The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-21
NOTES OF THE TRADE.
what's Geiny On In Automobile Circles.


visi,or, to the plan. Of the Electric vehlcl. Com
pany ., Hartford. where Columbia gasoline aud
electric cars ere made. Invariably have their curl
osty excited by queer looking raft oored In III.
Park River nesr The ronpanys motor t-st she'd
= small building whose Importance ie out OF all
proportion 10 Ia size. The odd appearing structure
out In toe river somewhat resembling cA9on
such as Is used In bridge building Is 10 reality
large box cont aiming . uur1ber OF smaller boxes
In which are submerged metal plates for the dis.
sipston OF the energy generated BY The gasoline
engines In process OF tes'. Each engine as It Is
tested 10 coupled direct 70 dynamo and the force
tina. thus generates Is measured BY the output OF
the dynamo Ia amperee and volts. From the
record thus made. the exact horse power output
Of the engine Is determined. No engine Is allowed
leave the shed until develops certain specified
power AZ certain speed. Ranged alongs!d. either
side Of the shed SEVERAL Of these dynamos. and
when all are running at once, as is frequently 'he
case during the busy season. the resulting din Is
SUFFICIENT proof that An immense amount OF energy
Is produced. This energy sfer II has served Its
purpose. has to be gotten rid of and the device of
the sunken metal plates affords safe and CON
vepent means.
The famous old win,en Bulie, No. ?. survivor Of
50 many racing contests and maker Of 50 many
fast miles. has been shipped East for trials pre-
ilmnary to the races AZ Read,1lle MASS Oh pecors.
ton Day, Tn. old car presents her familiar ap'
pearance being different than before onl" In that
the csrbureters are now AZ the lower hight hand
side OF the car instead OF being over The exhaust
chamber, and that magnetos haze replaced 'he
batteries. Charlie Gprndt. who Will drive the
Bulle. In her Readvile races. Is emphsucay en-
thusias,c over her prospects. She's tho fastest
car on earth" ne declares, and In confident. Il
the track A. Reod,te ID In prime condition, Will
put to her credit the fastest mile ever nun or cir
crlsr track. The Bullet never has been the car
she Is 10 ignition 10 perfect. ever cylinder
mir In he Noyr al he
now develops IS twice what II was before"
After q busy winter planning and working 10
turn out the Pope. Toledo cars that have been
ordered By agents. 'he Pope Motor Car Company
Of Toledo gave pleasant turprlsc 70 their men
recently by announcing that thereafter the plant
would work but nine hours day, but that the men
would be given the same pay as they had received
for ten hours day.
Quite a few persons did not understand what
C. A.. Duerr mean, bS h!s 81 40 forfeit advertise.
ment relating 10 tn. Royal tourist car. which won
the Brighton cup on May Q. II wAe quite plain
however. that Duer wanted 10 impress on ,he mind
Of the automobile public that the Royal which
won the cup was q regular stock car In every par.
ueular, Duerr went step further and Issued q
sweeping challenge 70 every American car TO COM
pete IN o hin climbing contest and a race right
aiterwApd, . challenge which speaks for itself,
for TO this moment II mas M, been accepted.
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makes Sns mors :1eecss for NJ ssresdy famous
II: yesr Yss,sldsy !, he . Sorss po WI
e.e, =, arrived Il psr ,, taken
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If ri 0hfV .six fhrOuRh Which nat
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and Toulnerol1 also meeting With warm rtcep-
sense !. racing car, -: ,ENsland ne American
as a. ss IS: d M ss.n g. r.s e.
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iss 70 se Psus Ss0''s e'A'' with
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owe, msShn X. W,h I've sSdis' one side
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sns The we'll sne.I ysseh.ssn and as,os
delivered ., Liverpool, i,9m which ,pon! he win
q similar car, for delivery In Fans
Car Company on Ihursdsy la,, vas especially
ins cars had j1.. arrived from ,he factory an
claimed for the machlnes during the last two
Ron.hs These c.rs are ii,le la.e In getting into
factory at Detroit was not large enough to MI all
the oriers that were taken locally, and therefore
no agencies were placed IN New York city until
|, Sss secured by the New York Motor Car Company.
cars are equipped with a double aide entrance
onnrau. and their rear seat. viii hold three persons
very Comfortably. The standard caller adopted
for tho Reliance car Is a dsrp olive green with a
running gear OF yellow picked out In black This ,
combination makes very attractive and sub.
Stantie hnish.
Tho riish for eecrtcs il on now that the wealthy
Nee Workers are ., MAXIM. prepsra!ions ,o g 70
WAGON. Sre !, hiv. ds,na4d. So nays 6. ., Rice.
u,r EAstcrh asin. o. the Bakrr electric. Talking
hoou S,na,Ir'. Rios .siya tNt ~, Baker stan
ho3sfs II, llra,e e'etire cfrhass ever inside with