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THTI WASHINGTON TIMES. SATURDAY OCTOBER 28. 1910.' K1SS&L TOWN CAR W USE ELECTRIC TRUCK IN COAL DELIVERY Many Cities Find Its Advarh tages Over the Gasolene Driven Vehicle. operated In fleets for $10 per day. or $1 nor hour, making 15c per ton mllo ac tually hauled. I'nder the samo con dition! n pair of horses haul 9.000 lbs, per load and avarage 1 miles dally (31'f. ton tnllM) at 18.75 per day, making lR.2c per ton miles actually hauled. Tho six-ton gas truck averages 30 miles dally (00-ton miles) nt n. cost of 118. making 2Zc per ton mile. Thus there is a saving ror the electric of 3.2c per ton mllo over tho horse, and of "c per ton mllo over tho gasolene, truck. Electric lias Long Life. The electric has the advantage of a long llfo ten to twolvo years and lta depreciation Is much less rnpld than that of tho nan truck. The simplicity of operation Is also an argument for , tho electric, as It does not require .1 skilled mechanician for a driver, and TMary icpalrs are slight anj In frequent. till furthor reason for employing the electric in place of the horse for coal delivery Is the -liumano clement. ! an anyone who has watched a hors or even a pair of horses tolling over i n wet and slippery pavement, or ip a TO steep mil witn a loau oi coai win not dlsputo this point. Tho electric truck for coal delivery Is surely here to stay, and tlio progree nlvo dealer who must today carefully consider delivery costs should avail himself of the most economic means of delivery the electric. Goodyear Branch Manager Says Advantages More Than Off set Higher Initial Cost. CORD TIRES ARE EASY REPAIRED vT I am often alcl nbout the repair ing of doodyenr cord tires," nnvn Branch Manager Ulmmel, of tlio Goodyear Tiro and Itubber Company. "Many motorists aro wondering If the ,repalrlnt? of our cord ttrca la an nlmplo as tlto repairing or our ruunc iireH. One of the Rival advantages of our cord tires Id tho ease with which they can bo repaired. Wo have found that ' this featuro appeals Btronsly to lno torlHts. "They rarely nerd attention, as they h&Yo nix to ten layers of stronK cords, depending on the slzo of tho tire, which offer rc-cnforcemcnt and strong re sistance analnst Injury. Hut when u tire Injury requires attention, it Is not necessary for a motorist to send tho tire back to tho 'factory. Arc Easily Itcpaircd. "Any tiro repairman can repair a cord tire Just as ho would n fabric tire, minx roRiilar fabric, without Impair ing tho efficiency of the tiro. Nor Is It necessary for tho repairman to In vest aeveral hundred dollars In a ma chine to tako care of his customers' re pairs. ' "Our cord tires nro remarkably free from road Injuries because of the win uto Inspections and rigid tests to which the materials entering Into thcin. arc subjected. Our tiro experts adopted tho present construction of these tires only after satlsfylnR themselves through rigid tcMtii of hundreds of designs, that It was scientifically correct. Inten sive experimentation is going on con tinually in our laboratories to Improve our cord tires. No sooner do we reach nn Ideal than we set out to eclipse It. Wo are constantly reassuring ourselves that our materials nro right. Advantages Offset Cost. "They nlso come with the ribbed tiead the easy-steering tlio which has long been popular ubroad. They cost a little more at flr.U. because they cost more to make, but experienced tire buy ers, who are In tho habit of figuring Income intes on tho purchases, know that the Increased mileage, economical gasolene consumption, easy-rldlng qual ities and comparative freedom from load iniurles. more than offsot tho higher Initial cost." Johnny Aitken Given Ovation After Cup Race Johnny Aitken, who won the iccent Aator Cup race In his I'cugeot enr, equipped with Goodyear cord tires, breaking the world's speed record for :.0 miles, was tendered a great ovation when ho returned to Indianapolis from the big race. A largo number of friends met him nt tViA utntlnn iind nftrr nhnu'nrlntr him wllh congratulations, placed Aitken In n rickety cart drawn by a mule. The noted driver was parmted through the downtown streets until hu acknowl edged the Joke and bought smokes for the crowd. - ' - ' " ' ' ' ' The New Town Car of tho Kissel Line, FollowinK tlio Scheme of the Ycnr lB Upholstered in Luxurious Gray. Body Is Delicately Blended and There Ib Not a Single Jarrlnjr Line in tho Striking Flowing Curves. TOUR CHEAPER THAN RENT, SAYS iTORIST i New York Man on Road for a Year With Family Tells of Expenses. OE L ADSD MOTOR E NGINERUNS SERVICE IN EGYP T Cross-country touring In a well built motor car N choapcr than pay ing rout, according to Clarcnco H. linker, veteran motorist of New York city, who Is Just rounding out a solid year of life on the open road. Last December, Haker purrhaspd n Chalmers Hlx-thlrty in New York, and accompanied by his wife and child, started for Arizona. New Mexico, and the Southwest. Traveling leisure!), the party toured through twenty .States, crossing nnd recrosslng moun tain innges of the West. Tho siimiiwr was spent in Colorado with sidu trip Into Idaho. Wyoming, Utah, anil Nevada. When the car rolled Into the Chalmers factory grounds at Detroit recently, the speedometer read in ex cess of 12,000 miles. "Sly actual upkeep expense not In cluding gasolene and oil stood ine $37.50 for tho season's work," s-ild Maker. "Two-thirds of my summer mileage was made over the steep grades of the ItocUy mountains on one occasion we carried nine men i p a 22 per cent grade with no vUinlo labor on the part of the motor. "Tho car's extreme flexibility was the sourcu of considerable (omment among my Western friends. On our trip Kast the carburetor worVi. per fectly without a single adjustment, although we passed through many changes of climate and iiltllinl" I consider my season's average of ev entoon miles to the gallon of gasolene, the best record for economy I have ever obtained." On their long tour, the Halter family curried r complete, camping outllt r.tul patronized but fow hotels. Machines Called on for Strenu ous Work Along Suez tary Lines. An Interesting letter has been re ceived by the Willys-Overland Company from thu Australian Motor Transport Perlce, stationed at Hannah, Kgypt. Tlio letter was originally sent to the dealer at Adelaide, Austrnlla, who trans mitted It to the Toledo factory. "Tho Ovetlauds which you have sup plied us for .ambulance service,-' runs part of the letter, from the Hgyptlau battle front, "have done excellent Work; they have been running continuously ever since they have been In Kgypt. Four of thf in urc, at present stationed on the Suez raual, nnd they arc called upon to do very strenuous work, as moit of the going Is in the sand. "I'p to a short time ago there was no speed limit In Cnlio, ami We used to drive the ears at a tiemcmlnuii rate. When we weie stationed at HellopolK almut five miles from Cairo, we would lvive races Into Cairo. It was no un common sight to see firtieu or twenty 'ambulances tearing along the main toad to tlio cltv "Hut now we have a speed limit, which N being tightened almost fortnight!). The best run we now have Is to a placo called lielousan, about twunU five miles from ralro. The road iu lows along thu banks of the Hlver Nile, practically the entire way. "One soon nicks tin the Arabic lang uage, especially enough of It for motor ing purposes. Such essentials as 'imshl,' go away; 'yemretiak,' get over to the right, 'sliamulak,' get over to the left, 'oak,' look out; 'oak rlgglalr.' look fait for your feet are enough for an ambulance driver's practical purpose. PER IE L Western Man Adapts Allen En gine to Stationary Service Without Making Changes. An unique sendee for an automohtle mo tor haaJuatbeencAlled totho attention of the Allon Motor Company, In which the engine taken from an Allon car has leen used to opcrnto a Ferris wheel for several sensous Just past. The change from the motor car chas sis to the portable engine frame wan made by II. Weitallu, who opcialcs n Ferris wheel at fairs and expositions In the Western Ntntcs. Practically no chiingv was nride In the motor to adapt It to this unusual work, excepting that a governor wnn mounted upon the generator shaft to control the speed. Arrangements for special water sup ply were made. Inasmuch as the motor was standing still mid a radiator could not be depended upon under such condi tions. According to ertalla, the motor per forms lis duty with conplcte satisfac tion, absolutely no trouble helng en countered regardless of the fact that It was moved from one city to unother on an nvenige of once every ten days dur ing the two years that It has been used In this fashion. By A. JACKSON MARSHALL, Secretary National Electric Light Association. "In time of peaco prepare for war." The words attributed to George Wash ington In theso days of preparedness aro of special significance. Prepared ness, for peaceful pursuits Industrial development Is ns Important as pre paredness against violence, Thercroro, though It now bo summer, nnd tho inero mention of heat obnoxious, nevertheless winter with its chilly blasts will soon be upon us, nnd then coal will bo In great demand. After coal Is mined and transported to our cities by rail. It must be dis tributed to tho user, and here Is where the electric vehicle plays Its important part, although In tho actual mining and In the hauling of this heat-giving sub stance, electricity Is extensively em plojed. .Many mines use small but pow erful electric tractors, cither battery driven or opeiated by current taken from overhead wires, or through the thin! rail, In hauling the coal-laden cars. In the delivery of coal it Is generally admitted that both the gasolene truck and the electric havo their distinct economic Hold. Tho comparatively short haul Is the real Meld of the elec tric, and It is tlio horso which tho clcc tiio H gradually supplanting. Use in Coal Delivery. New ICngland Is convinced of tho su periority ef tho electric In tho coal ce llvery service, and theic are many large fleets in operation in this section of the country. In Ilostou alone there uie thirty-one six-ton trucks, some of which nie six years old. These trucks average twenty-two miles per day (six I) -six ton inllesi, und many of them woik In a double shift b exchanging batteries, thus working twenty hours each dn. The bulk of the hauling Is through tho city, nml es many of the deliveries are to office buildings, warehouses, de partment stoies, etc., Ill tho business districts, the coal Is dcllvcicd at night As street congestion becomes more and moie the problem each year the do lloiy of coal, which of necessity blocki traffle to a certain extent, will have to he done at night In districts where conditions demand It. Thu iioiselessucss of the ileetrlc Is a feuture which re- i commends It foi night service, as It Is . often necessarj to tiael through res idential streetb to leach the huslness ' district. , V Tho six ton electric vehicle can be ' "For Service'1 Requisites for Fall and Winter Motoring Moderately Priced! New and Beautiful Indian blanket Auto Robes The patterns are strik ingly novel and typical of the Apache, Sioux, Yuma, and Yakima tribes. You will find sizes, patterns, and prices to satisfy every taste perfectly. Warrant ed all-wool, of good cold defying weight, they should last for years. Very Reasonably Priced From $6.00 to $12.50 We have, In addition, for your early inspection, a highly pleasing selection of staple patterns. We'll be glad to show them. Winter Gloves for Motorists The line fitting, fleece-lined kind that form a warm overcoat for the hands without interfering with the free play and firm grasp when driving. Many styles to select from. Very Moderately Priced, $1.50 to $7.50 Automobile Supply Department National Electrical Supply Co. 1328-30 N. Y. Ave. N. W. Phone Main 6800 iUliiliUiiiitliiiffii SAXON "SIX A BIG TOURING CAR FOR FIVE PEOPLE Tu v.V'I.'.y'- T-V twi. .V' x: vMaM :' .ww-"- - JHL ir."iu IT v vftVM iiLi4i"w. m . j-"-"tt n r This Saxon "Six" sets a new, pace in performance Repeatedly has Saxon VSix" proved itself the superior car. Not alone in private use but in public competition, too. A case in point is the motor demon stration at the Sdh Diego Fair when Saxon "Six" won over both eights and twelves, a3 well as other "sixes," in speed, in hill-climbing and in quick get-away. But this new series Saxon "Six" is even an abler-acting car. By continued and consistent experi mentation and research work Saxon "Six" motor ha3 been given a smoother, more supple power-flow. Think of what this refinement means in quicker acceleration, in in creased flexibility, in improved high gear work. Think what it means coupled with the easy-riding qualities of Saxon "Six' and its notable economy in gasoline, in oil, and in repair service. Figures based upon all Saxon "Sixes" in use to date shows the average cost for repair porta averages $8.50 per car. Do you know any car that can rival much less equal thdt record? Saxon "Six" is $815 f, o, b. Detroit. CALL 25 RECORD AUTO CO. 631 Mass. Ave. iittiHitiiiitiisaiiiifliiuiiBnira ir mm hs II I I Powe The Detroit Electric possesses more power than any gasoline car in the market. There is no hill in Washington or elsewhere that it will not climb with ease. 'And its power is dignified. There is no clash of changing gears. It does not labor at its task on hills, through rock ribbed country, or mud or snow or sleet. Three-Passenger Cabriolet, $2175 Five-Passenger (Double Conditions do not matter. It copes with every dif ficulty of driving and moves majestically onward. And it is simple. In an afternoon one is expert at driving it. It is the ultimate in vehicles. To ride in a Detroit Electric is to be protected from blighting summer suns and bitter winds of winter. Four-Passenger Brougham, $2275 Drive) Brougham, $2375 STERRETT & FLEMING Exclusive Distributers Detroit Electrics Philadelphia Diamond Grid Batteries Champlain Street at Kalorama Road North Fifty-Fifty Baltimore WASHINGTON Richmond :?