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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1921
Page
14
A simple hose joint idea uses a section of inner tube to presecure the radiator hose connection. The tube is doubled back and clamped with cal clamps to withstand vibration and seal for the car's life.
Ben Paria of the National Candy Polls discusses the Northwest candy trade feeding Uncle Sam’s demand. Two GMC trucks run daily routes serving about 500 local dealers with 83 stops and seven minutes per stop, delivering 100000 pounds weekly and enabling rapid, economical service.
A fragmented dialogue hints at a bribe deflection and a flirtatious plea while a historical note states that over 100 million dollars of road construction machinery were manufactured in the United States in 1919.
A quirky compilation notes the New York Auto Show with ninety four exhibitors and forty models, plus comments on tires thefts, courtesy clubs, and road-building programs. Other bits joke about Ford cars, brushes for dusting motors, and the popularity of hearses with undertakers.
Trade data show exports of motor cars to Mexico in the first eight months of 1921 at 237 percent of the same period in 1920. Observations include tax payments by motorists averaging 34.67 dollars and Italy promoting rail travel with half price tickets.
The Bureau of Roads uses a hydraulic jack test to drop a plunger onto a copper cylinder under a wheel, duplicating impact from trucks of various weights and tires. The device measures crushing power to design enduring roadbeds for future permanent highways nationwide.
Franklin C. Hamer of Lincoln Nebraska argues that his GMC truck made him independent of farm transportation problems. He recounts hauling 600 bushels of wheat eight miles in a day at a cost of 16.61 and saving about 20 compared with five teams. He notes time sensitive marketing boosted profits by at least 85 on that day.
The Universal Machine Works at 906 Railroad Ave will occupy space with Ralph Wheat at 706 E Pike, teaming with Wheaton to install Kant Score pistons. The shop will grind and fit Kant Boore pistons and perform cast iron piston work, engine block grinding, and flywheel band shrinking using a Whitney grinder. Wheaton named general manager handling cost estimates.
The speaker notes saving 106 dollars on a day's haul by using a GMC truck describing the saving as real not imaginary and highlighting how the vehicle aids profitability on the farm.
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