The Washington herald., 1911-02-26

The Commercial Auto and Supply Com
pany has delivered a Studebaker electric
coupe to Representative Anderson, and
| an EMF TO L. d. Peppker.
William Jose. manager of the automo-
bile supply department of the National
Electrical Supply Company, who has been
| in Philadelphia for the last few days,
returned YESTERDAY
The Luttrell Company. agent for the
Packard, is building an addition to their
. service department at Seventeenth and o
streets northwest which will give them
more than twice as much room. Not
only will they be afforded additional room
! TO care for Packard cars. but more stock
room as well.
The Pope Automobile Company has sold
an Oakland Model q to DIR. W. r. Nc
Neil
George Wells. who handles the Cutting
teenth street for a show room. and as
soon as alterations are completed will
take possession.
The United Motor Washington Company
has delivered a model Q Maxwell TO
J. NJ. Mccartney and a model A. B. Max
well to George NJ. Perry.
T S. Johnston, manager of the Buick
Motor Company. left late yesterday af-
ternoon for New York TO be gone over
Sunday. While in the metropolis he hopes
to arrange for an additional allotment
of Bucks for the coming season.
Among those who visited the Baltimore
show last night were J. NJ. Stoddard and
George Weaver, of the Cook & Stod-
dard Company, local agent for the Cadil-
lac and Baker electric lines.
Probably no. one make of motor car
has become so strongly intrenched in the
Philippine Islands as the EMF go and
Flanders 90 These cars have met with
a ready sale in the far off islands. One
of the recent purchasers of a Flanders
90 is the Rev. J. R. Mclaughlin. who
is connected with the Philippine agency
of the American Bible Society. Mr..
Mclaughlin uses his car in connection
with his missionary travels over the
possessions.
without any interruption of manu-
featuring operations the plant of the
Alden Sampson Manufacturing Com
pany in Pittsfeld. Mass, where all the
heavy Sampson freight motors have
been manufactured. has been removed
to Detroit. Mich. Four special trains
of ten cars each were required to COM
pIete the transfer of many heavy pieces
of special machinery. tools, and ma
terials. The entire transfer was made
within three days and was made in
accordance with the aim of the United
States Motor Company to concentrate
and conserve manufacturing, selling
facilities, and energies.
During the past week l have been
asked innumerable times why the
Marion is called the thousand man
car" said J. H. EbersoIe. local repre-.
sentative of the machine. yesterday.
The reason is a simple one. 1t is the
boast of our factory that we do not
claim to make. every part of our car,
but adopt those features which have
proven best in other machines. For
this reason we claim that more than
1000 men have contributed ideas to the
development of our machine"
The new four-passenger brougham is
known this year as the leading waverly
Electric model. 1t differs from the same
is built in single piece. three inches
wider The front has swelled side panels
with rounded front quarter, French plate
glass giving a general effect of larger,
Toomier, and more luxurious machine. In
the interior finish there is also an in
creased luxury. imported broadcloths.
broad Iaces, and English goat morocco
being used exclusively
During the past week the Senuous Spin
ming Wheel Company. of Pittsburg. have
been using a Washington car to demon
strate the efficiency of their new spring
wheel around the streets of this city
A set OF vanadium steel scrool springs
are substituted instead of the usual
wooden spokes, and 1t is claimed that the
weight of the car is equalized between
the upper and lower spring, thus insur-
ing easy riding properties for the car
Solid rubber tires instead of the usual
penumatic kind are used. and il is
claimed that set win run 20.OO0 miles
without the necessary OF replacement.
That light weight in motor car elimi- |
mates much of the trouble to which motor |
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