Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-31
AU I 0 N OBILE FIRM.
sALEsRooM, GARAGE AND RE.
PAIR SHOP TO OPEN APRIL 1.
TO RAyDLE FORD AUTOMOBILES
E. II. Emery and Party of ottumwans
to Open and Conduct UP to Date
Sales Room at LiIburn Building, 221-
223. East Second Street.

''The ability of the automobile to
conquer distance and save time,
coupled with the fact that it is no long
er an experiment but is becoming ev-
cry day a more important factor in the
every day life of every progressive
community is sufficient guarantee that
the machine is here to stay" said E.
FL. Emery, manager of the Iowa Auto
mobile company this morning. This
company has just been organized by
a number of Ottumwa business men
and is to open up an automobile sales
room and garage in the Lilburn build
ing 221-223 East Second street, April
1.
The new company has been organ
lied for the sale of automobiles and
has the state agency for what are con-
sidered several OF the best makes of
these machines. In connection with
the sales department there will be
conducted, a garage, a place where
owners Of machines, for a stipulated
monthly charge can have their ma
chimes taken care of. There will also
be a large and fully equipped repair,
department in charge of competent
man.
The men interested in the new con-
Germ are all Ottumwa business men,
who believe that the automobile has a
great future and that its sale, care and
repair, are to form one of the import
ant future businesses of the state of
Iowa. E. H Emery will be manager
in charge of the business and with
him will be associated w. E. Hunt, b.
P. Brown and ]. f. Dings. An expert
automobile machinist is to be engaged
to have immediate charge and super
vision of the garage and the repair
shop.
The Ford Machine.
The Ford runabouts and touring
cars are to be made the leaders and
two car loads of these machines are
at present on their way to this city to
be ready for the opening of the sales
rooms on April 1. These machines
are manufactured by the Ford Motor
Works at Detroit, Michigan. This
make was chosen by the parties con-
cerned only after careful considera-
ton and personal visits to all the larg-
er and more important automobile
manufacturing establishments of the
country. The Ford company is the
only one that is not in the automobile
trust and itsfmachines are the ones Sc
4c6Na handled by the big John
tss, le,naassely storesssliTasssias ,lSewl
York and FlAfadeiphia
One of the great advantages in han
ding a machine made by a company
that is not in the trust is the fact that
it can be secured at a saving of from
one to several hundred dollars on each
machine.
The Ford runabout is an eight horse
power, double cylinder, water cooled
machine. 1t has two forward speeds
giving a range of speed on ordinary
country roads of from four to thirty
miles per hour. The reverse is con
trolled by lever and is quick and sure.
The machine is red in color, is neat
and handsome in appearance. Simplic-
ity and great strength combined with
lightness has been the aim of its MAX
ers. Its weight is about 800 pounds.
It's tires are broad and we'll adapted
for use on the country roads of Iowa.
The use of the double opposed cylinder
is very desirable feature and does
away almost entirely with the jerking
and pitching to which the single cyl
indsr machine is subjected.
The Touring Car.
The touring car has two seats and
seating capacity for five persons. The
tonneau is large and roomy and just
the thing for a family vehicle or a
party car 1t is capable of climb bling
any hill and will make thirty to forty
miles on good level roads.
The location of the new concern is
a splendid and convenient one. The
front of the building is to be changed
and adapted to the business. A drive
way into the sales room and garage is
to be built. The whole lower floor is
to be used for salesroom and garage
department except a space in the rear
where the repair work is to be done.
This floor space will give room for
about fifty automobiles. The second
floor if not needed in the automobile
business as storage room will be used
as public storage room for household
and other goods.
The garage department is to be some