The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-02-08
NOVEL SUGGESTION
INTERESTS DEALERS
Each Agent May Promote
Run Open Only tc Owners
of His Brand.
By HARRY WARD.

The automobile dealers OF this city
are uanifesting considerable interest
in a suggestion offered By Charles W.
Bender. II IS TO the effect that each
dealer promote an endurance contest
limited 10 persons who drive the make
Of car handled by The dealer In the
opinion Of many such contests would
prove very interesting not only 10 those
who would participate, but also % mo-
florists generally There IS hardly a
dealer here who could not muster a.
least fifteen entries. while some dealers
could round up nifty or more people
who drive the make OF car handled by
them, and who would probably be glad
10 enter a contest IN which but one
make Of car would be eligible The
plan as formulated by M Bender IS
that each dealer arrange his own route
and that each contest be finished at
the Automobile Club OF Washington.
where members Of the club would act
IS the technical committee, examining
the cars and picking the winners The
first and second cars III each dealer S
event would be eligible at the COnClu-
. sion OF the entire string ca events 10
participate in a. Tuu TO be promoted by
the auto club from which would he
evolved the final winner While there
are one or two possible objections TO
the Scnem Mr.. Bender believes they
IS adopted boy the dealers, Washington
Viii be the scene OF numerous contests
during the summer
The fact Is not generally known that
the automobile Industry IS -Od4y third
IN importance IN the United States TX
/ rraordiuary as tLis showing Is, It is I'm
dCEUrel-E true mat CI-L a beginning
has been made All authorities agree
THAI y much greater advance VIII De
made i'm the next I'VE years than &C
as
D benefits insured from the widespread
activities OF this youthful industry are
certain 70 BE- COUPLED and possibly
quadruDied, before very Ions.
The Dupont Sales Company. agents for
the L.Oztcr. has been advised that the
Lozier Motor Company IS 70 build a
million dollar plant in Detroit An Op-
ton mas been secured on rwenty-Oue
acres Of ground ia the center OK the
automobile Ualu1aC-ilTllS section OF
Detroit, and q factory with a moor space
OF 10000 square feet VIII Be erected
thereon II is believed THAT the plant
VIII be in operation by ueNr fan The
present I-Ozier factory Is II Slattsburg,
\. y
According TO advices received tHis
morning bv Barnes & EAenQTiCk5 the
Pullman agents. James f Morse sales
manager OF the Pullman Motor Car
Company, has just returned from an
~-fa
Model k-lU pullman touring car Gov
priug d route. the ma OE portion OF
which subjected the car 10 the Sc
vereSt usage that an automobile can
experience No adjustments whatever
were made 20 the car after finishing
this grUeIing test, excepting the grind
ing Of the valves and the cleaning Of
the carbon deposit out OF them
Tina newest auto I'm IN washington
Il. Emerson & Orule- c0ruDCSed OF Er11ca
Emerson and James W Orme. both OF
whom are widely known in automobile
circles They have secured the agency
for the AppersOn- one OF the Oldest
makes OF cars in this country. and are
now casting about for e. suitable sales
room. Two demonstrating cars, & Eve
IA ssenger and q seven-pasSenger tour
f7v car, have arrived and are being
shown TO prospective purchasers
A STANLEY Eel. president OF the Motor
Car COMPANY has annOunce1 that Jack
Sue~~- IS no longer connected with the
COMPANY HIS successor as sales man
ager VIII probably De- named Ihis week
Tie Cook & Stcddard Company re-
norris the sale Of three Cadillac go
cars 10 members Of the real estate firm
# stone x E'aIrfa7S- Ciisirles stone Sc
s-rriug car, and James Strayer a demi-
r0uHeau-
In order to have the name Of its
c5muauy harmonic with that Of the
car which Il p-oduCeS. the York Motor
car Company has rec emily been changed
10 che Pullman Motor Car Company by
the courts upon application for the
same -The company retains the same
officers and the entire personnel OF the
concern remains unchanged The PUll-
man IS handled in this city By Barnes
& fend-ick-