Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-03
LOCAL OVERLAND
co. BANQUETS
SUBDEALERS
Big Feed Forerunner to Inter-
esting Talk on New
Model Four
By ALFRED y. DAVIS

Yesterday will long be remembered
as red letter day for the forty or
more subdealers of the Overland
Harrisburg Company who focked
into the local company's salesrooms
at 2l2 North Second street, at what
might readily be characterized as a
big family reunion and gabfest 1t
was the opening gun of the big sales
campaign that is being inaugurated
by the WHY'S Overland Company on
the new Model Four Overland that
has held the center of rumor for
months past-the model that eXemp-
lifies the peak of Overland ingenuity
and the last word in motor car con-
struction, both for light weight and
riding qualities.
Coming from the four points of the
compass embodying Central Pennsyl-
vania, from York on the south, Ian
caster on the east, Chambersburg on
the west and Lewistown on the north,
representing as fertile a field for the
sale of automobiles as is to be found
anywhere in the United States, these
dealers fairly bubbled over with en-
thusiasm about the new four. Its
many salient qualities and individual
characteristics that stand it out in "A
class of it's own was the one topic of
conversation.
Preceding the big feed that was
rendered the dealers in the sales
rooms, Carl Hanson, general mana
ger of the company, loaded the new
model with four passengers beside
himself and took them over the reg
ular demonstrating route that has
been laid out here in the city for the
showing OF the many and various
qualities of the new car. Leaving the
salesrooms in Second street, the
route starts out State street into the
oh. aF~FN
turn and hard hill of the Third street
entrance. This hill battles many a
six. yet the little four made 1t on
high with ease. Coming out OF the
Capitol grounds from the Sixth street
entrance. a series of car tracks are
crossed, the condition of which has
never been worse because of the fact
that they have not been repaired for
years (they will soon be removed TO
make way for the improvements of
the park. These bumps give a rea.
sonable idea of the tsurdiness ana
ease in riding OF the new model, put
the worst was yet to come.
After turning up Cameron street
from State, Mr.. Hanson suddenly
turned the car directly toward ten
inch curb and went over the top 20
miles an hour into what turned out
later to be a road of the vintage OF
then some more ruts Maintaining a
speed of 20 miles an hour, the little
car glided along on an even keel, very
much to the surprise or the pas
sen-gers. as the condition or the
road made it seem as though
the car should wreck at any moment.
About 800 yards along this road (D
there is a slight hill with about Il
so per cent grade that looks as
though it were stone quarry rather
thanIa road, which the little car took
on low gear, with apparent power
to spare Making the turn at the top
of the hill and coming back down, it
wouldn't have taken much to make
the car take somersault This, ac-
cording to Mr.. Hanson, was test of
the braking qualities of the car
After the ride over this piece of no
mans land, riding on the paved
streets again seemed like riding in a
canoe This performance was kept
up by Mr.. Hanson until every dealer
had taken a ride.
Then came the feed-and we imag-
inc by the way that every ons went
at it, that it was certainly enjoyed.
Doctor Hunter, secretary and treas
urer of the company, acted as pre-
siding director The tables were ar