The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 30, 1919, Page 19

spacing WD A train for a cross- to cross without first gore that it can be done H . alone to the car to get ‘of approaching = trains, joking in both directions, eet, of the when the noise —.. drawn curtains or in the car make hear. \ i to realize that maximum carries it half a mile in we are responsible for the ma and accidents at vicinity and else- J, Clancy, assistant a * 2 z i Ay i } t g 7 feet | mamager of the Southern eo Wreetern Pacific and Tide- ne outhern. who issues this to Seattle auto drivers as national safety-first cam- nf crossing accidents,” 7 i sToP—LOOK—LISTEN!! Accident Expert Gives Auto Drivers Safety First Advic writes Clancy, “20 cases | where machines stalled on the rails and were hit by trains; 111 were at tempts to crons directly in front of trains; 59 ran into trains; 1 skklded | into @ train; 19 ran into and broke down crossing gates, lowered to | Protect them; 3 ran into and in |Jured crossing Magmen; 4 ran into cattleguards or crossing sians, and 6 ran over track ends or were not sufficiently in the clear. “Most of these accidents occurred in daytime and involved passenger trains, indicating that auto drivers were | tion or misjudge the speed of pas | Senger trains. It is significant that | there are far less mishaps of this kind with freight trains. | “Safety at crossings {# not so much a question of flagmen, gates or warning devices as it is of auto mobile drivers exerctsing reasonable | judgment and precaution.” — ANCE IS _ JUSTIFIED manufacturer not getting the cred: ad due for their mod- Gealing with the public,” “ MeDonald, president manager of the Moon company of St. stories circulated about made in automobile ‘and the public is inclined to ‘The average advance in 25 now sells ir of shoes once A $15 to $40. Now they are for the same dresees. acquainted with condi know that the advance price of automobiles is than is justified. Labor iy Increased and more d of skilled mechanics we a (ae Sie ee eas Fasireie & M any size oe os = Louis. | for other kind. snarl ate are the primary factors today || governing the purchaser's choice of lithe new 1920 Haynes possessing {tn} IDETAILS ARE IMPORTANT “This is the age of detail in auto |mobile manufacture,” declares How: lard H. Lerch, of the Victory Motor Car Co., who sell Haynes cars local- ly. engineers and designers were bend-| jing all their efforts towards the perfection of the engine and the jear’s mechanism. The details [finish and the various refinements jot the car were secondary hood of the automobile, and if the engine was up to their expectations the rest of the car was taken for granted, “Today the engine and the me-| jechanieal features of the car—/ lespecialily of those produced by! \targe and recognized companies— jare looked upon by the public as having attained a presupposed standard of perfection and the at- [tention of the purchaser is turned! towards the deta! of construction, finish, fittings and appearance. | | “Bea of line, the comfort of |the seats, the design and elegance jot the fittings, riding qualities of [the car, width of the doors, ease of operation, and many other de Haynes Automobile com pany, of Kokomo, Ind., has taken| cognizance of this trend of thought in the minds of automobile buyers, and for that reason Haynes design- ers and artisuns have concentrated |their efforts on details in the pro- |duction of the new 1920 Haynes character cars. This is a logical) concentration because the high/ qualities of the famous Haynes Light Six and Light Twelve motors jare established. “As a result of these efforts to, [perfect the details, the Haynes) company has been able to produce! |perfect balance the four vital fac jtors of car character — beauty,) strength, power and comfort. Ey- lery detail! that would appeal to fae |tidious and discriminating motor car buyers has been incorporated in these super-productions of engineer jing and artistic skill. Nothing has |been overlooked from the exquisite |Mount Vernon patterns of the sil | ver fittings down to the lasting, lus trous finish of the full aluminum body. In every true sense of the) |word the new 1920 Haynes, pro- |duced in nine different models, is a! character car, perfected in every! minute detail in accordance with the demands of those who desire) |the comforts and niceties of motor! lear travel.” HAVE SCHEME FOR THIEVES | | | With the growth of the automo- | bile industry, there has also devel Joped to an alarming extent the au |tomobile thief. These thieves infest levery section of the country and are {particularly active in the larger jcities. Every day the police head- | |quarters of the various cities are | confronted with a large number of | stolen car reports. | The automobile thieves repaint |and disguise the cars in such a way | that the owner cannot recognize his lown machine. But the various | parts of the car have factory num |bers, and it is by these numbers | that the stolen cara are identified | | because new parts can be obtained only at @ dealer's service station or at the factory In accordance with their policy of rendering service of a high degree to ail Haynes users, the Haynes Au | tomobile company of Kokomo, Ind., | acting in conjunction with the Vic- tory Motor Car company of this city, has in force a plan which renders linvaluable assistance to Haynes owners and to the police in recover- ing stolen cars | | “Whenever Haynes car is re ported to the factory as haying been | stolen,” says H. R. Perry, manager of the service department, “a letter is sent out to every dealer in the Inited States giving the factory |numbers of all parts of the stolen |car, with a warning to dealers to | keep a close look-out for a car bear |ing these numbers. “When such a car is brought to 4 Haynes station for new parts or for ante, the dea holds the car nd notifies the local police at once. In this way many automobile thieves [have been caught and many cars recovered. Sometimes a request is jsent to the factory for a part to be jis a fleet of trucks, | Wages include CAUTION COUNSEL “The speed of passenger trains at maximum permissible specd, is minute. This is a short time for automobiles to ge out of the way especially if it is necessary to shift gears, or if anything goes wrong with the mechanism, there are few cases where urgency assuring wait, chines is seldom as great as that of it may be, ° 19 203,275 Joeeee “On a single track all danger for the driver would be eliminated if he waited about a minute for an approaching train to pas: “Drivers often fail to realize that the actual speed of their ma “The average passenger train dt maximam xpeed seldom obstructs a crossing for more than seven seconds, it across, even if the time seems ample, “Impatience is responsible for many crossing accidents.” —R. J. CLANCY, Assistant Southern Pacific, Western Pacific and Tidewater. #2) on an unrestricted track, running half a mile in three-fifths of a and is so great as to ignore this life trains in motion, altho technically Better stop, than try to beat jeneral Manager, shor a not xarcne wttcent ae )Heration Cost Movement Is Big Boon to Truck Industry BY WARREN (Formerly Captain, Motor Transport Corps, U. 8. A.) The securing of proper 2 epee costs for motor trucks is the most important step t turers of the country have ever succeeded in puttin, as a selling agency for their trucks. re the truck industry today is the selling the theory of truck transportation in competition vehicle, and to sell a truck the take is to prove to the prospective purchaser that the truck will be cheaper than the horse. This is invariably the case “A few years ago automobile) where a prospective buyer has been a horse-drawn vehicle It is the first element in the sale of a truck, but the element that is most frequently overlooked by dealers, | ot Who waste their time in theoretical discussions of the econ- omy of the motor vehicle, without being able to secure defi- Tre nite data as to standard costs, both of the horse drawn ‘This is urjust in view of carbuying public looked under the vehicle and the truck. operator. OPERATION COST MOVEMENT This problem has been largely met | by the last year's getting together of | truck owners and manufacturers, by which an enormous amount of data has been compiled and through the national standard system of figuring costs, the truck dealer today can give definite statistics on the cost of operation of every type of truck. in all its various elements, from the tire to the lubrication system The items of expense, and stand ard figures are classified under this system of sizes of trucks, and by the varying equipment. It tw difti cult to compare, for instance, a five-ton gravel hauling dump truck with a one-ton speedy bread delivery wagon, but the standard costs make it possible for first of all the oper ator to know what his truck is do ing, and next, whether by compar ison with standard figures, his oper ation ia up to profitable standards. A fair estimate of the production | value of a motor truck, an average! of all types of trucks for all sorts of work, will give a figure of about $15 to $20 per day, according*to the! type of work and the truck required. For the higher figure the cost of operation will hardly come under the $14 per day, but this represents a profit of $6 per day on a five-ton truck in an average type of heavy | hall, On some lighter work conta will, for instance, be found to run about $10 a day, with a production value of $15, or a profit there of $5 per day on 4 $2,000 truck to al 2,500 truck. The Connecticut high way commission hag made some in teresting studies, and it puts in the | production value of ull types of} truck at $15 per day, One type of| one truck on this Job cost with oper: | ator $9.60 per day. This figure was an average over three months for 2 trucks of this type, #0 can be considered standard, for this particu lar type of work No small itern of expense is that of delays in loading and waste of time waiting for a cargo. On the basis of a $15 per day expense for! a five-ton truck, such delays cost $1.50 an hour, or about 3 cents a minute The various charges on @ cost statement of a truck include much items as interest on investment, de preciation primary essentials. Too many operators fail to figure in these evident items in their cost statements. This and other items of overhead must be included. If there the cost in taxes or rental, and depre ciation on buildings are items to be considere ‘The cost account of the truck itself includes three essentials, maintenance, operation and wages nly the driver's puntants put this Other accountants terest, pay, and some a under operation. divide the cost into four itema, fuel, oil, repairs, wages, Under the three sided account, the fuel and ofl are included in operation and repairs under maintenance Repairs include | replacement of lost or broken tools and parts, tires and under maintenance would also come the systematic garage inspec: tion, which prevents dama by an. ticipation of loowe parts Some operators charge an annual general overhaul on their cost sheet as part of the repair cost, and put this figure at a fixed sum, usually about 4 or 5 per cent, to be on the safe side. Interest charges, licenses, taxes, insurance, light and heat for garage. 1 go on the operation cost. The o expense of a fleet are to taled distributed amor the vehicles in proportion to the invest ment, The depreciation account is best maintained by the setting aside of a The factory then advised the police of the town from where the request has come and they immediately stigate the case. | sinking fund | the being received daily at the Traffic plant and within a few hours are| jconverted into perfect radiator cores This department was desig jand put into effect by the chief| . ineer of the Traffic corporation 8. H. Dorsey, and is constructed upco the same principle as the en | particles of glass-like substances in in-| indicated by B, BULLOCK at the motor truck manufac- across The first problem in with the old horse-drawn first step that any agent must to care for the pur chase of a new vehicle to replace the worn out machine, A fair de- prectation charge would be 20 to 25 per cent of the value of the truck. Many operators take out this sum monthly as a prior charge against receipts, and invest it In interest bearing securities, readily convertible when the time comes to buy a new truck for replacement ADD PLANT FOR CORES The Shields-Livengood Motor © Traffic Motor Truck representatives of this city, have been notified of| the completion of a new radiator core manufacturing ptant at the Traffic’s new factory in St. Louis, which was placed in operation last week The capacity of this plant will be 50 complete radiator cores per day in order to meet the output of the| new plant, which is 50 trucks per day. Corrugating and stamping presses, honeycomb crimpers, fur paces for solder baths, wash and header plate equipment, pealing and Pressure tests, together with other modern equipment make this one of most complete radiator core plants of its kind in the country. Hundreds of rolls of sheet brass are tire Traffic plant, that is, on a unit «ystem of manufacture, A corps of men in charge of competent in spectors handle the complete oper: ation from the receipt of raw ma terial to the complete article, each operation being a distinct and sep arate process. “While we have been using one of the highest grade radiator cores manufactured today,” stated Guy Wilson, president of the Traffic cor poration, “at the same time our out put is becoming so great we can not afford to take any chance on any interruptions in our manufac turing on such an important part of our truck which is very apt to happen when purchasing cores in large quantities as we have been doing. Furthermore, accidents and navoldable troubles occur very fre quently with radiator cores in con stant use and with our new de partment we will be in a position to insure our users at all times perfect and instant assistance.” This is considered by the officials of the ‘Traffic corporation as @ very im portant asset in affording ali Traf. fic users and owners with perfect service in harmony with the com pany’s policy. RATTLE IN SHACKLE: Spring shackle glay or looseness between the spring end and the shackle may give much trouble un til discovered, Rattling caused by this looseness will be more fre quent and distinct when the car is riding over fairly rough roads, A good method of taking up the play ig to place shims between the spring end and the shackle, or the play may be removed by tightening the bolt Watch the shackles and do not al-|rural police of Richmond county, low mud to accumulate, as small excessive wear, Lubri yt generously, parts cause cate the shack! VENT PIPES In filling the raciator of the car, allow enough water to pass in to bring the level over the end of the vent pipe. If this pipe ts r, as it always should be, the fact will be the overflowing of the If it is not cl TESTING water through it $0 effective as this mehod ofthe water will overflow through th thief-catching become that automo-|riter cap, and not through the bile thieves are growing extremely | vent pipe, which should be attended wary of stealing Haynes cars and dol ts at once everything possible to obliterate all| i identification numbers, but they in-| Don't start on a trip without at- | land plenty of room for the fruit tre variably overlook the one little ‘replaced on a car listed as stolen, mark that proves their undoing.” turn of a needle valve or an air valve and water THE UNIVERSAL CAR The Ford: Delivery Car is probably one of-the most used cars in the business world. The ressome-erp imple: It is the most. economical motor car in service; it is the most dependable motor car in services. is the most satisfactory motor car in service, because it. is the regular Ford Chassis with just the kind ofbody | you want. We.can get er build. any kind of.a body you. may desire, plain or fancy. It will muttiply the \\ volume of your business by doubling your business territory. If this were not so, the biggest I) in the country would not be using flects of Ford cars fer delivery purposes. Come in. Let‘s.go into a Hittle farther with you. You will find it a profitable investigation. Leave your order with aay. ene-af PAGE 19 Cen Myers & Baird Alfred G. Ayerst, Inc. tral Agency Higgins & Matthews L. M. Cline Motor Co. 1102 EF. Clark-Baker Co, 3806 Broadway and Pike St. 601 Fourth Ave. 315 Nickerson St. Ferdinand St. 1830 Broadway Fast 320 Elliott 750 Queen Anne 74 Kenwood 31 Rainier 56 East 126 45th Ave. Acquiring a Home| Not long ago, a realtor met a man driving north along the North Trunk highway, near the elty limits, with a load of timber. The realtor was in- terested in the upbullding of that | section and stopped the driver with a friendly greeting “Where is the house going up?" in quired the realtor “I don't know, I bought this lum ber and am looking for a place to put it," replied the man on the wagon ‘The realtor saw to it that in the next half-hour the man had a place to put that lumber—a place having | most of the advantages of the city, and vegetables which help to pay for a suburban home. The man who owned a load of lum- ber and an exceptional amount of | Nerve and self-confidence, now owns home. The incident is one of the most marked of thore which fill the prea: | ent movement for home ownership | days, and a considerable percentage | of la with a wealth of human interest. Necessity is bringing out the enter: | prise, self-reliance and willingness to | work and sacrifice to gain a home | which characterized the who wrested this country from the wilderness and the savages. It marks the revival of the old Ameri: | can spirit Wherever you go, thru the city or | out of the city, to the north, south | and east, you see evidences of what! forehanded men and women are do ing to Make sure that they will have | a permanent roof of their awn ov | their heads, Modest efforts, Many of them—me shells, to be added to BULB REPLACER It ia possible to make a very satis: | factory’ electric Ught bulb replacer | by fastening four stiff wires on the broom handle in such a way ot ~~ 1, which that they form a sort of han¢ slips over the bulb without injuring {t, There should be enough spring in the wires to enable the operator to turn the bulb in either direction in the socket, | WHEN MOTOR STALLS When the starting motor easily and fails to spin the crank-| shaft as it should, it is a safe bet that either the storage battery does | not test up to the sary 1275 or that the contact of the line switch are not proper contact stalls nece points making | AUTO VS. CRIME George B, Weston, chief of the authority for the | is a direct re and roads South Carolina, ts statement that there lationship between crime in the rural districts, Weston says that without roads it is practically Impossible to police outlying dis triets. MAGNETO FAILURE Irregular magneto action sor times occurs because of end play in the armature bearings, ‘The end mo tion of the armature may be suffi cient to upset the action of the con tact breaker and render the time of firing uncertain and irregular, In serting a fiber washer to take up the slack Is the correct remedy and improved on later—but the start of a real home; a refuge from jand- lords and notices to move. Realtors have often bewalled the tendency of Seattle people automobiles before they had a home of thelr own, predicting dire futures for those who combined the high cost of living with the cost of high living but some of these “flivver owners” “ beating those predictions in a ing way; you can find a num ber of them today, settled in the out skirts, in garage shelters, living un: der the same roof with their ma chines until they can build real homes on the fronts of their lots, and using that “flivver” to get back and forth in the meantime Hundreds of workers advantage of present hours of work to build their own homes with their own hands, The mechanic who goes off shift around 4 o'clock in the afternoon has plenty of opportunity during the long sum- mer days to put in a few licks for himself during work days and holi to buy surpr are taking wages and has be of the home building that character—the many home-loving wor putting new vertebrae in the of pioneers | bone of Seattle in building homes fOr | waived only 45 themselv So home ownership is developing in Seattle ag it never developed be fore thru the efforts of those who are not satisfied merely to protest against the advance in rents which has accompanied the general in crease in pric nd. Yving costs and the scarcity of houses, but are will ing @ meet the eme cy with the work and sacrifice necessary to be come an independent home owner. Be Let's go buy Boldt’s French pas- try. Uptowns, 1414 3d Ave.; down town, 913 2d Ave. HOMESITES Laurelhurst with view of Mt. Rainier Wonderful location Cascades, Olympics, and city 60x120—$1,500 All Improvements in and Paid John J. Elliott Co. Office at Laurelhurst. LABOR DAY PICNIC | Fortuna Park | MONDAY, SEPT. 1 | Races—Free Dancing— Refreshments. Take Yesler Way boats. r to Don't get Interested in something | going on half a block behind you! when making @ crossing 75e Round Trip. . New aluminum foil for wrapping purposes is only one-sixth of one. hundredth of an inch thick. |Three Lots Leased | for $3,000,000 Here) | A. L. Aabling, president of the Aabling Seed farms, and J. T. Hodge, | | president of the Northwest Trading | company, have leased three lots of | | the southwest corner of Fourth ave. jand Pine st. for 50 years from F. K. | Struve, Mrs. ‘ob Furth and the John Davis estate. The considera. | ton runs well over $3,000,000. | A $300,000 three-story mercantile building will be erected on the prom terty. The three lots have a front- age of 178 feet on Fourth ave. and) SUNDAY, AUG. 31 —AND— LABOR DAY (Monday) Sept. 1 110 feet on Pine st. There two —AT— two-story and one three-story brick |Dulldines on the corner at prevent. || GOLDEN GARDENS DANCING AFTERNOON AND EVENING Burglar Steals | Phone From Wall Refreshments Served GOTTERDAM'S ORCHESTRA TAKE BALLARD CAR ON Fiske, 1512 Boylston 1 to th police Friday FOURTH AVENUE—No, 23 that some one during the night en tered her home and stole the pay AD telephone from the wall. She says ISE = |i AMUSEMENTS ® were a lot of nickels in the/ phone, | MOORE THEATRE ORPHEUM VAUDEVILLE Twice Daily, 2130-8115 BESSIE CLAYTON THE CANSINOS JAMES CLEMONS Arthur Gordon Wilbert Duncan Stx Other Acts PALACE HIP Continuous Daily, 1 to 11 HIPPODROME VAUDEVILLE Feature Photoplay “THE CAVELL CASE” |MONEY DISCOUNTED; | ANDREWS IS PEEVED. Herman Andrews, 927 18th ave.,| according to his tale to Capt. Hans} Dahm, cashed a dollar note and re- ceived a Canadian 50-cent piece Then he spent the 50-cent piece and re cents value. “It's robbery, downright robbery, and I want the law on 'em,” he bel: | | lowed to the perplexed captain, | | Captain Dahm tried to explain that | Canadian money was being discount ed, but Andrews “couldn't see it.” | He walked out grumbling. Beat the Profiteers! Large Garden Tracts 60x127 in Northolme Addition Located on Greenwood Paved Boulevard, five minutes’ walk from the end of the Phinney Avenue car line, FINE SOIL GRADED STREETS CITY WATER Price $400 and up Terms, $50 down, $10 per month. Interest 6%. Title Insurance. E. H. Jackson & Co. 1212 L. C. Smith Building Phone Main 3567 Or see J. W. Olmstead, 87th and Greenwood.