The Washington herald., 1912-12-08

Stewart l,5OO pound delivery wagon TO
his line, having just closed a contract
to act as agent in this territory.
The Henderson-Rowe Auto Company
unIoaded a Chevrolet six Friday. This
Is the first model of the Chevrolet to
arrive in this city.
F. Wade Powers returned Friday from
n visit to the factory Of the Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company, at Akron,
Ohio.
W. r. Barnhart will leave Monday for
Detroit. Mr.. Barnhart goes to confer
with the officials OF the Flanders Motor
Company regarding shipments Of the
new Flanders, for which he is the local
agent.
The Dupont Garage Company announce
that W. e. Huntsberry has been ap-
pointed Hudson agent in Winchester. Va.
A motoring party. composed of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Earle and Mr.. and Mrs.
~ NJ X Gilmour motored to Philadel-
phia recently in Mr.. Earle's Oakland
touring car. The party reported rough
roads, but a good time.
The Goodrich and Diamond tire agen-
cies are finally getting Strengthened out
N their new quarters at 1904 Fourteenth
Street after the muss OF moving into a
half completed building
The Warren Motor Sales Company
has taken the agency for the Hupmo-
bile
The Kinds Auto Company is now To-
Gated at 1905 Street
It is reported that the Kinds Company.
for a number of years local agents for
the Lion, will retire from business.
Sing Woo, wealthy merchant of
Shanghai. China, recently purchased a
Stoddard- Dayton IS and started on a
thirty days tour of the Pacific Coast.
after which he will ship the car to the
Orient.
To baffie the storm king in his assaults
on motoring comfort has been long the
aim Of automobile designers and bO6y
experts Improved windshields and tops
have helped somewhat to this end. There
are now on the market a number Of
practical automobile stoves and foot
warmers. Special brands of robes and
cold weather clothing have been evolved.
The incIosed body ty pes multiply on city
Iandaulet, and Limousine.
Many motorists. whose means permit,
maintain separate equipment for cold
weather motoring. But the average man
either garages his car on blocks during
the cOldest weather. or else does his best
to last it out. muffied we'll in furs and
getting whatever heneit he can from his
side curtains.
Only one who has struggled in zero
weather with refractory curtains knows
the discomfort which this system i'm
plies. To sit inside a car and to reach
out n bare hand above the door button
ing up gap conveniently accessible
only from without is A process that rObs
a winter motoring trip of much Of its
zeSt. When frequent stops are made, as
In the case Of a physician making his
rounds. the discomfort and lost time be
come an increasing annoyance.
II recently occurred to one of the
Studcbakcr engineers that the side cur
tain might be made to swing with the
door. lie worked out a curtain OF this
kind and found it necessary to add only
few pieces OF supplementary cOnstrur-
tion, easily removed when open sides
are desired. The advantage was so plain
that the plan was worked out TO a Iogi-
cal conclusion with a series OF curtains
which would tightly inClose the entire
passenger compartment of a Studebaker
80 roadster. Ono OF the details IS a
flap from the top. which clips snuEly
To the top of the windshield. effectively
closing a Joint always troublesome with
the Old-styIe curtains With the doors
closed. the new Studebaker system
makes q car perfectly tight. excepting
two small holes for ventilation, one at
either upper corner of the top.
II is believed that the Studebakcr plan
is pateutablc. and exclusive rights will
be asked for. In the meantime. the
Studebakcr corporation is arraning to