New-York tribune., 1906-12-16
cASOLENE AND GOGGLES
secretary Shaw Says Autos WM
Rr;ng Farmers Good Roads.

,.,sces from Washington received yesterday
-. executive offices Of the Association Of
...s,sed Automobile Manufacturers In this
.,v give some interesting details OF the dinner
"a st the New Willard On Friday night by the
..rn,ittee that went TO tho capital to invite
r,asident Roosevelt to the automobile show In
,s,son Square Garden during the week Of
I.,usry l2-le. There were forty present at the
s,r,er. et which Secretary OF the Treasury
chew issued his solemn warning against too
-.,,s growth and too much prosperity.
snere was a remarkable amount Of earnest
,..erest IN the subject of automobiles. secre-
- Shaw, who was the chief speaker, pro-
s1cted that the motor vehicle would yet revoiu-
.,nnize the methods Of transportation for prod
ne and passengers. and, in q measure. take the
paGS FOR farmers he said. "and the fufure
growth OF the industry will be greater than its
mast growth"
ponatermaster General Charles F. Humphrey
ssid that he believed the automobile was des-
ssnea 10 take the place OF horses and mules IN
,ss army and that the use OF Il should ha
recommended to all army posts and acad-
enes.
smith. Senator's Dick and Latimer, and many
members of the Gridiron Club The hosts who
composed the committee on invitation to the
PRESIDENT were George n. Pierce Alexander
Winton H. II. Franklin, @. NJ Studebaker and
carleton r, Mabley, all members Of the As
,ocIation Of Licensed Automobile Manufactur.
tTs.
r c. Kelsey. OF Brooklyn. and Frank Lescault
aschanical engineer. connected with the Mathe-
son Company. OF New York Will start with
the fast yellow and black Matheson runabout
TITS morning at o'clock. TO make q run from
New York 10 Chicago The route is by the
way Of Albany. Syracuse, Rochester. Buffalo,
Erie Cleveland. Toledo and Chicago. In speak
ing Of the trip. Mr.. Kelsey says: 1T has always
GaCir ~ hAR nrY1a 80
American car constructed along the best me-
chanical lines. and IN consequence have taken
this trip 10 demonstrate that high class Amer
ican car can be driven on reasonably long
run in reasonable time. and under the worst
possble conditions Of roads and weather"
A wager OF $1,000 has been made with Mr.
Kelsey that he viii not reach Chicago within
one weeks time.
The new model OF the 5o-horsepower Pope-
Toledo touring car, which arrived last week at
the headquarters of the A G. southworth Com
pany, metropolitan agents for the Pope automo-
bles az No. 1,75s Broadway, has attracted uni
versal admiration among motorists
Automobilists in general Will have difficulty
IN recognizing this new product OF the Pope
company, as the design OF the bonnet, which
one OF the Pope characteristics, has been
changed. However. reliable reports concerning
this new car go to prove that its performance II
such that when once seen in action, 1t attracts
most favorable notice. and favorable notice, at
tractiye design, and the speed and power OF this
car are sure 10 DTlng ABOUT a READY RECOGNITION.
Numerous sales of Pope-Hartford $3.50 horse
power touring cars and Pope-Waverley electric
carriages were booked last week.
". F Hayes, manager Of the Apperson Auto
mobile Agency, will open this week large sales
rooms az Broadway and 52d street. This well
known high grade car will be shown IN the Diff
ferent models Of the 1907 product. A special
runabout selni-racer. with speed OF sixty to
seventy miles an hour, is attraction. Full
lines or parts for models of the last three years,
as well as five passenger 40-horsepower light
touring, seven passenger 40-45 horsepower and
H-55-horsepower touring cars This branch
offers the same facilities dealing with tho
factory
The members Of the Importers Automobile
Salon have completed the last details for the
presentation TO the public OF the 1907 patterns
q imported cars Never before in the history of
the industry has so much effort been put forward
10 the collecting and arranging OF the early
exhibit Of the latest improvements to the auto
mobile as is shown this year.
The De Dietrich Import Company has received
the model Of the Duke Of Montpensier detachable
tonneau touring car. which VIII present a type
different from anything yet exhibited.
wyckoff. Church & Partridge have received
.rom the factory. at Puteaux. attractive models
Of 1907 c. G. VS. together with the assurance
that the types now shown in Paris viii be here
in sufficient time for the January exhibit
The Flats have been shipped, and Mr.. Hol-
lander informed the members OF the salon that
The new machines viii prove OF great interest TO
American motorists. many features OF the
racing cars have been incorporated In the new
pattern.
4 meeting OF the salon is. called for next
week. at which time the final arrangements for
the entry TO the Madison Square Garden will
he made, and the temporary home Of the I'M
poTters Salon VIII ar that time be decided upon
Automobile makers have several ways Of des-
!gnating the cars of their manufacture. Most Of
them use the word model" followed by figures
which distinguish one car from another. One
or two makers the word type" for model.
Some using Arabic numerals and somG Eoman-
Columblas have always been designated by the
word mark" followed by Roman numerals. The
word mark" is distinctive of Columbias, and
has been used since the beginning of their man
utacture, back IN 1895. Mark or its equivalent
Y some foreign language. is used by several
european makers, but only Columbias are so
designated in this country. The makers seriously
considered changing from the Roman to the
arabic numerals for 1907. but many Columbia
eealeTs were not IN favor OF the proposition, as
they considered the present style Of designa-
non valuable feature Of Columbia publicity.
ana the company decided TO retain IT.
. An Interesting motor test took place IN San
Francisco recently. the results Of which speak
FoIunes for the engine and Its makers. The
$50 horsepower motor or fernanoo nelson
columbia car, with which he broke all records
ron San Francisco to Los Angeles, was taken
ron the and placed in the salesrooms OF
Ne Middleton Motor Car Company, where IL was
suh for week without q stop and no resort 10
outside means OF cooling or fabrication The
engine ran perfectly at all times. and showed
tpso!utely no signs Of heating.
The 1907 Royal Tourist is here and was q
conspicuous feature on Automobile Row last
week The large and fine salesrooms OF c. A
ouerr e. Co. on upper Broadway. were verita-