New-York tribune. [volume], January 04, 1920, Page 11, Image 89

About New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924

Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC

                
people Quick
Jo Indorse the
New La Fayette
Apt Than 10 Per Cent of
Qotput Now Sold to Indi?
viduals Before They Saw
fa or Knew Details
Mr. Howard.
scared rabbit and be as quiet as a sail?
boat gliding through the water."
Thus, seven months ago, was born
the new La Fayette, which is now being
ihown for the first time at the Hotel
Commodore.
As executives of the company both
Charles W. Nash, the pr?sidant, and I
?ave been greatly impressed by the
readiness with which the automobile
industry and the autosnobiie public ac?
cepted this new car without seeing it
or even knowing its specifications.
The individual motorist's indorse?
ment of the La Fayette is evidenced by
the fact thai, at least one-tenth of the j
cnrs that we shall be able to build the
first year-are already on order. They
represent, purchases made without a !
ingle solicitation, showing or demon-1
1 ration. ]
What Auto Has Done
To Help Prosperity
By W. C. Sills
General Manager of Sales, Chevrolet
Motor Company
CREATED wealth by increasing
*** land values.
Brought the farmer closer to his
markets, making farming a more
profitable and pleasant occupation.
Increased the personal efficiency
of business men who availed them?
selves of its time and labor saving
advantages.
Aided salesmen to cover more ter?
ritory in less time?to do his work
better, quicker and at less expense.
Furnished a means of healthful
recreation for all.
Stimulated the building of thou?
sands of miles of better highways,
bringing commercial prosperity to
hundreds of cities? and towns.
Enabled those in rural communi?
ties to enjoy all the advantages of
, the city and those in the cities all
I the pleasures of the country.
Increased the economic wealth of
! the country by creating a new in?
dustry, which now ranks third
' among the great industries of the
country, *
How Essex Proves
All-Year-Round Car
Curtains That Fit and Radiator
Shutters Both Play
a Part
"With the old superstition that the
automobile is a summer toy still
lingering in many minds," said Harry
S. Houpt, "the Essex has done much to
prove to the public that the automobile
is even a greater necessity in winter
than it is in summer.
- "The snugly fitting curtains which
open with the doors give to the touring
car the comfort of the inclosed automo?
bile. The radiator shutters are an?
other Essex winter advantage. One of
the principal disadvantages of running
an .ordinary car during the winter
months is the loss of efficiency due to
a cold engine. The result is that the
gasoline does not vaporize properly,
which causes a loss of power, hard
starting and low mileage.
"Shrouding the hood in bandages and
covering the radiator with pieces of
cardboard are only makeshifts. The
Essex delivers maximum performance
because the shutters, easily regulated
from the dash, assure the operation of
the motor at most efficient temperature
regardless of the weather and without
covering the hood or radiator with rugs
or bandages.
"When the curtains are lowered they
give protection to tho passengers.
Every set of curtains is hand-fitted to
each Essex in the special body trim?
ming department at the Hudson fac?
tory. The cowl ventilator permits the
perfect regulation of the temperature.
The 'choke' on the carburetor gives
ease in starting and the shutters keep
the ongino at its best temperature. The
result is comfort regardless of weather
conditions.**
?jsmij: . ? >, , . >
An example of consistent sticking to a proved model is that of the Peerless Company. The car has been Im?
proved and refined for several years, but the mechanical principles have continued unchanged. The I eerits>s eignt
lana urnn a ftn/>M^/l anr^naa
Give Nation a
Second Line of
Transportation
Eckhurt, of the Auburn,
Urges Support to Good
Roads Movement for Mo?
tor Traffic of All Kinds
"Vote for good roads. Give the na?
tion a second line of transportation,"
urges Maurice Eckhart, president of
the Auburn Automobile Company, of
Auburn, Ind. "One of the most vital
needs of the day is a network of high?
ways throughout the United States?a
road system so complete that motor
transportation will serve the nation to
its fullest power.
"The Federal government is making
great strides toward better roads," con?
tinued Mr. Eckhart. "The Townsend
bill provides for a system of through
route highways linking the most im?
portant centers of the country. The
government has also commenced the
building of motor roads in the national
parks of the Northwest. The drive
from Glacier Park to Yellowstone al?
ready has been completed. This series
of roads will encompass a region of
wonderful scenic beauty.
"Another excellent plan is the classi?
fication of highways. This provides for
two classes of roads?one for heavy
freight-bearing vehicles, the other for
passenger cars. According to this plan
each truck will be labeled with its
tonnage and restricted to the freight
highways. This will obviate the need
for freeuent road repairs, for each type
of road will be built for a certain ser
vico and will not'be required to meet
the abuse of heavy traffic.
"From the commercial angle the com?
pletion of this network of good roads
would relieve the. railroad congestion
W. J. McAneeny
President of Essex Motors
to a great degree, for truck shipments
will actually supplement the over?
worked freight service. Then, too, with
the penetration of ??rood roads many
places now inaccessible.'will be given
airen, communication with railroads or
cross-country truck fleets. The recent
coast-to-coast truck trip staged by the
army proved conclusively the effici?
ency of the truck as a means of trans?
portation.
"Give the United States a complete
road system and you will sec a stream
of motor vehicles from coast to coast.
Truck-fleets linking production to mar?
ket; pleasure cars atfording quick and
pleasant 'passenger service. One can't
expect dependable service from a train
running c.\ a poorly laid track, nor
service from a motor vehicle on a
poorly paved road.' Interlace the coun?
try with smooth, well paved roads and
you actually give the nation a sadly
needed second line of transportation."
Mr. Eckhart's company is the manu?
facturer of the Auburn Beauty-Six, one
of the notable medium-sized motor
cars.
'Premier ?Model 6-D seven-passenger open ter $4800, f.ab. Indianapolis
HE nearest approach to this new
Premier has been those few ultra
nr\ _
-*- distinctive foreign-built designs
which, before the war, percolated into
this country through New York im?
porters. With the advent of this new
Premier, America, already supreme in
volume production, now steps forward
and seizes from Europe her last laurel
?namely, world leadership in the
making o? fine cars.
Show Space B-30 Grand Central Palace
In Premier the spring eyes are fitted with
floating CUmmons bushings and equipped
with Alemite lubricating system?more
positive in results than either gravity type
oilers or finger operated grease cups. With
S.special 'gun"and a twist of the wrist
the tthole job of oiling springs becomes a
clean, simple and easy operation.
M O TOR. CORPORATION
INDI?NAPO?S, U.S.A.
shift!
De Bear E.arly to
Foresee Body Strikes
Chalmers Closed Cars Were
Ready in New York When
Public Demand Opened Up
When an unprecedented demand for
closed cars appeared in New York at
the beginning of the winter Harry J.
De Bear, New York manager of the
Maxwell-Chalmers Aictory branch, was
in the fortunate position of being pre?
pared to 3neet it. This accounts in
large part for an enormous increase
in the sale of Chalmers cars, an in?
crease which has taxed the factory in
Detroit to cope with it in the matter
of supplying chassis to be winter
mounted in New York.
Many months ago Mr. De Bear real?
ized that strikes would certainly reach
the automobile body builders and he
felt sure that the Chalmers factory
would bo unable to obtain enough
closed bodies to fill the orders which
were then pouring in. " Mr. De Bear
succeeded in making contracts with a
nu3nber of body builders and he then
followed these orders up so closely that
when the demand for closed cars broke
on Broadway in the early fall he had
bodies coming through.
That Many Factories Now
"The Chevrolet Review" says: "In
January, 1900, there were eleven gaso?
line automobiles in Cleveland."
IP??.^m?^iw?
Studebaeker Is
Proud of Its
New Light Six
Many Features of Construc?
tion and Equipment Mark
This Car as One of the!
Show's Sensations j
Springing sensations at automobile
shows has become a Studebaker habit,
but perhaps the greatest one yet in?
troduced is the appearance of the new
Light Six. Coincident with its advent!
it is announced that the entire facili?
ties of the $15,000,000 factories now
nearing completion in South Bend, Ind.,
will be devoted to the manufacture of
this model.
The new Light Siaf ranks as the first
j car at its price equipped with cord
I tires. Many features of high priced
motor cars are to be found in the
Light Six. They are such things as
plate glass oval windows in rear of a |
distinctive gypsy top, outside door i
handles, double dimming headlights
and limousine- footboard. The up-1
holstery is of genuine leather, and !
both driver's compartment and ton-:
neau have plenty of leg room. The i
seats are big, deep and comfortable,
and the instrument board is well ar?
ranged for the convenience of the
driver.
Of 112-inch wheel base, the new
Studebaker has a 40-horsepower six
cylinder 3notor, and *ne car weighs
complete only 2,400 pounds. Cord tires
are 32x4 inches and wheels are steel
felloed. The chassis can be either
halved or quartered and each section
will show the same weight. The Light
Six in tests preceding its announce?
ment proved its ability to hold the
road at speeds under conditions where
heavier, less scientifically balanced
cars showed a tendency toward side
sway.
The engine is 8%-inch bore by 4%
inch stroke, with aluminum detachable
head. A feature for which a patent
application has been made is the in?
ternal hot spot which surrounds each
spark plug, secures better vaporiza
t3on, a hotter fuel, greater" economy
and better combustion. The incoming
gas, after being thoroughly vaporized
by passing over the hot combustion
chamber, hits this unjacketed hot spot
the instant it gets through the inlet
valve. Part of the intake manifold is
in contact with the water manifold.
The flow of cold water is faster as the
speed of the motor is increased, so that
the water remains at a constant tem?
perature. This exclusive construction
takes the best from the air-cooled
motor and combines with it the obvi
I o os advantages of the .tater-cooled
Inclined valve action, found only in
one imported car and in one of the
highest priced American motors, is a
feature of the new Studebaker Light.
Six. With this new type of valve ac-"
tion, where the valves are inclined at
an angle.of 20 degrees, and with the
new intake manifold design, the gases
in the combustion chamber are not de?
flected in any way. There is practi?
cally a straight line passage into the
combustion chamber, providing maxi?
mum economy, perfect combustion and
precluding the possibility of any un
vaporized gasoline lying on top of or
seeping down past the pistons.
More Than 80
Per Cent To Be
4-Cylinder Cars
"When you consider th3t more than
75 per cent of all cars in use are of
the four-cylinder type it is a convinc?
ing argument on their reliability and
adaptability to the motorists' needs,"
said W. D. Stout, production manager
of the Allen Motor Company. "Look?
ing over the field of high-priced Ameri?
can and European cars, we find a num?
ber of fours selling from $3,500 to $6,
500, and the designers of these cars
claim greater efficiencies, higher econ- '.
omies, lower maintenance expense and
a range of speeds as wide as can be
obtained from sixes, eights or twelves
having the same piston displacements.
That they adhere to the four-cylinder
motor from year to year is evidence of
the satisfactory results they obtain.
"Just consider this: Some of the
Aliens New _
s
concerns now ta nufactnring sixes have
founded companies to manufactura
fours, because of the popular demand,
the economies they will show and the
fact that they are less trouble to their
owners. Of all the cars that will be
built in 1920 more than 80 per cent
will be four-cylinder cars.
" 'Automotive Industries' stated edi?
torially last March: 'There have been
a great many who have predicted the
day of the four-cylinder car would com?
back, and one of the greatest results
of the multi-cylinder popularity would
be the increased demand for good per?
formance from the four. . . . The
influx of high quality four-cylinder
cars for all around business use will
be welcomed by those who have the
true interest of the industry at heart.'
"There is another important reason
for the four-cylinder car, and this res
son is set forth in the editorial I
mention. Seventy per cent of all driv?
ing is for short distances?city or in
terurban. This means Quick stops, sud?
den starts, short turns. This kind of
driving is hard on tires, hard on
chassis, and means that great weight
require" time and power to get under
way, and the heavier type of multi
cylinder car is handicapped in this
short drive service. It means great
handling expense, to say nothing of
strains and wear on the whole car
that occur in stopping and starting."
?
Year's Test in 1,400 Hours
The owner of an engine identical
with that which features the new
Saxon gave it a private test of 1,400
hours. At the end of that time meas?
urements taken showed no wear on the
part of the bearings, no foul spark
plugs and no carbon. The average car
is not driven upward of four hours a
day. This test meant more than a year
of use.
Touring Model
NEW ENGLAND CRAFTMANSHIP
STILL LIVES
NE of the most inspiring phases of our
history ?as a nation is the story of early
American craftsmanship which centered
in New England. The spirit of un?
compromising excellence, inborn in
these early New Englanders, made
them do things as well as they could be done.
Americans ought to be proud of the fact that this
spirit still lives in New England and that the descendants
of these men are still the one largest group of master
workmen in our nation.
New England is still the home of the born artisan?
trained now in the practical application of their artistry
to modern economical manufacturing.'
The master workmen who build Stevens-Duryea
Motor Cars belong to this group. They themselves set
the Stevens-Duryea standards established in the earliest
days of the motor car industry, and now perpetuate them.
They mstin-ctively maintain the high tradition of craftsmanship to
which by birth they have fallen heir, and which by training they are
qualified to carry forward.
Those who love beauty and sincerity' of workmanship will experi?
ence keen delight in the Stevens-Duryea Cars exhibited at the Auto?
mobile Show.
We hope you will take advantage of this exhibition to examine closely
the work of the born artisan ?as expressed in the modern motor car
chassis as well as the more obvious aspects of body and mechanical design.
Stevens-Duryea, Inc.
CHICC^EE FALLS, MASS.
STEVENS DURYEA
MOTOR. CARS