New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-02
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY
Truck Expected to Finish Its
0cean-to- 0Cean Run To-day.
PARADE THROUGH STREETS
Members of Motor Truck Club to
Meet Travellers and Hold
Dinner in Evening.

-,tousand-mile run OF the Pioneer
~" .,o,or truck. which has carried
,5 NJ more than three tons across toe
go states 10 show what power driven
,,.io can do on American highways VIII
"a az city Hall about $3.50 O'Clock TINS
I.o~,oon. when Arthur Thompson the
60, Of The Saurer car. and George Nc
who spelled" him at the steering
- will present TO Mayor Gaynor a
W. ,rom Mayor Mccarthy Of san
Francisco ,-,u-sbridee
-. Motor Truck Club of this city, Whlch
", cecort it down town. leaving hlhsS-
,-,5co at o'clock After the visit 10
r,tv Hall all the trucks-and II Is
,xnected that there will he more oi '', ,'i
- ever appeared together in this CITY
,~fore. for the club members arc eo.me ~
..t, che trip i'm their own cars-Nlu i'
..,rr %, town to Columbus circle "he'e
~, will disperse. Then. to give lH7
-,,, chance to see it, the Floneer
..,s.er will stand I'm Times Square ny
.,,iss,oo of Police Commissioner Naloo.
mo northerly end Of the square has neeh
icon as a standing place in order th"t
,rsefe may not be ipterfcrcd with by those
who gather. ~. ,,,,t,
A. an. dinner Of the Motor Truck Cluo'
,bts evening, most of the men prominently
,r,.rseted I'm the DEVELOPMENT OF CONNER
,,sl cars hereabou will meet to discuss
,bs lessons taught by the Saurer oA-
,,s~sence on It's remarkable run.
l.. westward. who accompanied the car
e-rr Denver to Los Angeles as representa-
tive Of the government. to study road con
diio0s and make a general Typographical
rarort. Will be the principal speaker
Tive General Motors Company makes an
announcement that selling and seINl0V
comranv. under the name General Mo'oI9
rr--t. COMPANY. has been formed 10
,rsrl,et the entire product of comIheI'id'
,s,e The formation of this separate com
49, has beon effected for the purpose OF
co7certratine the efforts Of the manu'ac'-
,rior and selling ends Of the business OH
their respective lines.
7.eo selling organization will he EQUIPPED
,,rourb EXPERT supervision 10 analNze conn
,,s~.,al needs and requirements ana 10
CIV. the most highly specialized service
-, ,o the application OF the right type
- .or0,errial car TO its proper use ana
4. .,s careful maintenance after the IN
tta''aton.
Tho policy of the company. as concerns
she marketing Of commercial cars. Is PIT
,ra~ilv one Of service to the user. me
service uronerly begins before the sale Of
The car. and continues as long as the car
is operated by the user
line Of commercial cars comprehensive
enough N cover any business requirement
,.u eventually he made. The nucleus OF
,rfs limo will he formed by the RAPID.
which is built with capacities Of one-hat
20 three tons. and the Reliance with
,spacities Of four TO seven and one-haIf
tons.
Dr. II. T. 3 Ryder, who is travelling
9erosr the continent in a Nole car arrived
3. Omaha on Monday driving 2S) miles
from Iowa city. The doctor writes that
no has had no mshap other than throwing
p tire off i'm his ondeavor TO avoid COLI
sion with a team at a bad crossing near
chicago. Later he was held mp by a
bicycle policeman for exceeding the speed
limit for which he was fined s..