THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. JUNE 1, 1919.
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RIGID TEST SYSTEM
FOB CADILLAC CARS
Mechanism Must Be Perfect
When It Leaves Factory.
EVERY PART IS TRIED OUT
lour Hard Trials Must Be Pa&iml
Before Finished Car Is Sent .
Out to Sealer.
BT It M. COVEf.
"President Covey Motor-Oar Company.
From ore to automobile there are
nnumerable thousands of tests which
Co into the manufacture or a good
motor car. 1'Or instance, there ari Tria
trial tests of wo6d ancL metals.
make) a fourth check on, tho -work
which has gone before and there is
considerable rivalry between them
and the rough testers to catch any
small defects which might have es
caped the latter. .
The dependable wearing qualities of
Cadillac cars are in no email part due
to the keenness of these inspectors in
ferreting out the Insignificant errors
in assembly which later would cause
inconvenience and delay. If allowed to
pass without rectification.
CARE OF TRUCK IS IMPORTANT
Mack Distributor Emphasizes Xeed
of Protecting Investment.
Whenever statistics that have to do
with the cost of motor triMJc operation
are compiled one of the most Import
ant items that should receive consid
eration, but which is absolutely in
tangible, is the human element. More
than any other single factor of import
ance in computing costs, according to
F. C. Atwell, of the International Mack
corporation, distributors here for Mack
trucks, is the attitude of the owner or
driver toward the truck.
Oiven a high-grade truck, one that Is
built right in the first place, the de
gree of satisfactory service received
will depend almost wholly upon the at
titude of the operator. If the truck
is handled by a careless or indifferent
operator, it makes no difference how
llFiDUHiT ROAD BOOSTER
COAST CHIEF FOR WHITE COM
PANY TALKS.
by
What Can Be Done for State
Roads Shown by Case of
California, He Says.
Officials of the White company have
taken a leading part in the good-roads
movement from the start of the auto
mobile industry. One man who has
been advocating good roads ever since
he arrived in the west is G. A. t'rqu
hart, coast manager of the White com
pany, with headquarters in San. J'ran
cisuo. Urquhart has been In the motor car
and truck business for many years
He started with the industry and has
grown up with it. He was a good
roads booster when the first cars were
built and has been a tireless worker
in this cause ever since.
"I remember when the first automo
biles came to the coast," says Mr. Ur
quhart. "The roads then were the old-
style county highways, roads in name
only a good part of the year. In win
ter they were full of mud and holes
and travel was necessarily slow. Few
CROW-ELKHART MAKES BOW TO PORTLAND.
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lOU Will, SEE LOTS OK THESE CARS ON THE STREETS SOON.
tavid A. Pepp of the Daniels sales agency has taken on this well-known line to handle in conjunction with the Daniel
Kijrht and the Revere. The Crow Elkhart comes in four and six-eyiinder models, the four-cylinder having a Lycoming
aim ine six a. nuieuour motor, ii s a cidfib-iuo&iuc uliio car. xu. iais niciure aiso is jack LuuuiDRaim, sa.ictiiiia.tL ior
Sir. PeDD.
fabrics and finishes, oils and com
pounds, unere are manuiacturing tests,
oi organizations ana metnoas. 01 ma- i
cumins ana assemDiies. 01; new lueas
ann principles.
Kach reveals efficiency, or exposes
the lack of it. Each adds an element
ot certainty to tne periormance 01 me
finished product.
The only absolute guarantee, how
ever, that tne iinisnea mecnanism win
be as good as the elements which have
gone inco it is ine test ot tne macnine
itself. Cadillac final tests are. In part
tests of Cadillac materials and manu
facture: but above all. they are the
prooi oi caaiiiac stanaaras 01 assem
bly.
Each Cadillac driving unit, engine,
transmission and rear axle, before It
becomes a part of the chassis, is given
thorough test in the department
wnere it is ount. -acn test is ae-
eisrnea to give tne unit a gooa worn-
out under every Kina ot operatins
conditions. rjacn part is waicneu. ana
particularly listened to.
Testers Have Keen Ears.
Every Cadillac eight-cylinder engine
Is given a block test of several hours
under various loads at various speeds.
During this period it is under the
watchful eye and ear of an expert
tester, who has been raised mechani
cally to the tune of an eight-cylinder
motor, i ne sugntest trouoie wnicn may
develop during this time is cause for
turning it back to the motor assembly
department. If no trouble develops
during the block test, the oil pan is
removed, all bearings are examined and
adjusted, if necessary, and valves and
seats are inspected and finally set.
Kngine, transmission and axles are
then assembled in the frame and the
car started up under its own power.
From the chassis assembly it goes to
the dynamometer room. Here the rear
wheels are jacked up and connected
with silent chain to the dynamometer.
The engine is again started and the
testing goes on. The chassis is oper
ated in high, medium and low gears,
as well as reverse, at all speeds and
under all loads. Here for the first
time the car, as a complete driving
mechanism, is under inspection.
Cadillac testers receive a liberal
education before they are set to judge
the soundness of a new automobile.
They are men who have graduated
from many other departments. They
have seen the car in all phases of
manufacture. They have at their fin
Kers' ends all the ailments which an
automobile is heir to. They know
what a good automobile should be.
The slightest sound, which the owner
or even the average garage mechanic,
wouldn't even notice, means some
thing definite to them.
Kina! Test Hardest of All.
When the car passes the dynamo
meter test satisfactorily. It is put
through a rough road test. It is the
ambition of the rough tester to catch
any mistake which may have previ
ously been missed. Any trouble here,
and the car is taken out of production
and sent to the chassis repair shop.
liYom the routrh road test the chas
sis goes through the final painting
and baking process, after which it is
sent to the final assembly room for its
body.
Still one more test is made, the final
test with the car completed as it
stands ready to ship. Final testers
good It may be, neglect of attention and I
abuse will result in making the truck
appear unsatisfactory. This state of
affairs accounts for the wide range in
the cost of operation reported by the
'owners for the same make and model
of truck.
"There are some operators who per
sist in driving their truck at a higher
speed than it should be driven for the
rating of the truck and the load car
ried," said Mr. Atwell. "Others neglect
to give the proper attention to lubri
cation, one of the most important in
connection with truck operation. They
fail to realize what this neglect means
until a bearing is burned out. Then
they look at the oil. Tires are a big
item also and excessive - speed under
load is ruinous to tires.
"It Is a fact that on the whole own
ers of high-grade trucks are most at
tentive to them. Perhaps they realize
more fully that they have a large sum
of money Invested in a machine upon
the care of which depends the returns
they get. I believe that owners of
Mack trucks rate especially high In
this respect. It has been our aim to
impress all Mack owners that the truck
is an investment and should be treated
with the same consideration any other
object representing the same amount
of money would be shown."
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2 , Jefferson St.
War Delayed Occupancy by Company
as Buildings Were tJsed for
Military Warehouses.
The huge concrete and steel plant
built for the Saxon Motor Car corpora'
tion, according to officials of the com
pany, will soon be ready for occu
pancy.
Just as the plant was nearing com
pletion the country was plunged into
war. The government, looking about
for warehouses big enough to house
the trappings of a nation at war, took
over the new Saxon plant for the dura
tion of hostilities. It became a supply
depot for a vast treasure in military
stores. Aircraft engines, war trucks,
officers cars filled the building and
soldiers were on guard day and night.
with the cuts in automobile manu
facture dictated by the government, all
plants found their facilities ample for
building the passenger car schedules
permitted by the government- Under
normal circumstances the Saxon com
pany would have suffered hardship In
being unable to enjoy the increased
manufacturing facilities afforded by its
new plant. Hut the curtailment dic
tated by Uncle Sam made possible the
taking on of more war contracts.
The Saxon company was awarded
contracts for building the government
standard one-ton truck known as style
AA. The company is still engaged in
turning out these trucks along with its
regular passenger car manufacture.
As the government Is able to divert
its war materials into civilian uses, its
great military warehouses will be
emptied. The new Saxon plant" then
will be available as the ultra-modern
home of Saxon Six.
It is located within five miles of the
center of Detroit, on a 40-acre tract
valued at $5000 an acre. The property
fronts upon a terminal railroad, thu
affording excellent shipping facilities.
In March, 1897, in the New fork
Journal, a writer described his firs
motorcar ride as follows: "In search o
a new sensation I went yesterday and
rode in a horseless carriage. I dreamed
once that I walked down Fifth avenu
in my pajamas in the full tide of th
afternoo-i promenade and almost die
with shame before I awoke. Yesterday
I had something of the same strange
feeling as I sat there and folt mysel
pushed forward into the very face o
crrinning. staring and sometimej jeerir.
New York."
Portlr
M?in 3419
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Under the auspices of the Dulutb
(Minn.) automobile club, & move ha
begun to test the city wheelage tax i
the courts. The tax, which is held un
just, in addition to the personal prop'
erty tax on automobiles, is 50 cents per
horse power for cars and $10 per ton
cared to make any kind of a trip by
road.
"California has taken the lead in th
construction of roads among the Pa
cific coast states and in the entire
ountry. Oregon and Washington are
ow following suit. The possibilltie
of road development In Oregon and
Washington are wonderful. There is
more scenery and better scenery than In
California. There are high mountains.
snow-capped the year round, and a
undred and one other things to see.
"The Columbia river highway in Ore
gon is a wonderful bit of road work
and shows conclnsively what could be
one for the whole state. It is only a
question of time now when there will
be a nation-wide system of roads that
will permit of all-year traffic.
California is about -to vote an issue
of $40,000,000 worth of road bonds to
complete its highway system. Experts
have figured that the tax rate will not
be materially increased by the Issuance
of these bonds. In a state-wide can
vass made by one of the automobile
clubs there was not & dissenting vote.
'The man with a truck is the surest
booster in the whole wide world for
good roads. With the growth of the
truck Industry has come a huge de
mand for more roads. Experts all over
the country agree that good roads and
increased production go hand in hand
and in" communities where there are
good roads the people are more pros
perous.
"A farmer equipped with good trucks
and with good roads from his farm to
town can deliver his produce to market
at low expense and sell more than he
can If located on poor roads and
equipped only with horses.
"The government showed the people
of Oregon and Washington how to use
trucks during the war in the spruce
production division. Since the armistice
was signed there has been an insistent
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Latest Improvements
CUMBERSOME, unnecessary weight
and parts are avoided by new im
provements which make for lightness,
ease of control and dependable strength.
In the frame alone, one hundred parts
have been eliminated.
Our exclusive Moore Multiple Exhaust
System gives greater power on a smaller
consumption of iueL Let us show you
the one-finger emergency brake, oilless
bushings and non-metallic universal joints
and other mechanical perfections.
The combined skill of ten large fac
tories specialrzirig in motor car parts is
focused on making the Lexirtgton a betUr
car for less money.
BltUNN MOTOR CAR CO.
Distributers
In Our New Location 23-30 North Broadway
Lexington MciYCcmpany.CuuuU3ileJL.U-&A
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demand for more trucks and then more.
The factories have been hard put to
build them fast enough to supply north
western buyers."
KLNG RIDES OX XOBBY TREADS
Norway's Ruler Uses United States
Tire Equipment.
When King Haakon of Norway goes
forth to ride in his limousine these days
he makes his journey on American
tires. His car is equipped all round
with the Nobby tread pattern of United
States tires.
Cord tires have not yet gained much
of a foothold) in Scandinavian countries,
as the cars there nearly all call for
equipment of the old clincher type.
American tires are In great favor and
their popularity gives Indication of re-
maining permanent.
The allied nations put on so tight an
embargo against rubber during the
war that the Scandinavian countries
suffered' a great tire shortage, their
proximity to Germany making tire
shipments to them inadvisable. A high
wave of buying followed the lifting of
the embargo.
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By registering your Gordon Tire when you buy it
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437 Stark St.
Phone Broadway 1448
&leuw&Service at Your Serv
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r SHOULDbe a considerable satisfaction to you to know that
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