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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1914)
T1IE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, NOVE3n?EH 22, 1914. EIGHT-CYLINDER CADILLAC COMING Portland to See Great New Car by Next Saturday, Says Covey Co. OTHER CITIES PRAISE IT Jev York Correspondent Denies That Automobile Laws Are Lax There Win ton Manager Is Inspecting Territory. By next Saturday Portland will be Inspecting the first eight-cylinder Cadillac. Word was received yester day by the Covey Motor Car Company that the car -was well along In its Journey and would arrive In Portland before the end of the week. There is nothing in the history of automobiling which has caused mor comment than the fact that the Cadillac makers have decided to utilize more than four cylinders, for years and years their standard. i The argument was that for the ex pense Involved, the additional ad vantages of the six over the four were not worth the game, Therefore they refused to touch it. But when an eight-cylinder motor was finally perfected and suited to the Cadillac desicn. the engineers ot toe company announced that they had something- which did make tne aircer- ence worth while. Where the new car has been shown and tried it has been the subject of much laudatory comment. Portland is still In the dark list but will have its chance next week. Portland has seen one eight-cylinder car in the little Romano Special, the Seattle racer which won everything In the special races here last Summer. If that little car is a criterion for comfort and smoothness, then the Cad illac with its additional refinements should be a wonder, if it is at all pos sible to compare the two. There never was a better sounding piece of ma' chinery in this city than that Romano Eisrht. The Cadillac was almost a year In advance of other makes in announc ing its eight-cylinder model, but one other has now come out and more are rumored. One of the local men re marked that the "woods soon will be full of eights." The latest is that one of the French companies, manufacturing eights ex cluslvely, has decided to open, a plant in America while the war is waging and set on the ground floor of the eight's wave of popularity, which many predict. While not in the majority, eight cylinder cars are by no means scarce on the other side of the ocean. m m Following a story on the automobile laws of New Tork, which were de clared to be lax, the morning mail brought the following note from Arthur B. Gibbs, who drove in New- York for quite a while and who is now in the business here. It follows: I must contradict your article re garding New Tors; auto laws. Your bearings are all out of line and the horsepower of the statement (relative ly so) will not stand the test. "I have lived there 26 years, was born In New York City and had to take an examination as provided by the state law. I obtained the driving license and have three with me, with a description of myself, with photo there on. Duplicate and triplicate are with the Secretary of New York, state and city." Maybe Mr. Gibbs is right, but the article In question dealt with the pri vate driver, the man who owned the car under his hand. The article said that the professional driver had to have a license. Yet, it isa fact that the great state does not control the man who owns his car. However, if the New York regula tions are a model, an explanation from Mr. Gibbs will be welcome. A. C. Stevens, new manager of the Winton Branch, is busy getting better acquainted with his territory. Just now lie Is in the Southern part of the state telling the dealers there all about the new line, several types of which, arrived in Portland during the week. Stevens has been getting loose from all the Wintons as fast as they came in and like several others, he is looking for a big year, about ready to start. N None of the dealers who are going to " - o uaiia jiavo anaouncea their locations as yet. The Overland branch is still figuring on whether to set to the East Side or to remain on the West, and others still are talking prices and distances with several realty holders. However, ft will not be a month be fore the Howard Company, the Overland and the Studebaker will be ready to tell just where they will hang out their shingles along about March 1. 1915 r An argument against pessimism in . the motor industry is shown by the fact that in six months of 1914 more than 2000 motor cars have been registered In Massachusetts than during the en tire 12 months of 1913,- and the latter was a good year. In the six months .... - j "-va t.-viiei;iea tlo,2Vl more from automobile owners than it had In the entire 12 months or the preceding year. If the rate of increase keeps up, more than 75.000 motor cars and trucks will be fisted this year. And the revenue will total more than $1,000,000. At the present rate approximately 100,000 will be operators of machines, or one in every 35 inhabitants. - - With a VieW tO th riAPria ff osivnrMa.. cial travelers and tourists, there has ueen piacea on tne market in Germany an inexpensive trailer platform, which may be readily attached to an ordinary small car and which will hold the sam ple cases or extra baggage for which there is ordinarily no room in vehicles of this class. An automobile transport line has been established between Los Andes and the City of Mendoza. in Chile. The tariff proposed is one-half that charged by me iransAnaean tallway. The prin cipal articles of transport for -which a profitable business is anticipated will be wood, barrels in sections, hogshead staves, sulphur, cement, galvanized iron and conserved fruits. Howard M. Covey, the Dodge dealer, has just returned from a visit to De troit, and In discussing motorcar pros pects for the coming year, laid especial emphasis on the part to be played by Dodge Bros. "The Dodge Bros.' car," he said, "is ctrtaln to be one of the biggest sellers during the coming season. I went through their plant, and was absolute ly astonished at its magnitude and com pleteness. T had heard of Dodge Bros, as the largest makers of motorcar parts in the country, but I had no idea of the size of their works until I went through them. "In one building that the.- call the forge shop are 40 big steam hammers. When they're all pounding at one time you couldn't hope to hear the guide, even through a megaphone. Those ham. r-irs have falling weights as high as 600ft pounds, and the foundations alone weigh as much as 100,000 pounds.. They were 'moving some of them around while I was there, and I saw the kind of foundations they must have con crete-beds about 20 feet deep. "In- another department I saw nearly 150 automatic- gear-c-tting machines. l nose machines are almost human. They take a plain blank of steel and turn It Into a finished gear. The guide told me that-'they ' turned out 500,000 gears last year., "The whole proposition Is on the same scale. It's simply ut-meudous. When Dodge Bros.' car comes out this Fall it unquestionably will set a new standard of automobile values and therefore is destined to be a big seller. 1000 CYCLES IX PARADE New. York Pageant Wonderful Col lection of Decorated Cars. "Where do they all come from." was the exclamation heard on every side as, led by a band of 20 pieces riding in sidecars, the motorcycle division fol lowed the line of parade of the big pageant of the recent New York Ter centenary celebration. And in fact, the string of gaily- decked machines which passed along the street seemed almost endless. There were about 1000 motorcycles In line, decorated to symbolize commerce, sport, fun and culminating- with the spirit of peace and prosperity in Amer ica. This "peace machine, which re ceived the award for the best decorated outfit of the division, carried doves perched on the handlebars, -.a' huge cornucopia on the -rear of the machine and Uncle Sam in the, saddle.. , Both the -pleasure and the utility of the two-wheeler were demonstrated in the parade, as well as -the large num ber who- appreciate -its value. - MOTOR LESSON IN WAR T. JEFFERY SAYS NECESSITY OP ' TRUCKS IS SHOWN. i Use of "Quad" fcy Prance la Mobilising la related Olt d Gmt Dtaud for Aata Is Predicted. BT CHARLES T. JEPFERT, President of the Thomas B. Jeflery Com pany. . The only good thing, so far, that has come out of the European war is the wonderful object lesson that has been given to the world on -the necessity for motor trucks. - When France went to war with Germany she carried her provisions to the front In quad-type motor trucks. And one of the reasons why the experience of 1871 was not repeated was the mobility afforded by tne quads. Napoleon's oft-repeated " statement that an army marches on Its stomach has been proved - over and over again since tne war started. . The commis sary department or France has -never broken down. If the great Corsican were alive today, he would be justified in paraphrasing his famous saying into its modern equivalent, "Equip the com missary department with quad trucks." The war in South Africa cost Eng land 4 00.000 . horses.. But the Boer war was simply a skirmish compared with the struggle In' Europe. Already agents of the warring powers are scouring the earth for motor trucks and horses. The cavalry needs horses badly. The artillery cannot get enough motor trucks and must use many horses. Millions of the world's finest draft animals will be exterminated If the war lasts much longer. Business must then turn to motor trucks. The economy and superior service of the motor truck have long been con ceded. The only obstacle In the way of a universal adoption of motor road transport is the financial difficulty of converting, without initial - loss, the present fixed Investment Jn . animal equipment. It Is therefore not entirely an unmixed evil that the death-dealing products of the Krupps, Cotterills, Max ims, Creuseots and others are visibly hastening the day. when mankind will use the motor truck to the practical exclusion of the horse and mule.- And the resulting economies will soon nav for the new equipment and contribute in large part to the quick rehabilitation of a war-racked continent. IXDIAXAPOUS - RACE IX VIEW Campaign Begun for Motor Speed way Contest Next May. INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 21. (Spe cial.) The Indianapolis motor speed way's 1S15 racing campaign will open next week, with the distribution of entry blanks for the next 500-mile race. It is announced today. Details are not available, however, save that the .date of the race will be Saturday, May 29, Decoration day next year fall ing on Sunday, and that the piston displacement limit .will be 300 cubic inches. ........... Severali factories. Including Stutz. Maxwell arid Mercer, - are known to have 300-Inch machines already under construction with several others, so that no difficulty in flllinar the entrv list is expected. Foreign entrants, of course, will be few. It Is thought, be ing limited to such drivers as are In eligible for army service or are natives of countries not at -war, Italy, for-instance. - ....... Spain exported 4,000.000 pounds ' of paper for" cigarettes last year. yea ant yonr family as to its IBBlO TOM. Mr. Man fcr, m-Lj. are ot to CaaufrauXiMt and its Durability. YonH be hooded a lot of Conwssaboa by sales men as to the quafity of all kind of cats bigb prirrrl imrh'iaii and Uw.pricL Bat remember, yWrn buying -a car not for a dcnxinsti sum merely bat for a term of yean. Mitchell Jearty upkeep is mot a assOer of Coaw aeraaboa mad it has been cstaboxhed by 35.000 Can in actaal uae aod by 16 Tears of u--nnl So then, when wo tell oa dW M.fe4wJT tOtl Mode! are the beat in Appearance m Coaatrac- tna aaUaaaUaqr we have . W g ' f , V,, A 1 II a car aads&ca 11 ' Appearance, then k PEACE of mind Freedom from Worry Pride of Own ership should all be figured in the first Cost of the Car. - And these elements depend largely on the Car's Appearance. Because, no matter how dependable, durable and speedy a car may be if youjtyour wife and your sons and daughters are not proud of its Looks it's Good-Night, Car! P 1 scanning tbe jrntfnt matrvalme for ma Moasrr then yea may know wc'aa not haecfing job a baa of Qwcisatioo merely. John Bale baa exoeUed bimaelf as. Miadadl 1915 Models. Tbey bare all tbo acciaaaaj -ooo-aaaa top q-acnoo side cartaina Laee battoa electric boaa cHctne Ugtibag and atamas Aad the great hxadaaaenlal "Bate rwo-uo liiroe-ocanl 5 aadmdual to Mttcbdl Cars alone. i aaa 1 . -l.i , '. -ajra wesgnt Dot Safety brat baa been oar baadaag Jojm. No maa need dread any paaaeT. o aaaoer bow anlmiaa if bo baa-a ISlSMafcbasL Get the Personal Touch This Is ideal demonstration weather, and nothing would please us better than. to have- you avail yourself of our "Personal Touch" invitation. We have the Light Four and Baby Six now in stock. If you can't conveniently call, phone ua and we will send the car to your door. Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co. - Distributors for Mitchell, Lewis Motor Co., of Rselae. East Morrison and First, Portland 80 year of faithful service to the American public iiijIct a p fi m.- sT LaaaaWa. 1. 14 i XHK MIK HKLL I.I Mi rOK WIS MiU-liell l-iffht Four two and live passen pera 4 cylinders horse poner lit) inch wheel bast? :H x4 tires fll!54) VlitibH. I,Iffht Four o passengers same as above f 1300 Mitchell Mprrial Six IT or . passenKer cylinders 5o horst pow e r 1 :i2 -in. heel base 36x4 V tires 1803 Mitchell Mper.Ml six ti passengers same above SI 995 144-inch wheel base GO-horse power, Th JMUchrll llaby,j -..-n.p., 'i, a ana G-pass.. liiG-ln. wheel base. 36-in.x4-ln. tires SIAATi F. O. n. II AC INK. BUICK TOUR IS OVER Trans-Continental Trip of Car Ends in Portland. SCENERY ON ROUTE VIEWED Speed 'Records Xot Attempted but Average Distance Is 150 Miles Per Day Good and Bad Roads Encountered. Continental tourists at any time of the year are far from common as yet, but at' this time they are a scarcity. That is why people gaped some last week when J. J. Patterson and R. C. McNitt, Pennsylvania lumbermen, were seen in Portland with their Buick road ster, in which they had covered all but few miles of the road across the United States. Their speedometer showed more than 7330 miles when they arrived at, the Howard Auto Company in this city, the distributors of the Buick. Their touring: was ended temporarily at Portland, as they did not want to try the road to California and shipped the car to the south. They will tour that state thoroughly this Winter and next year, their purpose being: to view 11 the natural wonders of the states they pass through. "Wonder Road Is Mlased." They regretted that they could not see the Columbia River Highway, news of which had come 10 them occasion ally along the tour. They left New York on August 25 and while not trying for any speed rec ords, they reeled off the distance be tween the Pacific Coast and the At lantic at a rate of between 150 and 170 miles per day. The touring equipment of the trav elers consisted of a couple of extra casing's and some tubes, but the run ning boards were clear of the usual ag gricultural implements which tourists in heavier cars find necessary. They had but six punctures since leaving home and the front tires still had New York air in them. Roads tnerally Good. "We found the general road condi tions much better than we expected," said Mr. Patterson. "Strange as it may seem, some of the worst roads were found in the states which also have some of the best, such as New York and Pennsylvania. , "We averaged 150 miles per day. Some days we made 170 miles when the scenery, furnished no particular in centive to stop. Whenever we reached a city or town that we liked we spent the day there. "We were in Philadelphia three days. New York two days; four days in Buf falo, two days in Detroit and a day and a half in the Buick factory at Flint, Mich. We spent an entire week visiting friends at Chicago and tour ing about that city. Car Shipped Part Way. "In Spokane we learned that while the road over the mountains was open, it would be inadvisable for us to at temptthe trip with snow a possibility and rain a certainty. "We therefore drove to Leavenworth and shipped to Index, where we ar rived Sunday morning. One of the most interesting trips was from Index to Seattle." The party found some trouble in get ting between Seattle and Portland, but arrived here Tuesday night and shipped Wednesday" for the south. The party remarked about the number of Buick service stations all along the route. Almost every town of 300 or 400 per sons had a Buick representative. Motorcyclists to Hold Contest. Riders from all over the United States will be asked to participate In the big motorcycle meet which is to be pulled off by the San Antonio (Texas) Motorcycle Club. About 75 members of the club were present at an enthusi astic meeting to make arrangements for the event, which probnbly will be held the latter part of November, number of contests both for singles I twin machines will be staged. A In Illinois the avfirnse salary of the 500SJ men learners is 72L",rt7 m year. BUICK SIX ON DRIVE AROUND THE PLAZA BLOCKS WITHOUT A CHAUFFEUR, J , . s- 4i " ,' i . umi nun J r v . V;- '' : - - ' - 1 - v ' - - I t c) ''t t-' " " "' 'yf1 j , K "'"-"- v y : ' i js1Cl 4 V- y, t ;MS I ' ' . - " - - " ' ' - " " i ' t 1 x , , S .vM I Copy No. 581 10 in. x 3 cols, wide 'He Tes ix l of jEj2. ze &7s" 'tSucccssfiiJ Jxzfdj'rztf motor cars erica!Ss6iestT.tSix$165 5-Passenger Touring Car 2 -Passenger Roadster One to Sixty Miles Per Hour on High Crowded; congested traffic conditions demand very slow motor speeds. You can. creep along silently and smoothly on high gear at one mile per hoar slower than you can walk in THE 4 4 . There's no need of shifting gears when you are hemmed in behind a slow moving wagon. Simply touch the throttle when the traffic clears and any speedup to a milt a minute s at your disposal. One mile per hour or aixty milea per hour tuithout shifting gears is possible with America's Greatest "Lieht Six because every unit in the car it designed for flexibility. The six cylinder 312 x 5 in. en Hoc motor it accurately balanced to give the constant pull at low speeds. The intake manifold is enclosed in the cylinder castinz. The car is licrht and the weight is correctly distributed to the four wheels. at u iient ana A ride through the crowded district will show you what Haynes flexibility of control is. ' ' Unit power plant, 3-point suspension, 6-cylinder 3$ x 5 en bloc motor, actually developing 55 brake horse power. 121-inch wheelbase. Left-hand drive, center control. Weight, 2950 lbs., giving more than one horsepower to every 55 lbs. of ' weight. Leece-Neville separate ' unit starting and lighting system. Ignition from storage battery through Remy dis ' tributor and coiL Economical Rayfield carburetor. Forced water circulation. Specifications in Brief: "Vacuum gasoline system with gas tank at rear of chassis. Splash and force feed lubrication. Clutch, three-plate dry disc type lined with Raybestos. Transmission, selective sliding gear type, three speeds -orward, one reverse. Haynes full floating rear axle, axle shafts, pinion, and pinion shaft nickel steel, j Exclusive arch frame construction, with 54 elliptic chrome vanadium steel springs. Crowned Fenders. Low center of gravity and long sweeping body lines. 34 x 4" tires, Firestone demountable rims. Motor driven tire pump. Stewart-Warner Speedometer. Improved one-man top, Collins cur tains. Clear and rain -vision ventilating windshield. Strapless tire carrier at rear of chassis. Clear running boards. Headlights with dimming device. Electric Horn under hood. GlIDBLESS CAR AND A. L. EH MAX. - h JomitnVif .."Vm At0, ,ComPany- likea to walk afong with the Buick. This little stunt shows f,t Pe.fltXiWUV; f the Buick motor. A picture of the car was taken recently showing it iroinj south on Park street, which is a pretty good grrade. But It will climb along at a pace of less than two ""l"cUrTwWch U 'llTV altCrin- Th6 8tUnt '"urates the balance of thVcar, for it wil" ke'p w J'I!hILaynes c?mPrise Model 31, UBig Six" with 65 brake horsepower and 130-inch wheelbase $2250j Model 32 Haynes "Four" with 48 brake horsepower and 118-inch wheelbase $1660. When may we give you a demonstration? Nob Hill Garage & Auto Co. 59 N. Twenty-Third St., near "Washington St. ' Main 299 A 2411. THE HAYNES AUTOMOBILE COMPANY, KOKOMO, INDIANA a? ? iisa j-im mtmt
