THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 21, 1919.
NEW MOTOR BUS IS
THIS FORD SEDAN AND FORD COUPE WERE THE FIRST CARS OVER TERWILLIGER BOULEVARD
AFTER LAST WEEK'S BIG SNOW STORM.
KISSEL TERRITORY TAKEN
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REPUBLIC TRUCKS
This Truck Worked Every Day in the Snow Without Chains
WELL - KNOWN AUTOMOBILE
MEN TO HANDLE LINE.
H. J. Mcintosh and L. V. Rawllngs
All-Weathers Vehicle Appears
on Chicago Run.
GLASSED
ABOV
Organize tho Mcintosh Motor
Car Company.
Kissel automobiles and trucks are
MORE PASSENGERS RIDE
i.'onsfort and Safety Feature Latest
Design Operation Expense
Increases Mere Trifle.
Residents of Chicago wore surprised
re-;ently to see on Michigan boule
vard a strikingly new type of motor
vehicle, an omnibus with a covered
upper deck practically enclosed in
glass.
As a matter of fact the new bus
differs but slightly in construction
from those previously operated in
Chicago. However, the difference,
though slight. Is tremendously im
portant. It means comfortable seats
on top despite chill winds, sleet, snow
and Ice, and more than doubles the
seating capacity thereby greatly in
creasing the earnings during bad
weather as well as increasing the
comfort of passengers, without ap
preciable Increase in operating or
maintenance costs.
Like the older type the new vehicle
has the front wheel drive, the floor
on a level with the curbing for con
venience and speed in taking on and
off passengers, and the covered
straight stairway in the rear which
is safer than the winding and ex
posed one.
New Hn Seats 60.
Instead of the 25 enclosed down
stairs seats on the old style bus
available In bad weather, there are
60 which means that had the newer
style bus been in service from Janu
ary 1 to August 31, 1919 Instead of
the old ones 733,557 more passengers
could have been carried, meaning an
approximate increase of earnings
amounting to $73,355.
During that period the Chicago
Motor Bus. company carried in its
busses of 51-passenger capacity, 26
seats below and 26 above, 4,106,208
persons on 58,027 round trips. When
he company began business on March
25, 1917. it had nine busses and aver
aged dally 2229 passengers.
This number Increased with the ad
dition of more busses and with the
growth of the motor bus idea of
travel until in August, 1917, it was
18,034. The cost of operating this
51-passenger bus averaged in De
cember. 1917, 29 cents a mile. De
signers of the 60-passenger closed
top car declare that the increase in
operating cost is negligible.
Old DenlR-n In Used.
The designers based their general
ideas of construction on the old bus
which in itself is radical when It is
realized that all the other motor
busses in operation in the United
States seat only 44 passengers.
The 61 passenger busses had their
test and proving by 3,500,000 miles of
actual service In Chicago and this ex
perience was utilized to advantage
by the designers of the new bus. Its
length Is 25 feet 6 Inches, the width
7 feet 6 inches, while the height from
the roadway when loaded is 13 feet.
It has a wheel base of 176 inches
bight of lower deck from roadway
12 inches height of upper deck
from roadway la 86 inches when
loaded. Both decks are lighted by a
generator driven by the engine, and
heat is supplied by deodorized ex
haust gases from the engine. The
front tires are six-inch single style
and the rear ones are double with a
total tread of 12 inches.
Drive la Front Wheel.
The power plant Is the A. M. B. C.
standard type of front-wheel drive
made into a detachable unit with con
stant mesh transmission. The brakes
on the rear wheels are placed so as
to be supplied approximately to 500
square inches of breaking surface.
However, the covered upper deck
with its 41 windows is the principal
leature. Of course, this Is made pos
sible by the front wheel propulsion
ond consequent low hanging body en
abling the cover to easily clear ele
vated structures under which it must
pass.
The Chicago company expects to
install these vehicles as rapidly as
they can be built. It Is hoped to have
a line of them running on the south
side of Chicago by spring. Just at
this time when the motor bus is com
ing to the fore as the most feasible
means of city transportation the
operation of this new type will be
watched with great interest.
ATJTO SHOW NOT POSTPONED
Dealers Decline to Delay It for San
Francisco Show.
Members of the Dealers' Motor Car
association of Oregon, at a meeting
Wednesday night, respectfully but
firmly declined to postpone the com
ing Portland automobile show from
the week of February 23-28, to a later
date in March. The postponement had
been asked because the San Francisco
automobile show is to be held on the
same dates as those set in Portland.
"Let San Francisco do the postpon
ing if any postponing Is to be done,"
was the sentiment of the meeting.
The motion for postponement was
snowed under.
It was definitely, flatly and finally
decided to hold a separate truck show
at the armory at the same time the
passenger car show is held In the ice
palace. Enough trucks have been
signed up, according to M. O. Wilkins,
manager of both shows, to fill the
armory. One ticket will admit to both
shows.
ESSEX SETS SPEED RECORD
Car Travels SOS 7 Miles on Speed
way at Cincinnati in 50 Honrs.
Word has Just been received by C
L. Boss of the C. L. Boss Automobile
company from the Essex factory of
a remarkable record made by an
Essex car in a speed test on the Cin
cinnati speedway.
The car, a stock Essex chassis, ran
a total of 3037 miles on this speed
way in 60 hours, the test ending De
cember 12. This Is a fraction over
60 miles per hour, for 60 hours, a truly
remarkable record.
The run was held under A. A. A
auspices, with A. A. A. official observ
ers in charge. No other details have
yet been received by Mr. Boss.
FOREST TOURISTS INVITED
Folder Describing Attractions of
Cascades Is Prepared.
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 20. (Special.)
Tourists are always welcome in the
national forests and to encourage out
ings a recreation folder Is being pre
pared by R. S. Wallace, assistant su
pervisor of the Cascade forest, with
headquarters in this city. The folder
describes the special attractions of
rHESE FOLKS DON'T LOOK VERY COLD, DO THEVf AND THEY WEREN'T COLD, FOR THE VERY GOOD
REASON THAT IT WAS WARM AS TOAST INSIDE THE CARS.
A. S. Robinson and A. B. Smith of the Robinson-Smith company, authorized Ford dealers, took advantage of the
snow storm to prove the comfort and adaptability of Ford enclosed cars. Sending a service car ahead to buck
trail, they took a Ford sedan, a Ford coupe and a camera man up on Terwilliger boulevard, and these pictures are
uie result.
The upper picture shows the sedan with the courje alongside, and. left to rieht Miss Munson. Miss BIbdu. T. J
Armentrout, A. S- Robinson and A. B. Smith of the Robinson-Smith organization. The lower photo shows the coupe.
xnese were me nrsi cars ariven on Terwilliger after the big storm closed traffic.
this forest, which lies east of Eugene.
At a recent meeting of rangers in
this city plans for erecting sign
boards at trail Intersections and at
Important camping sites were made.
CLEVELAND ON HIGH CLIMB
New Car Driven to Summit or Cali
fornia Sierras.
A San Francisco dealer for the
Cleveland light six has given the
Cleveland an "altitude" record. Other
dealers have driven the car serosa
the continent, over deserts, through
mud and sand and up steep grades,
but a member of this organization
drove a Cleveland stock car up the
Placerville Lake road in the Califor
nia Sierras to the summit of the
highway, 7630 feet above sea level.
The car finished with a perfect score.
It has been christened the "Sierra
Pioneer."
GERMANY IS AFTER BUSINESS
She Makes Drive on Markets of the
Scandinavian Countries.
Germany is flooding the markets of
Denmark, Sweden and Norway with
motor trucks and automobiles, ac
cording to advices received from the
Baltic-Atlantic company, Copenhagen.
The company urges prompt shipments
as delieverles cut considerable figure
in competing with the German mar
ket. The fact that the American dol
lar is high and the mark and crown
low is also helping Germany in her
exploitation of the motor field in the
Scandinavian countries.
BRUNCH MANAGERS MET
OVERLAND NORTHWEST HEADS
AT CONFERENCE HERE.
Charles Tyson of Seattle. Olive of
Spokane, Elinr of Portland
Confer With Frank Riggs.
Pacific northwest branch managers
and territory men for the Willys
Overland company met in Portland
last week for a conference here with
Frank C. Rlggs. western division
manager, whose headquarters are in
San Francisco.
Those attending the conference
were Charles Tyson, manager of the
Seattle branch, and Don Gardiner and
Bob Arnott, territory men; Harry
Olive, Spokane branch manager; Doc
Moore and F. W. Lawton, territory
men, and H. H. Eling, Portland branch
manager; Harry Hays and Pat Blake,
territory men.
Sales conditions for the coming
year were discussed at the conference.
After spending Christmas in Portland,
which is still his home, though offi
cially his headquarters are In San
Francisco, Mr. Rlggs will go to the
Willys-Overland factory headquarters
at Toledo.
Road Tests in Idaho.
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO. Moscow,
Dec. 20. Tests of road surfacing ma
terials proposed for use on Idaho
highways hereafter will be made In
a road-materials laboratory which has
Just been installed at the University
of Idaho under direction of Dr. C. N
Kittle, dean of the college of en
gineering.
Here's New Pavement.
The California highway commission
is building stretches of the state
highway in San Joaquin county over
adobe soil. In accordance with speci
fications requiring the c ncrete pay
ment to be increased In thickness to
from four to five Inches, reinforced
every 18 inches with -inch steel
bars.
coming back into this territory after
an absence of several months. H. J.
Mcintosh and L V. Rawllngs have
formed the Mcintosh Motor Car com
pany and completed arrangements
with the Kissel factory to distribute
both the car and truck In Oregon and
the Columbia river counties of Wash
ington.
For 18 months the Kissel factory
was on a 100 per cent war work
basis, which naturally raised havoc
with its dealer organisation. The
company was unable to supply cars
and trucks to its dealers because of
trie press of government work, conse
quently withdrew from Oregon and
several other territories. But the fac
tory has now returned to production
on a large scale and Is renewing
us traae connections all over the
country. It Is one of the older motor
car factories, having been operating
tor 14 years.
The new distributors. Mr. Mcintosh
and Mr. Rawllngs, are both automo
bile men, well known in the Pacific
northwest. Mr. Mcintosh Is a son of
Robert Mcintosh, ship contractor. He
is a graduate of Oregon Agricultural
college, but has been in Seattle for
some vears.
Mr. Rawllngs has been in the auto
mobile business In Portland for six
years. He was one of the organizers
of the Twin States Auto company,
and later was Chandler territory man
for the Twin States Motor Car com
pany. For the past 18 months he has
been territory man for Rlker. Garford
and F. W. D. trucks. He was former
ly an automobile racer, and way back
In 1903 drove the first Maxwell racing
car. One of his later cars was a Kis
sel. Mr. Rawllngs says the Kissel com
pany Is coming out with a new light
truck motor that Is a wonder. "The
company built 16,000 of the govern
ment class A truck motors for the
government." he said. "It has now
built for Its own trucks a motor that
is exactly the same as the class A
motor adopted by the government as
standard after the most severe tests.
This new motor Is a wonder."
The Mcintosh Motor Car company
has leased temporary quarters at
Washington and Twenty-third streets.
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Hazelwood Ice Cream Co. Has Placed Orders for Four More
Republic Trucks Since the Storm
Roberts Motor Car Co., Inc.
305 Main Street,
Vancouver, Wash.
Park and Everett Streets,
Portland, Oregon
last year, when each employe re
ceived a bonus of 1 per cent of his
salary.
This year we are able to Increase
PROFITS SHARED BY FIRM
ROBINSON - SMITH CO. GIVES
BONUS TO WORKERS.
Distribution of Extra Checks Fea
ture of Annual Banquet Held
at Benson Hotel.
Forty-four employes of the Robln-son-Smlth
company. Ford dealers.
were given something to be merry
aJ)out on Christmas, at the annual
banquet of the firm held Monday
night at the Benson hotel. Each em
ploye received a bonus check for 2Vi
per cent of his or her salary.
"And next year we hope to make
it much bigger," said A. S. Robinson,
in his presentation speech. "We
started In business here not quite two
years ago. Naturally, we have had
many handicaps to overcome, but we
were able to Institute a bonus policy
that to 2 per cent, and by next year
w cnnfldentlv exoect It to be much
bigger. It Is and will be the policy of !
our firm to share profits with our i
employes."
The Robinson-Smith company will
not be two years old until January ..
It started on January 7, 1918. with
only IE employes and today has 44.
Stephen A. Stellwagen. manager of
the Ford Motor company's Portland
branch, was guest of honor and the
principal speaker at the banquet.
Motion pictures of a trip through the
Ford plant at Detroit were an inter
esting feature of the evening.
Among those present were: A. S.
Robinson. A. . Smith. S. A. Stell
wagen. B. D. Stewart. Walter Jenkins.
Miss H. Munson. Miss Edna Elspas,
Miss Brown, H. V. Robinson, O. T.
Pliant. C. R. Marcy. William Krent
lehr, W. Hunt, W. C. Nagl. Charles
Mi art. Frank Straus, A. F. Enns.
L A. Zlmmer, Jack Haas, George
Small. E. Cook. Carl Hlnes. H. F.
Schmidt. F. Howitt. J. L Stupp. J. T.
Dickson. H. J. Miller. A. J. McNamara,
P. J. Dolphin. R. C. Barnard. Roy Du
Vail. L Landlnghara. A. DUler. R. J.
Purdy, R. Doyle, E. E. Juster, Frank
Thomlinson. S. A. Mitchell. Ray Ver
stlg. Charles Haugsten. J. H. Crocker,
T. J. Armentrout. Paul Wlcke. L. H.
Kelly, F. LaMarlne and A. L. Zeislng.
MORE CAMPS FOR TOURISTS
Forest Service to Help In Making
Mount Adams Accessible.
YAKIMA. Wash., Dec. 20. (Spe
cial.) Tourists who visit Mt. Adams
next summer will be able to do. with
enjoyment without waiting for es
tablishment of a national park there,
according to F. H. Brundage, super
visor of the Columbia national forest.
Mr. Brundage has laid before business
men, stockmen and county officials
plans for laying out camping sites.
He says the forest service will assist
In construction of the necessary roads
to the mountain.
I EE
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Trailers Reduce the Cost of Lumber Hauling.
Lumber is bulky and many times has to be
hauled a considerable distance. The tonnage
is large and the ton-mile cost is an important
item. With the use of Lee Line Trailers the
factor of bulk is overcome and the ton-mile
cost is reduced. This is true in many other
lines.
Write us fully details of your haulage prob
lems, size of loads, length of hauls, capacity of
motor truck and we will advise you which Lee
Line unit is best suited to your needs and will
give you an accurate estimate of the saving
you will accomplish.
"Lee Line Way Makes Motor Trucks Pay"
William L. Hughson Company
60 N. Broadway at Davis Broadway 321
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Oldest Motor Car Organiza
tion on the Pacific Coast.
San Francisco, Oakland, Los
Angeles, San Diego, Seattle.
Portland.
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60-horsepower motor
126-inch wheelbaso
cord tires
shock absorbers
genuine hand-buffed leather upholstery
Gypsy top, plate glass windows
silver-faced speedometer, ammeter and
jeweled 8-day clock
glove box, extension tonneau lamp
one of the roomiest and most beautiful
seven-passenger bodies in all motordom
at a price of $2135
f. o. ft. Detroit
Oregon Motor Car Co.
Broadway at Burnside
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UT0 ACCESSORIES AND PARTS
SPEEDOMETERS
and "BIG TEN NECESSITIES"
They're More Than Accessories
Official Service Genuine Parts
Product Service Station, 333 Ankeny Street
Electric Service Auto Co.
Broadway 1764
Aareata tor Disco Electric Ford
starter TO f. o. at. Detroit.
391 Oak
Street
Specialists on
Electrical Troubles
Free Inspection
EXPERTS
ARCHER & WIGGINS
Distributors of
AUTOMOTIVE ACCESSORIES
Six Ik Street at Oak.
Exide Battery Service Station
All Makes Batteries
Tested and Repaired
The Storage Battery Co.
Broadway 3043 348-350 Couch St.
OELCO
REMY
BOLTON SERVICE STATION
Tenth and Coach. Broadway 10.
We specialize on Ignition, Starting and
Lighting, Auto Repairing
David Hodes Co.
N. Broadway and Flanders
AUTOMOBILE GEARS
PARTS AND ACCESSORIES AT
REDUCED PRICES
ENGINES A SPECIALTY
10,000 Springs Carried in Stock
Let Us Repair Your Springs
Where You Get Service
15TH AND COUCH STREETS
United States Two-Stage Air Compressors
HlOH-l'HESSl f.E AIR TANKS HOSE, VALVES, COUPLINGS,
EVEBlTUING FOR THE AIHI.IM:. HI TI'IM. HEADS AND GRINDERS,
ALSO USED COMPRESSORS AND MOTORS.
AIR COMPRESSOR EQUIPMENT CO.
HDY. 330O 329 COUCH ST.
Northwest Auto Co.
Distributors
Miller. Tires, Miller Ad-On-A Tires
Repair Materials and Tubes
Alder at Eighteenth St., Portland
AUTO DIRECTORY
New Light Six. $1475 Factory
Mitchell, Seven-Passenger, $1675 Factory
MITCHELL, LEWIS & STAYER CO.
Broadway at Oak
RAINIER
Worm Drive TRUCKS
SALES AND SERVICE
SERVICE GARAGE
351 First St. Phone Main 2417
STANLEY
STEAMER
The performance of the Stanley is at all times
equal to the demands made upon It, and the
Quality of the performance is so satisfying;
that Stanley owners soon forget they have an
engine In the car.
W. H. WALLINGFORD, 522 ALDER ST.
LIBERTY SIX
The car which sells best in direct com
parison with others.
W. H. WALLINGFORD, 522 ALDER
BRISCOE
The Car With a Half-Million-Dollar
Motor.
W. H. WALLINGFORD, 522 Alder St.
BETHLEHEM TRUCKS Electric Lights and Starter
Northwest Auto Co., Distributors, Alder at 18th
Atterbury
Truck
WITHOUT A SUPERIOR
l'i. 2, 3'2 and 5-Ton Capacities
ATTERBURY TRUCK SALES CO.
"Truck Specialists'
343-345 Oak St., Portland. Phone Broadwy 354
Franklin
of f era more of "what you actually need and want
in an automobile."
BRALY AUTO CO.
Main 4880, A 3881.
19th and Washington Sts.