The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-11
AUTOMOBILES r

A concern that gives its customers a fair chance
10 examine It's cars ~ The Oidsmobile Company OF
New York. Not satisfied with placing a demon
stration car OF each model at the service of pros
pectlVe buyers, the company has set up in Its show
room a power plant of the Palace touring car and
the Gentleman's roadster, so that customers can
make an exhaustive examination at their leisure,
In addition 10 this plant, and right alongside Of Il,
Is shown a comprehensive display OF parts. 10
emphasize the confidence which the concern places
In the Odds product for 1905. This ~broadminded
policy has had its effect. and II is a well known
fact that this concern is away up in the matter Of
actual sales Nor does II connne It's customers 10
any one particular nnish. French gray has been
, the color OF the machines delivered here so far,
and 1t has taken very well. but this week a carload
OF Palace touring cars Is coming through finished
In Brewster green. These are little things that
apparently don't count for much, but they Illustrate
the policy OF the OldsmoblIe Company OF New
York, and that is to build up a business which will
eventually depend on satisfied owners.
A radical departure In tire construction Is being
shown by the II. & J.. Traction Tread Tire Company
on broadway. This tire has a protecting nange
tread equal TO the fun diameter OF the tire and
Is a part OF the tire. The tread Is q novelty
feature. and is In reality a fiat tread made OF stih
rubber, used as an Lntcrllning. The Hanged edges
make 1t possible to adjust to It most any kind OF a
tread protector without covering the sides OF the
tire. so that there Is no chance OF affecting their
resIlicncy, The protector may be OF leather. with
IlNtNs anu q u ntlu III IlhCt OD tuc IA
tread by either cement, steel clamps or tubular
rivets. Rubber corrugated protectors an inch
Thick rubber protectors tnterlined with bullet
proof cloth and even steel plates 10 of an Inch
thick and 2 Inches wide can be cIamped to the
tread In sections, making practically a continuous
steel tire. John ID. Prince. the resident manager
Of the company. is endeavoring to make arrange
ments with the Automobile Club Of America 10
have II include a comprehensive tire test In the
plans for spring contests among automoollists'
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car IN tle high power class that Is coming in for
alot, OF close attention Is the Wayne so horse power
INST 70 recognize its good qualities was A. G. Van:
brought down with him. This was a regular 1908
touring model, and on one occasion at the same
with fourteen persons at a pace that astonished the
natives. The machine has made good here in all
&c frHSes or iess Severe s9'cn Fort as z Lee sePHf iIi and 1di eo &fIe
stone Hin on the high speed with It's load and a
clip have been a few of It's stunts. It's not so much
car"
u In The Tscsp, Los Angeles;sHn Diego endurance
for exceptional excellence, one thousand points
m MsrS d" snd polS SssR were TeF de6 9StGeG from los i tSls m SSm
mum for the various breakdowns, and mishaps en-.
thirteen gallons Of gasoiene and one and a half
plnts OF OIL. carrying four pasSeng ers. lts score al
1t was then penalized one point for carrying a sign.
which was contrary 10 the rules governing the
tuHtVht' II was lnt Only car III tHt run III al euuS
list OF twenty six cars, co comprising eighteen. dlf
ferent makes that had a cost per passenger OF less
at sI" The ' market p Sfes 81 81 20 T cents a : i saiIon and 4 fS oil at
90 cents a gallon, 1t cost just sell, for the entire
less than four tenths Of a cent per passenger per
mile.
The capacity OF the REQ factory at Lansing.
Mich, was again enlarged recently BY putting on
teen cars were shipped on Saturday a week ago
as a result Of the new asrangements. and IT, VII be
cars shipped shall reach from twenty TO tw enty tve.
The REQ company has begun the Installation at
sprinkler systems In the country for protection
a agow,n IISi r Lasps Is every IN lndi tsa,oIy' OF ,s mnfefnl
TO the Rco's Increasing popularity among. buyersoi
automobiles even at this early stage of the 1908
campaign
In describing the rccen, Los Angeles hill climb
5IiISn % % SPS G5!ysP sd Ss r. EFa9 auf i sf xss presents. !e sS
with a cut glass punch bowl given BY the Dealers
The big 50 horse -" power car covered o the Course in
4 minutes 81 5 seconds, an average OF a fraction
level stretches the machine fairly few. making as
high as sixty tvc miles an hour. The driver took
his speed and vent around the second at a good
clip; Up the long steep climb to the top the car
finish going close 10 forty miles an hour. Harry
houpl. the New York agent, and his assistants
are grauned at this great performance. |
Br iiiiiHist aytomo bbihies. ia'pe r"Sdifhe here BY y the Hartford
Suspension, Company, Is much gratined az ne
IS Sa sn. SRsE d ahfs EsuS from on any ie car manufac Rirst
having a four cylinder motor with two ,pls!ons In
that the explosion takes place In the centre OF the
cylinder; One piston goes up and the other down
lion, VIII ereas In the ordinary, four cylinder motor
the explosion takes place at the top Of the cylinder
charge is lost against the head OF the cylinder.
The machine used by Mr.. Dam for demonstrating
Is OF 35 horse power
.Rumor has It that the Royal Motor Car Company
car which is to be entered this year for the Wander.
bit Cup climine,inG race; c; 4; DYER the New
lie admitted, however, that jardlne, the grea,
road not later Than The middle %efJune, The success
which attended the stock 80 Royal in last yes ,E,s
concern Of more than passing interest.
1t is beginning to be realized that the power
Of q gasolenc engine can never be up 10 par unless
onde GaFD sins Of + thu SRc''e carbar SSSlS% arc " ffeqpu IDENTITY
upon the engine as a Who'll, Many an
driver Of a car Of apparently much less estimated
power than his own and ,a~ftcrwarG cursed MS
esabnre;o G0 %as tSe nn Gy t WSa} So' $ %Hs4 '3 Nin tST'
makers have given special attention to the
snd carbdre aOf't ,Toabi ie T %iii be- fever nh" this year Year
than ever before, ono OF the most interesting
o-45 horse power Columbias, the apparatus rep,
rcsenting quite n departure from previous practice
apparently giving In full all desired results,
Persons unacqualntcd with the materials with
automobiles are made often speak OF the
OF driving cars at high speed and particu-
larry Of the damage that might result T. an axle
liable TO happen than anything else, Judging
where the Pope Hartford cars are made. A&les,
knuckIcs and material In connection with the
steering gear are made OF heavy forgings, pounded
out by a 1000 pound hammer. forglngs made In
way are used In the steering gear, all the pro
heller shaft mechanism, the gears and pinlons
connecting rods, a special grade of steel is
used for these forglngs and the metal Is heated In
oil nres that supply a tremendous heat.
The Winton company is extending its business
In many directions. Not only, are new branch
houses under construction In Cleveland and New
York but the factory at Cleveland. as well, IS to
he enlarged. The machine shop, now measuring
feet. and the paint department, measuring
feet, will both be extended 20 feet on the
south side and made Into two story buildings, This
will give the Winton company a total floor space
Of 25g, 100 square feet, making the plant the largest
exclusive automobile factory In the world by at
1900 square feet.
John F. Bandoine. the four In hand whip, has
become a convert TO tho motor car, having Just
placed his order for a IS horse power Rainier tour
Ing car. Other purchasers OF Rainier cars during
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