Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10

nOlS went 1llO dlltlOoI det4IJ SCI
vice in the spring of 1895. The solid
tires with which first equipped, proving
too small for durability, it was fitted
with single tube pueumatics, the first
use of these tires on motor vehicles
Haynes an Early Worker
Important work in the early days of
the industry was performed by Elwood
Haynes of Komomo Ind, who started
his first vehicle in 1898. and had it ready
for its first trial ride July T. 1894. Small
steel wheels with cushion rubber tires
were used and a single cylinder YER
ticle two-cycle engine of the launch
type was utilized for propulsion. 1t
had two speeds forward by seperate
chains, but no reverse and the drive
was on a single wheel with no differ
entail or balance gear. The engine was
started by pushing the vehicle with
the clutch thrown in. 1t had a light
buggy body.
Following this came the vehicle with
an engine of the two-cylinder opposed
type, which afterward bounded into
great popularity. 1t was finished in
1895 and boasted steel wheels and ac-
commodation for four, seated dos-a-dos
Some Of the parts of the engine were
stance of the use of this material in
motor construction.
No story of the marvellous growth of
the automobile industry can be com
plete unless mention of the important
part that Henry Ford has played in the
progress of the business be included in
the history. Starting at the time when
he was employed by the Edison Electric
company at Detroit, when, during his
hpIIrg hp a fWn-nKlindar
gasoline machine that looked more like
a baby carriage or a velocipede than a
modern automobile, UP to the present
day, when he is the head of the largest
automobile factory in the world, Mr.
Ford's influence on the growth Of the
motor car has been constant and world
wide.
Ford's Early Experience
1t is at the present time an interesting
detail of the early days of the trade
that the authorities of Detroit restrict
ed Mr. Ford to the hours before in
the morning and after 10 at night to op-
crate his first car through the streets,
the fear having been entertained that
horses might be unduly frightened by
the horseless wagon. This vehicle, fin
iShed in 1893, was small four r-Wheeled.
self-propelled auto. Even at that early
date Mr. Ford demonstrated the COM
mercial possibilities of the automobile
by coming to the rescue of street car
which had come to grief through the
collapse of its motive power-a typical
car horse-and pulling the car to the
depot. Through his early work and lat
er introduction of several ''firsts'' be-
fore and after the organization of the
Ford Motor company in 1908, Mr.. Ford
has earned the distinction of being a
pioneer.
Mr.. Duryea had been working on
this since 1888, and claims to be one of
the first automobile manufacturers in
| the United States, along with one or
two other manufacturers Of the pres
ent day From that time on Mr.. Dur
! yea associated himself with Mr. L H.
Page and between 1893 and 1898 the
Stevens-Duryea car was brought to
| perfection.
Their first model was called model
| IL" dos-a-dos type of car, with en-
| gine and all mechanism under the
seats and very hard to get at. They
| built these for three years, selling a
| great number of them, and gaining
/ their first reputation.
In 1901 Mr.. Duryea started to work
on, and perfected the model r, four
| cylinder car. This four-cylinder car
was put on the market in 1904. and
! carried on for three years, it being a
wonderful success.
Manufacturers Multiply
| With the dawn Of the twentieth CEN
| tury the number Of automobile manu-
facturers began to multiply rapidly,
so that from the group of five concerns
! in the business in 1895, the list grew to
| SO in 1901 and more than 300 in 1908.
In the review that has been given of
| the early period of the Industry.
scarcely more than an indication could
/ be given of the contributions to the
| development of the car by the pio-
neers. OF necessity, much has been
omitted concerning the work of the
makers who entered the field later.
| This will be told in the individual
| stories of the part played by the vari-
GUS concerns in the upbuilding of the
modern automobile to it's present state
of near perfection.
Those manufacturers who took ont
| licenses under the Selden patent or
ganized in 1903 into the Association of
Licensed Automobile Manufacturers
This organization has standardized a
great many parts with benefit to the
Industry Two years later those man
ufacturers who did not admit the va
llidity of the Selden patent banded
themselves into the American Motor
Car Manufacturers association, which
has contributed to the advancement Of
the industry by holding yearly shows
open to all makers Of cars throughout
the world
1t is believed that a wider variety in