Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-22


tinuous study and development until in
1911 the car is as perfect and has as Just
claim 10 reliability and endurance as its
four-cylinder predecessors Certainly no
car enjoys a better or more lasting repu- 4
tation than the Locomobile. and o. has
been the policy Of the Locomobte company
TO place no new model on the market that
has not had at least two years road test. /
In the six-cylinder the company. realiz- |
ms the added difficulties Of proper gas
distribution in the six" decided that this !
car should never be placed upon the mar
ket until this feature Of the car was alb
solutely correct.
In order to properly work out this ana
other Very desirable features more time
was allowed on this model than any car
the Locomobne company has produced,
and in the last ten months Of final test
three OF these cars were sent over all
] kinds of roads. ballasted with 1850 pounds
/ Of sand with three. eight-hour crews for
each car. each crew to receive a bonus
/ for anything over 200 miles in an eight
hour shift. Just how well these cars have
/ performed Is best known by the fact that
with the exception Of few days when the
weather was extremely bad. each crew had
earned bonus on the 2O0-mile arrange
ment with twenty-four hours continuous
the ultrs-conservative policy Of the Loco
mobile company. however nothing Is new
| w the construction of the car that has
not been thoroughly tried and proven.
1 Some OF the old features are stu quite
( prominent in this car, such as bronze
transmission cases and bronze crank cases.
| and the history of this feature as we'll as
the motive which prompts the use of this
material Is a revelation as we'll as inter
esting to one who has not given this matter
consideration
/ The car generally Is of a very dlgnified
and excellent appearance and lacks the ex-
tended hood which sometimes gives to a
six-cylinder car a cumbersome and un-
wieldly look. Plenty of room is in evil
dence under the bonnet, and every part
easily accessible. A multiple disc clutch
OF interesting design is provided completely
enclosed, and the arrangement of gear
shift lever and brake show careful design
in connection with the four doors which
are easily removable. The spring suspen-
sion of the car is very attractive feature
and has been much commented upon. The
brakes are sensible as well as very effec-
tive and are calculated to hold the con-
fidence Of the operator, In short, the car
is a mute witness to a master mind and
much forethought and labor.
But Auto Row is specked with live men.
! 1hey are all selling cars. There's Manager
Gould of the Ford company, Manager REIN
of the Cadillac company, Manager Melon
} aid OF the Marion Auto company, Manager
silva of the Velie Auto company, Proprie.
tor Mcintyre Of the Mcintyre Auto COM
I pany, Proprietor Wilson Of the Wilson
Auto company. Manager Mansfield of the
kissell Car company, Proprietor Avery of
the Omaha Auto company, Manager Smith
of the e. NJ. F.. and Manager Sternberg Of
the Interstate Auto company. Mr.. Wal,
lace of the Stearns, Manager Huffman of
the Hupmobile, and branches of the Ram
bier and Apperson companies. They are
sprucing up and polishing brasses and
making their machines shine. They ex-
pect to do big things at the show, and
they will.
Freeland Bros. & Ashley are moving into
their new garage on Farnam. It is one OF
the handsomest structures in the Row.
Henry H. Van Brunt of the Van Brunt
Auto company, Council Bluffs has begun
the season beautifully with Overland sales
in many new sections of Iowa and Ne.
braska,
Manager Davis of the Pioneer Imple4
: ment company expects to see the largest
y Jackson season in the history of the car.
p He viii be prepared to show visitors a
o garage full of spanking new" cars in
= February.
9 The Mitchell is one Of the reliable cars
a of the country. 1t has been pushed in this
e territory by the Colt Automobile company
:, and it's sales have been large.
There is something doing" on lower
Farnam street automobile row this week.
j. The firm of Free land Bros. & Ashley are
Il moving from Ills Earnam street to their
= inew building, just completed, on the corner
= of Twelfth and Farnam streets. The room
!, which they have just vacated is in the
hands OF the painters, paper hangers and