The Washington herald., 1911-11-12

g. D. Woodwork has Joined the sales
force of the Luttrell Company, repre-
sentatives of the Packard and Waverly
electric. Mr.. Woodwork was formerly
| local branch manager for the EMF
Company. and previous to that time was
connected with the Philadelphia branch
of the Studebaker Company.
E. r. Erkman, Eastern representative
| Of the Detroit electric, is in the city
for a few days as guest of Emerson &
Orme, local representatives of the car.
The Buick Motor Company has sold
Buick truck to Kraemer & Duehring,
model IS touring car to J. w. Latham.
a model "a to DR.. c. B. Turner, DR..
| Fernneyhow, and w. S. Hoge, jr., and
a model 10 to +. w. Bramhan.
The Lozier Sales Company yesterday
unloaded a seven-passenger Lozier tour
ing car, which will be used as a demon
strator.
The Carter Motor Car Corporation has
sold a tve-passenger Washington tour
ing car to DR.. Edward a German.
E. Wolfe and D. a. Manson under the
firm name of Wolfe & Manson have
opened an automobile repair shop in 1,
street, between Thirteenth and Four
teenth streets. Both are expert ma
chtnists.
Cooperation on the part of the fac
tory with the efforts OF Ted" Johnston,
local manager of the Buick Motor Com
pany, have enabled him within the short
space of ten days to again have a COM
plete line of Buick cars and parts on
hand, after the disastrous fire OF a week
ago Friday, when sixteen new cars were
destroyed and his stOckroom gutted. The
insurance company who took everything
have removed the burned machines and
ruined parts from the warehouse in Sew
enteenth street, and Monday morning
workmen will start rebuilding the place.
In the meantime the service department
has been installed in its temporary quar-
ters at 1923 L street.
William P Barnhardt, of the William
P. Barnhardt Company. representatives
of the Everitt, who has been in Rich
mond for the past few days, returned
home last night.
Railroad officers, astonished at the ton
mage rolled up by shipments of Ford
Model cars during the 1911 season.
have announced figures which give a
concise idea of the enormity of the Ford
Motor Companys business.
1t took 4S3 freight cars, say the traffic
men, to haul Ford Model T cars away
from the Ford factory during The 1911
season, which ended October I. And yet
not all the cars are included in those
shipments. All of the Ford cars are
sold in Toledo, Sandusky, Cleveland. |
Buffalo, Toronto. and in many other
from Detroit by boat.
The freight cars that brought mate
rials to and hauled Model rs away from !
the Ford factory for the year up to !
October l numbered 1I,6O2 and woul6
make a train 100 miles long. Every day
during the 1911 season a trainload of
freight cars, loaded with Ford Model rs, |
left the Ford shipping docks. Sometimes
the train was only of twenty-five cars in !
length, but more often nearer forty-five. |
The month of October which was the |
opening month of the Ford 1912 season, |
saw $50 freight cars loaded with Model |
rs go out.
VI all the racing camps which will |
soon be established along the grand |
prize course at Savannah. the most in
leresting to many will be that of the |
Studebaker Corporation. three of whose |
EMF ''9O'' cars have been entered in |
the race for the Tiedman Trophy-the |
event for cars of less than 23I cubic |
inches piston displacement.
The Studebaker coterie will be unique |
in the fact that the factory itself is not !
represented directly. three cars being en-
k-- l.. lE..sa
are residents of different parts of the |
country.
One Of the cars is the property Of c. H.
Simerson, of West Hoboken, n. J.: one is
owned by George w. Hanson, Of Atlanta,
Ga. and the third is the private road
ster of Paul Smith, of Detroit.
Mr.. Simerson is known all over the
East as a sportsman whose chief delight
is motor racing. His EMF go" with
Jack Tower at the wheel, made virtually
d clean sweep Of the events in its class
on the Eastern tracks this summer, win
ming total Of fifteen races out of twen-
ty starts. Mr.. Simerson was the one who
started the ball rolling by making the
first entry at Savannah.
Now Savannah is in Georgia So is
George w. Hanson, a sportsman who
cherishes proclivities much like those of
Mr.. Simerson. Through Georgia and the
Western South. Mr.. Hanson is everywhere
recognized as the ne plus ultra in speed
His exploits with racing EMF
go and Flanders ''20' cars have filled
many a page. AS manager of the famous
EMF 'Bullet'-the 1OO,O0O-mile car-he
won national fame.
When Mr.. Hanson heard that Mr..
Simerson was coming right into his terri
tory with racing car, he got busy and
ordered a new EMF '30' roadster from
the factory. Then he turned the car over
to Bob Evans to tune for the event.
With everything shaped up for a neat |
duel, Paul Smith took a hand. He is
the general sales maIaager of the Stude-
Baker Corporation, and he stilI shows
with pride the trophies he won as an /
amateur in the early days OF racing
around Indianapolis The speed infec-
tion broke out again. He handed over
his own personal car to Frank Witt, the
race driver, and told Frank to i
dig up some racing tanks and get the car
ready.
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