The Washington times., 1909-12-24
OUTPUT Of AUTOS
WILL Be SMALLER
Estimates of Prominent
Makers and Dealers Show
a Big Drop.
By HARRY WARD.

There is apparent a tendency TOWARD
revision downward in the estimates
of the automobile production TO be eN-
pected during the coming year. Men
prominent in The motor car industry
are pointing out the many limiting lac
tors that will tend to cut down the Out
put. which at first it was predlcleo
would reach as high as 10000 machines.
A noted tire manufacturer, who natur-
ally is in a position 20 know something
about the situation, says that estimates
based upon the tire specifications OF the
purchasing departments Of the various
motor car makers indicate that l5o'D0
will he very close to the actual figures
Of cars to be produced during -slo
There IS q. growing trend toward quick
tire-cbanciue- devices, and the predic-
ton is made that about cne-third OF
the output Of touring cars will leave the
factories equipped with demounlaole
rims OF some sort.
There is no doubt that the automobile
Fmakers would like TO quadruple the out
put Of the present year, which has led
1 10 the various estimates that the 1916
production would be from two 70 i've
times that of 1909. This VIII be lDlpoS-
| sihle, because Of the shortage or parts
I which is already being telL me COLI
aestiOn OF orders for aXleS, radls,'oTs'
I SSteerirc, Gears wheels. etc, leads the
/ lxnOwino~ ones TO predict that the IN
/ crease over the 1909 production viii 2ol
/ be over A. per cent In view or the ~
/ creased cost OF producing cars, due %
! the high prices Of raw materials ana OF
/ labor, the buying public, instead OF eN-
pecting a Cheapening or motor cdI y
b should rather be prepared TO find tndi
/ the price OF the machine viii 90 uI
| simultaneously with the rise in prices
/ Of its component factors
I Announcement is made that the
Wayne Davis Company, of Philadel-
phia, has been given the Washington
territory for the ale of the Everitt
! 20 the latest car TO come out OF
Detroit. In additfod to Washington
the company will also have the selling
rights for the Everitt in Pennsylvania
i Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Mr.
i Davis will be in this city about January
10, and viii arrange for a subaSencS
here. Simplicity is the keynote OF th'
: Everitt, which is being produced by
men who are pioneers in the automo
bile business.
In explaining rhe severance Of TIT
/ connection between the Chalmers-De
troit Motor Company and the Hudson
Motor Company, Hugh Chalmers, presi
dent Of the former company, said i
IS simply an expCdient business move
i We reached the conclusion that boil
D companies would develop faster /
= there were more concentration o
Z effort along definit lines on tn
part of some Of the officers
4 The contemplated changes viii not TAX
g place abruptly. We shall work int
= Them gradually 50 that the Tegula
/ operations of either company will no
be interrupted" Both of these com
, panies are represented in Washingto
20 by the Motor Car Company.
Joseph BerberiCh, a welI-knoWn busi
ness man Of this city. recently made
= trip 20 Baltimore in a Washington test
T. ing car I'm fifty-slN minutes. The ca
r was of f5-horsepower. and as the motto
q was new and had not been limbered III
$ Mr.. Berberich believes even better tim
r can be made.
= The Carter Motor Car Corporate
"a | reports the sale OF Washington rOa,
y sters 10 Napoleon Hin, president Of u
~ Automobile College of Washington, an
: DIT. Charles X. Luce Washington ca
- were delivered this week 10 J. l.. Sho
maker and u. j. HuISP