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TIIE SUNDAY OKEGONTAN, PORTLAND, MARCIT 13, 1021
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Auto Construction.
BY OOKER F. CLARKSON,
On sra! M&n&jrer of the Society of Auto
motive isnslneera, New XorK.
President Jackson rode horseback
In his presidential Inaugural parade.
All the other presidents used car
riages In their corresponding trips
from the capitol to the White House.
President-elect Harding smashed tra
dition; his conveyance was an auto
mobile. This seems like a last echo
of the relegation of the horse to the
land of the dodo in city highway
passenger traffic
It Is hard to appreciate fully the
part automotive vehicles have In our
national life, not to mention the de
velopment that is to come in pas
senger cars, motor trucks, farm, mili
tary and industrial tractors, motor
boats, aircraft, semi-portable engines
and farm lighting units. It is clear
-that the form and extent of use of
these axe In their infancy.
Future Holds Surprises.
Ones mind can grasp only In a
sreneral -way what -will be the manner
and effect of the economical design.
production, use and servicing of tens
of millions of these vehicles. The
case is like the sage advice: Pay your
debts; look cheerful and be kind:
Then, if Immortality exists you will
participate. The intellect of a Juli
Verne or an H. Q. Wells is not ade
quate for the visualization of what
the automobiles will be and do.
The people of this country have
been spending for motor cars and
their parts perhaps $2,000,000,000 an
nually. It Is stated that more than
this Is expended for tobacco, and
about half as much for candy; $50,-
000.004 for chewing gum,
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Concrete for Pavement 3I1xed
Central Plant and Hauled
to the Grade.
An interesting innovation In road
construction whereby Ford truck
with Lee trailers were employed to
haul concrete from a central mixing
plant to the road where the pave
ment was being laid Is described in
the Concrete Hitrhway magazine.
J 750,000 I copt of which has been received by
for perfumery and cosmetics, $400,- the Portland branch of the William
eoo.ouu lor toilet eoaps. Tnese are r. Huchaon comDanv. Ford dealers
pertinent lat in luxury and util- and aeents for Lee trailers and
Ity studies. bodies. The work was done on
In the effort to restore that proper stretch of the Inland Kmpire high-
economic balance which is essential way in Washington Just northeast of
to national prosperity the automotive I Walla Walla, and the laying of the
engineers will play their full part concrete was completed late last fall.
The achievements with which they I Eugene R. Hoffman, federal aid
are to be credited are a good Indlca- I engineer for the Washington state
tlon of this. It is said that most men I highway department. Is the author of
Have conviction, that some have cour- I the article appearing in the magazine,
age, and that the names of those who land describes the part which the Ford
have both Illuminate the pages of trucks and Lee trailers played in the
enterprise, as xouows
htotory.
This thought typifies the forward
looking engineer. He deals with facts
and proceeds according to them. He
has to solve the problem of the
perversity" of matter. In knowl
edge of operating conditions in man
ufacture and of the policies that
should be pursued In connection
therewith, he stands between capital
Ford trucks, equipped with Lee
dump bodies, were used for hauling
the mixed concrete. Trucks backed
up under the mixer discharge epout
and were filled by a gravity dis
charge. Each truck hauled 16.25
cubic feet of concrete. The concrete
was mixed as dry as finishing con
ditions would permit; that Is, as dry
and labor, and probably no one can be I as possible, but not so dry that it
of greater assistance in the solu
tlon of Industrial relations problems
than be.
Engineers Do Original Work.
1 The national organization of the
men responsible for the design and
production of automotive apparatus
In this country is the Society of
Automotive Engineers, which is now
entering upon its second decade of
aggressive work on a large scale. It
Is work that is really done that
counts. The man who is entitled to
the greatest credit is the man who
completes his work.
The Society of Automotive Engi
neers has done much original con
struction work that is permanent.
The fellowship and loyalty of its
members have effected for many
years co-operation that has resulted
in great benefits to makers and
users of automobiles and) other eelf
propelled machines. It has -been
stated by an authority that effi
ciency is a straight view of a
strong character. That Is the sort
of tiling that has actuated the So-
could not be flnfshed with band
operated template float and roller. It
was found that such a mix aid not
separate while being transported
over the subgrade nor did it adhere
to the bottom of the trucks as badly
as did a wetter mix. All sticking in
the trucks, however, was eliminated
by the use of a sheet of canvas
fastened at the forward end of the
Lee body. When in a dumping posi
tlon the canvas hung trom the top
of the body and offered no difficulty
its use. Before receiving a new
load, each truck body was washed
with water from a hose.
Accurate records were kept of the
length of time each batch was on the
road. The inspector at the mixer
noted the time the truck was loaded,
on a tag which was taken up by the
driver and turned over to the In
spector at the other end of the haul.
where the time was again notea. jn
the loneest haul (9S00 feet) the
average time consumed from the
time the .truck left the mixer till the
concrete was dumped on tne cxio-
clety of Automotive Engineers as an f , on tuls taul requlred about 20
ils reputation is justly second to ,Mr.H.r'i organization with
none in standardization activities, tMs equlpn,ent was reduced to a mini
sustained consistently and most rth.iM hni
..lui.j iui ten cwo. 111 iLJS V a.1 I U0 ls thV WAT IniKlPfl
work, and in the futherance of the from' tho Etock pUe into the bunkers.
cunneciea wnn The force operating the aggregate
essentially a democrato body, giving
full scope for the best and most apt
to work toward the good of the whole.
It has been ever a resourceful or
ganization. It has had, in the words
of Dr. Eaton, the spirit of real men
working together at a real man's job heased as the haul shortened,
irienas aeaic&tea to a wormy
handling plant and mixer was as fol
lows: One foreman, two engineers,
one fireman, one mixer man, one man
on cement, one man on sana ana
pebbles, two trucking -cement. Eight
trucks were used on the' maximum
haul and some of these "wert re-
as friends dedicated to a
task.
Membership Rescues Thousands.
The society has over 6000 members
resident throughout the world and
local organizations that hold frequent
meetings In Detroit. Cleveland, Chi
cago, Indianapolis, Buffalo, Boston,
Washington, Philadelphia, Minneap
olis and New York. The members as
semble In national sessions several
times each year and take a prominent
part at all the national automotive
shows. A staff of 50 persons is main
tained in New Tork. The annual fi
nancial turnover la in excesa of $300,
eoo. The Society of Automotive Engi
neers has established over 204 sepa
rate and distinct standards relating
to materials and mounting dimen
sions Involved in the construction of
automotive apparatus. It has a large
amount of standard matters in pro
cess of formulation. The real value
of the establishment and observance
of standards Is Just beginning to be
realized in a degree commensurate
with their usefulness to the many
millions of people concerned.
The society Is co-operating with
other organizations Interested in the
standardization of elements such as
ball bearings. Practically all of these
standards were promulgated by the
Society of Automotive Engineers for
us 3 In the automobile field. Now,
with this work as a basis, standard
will be developed for use in connec
tion with many kinds of machinery
in this country and abroad. The same
thing applies to screw threads and
bolt, nut and rivet proportions, with
relation to which the present stand
ards developed by the government,
the S. A. E. and the A. S. M. E.-Wlll
be much refined and extended.
Aircraft Rea-nlations Prnd.
One of the Important considerations
before the engineering and Industrial
world is the creation and mainten
ance of regulation for the use of air
craft. The S. A E. Is working on this
subject with the army and navy, the
postoffice department, the manufac
turers' aircraft association, the bu
reau of standards, the underwriters'
laboratories and other bodies.
A great deal of attention has of
course been given to the so-called
automotive fuel problem. The 8. A
E. has had very capable committees
at work on this for some years and
has Issued many reports and papers
in connection with it. ,
Barton Road Completed.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., March 12.
(Special.) The macadam road from
Dayton to Delaney has been com
pleted, according to G. L. Strickler,
contractor, who was here yesterday
checking over figures with the state
engineer. The road has been Im
proved from Delaney to Pomeroy. The
grading to Central ferry is also com
pleted but the road has not been
graveled.
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Wmlln, recently completed. Above I s the central mixing plant, where the
concrete was damped Into the "bae kef trailers, and below is a view
showing dumping onto the sub-grade, preparatory to smoothing and
finishing the surface. Photos tiir oogh the courtesy of the Concrete
Highway magasine.
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FEDERAL PEOPLE LOOK FOR
BIG BUSINESS REVIVAL.
Preparations Made for Resuming
Operations on Full-Time
Schedule.
The Federal Motor Truck company.
according to word received here
from M. L. Pulcher, vice-president
and general manager, is making ac
tive and thorough preparations for
an early resumption of a full-time
operating schedule tnat, while it may
not be as big a programme as the
high-pressure production schedule
under which the company operated
during the greater part of 1920, will
involve several thousand trucks of
every capacity from to 14 tons.
The Federal Motor Truck company
was one of the last of the truck man
ufacturers to be affected by the de
creased buying period. Mr. Pulcher
attributes this largely to the fact
that the company Is one of he old
est in the truck building business and
has built up such a world-wide dis
tributing and servicing organization,
and also because of the intensive
sales campaign that the company
conducted last fall at -the beginning
of the period, which carried it
through the earliest stages of the
depression, and has had a great ef
fect upon maintaining sales during
the entire period.
The past month, according to Mr.
Pulcher, has brought forth many in
dications of an early resumption of
active buying. This has been noted
particularly in industrial fields and
It is expected that the farm market
will follow closely the lead of the
larger buying Industrial centers.
The Federal company has no trucks
in storage, and, furthermore, there
is no large quantity of them in the
hands of Federal dealers, he states.
Supplies for many months' production
are now in stock and by a Judicious
distribution of labor the organization
is ready to produce trucks in quan
tity Immediately. With the recent
large additions to the Federal fac
tory, and with the many every-day
Indications of a splendid truck year
for 1921, the Federal Motor Truck
company is looking forward to one
of its busiest and best years, he concluded.
GIVE TIRES FAIR . CHAXCE
Under-Inflation Is Cause of Much
Damage, Says Miller Dealer.
Gyp tire methods have boomeranged.
The passing of the "game" Is the out
standing fact in the reconstruction
period It is a business now. Today
car owners realize that to buy stand
ard makes Is the first principle of tire
economy Service In the full meaning
of the word is coming into its own.
Vulcanization is being scientifically
taught and found profitable Tho new
slogan is "get out of the game and
into the business.
It is fast becoming popular to take
care of tires to give them a square
deal in the mileage demanded of them.
The attitude of "what do I care, the
tire is guaranteed for blank thou
sand miles, and if I don't get it the
company will have to make it right"
is being forgotten in the onward
sweep of the conservative movement
of the reconstruction.
"Use the'valve and spare the tire"
is one of the most popular of the new
slogans, according to W. J. McCallum,
manager of the Northwest Auto com
pany, distributors for Miller tires. It
is popularly recognized that fully 75
per cent of the motorists' tire trouble
is due to underinflation.
Every motorist has a part and every
dealer a part In the programme to en
able this most Important accessory
to give uniform, long distance, low-
cost mileage.
ROAD "WORK IS TOMORROW
Grading of White Salmon Snow-
don Stretch Is to Be Started.
WHITE SALMON, Wash.' March 12,
(Special.) -Construction work on
the grading of the White Salmon-
Snowdon road, will begin Monday.
The contractor, Mr. Leidle, has estab
lished a camp near the foot of Ind
ian Crek hill, about a mile north of
White Salmon, where a new grade
averaging 6 to -7 per cent will be
laid.
Work further up the mountain will
be started as soon as road and weath
er conditions warrant. This road will
be a part of the North Bank high
way, used when going to Goldendale,
Yakima, Spokane and Inland points.
TIRE ' MERCHANTS
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Bdwy. 2300
Portland, Oregon
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STATEMENT IS XOT ROCTIXE
OPTIMISTIC SURVET.
NATIONAL CHIEFTALV OF MASONIC GROTTO SEES COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY FROM THE
COMFORTABLE SEAT OF AN OLDSMOBILE EIGHT SEDAN.
All Manufacturers Declared to Be
Looking Forward to Distinct
Revival of Business.
NEW TORK, March 12. The Motor
and Accessory Manufacturers' asso
ciation has made public a statement
by G. W. Yeoman, vice-president and
treasurer of the Continental Motors
corporation, Detroit, Mich., analyzing
the present conditions In the auto
motive industry and the immediate
outlook.
This statement Is not a routine
optimistic survey based on general
ities, but rather a frank summary of
the salient facts as seen by the ex
ecutive official of one of the "baro
meter" companies of the industry.
The analysis was presented in the
form of a personal letter from Mr.
Yeoman to S. S. Meyers, general
counsel of the Motor Kind Accessory
Manufacturers' association, who di
rects the affairs of the association s
credit service committee and is,
therefore, in particularly close touch
with the day-to-day financial de
velopments and the general indus
trial trends in the automotive field.
In connection with his work on tne
credit service committee of the asso
ciation, Mr. Meyers wrote to Mr. Yeo
man and asked for a candid state
ment as to whether or not there are
any signs of a revival in the auto
mobile and truck field.
To this request Mr. Yeoman replied
as follows:
"In reply to your letter-of the 1st,
asking whether or not there were
any signs or a revival in me nuiu
mnhile and truck field, I can only
sav von should have been at the
Chicago show. All manufacturers
have turned from pessimists to opti
mists. They are not only securing
a new agency, but- the agents are
actually selling a large number of
cars.
"This cond'tion Is further evidenced
by the fact that we have been com
pelled to put on nearly 1000 men in
our Detroit plant, where we build
automobile motors only, to meet this
month's demand. It is sale to say
that our orders for delivery in the
month of March will be from 30 to 40
per cent greater than the February
demand.
"'If anyone tells you this is only a
little spurt and that the demand will
decrease, tell them that they are
crazy. It is the writer's belief that
the present demand for automobiles
will steadily increase each month up
to June 1. Statistics of this industry
will show that each year the sales
slow up to a certain extent about
June 1. This Is caused by manuiac
turers introducing new models at that
time of the year. Next June may be
an exception to the rule, but if there
is any slowing up It win, only last
for a short period. There has been
toe much written by people who are
not posted as to the world's demand
for cars being near the saturation
point, but, as you well know, if the
automobfle manufacturers are called
upon to build in 1921 only the cars
for replacement, it will give them a
good business.
The business of the Continental
Motors corporation Is as good barom
eter upon which to base your Judg
ment. At the present time the gaso
line engine stocks at the car .manu
facturers' plants are very low, and
we are no doubt receiving the first
Indications of the automobile Indus
try's comeback.
"Sixty to 90 days from now the au
tomobile business, through the ppssi
bilties of liquidating large stocks of
Inventory, should be in a very advan
tageous position to again establish it
self on a cash basis.
"The sale of trucks has not yet
started In any volume, although we
have orders in hand from about 60
per cent of our customers for ship
ments the -latter part of February
and the months of March and April.
As you probably know, all motor
equipment used by Industrial firms
have been greatly reduced and there
fore the minute other lines of busi
ness improve there will be a steady
demand for truck transportation.
"Our entire organization Is of a
firm belief that the automobile and
truck Industry Is built on a strong
foundation and that the products are
as necessary to the upbuilding of this
country as the raising of foodstuffs
ann other so-called staple articles.
"The automobile especially is again
on the way to several years of pros
perity." NEW BRISCOE OFFICER XAJIEB
Former Chalmers Man Appointed
as Purchasing Agent.
H. F. Wardwell, president of the
Briscoe Motor corporation, has an
nounced the appointment of C. A.
Woodruff as purchasing agent, ac
cording to word received here.
Mr. Woodruff was previously di
rector and purchasing agent of the
Chalmers Motor corporation and later
general manager of the Saxon Motor
Car company.
PROSPERITY HELD NEAR
INDUSTRY, IXTEGRITY
FAITH ARE XEEDS.
AXD
Message From Associated Adver
tising Clubs of World Is Sent
Out by Haynes Company.
Here's a message from the Asso
ciated Advertising Clubs of the World
for 1921. This message struck such
a responsive chord with the Haynes
Automobile company of Kokomo, Ind.,
that it was adopted by the company
as its annual message and sent to all
dealers throughout the country, with
due credit to the advertising club.
The message, a copy of which was
received here by A. C. Stevens, local
Haynes and Winton distributor. Is
considered well worth passing on to
the rest of the automobile fraternity.
"Prosperity is within our reach in
America. All we need to have it and
to hold it is a sane, sure grasp on
its simple elements. They are In
dustry, integrity and faith.
"These are the cardinal virtues of
human relations. They are the under
pinning of healtjiy, natural business
life and the foundation of a whole
some social system. They are the
fountainhead from which progress
springs. A well-known business
economist has called them the 'funda
mentals of prosperity.'
"Your purchases are an expression
of faith. They are evidence of your
industry. Make them confidently
from business institutions of integ
rity. Buying is the backbone of pros
perity. An active market means more
employment, steadier earnings; bene
fits are passed around.
"Wise spending gives stability to
earning and for that reason is far
sighted thrift and sound economy.
The call of today Is for cheerful 1
thinking,, willing and constructive
action by you, everybody, now.
"Tomorrow's change for the better
will come about through the com
bined efforts of each and every one.
By sheer force of numbers and co
operation, by the high power of heart
and mind, we can put business on a
firm, stable basis. We can do this
because all of the material factors
making for better business are right.
Let us link our faith with industry,
our vision with courage, and forge
ahead. Let's make an uncommon
effort toward a common end, good
times."
NO GOOD ROADS FOR ALABAMA
Bond Issue or $25,000,000 Held to
Be Unconstitutional.
ATLANTA, Ga.. March 12. Good
roads advocates who have worked for
months, and even years, to obtain bet
ter road appropriations In Alabama
and a system of permanent highways
throughout the state, saw their
dreams fade and their efforts of
years come to naught, when the Ala
bama supreme court declared as un
constitutional the measure that sub
mitted to the voters of the state last
February an amendment to the con
stitution permitting the issuance of
(25,000,0 0 0 of good roads bonds, the
money to have been used this year
and next In constructing a permanent
system over the entire state. The
decision automatically Invalidates the
bond issue.
Sierra Paving to Bo Completed.
VISALIA. Cal., March 7. raving of
three remaining units of the Sierra-to-the-sea
highway lateral from
Giant Forest to the coast will start
about May 1 and will be completed
about September 1, according to state
highway commission estimates. The
highway runs through Visalia, Han
ford, Coalinga and King City. TUe
unpaved section is a 20-mile stretch
across the Coalinga "desert."
There were only four automobiles
In the Hniteil States In 1S.
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Photo by The Peasleys.
Whrm Dr. Dwlght E- Cos, grand moo arch nf the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm,
otherwise known as the Grotto, a Masonic social order, was In Portland recently, he and Mrs. Cone were
drives np the Columbia river highway by William L. Hay, monarch of Gal Reaire grotto of Portland. Both
Dr. aad Mrs. Coae were enehnate d with the highway and said so. The ear from which they viewed It was
aa Oldsmoblle eight sedan, placed at their diMposal by Edward C aid Arnold Cohea of the Oldamobile
company 'of Oregon. la the picture Dr. Cone is the large man standi s ontslde the ear. Mr. Hay, monarch
of Gul Reaxee grotto, la at wheel. Others in the car are Mrs. Cone, Mrs. Hay, Sir. and Mrs, Mlnslnger and
W. B. Gal rani,
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ments on all makes of trucks,
tractors, and automobiles.
Our service is authorized by
the manufacturers of these
bearings. ,
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