New-York tribune., 1910-09-04
AUTO NEWS Of THE DAY
Among the Makers and Dealers
AIonq the Row.


J s. Van WezeI of New York. that he has
succeeded in reaching the highest point of
the Tyrolese Mountains, Mount Pordotoch.
an altitude Of 1900 feet Mr.. Van Wezel
had also Just completed an automobile
tour Of eight thousand miles in Europe,
which he said, had been made without
hitch of any kind. His feat is particularly
remarkable in view of the fact that he
drove the same 1910 Rainier car with which
his chauffeur had met with q peculiar
accident in New Jersey Just a week previ-
our to the date OF sailing. In return
ing from Tuxedo the car skidded over &
twenty-foot ernbankment and was found
overturned in the ravine below. The occu-
pants Of the car had saved their lives by
jumping into bushes alongside of the preci-
pice. The car was overhauled and placed
on board the steamer six days later, and,
judi ging by its performances abroad, was
none the worse for its mishap.
Miss zelua RawIston. who will soon ap-
pear on the American stage in a Broadway
production while in Mannheim, Germany,
early this summer was shown through the
Benz factory by Herr Hamrlersfahr and
selected q 3o-horsepower chassis, after
having been driven TO the Heidelberg
Sctloss by Hemery. the famous racing
driver, who is the head engineer of the
Benz works Miss Rawlston, being a true
patriot, insisted on having the Benz In
port Company put on this chassis an
American body. which has just been COM
pleted
An important change has been made in
the LoZier agency at Boston. The firm Of
H. C & c. D. Castle has been merged into
the Lozier Sales Company, OF Boston
which will handle Lozier cars in the east
ern half OF Massachusetts. H. c. Castle
Of the old firm, is president of the new
Lozier Sales Company. Mr.. Prescott is
vice-president, and Z. H. Ellison. a prom
inent manufacturer Of Boston, is another
member Of the new concern.
William I. Colt, president of the Colt
stratton Company, distributors of the Cole
go" expressed himself as being delighted
by the showing made by the Cole go in
the recent Brighton Beach 24-hour race
The little green car, driven by Bill" Endi-
colt and Ednunds. averaged forty miles
an hour for the tUenty-fOur hours. This
makes the second tventy-four hour race in
which the Cole go has competed this year.
both being at Brighton Beach, and al
though EndicoI drove the same car in both
OF the twenty-foUr hour races ne succeeded
in grinding off last month two hundred
miles more than in the May contest.
The American Motor Car Company. of
Indianapolis has planned to increase its
output 10 four hundred cars for the 1911
season. AS in the 1910 season, six models
will be placed on the market, consisting Of
the Roadster. Traveller, Tourist, Limou-
sine, Traveller Special and Roadster Spe-
ciaL These viii all be regular stock mod
els and available for immediate delivery.
OakIeigh Thorne has just taken deliverey
OF s0-horsepower Goreigr rating Hotch-
kiss roadster. This is one Of the most
powerful cars that the Hotchkiss company
has turned out.
It is generally agreed OF course that the
owner Of an automobile will ger a vastly
greater amount Of good out of the car by
handling il with a reasonable degree of
care. but specific cases. like the one cited
by the Speedwell Motor Car Company, are
rather rare: Out in Sompoc. Cal. lives q
Speedweu owner who is undoubtedly one
OF the hardest drivers in the country-a
hard driver. since he uses his car early
and late. day in and day out. But he is a
careful driver. In single season he has
driven his Speedwell nearly 10000 miles. and
had no repairs worth mentioning Proof
that he can drive carefully and still cover
the ground Is evidenced by his Fourth OF
July trip 10 Reno. N4T-. six hundred miles,
over rough roads. in two days.
These are busy days az the Oldsmobiie
headquarters in Broadway, and General
John T Cutting says that judged from his
own figures there is no situation in the
automobile industry. He reports q con
slant demand for the Oldsmobile 1911 spe-
cial with the Dutch door This is one Of
the busiest early seasons l have ever
known he says. Usually there is lull
about this tine. but with us, at any rate.
there has been no such lull. We have been
busy right along. and the hardest thing
we have to do IS to get enough cars Tor
delivery. although they are coming through
now without DELAY