The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-10
AUTOMOBILE +

There 10 O scramble among automobile designers
10 take advantage of the recent populsn ty Of the
sx cylinder car and each OF four or ave prominent
American makers asserts that he "saw II nrst,"
Henry Ford can n~ghtfully claim premiership
among American designers for the appearance
OF this type of car. he having entered q ok cylinder
car In competition at Ormond In the winter Of
1908 4. In the same year. however. an English
Napier SIX cylinder car also competed. and IL 10
only fair 70 state that In this regard our British
couins ware a year or two ahead OF US. for the six
cylinder touring car had elresdy become standard
there and had gained oon6defaoie Roadway In
popularity. Until within the last few month
ithas been known in this country only ip the speed
class. The wonderful popularity Of this type Of
car 10 shown by the rapidly increasing demand
for Il In the larger cihes-New YORK. Boston. Chi.
oago-in each OF which cities last week . number
Of cars were sold equal TO the entire output Of the
big Ford factory for that week. The plant 10 now
working day and night In the effort 70 catch up
with the demand,
Hiram Percy Maxim OF Hartford. who In q n
horse power Columbia won the ton mile handicap
at Readville on Decoration Day. entoys the disnno-
ton OF having won the nrst regularly organized
race 70 DO held on q traok In this country.
This was at q fair In Brenford, Conn. in 1893. The
race was for Ave miles and Mr.. Maxim drove one
Of the early Columbia gssolene models. q two
cylinder water cooled machine Of fairly able 90.
compliments In lite day. HE time was something
like IL minuteo. luere Nefc b2 oontoSt1ntta
since 1865 Mr.. Maxim has been almost uniformly
successful In the comparatively few soes and hill
climbing contests In which he hss entered. He 10
0 son Of Sir Hiram Maxim. the noted Inventor.
Unlike the gssolene type Of automobile, there 70
0 steady demand all the year round for the eleos
tho type. but at this season of the year both reach
their high water mark In the matter Of sales. II
Is surprising In the face Of the greatly increased
demand for gas cars that the electric not only
holda ita own hlt ahOup An tnrraasa in Ra1ee this
year. @. B. Price. the popular Eastern agent for
the Baker electric, states that all indications point
toward q record breaking season. victorias,
broughams. depot carriages, suburbaAs, I'm
perials have all been good ~eellert, but the Stanhops
style OF elect rc. Mr.. Rice states, far and away
tops everything In popularity. So much In dc.
mand IL the ~Stanhope that he had TO duplicate bis
order 70 the Cleveland factory, the original OF
which was the largest Individual order ever sent
In for these vehicles.
Ed Z. Robertson has been appointed general
sales manager Of the Hartford Suspension Com.
pAny and will look after the famous shook absorbers
that are now ntted 70 at least o. per cent. OF the
automobiles which are equipped with such devices.
He will also look after the sales Of the Gabron-
Brittle automobiles, for which the Hartford com.
pany is the American agent.
Running their cars from the factory to their
homes appears to have become popular among
purchasers Of automobiles. Within the pasi week
no less than a dozen owners Of Thomas Flyers
have zone 70 the factory at Buhalo. received an
initial course of Instruction., and then plotted their
machines 20 thsiI homes; Talking ABOUT puE.
Houpt has delivered 70 date ninety six OF the 1908
Thomas cars, and by the INST OF July he expects
10 have half as many more In the hands OF those
who placed their ordere lsse.. Truly q wonderful
record for only his second year In the business.
The Commercial .vohiclc Is rapidly proving its
claims for . very Important place In the worlds
work. At the factory Of the Pope Motor. Car Com
pany at indianapolis there is q constantly increasing
call for commercial vehicles, This concern has
Just completed q me two-ton truck for the Bir-
min CHAM Light and Power Company Of birming.
ham. Ala. The rack SIDES can be readily removed
and the body made into a regular platform truck.
It's length over all is II feet, 7 inchee; width over ell,
! feet. Q inches. It has a clearing space Of IL feet
by 6.
On Saturday, June ) the Rsln,er Company Do.
ltvered 70 {. a. Mcintyre, Of the Stock Exchange
house bearing his name, as, horse power Rainier
and on the same day Mr., Mcintyre sad party left
for a lengthy trtp through the state, Before re
turning TO New York they covered $50 miles and
went over the Cstsdll mountains. whore very bad
poSds were encountered. The machine wses