Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-27

Its new quarters at 1916 Harvey street
December I. Manager Gould said that the
outlook for the Ford Is better than ever.
Trade all along the line is improving.
Willard Hosford received the following
from Dallas. Tex:
iris Speaker arrived in Dallas on his
way to Hubbard City in the vene 80 which
he started from Boston in Immediately
after the close OF the base ball season.
Iris says the big vere behaved like
well hammered human all the way and he
and his chum, Walter r. Brown OF Boston
who accompanied him, entertained the
newspaper men and others at the Oriental
hotel An in ALL remarked Speaker, the
roads have been good and we have made
splendid time At South Bend Ind, how
ever, we ran into twelve inches Of snow
and it was tough going for awhile We
were laid up one day at Red River. being
unable to get ferry across.
Iris Speaker has the gasoline fever. a
malady which has affected so many big
league players, lie was rather reticent
about base ball matters. but having once
started in on his automobiIe he talked a
blue. streak. Like good engineer. he
thinks his engine is the best in the country
and swears by his machine.
"On the radiator Of his machine he stuck
the base ball which was pitched to him by
Mayor Fitzgerald OF Boston as he left that
city last October with 5000 people cheering.
Inside the ball is a message from Mayor
Fitzgerald to Governor Campbell Of Texas.
Speaker left Dallas at 1 o'clock the same
day and wired from Hubbard his home
town:
Trip completed. Arrived Hilsboro.
Tex, p. m, speedOmeter reading 1924
miles Car gave perfect satisfaction and
we are much pleased
Colonel Deright has received big Loco
mobile, which will be on display in mis-
salesroom this week.
This car is on. of the high priced cars.
which has had a steady demand and sale.
Denise Barkalow said that the demand
for good eiectrics has been greater this
season than ever. He has just received a
bunch Of lavishly finished Bakers. which
are attracting a great deal of attention.
The test now on between a horse and
buggy and the Brush runabout to show
how much cheaper it is to operate an
automobile than it is to maintain a stable.
is establishing the truth Of the claim of
the T. G. Northwall company agents for
the Brush
This company as well as other automo-
bile dealers have printed statements from
time to time to the effect that It is more
expensive to keep a horse and buggy than
IL was to own and operate machine, but
this is the first actual demonstration of
it in Omaha.
Lewis E. Doty, manager for the United
Motor Omaha company, has a unique
proposition now TO offer prospective buy
ers Of Maxwell cars in the way of a life
guarantee. The Maxwell is one Of the first
automobiles brought out in this section
Of the country. 1t has been popular from
the outset and under Doty's management,
1t made greater strides the last season
than ever before For the life guarantee,
which he gives with every machine, he is
doing what few factories have done. But
Doty believes that it is safe to guarantee
anything and everything about It, and it is
understood that It is panning out in SPLEEN
did fashion.
William r. Drummond one Of the best
known Scotchmen OF Omaha, and one Of
the best fellows in the world, paid his
mother and sisters back in Amesbury,
Mass, visit last week.
Mr. Drummond did not announce his
coming. There is no taking on over each
other In our family" said he. Nobody
ever gets excited. / walked upon Bobs
porch-thats my brother-and rung the
bell. He came out
'Hello, Bob" 1 said
Hello, BILL. he replied, "and that
was all Of the formalities.
Il began then to tell him things and he
started out to telling me all that he knew.
MY mother is 50 years OF age. When
walked into her room she was not expect
ing me and hadn't seen me in several
years"
"'Lawzy. mel Where did you come
fromT was all that she said"
In the basement the power plant is To-
Gated. The main floor is utilized as service
and salesrooms; the second floor as a stock
room for parts and accessories; the third
for storage with space for 600 cars; the
fourth and fifth for the painting and up
hOlstering department, and the sixth and
seventh floors for the mechanical and over
hauling departments. The eighth floor, en-
tirely free Of pillars, with clearance Of
fifteen feet, will be exclusively devoted to
truck department, where vehicles with the
largest bodies may be stored.
The building Is provided with two 1900
pound freight elevators ana one passenger
elevator. A driven well with a capacity Of
/ 1000 gallons a minute furnishes the water
supply
| Property adjoining that on which the
eight-story building stands has been ao-
CURED TO provide for future expansion.
| The completion OF the building, which was
scheduled for December l. 1903, was delayed
/ by labor troubles and conditions incidental
to actual construction, such as foundation,
etc, over which the Packard Motor Car
company OF New York had absolutely no
| control.
Henry H. Van Brunt said: "Autoists,
! like fishermen. tell some good ones Here
Is one told by WIN II. Brown, vice presi-
dent Of the Willys-Overland company: I
was driving my car to the office the other
morning with my chauffeur riding idle In
/ the rear seat / like the fun Of driving
4 myself. good distance from the heart OF
the city Qndianapols) / overlook a man
who was walking and asked him II he
wanted to ride. The stranger, who looked