The Detroit times., 1909-12-11
STUPENOOUS SCOPE
OF THE COMBINED
I EMF PLANTS
New York Authority Tremendously
Impressed by Visit To the Home
of the Largest Detroit
Producers.
The Busy Whirl of the Industry That
Is Doing So Much To Make Mich
igan's Metropolis Famous.

Iuan a. Metmorc OF New York. has
jgst returned from his annual tour
around the automobile industry A
Detroit Lc isitcd the EMF COM
pdu3's factories and was much i'm
pressed with thc operations this COM
pauy has under way 20 produce during
Tie neNt year 4L200 cars. aggregatins
tho trst person outside the r Nh Of
= 2.tHiEattOu TO ride I'm a Flanders 20
car. tvrc = his story:
Fhs operations ot the Nh 60.
are simply stupendous. Eight far
tories nave been purchased inrladinS
the Wayne, Northern. Port Huron, pe
Lux, w estern Malleahlc. Detroit
Pressed Steel and Monroe Body Factory
- ioutiac and the Canadian plant at
WalkerNilic
The EMF factory has been so on
l largCd that half Of a ten-acre plot has
heen covered with four-story buildings
From sept I 10 Sept. T. la. goo EMF
tnii ties We're shipped. and since sept /
thcrc have been g. GOO ears mauufaC-
The rcte of ieoo per month ! saw my
SOLE completed cars during busy
afternoon COME down the eleN Naior at
the rate OF one every four minutes
IL was my visit 20 the monster Elan-
d'rS plant. NoWcNrr. that most inter
eStrd me When completed they say Il
Will he the largest single automobile
factory IN "a, world. TIE pig iron and
steel plate viii 80 ~ az on" end raw
ana emerge as a finished twenty horse
power runabout at the other From
/ Jan. : 1870, 10 Jan. /, 1911. there Will
I he built eH.e0o cars The ractory VIII
| - ready, - turn ont 600 IN January,
I l-nV In February. and after that lIn
( cars prr d-y. and by Nav T. The output
T. j. wonderful litlc machine aTd
price possibility revelation. Mr.
Heaslett. at Rainir fame. is the de
! signer and Nj cook. who has built
more gas engines ttan any man I'm
Nmeri.4 Is seeing 10 the production OF
TIE Studeba kew Flanders "co" is
owned by The E-M-F CO. In whicn the
studehakers have an interest
Probably the longest taxicab TIP
which has ever been taken by am in
McManas. az tho Carmakers Selling
Co. ~ Chicago. in Il CarterCar taNicah-
AIR. McMauus Is a big busy man who
appreciates the value ~ time He vas
4t Atlanta. TIA. ana wanted To make
IN" run 10 savannah. stopping ~ svN-
eraI small towns on The way and look
ing after business matters
The regular rate - charged by the
/ Ta~icab 90. would have brought the
! bin up 90 about seO5 bat 10 is under
stood th9t a special ra.e was made 20
/ him only some $40.
Tie registration fees for motor cars
vary greatly In Nebraska and south
Dakota tie Zee is s in Minnesota,
/ g -; in rcunessce. ltah Maine Vir-
Elria Washington. wisconsin and
Maryland 81 I'm Ohio. north Carolina.
! Missouri and Iowa s.. IN New Hnmp-
shire SO. an these being a nat regis
/ tr3tion Tee without Re gard TO tie horse
/ power - tho machine.
The urw MichiGan law enacted OF
/ th" last session 81 the legislature, Is
c0pi "a more nearly upon the plan of
tho \ a. \ uniform automobile state
I Alll than that of any other state DEM
lonstratiug tine effertifeuess ~ tne per
si-tant Efforts ~ SOME ~ tile prominent
\ A. 4 members in the state. particu-
iqrlv : II Waldon. Eov i. chaplin and
William y. Metzgcr the statute pro-
hi'its local ordinances except In the
matter II speed
Fourteen representative 81 tho adj
! lvHttisiu2 departments of tn" same NUM-
her of licensed automobile manufactur-
CTS met Tuesday AT New York 20 con
sid"r tho adytsahility of forming a
I permanent organl lzatIon
In the course Of 'Uc Il scisst0n N was
/ made clear that the sentiment ~ tho
advertising men WAS that much mutual
help might he derived and some saviug
! Of money effected for their principal Is
( hv tho interchange % idehs and "Nperi-
I cnCe
The following advertising managers
{ were present Arthur y JerVis. Ameri
can Locomotive Company; y y. prys
tdaic Cadillac Motor Car Company H.
/ W. Ford. Chalmers Detroit Motor Com
:
i Vehicle Corporation. n Rockwell MaN
! we ll- Briscot Motor Company VI. l..
/ Footc Peerless Motor Car Company
+ George VI Davis. Pierce Arrow Motor
/ car company: IT \. LiHehard Pope
/ Manufacturing Company; e. W. Woos-
/ tor. r. y Stearus Company. c. A. Stein.
/ Pelletier. Studehaker Automobile Com
| Motor COMPANY. II If Johnston. wal
tham Manufacturing Company and
| Charles " McarS OF the Winton Motor
| Clrriago COMPANY
That the Tenth National Automobile
| show in Madison Square Garden. Jan.
! SIS. will eclipse any former exhibition
| ~ motor cars motorc ycles and access
| sories ever held in tho famous huilding z
| is positively assured ~ the official list
! OF exhibitors just issued bv the Assoc
! citation Of licensed Automobile MANN
/ fqCturerS Under whose auspices tho
| show is held. Tho list shows q total of
i 3-c different displays ~ which there
arc % exhibits ~ complete cars. be
/ sfdeg 2f6 exhibits of aCChssOrics md
I parts. and % motorcvcle exhibits
Even with an increase over last wear
OF more tbap .0oo fcet of exhibition
( space Whicn the show managers bv i'm
/ gcnioUs methods. wore ahl" 10 s0uceZe
( ont Cf tho garden interior. there H. not
/ one foot ~ spnce available FOR exhibit
/ tfon purposes To- be bad iu amy part
of the building
"Thc 'c>ttut ~ TIE EUROPEAN touring
/ movement IT. shown Ir tI.. fitf that