New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

d. p Plummer has placed order with the
Lozier Motor Company for two 4o-horsepower Eo-
zer cars, one seven-seated touring machine and
the other a seven-seated limousine. These cars
Will be used for carrying guests and from the
railroad station at Briarclr Manor
Figures never lie" says Walter s. Austin.
member OF the American Motor Car Manufacturers
Association, in speaking Of the volume OF business
done during March. In New York State alone
all automobile sale records for the month of
March have been shattered-1230 cars being regis
tered at Albany. The same month last yea- had
record OF Lib"
With regard to the running time for the different
days of the American Automobile Association tour,
r b Hover says: Il would like lay
schedule for each day according distance be
fore the tour starts, and leave il unchanged
matter what the weather. To do this, however,
would mean that II we had rain while traversng
clayey stretch, the contestants would be required
TO take chances in order to make the schedule.
When remember how this illustrated by
several serious accidents one of them fatal the
from Toledo to South Bend on the second day
last year. IL will be realized that exercise
discretion at than trying to attain
ideals"
The Corbn car winner in its class in the last
Wilkes-Barre hill climb will be well represented
in the Fort George hill climb Thursday, as it is
announced that four. possibly FIVE, will be
entered.
The Continental Caoutchouc Company. makers of
the Continental tire will remove from its head
quarters at No. 43 Warren street. to broadway and
5sth Mr. Gilbert. the general manager. re
ports increasing demand for Continental tires
this season. particularly for the new dernountahIe
rms. carrying ready-fated tires.
The Pullman car has been declared the winner
o. the endurance from Philadelphia to Sa-
varnah by the Quaker City Motor Club, under
hose auspices the race was held. The run fur
nished one % the severest tests ever undertaken
ny an automobile. Not once in the long run did
the driver of the car depart from the route laid
out which brought the machine over all kinds Of
obstacles. some Of which seemed impossible. The
car reached Savannah with its motor running
smoothly and the in perfect condition
The Jackson Automobile Company has moved
into its nev building. occupying a floor space Of
more than 100000 square feet. c. ". Oathout,
Eastern sales manager. says that orders are COM
ing in so fast that night shift will be put on.
The first official test Of the 12as Pope Hartford
touring cars vas made last Saturday the dyna-
ronleter az the Automobile Club Of America by the
4. q Southworth Company. The test showed S0l2-
horsepower at the wheel. going at the rate Of
forty-eight miles hour UP ! per cent grade
The car Is rated at 50-horsepower.
: H Mora Of Newark. y. Y. whose name be
came known in automobile circles through the per
foruance Of the Mora car, which established a
sealed bonnet record. predicts before long gen
eral awakening to the superiority Of the sx-cylnder
machine Skies" have come to stay. ne says. be
cause OF merit q demand, and the fact that they
are superior the fou-s Of equal power and quail
ity-
The Autocar will be Of the many machines
represented in the automobile carnival parade,
This car established the first automobile record
between Philadelphia and New York N January,
eD2 when over frozen roads II made the Journey
in six hours and ten minutes.
H O. Smith. president Of the Premier Motor Car
Conrany and treasurer Of the American Motor
Car Manufacturers Association that he Is glad
that 2 B. Hover has dropped the term "Glid-en
Tour and has decided 10 call the A A. A run
reliability contest. The object Of the run, he said,
8 to demonstrate the reliability and staying quail
tiles OF the entered, rather than affair for
good time. as the word implies.