New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
WEEKS BOXING BOUTS AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY
Straw Bits of information Inter-
estinu to the Trade.

While the Carharu car that partlcipaleu
IN The recent two-day endurance contest OIL
the New York Retailers Association was
not a contendiug car. and only went along
70 convey the newspaper men, the per
Torrance Of the car was rather extraord-
,ia-v Compelled on account OF the scheo-
uIe TO be all over the course each day II
had no trouble with muddy roads or me-
chanical difficulties. AS Ny Payne OF the
Dorian RenountabIe Rim Company, who
operated the car, said:
I'VE hardly knew we had an autonoolte
IN +bs ,,sual sense Of the word. We simply
gave the car a half turn in the morning
drove it back and forth over the course
all day long. put IL in the control over
night, and in the morning gave it another
half turn and away went"
Heating a fast railroad train by ffty-fve
minutes clipping one hour and hfty-fve
minutes off the best previous time made
nv q hish-priced automobile, and maintain
ing q schedule over badly cut UP roads
that was little short of miraculous, J. G
Skinner the Mitchell representative at
Stockton, Cal, recently made the run from
that city to Fresno. 1873 miles, in three
hours and thirty-five minutes.
This is SINNERS third memorable auto
mobile driving exploit with the same close
coupled Mitchell six-cylinder car, Whlcn
has completed eight thousand miles OF the
most strenuous kind Of Pacific Coast road
grinding with Skinner plotting the car
every mile Of the way. Valley highways.
mountain passes and desert trails made up
the variety of roads traversed since the
Stockton man obtained the machine. and
he has Informed J W ellison, sales man
ager Of the N11tchelI-Lewis Motor Company
al Racine Wis that this wonderful mile
age has been made without taking up
bearing in the engine and on the same set
Of spark plugs
The big Renault car in which ". T. War
rens recently made his long transconti-
mental run from New York to San Fran
cisco was equipped with Republic Standard
Tread tires, and made the entire trip
through the rough country of Wyoming
and Nevada without tire trouble
Evidence OF the interest which the United
States government is taking in the motor
truck may be found in the purchase of
Gramm by the War Department and its
recent very satisfactory service in Cali
fornia. The purchase was made for the
subsistence department of the army. and
kitchen for the troops which took part in
the recent big camp IN that state. a re-
port by Lieutenant Pope. the United States
officer III charge OF the Commissary de-
partment. stated that the machine easily
crossed grades under its own power which
few automobiles were able 10 negotiate sue
cessfuly.
The Gramm Motor Car Company. which
has been located at Bowling Green. OHIO,
for d number of years, Is now Installed at
Lima, Ohio. where II has become an or
ganization within that well known institu-
ton. the Lima Locomotive Company. BY
this alliance the Gramm is placed In a
T1uch more advantageous position, as II
had long ago outgrown its shop fdcilitles
at Bowling Green, Its new pianf al Lima
Is unique stionablV the largest commercial
motor car factory in the world and with
the advantage IF location which from a
shipping standpoint Is almost ideal.