DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
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ffices and production depart• ials particularly suited to use in the
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motor car.
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nement of the offices is
And there was urgent need of spec-
The arrai g s. They are placed on
ial materials for the motor car, be-
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most ° f the main corridors, cause the conditions of its service dif-
thigexTeendocleor to either end of the fered from those of any piece of ma-
„e building.
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Every office in the building chinery then built.
o utside light. II hen it is needed,
The Buick designers recognized the
iai illumination is furnished by
1"-riifi-:t fixtures of the indirect and necessity for long and exhaustive re-
electric
search work in the purely scientific
side of motor car designing. They
qini.indirect type.
bsement Of the building are needed steels that would enable them
In thea
rooms for the convenience of to lighten the weight of reciprocating 0
cloak
bah men and women employees, and parts without sacrificing strength.
een omitted in the ef- They needed the lightness of alumi-
hkave, 1 1 1
nt'edetails
frt to ma e t surngs pleas- num for other parts, combined with a
strength that aluminum did not then
art.
possess.
The building is fitted with every
modern devise that can be used to ad-
They saw the possibilities of pressed
owe in connection with the well and drawn steel parts, but found that
At Christmas time, one's
bid
offices.
Messages
are
sent
in
the
steel industry could nut then solve
thoughts turn to fine music and
a d
few seconds by a pneumatie tube
fine furniture.
a estern connecting all departments. their problems for them. They saw
that cylinder castings, and pistons,
Brunswick art models com-
e'sshed air ventilation keeps the air and rings, and bearings could he de-
bine the two—world's finest
pure and sweet and passes through a veloped scientifically to give far great-
cabinet making with world's
plenum chamber under each floor and er service and satisfaction than those
finest music.
out over the radiators in each room, that manufacturers of that day knew
As a gift to endure through
thus edminat' • cold drafts. The how to build.
the years, blending happily with
temperature of each office is regulated
the well furnished home, while
In other words, they felt that the
by thermostats, to suit the individual. field of mechanical principles
supplying the cultural back-
as ap-
Drinking water is filtered and cooled plied to moor cars, and the field
ground of good music, we sug-
of
automatically, being piped to sanitary metallurgy as it affected motor cars,
gest an instrument of this type.
fountains in each corridor. Marble were in so primitive a state that it
washrooms are provided on each floor. would require many years of effort,
Telepraph and telephone connections supported by the best scientific assis-
are located in the building, with indiv- tance possible to secure, to develop
idual telephones in every office. A them to the point where the designer
built-in vacuum cleaning system sim- could rest upon his laurels.
ofies the work of cleaning the big
The development of the Buick en-
rug ., throughout the bidding, while gineering department along these lines
hardwood and marlole floors still fur- started immediately and has continu-
ther insure sanitation.
ed throughout the history of the cunt- e
Outside the building is faced with puny. It is one of the finest and best 4 I,
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vitrified brick of a rich, deep buff, with equipped engineering departments to
24 models now on display.
hese, belt courses, cornice, brackets, be found anywhere in the motor car
Prices from $45 up.
main entrance feature and window industry.
ells of buff Bedford limestone. The
Year after year its research and ex-
A Christm” Program for the
entrance door sills, platform and steps perimental work goes on. Different
Home
are of granite with fine hammered fin- types of motors are here tested out
ish, while the railings and lamp stan- and the latest developments in engi-
dards on the front entrance and first nerring practice analyzed and studied
COMPLETE STOCK OF RECORDS
and second story windows are of or- New types of clutches, transmissions,
namental wrought iron. The building rear axles, steering gears are designed
throughout is of fireproof construc- and tried, (only to be found wanting.
tion.
Other new features of designs are de-
The interest of the casual visitor tee veloped and worked out successfully,
the factory naturally centers in the to the benefit of Buick operation or ef-
125 East Kearsley St.
designing and building, because its ficiency.
engineering labratories and equipment
This work is all carried out behind szolotoWIMISMAW ■•■■
are most complete and practically ev- the scenes, a hidden but none the less
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ery unit in the car is built in the Bu- powerful force in the improvement of
ick shops.
quality, But, important as it is, this
Designing, or engineering, is divided work is only the starting point in sup-
into two main parts; the purely scien- plying individual transportation to the
tific or theoretical part, and the prac- buyers of Buick cars. Common sense
tical application of science to every- demands that the form this transpor-
day service.
teflon should take be in the form that
At this point, it is interesting to is most convenient and serviceable to
know that the same engineers who still the public. The engineer is concerned,
direct the work of designing each new not merely with designing a workable
Buick car were on the original engi- and dependable mechanism, from a
neering staff and collaborated in de- scientific standpoint, but one that is
YELLOW CAB TRANSFER CO.
signing the first Buick Valve-in-Head convenient, economical, simple in oper-
motor car.
ation and capable of fulfilling the re-
Under the veteran hands, the Buick quirements of average use, with a safe
engineering department has grown to margin of power and strength to meet
'greater size than the first Buick tee- emergencies in the hands of Buick
tery itself occupied. They have built owners.
unscientific labratories with complete That is no simple task. It exacts of
equipment for the chemical analysis of the engineer, not only great skill in
materials. Here skilled chemists amit- the technical branches of his profess-
ies steels to determine the percentage ion, but an intimate knowledge of the
of carbon or alloy they contain. They conditions encountered by drivers in
have installed scientific instruments varying climates and altitudes, on op-
for testing the physical properties of en roads and city streets, on hills and
materials. In the metallurgical de- grades and level planes, alone or with
partment are microscopes for study- two or more passengers.
ing the structure of metals. In the
In the early (lays the thrill of mo-
electrical department are machines tion was the big thing, and the prob-
that make motion pictures of the elec- kM wag how to make the car move
tric spark at different car speeds, and keep on moving. But the critical
ti show its intensity and efficiency. and seasoned buyer of today assumes
Lubricating systems, lubricants, bat- all that and pokes a knowing finger
CAB STANDS:
uries, cooling systems — everything into details of performance and ser-
that has a bearing on the car's opera- vice with a knowledge born of experi-
FIRST AND SAG. ST ., 517 LYONS ST., DURANT HOTEL
tion—are here tested and studied ence.
through the medium of scientific ap-
So each Buick engineer is a special-
"HAIL THEM ANYWHERE"
paratus, in the constant effort to im- ist, working under the direction of the
prove and to simplify the Buick mec- chief engineer. One designer concen-
hanism.
trates on the clutch, another on the
Funerals, Weddings, Parties
All this scientific appartus, and all spring suspension, another on the rear
:he endless experimenting and investi- axle, and so forth.
Garage and Main Office: 517.19 Lyons St.
ration that is going on through its
Starting with the head of the or-
SP, has helped to make the Buick car
ganization down to the humblest of the
today possbile. For it is through ranks, you will find many men who
Yellow Cab Baggage and Transfer
he sew development of new alloy met- have "lived" with Buick since the days
To All Parts of the City
Cuthrough the new application of old when the future of the automobile was
.ngineering principles, through the still a matter of grave doubt.
redual refinement of the chassis,
Washing and Storage
H. H. Bassett, now president of the
Art by part, that progress is achiev- Buick Motor Company, was in 1907
e.
general superintendent of the Weston-
First Class Repairing
itemust again recall that the motor Mott Axle company, which had a plant
s r. romercially', is only about
twenty adjoining that of the Buick and built
All
Work Guaranteed
an Old. It came into being ,
depen- all of the axles for that car. In 1914
leot
the materials that its de- N Ir. Bassett became general manager
"The Thinking Fellow Calls a Yellow"
Igen found ready to hand—mater- o f the Weston-Mott and in 1916 when
!Is that had been applied to other t he latter was merged with General
its And to other machinery. There N fotors, he became assistant general
Atken no time to determine meter- m anager of the Buick. In 1919 he be-
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