The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-05
AUTOMOBILE T

The winton school for automobile statesmen will
| open on August IA and continue for az least I'VE
weeks. Forty students have been enrolled, and no
further additions will be made, inasmuch as It is
the aim to give each student personal instruction
OF a character that would be impossible with a
larger class. Lectures on automobile construction
and mechanics will be delivered by Harold B.
Anderson. mechanical engineer OF the Wlnton oom-
pany, while road work, QuiZzes and general In
struction Will be In the hands of the com pany' 8
supervisors, Messrs. Smith, Owesney and Ar
buckle, assisted BY NJ. Halstead. chief Of the parts
department. Lectures on salesmansh,p VIII be de-
livered by ]. D. Kenyon OF the Sheldon school Of
craftsmanship, and on advertising By William Boyd
of the Saturday Epening Post and E. c. Patterson
OF Golfers Weekly.
-In making the changes that have taken place
In the various Columbia models produc ed during
the past few years." explains an ofhclal Of tho
Electric Vehicle Company. 1--WE have been guided
by what might be called a preponderance OF prac-
teal automoblllng opinion. In providing humanity
with motor cars. the manufacturer has simply got
TO be guided by what the people want. but to keep
within the right limits the maker must be very
careful, for there are always those who arc ready
to follow q leader who carries a fad or fashion
to the utmost limit; but the extremists have mover
made any deep or lasting impression upon the
trade and Industry"
Evidence Of growing business is seen at the
factory Of the II. II. Franklin Manufacturing Com
pany at Syracuse. n. Y. "A new four story building
IL In course of construction which will increase tho
floor space e5, 900 square feet and give employment
to about 1900 men. The Franklin company has
never been able TO meet the demand for Its cars
and the business Of this season has made the en-
thnnew factory there iii be erected a new shipping
room with loading docks on either side accessible
10 the railroad.
Henry W. poherty, the Boston rerresentatlye Of
the Aerocar COMPANY j, hes a way OF not only slenc.
ing but convlncing those who raise a question about
the esiriency of the Aerocar motor. Recently. he
had a man who was ~sceptical about the air cooling
day. Mr.. Doherty promptly removed the ian pei!
from bis Aerocar, invited his passen gers 70 .ooard
and started out from Worcester for barrc., " was
about twenty-one miles over a country wnere rhe
motor cooled perfectly and acted tho same as though
the fan had been running.
Glidden tour left Hotel ChAmplain. tho Glldden
route tool them past the doors ofthe Lozier factory
at Plattsburg, n. Y. II was naturally expected
that after the g~ruelline run: from Buffalo and through
could he quickly made At the factory. would BE-
necessary, but the drivers OF both cars waved
their greetings 10 the factory people and passed on
without stopping
c. A. Duerr d Co.. agents for the Royal
Tourist, have been more fortunate than their
brethren who deal In high class automobiles this
ship ments right through the summer after having
disposed Of their original allotment This con-
Idition has been made possible by the greatly IN.
creased facilities Of the noysl factory at Cleveland
s New ' 9er H'i sssaa q ali iss asenSies Il he matter q
deliveries.
Ths reeent death Of Preslden. John s, Gray o.