Ravenua. Akron
and Barhcton. Schedules are being
distributed giving the rate for each
hundred pounds carried between any
two points. and the char"e a. on the
basis Of mileage. \ special price S'nl'
is made ru shipments Of less than two
tons mpdc In the mercantile sections
% the larger cities \ - Thomas IS
president. w lIanushek. vice prCsl-
dent; N. l. Schneider, secretary
treasurer. \ Ilanushck general man
ar'r, j. T.. Ride general traffic Clan- F..
aGor
II has required over three wears OF /
war To- bring about an increase I'm I.
taNicah rates I'm London and in spite
of gasoline selling at 81 per imperial /.
gallon the e7war rate of 10 cents a I
mile has generally ruled until No .
Nember |. this wear, when a charge OF .
~ cents per trip was authorized /
Some sections of Greater London .
have refused 10 allow any Increase IN |
taNicah fares because OF the higher /
price of gasoline and have recon-
nended that tlNls Use coal gas be.
cause OF the very expensive gasoline.
An innovation I'm connection with f.
the use % coal gas for operating mo-
tor trucks and motor cars Is the
establishing in parts of London Of a
municipal coal gas station for gcn-
eral use Of cars and which CORE
spends with our curbsidc gasoline sta
tons In America.
The Motor Accessories Manufacture
Crs and the National Automobile 7
Chamber OF Commerce will open ana /
Joint offices i'm Washington
during tn" war to establish points o. .
contact between the industry and It's
official committee and other COM
m'ttees
The G. NJ .. truck factory at Pom
tiac, Mich Is concentrating on the .
construction Of war ambulances and /
to date has produced nearly four
thousand. To care for this work two
additions have been made to the fac
tory and the capacity is eighty trucks /
n day. The trucks are mounted on
the standard one-ton chassis. and .
there arc orders on hand for about /
two thousand more. At the same time,
tractors for the aviation service are .
reins built. These trucks are driveh .
hy the regular two-ton engine +.
mounted on tho onc-ton chassis and .
equipped with one and1 y ton aNles. |
Icing designed to carry airplane
bodies and to tow a trailer on which |
the wings are carried. About 1900 /
CT these trucks will be built
Reports here are to the effect that |
the Ford Motor company has been !
given n contract for $500, 900, 900 |
worth of alrplane parts and that the |
company will start Immediately upon |
4 contract for $500 airplnne cylln- |
ders. II has also been announced |
that "A part of the plant already has |
been turned over to the government |
for the manufacture of war equip |
ment, including principally parts for
motor trucks and airplanes.
The Akron show VIII he held in the |
new ohio National Guard armory Dc /
Ccmber is. This date will mark the |
official opening Of the armory and /
the dedication ceremonies Will take |
place at that time. II is estimated /
that 5S different makes OF cars Will
be exhibited. and I'm addition to pro- /
vlding space for these cars. the ar
mory is capable OF seating four thou
sand people In the strictcst sense or
tie word the show is not to be cx-
ClusivolY q motor car show ft is
planned to have one OF the latest I
types of war planes from the factory
on exhibition, together with war
truck OF the type used In raising and /
lowering captive observation balloons. /