Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12

serve SO we'll the purpose Of trade
barometer as does the New York auto
mobile show. which has just closed its
doors. Being the first show of the year.
the unstinted, enthusiastic and tangible
interest of the public in the offerings of
the manufacturers is an indication of "A
most satisfactory business for the sea-
son.-The Co-Operator.
Visitors to Convention Hall this week
will find in the spaces 13 and IA.
where the Packard exhibit of the Luttreli
Company is installed. the following agents
in charge: S. a. Luttrell, L. Y. Steven
son, Dave Taylor r. L. Barrett, technical
expert from Packard factory. and J. A
| Muehlesen. David Taylor. son of Robert
l. Taylor, will be in charge Of the exhibit
during the day until p. m.
Dave s. Hendricks of 1917 H street
northwest has been appointed dealer in
| Franklin cars in this city. Mr.. Hen
bricks secured the representation just i'll
time to exhibit two Of the new 1911
| Franklin models at the automobile show.
These cars are a model ID touring car and
d model G touring car. Both are finished
| in royal blue.
! Model D is a development of the largest
model of last years Franklin line, but
/ mas OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ana SiA-
| cylinder motor. 1t is air cooled as
| Franklin motors have been since the first
cars were built. Model d is designed for
service as a fast road car, weighs $500
pounds and has a wheel base of 1c3
| inches. 1t will seat five passengers.
| Model G touring car is the smallest of
Franklin touring models. 1t seats four
passengers and is equipped with a four
cylinder eighteen-horsepower Franklin
motor This car weighs only 1859
pounds, weight exceeded in many in
stances by runabout models of water
| cooled cars. There is also built on the
model G chassis a runabout. which weighs
but 1.sO0 pounds. The motors d both
cars are the same
Emerson & Orme received Regal 90
stripped chassis yesterday for exhibition
in the auto show this week.
| Ray Mcdonald of Miller Bros. has re-
| turned from southern trip in the inter-
est of the Velie car. and states that
prospects for a big auto business in Dixie
| this spring are very bright.
Q. c. Barbour has joined the sales force
OF Theodore Barnes & CO.. local agents
| for the Pullman.
| On the 18th Of this month Frank K,-
/
| Motor Company. leaves the factory for
New Orleans, where he will participate in
| the Mardi Gras races to he held the
week of February %. Two of the Ford
/ model T racing cars that have made
! such name for themselves in the many
! big track races of the country have been
/ shipped to New Orleans. Kulick will drive
one Of these racers in the five and ten
mile dashes against such men as Strang
De Palma in his Simplex and many other
| well known drivers. in such cars as the
| Lozier and National.
| w. B. McBurney. one Of the most pop
| ular members of the staff of the Pope
| Automobile Company, has been called to
Jersey City by the death of his father
Tom Spence of the Pope Automobile
| Company AYERS that during show week
| each factory his company represents will
! be less distinguished for the excel
! lence of its output than for the exquisite
! bearing, lofty knowledge and SAVIOR faire
/ of the staff officers coming from the home
| works. Tom ought toknoW.
i The Newark IN. j. agent of the
! Schacht automobile, handled in Washing
! ton by the newly established Kinds Auto
mobile Company, took stock car at the
home plant in Cincinnati. and drove to
! Newark, 1926 miles, in three days rum
no night travel, without adjusting as
! much as a nut, according to the Horse
less Magazine.
| Several important matters were consd-
| cred by the board OF governors of the
| Automobile Club of Washington at
meeting held Thursday night at the Graf
| ton. Elliott Il. Hough was elected secre
| tary-treaSurer in place of w. Hamilton
| Smith, who was unable to serve. A J..
! Cline was elected a member of the board
! in place of Z. H. Johansen, who was
made chairman of the house committee.
/ With view to obtaining additional men,
| bers the board decided to reduce the an
nual dues to $40, which also includes the
Initiation fee. The club will have a
| booth at the automobile show, and each
| member will constitute himself commit
! tee of one to secure applications for
membership from show visitors. So
liability run to Gettysburg Memorial day
was also discussed.
| Word comes from Pittsfield. Mass. says
| the Horseless Age that the Alden SAmp-
| son Manufacturing Company, which was
| originally organized In that city, but
| which year ago was absorbed by the
! United States Motor Company, will give
| up its plant in Pittstield and move all
Of the equipment to Detroit in March
| next The Pittsfield works have given
| employment to about $50 men. The trans
| fer of the works to Detroit Is said to
| have been decided upon subsequent to
| report of a committee which last fall in
! vestigated the Pittsield plant and the
facilities for enlarsing it. 1t was found
| that the plant was so located that expan-
| sion would be very difficult, besides which
| the skilled labor market in Pittstield is
not very satisfactory. 1t is understood
| that the United States Motor Company
| will use the Pittsfeld plant for manufac-
| turing automobile accessories. The plant
! was erected by Alden Sampson, jr., in
! 1905. and is said to have cost. inclusive
| of real estate. $780,
! COMMA AIIT0 cuOEYIc