The Washington herald., 1911-06-04
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The Commercial Auto and Supply Com
pany has delivered fore-door EMF
touring cars to Edgar r. Perry and
Richard Couzins. and an EMF touring
car to NJ. F. Piper.
W. B. McBurney. who handles the
Mack truck. leaves to-day on a visit to
the factory at Allentown. Pa
Frank R. White, accompanied by his
wife and some friends. expects to make
a trip through Maryland to-day in his
Apperson fore-door touring car.
According to John Thomas, manager Of
the United Motor Washington Company.
this company. during May. sold ffty-nine
machines, the majority Of which were
Maxwells.
VIII Chesley leaves this morning for a
days outing over Maryland roads in his
Everitt ''3V' touring car.
Rudolph Jose who handles the Cadillac
for the Cook & Stoddard Company. has
Just returned from 150-mile trip through
Virginia and Maryland in a Cadillac.
The Wilson Company has sold an Am
plex roadster to Roy Palmer.
B. v. McCloskey leaves this morning in
his Buick for a trip into Southern Mary
land. Leonardtown will be his objective
point.
Three model A. B. Maxwell runabouts
have been sold to the Fussell Ice Cream
Company by the United Motor Washing
ton Company.
According to advices received by r. c.
Wilson, local representative Of the
K-R-I-T, five touring cars of this make are
to leave the factory this week over the
road for different parts Of the country.
These machines will be in charge Of fac
tory men. and a stop will be made in
each city for demonstrating purposes.
Reginald Vanderbilt has Just purchased
his latest Chalmers, a 1911 model. Speak
ing of this sale yesterday, James Flynn,
local manager Of the ZelI Motor Car
Company, representative Of the car, said:
Ever since the Chalmers first made its
appearance, Mr.. Vanderbilt has not been
without one Of those machines
T. s. Johnston, manager Of the Buick
Motor Company, who left for New York
a week ago IN his model q Buick, is ex-
pected to start home to-day.
II. g. Ffrestone, who donated the Speed
way helmet to Bod Burnam when he was
crowned the speed king last Tuesday. and
on whose make Of tires Harroun won
the 5O0-mile contest, says: ''Motor-car
racing is by all odds the severest test a
SA S.
that high speed shows up all Of the
strength or weakness Of q tire. This is
especially true Of track racing on ac-
count of the wear in rounding curves.
Every additional FIVE miles after q car
exceeds forty miles an hour cuts down
the possible mileage anywhere between
20 and 40 per cent"
Hughey Jennings. manager OF tho
Tigers, when at home drives an EMF.
During the recent visit CT the Detroit
baseball team an EMF was placed at
his disposal by W. C. Long, the local
representative. Each day, accompanied
by Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford. they
made the trip to and from the ball park
in the EMF.
The first national convention In aid Of
mond September IL to Is, promises to be
a great boom to the movement In the
South. This section Of the country has
Just taken up the good-roads work in
earnest. and there promises to be on
hand a large gathering of business men
who are vitality Interested In the under
taking.
Tn selling trucks, there are no fancies
to appeal to and no individual members
OF the family to please" says w. B. Nc
Burney, who handles the Mack line. TT
is q case Of figuring dollars-and-cents'
saving. and that. too. with q sharp
pointed pencil. One must acquaint him
self with. the particular transportation
difficulties of the prospect before at
tempting to show what particular type
OF car Will I'LL the bill
Extensive plans are being made all along
the route for the entertainment OF the
Glidden tourists who start from Washing
ton June q. on what promises to be the
most enjoyable tour that has ever been
held Tor this mest highly prtsed honor os