The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-25
Machines for 1910 Marked
By Steady Progress To-
ward Standard Design.
STRUCTURAL WORK
GREATLY IMPROVED
Convention Halls Imposing Dis
play Shows $3.50" In
Place Of Honor.
BY HARRY WARD.

hfch opened last night IN Convention
Hall
Never before have so many fine exam
pIes Of motor car building been seen IN
one collection Rich and luxurious
Iimousines and Iaudaulets, powerful
touring cars. and racy looking roadsters
are to be found al every stand
Novelties are few and far between.
and freak cars are conspicuous by their
absence. There are many cars shown
that are listed at q medium price and
few that are in the Iow-priced
cgtesOry-
Show Called High Class
8 factory expert who attended last
nights exhibition remarked that It was
lar above the Philadelphia show, both
iu point of decorations and the number
of cars displayed. and that 1t was
equally as good a show as that held IN
atlanta during the fall. This is, IN
deed. a compliment TO the Washington
promoters. Tor the Atlanta exhibition
vas given solely by the maEufac-
rurers-
4 CURSOR inspection Of the numerous
models shows that steady progress to-
ward a standard design is one of the
most marked characteristics of the 1910
machines There are practically no
really new features. the changes nearly
all being detail while, IN not a few
cases, scarcely even detail has been
altered in the construction one close
observer of the trend of motor car con-
Structiou aptiE remarked that f'the de
Sfguers have had little to do during the
past year, but the factories have been
busy putting better materials and much
more careful workmanship into their
product"
Weight Not Increased
Without any increase i'm weight, max
Crs have added strength 20 all the
structural details and parts which ex-
perfence had proved were weak In any
particular. The frames are better
rraced, more graceful I'm design and
az all points where greater strength
j. desired are larger and heavier than
ever before
Rear axle construction shows prob
snIv the most improvement or any sep
Hrdtc part. The utmost degree OF &C
s-~Sini1itv ana strength seems 10 be
realized in this department This mat
Z TER Of accessibility has been the chief
Tsoinr for which The designer has Ia
lured and that he has finally sue
Ceeded is clearly evidenced In many
ar the cars exhibited T. is possible 10
remove the C1trerentlal gears WITHOUT
Gf~a SSembiiuC the entire rear axle Ile
clutch system shows many different
types and seems To be the one part
-ruureCfable degree Engines have been
refined iu many particulars, the most
general Improvement being the enlarged
size OF the valves and minor changes
Do the timing arrangements and IN cam
shapes. The tendency in the lower DOW
cred engines has been toward casting
2 me cylinders en- bloc while IN the
larger engines the casting IS much SINH
Iar TO that of last year The SeleCtlVe
Siding gear type Of transmission pre-
dominates in this show.
$3.50" Attracts Attention
one Of the most imposing exhibits IS
that Of Lester D Moore. IT. Occupying
the place OF honor is the Palmer-Sin-er
$3.50 torpedo body. the only car IN the
snow that has this new type Of body
Another interesting feature is q four
cylinder REQ u-assis with the motor in
operation The balance OF the exhibit
j. made up Of a cne-cyliDder REQ run
about and q tvO-cyliu6er REQ touring
car Assisting Nj Moore in enLeTJa IN
ing show visitors is T. r JaTrard of
the REQ Motor Car Company, who IS
making the automobile show Circ-Iit.
Charles FeIter and Joseph TTew. Of Mr..
3 loore's sales Sraff. are also in attend
snce-
The entire exhibit Of the Raucb and
Lang Company, which was Al the New
York show has been sent TO Washing
ION as part OF the exhibit OF the
Motor Sales Company agents here for
the RsuCh & Lang electric The exhibit
Is made up Of special landauiet- a
victoria, a large four-passenEer coupe
and an electric roadster. 4 Noon chassis
finished in white and q. Noon go baby
- 1oUucau are also shown at this stand
Z assistance this week Of Harry klllius
and ". G. Little, o. the Ranch & Lang
90. and A. l. Drew, Of the Motor sales
Z COMPANY
Spoerer's Exhibit Attracts.
A BaIumore-made car in three differ
4 Cut models comprises the exhibit Of the
3 carl Spoerer-s Sors Company. one OF
BaItimore's pionee- automobile manu-
facturers- A Spoerer five-passenger
touring car passenger touring
car and q baby touneau are shown
Jacob Spoerer IS in charge Of the ex-
libit, and assisting him are Charles
Bieler. A Sp0e-er car was among the
good performers IN the recent Nunsey
tour
& striking feature Of the exhibit of
= the Overland Sales Agency is a Marion
town car with saImOu-coIored running
gear Other models shown are an
Overland roadster, Overland runa bout,
Overland touring car and q Marion
roadster J. r Conrad r H F-ber-
sole. NJ. T. Pollock, H N. Cunning
Isrs and Clayton Graf are in at
The Motor Car Company EXHIBIT q
humber Of well-EnOwn cars. the exhibit
g. comprising q Peerless touring car a
2 haimgTS-DeLrOIL go inside drive
F. coupe. Chalmers-Detroft $50, v-i+b
pony tOuueau- Chalmers-Detro 30
touring car. Chalmers go touring car
Hudson touring car. Hudson roadster
and StevenS-Duryea touring car a
Stanley EEL president OF the COMPANY
was in charge OF the exhibit ana v-ss
assisted by Jack Sperry. sales manager
W r Eu-tz- and Evans Maxwell Of
The Hudson factory
WaShiugtOn-s pioneer automobile COM
lsauy- the Pope Automobile Cou1uany- of
Washington. has aNSple1did collection of
cars on exhibition. including a six
cylinder AaJheSon touring car. the same
type of car with q pony touneau. and
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