Automatic Age

Issue: 1930 July

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T h e A u t o m a t ic A ge
A 1 ip For Station Owners
Here’s a plea from a casual reader of
National Petroleum News and a tip for
the operators o f service stations along
tourist routes.
The letter was inspired by an article in
the June 18 National Petroleum News,
telling of the great effort of distributors
to place a multitude of pumps along
tourist routes but of the little effort made
to get automobiles into their stations. With
it was published a picture showing how
one station owner told the public boldly
that his place had a rest room for women.
The letter bears the signature of one
A . W . Miller whom, we regret, we cannot
identify. W e will let Mr. Miller give you
the tip in his deft style:
“Just been reading your article on
‘Rivalry in Putting Out Pumps’ which says
there are too many pumps and not enough
selling appeal.
“ You don’t know the half of it.
Did
you ever drive with a flock of kids? On
my regular run from New York to Boston,
where the folks live, I have finally marked
out a sufficient number of comfort stations
one to another without any panics, tears,
etc., in the rear set. But it was a job,
brother, and only the other day I got
caught flat in Providence, not a station in
reach (you never find ’em in cities) and
only for stumbling on the Y . M. C. A . at
the r'ght moment, calamity would have
befell.
“ You gasoline men ought to realize that
r'ding with three kids means reaching
three comfort stations per two hours, or
else. And when you have to stop any­
way, what better chance to sell gas and
whatnot?
“ And yet, on the main stem to Boston—
Federal Road No. 1, possibly the heaviest
traveled stretch of its size in the country
— I had my work cut out to find tba com­
bination of a clean comfort station and
my favorite brand of gas every hour. And
mine is one of the most popular brands-.
“ My idea for profits (and mutal ease
for driver-parents) is a sign 4 feet high,
visible five miles in each direction, saying:
10-cent pay toilets and they work over­
time.
People figure that they must be
better (i. e., cleaner) because they cost
money. W hy shouldn’t a low-margin busi­
ness like a filling station cut out this free
service, burn the old wooden house and
put in some equipment which has a chance
to make money. And then let the cus­
tomers know it’s there. And then make it
worth a dime by keeping it clean and in
working order.
“ Maybe this .comes under the head of
‘ What a Father Should Know’ and shouldn't
be mentioned in a polite magazine. Maybe
the customers would blush, get embarrassed
and buy their gasoline somewhere else.
May be. But I think people got over being
embarrassed at the word toilet about the
time the automobile got so it would run
both ways— there, and back.
“ I ’m not a gasoline man or an equipment
man or anything else connected with the
oil industry except an ultimate consumer—
with three kids.
“ Please, Mr. Editor, get ’em started."
BUBS
MAKES
COLORED
BUBBLES
Barrels o f fun tor young and old.
The greatest vending idea in recent
years.
FREE labels for your
globes.
BUBS are same size as Regina and
fit all standard size ball gum
machines.
-
purposely lc
$1500
a case of
10,000 balls
F.O.B. N. Y.
RUSH
YOUR
ORDER
3 E
U
*
PAY TOILETS—LAST CHANCE
“ Every railroad terminal station that I
have seen in recent years has a flock of
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Want Ads
FOR SALE—ON ACCOUNT OF
closed territory, Mills Front
Venders—good mechanical con­
ditio0. with no value checks, at
$60.00. One-half with order,
balance C. O. D. Subject to
your inspection. Alabama Mint
Company, P. O. Box 156, North
Birmingham, Ala.
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FOR SALE— RECORDS FOR
your coin operated Phono­
graphs. Popular makes Elec­
tric Process. Save money on
lots of ten or more. Use only
the best for results. H. F. Un-
ley, Edgewater Park, Burl Co..
N- J.____________________tf-C
f o r s a l e —m ills , je n n ­
ings, Caille, Watling Jack
rots, Mint venders, Gum ven­
ders. Get our BULLETIN of
bargains in used machines; we
have Jack Pots @ $35.00. St
Clair Supply Co., Washington
Park, ill._____________ 2C7-3U
These ads are 25c per line per issue.
Count six words to a line.
Send cash with order.
Minimum ad accepted $1.00.
WANTED TO BUT
Mills and Jennings 5c and
25 c Bells—Side Venders, ana
Front Venders. Must be genuine
Bulls-eye machines. Keeney &
Sons, 700 E. 40th St., Chicago.
tf-C
FOR SALE — GRAT AUTO­
matic Player Piano, with 25c
Bell Attachment, $300.00, used
very little. Nelson & Wiggens
5c Player Piano, $250.00, perfect
condition. Or will exchange for
late model Mills machines. Anco
Sales Co., 1512 E. 67th St.,
Chicago.
C7-30
CARTONS FOR — “ADVANCE
Duplex E,” 5c candy ma­
chines, size 7/8"xl-7/8"x3-7/8"
$1.95 per 1,000 in 10,000 lots.
Acorn Specialty Co., 986 15th
Ave., Milwaukee, Wis.
8-30
BRAND-NEW RESERVE JACK
Pot Targets, penny or nickel
play, beautiful in appearance
and certainly does get the play.
Latest mechanical improve­
ments. Built to wear a lifetime.
Only $12.50 each. Service Coin
Machine Company, L o g a n
Square Station, Chicago.
10 INTERNATIONAL TICKET
Scales and 12 Ideal Scales for-
sale. These machines now in
good locations in Chicago.
Owner leaving city soon. Priced
for quick sale. J. H. Clifton, 72
Kimbark Road, Riverside, 111.,
Phone Riverside 2399.
FOR SALE — BRAND NEW
collapsible stands for all kinds
of front and side mint vendors.
Price $4.00. Albert A. Stoltz 92
Wooster Street, Hartford, Conn.
DO TOU COUNT PENNIES?— FOR SALE—JENNINGS JACK
Pot Side Venders serials
The Presto Coin Counter
counts
and stacks 100 pennies in above 73,000, $55.00 each, Bells
W a n t e d — c a il le junior 15 seconds.
$50.00
each, with primers. 3
Fits
the
pocket.
Bells. Give full description
Play Balls, $6.00 each.
and price. H. F. Unley, Box Price $1.50, cash with order. Exhibit
4
Gottlieb
Grip testers, $4.00
Money
back
if
not
O.
K.
Box
71,
239, Scranton, Pa.
Tf-C
each.
2
B. & M. Ball Gum
Care Automatic Age.______ T-f
venders, $10.00 each. 3 Four
Jacks, $25.00 each. All Machines
WILL TRADE—A. B. T. TAR­
get Skills for nickel, dime and WANTED — PEANUT VEND­ in A-l condition, will ship sub­
ing machines, Advance or ject to inspection, deposit re­
quarter machines, or for penny-
nickel-dime-and-quarter B a l l Columbus, in good condition quired. Claude Clark, P. O. Box
Gum machines.
Twin City and priced right. Give full de­ 246, LaFollette, Tenn.
Novelty Co., 730 Washington tails. N. Turner, 7018 Clyde
Ave., Chicago, 111.____________
Ave. N., Minneapolis, Minn.
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ATTENTION SCALE OPER­
MILKT WAT MACHINE —
ators. We have a new type
for SALE— RECORDS FOR
capacity 42 boxes (boxes $2.25 penny weighing scale, small in
your Coin-operated Phono­ per 1,000). Fastest selling candy size, low in price, mighty in
graphs. Popular makes Elec­ bar on earth, $12.50 each, re­ earnings. Schubb & Company,
tric Process. Save money on gardless of quantity, Half cash, 6359 14th St., Detroit, Mich.
lots of ten or more. Use only Balance C. O. D. Milky Way
the best for results. H. F. Un­ Vendors, Box 73, Automatic FOR SALE — 5 JUNIOR
ley, Edgewater Park, Burl Co., Age.
Basketball as Mfg. by Fair­
N. J.___________________ tf-C
child like new, 75.00 each. One-
third
balance express
FOR SALE—A GOING Busi­ 3 EXHIBIT CARD VENDERS, C. O. deposit
D. L. Jordan 1707 Prim­
$3.75, full cards, $5.00. 10
ness with all preliminary
rose,
Nashville,
work done, well advertised and Gottleib Grippers only 6 months THET COST Tenn.
ONLT $1.00
just in the right shape for a old, $8.00. 12 A. B. T. targets,
each. To Operators of Target
live wire to take and make a $10.00. 5 Mills Wizards, $6.50. Vending
Machines.
Eliminate
killing. Will dispose of con­ 8 Larks like new, 5c play, the breakage of Target
Trig­
trolling interest and manage­ $12.00 5 Blue Bird Gum Dice, gers;
by
using
the
ment and retain forty nine per $10.00. Fairchild Rifle Range, plated Lifetime “Never Chrome
Break”
$145.00.
Watling
Scales,
$85.00.
cent of the Stock, or will sell
Manufactured by the
entire stock. Our machine is 3 American Sales Quadrophones kind;
Golden Gate Repair Co., Re­
protected by Patent rights, about year old bargain, $240.00 pairers
of Vending machines,
which will be included in the each. 8 Puritans 6 months old,
sale. Capital $100,000.00, In­ $16.50. 1/3 deposit C. O. D. 7 1048 56th Street, Oakland Calif.
day
return
privilege.
Would
terested write. Edwards Novelty
Company, 606-lst National Bank exchange for 3 Jacks or Duck READ WANTMORE PREMI-
Bldg., Ft. Worth, Texas. C8-30 targets. E. K. V. Machine Co., , urns Double Ball Gum Profits.
Pikeville, Ky.
EVERT READER OF AUTO­
POT BELLS, LATEST
matic Age should send 20 FOR SALE—THREE FIELDS JACK
2
in 1 Jack Pot Ball Gum improved models, guaranteed.
cents and get acquainted with
•M
ills
or
5c play, $40;
the “ The Advertising World.’' machines plays lc—5c—10c—: 25c play, Jennings
$50. Service Coin
The magazine of ad pep, $2 the and 25c, $25.00 each or $60.00 Machine Company,
2037 W.
year. The Advertising World, for three. Raymond Kirstein, Charleston St., Chicago.
Columbus, Ohio.
-tf Marathon, Wisconsin.
WANT ADS TO BE INSERTED MUST REACH OFFICE
BY THE FIRST OF PUBLICATION MONTH
W ANT ADS MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE
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