The Washington times., 1909-12-01
DEALERS TO MEET
AND ADOPT PLANS
Local Auto Agents Will Dis
cuSS Coming Show at
Session Tonight.
BY HARRY WARD.

~ e. Long, chairman of the first na-
tiOnal automobile show Of Washington,
has called q meeting Of tie automobile
dealers and supply men for tomorrow
1lfght 1t will be held at Eckstein's
ra1e. beginning at $50 o'clock. and as a
Ramber Of matters of vital interest will
3,et considered, Chairman Long hopes all
dealers viii be present.
3. Il. johnson, VINO has been sug-
Fested as manager Of the show. viii
Eoine over from Baltimore u outline the
1Hens he has mapped out for the annual
saoWinE or motor cars and supplies.
Mr.. Johnson was in Washington yes
to-day, and conferred with a number o.
The leading dealers. He will present
data showing the cost of giving the
show, together with other matters per
tanning to the subject.
Chairman Long has selected the five
directors VINO will have entire charge OF
the show. Their names will be an
nOunced at the meeting tomorrow night
As Washington has not had a motor
car show for sc ,eral years. and as there
are more than sixty- five different rnale.s
To say nothing Of the thousand and on,
afOcles OF utility that the genius of
american inventors has provided for
tffr convenience of motorists the ont
look Tor the forthcoming SHOW is bright
Z Convention Hall. which has been Sc
e'ut ed. rs most suitable place for the
exhibition.
( The latest car to invade the Washing
1On market is the Regal. the agency Tor
which has been secured by the Wilson
company. which also handles the Amer
acan-SimpleX, the Hupmobile, and the
Woods electric. The deal was cousun-
gnated yesterday by George w. Frank
i'm, sales manager Of the Regal Motor
Car Company. The first OF the 1910 cars
NIL be received within the next two
weeks and Mr. Wilson is already book
ing requests for demonstrations. The
Regal 80 is a fOur-cylindeT car. built
with four-passenger detachable baby
tonneau body or a five passenger tour
8ng body The transmission IS of the
selecuve sliding gear type, with three
forward speeds and reverse. The max
ers claim that in the manufacture OF
Regal cars numberless experiments have
preceded the Incorporation Of each new
Feature.
The annual meeting Of the directors
OF the Pope Automobile Company q
washington was held Monday night
president T. b. Spence and the other
officers were reelected. SIr. Spence
was given a vote Of thanks for the
splendid showing made by his company
during the past year. The outlook for
the coming year is very roseate. and
with the line Of cars handled by the
company. comprising the Matheson,
.Oldsmobile. Pope-Hartford, Oakland.
tMaVerlN. and Autocar trucks, 1910
promises to be the most successful year
in the company's history.
Emil Gruenfeld. chief engineer and de-
signer OF the Baker Motor Vehicle Com
'pany. has just returned from "A visit
20 European automobile centers. The
greatest objection TO European electrics,
ne says, is the use Of very thin plates
IN, the batteries. which, although they
give a greater initial mileage. are too
short lived to be PRACTICAL. The <ries-
wound motor is becoming standdlN and
ID the later models are Of the single
motor type, with double speed reduction
and shaft drive.
The Motor Car Company ia common
with other Chalmers-DetrOit agents
throughout the country. is expressing
pleasure over the unusually consistent
showing OF the Chalmers Detroit cars
en- the Atlanta speedway. with FIVE
drEtS. eleven seconds. and eight thirds
Tho Chalmers-Detroit team netted sew
enty-fOur points, scoring as a track
meet Is scored. Robertson and Strang
placed the Fiat second. with = points,
while the Marmon and the National
tied for third. with = points each.
Tho Motor Sales Company las been
advised that the plant Of the Moon
Motor Company. i'm St Louis. mas been
running overtime for several weeks. and
q large force Of men is now WORKING
night ina the machine shop DeliV-
cries Of 1910 cars are now being made
and six cars day Is the schedule be-
ing made al the factory
A Studebaker<E-M- go" has been
purchased from the Commercial Auto
mobile and supply Company by the Co
.lumbia Lodge OF the order Of Moose. II
VIII be one of the prizes offered during
the lodges fair I'm January. The ma
chine is now on exhibition at the Com
mercial Company's salesrOoms on New
York avenue.
Perry Heath, the newspaper CORE
spondeut, has purchased a Baker four
passenger extension front electric coups
from the Cook and Stoddard Company
A similar machine has also been sold
to Mrs. NJ r. BursOn. This company
lFtfsO reports the sale Of a Cadillac "2O''
Touring car TO George p. Mcclellan.
Charles S. Nermillion. q former mem
Der OF the bicycle police squad. has en-
.barked IN the automobile supply bust
ness. lie has opened a store a 21O7
Fourteenth street, and will carry q full
line OF supplies and accessories. Mr..
1Nermillion has a host Of friends who
VIII wish him much success in his new
venture.
The Commercial Automobile md Sun
Oily Company yesterday received SIN
-ssebaker electric coupe ordered go,
weeks agO by Representative W g. Nc
J<inley Of Illinois. The machine is fin
ished IN leather and fully equipped
- The Cook and Stoddard COMPANY re-
ports the sale Of a Cadillac co. touring
car 20 Mrs. J. B. Kendall
NOT FINISHED.
Mime. spaud-IIave you given some
fresh water 20 the gold fish Anua2
Ia femme de chambre-NO. ma am
They haven't finished what ] gave them
ihe other day yet-BOn ylvant.
t~aN Solid Train
w. to St. Louis