New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-10
AUTOMOBILE NOTES.

G. A Duerr OF the Duerr-Ward Company Fhty-
eighth-st. and Broadway, recently visited Clese-
land the home of the Royal Tourist. for which MS
concern Il agent The company is expecting
shipment Of one OF the new i6-horsepoweE acme ne
cars the FIRST part OF me "egk i a 20 mis- citY
in about ten days
Walter C. Martin of Cutting & Martin. New-York
agents for the Cadillac Automobile Company, who
has lust returned from Detroit reports that the
Cadillac Automobile Company is now turning ovt
,-ili no sb6ut four thousand machines. which would
make tho company the second largest manutactCr-
nrs M automobiles in the world. The entire plant
foundry and machine shops ana factory oulluhS-
ing development OF an automobile plant after one
years growth. The ccmpany reports ltS entre o4t;
mi the latest purchasers OF the rnOdel
II touring cars is William Scallen president of the
nounced as the lowest priced one for car possess
ing the pressed steel frame Sonstruct2h hTd
cars in the NewYork market this year
The locomoblle gasolene touring car is built
lines developed by foreign makers after years OF
exneriment Il has ample clearance. interchangeable
parts and standard tires. which mean so much to
the automobile tourist in this country. The car Is
not n copy of any make, but contains many special
and original features which simplify the machinery
and make It convenient to handle The gasoIene
cars produced in 1903 were sent to all parts of the
country. The makers point for Endorsement to the
large number of letters received from customers
who as previous owners Of automobiles (both for
eign and American). are competent TO pass judy
ment.
The Haynes-Apperson company offer two models,
four Messenger car Of the tonneau type with the
engine in front for accessibility and two passen-
ger light touring car, with the engine in the rear
where IL is in this form more accessible and in
sures a better distribution of the weight. These
cars are alike I'm the mechanical devices prIn-
cinles used and differ only in the arrangement of
meet the mechanism with the controlling handles.
The engine is placed In front with the driving shaft
extending across the car. From this shaft Morse
silent chain transmits the power to shaft parallel
TO the driving shaft of the engine. which carries
the driving gears. These gears mesh with larger
gears the countershaft that run idle until the
Clutches are employed. when they drive the coun-
tershaft. which is connected with the rear axle by
chain OF the usual pattern. Thus. all shafts
arnilel nsuring delivery 10 the driving wheels
OF the maximum power All these shaft bearings
roller bearings. which in long practice have given
highest efficiency but the minimum OF wear. In the
two passenger model the engine shaft carries tbs
gears in direct mesh with the gears the counter
Shaft all shafts being parallel in this model also.
The Pioneer Automobile Company have at their
salesroom. No. 81 West Forty-third-st, n sixteen
horsepower thirty five miles an hour named Tho
Yale for 81 soc also with a top for 81 500. A
visit to the factory would prove interesting to
those who wish to buy machine