Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 3, 1924, Page 13

a2tt a het BESTT Leraae ic) MOTOR POWER Che Casper Sunday Cribune often for interurl longer practic: be depended upon With nearly highways in That precludes new con- struction except in highly profitable territory, because the gross revenue required for rail operation today is four times what it was ten or twelve years ago. Highway transportation steps into this breach, however, provides the transportation demand- ed and gives flexibility which cannot be obtained in any other w2 Street Railway Situation. ‘Street railways are up bgainst the same problem as the steam rail line tensions for the develop-| ment of new urban tefritory and | Six-W heel Motor Coach Promises Vast Highway Transportation Development PUT 10 TEST Chandler Pills Seven Of Same Make in Severe Test. What is the pulling power of your car? Would it tow one, two, three, or “half a dozen ‘cars of equal weight? A test of unusual severity in ffnich a stock touring car was used to-tow seven cars of the same make, each of equal or greater weight, re- cently was made‘to demonstrate the power of a car whose motor, be- cause of its remarkable performance ability, frequently is referred to as a “pulling fool An important feature of th demonstration was the necessity of changing to high gear after the towing car, in low speed, had startea the string of cars rolling. When changing from low to intermediate and then to high gear, it was neces- sary to do so without the loss of momentum that is usually incident to gear shiftin; The test, under official observa: tion, was made with a 1925 Chandler with the Pikes Peak motor and the GARAGE LOW STORAGE RATES : Charles mM. Schwab, who sees wonderful future for highway transportation. z baaates = dustrial Leader Confident: vehicles of like capacity in general New Type of Construction’ (jsc. ‘The manner in which the load Will Revolutionize Use of |!5 distributed among the six pneu- matic tired wheels explains this Highways as Complement’ | ¢normous decrease in impact, as to Steam and Electric)! well as the corresponding increase Lines, ‘/in comfort and efficiency of the ve- hicle, Tires 32x6 inches are used Let Us Service Your Car Over Twenty Years In Casper in segregated instances. It is _thor- | oughly practical for rail lines to use highway feeders. mile to 363 S. Ash Phone 1891W transportation systems as It costs nearly, $90,000. pe build and equip rail ir , and the 3,000,000. the United traffic transmission, all Chandlers and weighing 24 50! pounds, being pulled in high geai up and down Lindell boulevard in St. Louis. From a standstill on a slight up grade the Chandler started in low gear with its heavy load, and a few moments later, with the aid of th elash-proof traffic which made possible instantaneou changes, the seven cars were being high gear without strain and with plenty of power to spare. | Mr geo od 2a ee Re a a ahaa alr pulled in Trip Rent a New Ford “U—DRIVE—IT” Auto Service Co. seven cars— five sedans and two touring cars— transmission, Announcement that Charles M. Schwab has entered the automotive indtstry, in the field of large capa- city passenger coaches and freight trucks, has attracted wide attention in automobile and transportation circles. Development of a type of vehicle of sufficient capacity to permit of economical and profitable opera- tion, and at the same time to re- duce road impact to a minimum, has been the real problem of high: transportation, according to Schwab. “With a considerable amount of passenger and freight traffic available and a vast mileage of improved highways 1 for use, the problem of a thoroughly satisfactory vehicle has been for several years squarely up to auto- motive engineers and manutac- turers. A six-wheel, pneumatic tired vehicle, driving and braking on four rear wheels which are as- sembled as a unit, is Mr. Schwab's answer to the. challenge, 10 r e 8 on all six wheels. “Steam and electric railway mile- age in the United States for sev- eral years has been showing a steady decrease, Coincident with this condition, freight. and passen- ger traffic are showing consistent increase. in volume. Solution of Problem, With intelligent use of highway transportation offering the only so- lution of the problem, Mr. Schwab was attracted to the motor coach and truck indust In the past it been the prac: tice of builders of motor busses gen- erally to adapt truck design to pu: poses of passenger transportation. The six-wheel bus fs a complete departure from’ all precedent, em- bodying a number of fentures abso- Jutely_new in this type of vehicle. Experience of Railroads. “When railroads first used four- whee] trucks under; their cars, two- wheel trucks became forever obso- lete,” says Mr. Schwab. “The new type of six-wheel construction will, | | —they cart get old before they’ WW * owners get them. “Yen sir,” Auto Electrical 136 East Midwest Life Sealed In re sold Willard Charged Bone-Dry Batteries are sealed and dry when we get them. That keeps them “fresh” until you car says Little Ampere. “And you can't do that with any other battery.” Co. Phone 968-J Remarkable Impact Reduction, in my opinion, accomplish the same The new vehicle, in actual tests|thing for heavy duty ‘nghway mo- conducted by the United States | tor vehicles. Bureau of Roads, was demonstrated | “I do not regard the motor bug to have a road impact only oneland heavy duty motor, truck as fourth that of solid-tired four-wheel mpetitors of the rail lines, except 133 N. Wolcott Street Phone 2370 PAGE THREE. n traffic are Se ee with about 250,000 miles | bu’ must | of steam r: and 50,000 miles to do the job. , the vast oppor- mi awaited the right le is obvious. produced by the pany tors of the compa “\ \ JE use Conoco gasoline on our contracting and building jobs because we save a lot of money by doing so. With our big fleet of cars and trucks, moving tons of material in and out of gravel pits and excavations every day, we must have gasoline like Conoco that delivers plenty of cheap power. If its price were anickela gallon more than any other gasoline, I am sure we could still use Conoco and save money. “There are other things besides small gasoline bills to be consid- ered, of course. Perhaps I do not buy Conoco for our family car so much for the sake of economy as because I have proved that it is a good gasoline and any car runs better, gives less trouble and lasts longer if one brand of good gasoline is used exclusively. Anyoné, who will give it a fair test, will be ready to back up stronger claims about the high quality of Conoco gasoline than any I have ever heard or read.” It is not enough to put power into gasoline—this power must be put into ft so that the average motor can get it out and put it to useful work. The more nearly balanced a gasoline is, the greater the percentage of its power units which can be put to work. Conoco is balanced. Practically every atom goes into power. It vaporizes freely and burns clean. Its chain of toiling points is complete and uniform—reasons that Conoco gives low-cost power and more miles per gallon to builders and to all other motorists who use it. THE CONTINENTAL OIL: COMPANY (A Colorado Corporation) Marketing a complete line of high-grade petroleum products in Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho and Montana Use Conoco Coupon Books. They are convenient and save you time and trouble making change. Good at all Continental Service Stations and ac- cepted by dealers generally CONOCO Gasoline of Philadelphia. is chairman of the board of direc- The new type of vehicle is being com- Schwab Six Wheel Mr. ny sie : ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 8th SERVICE AND USED CARS ANNOUNCEMENT , WILL OPEN ITS DOORS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELLING GENUINE FORD PARTS, FORD ACCESSORIES FORD P. O. BOX