The Washington herald., 1911-03-12

| the past year they have enlarged their
| factory and consequently the output has
! been increased.
Ohio motorists have planned a cam
paign before the legislature of the Buck
| eye State to secure the passage IF 4
better road law. Strong opposition has
developed against the large appropria-
tons usually made for the maintenance
of the canal system, and motorists have
combined under the leadership of Fred
| H. Galley, former registrar of auto
mobiles of Ohio and now general man
ager of the Cincinnati Automobile Club,
to show the State solons the inutility of
spending money on a canal system
when, as. they say. it would be much
more beneficial to the public il used in
: the construction and maintenance of
good highways.
Wherever you find a farm owner who
owns a motor car. you will find a man
whose social life has been revolution
lied says ]. E. Sheldon, who handles
the Rambler here. He has combined
the advantages of town with the pleasure
of living in the country. and adopted a
method of saving time, meanwhile adding
to his comfort and saying his horses for
their more 'importantswork on the farm
The Mitchell-Lewis Company has
opened branch in New York City which
will have charge of the entire Eastern
territory. from the New England States
to the Mason and Dixon line Their new
quarters at Sixty-first and Broadway will
carry an immense stn' K of spare parts,
and all orders for spares in the East
will be filled from this point Tine New
York agency for the car is to be merged
| into the branch, wkier Will be under the
| control of James W. Cram. VINO comes
direct from the factory in Racine, Wis.
Though Detroit and Cleveland are the
| acknowledged centers of the automobile
industry of this country. the fact is some
times lost sight OF that automobiles are
made in quantities elsewhere. The Moon
Motor Car Company, of St Louis. Mo,
which is geographically located so as TO
make quick deliveries, turns out on an
: average of thirty three cars per week in
a five and one-haIf day working sched-
ule, Saturday being half holiday.
The one-ton pneumatic-tired truck
manufactured by the II. II. Franklin
Manufacturing Company. of which the
National Motor Delivery Company is
the local representative, while an un-
assuming vehicle so far as appearance
is concerned, is the holder of the worlds
economy record for gasoline trucks. The
truck is rated to carry 1000 pounds. II
is equipped with pneumatic tires and has
an air-cooled 1S-horsepower motor. with
body of the express type. Its record
is ton mile cost of S.OO6S made last
fall in Boston, Mass. The reckoning was
On a 2.OOO-pound load. though it actually
carried more than this.
The automobile is responsible for the
return to the simple life" said William
R. Emerson, of Emerson & Orme. local
representatives of the Regal. yesterday.
We hear a great deal of talk about the
congested conditions of our big cities
and how the people are now seeking re-
lief from ii in suburban life. The auto
mobile has made this possible. To-day
a man can live fifteen or twenty miles
in the country and get back and forth
without the loss of any time or the in
convenience of suburban trains. The
automobile is responsible for this condi-
ton
The Sedan car, which is being built
this year by the Dayton Motor Car Com
pany, fills a want that has been felt by
motorists who want a car they can drive
themselves says Clarence Barnard,
local agent for the Standardization. 1T
is an ideal example of coach design.
since ii tears down the barrier hereto
fore isolating the owner from his
friends. and is comfortable to every pas
senger. Numerous inside-drive coupes,
with ceating room for one beside the
driver, have been built during recent
years, but none resemble this car in
design or convenience"
One Of the largest single orders for
delivery wagons has just been placed with
the Warren Motor Company by a we'll
known cereal concern, which has ordered
forty of the 1,00O-pound delivery wagons
These machines are to be of the regular
stock model, and eight of them will be
delivered at once.
President Windsor T White, of the
White Company, in giving his version of
the automobile industry, said: IF you
have been watching the development Of
the industry abroad, you will find that
the foremost manufacturers to-day are
probing the possibilities for economy in
gasoline engine building. In fact, you
will be surprised at the number of for
eign makers who are already bringing
out smaIl-bore cylinders, and long-stroke
engines. The performance of these en-
gines have been so conclusive, both here
and there. that there can be no doubt
that one seeks economy in the engine
OF course, there is a more crying need
for economy abroad than here, as the
price of gasoline ranges from two to four
times higher. Yet, we feel that it is pre-
eminently true even here that the origi-
nal investment does not mean so much
in the automobile field as it does not
determine the real cost, but the monthly
bills for fuel and maintenance do. We
look at the automobile ultimately as a
sane commercial proposition. and its real
goal, the means for economical trans
portation. There are thousands and thou
sands of families who need and want an
Their incomes are large
enough to afford the right car, and these
families are the great majority in any
community.
Another Point.
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