THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1920,
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WALLINGFORB CO.
MOVES INTO NEW
ATTRACTIVE HOME
Building at Fifteenth and Wash
ington Creditable Addition to
Auto Row; New Cars Obtained.
The W. H. Wallingford company,
local distributors of Liberty and
Briscoe, cars and Graham 6peed
trucks, have moved into their new
building at Fifteenth and Washing
ton streets, one of the most attrac
tive and well planned buildings of.
Its kind on the row. ;
The building, which is two stories
In height, has been carefully planned to
bring about the most efficient handling
of the affairs of the company. The
, front of the structure on Washington
street is given over to, alarge and clev
erly finished salesroom.- On the mezza
nine floor to the rear of the salesrooms
the offices of the officers of the com
pany are located, together with the
space set aside for the general office
force. . t
lASTEJUT POINTERS GAINED
The building Interior is a composite
of plans observed by Walllngford on his
many trips to the East, who put off
building until he had had an opportunity
to see something of the way automobile
.men In other parts of the country han
dled their space.
With the salesrooms and rest rooms
occupying the front of the building, the
rear space, well over half the floor
space, has been given over to the service
department Here all service station
facilities will be installed, the full equlp-
. ment of this part of the plant not as
' yet being fully completed. Walllngford
, expects to have this in operation within
ithe next few days. .
: The repair and parts departments are
on the second floor, where the entire
space is given over to machine shop and
parts department, each department be
ing carefully defined'.and laid out. Here
will be set up the stock of parts already
on hand, together with Other shipments
of Briscoe and Liberty needs and Gra
ham equipment as soon as 'the freight
situation lets up sufficiently to permit
shipments coming through with regnal ar-
lty. .
BUILDING IS DEBATED
The Walllngford plant was formerly
at Sixteenth and Alder streets, the loca
tion of the company for some time. TJie
company has been waiting for some time
for the completion of their new quarters.
but owing to lacking equipment for the
building, and building material, all due
to the tardiness of the railroads through
the recent tie-up, the occupation of the
structure has been of necessity post
poned. .
Walllngford has recently ;' returned
from a trip to the East where he re
port he was successful In obtaining a
number of additional cars for the Ore
gon trade. With the strides the com'
pahy has made in the past year in plac
ing their cars throughout the territory
assigned to them, the president of the
concern believes that the new building
will not be any too large a space for
the comfortable housing of the .organ
ization. .
Franklin Company
To Increase Capital
To Forty Millions
Announcement has Just been made by
the H. H. Franklin Manufacturing com
pany (the . manufacturing end of the
Franklin Automobile company) that the
capital stock of the corporation will be
increased from $7,000,000 to $40,000,000
at a special meeting of the stockholders
to be held in" the near future. The stock
holders will, it is expected, authorize an
Increase in the preferred stock from
$5,000,000 to $15,000,000 and in the com
mon from $2,000,000, to $25,000,000.
It Is understood : the plans for addi
tional financing carry an extension of
the privilege to holders of the preferred
stock of the company to purchase cer
tain allotments of shares of the common
Vnder conditions which will be later de
termined and announced when the new
Issue is actually offered.
The Frapkllnt company Is the largest
industry in Syracuse and gives employ
ment tor 5000 persons. According to pres
ent plans this number will be increased
to at least 6000 before the first of the
year.
Production at ' the present time
amounts to 65 cars daily. Next year's
schedule calls for 81 cars dally or 25.000
cars for the 12 months ending December
SI.' 1921. - Unfilled .orders for cars now
amount to over 4200. or three months'
production. The new financing will. It
Is understood, have' nothing to do with
the manufacture of the new one-ton air
cooled Franklin truck, which is to be
carried on by a separate corporation In
a separate plant
ONE WAY TO SAVE TIME AND GASOLINE
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mendous number of automobiles trans
ported through frequent driveaWays the
last season it is estimated that at least
60 per cent of the output of the factories
was driven away under its own power
they are rapidly getting Into a position
where they are anxious to obtain this
business, and are cooperating -with h
National Automobile Chamber j of Com
merce to see how they can best serve
the industry. j -:
As pointed out, now is the logical time
to t Instigate regulations or legislation
calling for the building of freight cars
designed to accommodate automobiles,
as well as other commodities! for the
return to private ownership has stimu
lated competition greatly. f
Don't make needless use of your horn
at intersections. The man who believes
in. using his horn without sufficient
cause stamps himself as an Inefficient
driver. . . .- ..
Volunteer Army
Makes Fine Auto
Park in Chehalis
Chehalis business men on Tuesday
volunteered to work on the automo
bile park in Blast Chehalis by clean
ing out the brush, dead limbs, cans,
etct, to put the park in readiness to
receive tourists. It coat many of
the business men sore backs and cal
loused hands, but the work was well
done., i The unsightly bank on the
edge of the park has been terraced
and seeded, and the general appear
ance of the place is muchMmproved.
Water and -stoves and other accom
modations are supplied In the park.
O. D. Walsb'of Roseborg, who has taken the agency for the Graham speed track and the Briscoe car, in
order to get bis first consignment of machines there In record time, took the means shown above. The
photo shows O. W. Barrett and B. A. Strowbridge, of the W. XX. Walllngford company, a concern hav
ing the distribution of Graham trucks and Briscoe and liberty cars for Oregon and Washington. ;
Pneumatics Being
Madej for Uses of
Automobile Trucks
After experiments covering a period
of years, thai Federal Rubber company
has come forward with a line of pneu
matic tires especially constructed for
truck purposes. !
These experiments were conducted
with a view of determining those quali
ties of construction best suited to truck
service. . ( - : . ! :'
Recognition! of the value of pneumatics
for motor truck service is becoming uni
versal. With) the present lack of im,
proved highway and the growing need
for speedier transportation, pneumatics
are displacing solid truck tires in many
lines of business.
One authority claims that 100,000
three-quarter ton trucks will be built
this year, and that they will be equipped
100 per cent with ' pneumatic tires. It
is estimated also that 100,000 one ton
trucks will be built in 1920 and that 90
per cent of them will be equipped with
pneumatics.
Those who are studying the situation
say 75,000 or e and a half ton trucks
also- will be manufactured In 1920; and
that 75 per cent of these will be equipped
with pneumatic tires.
Chandler Directors
Gather to Discuss
Dividend of Stock
Directors of the Chandler Motor Car
company met May 5 to take action on a
stock dividend. A disbursement of
33 1-3 per cent in stock was talked of.
and in all probability was accorded fa
vorable action. Late reports regarding
the action of the directors have not as
yet been received.
In June, action will be taken on the
quarterly cash dividend, and it is un-
" derstood that the regular annual rate of
10 a snare will be maintained on the
increased capitalization if a stock divi
dend is declared in May.
. , Earnings In the first quarter of this
year" are officially estimated at $2,500.
000, or at the rate of $10,000,000 annually
before taxes. This would be equivalent
to almost S48 a snare on the present
capitalization of 210,000 shares and bet
terv man - 535 a share on a basis of
285,000 shares outstanding if a stock
dividend of 33 1-S per cent is declared.
In the three months ended March 31,
1920, 7373 cars were shipped. For the
week ended April 12. 544 'cars left the
factory, and despite the railroad strike
1 production is being maintained at
high! pitch. t
-Leaks Affect Brakes
"Very often oil leaks through the axle
tubes from "the differential housing and
gets on the brake bands, making it im
possible for the friction surface to grip
the metal drums when the brake pedal
is depressed. . To remedy the trouble
temporarily,' pour a, little kerosene on
the bands, as this cuts - tbe grease. To
cure the trouble, install new felt wash
ers to prevent the oil getting through
the axle tubes.. ,
Gasoline! Price Is
- Increased Generally
Reports from ! the east indicate that
the closing days of the month of April
marked an increase in the price' of gaso
line in a number of localities. .One con
cern, the Tejjasj company, advanced the
wholesale prifce of : the fuel one cent a
gallon, asi follows: Alabama, to 29.5
cents ; Georgia, 28.5 cents ; Florida, 26.5
cents, and Mississippi, 27 cents.. Other
rises have ' net been confirmed and fig
ures are not available as to increases
elsewhere or in other sections of the
country. Thel South seems to be the por-
t'on bit by this bolt
Hibbard Ito Cover
Goodrich Territory
C. B. Cadweli, manager of the local
branch of i the B. F. Goodrich Rubber
company, announces that V. C Hibbard
has been appointed territory man for the
company, and that he will represent the
local'-branch In the Oregon and Southern
Washington fields, the section covered by
the Portland I branch. Hibbard has had
considerable experience in rubber affairs.
ana is looked upon as an able man in
that line of work.
Battery Filler
A very convenient filler for putting
electrolyte in battery Jars Is made by
Bieamins a.n via jar unui it is sort ana
then forming a sort of spout at one side
by means of two pieces of board. When
the jar cools! it retains the shape that
has been given It
NEW FREIGHT CARS
BU1LTF0R AUTOS
Most of Cars Now in Use Have
Doors Too Narrow to Accom
modate Machines.
: Through the efforts of the Na
tional Automobile Chamber of Com
merce it begins to look as if the rail
roads will have a good proportion
of the freight cars now being con
structed designed with doors suffi
ciently large to permit the easy en
trance and egress of automobiles.
Every bit of pressure possible Is being
exertedi on the railroads, and the results
already achieved go to show what uni
fied action can accomplish in a short
time, for It was only In last March that
the chamber was advised by H. C. Mai
bohm, president of the Maibohm Motors
company; Sandusky, Ohio, f the thou
sands of freight cars lying idle on the
freight
for- the
cause
lines, which were not available
transportation of automobiles be-
their doors were too small to
admit an automobile. Row: upon row of
freight cars could be seen,! all standing
idle, and at a time when the automobile
industry was literally crying for cars.
It will be the endeavor of the N. A. C.
C, it is reported, to see that of the new
freight cars .built a considerable por
tion are 'constructed with wide doors.
Until the action of the chainber, it was
the intention of the railroads to only
have 20 per cent of the new cars ordered
capable of accommodating an automo
bile, but this percentage is to be greatly
increased. The fact that a freight car
accommodating an automobile can also
be used for the transportation of most
any other kind of manufactured com
modity! makes the building of freight
cars with small doors appear a tremend
ous economic waste. While the rail
roads have complacently watched a tre-
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giet f lotltloui guarantee
on low prtce tire. Don't
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LOOK AT THE
LOW PRICES
Size :i
SHxS . .
80x8 ..
80X3H..
81x4
Plain
.$11.00
. 10.50
. 12.20
. 18.70
18.86
82x4 ....... 19.00
88x4 ....... 10.00
84x4 ....... 20.S5
SSx4 24.45
86x4 26.20
82x44....... 28.80
83x4Vi....... 293S
S4x4H. ...... 27.S0
85x4Vi 28.6S
86x4Vi 20.10
85x5 ....... 82.70
17x5 ....... 14.75
Hob
Skid '
812.85
11.45
14.00
15.55
21.15
21.65
22.70
28.10
27.85
27.05
80.85
81.80
81.05
81.00
83.16
87.05
40.20
TEN THOUSAND
WA-Laf MtlwLd
Too Save $7 to $25 on Each Tire
While present stocks last, old
prices will prevail lowest
prices ever quoted on tires. ' We
make these low prices because we
are THE BIG TIRE PEOPLE
and control the supply of these fine
are, we bay entire factory out
put, or whole stocks of bis stores.
ror cA, naming ear own
I figures, and pass tit good
thine- TO YOU. No tire
or to beean bereserred
for futoi delivery.
out - of - town
'orders filled -the
day
received.
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Shipments C. O. D. STo ' Deposit Required
EAGLE TIRE
122 IT. Broadway, Portland, Or. Phone Bdwy. 1612
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More truck facts
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ITH A DENBY TRUCK you .Can figure
exactly what your profits will be on any
job you can. undertake with a. motor
truck because of Denby performance, j which means
continued use. In no other way can a motor truck
be made to pay so well as being on the job. You can
depend on Denby. ' f ,
Our new building at Tenth and Davis streets contains j
besides a well-trained organization to attend to your
wants, a factory stock of parts available tor Denby
users in case of 'necessity. f - -
Denby Motor Truck vCo.
OF NORTHWEST
Tenth and Davis New Building
t R. J. Monroe; Manager j
PERFORMANCE COUNXS
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MACK
Trucks
INTRODUCTORY
Twenty-one year of experience He
voted exclusively to designing, engineer
ing and manufacturing motor trucks are
back of every MACK truck. This expe
rience enables the producers to put on
the market today the most nearly perfect
highway transport unit ythat has been
devised. : ; ;
It is our intention to devote this space
each week to telling you what these 21
years of experience have accomplished
in motor truck building. These will be
plain facts, absolutely free from camou
flage. In extolling the virtures of MACK
trucks we shall refrain from making
odious comparisons.
This series of advertisements will be
educational in nature and we recommend
that you follow them carefully and let
v them be . your guide in judging motor
truck values.
Next week The MACK MOTOR.
MACK-INTERNATIONAL
MOTOR TRUCK CORPORATION
Tenth and Davis Streets
Broadway 691
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Do You Know
The Commerce Motor Car Co.
are the LARGEST manufacturers of '
One and Two-Ton Trucks
j in America.
COMMERCE TRUCKS were adopted as the
official machine-gTin truck of theU. S. army.
COMMERCE TRUCKS are being placed in
practically every state in the Union for U. S.
postal service.
Commerce Trucks
are producers
are an asset
are reliable
are efficient
equipped with f windshields, bumpers, electric
lights, power tire pump, impulse starter.
; - 7 : h-t--t-: j 7' . ::;y'- 7 , ; -
- and are' priced to make them a
SOUND INVESTMENT
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McCralcen Motor Co.
Distributors
'490 Burnside Street Broadway 93
, "We carry the parts."
National Ship-by-Truck Good Roads Week
May 17 to 22, Inclusive
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If wc should publish here the long list of speci
fications of the leading worm-drive trucks, together
with their prices, you would sec truck values in their'
true light You would then KNOW that DAT
ELDER Worm-Drive Trucks arc the best value at
their prices in America.
After a thorough inspection of their quaJltf, ytm would
naturally expect DAY-ELDER prices to equal those of the biost
expensive trucks made. They match strength, stamina, power,
endurance and every other essential factor with those trucks that
demand the highest initial investment on the cart of the buyer.
MODEL A,
UIM ton,
, $1995
MODEL B;'
1H-2 ton,:
$2300
MODEL C,
2H-3 ton,
$2950-
Yet despite these irrefutable
facts, DAY-ELDER trucks are
hundreds of dollar less than
other worm - drive trucks of .
equal quality and carrying; ca
pacity. In the final as well as in
first costs, they represent the
most profitable investment you
can possibly make. Will you let
us rot this to you?
MODEL D.
ton,
$2750
MODEL F,
34-4 ton,
$3700
MODEL E,
5-6 ton,
$4600
layl
or Motor, Car Co,
Distributors
Twelfth and Flanders Sts.
Portland, Oregon
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JOURNAL'S AUTO DIRECTORY
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ETHLEHEM TRUCKS ; Northwest Auto Co.
Electric Lights and Starter Distributors, Alder at 18th
mi 1 1 nil
All makes of batteries re
charged nd repaired,'
arts and repairs for all maltea
lectrifal systems.
Storage Batterie ELECTRIC SERVICE AUTO CO.
Free from Rulneti Sulphallon ana S8-tt Oak 8U, Near Welt Park
aurtntMd lor ClatitMo Mouths. Ij. V. JolBfon, Jiff. u roaaway 701
JACICSON
Sayers - Pacific
Motor Car Co.
SIX
TOURING:
FOUR WHEEL 21st and Washington
DRIVE TRUCK . State Distributors
CA RUBIN MOTOR CAR CO.
Oregon, Vahington, Idaho Distributors
i ", Broadway and Hoyt. Phone Broadway 89
First Car in the U. S. Sold Complete, including license end 52 weeks of free)
service. .: . ' ' - -
BROADWAY AT OAK
SIXES
Mitchell, Lewis & Sftavcr Co.
FIRST AND EAST MORRISON
RAINIER
Worm Drive TRUCKS
SALES AND SERVICE
SERVICE GARAGE
351 First St Phone Main 2417
Sabers Six
SAYERS
Auto Funeral
Equipment
Sayers -Pacific
Motor Car Co.
21st and Washington
State Distributors
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