The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 10, 1919, Page 11

STATE WORK WILL GO ON} Building of N stlonal Highway Sys. ol Not to Affect Activities ot | State Departments. TMES IN 10 YEARS Number of Trucks in Use Has In creased to That Extent in Decade; Here’s a Silent Detective That Watches Your Truck! 100 T Greater Gain I enied WASHINGTON, D, C.. May 10. Ten yoars ago the number of “That the builkiing of a national| motor trucks {n use was but 4,000 highway system will take away the| Today there are between 400,000 r igh. xas work of the various state highway James departments is a contention quently mado but entirely variance with facts and logic," says |. John A, Wilson, past president of | the American. Automobile associa- tion, d 500,000, sh, offic way departr “There is no reason why ber of trucks should not next year in th ratlo the past,” says X h. It th number of motor # Increase according to fre engineer, state te tin, at the n Increase as in ashe 4 CAR N® é ORIVER Fic tre “Forty-four states have estab (dthecantdhayger ho sac ff pies agen Ushed definite systems of main| 090,000 motor trucks In use in the highways either by legislative ac -| United States by 1929 Mr, Nash tion or by action of state and local | pointed out Officials, aggregating, according to| Th or should be r the latest statistics 203.623 miles,| garded as a p utility, regar exclusive of a considerable mileage | less of who operates it, The motor of local roads on which the states/truck came into existence to Ket { are granting ald, These state sys-|food ant supplies to people, To } tems are as follows Jadd to the cost of motor transpor ; Alabama, 2.700 miles; Arizona,| tation is to Increase the cost of 1,600; Arkansas, 3,000; California, | living. } Colorado, 7,083; ‘Connecticut, | -—————— ———— j Delaware 650; Florida, not} state ajd roads, to keep every dol- (| Given; Georgia, 5.500; Idaho, 2.200; | iar of state money and every man A Minos, 4,800; Indiana, 2,000; Iowa,| of the state forces busy for a good Kansas, not given; Kentucky | many years to come. ¢ Loutsiana, 5,000; Maine,| “Any talk, therefore, of encroach- 3.353; Maryland, 1,300; Massachu-|ing upon the useful field of the ABOVE is Daily Servige Recorder Chart (sire"reduced) ee: Michigan 4.500; Minne-/state highway department by the Heavy mark shows when truck Is in motion; narrow line aoe, Mississippi, not given; | pullding of a national highway sys shows truck Is standing stil jouri, 7,500; Montana, 2,400; /tem is utterly out of tune with the “i ; j he story which the truck owner read from Nebraska, 4,000; Nevada 1,400; | facts. Really what will happen ts Beal te Ghats Galy of Gis watie eon oro oe New Hampshire, 1,390; New he that the federal government and the the motor truck 660;New Mexico, 6,250; |state governments will operate North Carolina, 3.356: | onder plan of matching miles {n- A-Tuck Urtt Sanage Kanage ab 730 B-Took am amd. 25 mimito load C= Held am howt amd 20 mim ab frighl depot, D-One howr for Lunch E-Tifleen munules foadima Fe Hell stp 20 mim ab toll Xb G-Moppra 15 ‘mum. on Aeliwn H-Tuck -pul.aup ab al 500 be Tuck fa obey He duvung the night » North Dakota 4,000; Ohio, 9,880; | Oklahoma, about 10,700; Oregon, 3,800; Pennsytvania, 10,235; Rhode Island, $00; South Carolina, 2,550; | South Dakota, 6,000: Tennessee not given; Texas, 20; Utah, $60; Vermont, 4,300; Virgt a7 Washington, 3374; West) do with the counties. Virginia, 4,600; Wisconsin, 5,000;| “The sooner the government real Wyoming, 3.100, jises that the doing of a definite “With additions which are being|task by a compact organization | Made from time to time to these| whose duties and responsibilities D) systems.”” continued Mr. Wilson,|are clear-cut is superior to the “and taking into account the four} method of spending the same additional states on an average/amount of money without plan or Dasis, we may look to see at least | system the sooner will the goal of 360 000 miles of state highways, or| co-ordinated national, state, county 10 per cent of the total mileage as and township highway systems be the approximate length of main|attained. Intelligent public tl. state highways, As the years go | ment must take the form of practl- on this will increase so as probably|ca} public counsel, and this the to always form about 10 per cent| American Automobile association ts| of the total highway mileage. If the federal government takes over & system of 50,000 to 75,000 miles stead of dollars, and will run a Pretty race as to the quality and quantity of work. Showering gov- Jernment money like manna and leaving the ‘states to put it where they will is doing with the states what they found tmpracticable to with wise truck owner who knows; 24 hours inatend of 12, looks the truck by day, and wh: comes, It “keeps one eye open. It's what his truck is doing at night la endeavoring to bring about thru co- - ie Ht will cut into the state system |vital subject of highways and at/Somenmes i "pereate Mas siveaed [epien ok fl com main enough main trunk pHa high: | to ran god aouinna sa inet og], Then again it's business, Not the | Why? The next day will t * | truck owner's busin but just buw tut that, of course, is only one Ways, to say fothing of the local | encroaching Upon state activitien.”| inegs. You see it's thia way: So| phase of the matter, according to and #0 wants to move his hourehold | the Service Recorder Co. of Cleve goods, but he doesn't want to pay | land, whose chart is here reproduced the transfer company rate, So he| The big angle ie “what's going on |has the goods moved at night—half/all day?” The “time” of a five-ton ‘tare! Mr. Truck Owner pays for | truck is worth about four dollars per the ganoline and the oil, and the | hour, It is by watching these hours rest of the 14 points of expense— that the modern truck owner saves and if there's any damages he has | dollars in expense, A device of thin to pay for them, too, because it's/ kind enables him to supervise bis his truck, truck without even getting up from See, now, how modern ecience has his desk. It fs jut one more ex put an end to thin A little chart, | ample of how modern science comes built lke the face of @ clock, only 'to the aid of the business man. Motorcycles Used to Plan Route for Aerial Service An aerial mail service between | left to right aa the truck waa the witching G. A, Lieyd, brother England and Australia is to be/ of the leader and sales manager of established by & new company,/ Milledge Bros, Ltd; N. C, Berry, known as the “Aerial Services,|a shareholder of the company; F. = Ltd." which has been recently|G. Paape, managing director of formed in New South Wales. One of the first steps of the company is to make a rough survey of the route to be followed and this I# to be done overland with Indian mo- toreycles and side cars. The expedition has already set out from Sydney, Australia, and the route to be followed is: Thru New South Wales, portions of Queens ‘COURTESY IMPORTANT Hawkinson Realizes That Motor Car Buyer Expects Same Treatment Other Lines of Business Afford The Elgin Six Convertible Sedan is suitable for use in all seasons. The os Bea type body is sub- crepacrs built and evenly balanced on strong, resil- green the windows are all tightly closed and the efficient heater keeps the occupants of the car “warm and comfortable in coldest weather. | jiand, across the Northern ‘Terrt- tory, thence to Singapore, via Ti-| “Courtesy in the motor car bust- For summer use, the windows are lowered, or all mor, thru Java ané Borseo, thra|nces, just as in every other busl- windows and ope may be removed entirely, leaving the Malay peninsula, across India| ness or social activity ts of para- the car open and and Persia to the Mediterranean sea| mount {mportanc maid J. D 5 and thence to London | Mansfield, general sales manager Bla Gk bd Aiend tnd tide ~—t This expedition is the first of ite|of the Dort Motor Car Co., in dis- sy o o \< u if ne ‘arto. jen ol Aad The interior is upholstered with the best grade [ee ee ee ee eee colette oF tus Angles of the we : Bedford cord, while seat cushions and backs are cov- ||\test that a motorcycle has ever| “In fact, I believe we do not Ce ered with durable whipcord. |beem called upon to endure, map-|put enough emphasis upon the 9 | ping out a flying route over an un-| courtesy to which every motor car en The Sedan is finished in glossy black, with silver |[|;nown and almost tracklens coun-| buyer Is entitled, both betore amd . striping on body and wheels. |try. The Indian motorcycles used after he makes bis selection. By ait “ lare all regular models, electrically | courtesy I do not mean ordinary # aged equipped and with regular Indian | politene but the attention to de- _— An Elgin Demonstration | Is. at Our ‘End = side car chassis, The bodies of the|tails and extra effort which the aa | r_ Telephone cars were specially bullt to hold| dealer is duty bound to offer to camping equipment, etc, and of them carries a 40-gallon tank of one |the prospect at every stage of his selection of an automobile. gasoline as @ reserve. “It is not enough any more to le otor Uar orporation ‘The party consists of Reginald|give the buyer the usual selling jLioyd, leader; H. B. Manderson |talk and to demonstrate the car 517 EAST PIKE EAST 990 |]! secretary, a well known Melbourne |for him. Buyers want more. They Journalist; J. Waldron, surveyor, |who has been for seven years doing survey and exploration work for the commonwealth government in the Northern Territory, and is also un- dertaking the photographing and scientific work of the party; J, C. Marduel, a well known French aviator, who has seen active service im in Egypt and Gallipoli, both with French and Australian armies, and was also instructor at the aviation care’ service; they want special at- tention to thelr own problema, whether of busines or pleasure, and these courtesies should be of- fered by the dealer, Today prac- tleally every motor car buyer has @ reason for buying, other than that of simply getting an enjoya- bie plaything. He has some spe- cific use for his car, and the courtesy he should have from the rin il | | | || 4 mechanical condition at a great saving in price to gee | the purchaser, 7 If you have « job in sight thet requires « truck | of any description, a talk with us will be worth ‘| many good, hard dollars to you. Here is a partial list: school, Point Cook, Victoria; W. J.| salesman includes special attention I} QOualey, an Indian motorcycle me-|to his needs and definite explana iii chanic who was previously in the|tion backed by cold facts of how ‘ if employ of Milledge Bros, Limited,|the car under discussion can per- ‘We offer a selection of used trucks in excellent! Sydney, and the Rhodes Motorcycle | form. ' Co., Melbourne, and is a well known competition rider in both states, and on whose shoulders the greater part of the responsibility of the mo- toreycle equipment will rest; Ken- neth Hunter, the second son of Mr. Percy Hunter, is general assistant “More than that, after the sale is made, there ts a courtesy to the new owner in helping him to oper- ate his car to the best advantage, It does not consist solely in teach- ing him to steer and shift gears, but it goes further into motoring Mack, 5-ton. Be ection, -ton. 1917 Service, 20. Every truck in this group is ready for the road. Some already have hydraulic holst bodies, Some are chassis. All are worth looking over. Come in or write for detailed description of a extends into a lot of free service That is more than the average owner expects, But what he does want {fs a courtesy from the deal- er which will give him a feeling of confidence that the dealer ts en- deavoring not only to sell him an automobile but to keep him sold so long as there is a bit of life left in that car.” and Splitdorf dynamo lighting sets Splitdorf plugs, Cradle Spring frames, Schebler carburetors, extra heavy Duckworth chains, Corbin- Brown speedometers and completed with Barnett Glass 28x3 “Boomer- ang” tires pn all wheels. The equipment differs only from the standard outfit in the following respects—an extra heavy leaf has truck that will meet your requirements. been added to the front and rear ———— Fan springs of the machine, petrol TO PREVENT GAS SMELL tanks have been fitted, which con-|, 1% Some cars the exhaust gases erce- Ow tain 4% gallons; large oil tanks {fom the engine ,make riding un pleasant for occupants by swirling up over the rear seat, This condi- tion may quickly: be remedied by shaping a plece of tin or other sheet metal into the form of a deflector and clamping it to the end of the exhaust pipe by means of a large hose clamp, or similar arrangement. have been added which contain an extra two gallons of oll; extra | yokes have been fitted for the rear | wheel, and spring frame links. The gear ratio has been reduced & to 1 on top. The men in the photograph, read- Tenth Ave. and E. Pike St., Seattle, Wn. Phone East 1442 THE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1919 That black mark down at the| want facts and figures about other|’ FLIES BACK TO SEATTLE Aviator Loses No Time in Return | ing to Old Job as Manager of Used Car Department | From Job Hentenant in| Unele n air forces to the po ition of sales manager of the Sun hin et Motor company's used car de partment is a far call, but Gore E. Mounce, who says that he saw America first, last and all the time, while in the service, and never had a chance to make th: big hop before the armintice wa signed, is as much at home if he had never left the Sunset estat lishment | Since his return Mounce bar! established a complete rebutlding shop, where every car taken in ts nent to be repainted if necessary, | and to put in absolutely first class mechanical dition. A Mounee puts it, a used car can be rebullt from stem to stern without leaving the establishment A reputation for satisfied cus tomers is @ valued asnet to any malesmanager, and Mounce enjoys | thin prestige to the utmost, having | the confidence of the buying public | to remarkable degree, While in the service Mounce had the opportunity of visiting the used ear markets of many big cities of | the Bast afd South, and gained many ideas on the subject of ap- praising and selling used cara The used car market ts on a ch firmer basis than before 1| went Into the aviation corps,” nays | Mounce, “and I find that Seattle is| an far advanced as the Eastern cities in the method of doing busi- ness.’ HERE’S BRAND NEW SCHEME) Selling Cary Thru Sunday School | Class Takes the Bacon for Origi- nality and Inventive Ability The growing popularity of Liberty cars is indicated by any number of out-of-the-ordinary incidents and hap penings thruout the country, some of which are surprising in their | uniquenens. One of the mont novel methods by which the Liberty has gained | |Publicity in ita adoption as a class emblem by @ young ladies’ Sunday [school clans, in a thriving Illinois city, in & wpirited membership contest among the classes in this church, | interest was heightened by each class | choosing a motor car, after which the class was named, and then in jdicating its standing in the contest |by showing on a large map the cor rexponding dixtance which the car would have traveled in a trip across the continent ‘The Liberty makes no pretentions to great speed, but the way ft has outdistanced competitors in this con test neoma to indieste that it is a | potential grand prise winner. ‘The young ladies, naturally, would jend distinction to any car they | chose to champion, but when they appeared wearing Liberty lapel pen- | nants, distributed Liberty Mterature, praised Liberty performance and de- manded Liberty riding and driving differance when bearkenng to the | invitations of eligible young men, Incidentally the teacher of the class was the town's leading news: paperman, and the columns of his publication gave due attention to) the merita of the car and the ac complishments of the class who took ite name. Of course the “Liberty” / class won the contest. | GOOD FIELD IN TRUCKS, Haoling Business Sho Should Be Consid- ered by Man Who Wants to Get in Business for Himself A great many men with a limited amount of capital are today contem plating going into business for them- selves, but in their field of adven ture they have not given thought to the trucking business. On a very mall investment, the returns are large in this business. Take a car at $600, It can be put into immediate operation and earn ing capacity for a payment of two or three hundred dollars, The in. come from a business of this kind is Immediate, and ts ample to cover | all omen and overhead expense, | Packard, 2-ton. These motorcycle outfits are sim-|It should embrace the care of his far in every respect to the stock|car: the fine points of economical | Packard, 3-ton. “Powerplus” models, inasmuch as|4riving, and the best methods of Packard, 4- they are fitted with the usual]/“pkeep and general use for his ton. “Powerplus’ motor, Dixie magneto,|@Utomobile. Not that this courtes THE NEW BIG-SIX power resources of the New Stude- ment in= The et sLGhes on baker BI it ers an Shec-Faced Jeustea beautiful lock. ne Its great | newness may | desirous of knowing the possibilities | |of the trucking business should in PAGE 11 Special Springs Unified Frame Oilless Bushings Light-Weight Construction Non-Metallic Universal Joints Moore Multiple Exhaust System One-Finger Emergency Brake These f fine car. THE ALL Seattle together with the payments an they fail due, and when the owner figures up his monthly account, he finds that he has a goodly share for bim- | stand in the mind of the average purchaser of a truck is the price. A man should contemplate the pur- | chase of some rebuilt truck, sold by a reliable dealer who has traded this car In as representing so much real cash on the purchase price of | a new truck, and has been thoroly inspected and tested before accepted by the dealer. Carl Lipsky, mana-| ger of the truck department of the | MiteHtell Motor & Service Co. has had a varied dnd extended éx- | perience along the lines of rusts, | and says that a rebuilt truck is as serviceable as a new automobiie | | could possibly be, altho some of its have been worn off. Lipsky says the Mitchell Motor & Service Co, never accept any trade- in truck unless it can be made 100 | per cent efficient. Those who are vestigate the matter before looking | into other fields for openings. | P.-T. HEARS LECTURE Clara Moyer Hartle delivered a musical lecture on the opera “Car- r before the pupils and mem: | \_. of the Parent-Teacher associa cn of the Latona school at the schoolhouse Friday night. Real ‘gratitude is never ashamed | of humble benefactors. | | | | G-SIX are as notable as the bevel-edge body which so dis- tinguishes its appearance. motor provides two distinct power ranges—a “touring range” forordin- ary driving; an “emergency ” for ex- tra speed or power. Yet with all its ability, this car is economical; for the motor pre- heats its fuel and gets the utmost out of it. Notice, too, the fine-quality equipment. The 6ilver-faced speedometer, silver-faced clock, extension tonneau light, shock absorbers and oth amples. high-class conveniences are good © This New Seven-Passenger BIG-SIX {s the only car at its pi AUTOMOBILE DP ing from left to right, are W. Ous- ley, Reginald Lioyd, J. C, Marduel | When the outgoing gases strike this Baker and Hunter, Standing at the | deflector, they are thrown down- ‘Fear of the outfits, reading from ward and outward behind the car. rice with cord tire equipment. DEPARTMENT Frank Waterhouse Co. PINE AT BELLEVUE EAST 331 Reasons Why | For Particular Purchasers on the Lexington, are but a few of the points that have influenced the many buyers of this trinsic worth and desirability of advanced Lexington design. Shields livendendillotorCa} =a NATIONAL - LIBERTY - LEXINGTON sous STANDARD TRUCK wolf. The big Dbugnboo that seems to| of Motor Cars eatures, many of them exclusively They indicate conclusively the in- AM ICAN HOU Yakima | | Do You Know That the Western Bakery, formerly the Three Girls’ Bakery, is standardizing on GMC Trucks? They now operate a fleet. of five GMC’S, all of which are giving A-1 service. * ELDRIDGE SEATTLE Direct Factory Service Agents for the Following Companies U. S, L. 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