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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1927)
THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALE3I,-OREGON ' SUNDAY MORNING,- MARCH 6, 1927- Gil BROTHEfiS FACILITIES GROW 1926 Sees Large Increase in Manufacturing Plant of I Dodge Branch Production facilities of Graham Brothers, truck manufacturing di vision of Dodge Brothers, Inc, were expanded over 40 in 1926, the first full year of Dodge Broth ers control of this company, ac cording to an official announcement.-;, Production and sales un der Dodge Brothers guidance last year more than kept pace with the Increase in manufacturing facili ties. .. j . Shipments of trucks and motor coaches in 1926 totaled; 37,463 units, a gain of 55.7 over the 24,066 shipped in 1925, Graham Brothers best previous year. Ship ments of -ton commercial cars totaled 29,830 against 26,657, a gain of 11.9. One i of the particularly bright spots fn Graham Brothers record last year was the very large gain In Canadian business. Total ship ments of trucks to dealers in the Dominion during 1926 show an in crease of 191.9" over 1925. Expansion of Graham Brothers plants last year Includes the ad dition; of a quarter of a million square feet of floor space at the plant In. Detroit, Evansrille, Ind., and Stockton, Cal. -The total floor space devoted to the build ing of Graham Brothers trucks and commercial cars now exceeds 850,000 square feet. These plants are among the largest and best equipped in the industry. Since 1921, when Graham Brothers adopted the Dodge Brothers engine as the standard power plant in all models, Gra ham i Brothers factories have grown 1.250. This tremendous increase in manufacturing facilities has been paralleled by the development of the trucks themselves. Ten years of constant improvements since the Incorporation of Graham Brothers in 1917 have resulted In new conceptions of what a truck can do and of the values availa ble....!. , ,, Prom a single model In 1921, the Graham Brothers line has grown to 13 models with 31 stand ard bodies. These are made In -ton, 1-ton ( G-Boy ) . ; I -ton and 2-ton models with varying wheel bases. In addition to the standard models, the- factory, through its special equipment. di vision, supplies special bodies de signed to meet the different needs of over 400 distinct businesses and vocation. The past year marked the intro duction of Graham Brothers 2-ton truck at a price nearly $600 lower than any 2-ton truck had before been sold. The 1-ton (G-Boy) also made Its bow in 1926 as an important development in design and weight distributions -Noteworthy improvements were also incorporated in the 1 -ton mo dels. All of these improvements added to the rugged strength and handsome appearance for which Graham Brothers are so well known, have been welcomed by truck buyers. Graham Brothers now build trucks, motor coaches and busses to meet over 90 of all commer cial motor transportation re quirements. With this advantage at the beginning. 1927 promises to bring even greater records. Dodge Brothers dealers who sell and service Graham Brothers trucks In every part of the world have set their sales quotas ' for trucks during the coming year well beyond the 1926 record and a large bank of orders is on hand at Graham Brothers factories. The plants are being operated at full capacity. At the convention of Dodge Brothers dealers in De troit early in January practically every dealer confidently predicted that 127 is to be another record breaker for Graham Brothers sales, continuing the unbroken record of yearly gains of 53 to 213 which have been made every year since 1921. rather than . simply another large unit .which is economical in com parison with other large units. It must have actual economy rather than comparative economy. '.However, if the present buying trends are to be observed, the engineer who is practicing dimen sional economy must work closely with the artist, the body designer, the cloth manufacturer, the tan ner, and the blender of paints. 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