The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-31
Motor Mu,sN

eff it were as simple to deliver mo-
tor cars to their destination as it is
for dealers from all the east to reach
the annual Chicago automobile show
the great plants at Detroit and else
where would have little need for well
organized traffic departments"
The foregoing statement was made
by j. H. Myler, Observation-Disclosures
roaded' for many years before enter
ing the automobile industry.
This is a mighty appropriate time,
continued Myler Ito remind dealers at
large and indeed the thousands of mo-
torists who may be looking forward to
arrival of new cars of the serious and
discoura ging problems of securing
equipment for the shipping of autor
mobiles. The railroads have gone to
great expense in providing special
Hundreds and thousands of these spe-
cially built cars are loaded in the
automobile territory and shipped to
various parts of the country where
they are permitted to remain for from
six months to a year. They may be
seen everywhere-some on sidings,
some on rip tracks. some in repair
yards and others shamefully misused
by being loaded with commodities
which could be loaded in other cars.
I'VE do not like to ask dealers to
come to the factory for driveaways,
and we are opposed to loading auto
mobiles in open equipment, either nat
cars or gondolas. Such loading is an
additional expense to the factory and
the unloading is an extra expense to
dealers. However, this procedure is
forced upon US by the fact that so
| many of these automobile cars are out
in the territory instead of being AVAIL
able in automobile centers."
The International Harvester COM
Of
ment of Mccormick (combine) Har-
vester-Threshers for this territory.
This machine does all the work of
harvesting in one operation, cutting,
threshing. cleaning of the grain and
| sacking. 1t cuts a nine foot swath
and will harvest from Is to 20 acres
per day.
Deliveries on automobiles for the
coming year look pretty dark for the
fellow who waits until the day that
he wants that car to order it. Many
Topeka dealers are now taking adj
| vance orders and in only two or three
cases have dealers been able to store
cars for the spring rush.
The Porter-Reo company reports
the the sale of five REQ Speed Wagons
Ato the College Hill bakery. This is the
| largest number of trucks sold to any
one firm at the same time in Topeka
| The farmer who is wise will order
his tractor now, says Mr.. Trefry of the
Trefry Motor company. Last year
more than three hundred farmers
rushed in, all wanting Fordson trac-
tors at the same time. and out of
| that number they were only able to
supply a few. This year the same
condition will exist unless orders are
placed early.
T. E. Henderson. Continental repre-
sentative of the Liberty Motor Car
company. recently made his car
| known in France in a unique way by
having the town criers. which still per-
sist in numerous towns and villages in
| France make an announcement on the
4 same day of the merits of the Liberty
car.
The Ansel-Startup Motor company
| reports the sale of the following cars
| this week: Mr.. Pierce of Lawrence
and Ed Henney of Holton. Pan motor
cars: Arthur Huyett, Topeka; Charles
DeIbon, Topeka, Beggs touring cars;
| J. Holstein, Topeka; W. A. Garner,
Topeka; Elmer Young, Topeka, Olds7
mobiles.
The Wood Motor company's new
building on West Sixth avenue is rap
idly nearing completion.
Buick, like the majority of quantity
producers. will display its standard
models of open and closed cars in
standard colors at the Kansas City
Automobile Show.
BUY TO YOUR BEST ADVANTAGE.
Look Around. Chairman Kemper of
! Fair Price Board, Advises.