Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 19, 1916, Page 28

B B -SAXONTO BUILD ENTIRE NEW PLANT Oonstruction Started on Fac-| tory Which When Finished Will Be Among Best. | IS FOR PROGRESSIVE WORK| Ground has been broken for the | new plant of the Saxon Motor Car| corporation on the tract of land re- cently purchased by the company on the western outskirts of Detroit. The announcement that the Saxon company would build upon a gite in that section of the city was made some time ago, but definite informa- tion as to the exact location and also the definite plans' tor the plant were withheld. The site of the new auto- mobile factory for Saxon rnmprises! nearly forty acres of ground, fronting on the terminal railroad and affording excellent shipping facilities, The main building of the plant will be a structure 1,262 feet long by 240 feet wide, with a floor space of more than 500,000 square feet. This will house several departments of the plant and the departments will be so | grouped that the process of construct- ing a motor car will move steadily forward from one end of the building o the other. Progressive Work, Progressive manufacturing and as- sembly will be employed in every pos- sible department and the engineers | have spent several months in arrang- | ing the floor plan for the plant to | eliminate waste motion in the vari- ons manufacturing processes. The | ~outing of all parts has heen mapped ! so that the passage of materials | through the factory will be as direct | as possible from the receiving room to the shipping dock. The incoming material will be moved by traveling cranes and ecleva- tors to tile stock rooms and a system of conveyors has been planned by which it will be transferred from stock to the different manufacturing departments, As in the present plant the assembly track will be used and the chassis will start at onc end and emerge a finished car at the other. When the plant is completed offi cials of the Saxon company say there | will be no more complete motor car | factory in the country. In the crowded conditions of the present plant 130 cars a day arc¢ being mrnn{ out and this number will be materially in-| creased with the additional facilities | and room in the new piant Hoosler Literature, Quite ® ot of .300 literature has been tastily cooked in Indiana, but the shortest and most sensationul story in which a Hoosler figures can be found In some of the recent newspaper headlines, such as 'Le- vinsky Whips Dillon” and Dillon." “Gibbons Beats ! lannounce the winner. Maxwell Makes a ' Great Speed Run Acrgs*Michigan In the face of impossible road con- ditions, a stock Maxwell touring car, driven by Ray McNamara, established a remarkable record the day following clection day, when it pounded its way across Michigan, from Detroit to Kalamazoo and return, in nine hours and forty-five minutes. The speedo- meter registered 350 miles when the | car was checked in at Detroit at the conclusion of the run, The average speed was 35.9 miles per hour. The route taken follows: Detroit to Lansing, Lansing to Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids to Kalamazoo, Kalama- zoo to Battle Creek, Battle Creek to Jackson, Jackson to Detroit. The run was officially observed and checked by Detroit newspaper men. No mechanical trouble was encoun- tered, despite the fact that the car en- dured a terrific pounding on long stretches of rough road. The only stop made on the long trip was at Kalamazoo, where gasoline and oil were taken on. Besides cstablishing a remarkable record for speed and efficiency, the Maxwell car took on itself the duties of a courier, carrying -news of the election results to the rural districts of Michigan. In bold, white letters; the body of the car carried the announcements that prohibition had carried in Michi- gan, and that Sleeper had been elected governor of the state. The uncertainty in the returns on the pres- idential election made it impossitle (o 'Paige Picture Expedition Now at Work in Southwest The Paige expedition for the mak- ing of the new Pathe motion picture weekly of scenic filjms to be known as “Know America” is now busily engaged in the southwest. A L Westgard, under whose direction the pictures arc being made, left Trini- dad, Colo., October 20, with five peo- ple, a complete camping and motion picture outfit in two Paige cars. At the first of this month Mr, Westgard was at work in the Santa Fe, N. M,, district. He will cover the warm sec- tions of the country. during the win- ter months and it will probably take him a year'and a half to complete his work, which will put before the ‘)uhlic the most complete and compre- hensive series of American travel pic- tures ever thrown on a screen. More People Can Now See Stiehm’s Men Get Licked New bleacher seats have been in- stalled on Jordan Field, where In- diana university athletic events are decided, bringing the total secating capacity up to 6,200, You Can’t Take Out More Than You Put In When you sit behind the steering wheel, turn a switch, press a button and hear your .motor start—do you ever ask yourself— - “How much elec- trical current is con- sumed by my starter ‘and lights? “Is sufficient current being restored to the. battery to keep it fully charged?”’ Don't guess about these things — make sure. Alotdependson your battery—but not every- thing. There are other parts of the electrical system —and you should know how they work if you expect the best results. We have a booklet— it’s short and free—that tells all about keepin your battery full o “‘pep."” Ask for a copy. Nebraska Storage - 2203 Farnam St., Omaha. Phone Doug. 5102 We'll be glad to test your battery at any time. Willard Storage Batteries are for sale by car dealers, garages and all Willard Service Stalions and Faclory Branches. STORAGE llmrm I'HE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 19, 1916. Hupmobile Plows Through Toward | haved perfectly, but crew had hard time keeping from freezing.. Roads winding and rough and many dan- gerous chuck holes.” : | Saturday, a wire from Hanna, Wyo., East Despite Snow e e “Car left Wamsutter in zero After conquering road and climatic | weather. Crossed Wyoming desert conditions of all sorts, the Hupmobile United American tour was brought to an abrupt halt by snow at Salt Lake City. The party was delayed at that point by the snow for three days, after which an attempt was made to plow through the snow covered mountain roads of Utah and Wyoming to Cheyenne, After the hardest kind of going the | car finally réached Evanston, Wyo., at midnight, November 9, and early the following morning the start was made eastward. Wires from the party, which now include C. E. Salisbury and George R. Lipe, drivers, and W. A. Krohn, photographer, best explain the struggle the car and men are havy- ing to push forward. ter, Wyo., comes the following: “Capital. Hupmobile car arrived 11 this evening. Covered 200 miles to- day. storm and snow and finally zero From Wamsut- Entire distance through sand| |and mountain trail. Arrived Hanna after traveling eighty-three miles. Last | forty miles took six hours in blinding snow with gale blowing. Started for i Medicine Bow, but after shoveling practically four miles found travel im- i possible and returned to Hanna. Snow | still drifting and conditions indicate travel impossible for several days. Total mileage to date, 11,176,” Hanna is just west of the great con- tinental divide, which Hupmobilists must cross to get to Cheyenne. The altitude is 6,500 feet at this point, so snow is a serious matter there, but evidently this fact is not stopping the men making the trip, as a wire sent late Monday night, stated: “Still in Hanna, Wyo., although snow drifts in places between here and Medicine Bow are quite impassable, the Capital Hupmobile will leave carly November 14 enroute to Cheyenne. Understand that east of Medicine Bow have had lesg snow, so are trying to Speeding is Worst Use to Which Truck Tires an Be Put “Running truck tires at excessive speeds is a common fault among truck drivers,” $ays R. S. Wilson, manager service department, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company, Akron, O. “The effect is the same,” says Mr. Wilison, “as running them over rough roads, for speeding magnifies every irregularity. The tires will absorb the shocks when the truck is operated at the recommended rate of speed, but increasing the speed greatly increases the force of the shocks. For instance, doubling the spced makes the force of these shocks four times as greas. “When you consider the shocks a truck tire must absorb when driven carefully, you can understand how the tire is taxed beyond its limit of power when driven at excessive speed. “There is no form of truck tire abuse which is more expensive than speeding. If a man set out to ruin | a set of truck tires, he could not find a quicker way than to run the truck, s encountered. Car be- reac e ner. efficient Roadster STARTING AND LIGHT- ING system built by Wag- Two-unit ‘type. Most This is a sure way to destroy tires Birdwoman Uses A"en and yet we see it almost daily.” Firestone to Give Ellion to Welfare and Insurance Fund Adding still another link'to the great welfare chain that binds its employes closer together, stockholders of the Firestone Tire and Rubber company at their annual meeting on November 2 voted to give $1,000,000 for an em- ployes' welfare and insurance fund. The call for the meeting, dated Au- ! gust 31, proposed the increase of the | stock dividend of 700 or 800 per cent | to be declared. Instead of these yro- | posals the stockholders voted: 1. To set aside $1,000,000 for an em- | ployes’ welfare fund. | .2 To fix the authorized capitaliza- | tion at $15,000,000. 3. To reduce nominal value of shares | from $100 to $10. | 4. To sell $500,000 worth of com- | mon stock to employes and officers. } 5. To enlarge board of directors { from five to seven. Robbing tHe Cradle. Snow, right guard on the Harvard foot ball team, stands six feet three inches, weighs 198 pounds and is only 19 years old. The idea of permitting boys to engage in such strenuou th | capital stock to $50,000,000, and a| Car Before Flying Perhaps the greatest attraction at the Memphis Tri-State fair held re- cently were the daily flights of a 19- year-old aeroplanist, Miss Stinson, of Canton, Miss. For two days Miss Stinson in her biplane was the center of interest at the big southern fair. The announcement of aeroplane flights drew a daily attendance of from 25,000 to 40,000 people. By the large crowds Miss Stinson was watched with the greatest interest as she performed aerial feats worthy of a seasoned veteran, ] It did not fail to go unneticed, cither, that Miss Stinson drove to and from the grounds in an Allen car. Thus further emphasis is placed upon the fact that an, ever increasing num- ber of people who are in a position to pass judgment upon the motor construction of various makes o’f cars find in the Allen a car of all 'round excellence at a moderate price. Brown to Australls. Chicago *Knockout” Brown is to make another trip to Australia to box Les Darcy. We can see the dispatch right now: “Aus tralia—Les Darcy retained the champlonship title in his bout today with K. O. Brown, etc.” e A Car Completely Equipped to the Last Detail for Less Than $500 It’s here, on our showroom floor, spic and span, with shining, lustrous finish of ever-new freshness. By all means see this new series Saxon Roadster. You'll find it no ordinary car. We think it will win you on first sight—on its looks, on its costly car attractions, on the way it acts. There’s plenty of “pepper’’ to its performance, plenty of speed, plenty of power, and plenty of snap to its “pick-up.” There’s more room now than ever before, the seat is larger, the body is bigger, and there’s more leg room. Note These Modern Features — No High-Pficed Car Has Bett& stroke. made. In Saxon now you simply 234-inch bore by 4-inch It is possessed of unusual power, smoothness, quietness, flexibility, opera- tive economy and coolness fold. 25% swifter Its advantages are three- On hills it enables - you to get far more speed on less power. It gives acceleration. ATWATER - KENT IGNI. TION SYSTEM. This igni- tion system is regarded as one of the best and most efficient systems on the your motor away. event of er tire life. world. press a button conveniently placed for your heel and is humming DEMOUNTABLE RIMS. They make tire-change in emergency quick, easy operation. 30:INCH BY TIRES. These larger tires make Saxon Roadster a higher-standing car, more road clearance, great- er riding comfort, and long- Tire trouble will practically never fall to the lot of Saxon Roadster owners, for the added size of the tires gives Saxon Roadster the greatest tire surface in proportion to car weight of any car in the HIGH SPEED SAXON MO- TOR. This is a 4-cylinder, L-head, high-speed Conti- nental motor, built to Sax- on specifications and design by the Continental Motor Company —the world's most famous makers of aut_nmobile motors. The 4 cylinders are cast en bloc; crank case integral; NOYES-KILLY 2066-68 Farnam St. under all conditions. REICHENBACH CARBU- RETOR. This new carbure- tor is the greatest advance in gasoline carburetion yet recorded. It is of the ato- mizer type and has 5 dis- tinct and definite advant- ages over any other carbu- retor built, 1. Because it breaks up the gasoline perfectly it adds a full 15% more mile- age to each gallon. 2. Its super-efficiency per- mits the use of cheaper gasoline without impairing the performance of the mo- tor in the slightest. 3. It develops 15% more power. 4, It makes starting in cold weather easy. 5. It makes for far smoother performance at low-speed and gives far faster “pick-up.” THREE SPEED TRANS- MISSION. Among high- quality cars it is the only type of transmission used. And it protects the motor from over-heating and over- working because the prop- er speed can be maintained under all road conditions. A car which has not a three-speed transmission simply cannot compare with the Saxon Roadster in flexibility and efficiency. TIMKEN AXLES. Timken axles are conceded to be the finest axles manufac- tured. Throughout the chassis are the famous HYATT QUIET bearings— another costly car attrac- tion. STREAMLINE BODY. Its streamline design is an- other piece of evidence which establishes the supe- riority of Saxon Roadster in the low-priced field. HONEYCOMB RADI A- TOR. The honeycomb radi- . tors assures you that youdr Saxon will always keep cool. You can pull for mile after mile through heavy sand, on low, without the Water in your radjator com- ing to a boil. MOTOR COMPANY market. The highest-priced cars can have no better. EASYRIDING. Saxon Roadster is the easiest rid- ing, most comfortable, low- priced roadster in the world. The long, resilient springs are made of the best quality vanadium steel. The spring suspension is of the cantilever design—the most approved type known. The seat is 40 inches wide, and there’s plenty of leg room. NEW STYLE TOP with Grecian rear bow enhances the attractiveness of this car’s appearance. ELECTRIC HORN, another fine car convenience; tire carrier at rear; speedome- ter; ventilating windshield ; adjustable pedals; vanadi: um steel cantilever springs; and twenty more refine- ments. Part for part—considering both the number and qual- ity of Saxon Roadster fea- tures—we believe it is the biggest motor car value on the market. $495 f. o. b, Detroit. Omabha, Distributors,