Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-28
Along Auto Row

work on Garages is Progressing
Rapidly-Preparations for the
show Are TO he Made Early
The Auto sales company. at 1924 Farnam
street. Is one OF the new agencies on Auto
row. B. II. Goodman IS manager. He Is
an enterprising young business man and Is
en- automobile enthusiast. He viii handle
the Gath. This Is one Of the higher priced
cars and comes I'm the tourabout four
passenger and seven-passenger models,
with 40 and 45-horse power motor, and sells
Tor $500.
Work on the garages is progressing
rapidly despite the bad weather. The Max
well people, said Manager Doty. will not
be able to get in their new home as early
as expected, but they will be comfortably
CHARTERED there before February.
A~ulabaugh. the furrier, has equipped him
self to provide everything necessary for
automobiles. His stock embodies caps,
robes. coats and many fine things for those
who are able to have the Injuries.
Wallace Automobile company will re-
oeive a seventy horsepower stearns this
week.
G. r. Shaffer, representing the PRESTO
Lite company. said yesterday that it was
not a P~rest-O-Lite tank that exploded at
the police station when the automobile was
burned. He said that the Prest-O-Lite
which was attached to the car went
through the fire without being affected at
al, It was another manufacture of tank
which exploded, he said, and which was
not near the car.
II. c. Barber, travelling salesman for the
Columbus Electric, spent Saturday in
Omaha. He said that the demand for cleo
tries is Improving every day. For ladies"
he said, 1T is the only car
Edholm & Peters have recently secured
the agency for the Chase motor wagon and
will begin pushing it vigorously at once.
This car is popular in other sections of
the country.
Some years ago, when it was apparent
that electric vehicles would have a wide
use, the Studebaker Automobile company
engaged Hayden Eames, then chief en-
gineer Of the Electric Vehicle company, to
undertake the task Of designing and mar
keting a class Of electric vehicles such as
would add to studebaker prestige. Mr..
Eames, following out his lnvariable plan,
undertook the large task in a quiet way,
preferring to do the work and let others
do the talking.
BY a systematic process and a proper
display Of skill the plan has prospered, and
II Will come as a news item Of more than
a little purport to most people that the
Studebaker company will now
so into the building of electric vehicles
on a large scale, and In view Of the other
efforts, in the shape OF gasoline automo-
blles, now we'll under way, 1t has been de-
cided to make a separate department of
the electric vehicle work. c. II. Tyler,
one Of the able men of the studebaker
staff, formerly connected with the Stude-
baker Chicago branch, will hold sway over
the destiny of this separated project.
Let it not be supposed that the present
move Is as a bolt from a clear sky; on
the contrary. the amount Of electric We
hiole work already done by the stude-
bakers might be clsssed as large.
The nav idea is to take advantage of
experience gained, build cars In accord
ance with the dictates OF this same expe-
Tience and place the whole matter on an
Independent footing, holding a department
head OF wide experience responsible for
the result. Mr.. Tyler is in the saddle,
the work Is being pressed In all directions
and Studebaker e~lectrics are being turned
out at a rapid rate.
c. II. Tyler has been appointed man
.kger OF the electric pleasure vehicle de-
partment OF the Studebaker Automobile
company and will represent this company
in all matters relating to the electric
pleasure vehicles, to act under the advice
and counsel OF General Manager Eames
and to cooperate with and assist the va
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ton OF the electric pleasure cars.
Following a week Of most successful rae
ing at Atlanta, the Chalmers-Detro rae
Ing team, consisting Of Joe Matson, Lee
Lorimer, Billy Knipper and Bert Dingiey,
gave their contest manager, Harry l.. Bill,
a dinner and presented him with a very
handsome gold watch.
In presenting the watch Bill waH in
prime that 1t was given him because he
was such a crouch all season"
Probably Bill was a crouch, but he has
made himself one of the most successful
contest managers in the country. The Of
ficials OF the Chalmers-Detro company
give him much credit for the success.
which followed the Blue Birds all sea
son. and the racing drivers are equally un-
stinted In their praise. But they like 20
tell Bill he's a crouch, chiefly because Il
takes hard luck to bring out the best In
Bin. When he's winning his men don't
need cheering up, and there isn't 81 much
TO do. Bill hates idleness, and so hH.
drivers have given him a watch in APP
probation Of his grouchiness.
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No car ever received IN Omaha has
created SO much talk or attracted so much
attention as the six-cylinder seventy horse
power. Thomas Tourabout seen In Omaha
now days.
. This Ia a short coupled touring car with
a mechanician's seat at the rear. Under
this seat, and properly enclosed, Is a white
ame receptacle provided with a drain
and intended as an after p. m. convent
ence.
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