The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-21
Motoring Notes,
Good Road News
and Trade Matters

The boosters, committee headed by
J. Thomas Palmatary Will proceed
to- get busy with the automobile show
Just as soon as the holidays are over,
although there will be no little work
accomplished In the meantime.
The vast amount of detail in an
undertaking of this kind Is Just being
appreciated. Mark II. Lloyd. one or
the prominent Richmond dealers, has
had a wide experience In this line
and his advice would be OF value to
the committee.
The show committee, OF which b
A. Blenner Is the chairman. has been
building up a strong organization and
Manager Thomas B. Hutchinson re-
ports that the only things that now
remains to make the show huge
success Is the cooperation of the gem
eral public with the motorists.
Motor Truck Demands.
The coming holiday rush season
has caused active buying Of motor
trucks according to Harry s. Houpt,
general sales manager OF the Alec. In
a statement Mr.. Houpt declared that
motor truck purchases are directly
affected by seasonal demands and that
law the capacity OF
mortor trucks to their best advantage,
Horses vince rnder the strain OF
long hours and heavy leads. while
! m otor truck do not lose in efficiency,
said Mr.. Houpt las an example OF
this. last Christmas the Adams Ex-
press company. of Philadelphia, de-
iivereds goods by an Also truck for
i44 consecutive hours in order 10
solve the rush delivery problem An
press company. delivered goods for
over 336 consecutive hours win
theirs Nearly all the large express
companies depend on motor trucks 10
deliver the goods on time.
/ Alert business men are forestali-
! ing the Gripping of their delivery sys-
tenn by buying motor trucks. In our
own experience, the increase in sales
during the month OF November over
( October was between 95 and le0 per
| cent.
This Christmas. the rush deiiv-
cry problem will be more serious tnan
| heretofore due to the prosperity
Throughout the country and the con-
Germs using motor trucks Will be abe
/ 10 cope with the delivery problem TO
the greatest satisfaction OF their Gus
| toners"
Day OF Stage Driver Gone.
with his rolling, rafting stage, mis-
long snake whip and team of four
to eight horses, Is passing. The men
and the conveyances made famous the
world over by Bret Harte are being
rapidly replaced in the new West by
tho r-odavn motor car.
The latest evidence OF the steadily
increasing dominance of the automo-
bile Is the purchase OF six seven
PAS senger Chalmers skies by W.
A. Brewster, OF Midvale, Montana.
These cars are TO be used in connec-
ton with the Great Northern rail-
way tourist service in the Glacier
National Park.
The fifty four horsepower Cha
''s'ixes'' were selected by Mr.. Brew
ster particularly on account OF their
newer and iuyurv. The passe niger
service in which they will be used Is
from M .dyale to St. Maries Lane q
al .tarce OF thirty-six miles. over some
of the heaviest mountain grades In
Montana
The f~st experiment In motor ser
vice in the Glacier National Park was
made by Mr.. Brewster. his first pur-
chase being Chalmers 500 The
pc ss,bility OF the motor car as COM
|, pared with the old-fashioned stage
coach resulted in the present purchase
OF e'x CnatmcrS SKIES,
Incidentally. this Is the largest In
dividual sale Of motor cars ever made
In the Pacific Northwest. The sale
, was made by e. b. Fosdick. Of the
, Hodgins- rosdick Motor company. OF
Spokane. Wash.
Demand For Noisclees Cars.
Still greater than the record de-
mand OF last year IL the sale this
) season Of tho high-rowered. nciseless
. icssure car. according to Roy F
| vCrk, v'ce-president OF the r, b
Etearns company, Of Cleveland.
This wise discrimination. says MT
York. has resulted in = b'gEer and
cors' antiy Increasing demand for ex-
ceilence IN, beth car and motor. The
leonard for the high-powered cai ha.
been growing for some time. he said
but Il IL only recently that the buying
!. public has recognized the superiority
/. of the noiseless motor which com.
hines this quality with power and
speed.
| Illustrating this. Mr.. York pre- ted
to tbs busy plants which are nov
j turn-LB out the 6tearns-K niEht cara