Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 29, 1915, Page 9

Page views left: 0

You have reached the hourly page view limit. Unlock higher limit to our entire archive!

Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.

Text content (automatically generated)

THE l)\l\ll.\ \l\l)\\ BEE: AUGUST 29, 1915, 9—A T i ll[ | 6! LJ1= RE=D- Roberts, Omaha branch manager, “be-'ing it over and seelng nctual demonstra. cause 1 have just returned from lw‘n..m Exhibited at Fairs sue ™ ™ tmoemes e o Willer May Jump. The Apperson people have also made | mederal league rumors have Jack Mille: e arrangementy for exhibits at the Lingoln | of the Cardinais ready to join the New Now 1 know peoplo will soe the Apper- falr and are planning upon having people | Ark Feds, and reports in the east sa) { %o at the Des Moines fair,” sald Joe 0. know what 18 In the car by actually look- | that, ,";‘"" Will ahift to, the third leagu: » v‘..: S - - r‘v l/ ’S ,\ _»7;? |Towa and South Daketa, Is due to arrive | with more orders than cars. But the ok e “whipment now areving win v | Apperson Cars to Be * MILLIONS WASTED Large Shlpment 0 O T s e . vt | ST Aot | ' N TIRE LOADING| upmobiles on Waylumst, by & St v e | trial to Ray Newell, a promising M\\Inl amateur pitche. of the St. Louls Muniel- | A large shipment of Hupmobiles to sup- For the first time in years the Hufr piy the demand for th is car in Nebraskas, |man Auto company has found ftself | pal league. Goodyear Expert Declares $57,000,- 000 Squandered Through Fail- 9 ure to Observe Precautions, i DEGREE VARIES WITH LOAD) The number of automobiles in this I country has now passed the two-million | mark, which, indicates a tire output of | B about 12,000,000 for this vear. Figured at | ;.‘ ¥ s $16 each, which is a conservative average, A value of $105000,000 will represent the | % ;’3 year's output ! | . W Statistics wi, have just been com- plled by the experimental department of ] the Goodyear Tive and Rubber company | L show that 30 per cent of this enormous | sum ls being squandered by ill-advised | ‘ loading of tires. In other words, $7,« 60,000 will be wasted this year through fallure to observe proper precaution in the matter. of loading tires. Mr. P. W. Litchfield, factory manager of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber com- ‘ pany, in his paper presented before the Society of Automobile Engineors at the 12 Cylinders summer conference, suggested a remedy for this waste by the adoption of a slid- ing scale of carrying capacitics and in- flaglon pressures. This s essentially tho adaption of the air pressure to the load imposed on the (ires. Pt & “Long. experience has shown that these H t l d t f l l 095 ' ere 1s a tweive cy‘nl €r moior car Ior omny . Ith 2% inch b by a 3% inch strok t has a 8 IncC ore a 2 Inch stroxe. tire durability., Why are pneumatic tires used at all if not for easy riding qual- . ° ) YA . ities? The dusroe to whch tie 0 fte It is of the hlghly efficient valve-in-the-head type. tened against the ground varies with the | § load. For every tire load there is a ° . definite percentage of tire deflection T which bears a direct relation to the in- e c t t t ree g ot Ao e el ll INnaers are set at an angie or six € S. scale of relative carrying capacities and inflatjon pressures, if properly observed, l ll l l 1 15 [ will tend to eliminate the enormous waste Row GaibLby Muphastre eihods. of t llas an unusuaily iong Whee base_ mdles. loading. and inflating. | Welgh -Front and Rear. D t tl [d t t f t emonsirations are going on a he acltory now. C d d drive the E Twin Six y If ome aown an rive € LLnger 1win JIX yourselil. : ithout further delay, for y intment i R e Wire, without further delay, for your appointment. tain tolerdnce in pressure should be al lowed for lcakage, but before the pri sure drops 20 per cent the tire should be | e Want Dealers Eve e “Realizing, of course, that every con- sumer has a right to his own ideas as | to what constitutes good service, and that no practical inflation schedule will | cover al possible conditions of service, | $1095 12 Cylinders fort and easy riding must be recognized as vital points, equally as tmportant as welghing first the front of the fully londell caxy then the réar, dividing each figure. by .two ta get,the load per tire. I can then be inflated to the proper pressure for that particular weight, as indicated by the scale of carrying ca- loads and air pressures are the most satlsfactory combination for maximum service and cffective cushioning,” says Mr. Litchfield. “The quantities of com- “The load properly assigned to a tire should .be the actual load on the tire with 'the cur fully loaded. The actual load on each tire can be ascertained by the following schedule is offered and | recommended as & gulde under nmma!} conditions: Gross carrying capacity, pounds per | tire, including passengers and complete equipment~ ———~1‘|re .'lM‘llnn dis nmeter Inf. i- 4l b press. ¢ %0 1100 1200 1300 1400 IEnger Auto Co, to Put Out Thousand- Dollar Twin-Six Car Another big sensation of the year In the automobile industry is news that the Enger Motor Car company has placed a twelve-cylinder car on the market to sell fop the revolutionary price of $1,08. Shipment of demonstrators already has { beén started and the company officials de- Here is undoubtedly the world's near- est approach to perfect efficiency in an automobile. Pick out the smoothest and most quiet car that you have ever driven,and against it the Enger Twin Six is better than twice as smooth; better than twice as quiet. Here you have a faster pick up; greater flexibility and a more perfectly balanced _flow of abundant power. Step on the throttle and instanta- neously you sail from a standing start to racing speed. All vibration and noise have been completely eliminated. In short, here is a degree of silence, speed and power which cannot be ob- tained in anything buta Twelve Cylinder car. And the price is only $1095! Understand, when we put a car on the market we stand behind it just as Pack- ard or Ford would. We have the finan- cial strength to back this up. We have ’ust as much at stake. Our reputation s just as valuable, Refer to Dun or other manufacturers have done, that is only in the blue print stage. Production is already under way. We are tuned up and tooled up to do business. Material has been purchased fora large production. Demonstrators can be delivered to deal- Brief Specifications Twin 8ix (12 cylinders) cast en bloc, Angle of nnd.n 6V degrees from center line, 23§ 14 stroke. Valve in the P et Dousriiztion of cavtor sbs lows for removing head. Ignition ill“:flflclfld manualadvance, Atwater ent. ‘Wheelbase 115", Road clearance 10", Electric Starting Electric. motor meshing in fly whenl nud l.uhh.. ‘:lr for starting. Generator—direc C.Md_ Double entrance carburetor with mani- fold hot water jacketed. Springs Cantilever. Transmission Three speeds ahead, one reverse. Clutch Multiple disc. Dry plate. Rear Axle Pressed_ateel housing. Spiral bevel geurs. Witudrawable wheel shaft. Cooling System Thermo-syphon. ers in a few weeks. Cars in ties will follow shortly. b But first we are allotting territory. We want substantial and financially sound dealers in every city. We have a marketable product, which we can start deliverieson shortly and are in a position to do immediate business with responsible men. We start allotting territory Monda; August 30th. So immediate action o’fi your part is essential. Nor is the sole feature of this car the twelve cylinder motor. We have not taken an old chassis and body and dropped a new motor in it. This model isa brand new design from start to finish. The body design is patterned after the $3000 dulanl. ere you havereal stream lines—no sh: edges—every corner per- fectly round aste, grace and guh mony is dl-phyed throughout. This smart model is finished in dark Brewster green. clare that they are now prepared to make | f Bmdnreetflax:id mu ' pr;)‘bablyhbe sur- s c,__ It's a beauty! deliveries to purchasers In a short time. rised to find that we have the same The Enger company is widely known ] l"’atlngul’ackard and Ford. Tiees LS STt v Srpesamtsbinsies Remember—a thorough!, grade as a succedsful manufacturer of motor ] twelve cyundere-floronlytlfl cars, having developed a slx-cylinder car which last season met with a most fav- orable reception from the public. The new twelve-cylinder car will be buflt in its enttrety in the large Enger factory at Cin¢innati, where the experiments and tests have been diligently conducted for months. | The absolue sccrecy which shrouded the company's plans causes the announce ment of the car to come as a complete surprise even to those closely conmected ‘with the industry. | In appearance, the car is striking, with long, low, racy lines. The wheelbase of i 115 Inches has given the designers ample leeway for a roomy, attractive body. Painstaking care in the construct'on of the body 18 obvious to the observer. The predominating feature of the motor fa its pepfect smoothness and lack of vi- | bration at all engine speeds. This is due largely to the small hore of the plstons, ns well as to the fact th, the reciprocat- ing parts are estremely light, being | about one-half the we'ght of those used in other twelve-cylinder motors. The small plston welght and small explosions give the car an unusually wide range of high gear activity. Those who have rid- den n the Enger “twin six” say that it s remarkably flexible, running from high speed to on mile ber hour without s cliange of g ¥ o r Complaint Cured s New Life Pills will rid the | , \ system of fermeéntng foods and polsons. | l\‘ Keep stomach and lver healthy Be. All druggists.—Advertisement. \/ This model is the direct result of a long period of careful preparation, designing, testing and ex enting. Nor are we announcing a ear, as many eight mua- fully equipped with top, wind- Weidheat Coy - DNET: a-u"-r';'fl:.p- e bt tools and extra rim. Color ”’hlmmm"— Price $1095 1. o. b. Cincinnati Come down and drive this car yourself. Quick action is imperative if you want early deliveries. Telegraph us zow The Enger Motor Car Company, Cincinnati, Ohio FOSHIER-ENGER CO. 12th and Farnam --- Omaha, Neb.

Other pages from this issue: