New-York tribune., 1909-10-24
AUTO NEWS AND NOTES.

this city to Newport in Mr.. Vanderbilt's
coach Pioneer. a White steamer accom-
panied the party as tender and general
utility and emergency wagon. The car
was used to carry extra parts for the
COACH for running ahead and making
rangements at the ferries. and for bring
ing news OF the approach of the coach to
the stations where the horses were to be
changed. Occasionally, when it was neces-
sary to tighten the load of the coach on a
steep hill. four or five of the passengers
would transfer themselves to the automo-
bile Also. the speedometef of the machine
was relied upon to aid the coach In main-
tanning It's schedule-about Sl5 miles an
hour-and. in general the automobile
added to the comfort and convenience OF
those making the trip.
Stone Canyon. an isolated mining town
in central California. is brought nearer
to civilization by automobile service,
the first one OF the kind in this country.
Six wheels with cast iron rims have been
rugged to dig six-cyIinder Premier auto
mobile. which will be used on a railroad
track for carrying passengers from Chans-
lor to Stone Canyon. 1t is the first time
that a motor train service running over a
rail rack has ever been planned.
Friends OF Ezra E. Kirk are congratu-
lating him upon his resumption of his
former place with the Rainier Motor
Company as Western sales manager. Mr.
Kirk is one of the best known automo-
bile men In the country. having been iden-
titled with the industry from it's infancy
as manufacturer, and later in various
executive capacities. The company ex-
poets to market 500 big cars In the season
of 1910. The new model will be on the
market next month. Two hundred of these
cars have been assigned TO this city, and
the rest will be sold through new agencies
now being established in various large
cities.
Racing headquarters for both the Amer
son and Marmon teams in the Vanderbilt
Cup race have been engaged by Sidney b.
Bowman at Krug's Hotel. The Apperson.
camp will include about five men and the
MarInon will contain nine, the Apperson
having one entry and the Marmon two.
One OF the Marmon cars Is competing for
the Wheatley Hills trophy.
]. NJ. quinby & Co., of Newark, the body
builderF have acquired controlling inter
est in the Isotta Import Company the sole
distributors of the well known Milan car.
P. Fremont Rocketts well known in the
automobile trade. is manager OF the COM
pany in this city.
The leader among the 1910 Waverly mod
els is new four-passenger brousharn 75-C-
designed on the lines similar to the four
passenger coupe put out in sOs. but Diff
fering In some important particulars. Thus.
the car Is Ave inches longer, with a wheel
base OF seventy-nine inches and a width of
seat of forty-four inches. The wheels are
two inches larger. fitted with 32x35S-inch
tires front and rear. The springs are full
ellptcal, front and rear. giving a much
easier riding motion. The battery is two
cells larger. arranged with twelve cells in
front and twenty in the rear compartment.
The controller is OF special Waverly de-
sign.
Plans for the school of instruction con-
Quoted every year by the Pierce Arrow Mo-
tor Company at Buffalo have Just been ar.
nounced AS has been the custom in for
mer years. the school will be conducted in
classes OF two weeks and will be confined
to three kinds OF students, owners of
Pierce Arrow cars. drivers OF Pierce Arrow
cars and dealers and repair men,
The latest bidder for honors in the me-
dunn priced division In the Moon go" II
is the result Of two years experimenting
in the direction Of reliability by the Moon
Motor Car Company. OF St. Louis. The
motor Is cylinder, AZ bore and stroke.
The transmission is OF the seleetive type
three speeds forward and reverse.
H S. Firestone. Of the Ffrestons Tire
and Rubber Company, places the output NJ
new cars for next year at Is5.cOo from,
the claims OF the makers, and saws. "Of
the entire output. l predict that about
one-third OF the touring cars will leave the
factories with demountable rim euuipnent
so popular has this time and tire saving
feature become among the more up-to-date
class Of motorists
A cable message has Just been received by
the Benz Auto Import Company OF America,
announcing that Hemery. driving a Benz.
has made another worlds record at EruS-
sells, where he drove one kilometre from
a standing start IN 81 LIS seconds. against
the former record of SO 25 seconds.
Crowds fiocked to the salesrooms NJ The
Poertner Motor Car Company last week
where the two National cars entered for
the Vanderbilt Cup race were shown. The
National camp at the course is on the Old
Westbury road, between westbury and
Hicksville.
Since the great showing OF the two Ioz,er
cars in winning first and second places In
the recent twenty-four hour autornohua
race at the Brighton Beach track a staa5y,
stream OF persons have visited the Iozier
saiesrooms on Automobile Row" That an
ala not go out of curiosity TO see the rec
ord-oreaking cars was evident from the
large increase In sales during the week
General John T. Cutting, president of ~.
New York Aatomobile Trade assooto.,...
presided over we'll attended uncbso,
meeting OF thai organization in the Hotel
cumberland last week. Many men ~
prominence IN the automobile h,,stDass -