The sun., 1908-02-16

~ ss hoTss- mower enclosed car desiTned in the
engineering department OF the ThOmas company.
spspe Sn,eh 4 psrSSps sSs most sESy scst
motor yet designed. y has two features which
stinG OF ali heating surfaces. Including exhaust
pipes, cylinders. &c. which AcCompnshes a double
SSIS9 4, ISssS Tarey as Hsssnsa By the aEs
types. Il eliminates waste and insures an absence
which i Is used. Even with but Is 2 horse power
this car can cover ten times the ground thar can
ave besides the driver because OF Us small engine
q is most soonomicSl i1 q up Keep. This same type
Yor ss car FOR sSc 20 that =, n ! must lOa show the
great future for this type Of car.
falling on Of over a million dollars In imports
OF foreign machines during 1907 Is tsken ny Ameri
can naAnufactuTers as the msrkee preierencs. Go. 9f
fact goes to show that the foreign machines can no
S3sSE soPs s sS Ss enc Sss.
ger OF the H. II. Franklin Manufacturing Com.
Psny. reports we have show that the value OF
year was g, l5l lee g compared with Importation
OF N4lO o4o IN lsn ny way OF contrast u Is worthy
year was larger by some o. aSO.O00 than that Of
me Imports OF tne same period Ihs % means tnsi
% well adapted TO our dnicult road conditions as
on right weight and high grade de- cSrefsiliy tested
materials This Is chiefly true OF automobiles built
foreign countries where the roads are far rom
perfect. The roads are. on the whole, very much
il Is becoming apparent that light. strong automo.
hles In which eVery bit OF useless weight has been
cut out are proving preferable 10 the heavier for
eign types"
Attention in England has been newly, directed
60 tires bolted on so that they cannot leave the
rm, even though they burst. by the peculiar acci
burstcd ciincher tire wedged between the whee
rim and car frame. This locked the wheel and the
the Fisk type S this would have been Impossible. and
II seems probable that the time Is drawing nearer
the wisdom OF mechanically fastened tires bui
when race promoters will enforce their use on all
veSls that many Hves would have been saved il
tires had not pulled from the nm.
Two leading features Of the selling of sutomo
blles this season." states w. W. Burke the Mora
the demand for Six cylinder machines and cars OF
medium price" He predicts total revolution
At the end OF the selling season Very cheap cars
and cars Of abnormal price have up TO date been
vastly Improved manufacturing methods have
now made Il possible for the autoist TO purchase
utterly impossible under manufacturing and selling
methods IN TIM past The Mora NH cylinder
demOnntraIes the strides made toward the desired
end Tbs leading features are dropped frame
trry Independent systems; imported ). a =
annusr bad besr,IEs in the power plant which
transmlsslon beam front axle and thirty SIX inch
wheels all OF which features only be fully ap-
preciated By the up to date mOtorist."
General Passenger Agent Anderson Of the Gal
weston. Harrisburg and san Antonio Railway owns
the hrst MintOn Model c delivered to an Individual
He has now used the little car for three years with
great success. - have towed home all sorts Of
cars hig and llttle.' says Mr. Anderson, "and have
been Iowed in only once. and thar through no laplt
crossing bridge, oiwhch the bulkhead had washed
away, causing the car 10 drop at LEAST L. Inches
from the end Of the bridge TO the road
~ the Ststc Of New York 20 manufacture and sell
the new r. a n. reinforced Inner tube, The officers
are n g. Howell, president and PAU NJ uynSs PeIls
has been appointed general manager The new
COMPANY yll have rs hsadgISr.ers m on BT9sdwa Ns
casing OF the tire and differs from Ihe regular inner
tube In that N Is reinforced with two layers OF
fabric laid in such a way As to give the required
elasticity This reinforcement OF fabric II is stated
gives an Increase OF more than ten times the strength
blowoutS, plnching and other troubles known 70
Tusranreed 10 ho,d ten Times the amour, OF air
pressure ordinarily PLACED In the inner tube and
is remarkably easy to apply.
Keep Your eye on the 1905 Mercedes" says
Walter G. Allen Of the Mercedes direct agency
Of this city 1t has no sisters or brothers; not
even a distant relative
Gen John T. Cutting OF the Oldsmobile Company
Of New York is In Chicago attending the reunion
during The WST Of "Sh the Rebeon ""S on February
"a Is and rs. 1892, the nrst great victory OF the war
.
the present year being the forty sixth anniversary
o. the event: Including originals ana IecruliSS IS s.
For the forty slAth anniversary, Gen. Cutting
Is Interesting 10 note that Gen. Cutting II the
youngest of the survivors.
The Garford Motor Car Company Is displaying
no less than Ve styles OF bodies OF the latest pattern
ana the exhibition In its show rooms attracts un
usual attention TlDere are bodies by several we'll
known makers who have vled with each other to
present the very best work possible.
purchased the interests OF William II. Ulrich In the
YOnkers Auto station. They have secured the
sole agency for WeStchester county for the Stearns
the c. G. V. and the Selden.
About two weeks ago Guy Vaughan the well
known auto driver, experienced painful accident
land A piece OF steel new from nearby machine.
cutting bad cash In his left cheek and fracturing
the upper Jaw, DR. Herbert Cady, the noted sur
Cleveland, bringing Mr.. Vaughan back with him
Although the accident is in way serious II will
be several weeks before the fracture Is entirely
msrESbly Well ali things oonsldered " ''""
Word has been received from C. + Redden
manager OF the Studebaker Brothers Company,
automobiles will be shown at Toronto Canada
March 30 The exhibit will consist not only OF a
chaiSes, but also electric pleasure carriages. de
livery wagons and trucks. This Is the nTst year
that this line OF cars has been shown In the DO
mlnlon and for this reason the exhibit will attract
mobile Company realiKe that Canada Is becoming
one OF the very best export nelds and are there
sales during the coming season hut also with that
OF establishing permanent agency.