TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MARCH 21, 1913.
TBVITT
ARCHITECT'S PERSPECTIVE OF NEW OVERLAND HOME TO RISE IN PORTLAND AND OFFICERS
J. W. LEAVITT & CO. .
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Agreement Signed for 10-Year
t Xease on Four-Story Build
ing to Be Erected.
GAY LOMBARD WILL BUILD
Officials of Concern Handling Over
land Cars and W illys Trucks
,' ' to Swell Portland Invest
I ment to $250,000.
J. Convinced of Portland's promising fir
lure as an automobile distributing cen
ter, the executive officer of J. W
Leavitt A Co.. dealers in the Overland
car and the Willys utility truck, have
entered into & 10-year lease agreement
with Gay Lombard for the use of
four-story brick building that is to
Cover 90 by 100 feet of Mr. Lombard's
Vacant property on the southwest cor
ner of Davis street and Broadway.
-.- This announcement not only reflects
the faith of the Leavitt company in
Portland, but illustrates the realization
f its officers tnat this city is deserv
ing- of more attention. For five years
the Leavitt organization has occupied
a two-story brlCK building near Six
teenth and Washington streets. Even
though an adjacent frame building was
added to the plant about two years ago,
tiie company finds Itself cramped for
space, and has ordered the Immediate
erection of the new building, which will
be ready for occupancy nearly a year
before the lease on the present building
expires. The action involves a certain
sacrifice, but the company has decided
to pay the year's rent on the vacated
quarters and get what it can in return
rentals.
Plans Are Approved.
.' Architects Jacooberger & Smith will
complete the working drawings tor the
new- Leavitt home in a few days and
contracts for the work will be let as
soon as possible. The plans and the
lease have already been approved by
J. ' W. Leavitt, president of the com
anr. and by A. D. Plughoff, its vice-
president and general manager.
.. Accompanied by Mr. Van Bever, i
representative from the Overland fac
tury. Mr. Plughoff, who was the
"mail behind the gun" in the proposal
to erect the up-to-date plant, arrived
hi Portland yesterday from Ban Fran
Cisco, the head offices of the company,
t put the finishing touches on the
arrangements.
- When the local branch of the Leavitt
company moves into its new home,
about June X, it will have one of the
finest automobile plants In the North
V'est, with a total floor space of ap
proximately 35.000 square feet.
The corner of the first floor will be
f:tted up for the new cir salesroom,
and a similar salesroom for used cars
will have Its frontage on Broadway.
In addition 25x00 feet of space will
Be provided on the Davis-street side
nearest Park street.
; The second floor will be divided Into
the general offices and the stock de
partment. Here nenrly $25,000 worth
of Overland parts will be deposited so
that any Overland owner may have any
part, no matter how old his car may be.
Third Floor to He Shop.
- The third floor will be used exclu
sively for the shop and a considerable
Investment will be made in new ma-
chinery for this department The ware
house and the painting and electrical
plants will be located on the fourth
floor.
The exterior Is to be of red and buff
brick and the interior of heavy mill
construction. The show windows will
be of plate glass and a complete finish
will be given the interior wooaworK
an the lower floors. A large freight
elevator is to be Installed to facilitate
the ready handling of cars.
. It is understood that the Leavitt
Company has an investment of nearly
(175.000 in Portland and that the in
creased facilities and stock that i ill
be required at the new plant will swell
this investment to nearly $2o0.000.
$4O,000 to $50,000 to Be Spent.
Mr. Lombard will spend between
140,000 and $50,000 on the building,
which Is to rest on valuaabla property
In the downtown district.
"After many visits to Portland I am
thoroughly convinced of its future
both as a city and as the heart of
permanent automobile business of tre
mendous importance, says Mr. Plug
hoff. "You have wonderful scenic ad'
vantages and many unusual resources
that presage advancement. The only
Important remaining need to mako this
; a, great country is good roads. l ou
.can see what we think of Portland by
ur present building venture. If we
. uiren't sure of Portland s future, we
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year lease.
Although the Leavitt Company has
. j been represented in the Northwest only
about live years, it has become one ox
the most substantial firms In this ter
ritory. Much of the credit for thd phe
siomenal success has been due to the
M blgh character and ability of tho men
who have been In direct charge of the
Work in this locality.
Mr. Prdlrr Here Two Yean.
W. J. Pedler, assistant general man
j.-ager of the Leavitt Company, who ex
crcises direct charge over the entire
Northwest territory, including Seattle,
pokane and Portland, has been 1c
rated in this city about two years. He
lias been connected with the J. W.
Leavitt Company 18 years, commenc
. .Ing with Mr. Leavitt, as did Mr. Plug-
, .lmff. when the company handled the
Cleveland and Snell bicycles.
Last year 500 Overlands were dls-
" tributed in the state of Oregon and Mr.
" Pedler feels certain that figure will
'bo reached this year easily. He has
seven salesmen. 12 men in the shop and
three in his office.
, . Considering sales the country over.
. February was the biggest month in
the history of the Overland organiza
' i:on. February. 1915, was 31 per cent
. better than February, 1914, and 100 per
, cent better than February, 1913.
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ROAD MEET' CULLED
Delegates to Represent
States at Convention.
IGHWAY PROBLEM TOPIC
15EAVTV NOT NEEDED IX HORN
Outside of Car Is Not Logical Loca
tion for Alarm, Says Manufacturer.
' Beauty is a useless thing in a motor
htrn, according to Will H. Oakes of
the Oakes Company of Indianapolis,
manufacturer of the Beartone horn
and fan combined. Mr. Oakes, who will
' be in Portland soon on a personal trade
Investigating trip through the West
says, that the logical place for a
"horn is not on the outside of a car.
'no matter how well polished It may
t, but under the hood and In front
of the motor.
He says that manufacturers of cars
dive shifted the horn from one nlace
; t another on the outside of the car in
an unsuccessful attempt to find a con
venient place to put it. Next they put
It under the hood, but at the side of
the motor, where the pressure from the
fan chokes the sound of the born back
Governors Indorse Movement and
Commercial Bodies Elect Men to
SessionFederal Aid and Leg
. islatlon to Be Discussed.
The third annual convention of the
Tri-State Good Roads Association, com
prising California, Oregon and Wash
ington, Is called to meet in San Fran
cisco during the week beginning A.ig
ust 2, 1915, which is specially designat
ed by the officers and directors of the
Panama-Pacific International Exposi
tion as "the Tri-State Good Roads
Association day."
Plans are completed for the congress
of good roads which will be held at
San Francisco during the week begin
ning August 2. and which will be rep
resented by more than 30 leading good
roads and highway bodies of the coun
try. This will be the first good roads
congress of its kind ever held on the
Pacific Coast.
Bodies to Send Delegrates.
Delegates from every leading good
roads and highway association, the al
lied Chambers of Commerce of the
Pacific Coast, supervisors and other of
ficials will participate in the speaking
programme of the congress.
The purpose of the congress will be
to bring a- representative body ef au
tomobile and business interests to
gether, where questions dealing with
good roads and kindred subjects will
be discussed. Matters of legislation.
the question of securing Federal aid
in constructing roads, the work of fur
thering lateral roads, bond Issues and
the subject of convict labor will be
taken up in detail by the delegates.
Invitations have been extended to 32
of the National Good Roads Associa
tions throughout the United States, and
cordial approval has been given by the
V.J. Pedler; JSorihwesl
Zfano per af Door of.
Over&nc2 'Can
chief executives of the three Coast
States.
Governors on Committee.
The advisory committee in detail is
as follows: Governor Hiram W. John
son, of California; Governor James
Withycombe, of Oregon; Governor
Ernest Lister, of Washington; Robert
Newton Lynch, vice-president and di
rector California Development Board,
San Francisco; C. C. Chapman, secre
tary-manager to the Portland Commer
cial Club, Portland, Or.; G. A. David
son, president of the Panama-California
Exposition, San Diego; James A.
Barr, director of congresses of the
Panama-Pacific International Exposi
tion: C. B. Yandell, secretary of the
Seattle Commercial Club; Joseph E.
Caine, managing director Commercial
Club, Oakland, Cal.; Frank Wiggins,
secretary Chamber of Commerce, Los
Angeles, Cal.
The officers of the association are:
Captain Walter Coggeshall, president.
Eureka, Cal.; Judge W. S. Worden,
treasurer, Klamath Falls, Or.; Geoffrey
Winslow, director, Tacoma, Wash.; J
H. Albert, director, Salem, Or.; George
E. Boos, executive secretary, San Fran
cisco.
Orders 22 0 Motorcycles.
Two hundred and twenty motorcy
cles ordered by one concern! That's
just what the New Tork Telephone
Company has done ordered 220 ma
chines for the use of its collectors,
messengers and trouble men. One of
the other largest single orders for
motorcycles was that of the Ford Au
tomobile Company several months ago.
The Ford company ordered 50 machines
for use in its service department.
HUDSON SIX MAKES HIT
AN INTERESTING TEST PROVES
WEIGHT OF MACHINE.
Hudson Light Six 10 Talked About by
Motorists and C. L. Bon Gives
Figures Which Don't Lie.
Many Portland motorists are still
talking about the exhibit of the Hud
son Light Six-40 at the recent Portland
Automobile Show, where a standard
model was placed on a large platform
scale and weighed publicly in the pres
ence of the visitors at the show.
The weight of the car was 2860
pounds, equipped fully with the i
ception of gasoline and water. The
correctness of this figure is guaran
teed by the Fairbanks-Morse Company,
upon whose scales the Hudson was
weighed.
"An interesting test In this direction.
which can be demonstrated anywhere
at any time. Is to take four of the or'
dinary small standard platform scales
and place one wheel of the Hudson
Six-40 on each of the scales," said C,
L. Boss, Oregon distributor of the Hud
son, yesterday.
"The weights then will be found to
approximate within a few ounces of
the following: Right front wheel, 758
Dounds: left front wheel, 761 pounds
right rear wheel, 762 pounds; left rear
wheel, 758 pounds. This manes a to
PORTLAXD DEALER PROVES LIGHT WEIGHT OF CAR BY UNIQUE METHOD.
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HUDSON LIGHT SIX REGISTERING 286a POINDS ON GUARANTEED SCALES.
THAT'S the Tire Question in a Nut
shell! Not "how much does the Tire
Cost" "how much Rubber is in it" "how
many layers of Cotton fabric" or "how
many different Vulcanizings does it go
through."
Because, Results have shown that some
of the Tires which have most Cotton, Rub
ber, Weight and stiffness, give much less
MILEAGE and Resilience than other tires
made lighter by more expert workmen,
through more direct and precise Methods.
Nor is so-called "Mileage Guarantee"
worth considering in purchasing of Tires.
Because, no Tires are actually guar
anteed to give definite Mileage, no matter
what the surface reading may suggest. ,
Such "Guarantee" would be impractica
ble with the best Tire ever made, or that ever
will be made.
This, unless the Tire User could, in
turn, guarantee the kind of roads over which
he would always drive, the kind of driving
his Chauffeur would always do, and the air
pressure he would always carry on each Tire.
THE "Mileage Guarantee" is there
fore a deceptive Misnomer.
It does not guarantee given
Mileage but is only a figure arbitrarily named
"as a Basis for Adjustment" on Claims made
for defective Workmanship or Materials.
Read any of these "Guarantees" that
are printed (or havj the verbal ones defined)
and you will see that they don't guaran
tee anything except that the Maker alone shall
decide yerything such "Guarantee" is sup
posed to cover.
."he larger the Milage "Guarantee" the
- higher the price must the Maker charge, to
cover (as with Life Insurance) the increased
"risk" of replacing Tires that are reasonably
sure to wear out, in considerable numbers,
before they have given the "Guaranteed"
Mileage.
t The Careful Driver, over good roads and
streets, would thus Pay more than the Tire
is worth, so that the Reckless Driver, or he
who must continually drive over bad. roads
and streets, might get Mileage he is not
entitled to, at the Careful Driver's expense.
THE Goodrich Safety Tread Is the
fairest-priced Tire, of similar Qual-
ity, in the field. Ten to 30otrw
than other Tires that give less Mileage on
average performance, less effective Traction,
with more Vibration, and greater tendency to
separate the layers of Fabric and of Tread. .
Compare the "Goodrich Safety" Mileage
Cost with that of any other Tire in the field,
and ACT on what the Comparison shows you.
Note the following' table of comparative
prices on non-skid tires. Columns headed
CA," "B," and "D" represent four highly
advertised tires t
Goodrich OTHER MAKES
Size Safety
Tresj "A1 B" "C" D"
30Z3 9.45 '10.55 '10.95 '16.35 '18.10
30x3'2 12.20 13.35 14.20 21.70 23.60
32z312 14.C0 15.40 16.30 22.85 25.30
34Z4 20.35 22.30 23.80 31.15 33.55
36x4 28.70 32.15 33.50 41.85 41.40
37x5 1 33.90 39.801 41.801 49.85 52.05
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Goodrich
Safttf Triad
If yoa ire charted lets for any other maJca than
Goodrich, they are taking it out of the tirej if 70a aro
charged more, they ara taking it oat of you. .
.kid,ar.jutr.j - itia ts. v. uuuurauti iu., Akron, Ohio '
Portland Branch, Broadway at Burnside St.
GOODRICH FAIR-LISTED TIRES
tal of 3029 pounds. Theae weights.
owever, are for the car completely
equipped, including full gasoline and
water supply and with the spare tire
on the aide."
Mr. Boss says the Hudson Company
always Is willing to prove any state
ments made In its literature or in its
advertising', and that this test of the
car on the public scales is evidence of
the correctness of the statements made
as to light weight of the Hudson.
RACER USES "CHAIX TREAD"
Bob Armstrong Says "Race for Life"
Permits Taking No Chances.
Visitors in the Zone at the Panama-
Paclflo International Exposition who
have seen the concession known aa the
Itaoe for Life," have been greatly im
pressed with the ingenuity and dare
devil driving that Bob Armstrong ex
hibits in piloting his car around the
track. Taking these death-defying
curves in his Haynes car. equipped
with United States "Chain Tread" tires.
t a speed which most motorists would
hardly consider safe on a perfectly
level course, Armstrong administers
innumerable thrills to throngs who
dally congregate to see this hazardous
bit of exhibition driving.
"There are many things to be con
sidered in my line of work," said Arm
strong, "and primarily the one of safe
ty comes flrst in Importance. I cannot
afford to take any chances on having
either my motor's or any of the car's
equipment go back on me while trav
eling at the rate I have to to climb the
sides of the bowl in the "Bace for
Life."
$500,000 ROAD IS TIiAVXED
Head of Umatilla Farmers' Union
Revives Campaign.
PENDLETON', Or., March' 20. (Spe
cial.) President R. 0. Earnhart, of the
Umatilla County organisation of the
Farmers' Union, has revived the cam
paign for the construction of a hard
surface road from Pendleton to the
Columbia Biver. The farmers of the
Holdman. and Cold Springs section had
completed tentative arrangements for
building the road under a state aid plan
but the failure of tlie Legislature to
enact the necessary legislation spoiled
their plans and the matter had been
dropped temporarily.
Now Mr. Earnhart comes forward
with a plan to build a road to cost
1500,000. He would raise $100,000 by
public subscription and would ask the
county to Issue bonds for the rest. His
plan calls for the construction, of a
trunk line highway from " Pendleton
north and went through the wheat
country to Cold SprinKS landing-. This
road is to be connected with the pres
ent Pendleton-Walla Walla highway
with a spur from noar Fulton to 8ax
station, thus extending the benefit of
the highway to a great portion of the
wheat producing land of the county.
DOUGLAS IS TO GIVE $20,000
Total or $40,000 to Be Expended on
Pacific Highway in County.
BOSEBUItG. Or, March SO. (Spe
cial.) Following an appropriation of
J20.000 by the State Highway Commis
sion, with which to improve the Pacific
Highway between Canyon Creek Can
yon and the Josephine County Una,
County Judge Marsters today an
nounced that Douglas County would
appropriate a like sum In the Improve
ment of the road.
it Is believed that $40,000 will con
vert the present almost Impassable
highway Into a smooth and serviceable
road. Work has begun In Canyon
Creek Canyon, and reducing and other
wise Improving the road over Wolf
Creek Mountain will begin In a few
days. It Is ths plan of the County
Court to have the highway ready early
In May.
Let Your Motor Car
Reflect Your Taste
However lovely and becoming: a gown may be, it loses its joy when duplicated.
The purely personal element is gone. So with the car you drive ; to be really a
personal possession it must be unlike others; it must reflect the taste, not of the
multitude, but of its individual owner. You can have precisely that individual
distinction when you own a Winton Six. 'Let us tell you the details in person.
Two models, both sixes. The New Size at $2283, and the 48 II. P. at $3230
The Winton Motor Car Co.
23d and Washington Streets. Phone Main 4244
f (nto the trumpet . .
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