Evening star., 1912-09-01


lie. / class cars as being on the extreme
left side OF the road running from ihs
low-priced car up To the car OF creates
quality and service I'm the middle OF fhe
road. and then extending 10 the car ~
exorbitant price on the right side OF the
road. From both sides of the road he
lieve the buyers are edging toward IN.
middle The man on tho left wants a
bigger car and the man on the right SOS
he can buy the same service at les
money in the middle
H. NJ. Jewett. president or the Lozier
Motor Company and the Paige Detroit
Motor Car Company. left Detroit last
week for weeks trip through tho At
lantic states in the interests OF the agents
for both makes Of cars.
Motouring is the name OF tho lafeet
entry In the automobile class trade pub
lication field which Will make its debut
with the September number and viii be
on sale September ;.
Heretofore no automobile class paper or
general interest has been published out
side OF the big centers OF Chicago. New
York. etc. Indianapolis has occasion :"
pride itself on the fact that u Is the
forerunner OF automobile manufacturing
centers as the home of the class puolica-
tion
Motouring is the successor Of the Sports
man and Motorist, trade paper formerly
published in indianapolis.
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California believes that a very large
percentage OF thos. who will visit her
international exposition at San Fran
cisco in 1913 will be motorists. many OF
whom will make the trip from their
homes by automobile.
To insure this army Of tourists the
greatest possible enjoyment during their
stay was the motive which has resulted
in mapping out a tour designed 10 in
clude all the best that California can
offer-the sublmity OF the Pacific. tho
desolation of the desert. the grandeur 90
the Sierra Nevadas and the fertility ~
the valleys. The route Is declared ~
veteran travellers to combine more his
toric scenic and natural attractions than
can possibly be included in any trip o.
similar length anywhere in the world.
The route included the famous roads
El Canine Real, III. Canine San Diego.
FL Camino Sierra and IL Canine Capital.
all of them venerable highways dating
back to the time OF the Spanish occu-
patton
Representatives OF the state govern
ment the American Automobile Asso,fs-
ton. the California fish and game com
mission, a number OF prominent news
the crew Of the three cars selected as
the vehicles.
In many places the party had 10 do
real pioneering. but in every case the
cars came through unscathed and unas-
sisted
Another star has entered TIE grand
prize race. which will take place at NIL
waukee. Wis. September 81 He is Caleb
o,A
familiarly called aley." and his car Will
be the same 170-horsepower Italian car
which he drove I'm the last Savannah
grand prize race and the Santa Monica
road event. Bragg paid his entry fee
yesterday and this makes him a team
mate of Bruce Brown, who Will pilot
car OF the same size and make.
Although small OF stature. young Bragg
Is clever driver. He has demonstrated
his ability to handle enormously high
powered cars on numerous occasions and
brought them home to victory when with
a less skilled pilot at the wheel victory
would have been impossible. He In a
graduate OF Yale. where he met Bruce
Brown, although his speed education was
not finished there. In the 500 mile race
at indianapolis Bragg scored second
place. alternating with Teddy Tetzlaff.
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Milwaukee has voted to purchase the
first two OF six proposed pieces OF motor
fire apparatus at once. Bids have been
asked for two combination hose and
chemical trucks, The cars Will carry
1000 feet Of hose, the necessary chemical
apparatus and six men,
Uniform excellence OF handicraft u
essential in any plant. and II is in factory
organization that the superiority OF m
automobile depends. An evidence thai
this t. realized by the foremost makers
is found in the elaborate and effective
system that has been installed In tho
new factory OF the Simplex Automobile
Company at New Brunswick, N. j. The
plant has been divided into departments.
with a foreman or inspector In charge or
each whose duty II Is to see that every
article turned out from their department.
is perfect. There is an inspector Tor eacn
group or parts IN the machine. The re-
suit is that when a car is given to the
road tester II Is really ready for use.
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"Unmagnetizable Steel" says Emil
Grossman, contains from 9S to 1O.3 per
cent of manganese and to Ia per cent or
titanium The solicon contents must be
less than 8, carbon below .o3. and phos-
phorous O15. The value OF such a steer
where shield for electric current is needed
can be appreciated in ignition and other
work"
Thirty million dollars worth OF Amer
lean automobiles found markets abroad
last year, against less than S1.OOoOOo
worth ten years ago Figures just COM
pleted by the division of statistics OF tie
bureau OF foreign and domestic commsrce
show that the reports of exports Of auto
mobiles to foreign countries In the fiscal
year 1912 were valued at S21,500,Oo0. and
Of parts thereof. including tires. S6,7hO.-
900 If to this were added the shipments
TO Hawaii and Porto Rico, we get for tho
years sales of American automobiles out
side of continental United states S3o,po-
600 since the value of automobiles and
parts thereof sent TO Porto Rico was
nearly SlWo.V0o, and 10 the Hawaiian Is
lands a little more than S1,pe6o. Inc
total number of machines exported to for