The Detroit times., 1909-01-11
bsrrels OF moissses free 10 demonstrste
tns prsetics pinty OF Ms product.

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In the seven years during which the
FraaklIn 'sutomobtle fes Been msh1-
Isctufed. nearly one In ten OF all taos.
who have owned one. have thought 90
well of ~. tnat tney have pougat an
other some IN tie course or Tine Ne
ing tue owners OF no less tnsn nve o.
Although il made only 10 in it's hrst
season. the company has had an output
IN ssSs's Ct 5000 ,no,9r car, ssr,' rns
owned more IMAM one 10 between 100
7 This means that. striking en- aver
tafcushoas It's career made q sale Of
a Franklin automobile 10 n man or We
man who By ownership or q Franklin
mooel. mad ALREADY come 10 know In
good qualities.
IL must be qualifying TO be \ yam
kee Prince with a prlncely income
warranting the presentation OF prIncely
gifts TO ones American princess. Our
own George NJ. cohan. OF theatrical
fatpe. 10 one such fortunate mortal, his
latest holiday gift 10 Mrs. Conan beins
appointed Stndsbaksr Limousine 0t
striking appearance.
Mr. cosan ordered tie car as he
ds'hes on plays-.in a minute
Two more leads and one under
study were added last week TO the All
star Cast" az the E.M-F Organization
"- hs. %.. :"oM s.s 1 H.a:: srei:
title 10 Shlef engineer. and Harry L.
Cunningham, who assumed manage
mont Of the EMF company's Detroit
retail branch. During the past four
years. Cunningham has Elsnaged the
Ford branches in Detroit aud clevs.
Henry csua"D Moran. who ia rated
one Of the best automobile salesnsn In
Detroit, goes alCuR with CunrinRh I'm
whose risht hand Bud" has been for
the past three years.
pioneer days. one OF hts early sue
cesses was the two.cylinder AutoSar
which had vogue Tor several years.
The Meteor ear was bis next; This
car was manufactured by the Garford
company and in It's day was a splendid
example OF high class design and nice
Workmanship. The Gsrfofd 30 chassis
va. his N nsst' when en- " SSH'"f Rsni.r be.
came ambitious to make. - well as
sell cRrs. Heasiet accepted the posi-
ton OF designer for the Rainier COM
pany and tL~ 1905 car or that name
was HIS creation.
Heaslst will collaborste with Design.
er Kelly on future models OF the T..
ME- cars.
Edwin X. FincA. w,so has been the
head OF the technical department Of
the Packard Motor Car Co. for some
the same department. OF the Chalmers.
Detroit Motor Co. Mr.. Finch 10 4 man
OF w!de experience in the automobiis
business. having manufactured cars
himself at one time. His acquisition TO
the Chsimers-Detro!t force 10 along
the line OF the policy Of this company
OF rounding out its ORGANISATION By the
addition o: men who have been con-
splouously SUCCESSFUL IN their parttcu-
lar field OF work.
New building after new building has
been added 10 the plant Of the p. +.
Goodrich subber CO. At Akron. Ohio
without being able To Keep pace with
the Increase I'm orders. During the last
so feet was completed for tire manu-
fscture which save q 80 per cent IN
crease IN capacity. 1t has proved In
sufficient 10 meet TIE demand. and on
nensions was started. which will be
finished In January. The capacity OF
the plant has been trebled in two years.
n nns e. NOV y" r snliainn 0@ tfrss
The tactorN Is turning ont 200 tirts
per DAY. This daily outpnt win SHORTY
be raised To 400 or 1900.
The La. Crosse implement Co. Third,
nv". north. OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINI. will
hereafter handle the Jackson lins In
the nortl west and already plans have
been made whereby a large percentage
OF the e.so0 agents Of this concern.
scstt.red throughout Minnesota. North
md South Dakota, Nontana ana Wiz
th. Minneapolis distributing source.
-. T.. Moron. Of the Ia Crosse Ina
p,ement Co.'S Minneapolis branch. In
company with o. i. Gifish. one, az the
idsEtified with tie Minneapolis branch
recently returned from q ten days trip
through the southern part of the state.
and they made a phenomenal record.
selling 100 cars while on the road. IL
10 said that the proposition is meeting
with considerable favor anonR the
Sir. Moron say. bis hrm confidently
expects to place 1000 cars this season.
In all. the Jackson company 10 plan
ming on making 5000 srs for the com
that the factory officials arc familiar
with the possibilities or the northwest
that this local nrrn was able to secuts
such a large psrcsntae: OF the total
output for TIE northwest
In his annual massage. Mayor J. ".
Adam Of Buffalo. after reviewing the
dmrInE the past year. said In part:
"Triumphs have come to great indus
tries Of cur city--hard won triumphs.
achieved only after unparalleled com
petition. snd tho victories are an honor
to Buffalo manufacturers whose cour-
age made them possible and credit TO
the Buffalo worhmen WHOSE skill and
the impiemsnts OF conquest. | refer
to the magnificent victories
OF the Pierce Great Arrow automobiles
IN the Glidden and Hotter tonrs--ln
which American supremacy ana SUPER
tority were established beyond psrad-
venture OF question"
Through express from the west now
10 delivered TO the consiGnee In New
York city Just ~ hours sooner than it
was before the Adams Express Co.
placed Packard three truck IN
night service. This truck. which 10 one
of thes1t Packard trucks used by the
Adams Co.'S Jersey city dock. its gar
age and distributing station on West
Forty Seventies It's Harlem station On
One Murdered and Twentv-fourth-s ST.
q nd its Brooklyn depot. The service
between trains and distributing points
which 10 renders through the night al
lows the actual delivery OF western sx-
press pacleaGes one day in advance OF
the previous schedule.
The Adams Express Cos recent In
stallstion OF Packard thres-tcn trucis4
IL obviously the beginning OF an ex.
tens'vs Installation OF gAAoline wARons
In New York and also In other cities.
or the IS gasoline trucks altoGtthtt
Installed, Il are packarde.