The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 26, 1924, Page 13

SATURDAY, JANUARY 2! 26, NEW BATTERY AND ELECTRIC aeieT Osho George D.Grant & Co, Inc rail At the top is the new supply house and offices of the George D. Grant & Below, at the left, the company’s service station at Fourth ave. and Stewart dent of the new company. ye SERVICE: bcs ¢ ¢ THE SEATTLE AL FIRM IN BUSINESS | — —_—_—__— : | Co, battery businesa at 1412 12th ave. st. At the right, George D. Grant, presi- —Vhoto of Grant, by the Grady studio | HEAVY JOBS HOLD NO FEARS FOR THIS OUTFIT Fourteen Mi Lifting “Three - A” 4 visiting the 1 Automobile petition asking con- ress to repeal the 6 per cent war excise tax on tires, repair parts, accessories and ttucks, The Ameri- an Automobile association, repre Sentin;, the 14,000,000 motorists of the nation, is celebrating the 22nd year of its existence by launching, thru its 364 affiliated clubs, a nation-wide campaign to have the 1918 excise war tax on motorists re- moved. In connection with the campaign the American Automobile assocta- tion is making, thru Its clubs and membership, urgent requests are being made of congress by the asso. ciation on behalf of the 14,000,000 Motorists for relief from this tax. Major Roy F. Britton, of St. Louis. president of the Automobile Club of Missouri, and chairman of the legis lative board of the A. A. A., Is in Washington personally directing the legislative campaign. Major Britton Dresented -the eause of organized TiIness Causes Resignation of W. E. Chambers $ a k Of cerebro-meningitis, from which he recovered last week, W. E. Chambers, associate Manager and director of publicity for the Automobile Club of Wash- ington, bas tendered his resigna- tion, to take effect February 1. Chambers has been forced by his physician to take a year’s rest from office work. No successor has yet been an- nounced by the club officials hers, tho they have, several names un. der consideration, Chambers will retire to his suburban home near Kirkiand, and will engage in out- door work, he said Friday. During his year with the auto ctud Chambers has been editor of the Washington Motorist, as- soclate manager and director of publicity work, in addition to handling highway safety propa- ganda. It wan while concentrated on @ publicity campaign two weeks ago that he was taken dangerously il. FLL.O350. Organization Back of Fight Against Excise gording llion Ask - | of 1918 Tax Motorists of the nation represented |by the A. A. A. before the ways and | means committee of the house oa ‘Thursday, January 17. President Thos. P. Hefry, of the} lA. A. A., bas announced his inten | tion of throwing all the resources of | the famous old “Three A's” into the | fight in behalf of lesser taxation, “I | feel that the motorists are being dis- | criminated against in the continu | | ance of this excise tax,” sald Henry, | “and while whole-heartedly in favor| of tax reduction as exemplified by! the Mollon plan, we feel that the| motorists, already taxed fn innum erable ways by state and national | authorities, are now entitled to some | measure of specific relief at the hands of congress. We are now taxed in almost every way that it | possible to devise.” GENIUSES SEEK _ AUTO PATENTS Thousands of Devices Pour in for Official 0. K. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—Despits | the progress in design and manufac- | ture of automobiles, deapite the fast | approach to perfection, thousands of | | “improvements,” more or leas sig-| | nificant, are still awaiting adoption. | The United States patent office) | here is swamped with applications | for patents on automotive parts and| accessories, Thousands are awalting lattention. Many are seeking capital for their production and many others are being held out for proper mar | keting. A glance over a day's list of pat- lent applications shows what invent-| ors think {s still wrong with the| | automobile today. | For instance, in lone day, patent office officials Mat applications for the following im- | provements and innovations: 1 | Auto theft signal, bumper, device | | for attaching bumper, eurtain holder, | | drive gear, elevating jack, foot scraper, running board, signal lock, | securing device for tops, traffic sig-| j nal, hood clamps, direction signal, | dust shield and collector, lubricating | “ystem, removable body and rece | guard, new addition this last week in the new tractor and trailer shown above. The Eyres & Seattle Drayage Co. has ac- cepted delivery of this outfit from the Canal Motor Co. Fol- lowing are the concerns who are using this type of equip ment: General Hauling Co., West Transfer Co., R. G, Stev- enson, Nepage McKenny Co., Seattle Hardware Co, and the City of Seattle. | therefore, considerab! | Ford tractor and trailer stocks in Seattle welcomed a | | Statewide Scope Secured|/General Corp. to Add to for Electrical Firm Depot Storage Capacity Btate wales rights to the Westing- | oO great has been the demand for hou bile battery stocks have | General gu the first month been by a new firm, th George D, "Grant & Co,, Inc, which | "At Tt hast celine’ pasa has opened two offices in Seattle this | ‘ori#ts of Beattie, according to W, C last week, n } atrict manager of the Main offices are at 1412 Twelfth | General Petroleum Corporation, that ave. and a downtown service station! + haw } has been opened at Fourth ave, and t ‘ ; 3 Virginia oF adaitional uo nt t 1¢ Sixteen men and women are in f Sac ‘dla ob o tet cluded the personne! of Grant’s|!0ce! distribution, new business venture, In addition, “We are n arranging,’’ staten | Grant ts opening @ branch office at| Van Mieet, enlarge the storage , ii ” , é rH f Sort capacity 6 r islan > an t four engtwne will soon tell you that Automotive Electric Equipment Portiand, Ore se si Ag J pene y - t ic | ""} Arrangements have also been made | bo able to handle 20,000 barrels more | 3 RAL GASOLINE. te a higher to handle a number of electrical ac-| than at present, That will mean that} grado fuel than you have known be consories in addition to the batteries) Wo can F7re 1,000,000 gnilons more | fore, and the Grant company activities |Jeneral gas at any one time than we| ; ‘ 4 will eventually be extended thruout|can with the present facilitie | It has @ high power Suney insuring the state of Washington “We are also providing for an ad eirengih, rive and followthrough to i ee dition of one-third more to the ca each piston stroke, TESTS BETTER pacity of our truck fleet with which! a RAL enters your carburetor as eC y we nerve the Independent dealers | gtk Mipeh, (BAL GOK: tia ais ok B thru: whom our olin is dis-| desdsite bi Wie dios ‘ethos! tides tame To the Intensive reveurch and 6X+| three INDEPENDENT DBALERS. Drive was found that they produced a gal for both the valve and the 6 rr) loping motion in some cars which,|overlap In the fap. Balloon tires clea po This “shimmying” was attributed operating charac | tre STAR ORGE GRANT PAG 15 —— GE NEW GASOLINE | portmental work that has been car-| | riod on at several automobile factor: | , les under the supervision of the en-|,), gineoring departments, the United pown States Rubbér Co. attributes the md-1it report. n rem ments now tncorporated | your car up today, Fill your tank and let your engine decide! GENERAL GASOLINE y has been absolutely the rapidity w kable enilonage and « stead repeat patrons portant dincov: | tries made In ty for bal| ance tn When | the inner tube the United States Rubber Co. began| tube splice o} low-pressure tres the valve and pyright, 1924, by General Petroleum Corp ly improved th ESTES shimmying.’ — = so eniat be ‘brought | WHITE TRUCK FINDS Francisco, Sales passed the 1020 ree- PAST YEAR IS Best |" Tho biggest year in the history of | cent ny changes In| White truck sal the Paeific| coast has just been completed, ac-| 0 the fact that 4 |months of 1923, 40 afe margin and 1922, K year, by over 39 per ie deflect er fully ove blem was at partially it w 3 on ‘This record year ade In spite he first six cent of the hite Co., om pm the at Investigation ¢ halloon tires we . e nounceme’ 4 of balance ax| Good brake lining, that wears uni. /°Tding to the announcement from | tisiness offered The Wh much aa 4 half pound at one point.!formly, may be used for ax long as|the office of Vice Pre: The first step was to counterbalance40,000 miles of travel. lent G. A./ the Pacific coast was lost on account iUrquhart of The White Co, Ban|of inability to make deliveries, THE UNIVERSAL CAR late years, View Consul D, C, Biking: ton reports, American exporters of rubber goods have taken advantage of tix situation and, in secking a share of stantly growing In Algeria, the reg | the buainess, one such firm hap estab- {stration figures t increased | lished 9 ber 31, 1919, | Which Lecce ath ir mah lb dled, | Africa a is dependent upon the to 15,881, aa of December 31, 1922 Paris headquarters; another, “which These statistics include passenger) owns a factory in France, has an buses, trucks and mot orcycles. | agency, while t The market for rubber tires has,| sented In Al expanded of ' import direct RUBBER SALESMEN GET IN ON ALGERIAN MART The use of motor vehicles Is con. rs all of French North cars, ors by agents, who om the United States. The Buick Third Member Buick cars drive through a third member, not the springs. The springs only sup- port the vody and assure easy riding. A Buick rear spring accidently broken can- not misalign the axle and prevent driving the car. The Buick axle remains in fixed position. Consequently the adjustment of Buick four-wheel brakes is not affected by the deflection of the springs. 1K When better automobiles are built Buick will build them ELDRIDGE East Pike at Harvard EA st-0842 New Downtown Store, Stuart Bldg., Fourth, Ave, at Universite 8 Algiers a branch * house, | > more are repre-| #(OMPANY Forecasting A Tremendous Spring Demand 739,626 more Ford cars and trucks were pro- duced last year than the previous year, an increase of over 50 per cent. | In spite of this tremendous increase in pro- duction, it was impossible to meet delivery requirements during the spring and summer months when orders for 350,000 Ford Cars and Trucks could not be filled. This year winter buying for immediate delivery has been more active than ever before—and in addition 200,000 orders have already been booked through the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan for spring delivery. These facts clearly indicate that the demand during this spring and summer will be far greater than ever, and that orders should be placed immediately with Ford Dealers as a means of protection against delay in securing your Ford Car or Truck or Fordson Tractor. Ford fotor A small deposit down, with easy payments of the balance arranged, or your enrollment under the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan, will put your order on the preferred list for spring delivery. See the Nearest Authorized Ford Dealer