Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 1, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free press Winnipeg saturday May 1. A u t o t i v e i id wha sort of Man buys fils car on time statistics compiled by general motors regarding credit to owners. Vino is the Man who Guys an automobile on is he a spend Thrift Joyride turning his pockets inside out. Impoverishing himself for months that he May whirl about the country endangering his own. And hers lives or is he a conserva Tive property owner with assets and -.11 income that amply entitle him credit in making purchases who kinds an automobile he is the second Man sketched above. The first is the Man As he is popularly imagined whenever the time buying of automobiles is men in polite but uninformed so piety. Here Are accurate facts on he buyer on credit As he really is he is Over 35 years old. He has Over 56.000 in real estate. He has Over a month income. He buys a car. He pays 44 per cent. Cash. He then pays 56 per cent in ten his monthly payments average Only 0 per cent of his income. Such Are the conclusions to be Rawn from figures compiled by the statistical division of the general motors acceptance corporation an Mit Mobile financing company now Loiner business at the rate of a year. By requiring a com report on each maker of a note a the Purchase of an Automo Lle on credit the corporation has i cd tired an immense amount of data i he first compilation made is for the months Between april 1 and sept. 30. 1919. It is not too much to say that this s the most accurate classification of automobile users that it is possible to make. With Over cars in use. It is impossible to generalize an answer to the question who runs an for any figures that a Ould answer it. Would be too big and Broad to be of value. Nor is there any class so willing to give full and Complete information about itself As is that of the buyer on credit. Obviously when a Man asks for Cre he must show himself As he is it other times he is sure to show an entirely justifiable reluctance to answer questions about himself. Jaunty awfully Jaunty you motor haunting car relic projecting seats to carry extra passengers has made its appearance in great Britain. Mileage of each the Cost for gasoline on the solid tire Job was and on the pneumatic tire Job 1 the records show the Snatic Job travelled 30 Miles More than the other. I Oil records show that the truck i with pneumatic tired averages 619 Milos to the whereas that of solids averages 262. It would be unfair to suppose that both engines were identical so that the Complete Economy cannot be ascribed to the pneumatic in another comparison of two trucks two ton capacity each one with solids and the other pneumatics the Cost per was 35 cents on pneumatics and 55 cents on solids. This was based on Miles of use and includes All. Costs such As depreciation overhead Etc. Reduced maintenance expense. The purpose of these figures is to indicate that fuel and Oil economies exist. I the greatest Economy at least it is. Considered so is that which comes from reduced vibration which is equivalent to reduced maintenance of the truck. Where vibration is reduced from 15 per cent to perhaps 40 or 50 per cent in Many cases the reduced up keep of parts can Best be appreciated by those who have had experience with maintenance hand Ling. There Are Many Fleet owners i who Are desirous of changing from solids to pneumatics without any thought of increasing the Miles per pneumatic tires on resale new transportation Era trucks Pirp truck fitted with pneumatics becomes a practical vehicle for almost every kind of farm work reduces vibration and saves gasoline. By David Beecroft in motor age fitting of pneumatic tires on motor trucks with capacity up to 3% tons useful Load is one of the greatest movements taking place in the motor truck Industry at present. The magnitude of this fitting of pneumatic tires instead of solids appreciated when the Extension of the usefulness of the motor truck by virtue of the pneumatic tire is Analysed. The pneumatic tire makes the truck a practical vehicle for almost every phase of farm work. It can carry its rated Load in sizes of one ton 1% ton two tons on soft ground making it possible for the Farmer to Load and coss1p of the first 12-Cylinder car to too built in France will shortly be put on the Market. This is known As the Corona and is listed at for Chassis Only with tire two spare wheels tools and equipment. The Corona has been designed by g. Michaux consulting Engineer who some years ago was responsible foil he design of the Small Peugeot Rac ing cars. Before the end of the year it is predicted there will tie passable North and South trunk roads extend ing from St. John n.b., to Miami. Fta., and from Vancouver b.c., to ban Diego Cal. V the first pneumatic automobile tire every built in the United states had a two fold distinction. It was hour but solely to reduce overhaul he Best t re Ever built and at the ing costs and to get better traction in i same time it was the poorest. It was 1 b Snow and on soft ground. The Speed with which the pneumatic for trucks has been taken up by car manufacturers is Best indicated by figures relating to the re cent motor truck shows. At the Chi Cago motor truck show held in Jan uary 1919, Only 12 motor trucks were exhibited with pneumatic tires. At the new York motor truck show held in january 1920, 45 makers exhibited trucks with pneumatic tires out of a total number of 70 exhibit ors. These 45 makes did not by any Means represent the hold that the pneumatic tire already has on the truck Industry. There were 41 other makers not at the new York show who Are fitting pneumatic tires. This gives a total of 86 truck makers in january. 1920, who were fitting pneumatic tires. Do not infer from this that their entire output was fitted with pneumatics. The figures Indi Cate that this number of makers was fitting some pneumatics. Rubber is cheaper than its substitute. The Kaiser of Germany bought a set of automobile tires while at the height of his reign that Cost him per tire. The tires were the product of a German scientist who had been working on a substitute for deliver it direct to Market if the pro rubber. He succeeded in producing ruggedness in t enough. Rigidity of construction ample Tio Nable capacity for recuperation Are the things that make a storage Battery Nigger. The ruggedness of the Presto Lite Battery is responsible for Iti adoption Standard factory equipment by Many Large manufacturers of motor Trurlu and passenger every owner of a pleasure car or truck owes it to himself to see that his next Battery is a Presto Lite. Call and talk it Over with us. Authorize direst of Lite service station and distributors Battery maintenance company hone Sher. 5382. 587-9 Portage ave. Winnipeg Man. Ustie duct admits of such handling. The extended use on the farm is but one phase of the Extension of truck for inter City hauling for motor bus routes and for practically every kind of truck work there Are increases in the Field of work and reductions in the Cost of maintenance. Today the motor truck Industry la but approaching the threshold of the great number of changes that must take place before 100 per cent efficiency in pneumatic tires can be reached. In spite of this movement being but in its swaddling garments the possibilities following the use of pneumatics Are being fairly Well appreciated by manufacturers and users. I the growth of the pneumatic tire on trucks has been away in Advance of the expectations of the most optimistic. Some of the leading tire manufacturers building giant pneumatics for have not been Able o keep abreast with demand. Al Hough the Advent of the movement started but a few years ago approximately motor trucks fit led with pneumatics will be delivered in manufacturers this year. This out of a total expected production trucks for this year is Indica Ive not Only of the demand but of he appreciation of this demand by the truck maker. Approximately 50 per cent of All motor trucks built in 1921 will be fitted with pneumatic tires As factory equipment. These figures do not represent the Complete Progress made by the pneumatic tire for trucks As some of the larger tire makers Are doing a great Deal of conversion work that is Tak ing trucks at present in use and changing them from solid tire equip ment to pneumatic equipment. One tire concern has 600 conversion jobs per month. Beyond experimental stage. While the movement is new and has come almost As an Avalanche the pneumatic tire for motor truck is practically beyond the experimental stage. The Conception of using a pneumatic tire on a truck of two or three ton capacity dates to 1908, or perhaps earlier. Those were of conventional fabric construction and did not give the desired results. In that year some leading tire concerns be Gan actively pushing its Cord construction development work and the Success of the giant pneumatic today is due entirely to the Cord construction. Those tire makers behind the movement do not believe that the giant pneumatic would be pos sible today without the Cord construction. Some figures from tire companies Are quoted Here for the purpose of rounding out the picture of the pneumatic tire. Two trucks of two ton capacity one operating on solid tires and the other on pneumatics in a a synthetic rubber and used it in the tires the Kaiser purchased. But think of paying for one tire. I constructed with great care by expert workmen and had 16 plies of fabric and a tread an Inch and a Quarter thick. The Only trouble with it was that it would t was worn out before it had gone 500 Miles. Friction and heat quickly made it worthless. Since then tire manufacturers have Learned that the Ideal tire la the one which has the fewest possible number of plies of fabric and a head just thick enough to last As Long As the fabric. Ram Tsalik co., Madras India is the oldest firm in the world which handles Nowr cars. It was founded before the Christian Era and has been operating Ever since. Chariots for native rulers were built by the com Pany when it first started and later it took up the manufacture of ele Phant canopies horse Pala quins bul lock carts and carriages. Today the company Sells motor cars and trucks built by an Ameri can manufacturer. The steadily growing importance of the automobile is shown by the fact that the seating capacity of Pas Senger cars now in use is almost ten times greater than the seating Capa City of All Railroad passenger coaches. There Are approximately passenger cars in use which have a seating capacity of per sons. This compares with 57.600 passenger coaches having a seating capacity of persons. The volume of business handled by the guarantee Sheet Metal roofing company have forced them to move to larger quarters and the new Home of Radiator is situated at the Corner of Portage and Good Street. Absolute prohibition of parking in the congested districts of Cincinnati re routing of Street cars in this area establishment of a system of one Way streets adoption of the pay leave plan and multiple berthing of Street cars and regulation of taxi cabs and heavy vehicular traffic Are included in the tentative draft of 3. Mode traffic ordinance that will be submitted to City Council soon by a special traffic committee that recently completed a study of traffic regulations in Force in the larger cities of the country. Truck operators of new York now have something else to worry about. The Board of aldermen has been seriously considering the advisability of passing an ordinance requiring trucks to be equipped with fenders of the cow Catcher Type which would successfully prevent persons being thrown under the wheels. Such a devise wars illustrated in this Sec Tion recently. In 1916 san Francisco California had the following number of horse drawn vehicles of Public conveyance is Hacks 20 coaches and 5 one horse cabs. At the present time there Are no horse drawn passenger vehicles operating in that City. Although no accurate statistics Are available automobile manufacturers estimate that fully half of the cars built Are being drive from the fac tories instead of shipped. Janu Ary and february alone More Jhan 50.000 cars were driven away a Sav ing of about freight cars. Motorists these dollars Headquarters for Auto accessories and Ford parts Schrader s valve inside per Box of 5.45c Schrader s air gauges keep your tire pint tin.85c Cork insert Brake lining set of 3, for new foot accelerator for Ford see hydrometer style for wet be sure you get a fill of non fluid grease before you run this year. W. A. Templeton main 452. 389 Portage ave. Tine and trouble by Reading and wins want free press want and dept. Main 6340 Cylinder grinding by the no. 60 Heald Cylinder grinder. If your Auto tractor or station Ary engine cylinders Are worn or scored Why not have them ground out by the most up to Date and accurate machine on the Market this Type of machine is being Exielu Lively by the Cadillac motor car co., Hudson motor car co. And nearly All of the High class Auto manufacturers. We give not attention to machine work of All kinds. You Are cordially invited to come in and inspect our Lani. Standard machine works phone Sher. 3603 660 is. Matthews Aye. Baggage and express make your business up to Date Flthe Ford one ton truck is perfectly Al suited to baggage and express Transfer work. The Ford one ton truck Means better and bigger business. At the station in crowded streets where Ever there is you need the Ford one ton truck. Price Chassis Only . Ford Ontario. Use Only genuine Ford parts 685 Canadian dealers and Over 2500 service garages Supply genuine Ford parts and prompt repair service. Winnipeg Urban dealers Dominion motor cab Canada bid5., 346 Donald St., Corner Ellice. Consolidated motors ltd., City garage Cor. Portage ave. East Victoria St. Mcrae Griffith fort Rouge garage 759-765 Corydon ave. Norwood garage motor co., ltd., St. Boniface. Rural dealers j. H. Parker Sanford. Blackert Funk Selkirk. Kennedy Berry Elm Creek. A. L. Ashdown Dugald. C. L. Asemissen Woodlands. 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