Middletown transcript., 1911-04-15
NEW AUTOMOBILE GARAGE
Mr.. E. M. ShalIcroSS Agent For
Three Fine Autos

Mr.. Elias M. Shallcross has opened or
West Green street: in the large two-story
building formerly used by Messrs ]. G.
Parker & Sons Co., for storage purposes, 9
first class garage.
On the first floor is storage room toE
transients, so commodious that l5 auto
mobiles can be accommodated at one
time. In one corner is large Cemented
washstand with banked sides, and 80
arranged as to shunt the washings out of
the building. The biggest autos can get
into the "tub" and take bath all over,
to come out clean as new pin.
In another room is a well arranged
repair shop, with benches. jacks, pumps,
drills, and tools of every description
necessary to fix up car no matter what
ails it. Mr.. Shallcross has had consid.
erable experience in running and repair
ing automobiles, and is moreover good
mechanic, and knows how to handle
tools. Experience has already made him
skilled doctor to diagnose all the ills
that autos are subject to, and by reason Of
accidents wrong treatment, and hard
driving, these are not few. The auto is
wonderfully perfected-but it is not yet
never will be-fool proof, His brother,
Ralph, assists him in this work.
On the outside of the building in the
rear, is a gasoline tank holding 1l0O
gallons so carefully safeguarded against
fire that the insurance agent issued a
policy on the building at once.
In another room neatly stored in q
large case, is to be found a full line of all
the accessories required in automobiling,
such as batteries, tires, rubber tubing,
lamps, spark.plugs, oil cups, cylinder oil,
wrenches, goggles, forced feeds, cement
in short, everything needful to keep q
car in perfect order, and all goods Of the
first quality.
The upper room is now used for storage
and later may be utilized as an auto paint
shop. This Summer Mr.. Shalcross will
hire the large room out for dances, and
will put in good piano for that purpose.
The garage will be open from A. NJ.
to P. NJ. and later, Mr.. Shallcross can
be reached through the MiddletoWn
Hotel phone.
He handles the Haines Car, four door
model, price $4,000 complete; the
Haines, seven passenger car-priCe
100000, and the MatheWson six cylinder
car costing S350O.OO. The Carter Car is
the make he expects to push most. 1t
costs from $1075 OO. to $1S75.OO, and like
the Haines, is four cylinder car; its
speed ranges from to so miles per hour,
and is the nearest thing in the auto line to
a fly that can crawl on the ceiliDg-for it
can march up so per csnt.grade from
start-something no other car
made can even approach with flying
start. This is due to the fact that the
Carter Car has what is known as a
'friction drive" as compared with the
two other more common ones-the slid
ing, and the individual clutch gears. For
this reason also the Carter Car can be
slowed down to a one mile an hour crawl,
which no other car can do. Mr.. Shall
cross thinks the Carter Car is a very
superior make by reason OF the many ad-
afforded by this friction drive.
MIR. JAMES E. E Hotnans, oHe ett Of Tie TIE very very
highest authorities on automobile con.
struction in the world, writing in his
book "Self-P Propelled Vehicles" 9th |
edition, 1907, page BAT, on friction-disc |
Eransuissions, says: 1.-THE friction.disc |
transmission has a large future. 1t
obviates all the difficulties incident to the
use of sliding spur gears, or planetary
speed changers, and does away with
clutches of all kinds"
Mr.. Shallcross has just delivered to DR..
E. NJ. Vaughan Carter Car, and has two
others sold. He expects also a model
$1875.00 Haines next week. Mr.. Shall
cross is a wide awake, energetic young
business man, fair and honorable in all
bis dealings, and The Transcript doubts
not that he will sell the fne makes he is
agent for-''liks hot cskes' in Middle
town and for miles around it. He has
our best wishes for the largest success in
bis chosen field.