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NATIONAL SERVICE
Hundreds of Delegates
From Many Cities
Present
LOCAL AGENCY SENDS
SERVICE MANAGER
A. L. Boa roe Company Represented at
Great Meeting in Detroit—All De
tails of the Construction of
Chalmers Are Studied
The Chalmers annual national service
convention was held at the Chalmers fac
tory Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
August 36, 17 and 18, with delegates from
every important city In the country in
attendance. Quarters were reserved at
the Hotel Pontchartrain to accommodate
all visiting service men. Every available
motor car at the Chalmers plant was
commandeered and placed at the dis
posal of the visitors. The meetings were
all held at the factory convention hall
and were conducted along the lines of a
training school.
The convention opened with breakfast
at the Hotel Pontchartrain. A fleet of
Chalmers cars left the hotel at 9:30, con
ducting the guests to the factory. The
first meeting opened at 10:30 with an ad
dress of welcome by Hugh Chalmers,
president, and C. A. Pfeffer, vice presi
dent, and assistant general manager. In
his address of welcome, Mr. Chalmers
said: "The motor car Industry has been
so busily engaged trying to fill the great
demand for motor cars that it has en
tirely neglected the basic principle that
most underlie every successful business.
"The year 3915 has launched a great
battle of the survival of the fittest In the
motor car industry. Practically every mo
tor car manufacturer has made a large
price reduction.
4 The motor car company that gives
the best service in the future will be *
the most successful company. Courtesy
which is one of the cheapest things in
the world, 1s one of the rarest It is
you service men who come in direct con
tact with the motor buying public. The
first principle of your work should be
courtesy. Lots of times when you have
been working hard underneath a car you
are Inclined to look upon the ‘kicker’
with disfavor, but it is a man who listens
with courtesy to every complaint and
does all within his power to right the
difficulty, who is the most successful.
Coupon Service System
"For this coming season we have in
augurated a universal coupon service sys
tem giving 50 hours free service to every
purchaser of a Chalmers car beginning
with the opening of the 1936 season. These
coupons a’*e negotiable at any Chalmers
dealer anywhere. They will prove a
health insurance to the Chalmers motor
car wherever it may be."
At the conclusion of his talk, Mr. Chal
mers announced that he would give $100
in prizes for the best letters on what
Individual delegates have learned during
'tnis convention; $50 for the first prize,
$30 for the second, and $20 for the third
piize. Vice President and Assistant Gen
eral Manager C. A. Pfeffer and Sales
Mnrager Paul Smith gave short talks out
lining the object of plans for the con
vention. These gentlemen were succeed
ed by Chief Engineer C. C. Hinkley. who
■poke on Chalmers engineering and de
sign. Mr. Hinkley is responsible for the
M LLIONS ARE LOST BY
THE IMPROPER INFLATION
. OF AUTOMOBILE TIRES
Realising, of course, that every consumer has a right to his own ideas
as to what constitutes good service, and that no practical Inflation schedule
will cover all possible condilione of service, the following schedule for
tire inflation is offered and recommended as a guide under normal condi
tions:
liross carrying capacity, pounds per tire, Including passengers and com
plete equipment. ,
Tire section diameter.
Impress. 3-ln. 34-in 4-in. 44-in. 5-in. B4-ln. g-ln
35 . 290 360 ||| HI HI
40 . 335 410 600 III ||, ||||
4* . 376 460 660 675 ... . ||| ||||
. 415 515 *26 760 876 1000 1140
*6 . 460 665 690 826 960 1100 ] 255
*® . 600 615 750 900 1050 1200 1370
*s . *10 S16 975 1136 1300 H60
i® . 220 875 1050 1226 1 400 1595
. ••• OlO 1125 1310 1500 1710
*® . ••• 1009 1200 1400 1600 1925
. ••• •••• 1275 1485 1700 1940
®® . ••• , ••• 1350 1670 1800 2050
*' . ••• . 1**0 1900 21*5
laa . ••• . 2000 2280
The number of automobiles In this coun
try has now passed the 2,000,000 mark,
which indicates a tire output of about
12,000,000 for this year. Figured at $16
each, which Is a conservative average,
a value of $192,000,000 will represent the
year’s output.
Htatistfcs which have just been com
piled by the experimental department of
the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company
show that 30 per cent of this enormous
sum Is being squandered by ill-advised
loading of tires. In other words, $57,600,000
will be wasted this year through failure
to observe proper precaution in the mat
ter of loading tires.
Mr. P. W. Litchfield, factory manager
of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber com
pany, in his paper presented before the
Society of Automobile Engineers at the
summer conference, suggested a remedv
for this waste by the. adoption of a slid
ing scale of carrying capacities and in
flation pressures. This is essentially the
adaption of the air pressure to the load
imposed on the tires.
"Long experience has shown that these
loads and air pressures are the most
satisfactory combination for maximum
service and effective cushioning,” says
Mr. Litchfield. "The quantities of com
fort and easy riding must be recognised
as vital points, equally as Important as
tire durability. Why are pneumatic tifea
used at all if not for easy riding qual
ities?
"The degree to which a tire is flat
tened against the ground varies with the
load. For every given tire load there
Is a definite percentage of tire deflec
tion which bears a direct relation to
the inflation pressure. Obviously, then, a
scale of relative carrying capacities and
inflation presures. if properly observed,
will tend to eliminate the enormous waste
now caused by haphasard methods of
loading and inflating.
"The load properly assigned to a tire
should be the actual load on the tire
with the car fully loaded. The actual
load on each tire can be ascertained bv
weighing first the front of the fully loaded
car, then the rear, dividing each figure
by two to get the load per tire. It cap
then be inflated to the proper pressure
for that particular weight ns indicated
by the scale of carrying capacities and
inflation pressures. A certain tolerance
In pressure should he allowed for leak
age but before the pressure drops 20 pef
cent the tire should be pumped up again.*'
sensational Chalmers Slx-40, vale-ln-head
overhead camshaft motors.
Service Manager Talks
A. B. Hanson, manager of the serv
ice department, who Introduced the
heads of the various divisions of Ills
department, gave a talk on the serv
ice policies which have lately been in
augurated by the Chalmers Motor com
pany, After lunch, served in the fac
toiy dining room. Vice President and
Manager Works, S. H. Humphrey, con
ducted an inspection trip through the
factory acquainting the visitors with
he various details of Chalmers con
struction.
At 4:30 p. m. cars left the factory
for a trip to Grosso Point, back over
tlie Grand boulevard and "Woodward
avenue, conducting the party then to
tile Hotel Pontchartrain, where dinner
was served in the convention hall at
/ p. m. Short talks on Chalmers pol
icies and plans for 1910 by President
Hugh Cbalmers and Vice President C.
A. Pfeffer and Sales Manager Paul
Smith concluded the programme for
tile day.
Tuesday with the opening of the
morning meeting Mr. Hanson conduct
ed a general service discussion after
which the factory experts talked on
the “Slx-40’’ motor, explain its as
sembly and disassembly, inspection and
adjustments. He also gave practical
demonstrations actually performing
these operations before the convention
assembled.
H. A. Barter of Gray A Davis, Bos
ton, Mass., talked on the Chalmers
starting system. Other out-of-town
speakers were A. Atwater Kent, pres
ident of the Atwater Kent Manufac
turing works, Philadelphia; H. F. Wil
lard, manager of the Willard Storage
Pattery Manufacturing company,
I Cleveland, O.: Frederick Purdy of Fin
! deisen & Kprof Manufacturing Co.,
! Chicago. 111., manufacturers of the
Bayfield carburetor.
After lunch an open meeting was
ducted the visitors from the factory to
gineer. At this meeting all suggestions
were heard and questions answered. At
5 p. m. the fleet of service cars con
ducted the viistors from the factory to
the Hotel Griswold where a special
dinner and entertainment had been ar
ranged in the Griswold convention hall.
The convention was only scheduled
to last two days, but Mr. Chalmers,
enthusiastic over its success held the
delegates over Wednesday Inviting
them all to Navln field as his guests at
the ball game.
Henry B. Hodges, service man for
the A. L. Hoarse Motor Kales company
here, was In attendance at the con
vention of service men, in his capacity
as service manager for Mr. Boarse. Mr.
Hodges says he learned enough about
the quality of Chalmers products to
convince him that It is superior to any
car on the American market, if not In
the entire world.
dwell on Vacation
Detroit, August 28.— (Special.)—L. E.
Olwell, vice president of the Chalmers
Motor company, is taking his vacation
In the north woods of Wisconsin. The
dwell party Is making an extended
canoe trip and expect to be gone until
the middle of September.
Would Never Do
From Judge.
Madge—Let’s swing the hammock
near the river.
Marjorie—Gracious, no! One of the
excursion boats would be likely to turn
a searchlight on It some night.
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PLEASURE OF AUTO
TOURING INCREASED
Colonel Brett Gives Some
Information to Prospective
Tourists in Yellowstone
National Park
Washington, August 28.—(Special.)
Under the administration of Secretary
i>ane the department of the interior
has increased the pleasure of automo
Dile touring in this country by open
ing the Yellowstone National park to
motor cars and by rebuilding the Tioga
road, which gives a direct entrance to
Yosemlte park from the east.
Col. Lloyd M. Brett, In charge of the
military post and superintendent of the
Yellowstone National park, has sup
plied Chairman David G. Joyce of the
touring bureau of the American Au
tomobile association, the following in
formation regarding the opening of
Yellowstone park:
“Heavy rains throughout the west
made the roads approaching and in
che park heavy and difficult, yet 50
automobiles with 171 tourists entered
the park when it was opened to them
on August 1.
“The first 10 days’ travel by en
trances Is as follows:
‘Cars—XVest, 161; north, S6; *east, 83;
south, 1; total, 321.
“Persons—AVest, 597; itorth, 310; east,
280; south, 3; total, 1190.
“This shows the western entrance to
be the favorite, as it has been for the
horse-drawn tourist travel.
"No accident has marred this rad
ical departure In touring the park, and
the schedules work perfectly, although
travel is the heaviest in the history
of the park. It has been found pos
sible to permit a few additional trips
and a certain amount of night travel
to those whose time Is so limited that,
without this liberty, they would have
to give up the park tour.
“I desire to emphatically state that
this Important change in the method
of seeing the wonders and magnificent
scenery of the park has been made
comparatively easy for us by the cheer
ful and ready compliance with the reg
ulations and schedules on the part of
the automobile tourists. They have not
only met us half way, but have been
most careful of freight and other teams
which cannot travel on a schedule that
will avoid the automobiles.
“In my opinion automobiles have
come to stay and the succeeding years
will find the horses and pack animals
transporting sightseers on frails to
places just as interesting as those now
known and to the mountain homes of
the thousands of wild animals which
follow the snow line In the summer.”
The Yosemlte National park, west of
San Francisco and near the Nevada
stAte line, has been open to automo
bile tourists for sometime, but motor
cars from the east have, heretofore,
been obliged to make a wide detour
well into California and then double
back to the park.
Appreciating the needs of an en
trance route direct from the east,
Stephen T. Mather, assistant to the
Secretary of the Interior, early this
year commenced work that has brought
the old Tioga road, a mining road of
the ’80s, into use thks giving a direct
entrance from the east that saves a
long, round-about trip.
Assistant Secretary Mather has tel
egraphed the following Information to
the touring bureau of the American
Automobile association:
“Tioga road through Yosemlte park
was formally opened by me a few days
ago. I passed over It from one end to
the other in an automobile and found
it in very good condition.
"Also passed over part of El Ca
inino Sierra, on eastern side of the
Sierras, which connects with Midland
trail, and found this road in excellent
condition.
“Can therefore advise eastern tour
ists to go to exposition via Midland
trail and Tioga road near Tioga Pass,
In upper part of Yosemlte park.
“Sierra club maintains supply station
where all visiting automobilists can be
satisfactorily supplied with tents and
subsistence. Fishing good and scenery
wonderfull all along the route.
“However, please caution those using
Tioga road to take ample supply of
gasoline before making trip from ei
ther side of the Sierras. At present
lime gasoline cannot be supplied along
the road.”
Fifty Hours of Free Service
Goes With Each
‘ Hupp
That the new nation-wide Hupmobile
service plan Is a practical success has
been demonstrated by the number of
owners of the 1916 model Hupmobile who
have availed themselves of the oppor
tunity offered by the company to keep
their cars In good condition. This plan
which allows for BO hours’ service for
each Hupmobile calls for a stipulated
amount of monthly service.
The new Hupmobile owners have Im
mediately taken to the idea as is demon
strated by the fact that 97 per cent of
the coupons available so far, have been
rent In to the factory for redemption by
the Individual Hupmobile service stations.
This percentage ratio will probably be
Increased by coupons In transit.
Each Hupmobile owner will be given BO
hours iervice which, he may secure at
r.ny Hupmobile service station through
out, the United States and Canada. He
nays for this by the coupon system and
the service man secures his remunera
tion by sending the coupon to the fac
tory for redemption out of the special
Hupmobile service fund which was. es
tablished by the factory In conjunction
with Its dealers to take care of the own
ers' especial needs. Many testimonials
have already been received by the fac
tory from the owners Who heartly ap
prove of the much needed plan.
Dealers throughout the country state
I hat the new Service plan has taken well
with Individual owners and especially
those who have had other cars In the
past; that It makes the Hupmobile line
[lie easiest of any to handle. Inquiries
have come Into the hupmobile factory
from rcores of dealers of other ears
hrOughout the country asking for chances
:o take the agency for the Hupmobile in
heir territory. The fuctory Is already
far behind In orders and strenuous ef
'orts are being made to get production
romewhere near the point where the dc
nand can be met.
Many dealers of other cars and even
aclories have requested the Hupp com
tally for details of their nation-wide Serv
ce plan and several are tuklng steps
u inaugurate the system. Where lac
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PREPARING FOR RACES
Huge steel, concrete and wood grandstand now in course of con
struction at the Sheepshead Bay speedway. The completed stands will
seat more than seventy-five thousand people. The board surfacing on
the two-mile oval track is now practically completed.
tories are not showing an interest in the
service or the owner, individual distribu
tors are contenfplating and some have
already adopted the Hupmoblle plan on
a smaller scale.
One thing is certain the innovation of
the factory-to-owner service has revolu
tionized the automobile selling system to
such an extent that the owner will be
the benefactor.
PACKARD EXPERTS
HOLD CONVENTION
Eighty mechanical experts, repre
senting the technical departments of
Packard dealers and branches
ihrough/it the country, spent four
days of this week in annual conven
tion at the Detroit plant. Discussion of
liie new twin six featured a series of
talks by J. G. Vincent, vice president
of engineering, and other factory ex
ecutives.
The Packard company takes an ad
vanced position In the matter of en
couraging dealers to make provision
for giving adequate attention to cars
in the hands of owners. This policy
nas been an important factor in the
successful merchandising of the com
pany’s output.
PACIFICCLASSIC WILL
BE HELD IN NOVEMBER
l.os Angeles, August 28.—(Special.)
The automobile classic of the Pacific
coast, the Corona road race, will be
held November 20, next, according to
announcement today by the Citrus Belt
Uaclng association.
The course will be placed In the best
of condition for the 300-mile event that
last year permitted an average speed
of 87.08 mile* an hour by Eddie Pul
len, (he winner. Thl* speed broke a
world's record.
George K. Hen (el of L»os Angeles Is
credited with the first entries and has
announced that Eddie Pullen would
drive one of the cars.
The $15,000 In drivers' purses has
been raised. It Is announced, and most
of the big drivers of the country arc
expected to enter. This Is the only big
race scheduled for southern California
this year.
Safety First
From Judge.
Hokus—Closefist claims that when char
ity Is needed, he is always the first to
put his hand in his pocket.
Pokus—Yes; and he keeps It there till j
the danger is over.
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SPEEDWAY CLASSIC
FOR OCTOBER 2 '
Sheepshead Bay Speedway in New
York to Be Thrown Open to the
Public With 350-Mile Race.
Maxwells to Enter ^
Europe's war zone Is being invaded to
secure famous racing pilots of out-and
out foreign nationality who are worthy to
go against the formidable list of cracks i
who already have mounts for the Vincent
Astqr cup rare. Some of the contenders^ 1
in this event which will be the opening
race at the new Sheepshead Bay (New
York) speedway on October 2, have high
speed ears that were built abroad. Dario i
Resta, although born In Italy, Is a British
subject, and has a French Peugeot as
his mount will have a triple International
flavor. Ralph DePalma, who Is Italian
born but an American citizen, will be at *
the wheel of a German Mercedes, and
Barney Oldfield has Imported a French
Delage for the great 350-mlle speed classic.
(Continued on Page Twenty-one.)
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