The sun., 1908-11-22
AUroMOBTLB NOTES.

TOT Dig Automobno year, win the Seearna %
aS particularly bright luminAry., "ln Ns'
York, he said, -And throughout our Eastern teri
tory the last year In spite of pAnio conditions hi
produced record results. In New York state Il
the year ending November I. 1908, registration
OF StearnS cars, taken from the oflclal records
Albany, have been III per cent. greater than fc
the year Immediately preceding. This Ia th
biggest percentage Of increase Of any car In ou
class. and concluslvely proves that the buyin
public has come 20 realize what Steans quailt
and Stearns performances stand for.
I'VE have already had great encouragement o
the new series OF Stearns cars which will oonst
tute the 1rst allotment OF the 1903 product an
Fare booking orders right along for 1909 dellverie
| In New York we have recently closed number 9
orders which were pending until the election re
suits became known. Our new small town ca
will soon be ready for delivery. We have ha
| many Inquiries about this car. II will be OF tn
Same high grade workmanship as our 90 Stearn
| this season"
The odsmobllo Company OF New York win Il
all probability spring lis promised sensation
this week. This Is the LOO four cylinder ca
about which there has been 80 much talk. Tn
little car Is on lts way East and public announce
ment will be made as soon as II can be definitely
sssesrteinsd when !. Z due y, Unlike i number @
Magneto MichelIn iirss, generator. ras Ismps
From al accounts the new model ls q wonder and
should be an important factor In the light car
neld.
An advent In automobile row last week was the
arrival Of the 1909 model OF the little Buick, which
Sweepstakes on the Long Island Motor PARKWAY.
large tires and long wheel bass and IS eauipps
Sh mtnsso and tssd with tTo bucket seat.
nah that after carefully trying out the 1903 ca car
In which he won the Nassau Sweepstakes and one
Of the new models he has decided 20 drive the
latter In the International light car race.
Shipment Of the LAnola "Lampo" was made
roadster brought from England as a rum erup
for the racing car and as a change car In case
shipped 6 ped to % savannah week ago last $ednes. Ms.
day. The practice which has been done so far
Broos % Weeps.sSes % car and tSis was used only
TO get an idea OF the course On Friday Htllard
rSOsvsd sSs hs%Do and during the Ts:t Of the
race on the 18th he will use the new racing car
for his practice,
Considerable Interest is expressed from time
to time regarding the comparative weights OF
ysoHs, ,sS1vsyAnees S 6si unu rsSeny no ngurss lures
Journal. however. a short time ago. made an In
driven passenger cara. Forty six different cars
were used as the basis for the compilation and
.sss pounds seat. the number Of sests Ranging
from forty to seventy one The range In weights
pounds per passenger and the other l;2is.
The Pullman Company goes still farther on the
thirty people weighing about 1900 pounds, or
t.iee pounds per pas;enSer With thl: weight.
tncally driven car carries It's own power plant:
An automobile does. And In . comparison OF
electric and the AutnmODlte he
construction of the latter. As an example, q
deveopnT % the
water. oil and gssoiene tanks iiled and equipped
pounds per passenger. One OF the az cylinders,
developlng sixty horse power and with the tanks
p sa sna nsq
fully prepared track a fair average Of, ,aoo
p plant 0t con,piea and taliS saulpped for fS any
one. half that OF the lnterurban car per passenger
and q little less than one-seventh that OF the
Pullman car.
The Marion. Overland Automobile Company
has removed 70 1857 Broadway. between Fifty
land car will be handled exclusively. 4 Brook.
iyn salesroom will also be opened In a few days
Overland win be on exhibition as soon as the
cars arrive from the factory
Ascot Park. Los Angeles. Cal. WAS recently the
scene Of the uvellest and most sensa uonal twenty
four hour speed and RELIABILITY 81 race ever run
the contestants were several leading makes OF
cars Tsnsns & z; hEh In Psss as
bs5Y SS Reo. ser This Ii,ts car. drsen SS Les Car
he H' four 'psS and sI iTnSed bigger rivals, In
terms won the spontaneous
w snf Is Of os St0sSs s6
consistent chlgging and chasing, It finished hon.
ors and defeated by a good margin several higher
The Baby REQ averaged over twenty miles per
hour for the entire 'wenty'four hours
Eiwood Haynes, well known as the pioneer in
n @ was assafa nrs hs syns.r ma .%S %s
hirty- six inch wheels. In 1888 Mr. Haynes
uttered Haynes car In the mrs! contest ~ Gf the
ssRs ysar he 4e rseeVed soS eah6ns al sa'e
xonde ond the @ he A 70
hown In Madison Square Garden The. nrst
sss out sss for % @
;sypes made his rsi ,S side t5 entrance ,d body In
sed., In 1904 the nrst four cylinder Haynes car |
Vas shown
George b. Adams has become connected with
ne Detroit Ch0illhC company OF Sub Ntst fUtS.
nth street and will devote his attention TO sell
,g the new Cadillac Thirty" Mr, Adams win
9 remembered as far back ss 1899; when be oc-
Sr % NE s esa rs
genoy was later changed to a branch and Mr..
dams became manager Of \. Since that time
G has been connected with tN, Pope and Amer,
an Locomotive companies He was one OF the
re- anlEers OF the original trade association In
ew York. In which he held the position OF VICE
resident.
John NJ. Gilbert general manager Of the Con-
mental Caou tchouc Company OF New York. an
ounces the following prizes 10 the winning cars
equipped with Continental tires In the small
" race at Savannah $3.50 10 the hrSt $3.50 10
lie second and 500 70 the third These prizes
me hrm 10 winning cars In the big race. s.. 900
first, 81, $50 TO second. $50 10 third,
The Jones Speedometer has placed IN the mar.
II four new models In order TO meet the demand
II a speedometer commensura< In price with
Irs Of medium cost. For example. one can now
irchase Jones Speedometer with nifty mile
Ieed scale for SIS. This model brings a speed
dicator OF well known quality within the reach
every mot orlst. Model - has Peeder season
iometer. 1fty miles speed scale. and costs IS
ore than lodel 10. Model y Indicates speed
hfty miles per hour and records season mile I
70. Model rs has the Jones trip odometer with
feature Of recording cumulative mileage. The
imperative for every motorist 70 provide him |
II with an accurate speed Indicator. and the low
st OF these new models brings them within the Z
ach of every owner or driver OF motor car, | ,