The Mankato free press., 1921-09-30
A STOCK DRIVE
It's Proposed to Build Up
Big Industry Here
LINEUP OF THE OFFICERS
Prominent Gentlemen of This
City Are Back of the
Enterprise

City Are Back of the
Enterprise
Moving the freight and passenger
traffic has been problem left large
ly to the railroads by the general
public. However, of late conulllons
have become so acute that it has at
tracted the attention of many of the
country's greatest economists and in
VentorS.
Visualizing the need OF a more. ef
ficient method of opplying the motive
power to the wheels of the horseless
carriage, Ernest Rosenberger of Man.
kato back in 1906 and 1907 started to
work out the problem. He though,
about it continually. and lived with
the idea days and nights, and finally
produced a practical plan. The re-
suit was real four wheel drive truck
But he continued and patented a new
idea and way OF transmitting Lne pow
er to the front wheels as the rear
wheels. Most OF the numerous uni
versal joints, which most other foul
wheel drives have, were eliminated by
bevel gear, and the universal joints
were reduced to two. These are SC
placed as to be, most advantageous
This patent, 1T is believed to be a very
valuable asset and will enable the
Kato to compete with and outdc
most OF the other trucks on the mar
ket. After demonstrating this princi
pie as being thoroughly practical
The Four Traction Company has becl
organized to manufacture the truck
here.
Principle Of Applying Power
Mr.. hosenDergers principle of ap.
plying the power to the front wheels
is proven from a private as we'll as
from an engineering standpoint as be-
ing the only method that can be used
to make a truck that will meet the
demands for an all year machine.
Truck transportation has gained
such a tremendous headway in this part
of the country in few years to cause
the railroad officials to order a de-
tailed investigation. Careful study OF
the operating conditions of this city
and country transportation companies
have proven that the Four Traction
drive is the solution OF the problem.
Four wheel drive trucks, especially
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means that the great evil of over
loading will be overcome, since the
power is applied to the four wheels
which makes 1t possible to haul heavy
trailers.
The superior features embodied in
the four traction truck over the other
four wheel drives and two wheel
drives is that the power is applied to
all four wheels in an efficient prac
tlcal and proven manner. In this only
two universal joints are used. The
1856 inch wheel base provides proper
body SAGE, and allows the truck tc
be turned in a fifty six foot circle. The
engine is larger than ones ordinarily
used in a two and a half ton size
each axel being designed to withstand
the full strain. This gives the machine
a 100 percent overload capacity. The
transmission has five speeds, which
give a speed range of two and hall
miles to twenty five miles per hour
Economists claim that the truck In
dustry Is in its infancy, and that the
country is on the threshold of gigan
tic and well organized truck highway
fleets, each using thousands of trucks
to link together every small city, town
and village, which never could be
reached by rail or boat lines on ac-
SOuuL VI Al6u COoI VI ACTUAL
Officers of Company
The officers of the Four Tractor
Auto company are all we'll known
local men, whose entire history is well
known to every one in the locality
Each has made a success OF his own
business, and has general business ex
perience. They are hard headed busi-
ness men, who are going to see to it
that for every dollar at least dollars
worth Of value will be obtained, and
that the interests of the stock hold
ers will be safeguarded in every pos
sible way.
The officers are as follows:
President-Charles NJ Masters.
Vice President-Ernest Rosenberger
Secretary-John w. Schmitt. \
Treasurer-Fred w. Kruse.
The board of directors consist of H
e. Hance and the above officers.
Nothing has come to Mankato by
years of outside solicitation. Mankato
thanks to the loyalty of Mr.. Rosen-
berger, the inventor, now has some
thing worth while within her own con
fines. A home product The company
wishes the support of Mankato pub
lie in putting it over. 1t is suggested
that Mankato look to itself rather than
becoming to the outside things and
enterprises WHICH never come. Ilo
times demand good trucks The people
will pay for what they want, and it is
these things that make a go of any en-
terprise.
The engineering and production
rection of the board by the McVicker
work will be managed under the di
Engineering company, Industrial mar :
ayers and engineers OF Minneapolis
MINI. These men are all competent
and technically trained. schooled and
experienced engineers, r. Fowler ifs
cal agent who has been in the bank
ing and financial circles for the past
sixteen years they have never financed
a project with such wonderful future
and in which so much local enthusi-
asm and support has been given.
The Four Traction Auto company
has offices on the fourth floor of the F.
w. Kruse building and the public is In :
vited to come any time and have the
project explained.
Henry Hance, who is a member OF
the board, was identified with the sue
cess of the Mankato Citizens Tele-
phone company, and as he succeeded
in bringing the Electric Traction COM
pany into realty. He Is not acquaint-
ed with the word fail"
Mr.. Masters Is one of the leading
men in Mankato and long engaged in
the plumbing business. Mr.. Rosenbur-
ger Is identified with Rosenberger and