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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1916
Page
11
L F Birdsong notes a shift in the auto industry toward lighter, simpler designs. He contrasts early complexity with a trend favoring reduced weight to cut upkeep costs and improve comfort and safety. The discussion likens auto progress to lighter horse drawn vehicles and argues light cars will define future service and economy.
The sixth annual Brooklyn Automobile Show will run February 24 to March 8 at the Twenty third Regiment Armory Brooklyn. All pleasure and commercial cars occupy the main floor with accessories moved to other space to free room for cars and trucks. Exhibitors are urged to apply early.
Q H Ball of New York won the annual endurance run by the New Jersey Automobile and Motor Club driving an Oldsmobile Eight. He covered 447 miles in 24 hours with a perfect score despite rain and mud and had previously logged 14,000 miles in the car. This victory puts Oldsmobile in line for the Shanley trophy after a prior 1908 win.
Alfred Reeke of Nash Motors says manufacturing capacity is expanding with new machinery and a modern foundry to meet large dealer orders for Jeffery cars. January 1917 will be the peak month, with February surpassing it and each month thereafter expected to exceed the last as shipments are scheduled in advance. The Jeffery Six sedan is gaining popularity and the factory aims for a record year in 1917 led by strong demand and expanding facilities.
Homer George of Atlanta drove 175 miles at 37.14 mph in a blizzard, setting a new road record. He started from Atlanta under fair conditions, aimed for Dalton Rome and Calhoun, but encountered heavy snow on the North Georgia mountains and steep grades.
Western dealers head to New York and Chicago shows then return to stage the Pacific coast automobile show in Exposition Auditorium San Francisco February 10 to 18. Delegations travel by special train from Chicago arriving ahead of opening. local builders plan custom bodies and open car models while Leo Lentelli and Borkhesi craft statuary and murals for the display.
Wallace C Hood proposes painting telegraph and telephone poles along curves and bridges to improve night driver safety. A white strip with a tea-colored center on about ten poles on each side, near crossings, could reduce accidents and lawsuits against railroads.
Leather expert L. F. Birdsong explains the chrome-tanning process for upholstery hides, noting cattle and pigskin use, multiple steps from tanning to embossing, and the higher flexibility and wear of chrome-tanned grain leather. Franklin Automobile Co. of Syracuse uses chrome-tanned dyed grain leather in a model, drawing industry interest.
Frank B. Willis announces J C Weed new advertising manager at Hal Motor Car Company. Weed, formerly with Timken Companies and managing editor of Daily S A E aboard the Noronic, brings broad auto trade experience. He assumed duties December 15 under Willis.
A little girl explains her grandpa is absent minded saying he walks around thinking of nothing and when he remembers, he forgets that what he thought of was different from what he wanted to remember. Christian author.
The shortage crippling shipments forces Detroit carmakers to improvise. Packard, via traffic chief Charles J. Shaar, arranged Canadian customs shuttles from Windsor to Detroit, rented 26 private race-horse freight cars, and adapted a three ton Packard truck with a platform to load Twin Sixes directly onto rail cars. This system moved hundreds of cars previously stuck, with scouts locating empty cars and dispatching Twin Sixes immediately on sight.
The thirteenth annual Automobile Salon will run January 2 to 10 in the Astor ballroom New York. The main question concerns balcony access for cars with no freight elevator or ramp. Seventeen exhibitors are listed and about 40 percent more cars will be shown than before, with overflow on the balcony.
A. E. Staacke explains an impact testing machine in Dodge Brothers laboratories that pounds parts until they fail. The miniature pile driver uses measured blows from a known weight and height to determine strength. failing a single casting rejects the entire batch, testing front axles knuckle bolts motor supports and cast iron parts for brittleness.
A humorous exchange from a Boston Transcript clipping shows a wife recalling a promise of fidelity and a husband admitting a lingering doubt. The light remark highlights marital trust tensions and playfully contrasts past vows with present sentiment.
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