Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10
SHAFT DRIVES OF
LOCAL BUSINESS
MENWH0 HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
MADE BUSINESS GOOD
Clean, Aggressive in Principle, Vol
ume of Trade Increases and
Goes Forward with
Bound

That there are some live shaft drives
In the city Of Los Angeles engaged in
the automobile business one has but to
glance around at the handsome struc-
lures on South Olive street, Grand ave-
nue., Hope street, South Main, Ploo an. anu
other points to be convinced of the fact.
One may travel from the crowded
fhoroughfares of Fifth avenue and
Broadway, New York, to the racine
coast; stop off and traverse the mana
some Michigan avenue OF Chlcago'
search the precincts of Euclid avenue
in Cleveland, the boulevards OF mllllon-
aire Pittsburg; but you Will ma no
where the splendid homes and sales
rooms for automobiles that are to be
seen right here in Greater Los Angeles.
1t requires no particularly bralny
financier to comprehend that 1t took
energy, determination and close atten-
tton TO business to obtain the funds TO
erect these structures, 1t does not need
any particularly brilliant intelIect 10
see that brains have been at work 10
erect all these handsome homes Ior Ine
display of their automobiles, and have
built IN the tremendous business that
is now done in this city alone in the line
of gasoline and steam cars.
Lee Motor Car Company
OF these none are more prominent
than the house of the Lee Motor Car
company, located on south MAN s1[eeS req
in one of the most commodious ana
handsome structures devoted TO the au-
tomobile industry.
The Lee Motor Car company is the
agent for the Cadillac cars, which en-
iov a popularity that has kept the local
branch almost continually behind IN
its orders. This volume of business
may be better estimated when 1t is con-
sidered that out of the allotment OF 400
cars for the season the allotment is
within sight of exhaustion thus early
in the season.
e. d. Lee, president of the company,
has been practically brought up on
wheels. His experience begins with the
bicycle, of which he was master, and
he has continually progressed with
what may be termed motion on wheels
until his firm has the splendid four
wheeled vehicle of today that is at
tracing the attention of the automobile
world.
DR.. NJ. H. Green, general manager of
the Lee Motor Car company, is as thor
oughly versed in the automobile king
dom as is the president of the company
The Cadillac for this season Is so
much In advance of all the past sea-
sons in lines and form that it would
same old principles there that have
made Cadillac a family name upon the
streets and the roads of the country.
Motor Car Import Company
The latest concern to enter the field
of automobiles in this city and one
that will cut no little figure in the
great automobile movement that is
going on here at present, as witness
these columns today is the Motor Car
Import company, While the name is
new to the people those connected with
1t are all well known figures in auto
mobile circles and have made fame
and fortune, too, in the line of horse
less vehicles. Fred C. Fenner, presi-
dent of the White Garage corporation,
is the president of the new company,
and it will handle the Italian car, Isot-
ia Fraschini-the greatest stock car in
the world. This car is built in Milan,
Italy, and has a reputation that stands
high in the manufacture of automo-
biles. 1t has been on the racing track
in Europe and in the great events of
this country and has made fame for
itself that is still carved in the inches
thereof.
Associated with Mr.. Fenner in the
conduct of the Isotta sales is S. w.
Bixby, who is secretary and treasurer
of the new corporation, as he is also
the secretary and treasurer of the
White garage, and both of these men
are so we'll known to the people of
Los Angeles that it is superfluous to
enter into any biographical sketch at
this time Of either. Fenner has made
automobile fame within the past year
or so that has carried him almost me-
teorically into the armament of the
stars of the industry. There has been
no game, no sport, no race too long,
no course too hard that Fenner's
CHEEKY "all right" was not ringing,
ready to go at a moments notice. He
has placed many cars in this commun-
ity among satisfied buyers, and is
again found in the foremost ranks with
a new line that is bound to meet with
instant recognition.
Scarcely any but know S. w Bixby.
A native son and nearly all his life
spent right here in Los Angeles he
entered the automobile field well
equipped for the greater enterprise in
which he and his associates are en-