The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-09
AMONG THE A~UTOKODHISTS.
AMERICAN yOUTwITS A MANUFAC-
TURER IN FRANCE.
secures q Carbureter Tor 90 Francs which
Makers Of Car Refused 60 Sell for o
Francx-Remarks Of Charles j. Gid.
den on the D~infcuitles Of Touring.

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Francs -Remarks OF Charles J. Gid.
den on the Dinncuities Of Touring.
some of the big French sutomobIie manu-
facturers have rules about the sale Of parts
which seem very unreasonable, but II re-
NAMED for an IOwan. n. b. Mccoy Of Clinton.
to show one Of the big French firms how 70
get around their hard and fast rules. Mr.,
Mccoy was in Paris and wanted a new car
buretor for his French car. but when he
went to the factory where the car had been
made he was told they could not sell him ;
oarburetor. He was very anxious TO obtain
the particular carburetor and kept raising
his Offer until he had announced his willing
ness to pay 600 francs for one. He was told
that he might obtain one In New York but
that 30 far a. the factory was concerned IL
was impossible to sell him that very necessary
part for his car. But IL takes an American
to bring ingenuity into play in France" says
Mr.. Mccoy in telling OF his experience. Il
made Investigations on my own account
and found that it was possible TO purchssN
parts of the celebrated carburetor in various
sections of the city. so l drove about with a
chauffeur, who conducted the bargaining.
Money talked. visited several places and
for 90 francs got all Of the parts, After
the chauffeur had assembled the csrburetor
I revisited the factory and tr~iumphantly dis
played the much priced heart OF the motor
The Frenchmen were surprised when l showed
il, dumfounded when l said ! got 10 Tor 90
francs. and smilinely admitted defeat when I
told them how easy It was to save $40 francs
The annual meeting and election of officers
OF the Association of Licensed AVtomobts
Manufacturers was held at the association
Offices in this city on Wednesday. Oflcers
for the ensuing year were elected as follows:
President, Charles Clifton: vice-president.
Thomas Henderson; treasurer. IL. II. Frank
lin; secretary, l.. H.. Kittredge. Executive
committee. 5. T. Davis. Jr.. william E. Metz
ger, Il. IL. Cutler. NJ. J. Budlong and F. L.
smith. D.
Charles y. Glidden, the globe girdlinF-
automobilist. wrote to some Boston friends
as follows concerning his Impressions OF this
first part OF his journey from Boston TO Mexico
by road and railroad tracks: Six years ago
drove over the road from Boston to New
York, and considerable Improvement was
noticed on this trip. but on the average the
road can be considered only fair. in COM
parIson with the good roads around Boston
and the excellent roads OF France. Closed
roads necessitated detours in Connecticut.
increasing the distance twenty miles. and the
roads we were Obliged to take were wretched.
The trouble and expense we have been put to
in arranging for our permits and numbers for
New Jersey, PENNSYLVANIA and MARYLAND
United country. hut driving through small
Countries in Europe. Special numbers, | am
Motoring can be made IDEAL between New
York and Boston by improving the roads in
Connecticut and Mass9chusett east OF Pat
mer and south OF Springfield TO the State
line"
Detailed figures showing the output Of
the automobile factories OF this, country
during the calendar wear 1908, which will
form part Of tn, census OF manufacture
for 1905, have been prepared by the Census
Bureau az Washington and show among
other things that during that year 81. 692
cars. valued at s26.6t5 ,064, were Manufactured
by the IFS Establishments reporting. In
addition to this automobiles to the value
Of ss7s 2o5 were reported by establishments
engaged primarily in the manufacture OF,
other products. For the FIRST time in thu
history Of the automobile industry the figures
relating 20 automobiles have been segre-
gated and reveal some interesting facts. In
1904 there were l2,l31 run8bouts msnufaC-
tured. valued at -, 1871 500. and OF this number
10000 were gasoiehe, as electric and 81
steam. Touring cars to the number OF 1920.
with a total value Of ell .52i. were also
made in that year and OF this number 6.4&4
were gasolene, % were ~electrics and 73T were
steam.