New-York tribune., 1910-11-06
Sampson Trucks Entered in Sew
eraI Reliability Contests.

The aggressiveness of the Alden Samp
son Manufacturing Company in the COM
mercial vehicle field has been shown by
numerous entries in economy and reli-
ability tests, in many parts of the coun-
try. Before the Boston motor vehicle tests
had been finished a Sampson four-ton
truck, four years old, vas entered in the
New York ten-mile competition. This en-
try was followed by two other nominations
for the reliability contest from Chicago to
Milwaukee and return. a four-ton truck
and a 000-pound delivery wagon will be
| used in the Western event The Sampson
! Company following It's affiliation with the
United States Motor Company assumed
a notable position in the motor vehicle
field. charging its productive capacity. The
plans of the company have been sufficient
ly comprehensive TO give the commercial
contest situation as well as the business a
considerable impetus.
Tobin De Hymers return to his home in
! San Antonio. Tex, after winning third
place in the Paramount Park race in Phil
adelphia. was signalized by q banquet to
the young Indian, rendered by the Stod-
| dard-Dayton owners of san Antonio.
Notwithstanding the inroads made by the
demand for automobiles, the larger max
| ers of horSe-drawn vehicles report the big
sest volume of business in their history
| Causes which have brought about the prac-
| teal abolition of carriage and wagon man
| ufacturing among the smaller concerns
| seem to have had the effect of conCen-
trating greater efforts upon the output oil
| horse-drawn vehicles from the larger
points. Not alone has the wagon bushes.
| of the Mitchell-Lewis Motor Company in
| creased. but it has grown to such large
proportions that at present 5000 900 is be
ing invested in new buildings at the com
panys plant in Racine, Wis. to take care
| OF its rapidly expanding wagon and buggy
| business. This new investment is in ad
dition 10 the outlay Of S25O0000 in the plan
since it was established seventy-six years
ago. In addition TO the 5000 motor car:
| which the Mitchel-Lewis Motor Company
will manufacture for the 1911 season, the
concern also will make and market So, OO0
600 worth Of wagons.
| A Chalmers go" owned by Sheriff Ed
wards of Dougherty County, Georgia, has
| just completed an 1,100-mle good roads toul
around the State of Georgia Out of seven
! ty-four cars entered in this tour, Mr. Ed
wards's Chalmers ''30'' was the only one
TO go over the official route on it's own
| power and finish with & perfect score
| Sheriff Edwards's car was driven by
| Deputy Sheriff j. P Stripping of Albany
Ga
Among the distinguished visitors who re.
Gently inspected the plants of the Maxwell
| Briscoe Motor Company at Tarrytown ant
| Kingsland Point, N Y, were Lord North
cliff, the English journalist and publisher
| and W, II. Maxwell After inspecting th'
| entire plant they rode in various models
that are being produced for the season o.
| 1911. Lord Northclif was much impressed
with the Maxwell line because the compan!
will shortly invade England. but he wa!
particularly delighted with the two-cylin
! der. 4-horsepower runabout.
The city OF Cleveland has enjoyed a nov.
| city in the last three weeks in the collectin.
of its mail. From 4:30 o'clock until mid
night all the mail has been collected from
! boxes with the aid Of automobiles Of tn
| Cleveland light delivery type. The desigl
/ is a very practical one and has been foun
of much value in other cities. 1t remind
| one very much Of the familiar pie wagon
| Bags are arranged from the side racks Int
these the mail is dumped after the mai
| man collects the mail from each box. TIL
| time for collection has been reduced two
| thirds. The system has been worked GU
to advantage and in all probability tn
| Cleveland mail service will place in com
mission the necessary number of cars. !
| driver and mail man are in charge of eac
| car. The mail man does nothing but cOllec
| and sort his mail, while to the driver j
| intrusted the running of the car.
The Hotchkss Import Company has jus
received certificates of performance tha
are creating cons derable interest, under tn
open competition rules of the Royal Auto
mobile Club of London. certifying that
| 50-horsepower Hotchkiss six-cylinder ca
entered by the London and Partisan Moto
Car Company in petrol consumption tria
of 100 miles was awarded first premium
| having covered this distance with seven an
one-half gallons of fuel, making 13 1916
miles per gallon, with ton mileage pc
gallon of % clio The total weight of ca
with three passengers and ballast was abou
four THOUSAND pounds, and the route wa
from the seventeenth milestone OF bondo
on the Great North Road to the sixty
seventh milestor o and return, the distanc
covered being exactly 100 miles.
turning out about four hundred pieces