The Washington herald., 1912-08-11


succeeding year. During the ten. years
Of production the Cadillac compsny's uot-
put has reached q sales value Of ap-
proximately sso.oco.ooo.
The Cadillac plant 10 in operation nifty
are devoted to vacations. inventory. over
hauling machinery. and the like.
"Organixed motorists can do much TO
further the interests Of interstate tour
L ing by advocating uniform laws. Now
Is the time to begin the agitation. Why
not include universal lighting a. weil?"
Now England Automobile Journal
"a nanufactdrer of long experience
says Il IL rather more difacult to build
up a good line Of agencies than to build
a good car. Inefhcient and irresponsible
dealers will in1ure the reputation Of any
good product. he claims-"-New York
Sun.
The study Of dead languages. philoso-
ply. and all the other stable things served
In the modern university are to be shared
by the study Of the motor car according
to the announcement of the University
Of Southern California Earl Y. Booth,
dealer in National '+0' cars In Los An
geies. is the professor Of this new course
He will be assisted by others well posted
on the motor car subject.
Co-eds will be entitled to take this scien-
tihc engineering course. and from the
interest shown this course promises to
be a popular one. Bert Dingley. well
known as O race car driver, who 10 now
a salesman for National cars viii also
, assist these professors In their work in
demonstration.
Dr. George r. Bovard. President Of the
University. is quoted as saying:
The interest In this new and unique
course is even greater than its most ar
dent boosters had expected. Nor In fact
is this strange. for there Il no topic that
is the subject Of more discussion to-day
than the automobile. OF course, II was
expected that the boys in the engineer
ing and electrical departments would be
interested In the work. because OF the
fact that they could keep in touch
through this practical means with the
In the latest makes Of American cars.
However. their zeal In the new depart
ment Is rivaled by the men In the liberal
arts and other courses. and from the
present indications II appears that q
large number of them will hasten to en-
roll when the Registrars once opens in
September.
AInOlb ruISk iutcIcbtcu are u eS-
lect group from one Of the leading sorori-
ties. who have declared themselves un-
qualifedly in favor Of the innovation and
say that such q course will be Just
dandy
Even some of the digniaed .profs' are
planning on leaving their ancient lore
for a few lessons In order to get the
rudimentary knowledge and a little ex-
perience before trying a car Of their own.
ha nan 10 tOh rAl hxr
all those who are connected with the uni
versity In an official capacity. and the
question as to whether there would be o
demand for such instruction by the stu
dents is being answered heartily In the
affirmative"
The export business Of the R-C-H still
continues to grow. Hardly a week passes
but one or two new selling contracts
are closed for foreign territory. Among
the latest are France and the section
centering around Shanghai. China
Plans are complete for opening a sales
room in Paris that will be among the
finest In the city.
To supply the recently established R.
CHI business in Shanghai another ship
ment is now on the way.
Another notable export shipment Of the
past week was six cars bound for Peru.
In response to the popular demand for
g smalled six-cylinder Packard, q rakish.
fve-pasenger consort to the 49, for
1878 has been produced by the Packard
Motor Car Company. This car, known
as the ''3s," has been developed step. by
step with the other six-cylinder Pack
ards, but its manufacture has been post
poned until the present season because
Of the pressing market for its larger
prototypes.
The Packard Motor Car Company has
secured a notable addition to its engi-
neertng forces in the appointment Of J.
O. Vincent to the position Of chief en-
gineer. Mr.. Vincent becomes the ex-
ecutive head OF the active engineering
as carriage chassis, carriage body. truck
and experimental divisions.
Russell Hun. consulting engineer. and
c. J. Moore, manufacturing engineer.
both of whom have been with the Pack
ard Motor Car Company since the bring
ing out of the first model, will constitute
an advisory body having supervision over
ali Packard engineering work. -
Fifteen 4o-horsepower Garford cars
have Just been ordered by the Washing
ton Motor Livery Company, of Chicago,
for immediate delivery. and will be put
In service in that city as soon as they
can be completed and shipped from the
Garford plant in Elyria, Ohio.
Ralph Mulford made II known positive
IL yesterday Saturday that his car In
the Vanderbilt Cup race will be the
Knox-the same one he drove at In
The two MERGERS. entered in
this famous classic and Erwin Berg
dolls Benz, are at present being groomed
for the contest. Numerous prospective
entrants are holding on in making for
NAL entries until after the Elgin road
race this month. After the Elgin meet
the entry list for the Vanderbilt and
Grand Prize may be expected to MI
rapidly.