Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 12, 1909, Page 42

MODEL ROADS AT CORN SHOW Uncle Sam Shows the Best Way to! Prepare Country Roads. ROLLER GOVERNMENT STEAM Made in the Ditier Den Experiments tHons of Country strated at Exposition Now in Progress. . taking w oad buflding and hbit at the National Corn exi extensive s In this city exhibit ller a onds s forms public roads wa nment for the purpose inating useful in building. llustrate the arge steam sw ¢o roif th and them in vario: The office lished by the of collecting and df estab- formation ir road xhibit 1 intended of this office, a to Interest and officlals in proper methods struction The exhibit models bullt on the sca alf Inches to the foot onstruction of fifteen n varlous parts vegurd t s espe desi and road road cor netruct farmers consists ¢ number of me and a and illustrates th standard types of oads in use of the United States One of the the exhibit i of asphalt, oll, tar an as dust palliatives and prev the macadam fect to trafile. The ex nibit includes a miniature crushing plant and steam roller in ration, as | well as a complete outfit of earth-handling important features of shows the use r compounds entives, and for most that which a sir sub preservation of roads fast automobile actual machinery The model earth road illustrates the ef fects of good and poor drainage as well as the benefits resulting from the use of road machines f construction and split log drags for repair Models of Roads. A model of an olled earth road shows how this kind of road s built and includes a section of old dusty road, another sec- tion where the road has been plowed and ready for olling, another where the oll | has heen spread on the plowed surface, | one where the ofl and earth has been | mixed together ready for rolling and an-| other section showing the finished road. | This method of construction is adapted | especially to the far west and southwest wher: sphaltic ofl can be easlly secu) od. | The sand-clay road model shows /the bullding of a sand-clay road, and répre-| sents a section of old sandy road treated | with a mixture of sand and clay This method of consiruction is cheap and in- expensive and Is especially designed by the | office of public roads to meet conditions in the southern and southeastern states, where sand and ay are found In close proximity Two models are used to illustrate the | construction of gravel roads, one where | the gravel is placed and the foundation | prepared in the same manner as far a macadam road and the other where the L1 el Is spread on the prepared road e from ditch to ditch. | The Telford model represents a stone road built with a foundation of heavy rock set on edge lengthwise ross the | voad and haying rcgular macadam sur- face. A special type of construction in use for several years in Massachussetts, and wlieh is Intended to take the placa of Telford’ construction is shown by anoth model This method is called the V- shaped foundation road, on account of the | foet that the foundation slopes toward the center instead of towards the sides. The fourdation is bullt of fleld bhoulder: or any kind of inferfor rock avallable. Tt is surfaced with crushed stone as in macadam construction. Burnt Clay Roads. The burnt-clay model shows the various steps taken in the bullding of this type of road. The burnt clay road was designed by the office of public roads for the Miskissipp! and other sections of the coun- | try. which have an abundance of gumbo | or buck-shot soil and where stone, graval and other road materials are scaice. A model fourteen feet in length and three feet In width lllustrates the construction of the macadam road according to ‘h sthndard fixed by the office of public| roads. This model shows the prepared | foundation, the first layer of crushed | stone, properly rolled, second layer of | smaller maturial thoroughly rolled, and the | finished surface sprinkled with water ind thoroughly rolled with a steam roller. An | exact model of & steam roller is in (p- | eration on this section of the road. | Near the macadam road model stands the miniature crushing plant with a quarry | face In' the back-ground. This model in- cludes crusher, clevator, screens and bins for three sizes of stone. The ecrusher is| in actual operation ©On account of the fact mobile traffic is injuring throughout the country the office of roads has devoted considerable attention to the study of various substances n be used to’ prevent dust and fo preserve the surface of such Fou models are devoted to this subject. One showing the surface treatment of an oll macadam road, one the penetration method another the macadam sand-tar method while the fourth shows the Gladwell method which is in extensive use in England acadam \ bullt In Washington, D. n 1 and which are still in life of this class of constr A serfes of enlarged photographs, ur ranged on the walls ws roads and bridges of various ty of coustructio throughout the United States. Mr. M. O. Eldridge, who Is the exhibit, will give iilus in the blograph room on These lectures will be WATCH THE GEARS CLOSELY See tast o macadam r that public whiet onds. Sections of tar use reprosent the 1étion that the Teeth Mesh They Shoald. A periodical exkmination of the geurs should be made from time to time (o s certain I on all speeds—forward and verse—the teeth of the gear wesh home as they sh change-speed system is one position of the lever Is notches In & quadrant it | matter to correct the mesh fresh notches and closing up although in reality the proper Just matters Is to make & which have actually worn. bowever. an expensive affair taking the gears right out in m although it is sometimes possible o re- move the sliding forks, and either set tiem He they are strained) or thicken them vp by riveting & piece of xteel plate (o iheir sides If they or the grooves they work in are worn. In any case do not tulerate gears which do not come fully into mesh. Alter the noteh, or make good the defect otherwise as indicated in time, or you will soaner or later, be faced with the expunse of paying renewing & set of which otherwise might have long period of hard service This last | wwars | lasted for & | dueed round trip railroad rates of | ings and the automobile sho: | Central Palace, | not_earlier than | certiticates, wi Gardcn Show Has More Space for Automobllcs With Seven Thousand More Square Feet, There is Still No Space to Spare. Tenth Yational Square garden eclipse any former exhib! curs, motor-cycles and That the n Madicon wil Automobile show January 15 tlon of motc accessories eve held in the famous building I8 positiv exhibitors | of Li der list show assured by the officlal list of just issued by the Assoc Aut Mauufa auspices the show is held disy xhibits of comple exhibits of accessorfes ang nty-t cle exhibits last year ¢ exhibition spac fation ensed mobile turers ur The ays of whic whos « tetal of tterent fifty-tour re, besides there are pa and twe ree m Even with an increase ov than 7,00 feet of which the methods were show managers by ingeniou of the foot of able to squeeze out rlor, there Is not one available for exhibition purpo: part of the building there Is walting anxious to| This situa es to be had in any present and long list | are wall of manufacturers whe climb over the garden tlon s indeed a striking commentary the growth of thg Industry, when | realized that at the first in the country, in 19 sixty automobile show there were, on xhibltors who displayed their pr uct in the garden. As in pre standard makers of lice departmentized <o th readlly those terest them. On the main floor and eley platform will be found pleasure cars. Electric pleasure vehic are to be exhibited In the “exhibition hall {f the foyer at the Madison avenue cnd The basement will be occupled by commar ial vehicies, motoreyeles and the overflow accessories. The concert hall, baleonies and elevated . platform will accommodate the | exhibits of Visitors to garden will be agreeably surprised at the distribution of exhibits, which will ive the tmpression of a vast space not uncom- | fortably filled with cars and allowing | plenty of elbow room. |REDUCED RATES TO GARDEN AUTO SHOWS* Rallronds Have Announced llrdlu!d‘ Fares During Two Weeks of Automobile Exbibition. us years, this show of the nsed cars has been fing most in- ted only gasoline visitors may more things which accessories. the Announcement is made by the Americas Automoblle association that open meetings | will be held.at National headquarters, 4¥ | Fifth avenue, New York during the two | great automoblle show weeks, and that re- | a fare | and three-fifth$ has been granted by the | Trunk Line association for members of the | association desiring to aftend these meei- | The first meetings are scheduled for De- cember 31 to January 7. Inclusive, during the week of the automebile show at Grand under the auspices of the American Motor Car Manufacturers’ as- goclation. Members of the American Auto mobile association can, therefore, take ad- vantage of the big reduction in ralliroad fare to attend these meetings, as well as the show, which opens on New Year's eve and continues until January 7. Meetings will also be held from January | 8 to 15, inclusive, during the week of (he | automobile show at Madison Square Gar- den under the auspices of the Assoclation of Ticensed Automobile Manufacturers, which opens on January 8, and continues until January 15 i Tickets and certificates may be obtained | January 5 nor later than Mnuary 10 for the trip to New York. which | en duly validated, will en- | title the holder, up to and including Jan uary 19, to a continuous return ticket over | the route upon which the going journsy | was made. | Only members of the automobile (filiated with the American Automobile | ssociation and Individual members will be entitled to these reduced fares. Auto- llists desiring particulars regarding wership in the American Automobile assoclation should make .application to | Mr. Frederick H. Elliott, secretary. Amer- | lcan Automobile association, 437 Fifth ave. | nue, New York. | clubs | AUTO TOGS ABE NOW BECOMING Chauge 1s Made Over the Old-Fasb- loned Style. | old days when the motoring was dubbed a “sight” and ap- poared to g0 out of her way to make her- elf ungalnly have passed forever, lspatch from London. This winter will be remembered as Ing introduced the daintiest motor fashions which have ever heen An example of the improvement which has by 18 afforded by the' motor furs, such as mink or sealskin considered hardy enough by the women who mak hobby of her motor car and drives hundreds. of mies a week. The | most . up-to- coats are made of tiger, | panther, llon or leopard skir Motoring outfits nowadays almost regal”’ according to a dealer on auto row. “Every one can realize how hand ome a leopard skin coat will are arranged to the Some cllents ara having their In the smartest tailor-made that they can be worn in or cut of the ¢ It i& not so long since the motoring supposed to wear a small cap with peak, which was tace. Motor bon and this pretty | beeni brought to The bonnets are | tting clo to the head and k. marmot « . but pre quash, lined with soft, pale- and tled unde hin with The woman says a | seen made Delicate are not coats, are be If the markings rdvantage. coats made designs, s0 wide becoming to every wed In due cour headg has this season. terably satin so that th and faster afety pin od wh an be drawn t ent of raln eful to give to the v Clhalstma They Juple of v do duty fo rist. They mu ossed over the che t the back with a gold Anot elty Is a present large pockets. a muff. sloves and fur among the lutest ac up-to-date it whe s and woman owns A the [Valves Tight, fuel result from a lack sm in the action of the valves motor, und uot ouly that, but | Ing off in power output as well. A | eful adjustment of the valve tappets to | ompensate evenly for wear on the end of | the valve stems and tappet heads should at all times be malntained. Another cause of waste fuel Is in leaky valves or piston rings, resulting directly in lost compres- ston wiil of a afa o . EXTRA! Standard Equipment 5 Lamps, Generator, Magneto and Full Set of Tools The coming out of this car at $1,350 is the biggest event in the automobile world. You can't understand the full force and scope of this statement until you know what has gone into the making of the “Everitt 30.” The newest factory and the oldest builders tells the story in a single phrase. Experience in building is the only left-over factor that has gone into the construction of this car—every- thing else brand new! No old ma- chinery has been used in the bulild- ing of this car, merely because it was on hand, and had to be utilized. The Metzger Motor Car Co. starts out with a clean slate. Its officers are the pioneers of the automobile business. Mr. Wm, Kelly, who designed the “Everitt 30, worked on the first automobile built in Detroit. The officers of this company have been foremost ih every movement which has made Detroit the greatest automobile manufacturing city in the world. “ The machines made by these men have made good on every road and every kind of a road in this country. Their names are on the maker-plates of the leading American successes, They saw that a change was com- ing in the automobile busine: They recognized two things of prime importance. First, that the demand of 1910 was not for a cheap car, but for a high-class car at moderate—yes—at low cost. Second, that the time had about passed when the automobile manu- facturer could dictate to the public, owing to the excess of demand, and say: “Here is the car you get—take it or leave it.” Seeing these two things clearly, these pioneers sold out their old con- nections, lock, stock and barrel, and started a new factory to make the “Everitt 30.” Perhaps you don't realize what a brand new factory means to you. Machinery has to be specially built te make the parts of any automobile model. This machinery is 'surpr ingly cxpensive. Naturally manufac- turers hesitate about improving any part of their models, because any change, however small, means the change of costly machinery—the throwing out of an expensive ma- chine into the discard, and replacing it with a still more expensive one. That is why old established auto- mobile factories often cannot see their way to making improvements in their cars which would lessen the original cost to those who buy them, lessen the cost of operation, and make the cars better in many ways. S0, you see, the manufacturer's stock of machinery is a big element in blocking progress of improve- ments, both for himself and for you. But the Metzger Motor Car Co. made a clean, new start without this handicap of old machinery. They were not loaded down with a bolt or a screw that had to be used, because they hated to throw it away. They made their plant and their machinery to fit the model which they wanted to produce. Then these progressive pioneers woke up to angther important angle of the !!tualmi W 0 * They saw that in the new condi- tion of things the public must be represented. So they sent out to the various parts of this country and called in twelve of the foremost dis- tributers and sellers of automobiles in the United States. This move is bound to become historic in the auto- mobile business. 1t is the first instance of the pub- lic invited to participate in the man- ufacture of an automobile. You know these men. If you do not know them personally you know them by reputation. They are the largest automobile sales agents and dfstributors in this country. They have sold annually for the last ten years an average of eight million dollars’ worth of auto- mobiles. They know every success and every failure in the business—every kink and quirk, and every kick that the public has made on every car from the most expensive foreign im- portation to the cheapest American model. These men, whose names appear below, were invited to come into the enterprise with their knowledge of conditions, their knowledge of cars, their knowledge of men and their capital. They were invited because the prime movers in this enterprise belleved the knowledge of these men wasg necessary to the making of the ideal moderate priced car for 1910. The “Everitt 30" is the result of the combined focused knowledge and experience of all these men. Boston The J. W. Bow- man_ Co. New York City M. J. Koehler Co. Philadelphia W. Wayne Davis Syracuse C." Arthur Benjh- min Motor Co. Indianapolis Car Sales showing extreme simplicity in construction DETROI’ Distributers and Factory Repr o b Detroit, Mick. Chicago, Minneapolis. The MeArthur- Zollars Motor K s City, Denver Linceln, Neb. Sam Francisco’ There is nothing marvelous about its production. It is only logical and simple—and this is the reason why it can be sold to you at $1,350 in the year 1910. Probably in a year or two from next January it will be produced or paralleled by every au- tomoblie manufacturer in Americ: but that cannot happen this year. For 1910 this car will stand out as the King and Standard of its class. Until the other manufacturers can discard their old machinery and over- take the “Everitt 30,” it must re- main the car by which all others in its class are measured and judged. With \present equipment no other manufacturer can produce it or any- thing like it for its price of $1,350. Every “Everitt 30" that can be turned out in 1910 has already been demanded and allotted to the men whose names are below. And what are the special merits of this car made by the oldest build ers in the newest automobile factory in America? Simplicity is the key note of this car. Its mechanism has been sim- plified at every possible point. Things which could not be elimin- ated to the clear working advant- age of the car have been consolidat- ed. The “Everitt 30" motor contains 150 féwer parts than its closest com- petitor. THINK of it—150 less parts. What does this ele- ment of simplicity mean to the man who buys the car and runs it? A much lower original cost without any cheapening in the quality of materials—for the manu- facturer can and does put the same materials into this machine that you find in $5,000 machines. It means simplicity operation, The “Everitt 30" is so simple that any man'can run it; that the hiring of a chauffeur is npot a matter of necessity, as with a car of complex mechanism, but a matter of conve- nience only. To save a chauffeur’s wages means in many cases the difference between having and not having a car. Again, this simplicity greatly reduced llability to to parts and greatly ir in making repairs. The machine of many parts—and that means our nearest competitor— is a bewlldering puzzle to the ordin- ary garage mechanic, to say nothipgof the man in the car, But it is different — decidedly different — with the “Everitt 30. Suppose one of the connecting rods needs attention you do not have to spread down a cloth and establish a plenic machine shop by the road side. By removing just eight bolts, the lower half of the crank case s taken off, and immediate access giv. en to ail of the working parts of the engine, the connecting rod and piston and ease of means injury reased euse removed without disturbing the cyl- inders. One casting for the upper half of the crank case, the four (4) cylin- ders and the water jacket! And this element of simplification of consolidation, of combining two or more parts into one casting is con sistently carried out through the car The repair bill and the irritating delays of the road are reduced to a minimum with the “Everitt 30" be- cause it is 8o simple and so sound in its parts. The double drop frame is another important feature, Some expensive machines have it, but none has car- ried it to quite the perfection of the “Everitt 30"—which has a five inch drop, as against a 31 inch for any other competitive car. This puts the weight of the “job, the load, the center of gravity, close down to the ground—so that the car will stick to the earth, and not skid or overturn. The road traction is an important matter, and in no other car is it so perfected as in the “Everitt 30.” On the other hand, the man who runs on country roads wants a free clearance. This is accomplished by designing our axles and ring mechanism, so that they are not as near to the ground as are those of our competitors, In a word, this car is made for every kind of driv- ing. It has a geographical adapta- bility that no other car of any price possesses. Thke the matter of weight—that, too, is important in more ways than one. The “Everitt 30” does not weigh to exceed 2,200 pounds—or about 300 pounds less than its nearest competi tor. Tire manufacturers prescribe welght limits for cars without their loads, The “Everitt 30” will take its load, and still be almost under 'the pre- seribed limit of weight. You know what that means—it costs a lot le: for tires. And, by the same token, this light car will run the same dis- tance in the same time as the heav- ier car, and at much lower cost for fuel In no other cm on the'1910 market wing Teel operating in drum. In the Upp: Rear axle assembl two brakes on rear tracting on brake suspension. transmission Standard Equipment 5 La:nps, Generator, Magneto and Full Set of Tools can you get so much automobile for your money as in the “Everitt 30.” Remember, it is not a cheap car elaborated; it is a costly car focused by adroit engineering, by skillful cor ner cutting, by special advantage of the newest factory and the oldest builders, down to the low cost of $1,360. And this has Dheen dome without the sacrifice of a single point in quality. Absolutely the best is to be found in every part of the “Everitt 30" It is not an assembled machine. It is built in its own fac- tory by specially desigued machin ery, and under the watchful eye of those who must and do stand back of it. This warrants the standardization of parts, und enables you af any dis tant time to replace+ instantly any part in your car without special fit- ting. Here is a car which is worth wait- ing for. Once more we say that the “Everitt 30” is the greatest event in the automobile world. Look into it. Prove every word we have said about it. Find, out more about the car and the men behind it than we can tell you here—and find it out for yourself. Specifications “Everitt 30” Colo: Seating al Blue four angd five Capacity Two oh cting nnd ex= pandiog on both r wheels Gear Changes Ty ome reverse incorporated ernal exp: right hi - METZGERMOTORCAR. G2 - THE LINCOLN AUTOMOBILE CO., 118.126 N. 13th Street, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. entalives for Nebraska.