New-York tribune., 1906-04-22


Company, expects to do some good work with stock
cars this season. The Columbia people do not con
template building any special racing models. but
have in the new 45 and % horsepower cars ma,
Con1nanv He is m rtiSariy- entbIsiastc over In
new 2s-horsepower, four-cylinder mark ALNl
and hill climbing capacity
The speed of the 1S-horsepower, two-cylindeI
Columbia mark XLIV-2 is conservatively placed
at thirtyfve miles an hour This appeared to be
pretty slow 10 a prospective purchaser who
declared that the suited him in every way, ex-
cept that he wanted something that would 20
epeedcn1eter ran ND to thfrivye miles an hour on
On unfrequented and comparatively rough country
bought the machine.
The E. f. V. Company. of Middetown. Conn. is
installing the new power plant IN an Otto racing
boat, thirty feet long and Of five feet beam The
power is to be furnished by S2-horsepower plant.
consisting Of two of the 16-horsepower compound
the one which made a sensation last year on the
Connecticut river Last years boat. however.
York agents at No. 1865 Broadway.
Z. Moskovics who will drive one of the
Fraver-MilIer cars in the cup races. has just
turned from the factory and is filed with enthusi-
asu over the racers, One of the engines is nearly
assembled The work on other parts is going
TsRu2 is e2ne3s@ there is to one of these machines
Srank shafts which were made of special hand
ioaseT beT completed will weigh about 671z pounds
The compression OF the 91cl'ihes VIII De over one
hundred and twenty pounds
Archer & co. have sold for immediate delivery in
Paris 90 horsepower Hotchkss cars TO W h Van
Ca.lilt. jr., and 10 W Gould BroAa"'
--arier So-horseqover racer is one of the en-
tfg 3r the Atlantic City races, and also for the
cea, .'al hill climb At Wikes-Barr Fenn' VIII
ian Hard will drive the car
-a.1s message was received by the Holtan
Co--.---y from Z. r. Holanders. the vice-presiaen
OF the company. yesterday. nouIying II lnat
he had just completed negotiations with 'he FIAT
c-ornpany. of Turin. by which he has secured the
racing boat Fiat XIII. This boat recently won the
roia race at Moraco covering the distance al the
rate Of II NS1aeos cgP The Fiat Xiii is twelve
metres long. and Is equipped Win TWO -Io-AlOISe-
power motors
The fact that 5o-horsepower Wayne car ran
rror 9Th street 10th street. on Broadway with
,,t etopp;rg its motor. from Sunday after midnight
urtu o'clock p on Thursday OF last week. and
tt.r was nut out Of working order through a COL
Ts5on with a carriage, is a remarkable showing Of
This same car is now in use for demonstratins by
the Wayne Automobile Company OF New York
o,een cars for style and durability are htly
,sred. The Majestic Automobile Company. at
broadway and 54th street. Is making prompt de-
Iveries and many sales of the splendid American
cars
A Glide car viii enter in the Atlantic City races
this week These have shown up well IN
competition
In the hill climbing contest New Bedford.
Mass on April 70 the Pope Hartford did re-
markable work, as u-~a'. The hill was hve-eghths
OF a mile In length with 10 per cent grade The
first event Cor g. 800 cars) was by this In
5s seconds. with the Franklin second In / rninIts.
The LoeomohiIs, W-mton and oldslnohOs also par