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in iiih iwiiiiwa SAJf rRANOioo chrqniclb sufcbAr October la ituo 3 FIRMS OUTPUT Studebaker1 Increases Factory to Meet Demands for fllore Machines MAKES HUGE INVESTMENT Big Concern Plans to Build 120000 Automobiles 1 During 1917 An output ef 18000 Studebaker ears month or JfSOOS for the year HIT will be madelosslble as a result el action recently Ukin br th Stude taker dlrectore authorising tha coo etruetlon of new buildings and addition of equipment th total eitlmated expenditure of which will be tl esto Work on the naw plant extensions at both Detroit and South Bend Is underway The South Bend additions will Include a Jarre modern foundry 110 reet lone by lit feet wide with four cupola and 10 tops dally mslt Ins capacity Among the Detroit additions will be a SI per cent Increase In the force shop capacity through the purchase of a battery of steam hammers together with all necessary trimming presses forcing and heat treating furnaces Involving an lnrestment of snore thanSHO000 HKCESSARY AbDITIONf These nlant extensions of the tudebaker are made necessary be cause the development and growth of Its business during the past Ave years la Itll sales amounted to M8Tlt7 and Included tlllf auto mobjles In Ill the sales bad la creased to tlSSSSOOI and Included 4M4S automobiles In the current year sales will approximate STOOO A and tha number of automobiles TSO00 During the Are years under review tha real estate and plant Investment account of the Studebaker Increased from 110111101 tll004t or less than SO per cent while the volume of Business has Increased more than so per cent Thus Studebaker has been able to greatly Increase Its production without materially Increasing Its Investment la real estate and plants Now however with the receg olsed seed of building at least 120000 ears to meet the 1117 demand the Studebaker officials deelded that this greatly Inereaaed production can be made possible only by extending the pressnt factory facilities According to Hsaalet vice president in charge of engineering and production the policy of adding to Its facilities will enable Studebaker to the fullest extent to manufacture In its own works practically all the parts that enter Into the construction of Its automobiles The contracts for tha authorised construction work hare been let with James Stewart Co Inc engineers and contractors ef New Tork and Chicago The work Is already under way The Studebaker output at present Is at the rate of 1000 cars a month Builders Plan for Big Season SERVICE STATIONS ALW STATE DK Plughoff Overland Manager Returns From Inspection Tour A PIughofT generst mansger of tha Willys Overland Company of Call fornla has just returned from Los Angeles where he went to look over ii the Installation of the new service station and southern branch of the company Plughoff In speaking of the Los Angeles house says Sv This Is the second largest service station on the Pacific Coast It Is only exceeded by our service station here The offices and station will be In operation In the new building next week and we hope very shortly that our quarters In San Francisco will be completed when we will take up our permanent location on Van Ness avenue The Sacramento branch la also Bearing completion and will be the largest In the Sacramento and Stock tpn valleys taking care or the service on Overland cars not only In these two valleys but also the mountain districts of California The Stockton branch has been established to relieve the pressure at Ban Francisco At first It was thought that the Sacramento station would be more than ample for the needs of that section but we have commenced to realise that It will not be able to supply the demand The number of Overland owners In the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys are Increas Ing so rapidly that we will undoubt edly have to take advantage of the property which we own adjoining our i Sacramento station and build on that 4 also TX Reports from the East show that a large number of Overland owners are contemplating spending the win tsr here and also that next summer will eee the greatest number of motorists coming westward especially over the Lincoln highway than ever before have been recorded In keeping with the policy of the company to alwaye have a service station at the command of Overland waers we now reallss that we not only will have to make plane for ac eommodating our large number of wners on the pacmo Lwesi oui suse a large number of those from the ether side of the united states As the Overland cars are handled an tha Paclflo Coast by direct factory branch It means that whsrever an fawner comes from no win receive me game service thst he would at home JVorm Drive Proves Efficiency Trucks Fifteen years of progress in the motor car industry Waterman Brothers exhibit at tha recent Fresno auto exhi hrtkio showinenbe Wintoa car of 1901 and the attrtcthrt model of today jF WW gHLLBBgVMp JWsnBnVBsflsnBnBLanBnnnU 45 JsTLaJsaaaasaaaaaBJWsSsBM I 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offered a rival attraction which draw a large share of downtown San Fran cisco to Montgomery and California streets Every day between 11 and 1 oclock the Briscoe four without a driver was run In a thlrty foot flve lneh circle as a demonstration of Its ability to turn In traffic During the week more than lioo Briscoe catalogues wsre glvsn away to Interested spectators who expressed a desire to knew more about the car oilowlng the demonstrations on the street the car was driven to thJ salesrooms of tne Pacine KliuiKir branch deary and Van Ness an while the Insurance adjuster eought to get war risk rates on ths plate glass windows was sent on Its way in a circle on the salesroom floor un guided This feature of tne demonstration also attracted hundreds of Interestsd spectators The demonstration waa conducted according to officials of the Pacific KIssslKar branch to show net only tha nlmbleness but the flexibility of tha car It was run In hilh gear with spark and throttU fully retarded at a apsed of three miles an hour and maintained this speed without a miss throughout the hour test air DKNsrrr The density of the air at S000 feet Is about one fifth less than at sea level and an engine with low compression will not deliver full power with that amount of decrease In density The United States la ISIS produced 560065 tons of lead ANNIVERSARY WEEK WITH LOCAL CAR DEALER Du Broy Motor Company Saxon Dealers Make an Enviable Record it Is anniversary week with the Du Broy Motor Company A year ago October tne iu roy people i up the distribution of Saxon cars and during these twelve months over 1000 ssxon cars have been sold In Northern California the total value of wtlch runs close to 1160000 At the present time tnere are nity four dealers handling the Saxon product in tha territory north of the Tehachapl and so rapidly has the de mand and sale for this car gained In Northern California that there are closed contracts for delivery as fast as the factory can supply the hit product of lZJOcara This great demand fon Saxon ears can be more fully appreciated when It Is remembered that a year age the Saxon car stood In tnirty secona position In the State registration of auto mobile vehicles Today It stands In eighth position and from the orders received from the dealers throughout the northern territory the Indl catlone are that the next twelve months will see the Saxon still closs to the head of the list says Du Broy It Is Interesting to note how gradual this Increased demand for ths car has been At the end of the Srst thirty days after the Du Broy people had taken up the distribution the number of care sold was fifty eight At the end of three months fc 1 Georre Erlin TeH of Tests on the nramtn TWnstein Truck if That the worm drive is unquestlon Vably the moet suitable for heavy haul VUg bag been demonstrated on more 7 than ose occasion says Oeorge Jti Erlln sales mansger of the Reliance 8 Automobile Company The Ore mm Bernstein Motor Truck company wkw eile on all tbelr models after fifteen years experience who cnains aner i rnsny axoaustlve tests In the worm i idrlven axle you nave a minimum vi sflrletloa and wear and tear therefore mart noarer developed at the rear wheels and more economy la the running expenses On a mileage of ietlt miles the cost af replacement of chains and sprockets on chsln drlven trucks per flra ton capacity has been found to average as much as I cents a mils Against tblo thsre Is Ibe cost of re placement of worm and wbetl On a worm driven axle Over a almllar mileage this works out at lest than se teatb of a curt a tall Progress Shown by Comparison at Fair Winton of 1901 and 1017 Flaced Sfde by Side in Fresno Fifteen years of progress was shown by comparison at the Fresno fair when a model ltOl Winton owned by Ed Waterman of Fresno and the latest Winton six were placed side by side This car was purchased by Waterman from Alexander Winton In Clev eland In lttl At that Ume the stsering wheel had not come Into prominence and the Winton Company waa ust Introducing ths whsel steer Waterman was afraid to take a chanoa and took the familiar lever stsering rod This eld Winton car Is capable of running under Its own power as well as ever It still has two original tlrss of single tube design wire wheels and eesy rlding springs and the heavy upholstsrlng Is lust as good today as the dsy It was equipped on the car Waterman Brothers of Fresno have continuously handled the Winton car since lttl which probably Is the record for handling one make 01 car on this Coast CANADASADAS Milo Baker Visits Dominion in Cadillac and Tells of Conditions the sales totaled til ears At the end of six months It was SSI cars Today It Is way over the thousand mark This figure would have undoubtedly been much larger had not the same demand existed throughout the United States The Saxon car has met favor everywhere with the re sult that the Saxon factory could not supply all the cars demanded by the dealers This fsct can be realised when It Is seen thst during the coming season the Saxon factory will build over 60000 ears which will more than double the output of the ISIS season Although depressed by the loss of so many of tbslr capable young men British Columbians are determined to fight with the mother country until the close of the war according to Mil Baker jrlce presldtnt ef the Baker Iron Works who with Mrs Baker and their ton Elmo have last returned from a months automobile tours In a ISIS Cedillas Eight and which Included a several days trip through the southwestern seetloa oi British Columbia Near Victoria about lltOI British Columbians are In camp drilling agalnat the time when they will be cent over seaa to somewhere Franca Egypt or wherever their presence may be needed on the many battle fronts More than 1 per cent ef the young men of British Columns have tone to the front says the active head of the Baker Iron Works and the death and maiming of many seems to have east a spirit of gloom over Jthose left behind At the hotel In Vlotorla where Baker and hie family etopped a dance waa scnesuied for one evening came toan early conclusion as only three couples went on the floor VISIT LUMSUCR MI LI Ths northbound trip was mads by way of Sacramento valley Bartlett Hot Springs Eureka and Redding to the Oregon line At Scotia the largest redwood lumber mill In the world was visited The highway until The Oregon line wag reached was uniformly good On vjumerous side trips It was necessary to negotiate roads or rather trails that wsrs only open six or ssven weeke dnrlng the year On such occasions Baksr avsrs that his Ills Cadtllao Stood up to the rough and tumble work and performed mechanically as though the machine was on the moet perfect of boulevards The worst of hills he declares were taken on high and with apparent ease HOAHI NOT GOOD The road through Oregon from Grants Pass to Portland Isaves much to be desired although the discomfort of travel has Its compensation In the varied and magnificent scenery along the way eays Baksr The Columbian highway forty seven and one half miles long and built at a cost of Iltll0t0 and which follows the Columbia river from Portland Is declared to be a magnificent piece et roadwork At Intervale there are stationary tables and benches and stone fireplaces for etcnlo parties whlls the scsnery Is said to be al ost beyond compare Including as It does the forest covered mountains and the stlvsry Cojumbla The party shipped to victoria a distance of about 100 miles by host and from there again1 shipped by boat to Port Angelus Wash The Mora bay country the most extreme northwest part of the United States accessible to automobiles was toured From Portland the party shlppsd by boat to San Francisco returning to Los Angeles by the Inside route The total dlstancs recorded by the Cadillacs speedomenter waa S7S1 miles and throughout the trip the car was never touched for repairs in the siignest way wnat ssema rs arkabls Is ths fact that there was but one puncture Movie Picture Man Praises Tire Service Ralph Earl the local moving pic ture operator who Is touring the National Parks making a set of films In writing to Irving need manager of the local branch of the Republic Rubber Company reports having a most wonderful trip Ue Is at present In the Tellowstone Park country taking vlsws of the motor csr trails and reports the Government doing good work in Improving the reservation Earl Is making the trip In a Bolck roadster equipped with Republlo Stsggard tread tires and In his letter to Reed he refers to the splendid service he has received from his tire equipment Trilby Fowler Joins HowardSales Force Well Known Expert to Bell Bnick Cart Hire Harry Trilby Fowler has Joined the Howard Auto Companys sales force Fowler Is one ef the oldest and best known automobile men on the Pacific Coast and has been actively engaged In the automobile Industry since lit Prior to that time he served an apprenticeship la the bkiycle business under Leavltt 1 Fewler has a national reputation as a trick bicycle rider and as a driver of racing care lie waa with Barney Oldflelde racing organisation for two ysars and also has the distinction of having driven the first automobile la the Klondike His trip to Dawson was made In the summer of HIT 7Vn specking ef the automobile Industry Fowler saysi The thing about the Bulck ear that particularly appeals to me Is tbs fact that for fourteen years ths Bulck factory has been working en one type ef construction The Bulck engineers have certainly proved the correctness ef the valve la head motor design and their claim to power speed and endurance Is well founded Good Oil Prevents Foaling Spark Plug Burning of the gasoline a4 lubii eating eft In the cylinders by the ex ploeloa of the gates causae carbon which Is I solution In beta liquids to tree Itself and adhere to the eylla dsr walls spark plugs and pistons Id ths form ef nearly pure rarbon A high grade sf elt with the proper gasellns mtatare and tight piston rings which will keep surplus oil be low the pistons where It belongs will reduce spark plug fsullsg the mln Imum MEDIATE DELIVERY ECONOMY 14 tell Meg a OaTJea ef GaSOLIKK NtotM XTlM Oelloa et QUA sanvatul AMXKlBfll JaUpftSs ECONOMY MM te 1MM Kllee oa set eP TIKIS SXeehaakal TJpkee ZxvewM Terr Xesaual ytaieriGe THE RESULT OF TWEITO THREE YEARS SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE MOST COMPLETELY EQUIPPED CAB TJC THE TTOBLD Oar aeries 11GHT 8CX remalag ateeaaaiearir Oe sane alter two years neeetsfnl expert mee ia the bands of taetsaacs ef satisfied owners Hew reflaeaeats lnelaae geeaiae hand baffed Leather Seat Covers Ammeter nvtometerXetoBeter Waltaaa Clock Treable Lamp and Core Ac iastable Treat Seats Boa Said Tires Bear Wheels Meter Drives Tiro Faap Boosty sad Mere Comfortable Seats Top Equipped witk Grpsj Certains rite Psss leoo Spec Tnt rasa Bsadster 1TOO 0 SIM TKAMOBCO rACTOBTBBlHCO HAYNES AUTO SALES CO INO Severn Pais 1TOO Tark at Folk 8treet Phone rraaklia 104 Oakland 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