Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-23
MOTOR SALES COMPANY
MOON GASOLINE AND RAUCH
E. LANG ELECTRIC CARS.
Among the Exhibits of Special In
terest at the Coming Auto
mobile Show.

l. Among the exhibits OF special interest
at the coming automobile show will be the
display of the Moon gasoline and Rauch
& Lang electrics by the Motor Sales Com
pany There will be 40-cell coupe,
4O-cell landa ulet, a 4O-cell victoria and
3O-cell runabout from the Rauch d Lang
factory and a 30-horsepoWer baby tom
neau and a 3o-horsepoWer chassis from
the Moon Company.
One of the youngest and at the same
| time most successful concerns in Wash
ington is the Motor Sales Company, in
corporated, whose offices and salesrooms
are at Sl1 18th street northwest. John S.
Larcombe is president Of the company
and John S. Larcombe, jr., is secretary
and treasurer. The Motor Sales Com
pany holds the Washington agencies for
the Rauch G. Lang electrics and the Moon
gasoline cars.
Made Carriages for Years.
The Rauch & Lang electrics are man
ufactured in Cleveland, Ohio, by the
Rauch & Lang Carriage Company, con-
Germ that was engaged in the carriage
| business for fifty-seven years. Five years
| ago this firm, it is claimed. caught the
| trend of popular feeling and gave up the
| manufacture of carriages for the bust
ness Of building electric automobiles 1t
carries a complete line of the machines,
and, with the completion of the additions
| to its factory now in course of construc-
| ton, it will have. it is declared, the larg-
| est floor space of any automobile con-
| Germ in the country.
| When the Rauch & Lang Co. began
manufa curing electrics 1t amalgamated
an electric motor manufacturing COM
many. which had done nothing but make
| electric motors for ten years, ana mad
been furnishing many manufacturers with
motors This concern has been turning
out motors exclusively for Rauch & Lang
ever since.
| Care in Construction.
| These electrics are carefully construct
ed, every part being made in the factory.
| For instance, each body in in charge OF
an experienced carriage maker. who is
responsible for it until the work is com
Melted 1t takes ninety days to finish
one of these bodies. Every joint is glued
and screwed. Twen,y-four coats of paint
are applied. Similar care Is taken with
every one of the other parts of each
car
one of the best indications of the merit
of the RduCn q Lang electiicS, IL IL
| nointed out, is the character of the
| agents who handle them throughout the
/ country For instance, Brewster q Co.
| of New York, whose reputation as car
rage makers is International. refer all IN
nI,irtes for electricS to flandreau. the
| New York agent of Rauch & Lang In
| Chicago the Raucf & Lang elcctrics are
| handled by kimball &, Co., the leading
| carriage makers of the west. who put
their own name on the e1ectrics When
placing them on sale.
| The Moon Cars.
| The Moon, cars, for which the Motor
Sales Company is the Washington agent.
are made by the JOSEPH, NJ. Moon Com
pany of ST. Louis. Mo-, which concern
was engaged in the manufacture of car
| riaees for thirty years before it took UP
automobiles Until this year the Moon
Company made no cars that sold for I'M
der $1,000 but after two years of pre-
liminary testing they are now turning out
a S1Esp car in all styles of bodies
strongly built and powerful The wheel
| base of these cars is 10 inches, with
| 34-inch wheels. The motor is 4l4 inches
bv q inches, delivering over thirty-tiv
horsepower Each car is thoroughly
tested before leaving the factory, being
| given at least 30 miles of actual road
test before the body is put in place and
the car made ready for shipment.
| The Motor Sales Company is i'll q posi-
ton to make quick delivery of the Moon
and Rauch & Lang cars. Two weeks
delivery can be made on the Moon cars.