New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
TOMOBILING ~ TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETICS ~
OF magnetos: the Pittsield Spark Coil Company
and number of local concerns

American motorists In Great Britain and on the
Continent will this year have the advantages of a
new organization which will facilitate their travels
in a pronounced degree. This organization is pro-
vIded by the establishment in London at No. 16s
Piccadilly. and under the auspices Of Lord Mon
tagu of Beaulieu, the well known motorist, or
British headquarters of the French body the Asso-
citation Generate Automobile OF France.
IL will be possible fors those Americans
either taking their own hiring them abroad
TO be met arrival at any Of the CHIEF Enshsh
ports by accredited agents with tours mapped out
according 10 their requirements. either specineo IL
advance the time. The necessary licenses
Will be obtained for them on payment OF Eereiy
the official charges. and they will be GUIDED
through the country and passed across the Cohti-
from one country to another without any
trouble duties.
II any doubts exist in the minds OF the pessini-
lists as to the outlook of the coming autcmophe
season. all they need do is to take trip 10 the
Wayne factory in Detroit and have a look az the
1905 order books They will find that with all the
hue and cry TO tightness of the money ina'h
and kindred existing evils, the Wayne COMPANY
has already made three times as many oona .uo
sales for January. 1903 as it did In January i"'
Not alone is IT the construction of the Elmore
clutch that makes the control Of the Eimore car
so nearly perfect. is IT this fact aione LAG.
allows of the almost perfectly smooth seaf lins VI
the Elrnore car, but it is more largely ihe III
herent principle of the engine which propes the
car that IS responsible for these ell inlportaH
features" is the statement made by D. A De.A,
the Elnore Manufacturing Company Whlch
makes EIrnore two-cycle valveiess cars MI BECK
er continues his explanation by saying that the
even and continuous power application is aIter al
the real source Of comfort.
six-cylinder has received the highest pos
sible conplfrnent-that of being attacked anony-
mously. The Winton Company has received from
various parts of the country two clippings the !eH
of which was not complimentary to the SIN
These clippings were mailed by Chlcago press
Ginning bureau to automobile owners, broadcast
and, since there is no other possible explanation,
II appears that the press clipping bureau was Pdu
for its work by a manufacturer having only Tours
to sell who lacked the courage to attack the six
IN the open. 1t is interesting showing American
fairness of mind that number Of motorists VINO
received the clippings have asked Tor detailed IN
formation about the Six-Teen-Six, declaring that
if the six is strong enough TO draw nre from
ambush II must be well worth investigating
"A discussion of the use OF skidding chains in
the park over my signature might carry the I'M
preston that because Of my connection with the
handling of automobiles would be unduly preju-
diced against legislation which tended TO restrict
their use" writes E s. Partridge 1T has al
WAYS Been my aim to view matters OF thlS kiho
from an unprejuGiced point of view, and I have
frequently criticised certain uses TO which auto
mobiles have been put where was convinced that
public safety endangered nave always
voiced the protest of myself and my firm against
the use Of the public highways for racing or
speeding beyond the legal limits, without the
proper permits police protection. although the
amount of publicity derived therefrom would not
be inconsiderable. The prohibitiop OF skldolns
chains in the parks has, / have no doubt, oeen
brought about through the best OF motives al
though TO my mind the situation has not peeh
carefully investigated from every starrdpoint
That chains do have a tendency to cut up the
drives no one will deny. That the damage done IS
slight is the opinion Of many who have watched
the results Of their use"