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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1918
Page
7
The article explains rear axle gear ratios and their effect on acceleration, hill pulling, and top speed, advising Cadillac dealers to tailor ratios to driving conditions. It notes a 32 percent rise in gasoline production in 1917, about 2,000,000 extra gallons per day.
William Fulton Melhuish Jr of Fulton Motor Truck Co Farmingdale Long Island leads support for Chicago plans to promote a national motor truck show at Municipal Pier September 14 to 21. He urges New York and San Francisco promotion, cites private exhibitions at Waldorf Astoria and Congress Hotel, notes rising dealer role and growing demand for trucks and future aviation motors. Chicago’s exposition compared to Minneapolis success, Fulton plans distributor appointments and continued exhibitions to grow business.
New York State reports 76,064 more cars registered than a year ago, totaling 892,951 up to May 20. Growth spans metropolitan to rural areas, with daily registrations about 1,400 and state receipts above four million, signaling a potential five million dollar annual intake for the motor vehicle bureau.
Reports from Maxwell distributors and dealers nationwide show Maxwell trucks handling freight between cities, including perishables, with notable sturdiness, economy, and efficiency. Demonstrations in the South and a Michigan carrier’s cost chart highlight profitability and reliability, prompting expansion of Maxwell fleets amid time sensitive cargo.
The Sweeney and Rahe automobile and tractor training schools will be used by the government to train five thousand men from the selected army this summer. The two schools will take groups of 1,500, with the two-month course split between them. The first contingent is already at the schools, most trainees from Iowa.
Alva Macauley, president of the Packard Company, will present 160 employees with gold watches and chains in recognition of a decade of service. The list includes three women. In a veterans dinner address, Macauley noted the firm costs a million dollars weekly to operate but expressed optimism about the future.
The government plans to train 700 men at the University of Michigan in automobile repair. Training lasts eight weeks starting June 15, with 700 more arriving August 16. Faculty hope for a union building with racks and a mess hall to support immediate construction and lodging for the mechanics.
A Willimantic resident and Coventry town representative to the constitutional convention has died at age 79. The obituary notes he had lived in Willimantic for the last three years and previously served as a delegate from Coventry to the convention.
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