The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-07
AUTOS REPLACING
OTHER VEHICLES
Noted Manufacturer Views
New Industry in an
Optimistic Way.
By HARRY WARD.

by dAkR1 WAkD.
The views of D. NJ. Parry, the noted
vehicle manufacturer, are always inter
estinE, and they are doubly so since he
has & -barked in the automobile manu-
fact ng business. In a recent state
ment he says the future of the automo-
bile industry is to be regarded in no
other than an optimistic way. In the
United States in the past ten years
about two and a half million vehicles
per year have been sold, and a very
large percentage of these vehicles viii
inevitably be replaced by the automobile.
The motor vehicle" says Mr.. Parry,
lis the latest word in human progress,
and because of its perfection as a We
hicle both for business and pleasure, its
use is certain to grow. 1t is not a lux
ury, but a necessity of the times, and
the fact that it is a necessity gives
legitimate warrant to the use Of capital
and labor required by it. The automo-
bile industry has reached a vigorous
growth. but this is a very large and
very wealthy country, perfectly compe-
tent OF taking care Of any demands
. likely 10 be made on il by the develop
ment Of the industry. The shifting from
horse-drawn vehicles, an inevitable pro-
cess, is going ahead rapidly, hut not so
rapidly as 10 test the resources OF the
country or come anywhere near doing
Members OF the Automobile Club Of
washington are outSpoken IN their ap-
prevail Of the suggestion OF President
[ /. r. Speare, Of the American Automo-
/ bile Association. that all motorists
should stand squarely for fair and I'M
partial legislation, as the best interests
l of automobile users can only be obtain
l 81 t.-r fol nm Il There
I Rre altOgether too many fatal 1ccl-
dents" says President Speare, fand IN
a large majority of cases these acct
dents are caused by reckless driving
many times by the unlicensed Chauf-
fcur and some times by the reckless
/ private owner Reckless driving, espe-
/ cially through the large cities. should
not be countenanccd, and the most Wig
! orCus steps should be taken to see that
/ this condition is changed
The ability OF the Moon go 20 climb
hills with fun load aboard was amply
/ demonstrated yesterday, when one Of
/ these machines was sent up Snake Hill
/ In Rock Creek Park on the high gear
with four passen gers whose combined
weight was 80 rounds. the Motor Sales
I Company, agent for the Moon in this
city. is booking many requests for dem
onstrations, and the car has been going
/ constantly since it's arrival here last
week.
The latest 1910 car to make lis appear
RnCe in Washington is the Sreeuwell,
I which Is handled by the NeWbOld-Speed-
well Company with headquarters al me
Warner garage. The car arrived yes
I terday. and was vie wed by a number Of
motorists who Immediately asked Tor
demonstrations. The Speedweu has
many good points. and seems destined
ton l'''
The contest committee of the Quaker
City Motor Club has decided 10 abandon
IT'S annual New Year endurance run,
/ because such runs IN the dead Of win
ter are more endurance tests for the
/ human beings who participate in them
than for the Contesting cars" The rea-
son ASSIGNED for the abandonment Of
the contest is an entirely logical one.
Speaker Cannon yesterday for the first
time used the automobile purchased for
his use by the Government. The ma
chine is a StudebakeT-GarfOrd touring
car of 4O-horseroWer, and is consider
ed one Of the finest cars turned out this
year by the Studebaker factory.
N
Senator Briggs. OF New Jersey. ar
rived In Washington Sunday, driving
his IIaynes-AppersOn car from his home
I'm New Jersey. Representative Wiley,
of New Jersey, also motored 20 Wash
ington in his Pierce-Arrow touring car
A model r Ford touring car has been
purchased by II. Glenn Phelps. Of Boss
d Phelps. THat estate dealers. IA Is one
Of several sales made this week by the
Miller Brothers Automobile and Supply
Company
Sixteen models, including touring cars.
~I0sr-coupled cars. runabOuts, llmou-
sines. a landaulet, a town car. and a
taxicab. constitute the line of Franklin
automobiles for the 1910 season. They
are rated at is, 2S, and ~ horsepower
The L. F. DOrsett Company reports
the sale and delivery Of BabcOcR
electric victoria to Thomas Nelson
Page, the author.
Mrs. A. Waller has purchased Baker
extension front coupe from the Cook IL
StoGdard Company,
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