Army engineers complete Alaska motor expedition to Fairbanks
United States army engineers drove a White 1500 truck from Valdez to Fairbanks and back, 826 miles each way, in nineteen days reaching within two degrees of the Arctic Circle. They crossed glacial streams and canyon trails, faced snowslides and quicksand, and carried mail and supplies for camps along the telegraph line.
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Valdez
Alaska
United States Army Engineers
Arctic Circle
Chugach
Fairbanks
Uncle Sam
Alaska Road Commissioners
Richardson
Board of Road Commissioners
Valdez Glacier
Keystone Canyon
Lowe River
Workman’s
Chugach Mountains
Thompson's Pass
Beaver Dam
Alaska Road Commission
Gulkana
Copper River
Delta River
Guncreek
Tanana River
Donnelly
McCarty
Tanana
Munson’s
Yukon
Ingraham
Egerton and Steel
Thomas H. Parramore Jr
Homer Jones
Guncreek Flats
War Department
Chisana River
Sheep Creek
Keystone
Rural mail carriers push for government cars
More than 200 rural route carriers met at Navarre Park Toledo Ohio to urge government provision of motor cars for rural carriers due to heavier parcel post loads. They cite wheelbarrows and bicycles as insufficient and note some have bought motorcycles, but demand for cars remains the only solution and a formal request is expected.
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Toledo
Navarre Park
Truck Chases Down Fugitive in City Street Battle
In St Louis a two ton General Motors truck is employed by police to capture fugitive W F Sutton after a brief traffic stop. Sutton believed he faced a station house order but the officer urged him to chase a street car several blocks away. The heavy vehicle sped along Grand Avenue and after about five miles the street car was overtaken and Sutton arrested.
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St. Louis
W. F. Sutton
General Motor Truck Company
Sutton
Grand Avenue
West End
Lozier Stockholders Subscribe for Additional Preferred Stock
Lozier Motor Company subscribes $525,000 of additional preferred stock by current holders to finance expanded manufacturing for the coming year. The new funds are to be immediately available.
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Lozier
Detroit
Mich
Lozier Motor Company
Lozier Adopts New Axle Construction
Lozier will fit a new drive and rear axle design for 1914 avoiding strut rods and torque tubes. Two universal joints on the propeller shaft provide flexible, quiet rear drive and weight reduction of 200 to 300 pounds. The system is used in major makers abroad and noted in the French Grand Prix contexts.
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Lozier
Rural Mail Carriers Ride to Evansville Convention
Motorcycle parties from across the nation gathered for the Rural Mail Carriers national convention at Evansville. Indiana carriers led a large turnout riding their motorcycles to the convention city, with a Fort Wayne group of 30 among those en route. The motorbike tour was noted as highly valuable to rural letter carriers and gave Evansville a motorcycle convention atmosphere.
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Evansville
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Indiana Issues 41,341 Licenses Under New Law
The Indiana motor license department reports 41,341 licenses issued from July 1 to September 10 after the new law took effect. About 12,000 were issued in July and 27,000 in August, hampered by delayed plate deliveries under contract.
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Indiana
Chicago Passes Fenders Ordinance for Motor Trucks
Chicago adopts a new ordinance requiring all motor trucks and delivery wagons to have fenders within 90 days. The measure, added to the Chicago code, aims to prevent items from being conveyed unprotected and faces concern over supply and implementation time.
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Chicago
Ill
Board of Inspectors of Public Vehicles
Firestones Win Run In gruelling 422 mile event
The Post-Intelligencer of Seattle sponsored a four day reliability race over 422 miles in Washington. Drivers faced gruelling conditions with some crashes and tire changes as six Firestone equipped cars finished with a perfect score while ten tire makes competed.
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Post-Intelligencer
Seattle
Washington
Firestone
Strange coffin bearing Moran travels from San Francisco to New York
A high powered car with a coffin containing the remains of Michael Moran from New York is touring Illinois en route to New York. W. A. Peck and C. B. Mayo, once with Midland Motor Co of Moline, drive and operate the vehicle. Moran planned the overland trip before his death and provided for it in his will.
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Illinois
San Francisco
New York
W. A. Peck
C. B. Mayo
Midland Motor Company
Moline
Michael Moran
Peck and Mayo
Trucks Lower Cost of Farm Products
The Good year Tire & Rubber Co. notes improved roads and motor trucks will cut transportation costs for farmers. With mechanical transport, a 30 mile radius becomes viable for truck gardens, expanding profitable markets beyond five miles by horse-drawn wagons. A motor truck club in the West plans to compete with railroads, showing trucks’ growing role in service and cost reduction.
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Co. W. Martin
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio
Martin
Farm Hauling Costs Seen Halving With New Measure
The quote suggests a plan to cut the average cost of hauling farm produce to less than half of its current level, implying major efficiency or policy changes aimed at easing farm transportation expenses.
Goodyear Shows Big Sales Gain and Stable Labor
Goodyear Tire and Rubber reports July and August sales up 34 percent from 1912, with the fiscal year to date 33 percent ahead. Labor troubles ended, operations running at 8 percent capacity as August-September slack season allows inventories and repairs. Last year’s 12 percent dividend was paid in a single year-end disbursement. current plans aim for a similar or larger dividend at year end.
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New York City
Goodyear Tire & Rubb Company
Goodyear Company
Prese
Bumper Car License Crop Surges in Missouri Record
Through September 10 Missouri issued 36 485 car licenses eclipsing last year and racing ahead of 24 387 in the prior 12 months. In St Louis registrations near 10 000 while Kansas City logs about 6000. Last 18 days show 165 daily average with total 29 0?
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Paxson
Gulkana River
Alaska Range
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Chalmers
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Coekpel
Nlike
Baemee
Kellogg
B. Deytroit
Alamo Auto Sales Company
Bedell
San Antonio, Texas
Adams
Austin
Daimler
Humber
Pilot
Salmon
Scout
Star
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Valveless
Vulcan
Waverly
England
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de Dion-Bouton
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Hurtu
Pic- Pic
Rochet-Schneider
Stabila
Vermorel
Firestones
Goodyear
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