Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-28
Motor Gossip


Seattle is q bidder for the contem-
plated factory of the Walker Motor
company, which is in the field with
$150,0O0 capital to prove their "conti-
dence in q new six-cylinder touring
car which they contemplate making
speciality the next season.
Another new car to come out TINS
fall Is. the Faulkner Blanchard Cum
boat Six" and 100 of them will be on
the market before January. The fac
tory will be in Detroit.
The K-R-I-T Motor Car company
has increased Its capital from 100000
to S25O,O00, which will provide for an
addition to the factory. Two and
three-passenger roadsters and four
passenger surrey will be the 1911 mod
els. Last week the company shipped
one car to England and another to
South Africa. :,
Three of the creditors have asked
that the Demotcar company be ad1u-
dicated a bankrupt. The petitioners
are the General Sales company, the
Central foundry and the Williams
Carburetor company, whose claims as-
gregate about $900O.-Auto Topics.
The Woolwine Motor Car company
report the following recent sales OF
Cartercar and Oldsmobile machines:
Admiral Sebree, Coronado, Cal, hVe-
passenger Cartercar; Homan laundry,
Bakersfield, Cartercar delivery; J. M.
Gardiner, Oldsmobile roadster; Z. Ia
Ramage, miniature tonneau Cartercar;
c. r. Smead, six-cylinder Oldsmoplie'
H, NJ Barton, seven-passenger Olds-
mobile; NJ. A. Varney, seven-passen-
ger Oldsmobile; Hygienic laundry
Cartercar delivery; Frank Hanna, car
tercar roadster; A. B. Tomllnson, SIX
cylinder Oldsmobile.
r. c.. Stanton is the new local man
ager for K-I-R-T cars and is assisted
by Eddie BolZ, recently local sales
manager for the asme car with another
firm, Mr.. StantoS was formerly with
the H. o. Harrison company. New
headquarters are at 1926 South Olive.
The Lozier Motor company Will pro-
duce but two models for the 1911 sea-
son. These will be four-cyllnder car
of 46 horsepower and six-cylinder
car of 81 horsepower. The motor OF
the former will have a bore of 3-S
inches with a 6-inch stroke; the latter,
bore of 5-S with 51s-ineh stroke.
According to the A. L. A. M rating
they figure out at 46 and 81 horsepower,
respectively, but 1t is claimed that
both motors Will develop more than
rs actual brake horsepower.
Stanley Lord has just returned from
a weeks trip in the Temecula country
in a Flanders go" He was accom-
panied by the U. s. government honey
Inspector, and as Stanley says, they
had a Sweet time of 1t through the
Imperial valley.
Phil Lyon of Chanslor & Lyon, au-
tomobile supply dealers, received call
from a man the other day who wanted
to know whether he kept in stock
chains for Stewart carburetors. Lyon
was somewhat at sea as to what part
of a carburetor the chain was, so he
called up Mr.. McMaster of the Stewart
machine works, tho manufacturers or
Stewart carburetors, to find the why
and wherefore of chain for the
Stewart. Chains" said McMaster;
chains? Why, the only chain needed
with the Stewart Is to keep the engine
in the machine"
w. D. Newerf, who Is still in the
northwest on a vacation as well as
looking over the country from buS1-
ness standpoint, is expected to return
home during the coming week. While
in Tacoma, Portland and Seattle, he
disposed of over $1,000 Twttcheu air
gauges to various dealers.
James d. Garvey, who has been in
Europe for the w. D. Newerf Rubber
company, representing the Twitchell
air gauges, arrived in New York last
Sunday and after a few days in cities
of the east will come to Los Angeles.
Mr.. GarVey has been on the foreign
side of the Atlantic since last Octo-
ber.
Abe local "Glide" agency is awake
to every possibility of getting business.
1t was two months after opening the
local office before a sale was made.
To date more than twenty cars have
been sold. w. B. Goode of the Shafer-
Goode Motor Car company. local
agents, left last week for the factory
to place orders for more 1911 cars, as
the company's first consignment has
been sold out The latest sales re-
ported are Glide tuxedo to A. M.
Blakeslee, Bakersfield; roadster to w.
X. Dodsworth, Bakersfield; torpedo to
w. p. Kincaid, Hollywood; five-pas-
senger II. c. to w. w. Read, Santa
Ana. The Glide has been recent
successful car in number of road
and endurance contests.
Carrigan Bros. contemplate big ex-
tension of their business next year, for
in addition to the agency for the Mid
land and Royal cars they will carry
two other makes. and Tom Carrigan
and Frank Seifert are now in the east
making arrangements. These young
auto merchants are among the fore
most in the city, for their good nature