The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-29

New York 1909 20 1896, 100 g. los
New York. 1904 1874, 200 1,S2S
New York 1899 AS, 800 621
All other states 1909 41,91S,500 q, S37
All other states 1904 9,05S, 800 7,72O
| All other states 1893 4,l4I,lOO 3,OIu
In addition to the four states shown
| Michigan led by great preponderance,
represented by about 45 per cent of the
total product, the industry was of i'm
portance in the following states, ar
ranged in ranking order.
Connecticut 1856 machines, valued at
| 81, 4O5, 200.
wisconsin, 5,641; valued at $7,157, 500.
Massachusetts, 3.467; valued at So
| 2S27O0.
Illinois, 3,453. valued at 81, 4S5, 500.
Pennsylvania, 2,001; valued at 81, ISL
S00
Missouri. 728; valued at s1,o74, 300.
California, Maryland, Iowa, New Jer-
sey, Minnesota, Colorado, Kansas, Ken
| lucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma Rhode Is
land, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,
and Georgia had a combined product OF
4O92 machines of the value of $4,997,OOO.
NJ A. Low has awarded F. NJ. Spen-
Ger the contract for modern garage
at his beautiful home on Fillmore
street Mr.. Low is one of the last
horse lovers in Topeka to surrender to
the lure of the automobile.
In order to keep pace with its over
growing business the Garford company
of Elyria, O., has just increased it's cap
ital stock from $650,000 to 100000 a
report to this effect having been made
by the secretary of state OF Ohio. The
company has just completed a new fac
tory building 150xS0 feet, three stories
| high. where Garford trucks and NUM-
cipal public service wagons will be
made exclusively and these branches in
addition to their large pleasure car
business have made the increased cap
| italization desirable.
liable dhote drayage" and "dray-
| age a la carte" are the new terms
which are being used to show the diff
ference in hauling freight with teams
and with motor trucks.
Indianapolis, Ind, April 29.-Will H
Brown has resigned as vice president
treasurer and general manager of the
Willys-Overland Automobile company
and will become the president of the
Mails Motor Truck company. The
change will be effective May l. In TAX
| ing the presidency of the Mails COM
pany Brown succeeds Charles A. Book
| walter in that office. The decision tc
! tender the presidency to Brown was
made by the directors of the Mais
| company several weeks ago, but the
matter was deferred until the return
| of Brown from five weeks trlI
through the west. Mr.. Brown is one
of the best known automobile men IL
| the country. He was with the Pope
Motor Car company several years, and
in 1907 left that company. With D. M
Parry he established the Overland Au-
tomobile company, and is a pioneer IN
| this industry, although still compar-
atiyeIy young man. Later he became
vice president and treasurer OF the
| Willys-Overland company, and general
manager of the Overland and Marion
factories in Indianapolis. The change
decided on by Mr.. Brown sewers his
connection with the WlllyS-OVerldnc
company entirely.
1t is difficult for the mind to realize
the wonderful speed attained by BOD
Burman when he made a mile in 254U
seconds at Daytona, with Bitten Benz.
This is a new worlds record that is
likely to stand for a long time and
means a speed of 141.73 miles an hour.
1t again shows that the motor car has
no serious rival a speed agent. The
new mark is just ten miles an hour
better than Barney Oldfeld's best rec
ord and is the fastest speed yet attain
ed by man.
Women can not be kept down. If
there is any vocation in life to which
her ambitions have not aspired, 1t
would be difficult indeed to name it. A
few years ago, she had practically con-
ouered every field and according to sta
tistics she had even gone so far as to
work at the forge hammering out horse
shoes with as merry a ring to the anvil
as was ever produced by the swing OF
a brawny, masculine arm. With the
opening of the automobile industry,
new vocations were created and for a
time woman was outdistanced. Now it
is all over. The last step has been ia
ken by Mrs. Howard Snyder of Newton,
Iowa and she is now full fedged au-
tomobile agent for a well known make.
While travelling in an auto in Guada-
loupe county, New Mexico, Don A.
Noun Day, general manager of the
American Sugar company, and his par
ty were held up by a band of Next
cans, were pursued by searching Off
GERS who thought the Noun Day party
were the principals in the Las Vegas
KIDNAPPING case, and were compelled to
prove their identity as peaceable To-
peka citizens before finishing their
journey.
Several weeks ago Mr.. Noun Day
purchased two CadillacS and drove
them from Topeka to Las Vegas, New
Mexico, and return, a distance of
about 5000 miles.
Eyes, sir, we ran into a gang of Mex
leans who attempted to stop u.s." said
Mr.. Noun Day. 1--WE just pushed right
low overheard who tried to catch on
the step of the car.
1.-THE amusing event of our trip &C.
Cured when the officials at Las Vegas
chased us one entire day in an effort
to implicate US in the kidnapping affair
down there.
I'VE had splendid weather and good