The Washington herald., 1911-03-19
GOSSIP

We have entered an Interstate bull
dog in the sweepstakes race to be held at
the Indianapolis speedway on Decoration
Day" said Fred Steele, Eastern repre-
sentative of the Interstate, yesterday. who
is in the city visiting David Hendrick,
local agent for the car. "In nominating
this car for the event in which the high
est horsepower machines built will COM
pete, we did so with the utmost confidence
the machine would make a name for it
self and not with the mere idea that we
wanted to be numbered among the start
ers Not only will the car start. but
venture to say it will be in at the finish
and not trailing the crowd, either
The Barnard Motor Company has sold
Stoddard Dayton 40" roadster to Wal
ter H. Bowles.
Among the recent purchasers OF model
] Maxwell touring cars are DR.. J. H.
Johnston and ]. H. Connolly.
washington is a small car town, at
least we have found it So" says Ted"
Johnston, manager of the Buick Motor
Company. though we have touring cars
as well as small machines in our line, l
find the moderate priced car, either of
the runabout touring type, finds the
most ready sale. For instance, our model
q Buick. which is a small touring car,
has been most in demand of all our l9l
models
Washington will be a truck town be-
fore another year passes" said ". B.
MCBurney. Of the Pope Auto Company,
who handles the Mack line of trucks.
There are a large number of business
men here who find they can handle their
wares much more economically by the
use of the motor vehicle than with horses
and wagons. and they are raridly adopt
ing this mode of conveyance
The Royal Tourist and the Croxton
cars will in the future be built by the
Consolidated Motor Car Company. Of
Cleveland, a merger OF the CroXton and
the Royal Tourist Motor Company hav-
ing recently been effected. The company
will not only build pleasure cars, but
trucks and taxicabs as well.
W. c. Long. manager oc the CONNER
c!al Auto and Supply Company, has just
been informed that the EMF Company
is placing on the market a full vestibuled
ive-passenger cara machine built on
pleasing. original lines. The new body is
mounted on the standard EMF chassis,
and is made of aluminoid steel, with
wood trimmings.
After an exhaustive test over the
TrUckce-Carson project, in Nevada, the
United States government has purchased
a Pullman car. Through the country
over which thirteen cars Of different
makes were tried before the final selec-
tion was made, there ar5 but few roads.
and these hardly passabIe. The Pullman
was the only machine which met all
of the requirements.
Not only is our little Regal under
slung proving popular in the city, but
throughout the rural sections as WELL"
says Bruce Emerson, of Emerson &
Orme. who handle the Regal in Wash
ington and surrounding territory. I'VE
have sold number of these cars to resi-
dents OF the small towns and the reports
are gratifying.
General Manager Mead, of the OIds
Motor Works predicted last December
that 1911 would be an Olds year, and
Judging from the way business is he hit
the nail on the head" said NJ T. Pollock
local agent for the Olds, yesterday. The
Autocrat, the new model being marketed
this year, is proving one of the senSa-
uOnS OF the season, ana the factory Is
working overtime to fIl the orders
William Jose, manager of the auto
supply department Of the National Elec-
trical Supply Company, has been the re-
cipient of many congratulations during
the week over the new store which is
devoted entirely to the automobile supply
department. All agree that it is the
finest supply house south of New York.
Among the cars within the reach Of a
man of moderate means who wants to
own an automobile. the Ford is proving