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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1919)
THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 16, 1919. DETROIT FORD PLANT INSTALLING STARTERS New Equipment Used on Sedan and Coupelet Models. SEVERE TESTS WITHSTOOD 12 Only Enclosed Can Have New Sys- tem Which Is Described as U;ht, Compact, Efficient, The Ford electrle lighting ul atart Ing system is here! It ia now being- In stilled on coupelet and sedan models assembled at the Detroit plant. Other assembly plants will install the systems Just as rapidly as production will per mit, says the I ord Owner of Milwaukee, .TV is. . This starting; and lighting system has atood the test of the Ford Motor com pany. The system mast be right or It never could have received the stamp of approval of lord engineers, the state ment continues. Only the Inclosed models, the coapelet and sedan, will be equipped with the tarting and lighting- system. The tarter will be furnished on these two models at an added cost of $75. It will be impracticable to Install Che starter on old Ford cars, because such a change would necessitate re placing the front cylinder cover, trans mission cover, fly wheel and timer Sears. Starter f Two-Colt Type. The starter is of the two-unit type. consisting of a generator, starting; mo tor and storage battery. It is extremely compact, light, efficient and accessible. The generator Is driven by a small spiral gear off of the large timer gear. xo chains or belts are required. The starting motor engages with the fly wheel through a Bendix drive and teeth cut on the rim of the fly wheel. Ail inclosed cars supplied with Starters will hereafter also be equipped with an instrument board on which will b placed the coil switch, am meter, primer, and light switch. Side and tail oil lamps will be discarded. In place of the side lamps a combination fcead lamp will be provided. This head liKht contains two bulbs for furnishing brife-ht and dim light. Battery Is FwralsheaV A elx-volt. SO-ampere. three cell, bat tery -of standard construction will be furnished, the battery to a metal box carried on Bins; board. Because the n Cenes required is so great it is probable that several well-known manufacturers. maintaining service stations throughout the country, will supply this demand. When one considers that the Ford Jlotor company will produce more closed cars in the next year than most Service When you buy a motor truck, you might as well buy real service. We mean the kind of service that is built into a truck. You get that kind with an Atterbury Truck and if s backed by 14 years of successful truck-building experience. Compare the specifications and me chanical engineering with any other Truck of its price. ATTERBURY TRUCK SALES CO. "Truck Specialists" 343 Oak, Near Broadway lH POBTLfflD MEN SEE SHOW DEALERS VISIT AUTO EXHIBI TION" IX SEATTLE. of the largest manufacturers have ever Number of Orefonians Spend Entire produced of all models in any one year, then one can appreciate what a tre mendous problem has been handed to the Ford production managers. Under such circumstances the start ing and lighting equipment will of necessity be confined to the closed cars for sometime at least. Those contemplating- the purchase of open passenger cars, who feel that they muHt have a starter, need not turn from their first choice, for they can equip their Foru cars with electric tarters which are now manufactured by Independent companies. A Ford inclosed car equipped with the new Ford starter will be exhibited as one of the features of Seattle's aulo how in the armory this week. 51,E40.C00 111 ROAD FUND GRAYS n ARBOR 3IAPS OCT 1TVE-YEAR PROGRAMME. Issuance of $100,0 00 in Bonds Are Planned by County to Cover Its frhare of Improvement Costs. ABERDEEN. Wash.. March 15 (Ppe fcial.) A prnitramme for the improve-m-ut of Grays Harbor county roads covering a period of live years and call l ie for an expenditure of 1.6tu.00t in f.Ueral. Ftale and county funds and for bonding the cunty for J4WO.000 to carry out the county's part was unani mously indorsed by the county tora jiiMioners and a lari.-e gathering of . representative taxpayers at a meeting at Montesano. The programme, an amplification of tt.e proposal to bond the county in or der to render available federal funds for the paving of the Olympic high way In this county was outlined to the SYcounly commissioners at Olympia by tate Highway Commissioner James Al len and was presented in its entirety for discussion at the Montesano meet ing. As the complete programme met with instant approval of the meeting, the commissioners will call a special bond election at an early dale. The programme calls for the im provement of the North river. 'Westport. C. l. Hansen. Pacific beach and Quin vult roads by hard gravel surfacing umi the concrete paving of the Olympic hichway from n point three miles west cf Hoquiam east to the Thurston coun ty 1-ne. The cj.-t of these improvements fcas been estimated as follows: North river road. 11 miles. $100,000; Vestport road. South Aberdeen to Co basset beach. 13 miles. Iliii.uOO; Fa c:tic bearh road, t'opalis crossing to Aloha. miles. ."; O. D. Hansen road. 10 miles. to.0'0: Quiuault road, from I-ike tjuinault to the JetTorson cuntr line. miles, J350.000; Olympic Mehway, 36 in. Us, concrete paving. $.". WOO. Funds available for these projects are: State and teoerai aia. vu.uuu; permanent hiKhway fund. C50.0V0; road and bruise fund. KSO.ftOi. and from six county district road funds. J M0. 000. Week on Sound, While Others Iieave Here Thursday. A number of prominent Oregon auto mobile dealers and motorists were in Seattle last week to attend the sound city's automobile show. A number of the Oregonians left here early in the week and spent several days at the show. The largest delegation left Thursday night, most of them ex pecting; to return yesterday and today. M. O. wilkins, manager of Portland a late show, spent the entire week in Seattle. Fred W. Yogler. president of the Northwest Auto company, also went up early in the week as did David A. Pepp of the Daniels Sales agency, which has established a branch n Seattle and was one of the exhib itors at the show. J. M. Krog, man ager of the Portland Motor Car com pany, was in the Washington city sev eral days. One of his customers, J. B. Monette. drove his new Nash up from Portland. W. R. De Lay of te E. C. Warren Motor Car company, who went north Wednesday, is expected back in Portland today. In the party which left here Thurs day night were: A. B. Manley. Manley Auto company; H. M. Covey, Covey Motor Car company; H. H. Kling, Willys-Overland Pacific company: Roy Fike, Portland Motor, Car company; Harry Lyon, Cook & GUI; C. E. Francis. Francis Motor Car company; Del Wright. William L. Hughson company; A. L. Smith. Mitchell. Lewis & Staver company: W. C Oarbe, Oregon Motor Car company: A. C. Stevens; H. J. Casey, Talbot & Casey, and Arnold Cohen. Oldsmobile company of Oregon. Seattle's show, staged in the Armory March 10 to 15. Inclusive, was the best automobile exhibition in the city's his tory, show veterans declared. The ex hibition was the most varied of the Industry that section bad seen and was well attended. ; to meet the requirements of the new conditions has finally perfected the Firestone Giant pneumatic cord tire to meet the demand for a tire equipment that will give the resiliency and speed of small pneumatic tires and yet with stand the heavy weight of the motor truck. "Back of the actual service of Fire stone truck tires and the Intense effi ciency in detail of manufacture are the Firestone truck tire service stations. one in every trucking center, each an example of the highest efficiency that I has been reached in this field. I certainly look forward to many I frequent visits In Portland. I have studied the. trade conditions pretty thoroughly in this section of the coun try and I firmly believe that a great I future is in store for the automobile I industry here." MOTOR BEATS FRENCH TRAEV "Approved" The circle of friends the Overland -car makes -Is con- tinually widening. These friends have spread the good news of the comfort, performance and economy of the Model 90 car, until owners now number more than 115,000. These owners arc safer guides for you to follow than mere specifications. ' . , a , i Willys-Overland Pacific Co. Broadway at Davis Street, Portland Ovtrlaad' Model rNincty Fire Funster Touring Car J9SS; Sedan 21195; f. o. . Toltd "SKIP By TRUCK," SLOGAN FIRESTONE COMPAXT BEHIXD FREIGHT CAMPAIGN. D. Hess, Jr., District Manager Here From Akron, O., to Study Business Conditions. XAi-U SEES BIG AUTO DEMAND Iemanil 11, Will Exceed Mannfactnrer Supply In Declares. "There will cot be cars enough to begin to supply the demand of the 191 t' a son. The foregoing statement by Charles TV. Nash, president of the Nash Motors rompat.y. Is Lascd upon first-hand study c f the country' industrial outlook as affecting the automobile market. Mr. J.ash has just returned to the factory at Kenosha aftrr a trip which took 1,1m from Chicago and New York to Florida. At practically every point In his Itinerary, through the Carolines. Geor gia. Florida. Tennessee. Kentucky and Ohio. Mr. Nash found reflected the same conditions that prevailed at the Chicago and New York automobile hows. In the south, where the ellirrg sea son is now at its height. Mr. Nash spent reveral weeks. Nash dealers on every bund are pressed for cars. and. In spite if the- bit; production schedule of the Nash factory, practically all dealers will be unable at any time during the J1J season to set cars cnougn. . . J. D. Hess Jr., Akron, O.. district manager of the Firestone Tire & Rub ber company, is in Portland studying local trade conditions. I'nder the new plan of the Firestone factory the district managers will spend almost their entire time in the held. This will give coast automobile and truck tire users a closer touch with the factory organisation. In this way the Firestone factory will be able to work out more carefully all the dif ferent angles of supply and demand and Mr. Hess says Is a recognition by his company of the possibilities and tre mendous growth in the Pacific states. "The Firestone company is launched on the 'ship by truck' campaign." said Mr. Hess,yesterday. This is one of the many new ideas of value to the entire nation that have been promulgated by the Firestone organization within the last few years. The war has brought borne to us the Importance of the motor truck. The freight embargoes taught a new lesson. They showed business men new, unsuspected uses of trucks. In every part of the country one finds the truck seeking out and overcoming obstacles to transportation brought upon us not only by war, but by na tional growth. 'The motor truck has come to the front as another connecting link be tween the farmers and the cities. It facilitates transportation, conserves la bor and effects the delivery of food stuffs in better condition than ever be fore. The radius of operation has been extended, so that the farmer who is situated a long distance from a rail road can increase bis business and have hts products hauled at less expense. Small fchipments that could not be hauled to market by the producer pre viously can now be sent by this motor truck express. "Our factory not being satisfied with tie development of .the Giant solid, tire,! Colonel Makes Fast Trip In Cadillac I From Bordeaux to Paris. When Colonel Thornwell. Mullally of the California Grizzlies went from Bor deaux to Paris one night he probably knew that he was traveling rather fast in the government Cadillac But he probably did not know that the Cadillac was easily trimming the fastest train in France, the Bordeaux- to-Paris express. Bordeaux is 400 miles southeast of Paris. The train leaves there at 6 in the evening and arrives in Paris at 8 the next morning. The story of the record-breaking ran was brought back by Captain Albert G. . Waddell, who recently returned from France. Waddell and Captain Bed ford Boyes were in Bordeaux and were leaving on the express for Paris to be in the rench capital for the recep tion to King Albert on the day fol lowing. They dined at the Cafe de Bordeaux and as they left to go to the train Colonel Mullally was just start ing his dinner. They boarded the ex- press and reached Paris on time, going to the university Lnlon, where the officers registered. "Imagine my surprise." said Waddell, "when I arrived, to find Colonel Mul lally there and George Ede a well- known San Francisco driver, sitting the colonel's Cadillac outside. The only way tha colonel could have gotten to Paris was in the Cadillac, and as he could not possibly have left for an hour after the tram did and must have ar rived considerably ahead, it is a cer tainty that the Cadillac beat this fast train by over an hour." Waddell was enthusiastic over the work the Cadillac has done in France. The cars used by the army were paint ed olive drab and those under navy supervision were painted white. These were the most conspicuous models seen overseas. It will be recalled that the Cadillac has repeatedly beaten the time of crack trains on fast runs in America. ESSEX CIS ON MERITS FINAL VERDICT ON ATJTO UEFT TO MOTORING PUBLIC. Automobile Topics Terms In Product With Which Competitors Will Have to Reckon. "One of the most notable things about the Essex is the way in which it has sprung into popularity without a word beina- said in its praise ty tne miners, said C. L. Boss of the C. U. Boss Auto company yesterday. "No extravagant claims of any kind were made for the newcomer. The builders were so con fident of its worth that they were en tirely ready to leave the final verdict to the public. In this connection, the following article printed in Automobile Topics is interesting: The Essex is not only a car out type that will bear close study. Its lines are graceful and attractive, its bodywork well put up and comfortable. while it is equipped In every detail ac cording to the purchasers require ments. 'Mechanically it ia built along lines of safety in the sense that there nothing experimental about it. On the other hand, its great winning cnarac teristic is performance. In this it ex cels many cars of much higher price and more pretentious aspect. nonce, in its iniroaucuon rjasw dealers were urged to return to the old system of demonstration before purchase. There are cars that demon stration wil". not help sell. The Essex wfwtiiniHiiiinmiiii"""1" mil! limine pjj 13 i e REPUBLIC TRUCKS Will Not Be Orphaned! "During the last five years more than, six hundred motor vehicle manufacturers have failed." Republic-Trucks are made by the largest truck manufacturers" in the world. "We are the largest exclusive truck dealers in the northwest. Buy your truck here you can count on our SERVICE if you need it. ROBERTS MOTOR CAR CO., INC. 71-75 NORTH PARK STREET Portland, Oregon is not one of these. Add to this the fact that its appearance is enough to pull a good share of attention on the prospective buyer's part, and enough has been said to indicate that for a newcomer its prospects are uncom monly briglrt. " 'In fact, having nothing in the way of reputation to live down, but much in its favor, it seems to be a product that competitors will have to reckon with seriously.' " " There are 4000 automobiles in Japan, according to Y. Bryan Tamashlta, busi. ness man and banker of that country, now here on business. The population is 43.000,000 and the small number of machines is attributed to the fact thai the country has no good roads. : I All-Aluminum Custom Body The finest custom-made bodies in the world are built entirely of aluminum. And in the Jordan Suburban Seven this practice has reduced the weight a full one hundred pounds. It gives that smooth, velvety finish, so desirable. It does not ripple, rumble or rust like sheet metal. The Suburban Seven is the first seven-passenger car without the old bulge m the rear of the body. The sides run straight, with sharply beveled edges. Beautiful upholstery is devel oped, over Marshall cushion springs, into seats that conform to the natural position of the body. There is a real tailored top with beveled edge plate glass in the rear panel. Curtains open with the doors. Slightly smaller wheels and fatter tires. Rim wrnd clock. Tonneau light. Macbeth lenses. Moto-Meter. Optionalcolors. Briarcliff green, Liberty blue, Burgundy Old Wine. Every Jordan owner a entitled to receive the "Jordan Arrow" .Mitchell, hems & Staver. Co. BROADWAY AT OAK JORDAN MOTOR CAR COMPANY, Cleveland, Ohio