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Show FOWLER HDDS TO HIS MAGH3PIE SHOP The J. P. Fowler Auto company on "West Temple street has just added to Its expensive shop two modern automo- I bile machines, which gives this firm a ; plant surpassed by none in the country, j The new equipment Is a spring machine , and wheel builder. With the spring machine the Fowler company can now build or repair springs of any kind for an automobile. This machine ma-chine makes all leaves exactly alike, which is essential to a Vood spring. It j cuts the spring- and then turns the lips ' or ears of the spring-. These springs are then put In the heater, which heats the leaf evenly, tempering the entire length, necessary to give the spring the strength and elasticity that a good oil tempered spring ahould have. The wheel machine enables the Fowler company to build a wheel as good if not better than a wheel that comes direct from the factory. Only second growth hickory la used. The machine makes a perfect fit of the taper which goes Into the hub. The entire wheel Is fitted up I and Inspected before the wheel oes Into the hub. This Insures an equal bearing on each spoke and not on the inside of the hub. I Mr. Fowler Invites the public "to call j and inspect these two new machines. |