The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
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The Commercial Auto and Supply Com
pany has delivered 1912 EMF foredool
touring cars. fully equipped. to Maj. J. T
Myers and A. p. Clark Jr., and a demi
tonneau OF the same make fully equipped
to w. G. Harvey, Jr.
Many representatives within striking
distance of the factory are driving theil
demonstrating cars home instead Of hav'
ing them shipped, thereby saving two Oh
three days. The latest to do this wat
the Chicago branch OF the Thomas Motor
Car Company, who covered the 81 mile:
between the two cities in twenty-foul
hours. BY freight it would have taker
him four days to receive his car.
John H. Earle, Of the firm OF Earle q
Allen, representatives OF the Hupp-Yeats
leaves this morning for Philadelphia, tc
be gone two or three days.
The United Motor Washington Com
pany has sold a Columbia roadster to J.
Thole, a Model Q Maxwell to z. r Mars
den, and a Maxwell Messenger to c. A,
Moore.
Montgomery Blair has returned from a
3,OOO-miIe trip in his Packard go tour
ing car, from as far north as Portland
Me.
Reports on the condition, Of the road in
the vicinity Of Elkton, Md. on the Phila-
deIphIn and Baltimore pike, show that
1t is in bad shape. In addition to being
heavy, because Of the recent rains, a
force Of men are engaged in laying tele-
phone conduits along this stretch, and II
requires skillful driving to get through.
NJ. T. Pollock, who has been on a visit
to the OIdsmobile factory at Lansing,
Mich, is expected to return to the city
tomorrow.
The Ford representative in Nashville,
Tenn. recently drove a Model T up, the
sixty-five steps OF the State capitol. At
asked him, as they were passing the capt.
tol building, IL the car could climb the
steps. Without a word the representa-
tive headed for them, and, upon reach
ing the top, drove inside, turned around,
and came down. Latest report are that
the demonstration cllnched the sale.
Under the recent order OF Mayor Gay
nor freeing bridges over the East River
OF Toll gates, Ne" 1OEh VIII dIhudAS
lose about s2750OO.
The Wescott Motor Car Company. OF
Richmond, Ind, has ceased to market its
product through the Henderson Sales
Company. OF Indianapolis, and will in
the future have its own sales depart
ment. H. E. Shiland. formerly sales
manager Of the Buick, will be at the
head Of II.
Within a period OF ten minutes last
Saturday the Packard Motor Car Com
pany disbursed in wages S2S3,344, covering
the labor account for one-half moth al
its factory in Detroit. The pay roll for
August amounts to $524,4G, the largest
sum ever paid out in wages for a single
month by any automobile factory in the
world.
There are now 1875 employees in the
Packard shops Shortly before the clos
ing hour. on pay day. twenty division
paymasters, each accompanied by two
armed guards, scatter through the plant
and take their positions at as many diff
ferent stations. The men form in lines
and approach these stations as they leave
the shops. The man at the head of the
line hands in his pay check to a repre-
sentative of the time office, who calls
of the number A man from the &C
counting department passes out the en-
velOpe, and they are ready for the next
transaction. 1t takes ABOUT a second for
each man, and in a remarkably short
space of time the line melts away.
The highway commissioners of seven
Eastern States, who have at their COM
mand appropriations exceeding s1OO,O .OoC
for good roads, will start out tomorrow
morning from Albany. n. Y, on a three
day inspection tour of the roads through
New York, Massachusetts, and Connecti-
cut. They will be accompanied by officials
from the United States office of public
roads. One of the main objects of this
inspection tour Is TO try to settle upon
a plan for building uniform trunk high
ways connecting the various States.
s. A. Luttrell leaves tomorrow morn
ing in his Packard phaeton for Atlantic
City, where he will participate in the
shooting tournament next week.
III. Mcdonald, Washington manager
for the Locomobile Company, is in the
South on a two weeks trip.
J.P. Stephenson and a party of friends
Leonardtown, Md. They expect to spend
a couple of days fishing along the Lower
Potomac.
As-the International Association OF Fire
Engineers will hold its annual meeting
in Milwaukee, Wis. the latter part Of
this month. Considerable attention is be-
ing directed to the problem Of motor
fire truck equipment. which will be one
of the important topics discussed by the
assembled chiefs.
In a recent letter to the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Company. John T. Hertz,
chief Of the fire department of Akron,
Ohio, touches on the service given by
the motor fire truck which has been In
use in his department over two years.
I'VE have In engine house No. 8
triple combination Webb fire apparatus
which weighs, without men, 800 pounds.
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