Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-03


garage is stored at present the largest
automobile in Omaha. Fred Hamilton's
Stevens-Duryea six-cyinder giant. With
its red wheels and green body II will at
tract attention from all at the show, where
II will be placed on exhibition. For three
years the Stevens-Duryea people have
been making a six-cylinder machine with
little change, and It is looked upon as
fixture One other big six will be sold In
Omaha this year. and that is all that can
be secured. Several little skies have also
been sold, the purchasers being G. w Hull,
G. w. wattles, ]. A. Mcshane, f. l.
Cudahy, Louis Metz and Frank Parmalee.
Manager Lionberger is in charge OF the
Kimball garage during the absence of r. X.
Kimball in Florida for the winter.
DIR. Goetz has bought a stevens-Duryea
runabout. in which he will strive to keep
out Of the hands Of the police, and e. H.
Sprague has bought a Stanley steamer,
which Mrs. Sprague will also run this sum
mer.
A new firm has opened out In Omaha
near Eighteenth and Farnam streets, where
Maxwell machines will be sold. II has es-
tablished itself in the new Dufrene build
ing and has the place fixed up in elaborate
style. The Maxwell people will not main
tain garage. but simply a salesroom.
FredricksOn Doing Well.
H. e Fredrickson has 9 large clientele
all over Nebraska and Western Town and
numerous inquiries coming in show auto
mobiles will be in demand more than ever
this summer. The country was never as
prosperous as at the present time and
large number of cars will be sold during
the summer to the country trade. Mr..
Fredrickson has eight car loads of two
cylinder Bucks now on hand and will re-
ceive four car loads of four cylinder Bucks
before the opening OF the show The Buick
runabout promises to be one Of the SWELL
est Of its kind, with style and tone to match
the speed.
Fredrickson handles Bucks. Woods
Electrics, the Peerless and the Thomas
Flyer. and all these will be exhibited at
the show. Inquiries from all over the ter
ritory surrounding Omaha show there will
be large attendance at the show.
A few customers are getting anxious to
get their new cars out on the streets before
the show. others are waiting to see the
new things that will be shown there In a
few instances special orders have been
placed with the understanding that the
cars are to be placed on exhibition and de-
livered to the purchasers Immediately
afterward.
Several people are now figuring on using
automobiles for mail and stage routes for
the inland towns-one customer expects to
put three of them in use very shortly.
Several second hand cars have changed
hands lately and the sellers are all placing
their orders for larger machines.
Some of Fredrickson's out-of-town pur-
chasers the past week were: F. r. Hughes
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B. Tegelberg, Jordan Hardware company
L. F. Stillians.
Most of the cars have been shipped out
| on account of the bad roads.
The airship Nebraska" which is to be
one of the attractions of the show, is near.
ing completion. The frame completed is 81
feet long and weighs but IS pounds, includ
| ing the areoplanes
One hundred and eighteen castings arr
used for reinforcing the joints.
The silk air bag will be cigar shaped
65 feet long and 20 feet in diameter through
| the center. 1t consists of $50 separat
pieces of silk which are all double scanned
Three sewing machines have been employee,
steadily since Monday morning on thi
work.
1 Automobile News Notes.
The Rambler Automobile company Is re
ceiving its new models and deliverin
them as fast as they get them. The sale
so far this season are equal to the order
taken up to May 20 of last year. twenty
nine cars sold since January 1, and a larg
percentage of the delivered being the rec
ord UP to date. The new Rambler model
are creating no end ,of attention on &C
count of the important improvements owe
last year, one of the principal feature
being the enclosed transmission and fly
wheel running in oil, and the fitting bod
giving accessibility to the engine. Longt
wheel base, more power and less nois
with an appearance not to be found on cal
costing a third more money. make thel
most popular two-cylinder cars. The mod
) q, which is the two-cylinder twenty-five