New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-20
AUTOMOBILE TRADE NOTES.

To meet the demand for orders for EMF go
cars is something that is puzzng the II. J. Koch
Ter Sporting Goods Company. on upper Broadway.
This company has contracted for eleven thousand
of these machines for the demand in this city, with
adjoining counties and the State of New Jer
sey. The Studebaker Brothers Company has
tracted for six thousand Of these cars-one
half of the factory output-to be sold in the West
and South. while the San Francisco branch agents
have given orders for AS
Nor was the thousand cars condition imposed
by the manufacturers said Mr. Koehler yester-
day -On the contrary. had to put up a stiff
argument to get the desired allotment The EMF
Company is DESTROYS of distributing its product
equitably among its various representatives. and
a basis of population our quota was less than
six hundred cars. We have however, already
disposed of hundred, and with the waiting
list now have could not see now we could posi-
bly, take care of the demand with less than
thousand. The sensational price of the EMF
30 car has created demand greater than even
expected"
The result of the Lozier cars finishing first and
the recent twenty fourhour endurance race at
Brighton Beach was the last week Of
drawing nearly five thousand persons to the sales
rooms where these cars are shown. The statesmen
were kept busy answering the numerous questions
about the construction Of the record-snashfng au-
tonlobiles To show that the used In track and
road contests are no better than the other Lozer
cars shown at the salesrooms the concern an
nounces that they be bought at the same
price the other cars.
A CITY cab for touring is a novel proposition, but
that II fs q practical one for some makes of cab
was what was sought to be demonstrated by the
w H Seaich Company, which supplies the cab
service Of the Waldorf and other big hotels in
New York. when IL entered Of it's American
Locomotive cabs, q competitor against big tour
ing cars in the two days contest on Long Island
A demonstration Of long distance efficiency over
country roads such this puts new phase to
an nrOg WAS
the first time. incidentally. that q cab ever was
seen in any contest
]. Lamar jr., and Dr. w. G. Lee over the Cumber-
land Mountains in run from Macon. Ga. TO Ian
sing. Mich. in an oldsmobile car. At Chattanooga
they were directed wrongly and the mistake caused
them to travel over three mountains that could
have been avoided had they taken the right path.
There were brakes Of logs and stone along the
Mount Eagle road every twenty thirty feet. The
o,,ta,n rises 10 an angle of forty-fve degrees.
4. 7 o,,isvilIe the tourists went over the l. and
- p,ke which has not been repaired in years
"a has a road entirely of stone. -Four hundred
- ettu miles OF the 125o-rnile trip was made in
,.+y hours. including all stops end the replacing
of tires
a.. last week the new Lancia cars, which
-. nesnq handled by the Hoi-Ian company nave
aIo .-r,ected by number of mechanical engi-
80 and many complimentary Criticisms have
s,,adA The Lancia is the outcome OF several
-, workshop experience OF Lancia1 tne Italian
years Tr,a present chassis was tested for three