The sun., 1906-06-24
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street was announced last week, " has been In
pnHrNilon Tor about ,w, months Tho building
,prrlrli butt fnt ihr concern n NJ steel and con
crete coastf ir,lon il sis stories high all devoted
tn this branch of tho auto industry. Roth
sohud, president NJ the company. Ia son NJ tho
famous holy builder Of Paris ~ that name and
Is the 0rs to recognize ihr fact that tho American
trade needed \ lttlr he''er service In high class
body work than has been It's share heretofore
Tho progress shown In the two months o' tho
company's existence is most gratifying work Is
coming In from all directions and the Chass"S TO be
nitcd show Ms many American as foreign makes
\ particularly nnc Job under construction Is a
limousine for W K, Vanderbilt. The wood fGr this
has been imported, II will he nt,cd to an English
Daimler chassis. Another Is touring hody for a
&C. G. "" property OFF +. Collier. Mr. Rothschid
states that he builds all his bodies OF special alum
inum with metal mouldingS, as he has recognized
the fact that the French bodies built OF wood did
not stand the climate, The men employed are all
experts In their line of work, many of them having
graduated from the Rothschlld factory In London.
The r. r. Thomas Detroit company, which
was organized short time ago to construct a
light and medium powered touring car, mas leased
factory at the corner OF Harper avenue and
DeQuindrr street. bordering the Grand Trunk
and Lake Shore railroads. The factory. which is
hreproof formerly occupied by the Modern
Match Company and Is In every way adapted for
the manufacture of automobiles. Several hum
drcd men viii be engaged within a short time In
preparing for the 1907 output. which is expected
to amount TO 500 cars Already number OF applI
cations have been received from dealers who wish
to handle this line, and from the present ollook
the scs department. which is combined with
that OF the +. II. Thomas Motor Company at Buffalo,
will have as one OF It's principal difficulties the
proper apportlonment Of cars The active mem-
bers OF the company, In addition to +. n. Thomas.
II. Z. Cortn, r. u. Chaplin, +. O. Benzer and
James j. Brady. As soon as this Organization
,,l,t.I yNIaYa to-.
amount OF raw material and work will be begun
on the making OF paSts at once. 1t Is expected
that the first car will be on the road in August.
StanhoprS still have the call this year In the
electric pleasure vehicle trade. even In the face
OF several new models turned out by the various
factories Early in the season this fact demon.
strated Itself and dealers In the electric type OF
automobiles who had not gauged the situation,
had to brstr themselves and Increase their orders
wacre possible Remembering his experience OF
last year when he hard pressed 10 meet the
demand for the Stannope, c. b. Rice the Baker
Electric Eastern agent, last January sent into the
factory at Cleveland the largest individual order
ever sent them Some Idea OF the ponuMrity OF
this vehicle can be had when 1t Is known that Mr..
Rice had to duplicate his order before the season
was far advanced. Other styles have had their
share o. the sales. but not so spectncuaIly. For
vehicles. are beginning TO be seen or the streets
ln respectable numbers: Thr i1o,t striking OF
1t ha, been named the Silent Red Devil"
this week. the Flat team viii undoubtedly be strong
favor'teS. The team. which consists OF Lancia.
exception that ur, WclliSchott takes BoSchlss
place. which made Sucl magnnccnt iec1rd In
mlc Llncia winning OF that gres: race without
the lnss Of single p}int thus breakinC hi, long
competitor in the race, The same team will drive
Fiat cars in the coming Vanderbilt cup race. They
mcdiacly after participating In the Brescia race,
which takes place on tic second OF that month.
Coincldent with the arrival Of the new law in
anticipating events has issued pocfetbooN i"'S Of
quet yet rich design made q water grain leather
Of a sheet OF ceulold. No advertisement appea rs
sis @ The enses are for
NsW 5es nnd o f W var hgHfed G Mh f If
left can be obtained on application.
W A. comstock Of Alpena, Mich, who drove his
new y % J., horse % power Mech touring car up TO
says that as result OF his touring trip from Buf.
tsns AIM "a and % though the Berksare His he has an
attack Of motor mania. which he knows Is incur
thrilling night rides over rustic roads oft,mes hub
deep In, In mud up ] GTsr m2Tntaln , tops and down
" u
natuTs and the nave MADE me In love with
Horse Grazing for an automobile trophy is the
latest wrinkle in the sporting world George
announces an ounce that during the mdsummer running
meeting one Of the principal contests will be for
Winton, president Of the wlnton Motor Carriage
Company.
In point of numbers the largest single shipment
OF pneumatic automobile tires that has ever been
mechanically fastened double tub; tITes, Of which
/, a, laS in ;iFh, oT nj: lSt o. tires IN for ihs
SPECIFICATIONS given by the automobile msnufsctur.
make i HTonsabe to carry large fax OF them
50 It Is the custom. even OF the larger concerns,
fro 1'dy day ' day That Ford has speced deyer
les in carload lots indicates the scale on which
he proposes to turn ou. the runabouts.
Alexander winton's new $50 horse power gasolene
cruiser Lala, which was launched at Cleveland
Kind on the Great Lakes. The Lais was chrs.ened
!hs Iaia viii cruise extensively on the Lakes. Mr.
WntoG'S feet now Includes lve motor boats, among
them the Winton No. / racer.
Scott OF West Virginia and Baron Moncheur, tho
BELGIAN ambassador, both Of whom have placed
'The baron will use his machine during the summer
at Ma vnolia and .ianr lcster by the Sea, where
he will spend his vacation,
Bakhan Schover. chief counsel for the Mexican
tramway company. Is spending two weeks at the
pany. Syracuse n. Y. familiarzing himself with
the construction OF Franklin cars prior to an eI-
tended trip OF Europe with a type d Franklin.
Among recent sales made by Archer & Co. arc
Is horse power Hotchkiss limousine TO Mrs.
touring to Jacob Reiss. the well known theatrical
man; similar car to a. y. Biddle of the New York
Stoo'I Exchange and y 81 horse power Hotchkss
demi limousine to Harry Raymond. All thcGr
will have the bodies built by RothsChild d Co,
A. NJ Archer personally looks after all his customers
and IS mm"h gratlNcd at the success he has had
with the Hotchkss this season.
NJ. L. RYDER. Albany, y. V; ]. W. Dunn. New
YORK. president OF the International Pump Com
panv; John +. Havrmeycr, New York. president OF
the Concrete Steel Companv: the Rev 7. c. Martin,
Nathan Mcis. clnclnnatl; I: Mccanhy, Denver;
Louis, and Arthur p. HRwes. Boston, have ell
purchased 1905 LocomOblc gasolenc cars.
Percy Owen, general Eastern sales manager Of
the Aerocar, Is constantly on tho lookout for able
salesucn. The latest TO Join his staff is Andrew
Dam well known In the automobile business,
and until recently with the Gobron -Brillie. Mr.
Owen states that more sales are lost by bad sales.
nanship than by any fault of the various cars on
the market. Again, he says an Intelligent eI-
pAnation OF a machine Is nothing more than is
due 10 any prospective purchaser.
Two Chadwick motor cars will be seen in the
GIiddan tour, One will be entered by 2. u. jackson