Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-06
LOCAL MEN TO HANDLE lGNI-
TION SYSTEM
WILL USE coRBIN CAR TO SHOW
DoUBTING THoMAsEs
Al Livingstone Signed for One Year
and Will Travel Around the
Country Demonstrating
Power of Device
BY ID. w. sESIPLE

considered that Wltnn the past llIee
days there has been consummated the
formation OF three separate and dls-
tlnct corporations, all under the laws
OF the state of California, The sole
purposes of each being the practical
demonstration OF what may be accom-
plished in the way of adding 10 the
power and economy OF the operation
of an automobile.
Locally. there have been many things
happening that will prove OF momen-
tous occasion to the automobile world
and as every person in these days is
considered to be from the state OF
Missouri, and most of them lhhaol-
tants from the capital Of that STATE
demonstration has been considered the
means of convincing even the most
doubling Thomas of facts when must
appeal to the most scrupulous oD-
server.
To this end the High Frequency Ig-
milton Coil company, manufacturers Oh
the Seeley high frequency ignition syS-
tenn and other autom bile speclaltleS,
have purchased outright the iast ana
popular racing car-the Corbin-Whch
has made a name for itself upon local
and eastern tracks and have WITH
drawn that car from the track as a
Corbin representative, turning il mo
a representative Of what the nlsn ire
quency system is able to do in econ
omv of power as we'll as giving to an
automobile increased power.
The purchasing company STANDS as
the owner and sponsor of the Corplh-
the little car which has made SO many
friends through the plucky ana game
fights II has made on the racing track,
ana from this date the Corbn VIII
demonstrate to the country Just what
The high frequency system VIII DO lor
any car, on any track, or on any
road in the world, in furnishing addl-
tional power and economy III opera
tion.
trolls the patents of the Seeley com
many have purchased the Corbin, ana
will turn the car over to the Seeley
Specialties company local organ
ization, for demonstration purposes
from this date until the 1st day or
No, Of tbis wear, when it will be
shinped to the Seeley Sales corpora
tion. another subsidiary company
with headquarters at Detroit, Mlch''
= for use during the balance OF the year
10 demonstrate to the states east OF
the Rockies just what the hlsh ire
ouency ignition system means.
T'hese items, appearing in The Herald
extensively. came to the surface yes
terday with the payment OF the Pur-
chase price of the Corbin to that com
many by the High Frequency Ignition
Coil company, of Whlch MI: sweeney
company-and it has already done so
to turn over to newly formed COM
many to be known as the Seeley Spe-
cialties company, the racing Corbln
for demonstration purposes uhul May
/ after which date the little car VIII pc
shiDped to the east, where she Will
proceed upon a long tour Of the eastern
cities.
Will Demonstrate Thoroughly
In conversation with President
Sweeney of the High Frequency Igni-
tion company yesterday he said: our
purpose is solely to demonstrate to all
the people who generally come from
Missouri that the system we manutac-
turc is the highest embodiment OF
verything appertaining to additional
over to an automobile, and economy
the fuel consumption. Having done
his, our efforts have been fully eX-
austed because the car will show pre-
Eely what our system viii do"
Until the formation of the newly or
nized concerns Henry Fleetwood q
o have had the sales agency of the
acific coast for the Seeley system.
'ith the organization completed yes
:. rday another was formed to be
kown as the Seeley Specialties COM
ny, which absorbs the firm of Henry
setwood & Co. and will hereafter
E&l lltrol on the Pacific coast all of the
on Coil company.
&1e growth of the business of this
H Germ made necessary greater cor
ton facilities to handle the affairs
he concern, and it was deemed
lssary to secure additional facilities
handle it. The corporation just
ed will have a capital stock of $780,,
strictly Los Angeles concern-a
corporation, which will take the
y car Corbin and use her in every
,, az to which she is entitled to enter
20 demonstrate to the public just
HISfhat the special features of the Seeley
~ will do.
In conversation with Henry Fleet
\ wood yesterday that gentleman said to
the Herald man: 1--WE have shown to
the public that we have all we claim
to have in the form of additional power
and economy in our system. Having
done so, our business has outgroWn
our present capacity. Therefor, view
ing With some pride the aggressive per-
formances of the owners of the high
frequency system, We have decided to
go into this proposition for all there is
in it. Our company is purely local
concern-a Los Angeles concern-and
whatever may accrue to this corpora
ton reflects but to the credit of this
great and growing city"
Speaking further upon the business
of the concern, Mr.. Fleetwood cited the
pany, manufacturers of the Midland
cars, had written that the company had
found the Seeley system more than
satisfactory in the trials which had
been given to it and that they would
shortly place an order for many of the
little wonder which gives to the car
such forceful evidences of its power.
With this, too, is the inquiry for an
immense order for seventy-five sets,
covering an order for 10000 outfits of
the system.
The Seeley Specialties company's Of
fieers will be Henry Fleetwood and.
Edward j. Pyle of this city and c. j.
Howard a capitalist of Pasadena.
Another Company in East
In the east there is still another COM
bination which is to handle the high
frequency ignition system to be known
as the Eastern Sales corporation, and
this IS another Los Angeles concern.
At it's head is Harry Arnold, ir.. of the
Arnold Furniture company, whose busi-
ness ability has placed him among the
first rank in the commercial world Of
Greater Los Angeles Associated with
him is Geo. A. Johnston, formerly of