New-York tribune., 1909-01-03

! There Is always keen public interest in seeing
each year what wrinkles in construction
| FEarrv Ford has 10 offer and perhaps more
in what new price mary els the Ford Motor Com
pany has to spring. This year the Ford Motor
COMPANY has al the show a town car win &i''7S
front ana extension top insde-driven coupe
a touring car with I01-nch wheel base equipped
with three oil lamps and horn. and a runa0""t
with rumble, all with magEttos and hulit on ~
horsepower chassis. The town cars nave ui-''-
date left hand drive and pedal control Of all for
ward speeds The 1893 Ford engine Is entirely new
II follows a rev European fashion. the four CYL
inders being cast in piece with detachable hTao'
Aiming the lire exhibits few innovations arouse
mere interest than the garage air bottle III 'le
GOODYEAR Tire and Rubber Company's section. IRIS
is merely an elaboration the smaller air bottle
made by this company fer the quick and easy in
fation OF tires IN OF emergency on 'he road
Mounted on a truck so that It can be easily moE Ell
from point point in garage, this larger oo'I1e
stands about five feet high, and contains com
nressed air sufficient 10 fh two hundred tires. It
is equipped with reducing valve and ar register
bv means OF which desired amount or pressure
+ Is regulated with ease and simplicity Before the
closing hour had arrived last night Charles
Measure manager of the local branch OF the Good
wear company, reported that he had booked se'
erai orders for this time-saving device during
/ the evening.
Probably no more Interesting and comprehensive
exhibit of high grade automobiles IS seen at the
show than those manufactured by the Flat COM
pany Of Turin. Italy, the first company formed -
build cars in Italy Its first models were marketed
in 1898 when a cylinder horizontal double "p-
posed engine placed under Iht S"''97'7 VIZ"
radiator produced
Fiat cars were r1rst introduced IL l-ls country
bv f r HoIlander in 1873. when he formed Il
psrtDership, which later reorganized a. 4
CORPORATION, and continued until Octeuer, 1884,
when the Turin company decided that its own in
terests would be better looked after II II eS-
tablished a direct branch Of the factory, "hch was
done under the name of the Fiat Automobile Com
pany, of which Mr Holieiut! = ''e '4'7 i''iI
ana manager
The Mitchell Motor Company, whose cars have
established during the last few years an eI''ahle
record for low cost Of keeI'-Up. have developed d
new line for the outlet Of their product Charles
p Skinner manager Of the New York agency, mas
,acenrIv interested a number of owners Of i'm
ported high priced cars in the economies fe-
sultng keeping a low cost car. such as the
Mitchell, sort Of every day or ut4ity car
and holding back the expensive car for functions
and occasions During the last few weeks he has
made sales TO a few well known New Workers VINO
in the past have not thought OF using anything
that cost less than three times the cost Of the
Mitchell car.
At the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company booth
at tbe show can be seen two new devices OF much
interest. A demOuntable rim shown may be used
in connection with clincher or quick detachable
tires and consists OF three parfs-channel rim
locking ring and dernountab BILE part containing the
tire. II has narroS wedge shapes and no sharp
angles SO that IFS parts cannot rust together and
make the rim difficult TO manipulate. This is the
same equipment used in connection with
Firestone tires by the locomoble in winning the
Fairrnount Park The exhibit includes the
connpIete Ffrestone line Of automobile and motor
truck tires
The story OF an accident with plenty of exciting
thrills in IT, told by r. A. Randie, of the era
bovsky Power Company. He 1t shows You
can't hurt a Ora bowsky car. He q nonstop
run from Detroit this city. AT Cold Spring on
Tuesday, after a run Of $50 miles, new guide was
taken on the car. Mr.. Randle had driven the car
for twenty-six hours at the ume and his machInl-
clan had take the wheel About this time the
new guide lghtcd mis- cigar and carelessly flung
the match into the engine pan, which was filled
with oil The car ablaze in an instant In
summing from the car the mechanician somehow
released the brakes causing the machine TO 60
over an eight foot embankment. Although it
rolled over and and smashed into two trees,
the only serious damage done was broken muf-
fer connection 1t will be used by the GraboWsky
concern as a demonstrating IN connection with
its exhibit at the show.
Walter z. Sykes, president Of the American Zust
Motor Company, finding that he could not get suf-
acient space at the show to properly exhibit the
schiappatti bodies, which he imports covering
10 the Z5st chassis. decided to hold a show OF his
own at the Zust salesroons.
Mr. Sykes has already received a Uf $50 n,H-
metres of bore the limit srowed under the inter
national rule for 1865, and intends TO enter it In all
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