Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-31
MANUFACTURERS
DISCUSS PLANTS
AUTO DEALERS VISIT LOS
ANGELES
SAY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Is
PROLIFIC FIELD
Men Prominent In Industry Pleased
with the Outlook In the West.
Make Trip Of In.
spectlon

Southern California is rapidly at
tracing the attention Of the manufac-
turer of motor cars as the most pro-
life field In the world for the sale Of
machines.
During the past week several of the
leading men of the Ssudebaker COM
pany have been in Los Angeles ana
Southern California looking over the
agencies and planning what to do to
better take care of their rapidly in
creasing trade in this section.
Frederick s. Fish, chairman or the
executive committee of the Stude-
baker concern and president of the
California, Utah and oregon Stude-
baker companies, was accompanied on
his tour of inspection by H. Ames,
manager OF the Cleveland, O., branch;
Charles A. Quigley, vice president OF
the Oregon company, and Chester N.
Weaver, vice president of the Califor-
MIA company.
Harry Lord of the local agency ac-
companied the party from San Fran
cisco, acting as pilot for the thirty
| horse power Studebaker touring car in
which the party came down the coast.
Two days were consumed in making
| the trip, as 1t was done leisurely, giving
the men ample opportunity to stop In
each town where they had represen-
tative.
After staying over night and part of
| the day following their arrival in Los
Angeles the party continued its jour-
ney to San Diego.
The trip to the coast town was made
| by the inland route and the return
trip was planned to begin this morning.
GO East by Rail
From Los Angeles Mr.. Fish and Mr..
Ames will go east via Salt Lake by
rail- Mr.. Fish was greatly surprised
at the progress shown in Los Angeles
since his last stop here four or five
years ago.
He predicts the rosiest future for the
city and says that 1t is his belief that
within a few years there will be more
shipping from the Pacific than there
is now from the Atlantic.
He bases his conclusion on his trip
up and down the coast and on his OBJ
servations from trip to China and
Japan which he made few years ago.
you have everything here to make
this country the finest in the world"
said Mr.. Fish, land while used to
wonder If Los Angeles would eventual
ly succeed as q city, 1 am satisfied now
after watching its progress for many
years that 1t will be a great city and
1 feel sure that its success Is already
assured.
"The Pacific coast is now taking about
twenty-five per cent of the automobiles
I that are turned out from the Stude-
baker factory and we believe that the
greater part of our product will be sent
here before long. We have come over
some of the finest country roads on
our trip down here that 1t has been
my pleasure to ride over, and cannot
help but believe that this country out
in the west is destined to become the
greatest motoring section in the world.
1 have travelled all over the much
vaunted beauty spots of the world and
1t is all here in as great degree.
From what hear Of the inland route
to San Diego 1 have hopes that the
pleasure of our trip will be continued
to that point"
May Build Factory
When Mr. Fish was asked If his
company might eventually build fac
tory on the coast to take care of its
rapidly increasing business he said
that 1t, was not probable, but they
might put up an assembling plant and
factory to build bodies.
Mr.. Fish expresses the same opin-
ions of Southern California as the Mec-
co for motorists and the best field for
the industry that were expressed by
Edgar Apperson, Thomas b. Jeffery
and others interested in the manufac-
ture of motor cars that have been on
the coast this winter.