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I THE SUNDAY C1T1ZKN, ASIIEVILLE. N. C, SUNDAY MOUNING, JANUAKY 18, 1920. MOTOR CARS HELP GOOD ROADS PLAN Long Island Cited as Ex ample of Prosperity. Stimulated by an Efficien Highway System Of ficial Figures. 4 1 " ( By WIXDSOIt T. WHITE. Jbairman Motor Truck Committee Na " , - Uonal .Automobile Chamber of - Commerce. Motor highway transportation haa ' crown to such vast Importance In the v i past few year ana nu bo wen aemon , etrated its value and efficiency that it 1 haa won official public recognition In ; - many of our atatea. But thin activity ; can develop in a aound economic way v only a good roada program are de- veloped. While there are examples where motor transportation haa euc , ceeded when, run in territories that have undeveloped roads, they, in com " parison with the thousands of motor . truck routes, are prucUcally negllgl- bio. One of our greatest waatea In the handling of that prime necessity, food, occurs in our present transportation . methods. Hundreds of millions of dol 1 iara are annually wasted because the present ' method of transportation, adapted to our present road system, Is so costly that It does not pay to move this food from the farm to an area of consumption, ' ft la said that New York state has 18,400 miles of Surface highways and 7M9S miles of unimproved rural ..." roads, While the state has a, much higher percentage of mlproved roada than is common for the United states, i they do not. benefit the farmer aa much aa could be desired. While v much attention haa been given to the good roada which parallel our trans portation agencies, the roads import -.. ant to the farmer and which run at right angles., to the main' highways should have received more : attention than they hAre. 'If you could .see, aa I have seen, in hundreds of localities the practically Impassable condition ' of some of the Important country roads and if you could know the large overhead cost that such roads mean to the consumer through higher food :'k prices, you, as I, would most earnestly advocate the expenditure of publlo tunas zor so wortny a cause. - Long Island Is one of the most pros : parous agricultural areas in New York state. it la not exceptionally fertile; . Ill fact, It may be said that it Is fertile because man has made it so. There are many areas in the state thatars- naturaur more productive than Long Island, but which are far, less pros perous. If you could take a! trip over the Island you would know the reason why the Island farmers are famous for their product and financial indepertd- ence. A well-planned, well-constructed, and finely maintained system of roads la the greatest asset the Island haa. Every evening one can see hun dreds of motor trucks, from two to five ton capacity, rolling over these roads, bound for the New Tork mark t. Here la Bo (0 nor 40. nor even 19 per cent., waste.- 'While in other rural districts the, farmer , drive a " floundering team through a sea of mud or . well-nigh impassable snow drift o rchokes with the dust raised by his team If the road la dry, the ; Long Island farmer carries a greater load, makes about four time the peed, and is more comfortable in - driving hia motor truck over the good . uignwaya. . Have you aver compared the farm stead on an improved highway with one on a dirt roadf Why in the form er are the buildings in so much better shape, the fences up and in a state or repair, the fields spick and span, the house grounds well kept and he'da- trimmed, while In the. latter lb. e Duiiatngs are unpalnted, neem neg lected, fenoea down, flelde urtkept and house .and grounds dilapidated? , Strange aa it may seem, the difference is cause a njr the roaa. ; .;. . The benefits that fallow in the waka .of good roads by improved farm lands ana biuidings, from sbiftlessness to progressive aouvity, better schools and churches, greater crvio interest and better living conditions are of ncal culanls value". New .york Times. THE PUER Clin US. II 6000 BUSINESS ASSET IS MADE ON PACIFIC COAST Makes Long Bun With Hack Trucks Carries Loads Both Ways. What is believed to be a new record In motor truck efficiency, consider in distance traveled, time taken and else of load, according to information received by the international Motor company, of New York, was recently made by Lee B Hawkina oi Moneta, Cal., who operates a fleet of eight Mack trucks. A seed firm near Los Angeles' want ed to ship II tons of seed In a par ticular rush to another town S2I miles away. No freight car was avail able, so they asked Hawkins if he oould make Uie delivery in two day. He took the consignment, and with two of his Macks, one carrying ten tons and the other Ave, started out for the town of Calexlco the next morn ing. At night a stop waa made and the trip resumed at dawn. ' Calextoo was reached in thirty hours after the start Arrangements were then made to receive a return load of nearly 15 tone of dried milk at Kl Centro, 10 miles from Calexlco. This was de livered at Ban Diego, a distance of 100 miles. There 15 tona of flan were loaded on and delivered in Los Angeles, 110 mile more. Reaching home at Moneta at mid night, one of the trucks hooked onto a trailer and the truck and trulior delivered IT 1-S tons of tomatoes by next morning to a cannery It miles away. At a town nearby, 7 1-3 tons of well casing were taken on and de livered that night at Klslnore, 100 miles away over the mountains. Compare this performance with what would have been done by rail road transportation. No more re markable example of motor truck efficiency could be asked for. There have been many Instances of unusual performances of trucks that have been staged as stunts 'by dealers or manufacturers, but this is a cose where the owner capitalized on the proved utility of his trucks. It shows what any other owner can do if he solicits return loads in a persistent manner. NEW AUTO LIGHTS NEAR PERFECTION Inventive Genius Adds More Laurels to Crown. Solution of Blinding Head light Glare Is Due Sam uel F. Arbuckle. In an unpretentious little room In Connersvllle, Indiana, a device has been perfected that solves perhaps the last of the really basic automobile problems of today, that of the blind ing head-light glure. . In that room, dny after day for the rant two Years. Haniuol F. Arbuckle. All the black and white plumes sales engineer of the United States come from tho male ostrich, the gray Automobile corporation, could have from the fomale. been found at work on this device. There, were 'days Of discouragement sometimes weeks. And thero wore days that brought more cheer. Little did the Society of Illuminat ing Engineers, that great authority on Illumination which drafted, the recommendations that gave this na tion its present uniform railroad headlamp law, realize when it held up as the Ideal solution of automobile headlight glare the tilted, movable reflector lamp, that this inventive genius waa nearing the goal of success with such a device. But Arbuckle saw in his idea the real solution to the problem and he set out to accomplish Its development. His ambition has seen its fulfillment in tho series "8" models of the Lex ington Motor company In the adoption as standard equipment of Arbuckle's vacuum-controlled two - way head lamps. This United States Automotive cor poration engineer has placed wlihln the hands of the people a weapon to combat an evil that takes an admit tedly large toll each year lu life and suffering. Lexington's two-way lamps and those of Cadillac which embody the same principle, although differing mechanically offer a solution to the dangerous blinding glare problem to which tho Society of Illuminating Engineers pointed more than a year ago as the ideal for which to strive. Tho device Invonted by Arbudklo Is eeml-automatlc. The movable re flector are operated by the vacuum created in the motor by the suction stroke of the pistons. This suctlqn exhausts tb air from a metal bellows connected to the reflectors. An in strument board control, a simple touch of which will raise or deflect the lights, has also been provided. The device complies with the spirit of every known anti-glare law. Noth ing la left to the judgement of a driver as to how far he shall deflect the projected beams to coma within the law. Those positions are fixed by the device. It the lights, through neglect, are left in the upward posi tion when the ar is parked at the curb, they are automatically tilted down when the engine stops. These lights mean safety to others on the road, whether In vehicles or on foot. They mean equal safety to drivers and oocupunta of the cars equipped with the two-way lamps be cause they do not reduce tho quantity but simply control the direction of the light. NEW AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY FORMED Anstead Announces Organization of V. S. Automotive Corporation. NEW YORK, Jan. 17. Frank B. Ansted, of Connersvllle, Indiana, pres ident of the Lexington Motor Com pany, which haa it main offices and factories there, who waa in New York in attendance at the automobile show, haa announced the formation of the United Btates Automotive Corporation, with' a capitalisation of iio.ooo.ogo of preferred stock and noo.ouu snares of no-par-value common stock, un der the laws of the state of Delaware. Mr. Ansted explained that the Unit ed States Automotive Corporation . hnMiu MmDUt only, and that its subsidiary companies would continue to operate very much aa at present and without loee ox iar cor po rate identities. r..i.,4.t in ih. near corDoration.ai a .MV. . - the Lexington Motor Company, the Ansted Engineering Company, the Connersvllle Foundry Corporation, and m.. ir.ni.u.rtlav Mnlnr f ,'oruora tlon. With the exception of the last named, all of these concerns are located at Connersvllle, and all are engaged In the automotive trade. rv ih. fnnr. thn Lexlncton Motor Company is best known to the public on account or me nanonai uin jmor natlonal sale of Its product, the Lex ington Minute Man Six. The other three companies are fac tors in Lexington's activities, how ever, since all are engaged in the production of important component parts. It requires about four pounds of fresh leaves to make one pound of dried tea. FRANKLIN TOURING CAR. Increased Use Is Proof That They Are A Profitable In- vestment. , aseeassiimsjwa ' - I """ ; !; '.."'"1 Jjm'siwms.imihiM ii'nmnirmtt)f j """ ' I MIII II I II ..A.. "ttrnr""" " tuiif-'-- The Greatest Road Car in America New York to Boston and return (458.8 mUes) in 12 bcrars, 5 minutes . Indianapolis to Syracuse and beyond C83Z6 miles) in 22Vs hours Cincinnati to Cleveland and return (553 mQet) in 15 hours. 45 minutes Boston to Syruse and return (693 miles) in 24 hours, 20 minutes, with a woman driving . New York to Montreal (398 miles) in 9 hours, 59 minutes Waterloo, Iowa, non-stop, dirt road record (865.4 miles) in 24 hours. - "The rapidly increasing use of pas- aenger automobiles in business - is , . proof that they are a profitable in vestment." says an officer of Erakine ' Motors company, local dealer in Chevrolet passenger evnd commercial v..- cars. : "Business houses would not buy . more and more of these cars except for economic reasons and these rea sons are obvious. "The passenger car not only cut .. cost. It increases the value of money. ' Travelling expenses when invented in a motor car, sjiow more, satisfactory results. It makes the money paid to . salesmen yield more business and more profits. "The salesman's time is valuable and an automobile enables him to see - more people and to cover more terri torv in a dav. It makes him InH.n.n. dent of other expense conveyances. It does not limit him to railway schedules. "He does not have to waste time in unprofitable places. Ha can get to the right place at the right time. Hia motor car makes every minute count and saves all his energy for His work. - - "And the passenger automobile la . proving Its advantages, not only in , selling but in every line of business where transportation is a factor. "This is especially true of the up-to- date, medium weight ears. Their convenience, increased . by complete equipment, adapts them especially to commercial needs. "la addition to these advantages they are as Inexpensive to maintain as ts buy. Their total maintenance cost divided by actual mileage proves how mock they save. Increased busi ness proves how much they earn. "It is-this economic merit combin ed with their, dependability and con venience that aaakss m-rilluns weight -cM.ru eticn important lectors la ess traasportaUoa.' THE demonstrations of the readability of the Franklin Car that have taken place all over the country are intended merely to call attentitn to this Franklin advantage not to frove it. Its daily performance in the hands of its owners is doing that. Tet the consistency with which Franklin Cart are making and breaking road records from point to point is significant to most motorists, tor the cars used are stock models and differ in no way from the average Franklin. Why Franklin Averages Fast, Time The above performances are feats only made possible by Franklin principles of light weight, flexibility, and correct balance. They make ridj ing comfortable and handling easy and safe under all conditions. Rough stretches and sharp turns therefore do not slow the Franklin up as they do other cars. And with heavy, rigid weight eliminated, delays due to tire accidents are almost unknown. These six runs mentioned produced only one puncture and no blowouts. In, daily use the average is better: three punctures in the life of a complete set of tires 12,500 miles. No Cooling Trouble Delays Important in the making of these records is Franklin direct air cooling (no water to boil or freeze). ' Leaky radiators and over-heating never halt the Frankhn, Particularly of late, motorists are hearing much about light weight without seeing its results demonstrated. We shall be glad to show you, on the scales and on the road, what genuine light weight is and what it does. SO miles t tht gallon if g&soHnt 12,600 milet t$ tbt tit tf tint 50 jfnetr jttrfy JtfrtdatUn SEDAN Enclosed car con venience for five panengen, coupled with Franklin road bifitT and reliability. The most practical year-round car. RUNABOUT All the ad vantages of Franklin light weight and flexible construc tion la a two passenger open car. FOUR PASSENGER ROADSTER A convenient, attractive car. Compact, yet" having ample room for four. BROUGHAM A personal, enclosed Franklin Car, inti mate when . used by : two, commodious when carrying four, v -.? BROWN MOTOR GO. .' N SUCCESSORS TO CENTRAL GARAGE Market and Walnut Stsl' Phone 2413.
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