Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23

tio ottehudhCe ana the GOOD things said of
the car in omaha From st. Joseph he
will go to Kansas City, where he will show
the Locomobile a week. Then it returns
TO Chicago.
II. II. Vanbrunt is in indianapolis spend
ing ten days at the Overland factory.
Hugh Chalmers Of the Chalmers-Detroi
Automobile Co. of Detroit will address the
sd mems club Wednesday. Mr.. Chalmers
is looked upon as one OF the best auto
mobile men in the country, and one of the
cleverest advertisers.
Howard L. spohn Of Toledo. engaged in
automobile publications and recognized
authority on whatever is of gasoline cars.
spent several days last week in Omaha.
Among men of wealth who believe the
medium priced Chalmers-D etroits are good
enough for them are John s Huyler, the
famous candy maker. and Percy Rookie
feller, son of William Rockefeller. and
nephew Of John d., Rockefeller. Mr.. Rookie
Teller drove a Chalmers-D Detroit Forty
1908 model over 10000 miles. Douglas Rob-
inson. ex-president Roosevelt's brother-in-
law; Arthur Brisbane, the editor; John f.
oRourke, who built the New York sub
way: A. r. shattuck. ex-president of the
Automobile club of America, and DR.. Lee
De Forrest of wireless telegraphy fame.
also are owners of Chalmers-D Detroit cars.
William Drummond, who handles the
White Steamer. said yesterday that an old
report which has been circulated from
time to time in the past THAT the White
people would abandon steam cars. had
sprung up again recently. and that 1t might
be silenced al once, as IL had been In the
past, he addressed a letter to the presi-
dent of the White company, making some
inquiries, and following is the reply:
President White said: This is the usual
time of year for the rumor to be circulated
that we are to discontinue the manufacture
of steam cars. This is the ninth year that
this rumor has done service. so naturally
1t has become a little shop worn and frayed
around the edges II would seem that this
year, however, statesmen interested in
ether cars are more than usually DESTROYS
that the competition which they feel from
the White car should be removed. and APP
parently so earnestly do they desire that
we should go into their line of manufac-
turing that they have almost come to be-
lieve that such is the case. I do not like
TO disrupt these day dreams. but I wish TO
state unequivocally, as the president Of The
White company. hat we have no intention,
plan or inclination to discontinue the manu-
facture of White steam cars.
Ever since we nave been manufacturing
automobiles, II has been our custom to
keep in pretty close touch with the de-
velopment OF other types of cars. To that
end, we have from time to time purchased
various styles of gasoline cars, imported
and domestic, and OF a wide range Of
powers and prices. We have always made
these purchases openly, yet on each oc-
casion, the Iumor has promptly gone forth
that we are purchasing these machines be-
cause we are to make gasoline cars. As a
matter Of fact, cur sole object has been
to put these cars to the same test to which
we submit our own product and to see in
which way these qualities could be COM
pared with those Of the White. I will
state most emphatically that we have
never found a gasoline car which
in our judgment comes anywhere near pos
sessing the DESTROYS qualities of the White
Steamer"