Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-16
DEALERS WORK
LIKE BEAVERS
AUTOMOBILE AGENTS PRESSED
TO FILL ORDERS
New Rambler Touring Car Arrives
and Is Fine Model of Manufac.
turer's Art Many
Reos Sold

dent of the United States might be an
easier man to gain speech with now
adays than a Los Angeles automobile
dealer. for so strong has become the
demand for the horseless cars that
local men are put to it in order to sup
ply the demands for demonstrations
and the consequent orders which ensue.
1t may not be long however before
the automobile demonstration will
have become a thing of the past, for
so rapidly is the machine approaching
perfection that it must soon be taken
as an ordinary article of commerce and
treated in that light Dealers are more
than willing, however, to demonstrate
the respective abilities of their cars at
the present time, and so long as the
public demands just SO long will the
dealer aCCede to the wishes of the
prospective purchaser.
Not only handsome of appearance
but powerful and smooth on the road,
the new four-cylinder, 25horse power
Rambler touring car. which arrived at
the w. X, COWan garage Saturday last
is one of the finest examples of the
manufacturers art yet seen in Los
Angeles.
With a dark green finish and fully
equipped as to minor details, the car
to the general excellence of the Ram
bier machine.
The tonneau stands six feet in
height, and the interior is unusually
roomy and comfortable with aluminium
panels, An extra leaf on both front
and rear springs prevents a possible
breaking on the recoil.
AS a prevention against the spark
advancing before cranking. a trigger
is connected that does away with the
probabilities of back kick. The steer
ing knuckle is applied with a ball
bearing head, and the whole arrange
ment is adjusted with an idea of ease
and safety.
No space is wasted throughout the
car. and in addition to the usual side
appliances for tools. room is provided
under the tonneau for various articles
of convenience in connection with tour
ing or city driving.
The new Marion four-cylinder 1892
horse power touring car received last
week by the Southern California Motor
Car company is attracting much at
tention at the present time. The car
is a model of utility and beauty, ana
while built along French lines has a
clearance of ten inches. The South
ern California Motor Car company is
anticipating the arrival next week of
Grout touring car which is becoming
popular among eastern lovers of the
auto. The car now on the road is a
model of the one recently purchased
by Thomas Edison.
ooh, charge it to advertising" said
l.. r. Shelter to his bookl-eeper yes
tefday, and then continued: "HOw
that advertising account suffers! We
were just talking about an item of eX-
pense for repairs on the runabout
which was smashed the night before
the hill climb contest at Pasadena.
THAT was the car we had worked
out for the runabout class events. The
last thing before the boys went home
the night before the contest was to
get careless for a minute and as
result the car turned three summer
saults and stopped in the middle of a
ten-acre lot, right side up with the
engine running at top speed and the
body smashed to kindling wood. The
starting crank has not been found yet
and it will have to be charged to adj
vertising. too, I suppose.
"Then, after the hill climb there
came the races at Agricultural park.
This entailed another expense that
will have to be charged to advertis-
ing, too, for there is really no other
place where it belongs. Then there is
charged to any account and that is
for the time lost in the preparation
for these affairs. An event of this
nature always demoralizes the entire
working system of the whole office and
it usually takes at least week to get
down to a working basis again.
Does it pay? Sure it pays, if you
win. 1t has always paid me and even
charging in the loss of the broken car
1 am still ahead on this last game, for
1 haven't a car in the house and have
now on my books advance orders for
at least twenty cars. Most of these
will be delivered within the coming
week, for the factory has put on
night force and is getting caught up
on it's orders. My shipments have
been resumed and cars will be plenti
full within a few days"
Recent purchasers of the REQ are:
F.. r. Leftwitch, BassHueter Paint
company, f. A. Doran, DIR. Melvin e.
Sykes, C. w. Brockman, C. W. Kirk
man, C. NJ. Jacques. A. J. Craig, C. G..
Cooper, G. o. Walters, Mrs. Sponsell,
J. H. Mulholand, DIR. A. A. Lozenby,
r. Wherry, Harold Dewey, c. C. War
rem, Elmer Hart, r. c. Pollard, Mrs.
w. A. Warning, ]. c. Rice, A. G. Rob
ertson, VIM. Bradford, J. c. Tickner,
Fl. II. Dickel. j. NJ. Howard, w. o..
Rowley, DR.. Freeman, DR.. Violet. w.
f. Bobb, John Bowley, w. Finney, c.
G. Gaylord, Davis Donald and c. NJ.
Baxter.
Back orders have also been fulfilled
for sixteen REQ runabouts and five
touring cars.
The motor skate has been introduced
in France. In it are all the essentials
of the motor bicycle, minus the frame,
steering post bars and saddle. In
stead of being simpler, the motor
skate is even more complex than the
motor bicycle.
Each one is, in fact, a wheeled mo-
tor car, having it's motor, transmits
sion gearing-not variable in this case
however-gasolne tank, ignition APP
paratus, muffler and so on, the. pair
thus presenting essentially just twice
the amount of machinery necessary on
a motor bicycle.
Instead of the rider being free to
mount and dismount as frequently as
he likes, he is chained down. as it
were, and made to carry something of
a burden in the shape of the spark
coil and batteries. which he operates
with levers secured to a waist band.