The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 19, 1919, Page 10

PPY AGAINAIT'S A THERMOID| When Careful Attention to warded, Drivers Will Stri mum Amount of Work, lhe Next Feature by Captain Bulloc tion, Wil! Appear Next Saturday BY WARKEN 5B. (Formerly Captain, port Corps, t (Special to Th The best way BULIA Motor SA) Star) to cut down repair bills in to prevent accidents | ‘The best way to pre vocidents lie to keep the truck in perfect cor dition. Problem: How cure proper Jtreatment of his from the driver | Sooner or later every of trucks will come to the same answer to this problem, the working out of a bonus system for the drivers, by | which care of the truck in reward and carelessness punished. In the army, under army disci | pline, 1t was easy punish infrac tions of rules for the care of tracks, but in punishment is nearly the en | ploye can always qui » job if con ditions are not satis to him A fine cannot be rm enforced, so the answer to thie problem again works back to the bor a solu tion. ‘There are an infinite number of lways in which the bonus system can what you might call a still | foreground has evidently outlived its |e applied, It can be applied on a# And it speaks for itself. It| three score years and ten, and has | Pay basis, In extra time for vaca be entitled, “Hawkinson's| given way to a tire that produces |tions, in cash allowances, or in any but to be efficient » & way number of ways it must be applied tn wu to make it a real reward for real feeling for every motor take it from Hawkinson, Smile.” But, anyhow, here ts | the happy Hawkinson putting the last! ist. And, | ef air into a new Thermold| there are a lot of happy motorists $ {A motor driven tire pump t#/ around Seattle, even if the Ther Diessing.) ‘The casing in the ' moid is a new tre here. efficiency Qne owner of a big fleet has a rule which be adds « fixed sum week to the wa of driver by jy 1 amounting to 10 per cent of the driv Hier’s standard pay, whieh is kept t l A Read | [the highest standard of the district m Ready to [ini e2" meses i} tra money being 4 bonus of a cumu- | | lative type. The driver gets bis reg ular pay, Help You Earn is deposited in a repair fund | iW Repair Fund A) ‘This repair fund is kept like # | bank account, with a depe r 1 for each driver Accidents, which can be chargeable to the driver, however, are paid for out of this fund, and @ failure to keep « truck properly lubricated at a weekly me chanteal inspection, forfeits the us for that week. The Inspecti made on @ scale by which an ge good condition scores as par falling below this condition forfeits part or all of the bonus for the week On the other hand, the bonus mw be doubled by a showing that bon. Owing to our agree- ment with the Deal- ers’ Association, we have changed our Wednesday evening class to Saturday aft- ernoon, between 3 and 4 o'clock. SCHEDULE: April 15 to May 15 Tuesdays, 4-5 p. m. Thursdays, 4-5 p. m. Saturdays, 3-4 p. m. Everybody Welcome to this course of in- struction in the opera- tion and care of a mo- tor car. ELDRIDGE YOU CAN LEARN IN SIX WEEKS school, a thorough practical understanding of autos, trucks, carburetors, generators, magnetos, batteries, starting, and ignition. Personal practical instruction. Classes not Day and night school. Start any time. Write me personally for Catalogue No. 91, or call. ‘WM. T. A. FAULKNER, President. ttle Engineering School een ‘Anne 2 254 COMPANY 802 East Pike Street TRUCKS Farmers— Motorize Your Farm We will be on the job to show you the mer- its of our trucks and tractors at the Walla Walla Tractor and Farm Power Demonstra- tion April 23-25. 407 East Pine but the extra 10 per cent Most Economical Light Truck Seid “Ask the Reo Owner” United Motors Co. A. |¥, HAWKINSON, Mer. “The Line Condition of Truck ve for k, on Shop and Mechanical Lnspee wok fe particulurty well kept. ‘This reuse, however, is hedged with which prevent the driver from camouflaging during most of the ¥ and appearing with a good tru Thi pection® is work« with a neu extra bo or penal 1 sme of an accident, th the dixpateher tries u ident to him, can ' re chosen from stem is not as detailed Jas it neem It works out «impl mont woek in te vent A good bonus system charges the Iriver with the tools and equipment on hin ¢ in enough of hin t Ke 1 for replacement, | ue of lowm, again copying a method of charg the driver for the vehicle which he drives, The first eaential of any benus system in to make it worth while for the driver to keep bis machine in Regular Inspection A weekly vehicle inspectt nh park, in ev « care of bis truck ral care of a on, either | ntial to | machine a passed upon | by the inspector. ‘Thin ix entirely | of the ving or operating stand. t A muddy in may be paid in the way b week that ‘This for eve out of the shop however, is Nkely to cause the driver to fall to report minor difficulties, 4 serious if not Some firma hold out of a driver's all money expended in repairs. In leade to tion among the men. A fair wage with a cash bonus brings the beat spirit of co-ope on ame the mer ther wa ta is to take an entire fleet sheet of re pro rate m a cont them by machines, ar each driver nded by 4 percenta. him tnt th. tele, ‘This br results, but must be provisions that the waving is over 4 considerable period. for otherwise a single bill will eat up the saving for week or a month, leaving the owner of the fleet to hold the bag for the bulk of the bill painted trucks, not material that looks ax though it was used by Pop | Noah to load his ark. A go00d-look img truck, rules to keep it looking good, and property for, me chanically, more than pays for the decorator’s services in advertising alone. One element that ts paid particu lar attention to by many opera ia the operating cost and ton m age. Too little attention is paid t thin feature, which is largely de pendent upon the driver, though not | extent as repair bills gas and oll consump cared to the same ‘This element tion, should tainly be considered in awarding bonuses Int 5. F. and on the Ameri can side of the big puddie as weil, the * star” system was in vogue, Briefly, it was t When a truck pamed a creditable inspec urday inspection, the driv er, if his disciplinary r week was good, wan given a credit mark and a half day off duty in ad dition to any regular leaves for the following week. Thin half day would be continued, if earned, until the fourth week Then if hie truck had passed four perfect inspections, a white star would be painted below the driver's seat, on the side of the jeab. ‘The driver who carried the | white star would be entitled to extra leave for 24 hours during the fol lowing week, and during every sub jmequent week in which he passed @ perfect inspection. Damage to a ‘truck, due to no fanlt of his, would | not sacrifice the star A poor in spection, however, would forfeit the decoration and all special privileges and he would have to work his way up again for four weeks to regain this star, Needless to may that when the trucks were chasing Huns in the lat | ter days of the war there was little | time for such bonuses, but with the first relaxation the bonus aystem | ton at was résumed opyright, 1919 by Warren B. lock.) Bul East 9 Complete” of fixing bonus pay: | then give to of what ix First of all, to secure effective op eration of a fleet, it in exsential to | get an eaprit de corps in the corps | of drivern, and to persuade them to put a pride in their vehicles, A| smal element in this {# to #tart them out with good-looking, well: | a for the | f repairn | Charles H. Shields Long a tard ee , y! tependabitity nance | famous car in the ‘ I The *, hax| Sweepstakes on U anapolis y n| Motor Speedway, May Hit Cycle Store ng to “roam o'er the brick for Value and S Roamer Duesent ; + . : car was for ¥adie Service ing cara, but hes brought the| mar umer Motor Car " I for & greater| chased the car from He wt ndabiiity being placed he er hooked up w GLARE A SS ae. say this, not on aune ne out of th which necemitate everybody whirl at the dirt len. & ploying thane offic methods|he came back he picked a that keep one in sound physicallberg for a mount. He ulso gave and mental condition | Fred Duesenberg » order to t Of cOurre most boys would be ns Ps be = and . © rd | bien A Roamer Due re - vs tickled to have any kind of a wheel, | he yea to be train | at me was emp! by R staat aa om anybody, unleas he can, without |enbderg and helped by the car amt a0 long an, the Pulet: wee Sor ae Interruption, take pr care of| cently he has been superintendent ° shins nd the handlebars were hie health, A sini with an for the Roamer company, and when | Bicycles shaped ‘with’ the right ambentral mobile can * pace which the K nworthy bought the car from} : Swank But as the person who w 0 t same carne, put in a bid for the am t —AND— foot 0 transporta it}and landed it ~~ Sot ye ig Me i. follow Hitke, because of his R I want something more. In “Rami” Rides te Succena knowledge of the car, be acyciles Racycles both you is aid Nabe your| his chances to grab the 4 the Boy will find all you want ompetitor na 1 1 nesta her c mere “ The appear of these New Mod- | xx aed thea fe Gah, wad Gonec. (huang the a9 and. expects e el Wheels will delight the heart of an. 1 = Boy, and the sterling workman- wae he Aare ex. | than ever before. UPWARDS ship and material in them will sat \ dP NG ae sfy your natural desire for durabil pressed it: ‘A man with an auto-| Altho he is starting in his first erms to Sui vane OG ; Bee ai, es ee ae tk ner ha alice wayne Terms to Suit ity and safety. Come in and look the trip. iw not vice he came tc —————ES ae over “While the aut ile has been | this ¢ he was a stiocessful ene © Strays [en amee oak, Bee R Interrupted’ service, at. the same|® member of the Duesenberg team peceruetey foeveny .2= tee 8 Hitke rode as mechanic to Ralph | MOTORCYCLE & BICYCLE on. INC. t unusually comfortable, | Mulford and the “w man from| 301.305 KAST PINE suring to owners @ physical | the West” Wilbur D ©. Hea «t while traveling | ##t beside Earl De Vore for a trom Hotat iit potck races, In 1917, he w N's mechanic until t “I merchant entered tifferent from a shop or mechanteal | ar Efficiency Bonuses to Drivers of Trucks Cuts Overhead te AUTO IS AN and a Maxi- | INVESTMENT} Time and Labor Saving Qualities Put Motor Car in Class of Utility, Says Nhielabs | “Durtng the Inet two yearn the automobile industry hax made giant strides in perfecting passenger car and motor tracks to that point of efficiency ramury to meet the un usual demand that will from nov on be made upon ther a result they have been acclaimed by th entire world ax a utility and @ necessity in practically every line of busines That tn the re pur chase un ante in considered an invest The purchaser has tn mind utilizing tts time and labor-maving qualities to hin advantage. He hus made In vestigations, talked with owners Jand ha strated the efficiency demon q highways and by } | FORD MEN OFF FOR BIG TRACTOR SHOW|::..; and living in their own Wash ‘Traveling vate car, ngton Ford three prominent Jers will lea tle Monday night for the and Power Farming demonstration at Walla Walla, which opens Wed: | nesday morn April 23 | WwW. A. Wa of the Central | Agency, well known as a champion Ford booster, and who will move into his new home at the corner of Broadway and Kast Pike st. soon;) L. E. Titus of Centralia, and H. F.| Weeks of Renton, are the three who will make the trip as guests of A H. Harkins, Washington representa tive for the Fordson tractor, besides | a number of other Ford dealers from all over the western part of the| state, ‘The Fordson in expected to cap-| ture many honors during the com petitive demonstrations at Walla Walla 5. P. C. 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