New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-19

The RAYMOND & Wbitcomb tourists who
are travelling across the continent Oh INC
first public automobile tour ever attempted
will reach Los Angeles by the end of the
week. on leaving Phoenix. Ariz.. on FRI
day, the party began detour WHICH WIN
carry them into California from the SOUTH
ern border and will also provide LOT run
into old Mexico. The final part OF the run
will be over the route Of the desert race
A table recently prepared by the Amerf-
can Locomotive Company shows that 62
nor cent of all Alec trucks now in use were
purchased on repeat orders. The Ameri-
can Express Company leads wit a fleet of
thirtv-eight trucks. acquired in eight or
ders. The zone Of Alec service extenos 10
seventy lines OF service in sixty OF the lead
ing cities.
4 new chime exhaust horn has recently
made its appearance on automobile row.
The w. c. p. Supply House recently closed
with the Aermore Company Of Chicago.
for the metropolitan agency Of the Aer-
more pipe warning signal. The outfit con-
sists of a chime Of four organ pipes at
tached TO the motor exhaust Unlike many
other horn devices, this signal can De useu
as q soft or loud warning. and In the large
Asize can be heard two miles away. The
sizes range from five TO sixteen inches IN
length.
A self-starter and an electric lighting
system have been added to the cars manu-
featured by the Cole Motor Car Company
Of INDIANAPOLIS The starter adopted is an
o. ifo y.
Indianapolis, while the lighting system Is
that Of the wardLeonard Electric COM
pany, Of New York.
ANY member Of the Long Island Automo-
lille Club. who needs new tire shoe VIII
! have a chance to acquire one for nothing
next Saturday. That is to be the prize In
run Of one hundred miles on Long ISL
and. The course Will be the one over
which the first endurance contest ever held
/ in America took place on April 70 lSol'
| Women who drive automobiles no longer
care for cars Of extremely low power. ac-
cordiug TO John Dale, Of the Simplex COM
pany. While extremely high power does
not appeal to the average woman driver,
she shows no fear Of a machine of 10
horsepower Many women, he says, are
driving the smaller size Simplex, which
! IS rated at thirty eight, finding this type
as easy 20 handle as car OF six horse
power.
! The automobile has displaced the horse
IN the arena of the Tichenor-Grand Build
ing. in West 5sth street. The big structure
has been leased by the Broadway Auto
Exchange. and is being used for the dis
play Of cars and bodies.
| When Ed Geers recently drove Harvester,
| tre trotter. 10 a new TexGs record at the
Texas State Fair he used as pacemaker
Mitchell Baby Six. This he found the
| o,,ietest OF the many machines that were
available for the purpose.
| company has been organized in Gin
! cinnati TO conduct what is doubtless the
most novel service on record This Is the
| Fischer Service Company, and 1t VIII con-
/ tract with merchants and manufacturers
! to furnish each day nine hours of uninter-
rupted service In the hauling and delivery
| OF their goods To carry out It's plan the
concern has ordered twenty-five Speedwell
trucks of four and six ton capacity-a
transaction involving the expenditure OF
900
Due 20 the demand OF the motor buying
public, the Hupp Motor Car Company has
! recently fitted out its longer chassis with a
i two passenger roadster body. This addi-
tic to the Hupmobile line has the 1l0-inch
wheel base OF the touring car. while the
body is identical with that OF the two pas
senger runabout, with the exception OF a
few minor mechanical changes 10 conform
to the lines Of the longer chassis.
The Madero family, Of Mexico. has
entered the automobile business. An uncle
Of Francis l. Madero, President OF the re-
nublfc, visited New York a few days ago
and obtained the agency OF the Stoddard-
DAYTON for Mexico City.