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Show M MANY INGENIOUS DEVICES HINDER THE AUTOMOBILE THIEF dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt 05 PEAK SEASON PRESENTS BIG PROBLEM TO TRUCK OPERATOR ,. ' - to frustrate auto thieves. (1) New LITTLE to cut off the supply of gasoline." It closed, does not permit exhaust gases to escape, thus post, as shown iQ the picture. 'When this is done the triok-- 8 ' i . . : , - - r ft ...... . ' - , pet-coc- ... rvuvrwfLri---A-rLT.-rr-n-rn- ' ni - ' light-fingere- d ,rr: i yinfirnaiwiVA to Keep In the- - motor truck fleet that handles aekage. deliveries, which will include, department mores and several ' other' lifcses-oshop,,,' together with certain ypes of express or freight delivery lefts, there are problems to be solved hat are not encountered by the ordinary - motor' truck, transportation system. 'For instance,-whilthe ordinary .ruck' outfit will probably have a fairly even volume of work during the entire year, the package delivery fleet muss expect to eopo with a. peak season, run-- , ning from November to January, when deliveries will run far above normal. To meet this condition-certaipreparations are necessary and above all ths or official in other superintendent charge of the transportation system must have detailed records to work with, so that he can plan his campaign to meet the added burden of the peak load period. e A 1920 Edition of Tribune - I' ill - . Auto Tour Book Is Ready -- joy-rider- joy-rider- of Salt Lake, Proof of the-fathat most cars stolen here are taen by this of ie thief fonnd in the report of type the Utah State Automobile association cars stolen covering during 1,919, which states that less than 6 per, cent of machines taken were never recovered. ' Devices Prove if H ' - V rt MOTORISTS planning their Hindrance. summer Jouring should remember The Tour Book will take care of their routings. The 1920 edition Is now In the hands of the printers,; and, it is expected, will be ready for distribution about the middle of April, for years this tour book has been;-thofficial road fluids of thousands upon thousands of inter- mountain tourists. It is now in its twelfth year of publication. .1920 The Tribune Tour Book will be better and larger than any '. edition heretofore published It will contain about 225 pages of maps and new All the logs. strip maps published in last years Tribune auto section will in rotation form in the 1920 book. Bata giving road conditions, hotels, gara'ges, camping places and all information necessary to tho traveler will be touud within its pages. At usual, only a limited supply will be published, and the price will be $1.50 per copy, as in past rears. Those wishing a copy should s?nd in their order now and one will be mailed as soon as the edition is off the press. Garages and hotels' wishing listings should make application at once. slevieea at least Veep the car secure from all but professionProfessional Thief Thorough. als, and in many cases they Bervs to The modern professional auto thief is make it very inconvenient even for i the moat thoroughly competent practi- them. Of locks, one group prevents the tioner on earth. .You may lock a car shifting of gears, another locks the , .with all the locks to be fonnd, it may steering system, while a - third locks the lie chained down with nickel steel ignition system. One of the most recent innovations chains, it may bo burdened with thief proof devices, but, if the professional of the first group is a lock on the lever. This opthief is determined to have it, it is a top of the gear-shihard proposition to keep the ear from erates through a rod running down the place, will drive ho car away in about being stolen. This does not imply that middle of the lever and keeps the gears thirty seconds, v lock are worthless, but is just a word locked in neutral. The only method of But here is the joker make a dummy of warning to make motorists realize the overcoming this is to take the lever off pencil, removing the- metal end from and open up the gear box, which is im- the regular part, or have a wooden one necessity for utmost precaution. , The professional auto thief haa us- practical even for the professional, as made and painted to resemble the original. Slip this dummy into place and ually been a chauffeur. He has prob- it requires too much time. In addition to these locking devices, the thief who examines the magneto ably worked in a grfrage, repair shop, service station, or even a factory. He anto owners have devised various meth- and finds it apparently ready for busiis a master mechanic and knows every ods .of their own. ness will bepuzzled for some time bebolt and nut on the ear, every piece of Remove ba fore discovers the real cause of the ' Carbon Pencil ; equipment that may or may not be introuble.: To begin with, here is a little bit of stalled, and every device that has been When the battery system is used for designed to prevent ear stealing. guile that will fool almost any thief ignition instead of a magneto, a similar The master among thieves has a way for a while. tin a car equipped with j dodge is to remove the brush from the I of overcoming every impediment that magneto ignition, remove the carbon distributor. Here again the professional is placed in his way, and aa ftst as new pencil which carries the current. Of (will coin prepared with a spare brush, one are invented h finds a way to eourse, the car will not move as long i The truly ingenious car owner, there-aI meet them. If 'conditions art not pro- is thus wiil the eireuit set a small steel peg in the interrupted. But fore, for working at the ear, in order the professional thief will esrry a spare (post, on which the brush rests, and will rltiouj the owner precautions. pencil in hia kit and, alippiag it into cut a slit for it .to fit into. Thief-proofin- ' Each Unit Moving . r, to Capacity. - URING the past five years there the gentleman is no whit has been built up in this coun- disconcertedwHe only has to bring upon the scene his service car strangely try an automobile theft traffic named for such a purpose and tow the of immense proportions. No prize away to more suitable surroundother product of the human industry ings where the task of restoring the ha "been so promiscuously stolen, and loot to running condition may be com, itis said that fully JO. per cent of the pleted at leisure. motor ears manufactured annually1 fall However, all professional thieves are not fortunate enough to possess a serva prey to thieyes. A goodly proportion of these are ice car, and, ae aforementioned a mataken by a youth jority of machines fall into the hands of 'j usually with a taste for motoring Kspeciallv is Jhis true but destitute of the wherewithal required for the purchase of a car and with but lmy idea of its mechanical. operation, and consequently are recovered in the due course of time. However, of all the automobiles stolen in the United States last year, 5000 of them, valued at $5,000,000, fell into the hand, of the profersional auto thief and were never 4 recovered. . - k Methods' Devised ; -- - - - ,.,r - ! Hidden Switches, ,Changing of Spark Plug Wires, ... Removal of Distributor Brush and Other Prove;6f.Oreat;Vlue 1 lever. style gear, shift lock, which operates by means of a rod running through the center of the gear-shi(2) Along the fuel pipe, shown by the arrow, a should must be put in a secluded place or it will be easily discovered. (3) Switching of spark plug wires to cause a short circuit. (4) Switch in the exhaust system, which, when (5) Removal of distributor brush. killing 7 the engine. Though thieves may come prepared with an extra brush', it will avail nothing if a peg is inserted in the distributor " brush must be slotted on the sides to permit it to fit down securely. ' Owners Invent New Ways to Make the Motor Car Secure '"Tricks" , -- v- -- n-- Efficiency Needed. It is obvious that the truck fleet to meet the added, burden of the peak period must be in a state of maximum -- g ! ft - s tall h fixed, the thief will not be able to' use his spare brush, as it will not fit over the peg, but will be raised up, effectually preventing the top from being put in plaee. Exhaust Service Effective. Hidden switches in the fuel line and ignition have become so universal thal nowadays even the apprentice baa gumption enough to follow the line until the switch is located. If, however, the ear owner ba( jdaced- - one twitch in a reasonable .obscure location and has hidden another in n still more difficult place, the secoud switch will bother any but the really expert thief for - some precious minutes. , Titers is another switch arrangement which his not been much used, end - which 4s for that very reason qnte effective. , This is a switch in the exhaust system, which completely shuts off the power of the engine. The thief will go over the fuel line, and then the ignition, and, finding them both in apparent operating condition, will be puzzled to know just what is the trouble. But, do not try to turn a switch in the.exbanst lins with tbs bare hand. Use a pair of otherwise serious burns will result. I efficiency at that time; that there must be trained drivers and helpers sufficient to keep every unit moving, and that everv truck must work at full capacity. Here is the sensible way to go about obtaining this condition: The transportation manager, in addi-- ' tion to having his obvious records vf each truck, eosts of all sorts, mileage, etc., should have a daily record for the entire year showing the number of, packages delivered by each truck. To taling the deliveries for the tnieka on a single day, the manager knows when he compares this years record with that of the preceding year, just abmU how great hag been the increase in the deliveries he is called upon to make. He can then be prepared with enoug i men and vehicles to handle his pc-load period, which will be in proportion to the increase shown during preeed.a months. MOTORS Routes. Rearrange AT PARIS EXHIBITION AMERICAN .At lha first International exposition held In, Paris since ISIJ there was a motor a km with all the leading cars manufactured In France on exhibit, a great In Mine ease thix'serve a douMr cre purpose. A New York department transportation manager recently found that whereas in 191? fifteen trucke were delivering 1401 packages in a cor in 19111 thirteen troche tain Dumber of English, Spanish. Belgian end wer territory, 1500 delivering package. A i.ighi Italian cars and about a dosen rotfcse of American machine. on (Costtsuod Two.) ? |