Ji3 AND WHAT DEALERS HAVE TO SAY - Library of Congress · , Antaka 00. of Chicago, and it claims to...
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Wednesday, Feb. 14,1917. THE TAOOMA TIMES. PAG-B TTVm.
AITTAC AND WHAT TACOMA /\_P_PI7CC_ffcDII7,C/iUI\Ji3 DEALERS HAVE TO SAY _T^V/\^lLi3i3vll_l_lLi3FORD MAKES
222,750 MILESWhen a Ford owner In the Ford
Times two months ago mado thestatement that his car had madethe longeet travel record. Itbrought to light still a better rec-ord made by B'ord No. 41,014.
Ford car 41,014 Is owned by the, Antaka 00. of Chicago, and itclaims to have run its car 222,750miles.
In addition to the mileage, H.J, Wagner of that company statesthat the car has carried from 250to 600 pounds of paint every dayon trips along with three persons.
Manly-Thompson Co. Is the lo-*fcal aigent for the Ford cars.
PROFIT MAKE YOURAUTO PAY
1250-1800 Pounds j(\u25a0n parity
| 81—Models—II jFarm to City
Pleasure to ProfitGLF.NDALE AITOBROKE RAGE CO.
Main 37«0. WIS (ill. Aye.
TACOMA AVENUEAUTO EXCHANGE
Buick Experts 1Repair Specialists.
WK DKFY ANYKIND OF A RK-PAIR JOB.
JIMMY CROSTONand
GEO. W. Mill| it
1147-49 Tacoma Aye.Main 1501.
Night Plume—Proctor 1088.
TURN OLD THEATERINTO FACTORY TOREBUILD MACHINES
A complete automobile rebuild-ing plant, to be situated in the old
ISavoy theater building, which will'. be known as the Tacoma MotorCo., has been announced by M. W.Morris Mr. Morris is a well
Iknown automobile man of theNorthwest, having been In Taco-ma the last three years. Previousto that time he was In the auto-mobile game at Olympla.
Fred W. Foulkes, the Oakland'pleasure cur and Denby truckel aler, bus leased the north halfof the main floor of the buildingand expects to be in his new placeof business Feb. 15.
The show rooms will be amongthe niftiest on Broadway.
The rest of the space on the firßtfloor will be used by Conners &McFarland. They are at presentIn the automobile laundry on Astreet.
Machine Shop, TooThe second floor will be occu-
pied chiefly by L. P. Harmon andC. R. Wilson in an up-to-date ma-chine shop. Wilson was formerlyproprietor of the Tacoma AvenueAuto Repair shop, which handledexclusively the repair work on au-tomobiles operating Into the Na-tional park. Mr. Harmon was for-merly proprietor of one of the
Announcing Opening
TACOMA MOTOR CO.Rebuilders of Motor Cars
Largest and BestHH Equipped Garageffff In Pacific N. W.
a
MOTOR BUILDING708-12 Broadway. Phone Main 368.
Seattle repair shops.The Tacoma Radiator and Fend-
er works will occupy part of thesecond floor. Mr. Morris an-nounces that two Tacoma men nowin this business will operate thisplant.
Top Plant ComingLittle & Kennedy, with an over-
flow of their used cars, will oc-cupy part of the third floor.
O. J. ("Jack") Kit gen will runa second-hand car department,
AgentsWESTERN TRUCK
ATTACH MKNTAlso
THE "GENERAL" TIRESERVICE, SAFETY, STYLE
5,000-Mile Guarantee.Main 1478. 750 Broadway-—————————"i———a^___________.
Authorised Ford Ag-enta
MANLEY-THOMPSON
BROS.002-4-8-8 TAtXIMA AVENUE
Main 1515
IHE SPECIALFirestone Tires
PLAIN TRKADBWhile they last—Boxß, $8;
Tubes $1.75
BURDHigh Compression
RINGSMORELS tESSST
Pacific Sales Co.Ageiita Pierce County
Mate ioit. 706 Broadway.
WAIT !!!
The New OVERLANDCars Will be Here thisWeek ....
On Display at The
Pacific Car Co.North Second and O Sts.
Truck a Wrecker For Fire Department
Ono of the most novel recent trucks lias Just been piireliaMed by the Boston fire department, says! George Sahourin, Tacoma distributor for the Mack. Tho truck is equlpim-d with a power winch, and850 feet of '-, t lc--in> b cable, a removable derrick, a drawbar for towing purposes, jacks, skids and allsorts nf wrecking purposes.
The truck Is a vuliiuble iissei to the Boston fire department in answering fires, especially intearing down wulls in firo ruins, moving freight curs in tho event of a yard lire, replacing derailedcars, pushing' Mailed cars on highways und removing debris.
Sal..mi in announces tbe delivery of a one-ton Muck truck to the Jensen Transfer Co. of SouthTacoma, and a i.e.- truck i tho West Side Garden Co.
specializing in rebuilt cars. Ag'larantee will be given, says Mr.Fngen, that every (*ar sells. Onlyfirst-class machines will be mar-keted.
Mr. Morris announces that anautomobile top plant will be in-stalled within \u25a0 few days, as soonas arrangements can be made.
"When all the shops are movedin. 1 am confident that we willhave one of the most completegarages in the Northwest. Thereis ample space to operate com-plete plants, and as we have in-clines, no difficulty will be expe-rienced in driving cars from onefloor to anolber," says Mr. Mor-ris.
The center of the top floor willbe ocoupled by one of Tacoma'sleading body builders. A paintshop will also be a feature of thisfloor, announces Mr. Morris.
G. C. Mat.:, and his brother, O.H. Mack, have leased two floors ofthe new Thomas Gourley buildingat 945 Market St., where the homeof the Argo car will be located.
Messrs. Mack recently obtainedthe state agency of the Argo. ItIs equipped with a 22-horsepowermotor and electric lighted andstarted. The selling price In Ta-coma will be $•! I.e.
O. H. Mack declares that theArgo will run 30 miles on a gal-lon of gasoline and 1000 miles ona gallon of oil. The cost of up-keep he says Is extremely low, andthe tire expense small, as 30x3 cas-ings are used.
A telegram was received yester-day by G. C Mack, announcingthe fact that eight cars had beenshipped to Tacoma last Thursday.They are expected to arrive with-in 15 days. Sixteen more will beshipped within the next month.
CYLINDERSPECIALISTS
Our latest type CylinderGrinder will handle any sizeor kind of a job,
WE MAKE PISTONS ANDRINGS IN ANY SIZE
If yon need new gears, axelsor [tarts we can make tlien-or get them quickly for yon.
OHAS. DANARDAUTO MACHINE WORKS
2880 So. E St.Phone Main 1180.
DOINTS*DON'T forget that your auto
springs need oiling.—D. C. Mod-rail, Pacific Sales/Co.
DON'T wait until the finish ofyour car is all shot to pieces, may-be a coat of varnish right nowwill make it look as good as new.—H. C. Anderson, The AutoPainter.
DON'T throw away your oldtlree; half-solo them. —-J. C.McKay. Double Tread Tire Co.
DON'T take a chance on get-ting your auto bumped when youcurb or park it—you can store Itfor 10 cents—H. B, McEldowney,McEldowney'i Garage.
DON'T send your cylindersaway to be ground. We've thelatest type cylinder-grinder righthere in Tacoma.- '.'buries Danard, |Auto Machine Works.
DON'T neglect your generator; 'that's where they all make amistake. —"Jimmy" Croston, Ta-coma Aye. Auto Exchange.
DON'T forget that an auto willpull three times what it can'carry -let us show you whatTnailmoliiles will do.—Goodrick& Blssall, (llentlale Auto Co.
DON'T forget the 1,000-mileguarantee on Ceneral Tires. —F.O. Wever, Wcver Motor Car Co.
DON'T forget that we sell Allenand Lexington Cars as well as Re-public Tracks. —W. L. Klrby,Standard Motor Co.
DON'T forget that the GrantSix made three round trip non-niotor-stop runs from Seattle toPortland —let us tell you all aboutjt.—l_, o. Richards, Tacoma Gas& Klec. Garage.
PLEASED WITHQUARTERS
Messrs. Harmon and Wilson, of, the Auto Machine Works, in the, Motor building, are greatly pleas-;, ed with their new quarters. They
occupy the second floor with en-trance on Court C at the rear of
, the building, which affordtn excel-, lent facilities for handling repair
work.Harmon, formerly of Seattle, Is
, enthusiastic over their new enter-prise.
Wilson is well known in Taco-ma auto circles, and is an expertmechanic.
Mack's Open Argo Agency
PAIGEThe Most Beautiful Cur
In America.
LOUSCHABEL
1201 A ST.
Connors &McFarlandAuto Washing and Polishing
Experts
W ill Establish a
Motor Auto LaundryIn the New Motor Building
at 708-12 Broadway.
At your service in a fewdays.
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WEVERMOTOR CO.
Agent Western TruckAttachment
funeral 5,000-MUe TiresAll Makes Cms Repaired
Expert MechanicsAll Work Guaranteed
760 BROADWAYPhone Main 1478.
SHIPMENTS TOWEST CUT OFFBY RAILROAD
(United Prese Leaaed Wire.)NEW YORK. Feb. 14. — Thecritical freight situation caused by
the tie-up of shipping on the At-lantic seaboard was emphasizedtoday when the Delaware & acka-wanna railroad announced an em-bargo on all shipments west ofBuffalo, N. Y.
At the railroad offices It wassaid the Lackawanna was believ-ed to bo practically the only lineopen to the west before the em-bargo was Issued.
Stoppage of shipments routedwest was necessary owing to em-bargoes that have been declaredby connecting lines in that terri-tory, it was said.
Equip Shops toRebuild Motors
M. W. MORRIS.M. W. Morris has leased the
building at 708-12 Broadway,establishing the Tacoma MotorCo.
Morris, formerly of the firm ofAllen & Morris, for seven yearsone of Southwest Washington's!largest auto firms, located atOlympla, is a mechanic of 16years' experience on almost everyknown make of motor car.
He Is well known in Tacoma,formerly having the MichelinTire agency on Broadway.
Since last November Mr. Mor-ris has been working out plansfor the organization of the Taco-ma Motor Co.
We Strive 9, *•for Vuallly j^>^_ Ommm,and M Ar* ?\ WatchResults, B^V VIExport !
Not u£ m_*riM__fCheapness xt_V"/S_fc7 i>ixc'
Half Sole Your Old TireIt Costs V4the New TireWe Retread, Doubletread, Sec-tion und Vulcanize.We Viilcanl/.e Bicycle Tires,Tubes, Hot Water Hot tie*., Ruli-lieru, ctr.Buy and Sell Old Tires andTubes.
All Work Ouarnntoed.
Double Tread Tire Co.,77!t Conimerec St., Tacoma.
.1. C. McKAY, M«r.
GRANT SIXThe car that made the record-
breaking
Three Round Trip Non-Motor-Stop Runs
fro«n Seattle to Portland overnext to impassable roads.
L. a. RICHARDS, Agt.MllllNorth I St.
_Baaa_--_a«t^ H__aa_aa__-a_aaa__aai
McEldowney's Garage
AUTO 1 {)STORAGE IV>CAgents for the
Hendricks One-TonTruck Attachment
Expert Automobile Reixiiring,Washing and Simonlzing.
14th and A Sts.Phone Main 1782.
For a Good Job of Painting
H. C. ANDERSONThe Automobile Painter
Successor to Lou. Scliabel
AUTOS VARNISHED$15 AND UP
All Work Guaranteed15 .ears' Experience
Give Us a TrialMain 8277. 1802-4 So. E St.
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Overland Man Goes South
Overland touring car in use I n India by .... Luglish historian.and was invited to the conventionbecause of the wide expunslon ofthe Overland business in Tacoma.
lie \ ill speak before the con-vention some day this week. Mr.Itoss will tell of the Overland ser-
i vice given in Pierce county,I which has received considerablefavorable comment from other
I cities.
C. L. Ross, vice president andmanager of the Pacific: Car Co.,local Overland, Hudson andPackard distributor, left lastweek for San Francisco to attendthe Overland branch managers'convention.
.Mr. Ross Is the largest Over-land dealer on the Pacific coast,
Wat a\ r*s. —*——\u25a0* i'its i"i hi:. viiiOHoi s m.oon iv-M_X Al Bm4o — S\n ST I I" MM VKl\«e HI HI A \M> Uenl-_T\AT~m g\. ff i:\. This wonderful i.i.'.l.eino wh ehMM. TRADS MARK A*\i" ''IIS 111. t'l|l.nl. |mrlfl fle'S tilt. Syste-111.' nieiieatfH dlioaav eauas und circaRheumatism, Kidney, I.lvor. Bladder, Stomach anil other trouble.*. Send
for new booklet containing marvelous tt-Hiiiuunluls. Ktr-Ku Cora-I'.'.ny, Tacoma, Wash, Sold by leading imukklsii..
Inten^Gear Rcp„bj jc TrucksMore Republics being solil on clean business in Tacoma
than all other makes put togedier.This line represents amount of clean business being done
on Republic trucks in (his territory:'litis Hue represents nun.nut of clean business being done
by all the other Id ii.nl.es of trucks put together:
This conclusively shows that the interiial-^eiir drive prin-ciple anil the Republic policy of highest quulity and a lowprice arc right.
STANDARD MOi OR CO.740 Commerce St. Main 4527.TRICKS OH DISPLAY. CATAI-OG ON R1.(.l KST.
Sl/t*—K4SBJ to .Vton.
HARMON & WILSON
AUTOMACHINEWORKS
IAnnounce theOpening ofTheir NewModern Shopin the
MOTOR BUILDING708-12 Broadway. Phone 369
EXPERIENCED MECHANICS ONLY
A TRUCK TO FIT YOUR BUSINESS!
MACK TRUCKSWorm or Chain Drive
FROM 1 TO iy_ TONS.
VIM "SET114-16 So. 9th St.
Geo. A. SabourinPierce County Distributor.