The sun., 1908-11-01
AUTOMOBILE NOTES.


The last week has been husy one along New
York's Automobile Row. The arrival In this
city OF the GrSt EMF thirty brought not only
a great many automobile owners 10 the hoehler
store at broadway and fify-f fourth street 10
look AZ the creation of the Eyerit- MetEger Fihn'
ders concern. but great many local automobile
dealers also dropped In 10 look al the brand new
car which Is To sell for $3.50,
The confidence OF the buying public In the
machine produced by the big new. Detroit nrm
was well Illustrated by the experience of the Koch
Ter sales force which had taken "a orders before
the nrst show MODEL arrived az the broadway
salesroom. Since the car has been on exhibition
the prospective buyers have been crowdlng the
store and UP TO yesterday noon eighty-three
orders had been given by customers who had
been waiting TO see the car.
CASTOR Ptslnuu, manager OF the local Ford
branch received one Of the new left hand steer
Ford cars last week and expects 10 be able TO
begin deliveries on them before very long. The
new oidsmobllc also arrived last week and Gen.
Cutting has heen kept busy answering questions
regarding the 1903 product OF the olds Motor
Works \. q. Southworth. the Buick representa-.
tive. was another local ,radesman who received
his 1900 models last week.
There was considerable DISCUSSION at the Auto.
mobile CLUB Of America one afternoon last week
as to whether or no the thirteen ears that were
,hod with Michelin tires In the Vanderbilt cup
race were equipped with Micheus made In France
or la this country. The consensus OF opinion was
that the tires were made In the biz Nchelln factory
MIlitowp ~ j. When the question was referred
for settlement 10 y. ". Libby. sales manager of
the McheIln Tire Company, he said:
There is absolutely no difference between the
MlchelIn tires made In France. those made In
this country. those made In England and those
made In Italy In each OF these countries the
Mchrlin Tire Company has enormous factories
and the tires made In each are OF the same ma
and there can be no difference In any way between
any tires bearing Michelln's name, no matter In
what country they are made. know that eleven
of the thirteen cars using Michelins were equipped
with tires made In our factory at Midtown, but
ny Information about the other two is not GER
t,iu although I could nnd out In an hour or
90. lnssmuch as the other cars were foreign
arx they. may have been sent TO this country
csr and Inc second car were both equipped vita
NlchelIns made Of Miltown ] cannot see that II
makes any difference"
The new Cadillac Thlrty's recent Detroit
s,puted eoneiusivey the vaiae OF mlcrometer and
snap gauge msesIremenw ., pS %l an
'ne 6srIsst fsr up 5Ppepsiye 20 shs esusIese ' '
The. assembly Of this particular car" said
Leland SS Se e 'Ss Sssss
before the SATURDAY scheduled for It's departure,
and the car Ses a ssd eG se sf Sg
Friday night. Then II was taken out and run
about the streets OF Detroit Tor couple OF hours,
which covered alt the preliminary tuning UP "
was given before starting on the racking trip at
i:so the next morning
ln order 10 better care for Its customers and
provide for It's increasing business the Mitchell
top noor Of the building 10 which ts saiesroom Is
located. This means an additional 1900 square
feet 10 the present noor space and makes ono o'
tho largest retail establishments In New YORK.
The add luondl space has been taken Tor long
term and the company viii add complete me.
chine shop TO It's equipment. THIS VIII give the
Mitchell owners tho safue advantages they would
, hhe u the Mitchell factory itself were located
L. A. Case OF Laramie Wyo.. who Is making the
trip between his home and this cty In a single
cylinder 1904 model Rambler car. is expected 90
started MI. Case stated that his "one lunger
, hed @o0D miles 10 Its credit ON the present
IMP he 10 camping out along the road wherever
night overtakeS him.
I, Another rity has bern added 10 the repdIy
growing Isl OF towns using the motor ceb, The
Reading Automobile Company OF Reading. Pa
having placed an ofder With the H. II. franklin
Manufacturing Company for dx Of their 1000
air cooled motor cabs The cabs are equipped
with 10 horse power air cooled motors Of the
standard frbnRlin design, The chassis has the
lAmlnAted wood frame, full elliptic springs and