The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-12-10

i complete vehicles in the United
States and about 1000 manufacturers
who, in addition to their other busl-
ness, make component parts and ac-
F, cessories for automobiles. A great
many OF the latter have found it I'M
| prof table to cater to the automobile
| trade. however. because the require
lnents change with lightning rapidly.
the shapes of parts are Intricate and
/ the orders received are rarely OF sufa-
Gent magnitude to warrant special
. efforts.
Summing up everything, the total
output of automobiles for the first
eight months of 1902 may he placed
at about $4,000 and their value at some
what more than S20000,0O0. This
takes no cognizance of the automobiles
| which have been imported from En-
rope.
Beginning with the East and count
ing only manufacturers who nave
reached or exceeded ten automobiles.
We find in the State of Massachusetts
eleven builders OF steam vehicles with
an output OF 30 machines sold at
$717.3O0. One q" these builders makes
only heavy steam trucks. worth about
$1,000 an;err. but has not yet built
/ very many.
In the same State. in which the
steam automobile was originated so far
as the most common American type is
concerned. there are eight mannfar.
turers of gasolene vehicles whose out
put was 7O5 machines. sold at about
! $747,5pO. More than One-hnlf OF this
number were made by one firm. which
made its debut at the first Madison
Square Garden show in 1900
Massachusetts has never been favor
able to electromobiles, and the few
makers who built electric carriages in
previous years have apparently given
1t up. A few may have been built
here and there to order, but none for
the market.
Connecticut occupies a peculiar posi-
ton. One highly capitalized concern.
with manufacturing facilities which
should be sufficient for turning out
1906 automobiles per alnum at least.
had no model corresponding TO the pop
ular demand at the beginning OF the
year.
IT sold lis leftover stock ut reduced
prices. ana made up. of new vehicles,
probably not mere than one hundred.
OF these some fifteen or twenty We're
gasolene vehicles and the rest electric
carriages.
Another large concern. capable Of
producing 1000 or 5000 steam vehicles.
also found itself on the wrong side of
NJ 70
somewhere in the neighborhcod of 1000
machines. while devoting much of its
energy to the designing of new models.
Two much smaller concerns rested on
thei roars and produced practically
nothing.
In the district adiacent to New York
City. including parts of New Jersey.
only seven manufacturers have made
gasolene vehicles. One of these seven
firms has failed. The production
amounts to about 40o automobiles and
their selling value to S6So.ooo.
Here also it is new firm which has
dorp most of the business, turning out
about 300 gasolcne pho etonS at 4 mod
crate price. Heavy delivery wagons
lrasolenc motors> foot M Il value of
about 100000 at an average of $1,000
each
in the same district electric trucks
and delivery wagons have been pro
duced by one firm. a@gregating S30D.o0N
in valve ard POO in number, and an
ether firm has made from twenty-five
TO thirty electric delivery wagons of a
lighter type valued at 100000. Still
another firm has made about 100 cleo
trio vehicles. some of them delivery
wagons. but mostly runaboutS, sold
ut $50. OOo.
\ dozen large trucks operated on the
system of combining a @aso!ene motor
with electric transmission of the power
and an auxiliary storage battery. COM
nlete the roundup Of actual manufac-
ture OF electric automobiles in New
York City and its vicinity. but a great
deal of experimenting is going on
which is likely to lead to results in
1903.
Three steam vehicle manufacturers
have turned out in excess OF 100
pleasure carriages. many of them of
large size and some Of them intended
for stare lines. Their value comes
comparatively high, reaching a total
of 81 SOD 900.
Other paris of New York State es-
pecially Buffalo. Rochester and SYRIA
Cuse are REPRESENTED in the industry
as follows: Six makers have produced
2A5 gas vehicles worth S213.150: five
others have made $50 steam pleasure
vehicles selling for S277.50O. and few
electric runabouts. probably not more
than fifteen in all. have been produced
by two of these firms, who give some
attention to all forms of power.
Until recently the State of Pennsyl |
vania had one manufacturer of steam
carriag es whose output reached 100