The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-13
AMONG THE AUTOMOBILES.
GREAT FUTURE FOR THE COM
MERCIAL VEHICLE.
Opinion Or We'll known AutoIst ma Time
VIII soon Come when All Department
Stores VIII Use Them -AmerIcans 20
Have Extensive Exhibits I'm Canada.

Have Extensive Exhibits in Canada.
c. H.. Martin, who established the first
automobile stage line in Porto Rico In May OF
1904. Is a firm believer in the great future oil
the commercial vehicle. and thinks that the
time will soon come when practically all OF
the great department stores and other con-
Germs having extensive delivery services VIII
be using motor driven vehicles entirely. Mr..
Martin said yesterday that in his opinion
more real progress had been made in the
designing and building of commercial We
hicles during the past year than in any other
single tw elve months. In thinking OF COM
mercial vehicles he always has in mind those
driven by gasolene engines, as it is his CON
viction that this type is the most rellaDle anu
economical in the long run. lie admits that
steam and electricity have been employed as
motive powers by successful builders OF
business motor. wagons. but feels sure thaV
gasolene cars are the best.
He says that one great trouble has always
beset the commercial vehicle branch OF the
automobile business-the propensity OF the
salesman to forget all about his customer
after he had delivered the vehicle ana had re-
ceived the check for it. Mr.. Martin says that
a great many of the difficulties which oeset
commercial vehicles can be traced 10 the
fact that the drivers of them have never had
any special training to ht them TO run a gaso-
lNlO Sill IN NhNJ
drawn wagons. given a few instructions ana
then turned loose with a motor driven delV-
cry wagon which they knew nightly httle
about.
lie further SAYS that with a plant OF six
gasolene business wagons. two OF whlch ne
would keep in reserve for emergencies ana
run but four, he will engage TO do the work
of twelve horse drawn wagons. The motor
driven wagon can be run for sixteen hoursa
day If necessary, and it is only a question oil
getting the men to nan the wagons; put ne
says it is surely true that no horse or horses
could be driven for sixteen hours DAY IN anu
day out as a business motor wagon may NO
! only will the motor vehicles do more Work
because of their higher rate of speed. but the
expense will DE far under that or the dis
| placed horse and wagon delivery equipment
MIR. Martin says the principal mistake made
by many concerns at present using motor
vehicles for delivery purposes is that they 10
not make any provision for accidents by having
one or more reserve machines
Senator" W. j. Morgan. manager of the
annual Ormond Beach speed carnival IN
Florida. said yesterday that he ia very much
encouraged over the prospects OF a large
and representative entry list Ior the osaoh
tournament. A number of entries have been
received and the participation OF many last
ars has been assured, though so lar int entry
blanks have not been received by MI Nor,
gan. IL is known, however. that several
very fast foreign built machines VIII De sent
over here for the races unless some sortol hllch
occurs at the last moment. Instead OF CIV
inR out the particulars rega riding prominent
entries as soon as they are received at MS
Office. Mr.. Morgan has decided not 10 M
~ the entries have been received after the
Closine date for them has gone by. Mr..
Morgan expects an unusually heaVy ehtrS
list Tor the events open to fully equipped
and stripped touring cars
--.l onn,nl anfonNnhl1a GhnW for
the Dominion of Canada will he held at the
Arena in Montreal. April q to i3, 1897. Man
ager r. NJ. Janray says that the american sa1
the show with the idea OF opening VI, the
Canadian market. At the first show the Briush
and other European maker had most OF the
Spacs as there are not many automobile
factories In the Dominion and the American
makers did not pay any attention 10 the
exhibition.
The MINNEAPOLIS Automobile Club il pre-
tRSSea TeSislature OF Minnesota this winter
which il expected TO clear up the tangled con-
ditions now existing regarding the llcensshs
revised code in Minnesota last year made the
motor license and numbering law a complete
farce. The original law. which placed ne
licensing and numbering in the hands OF The
state boiler inspectors. had been IN operation
over two years when the revised code wai
licensing and gave to the city clerks anu clerk
OF municipalities and towns the right 70 ISSUE
3 licensees. AZ ~ NuiinNIhNAA'N VIZ
tenn of numbering adopted by the state
which gave different numbers 70 dineren
counties, was superseded by an indlscrimlnat'
system. in which each municipality uses ~
own numbers. The original State licenses u
81. Paul were numbered from TO 600. and II
Minneapolis from t0i TO I 200. These, number
are still in force and the city Licenses IN Mime
apolis have already passed the 900 marx
Police authorities have given up trying to lis
the numbers Of local machines Secretary
Smith of the Automobile Club OF Mnneapoll
spent some time trying to. get up 2 dlrectorl
With license numbers. but found IL Impossible
The law which is now being drafted by IN!
legislation committee OF the Minneapolis clul
will nut the numbering back in the hands o
the Secretary OF State.
While Of course IL was to have been eN
pected that the four cylinder type OF en-
gine would lead numerically at the recen
0Iympiq Show in London II must b
acknowledged that the so-called fad 10
motors of the six cylinder kind shows sign
OF rapid growth. In all there were more tina
two hundred and sixty separate exhibits, o
which 1873 were those of motor. car manu-
facturers. The statistics showed that ther
was one eight cylinder car, forty-four 81
cylinder cars, 243 four cylinder cars. fou
three cylinder cars, thirty two cylinder car
and fifteen single cylinder cars on view.
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