The Washington herald., 1912-09-22
About People You Know
Along Auto Row.

L T. Donahue, the Batavia tire man
left this morning with Mrs. Donahue fol
a motor trip to Philadelphia, Atlanti,
City and New York. Mr.. Donahue ex,
poets to be away for at least three
weeks. He drove his Maxwell.
C. X. Carter and T. J. Rison. of the
Dan Valley Motor Company, OF Danville
| Va. have been in the city the last few
days as the guests Of the local branch OF
the Buick Motor Company. The Dan
Valley Motor Company is the agent for
the Buick products In Danyille. and the
two officials have been here for the pur-
pose Of inspecting the 1913 models. They
both expressed themselves as being high
ly pleased with this years cars, as
shown on the local branch's floors, and
feel very enthusiastic over the prospects
for the season just opening.
The Matheson Motor Company is daily
expecting the arrival of a new Hender-
son with wire wheels. This car has been
| ordered for Edmund X. Fox. the promi-
nent real estate dealer. who first saw
| the wire wheels used in Ireland on a
| recent trip abroad. He became very
much interested In them at that time,
which interest resulted in the order for
| the Henderson with wire wheels.
Mr.. Ernest ]. Mudd. who has for the
last few months been attending the train
ing school OF the Nordyke and Marmon
Motor Car Company at indianapolis, in
order to become conversant with the
Marmon motor car In a mechanical way,
has arrived in the city. He will take
charge of the service department of the
Potomac Motor Car w hn
the local agents for the Marmon. Mr..
Mudd. on account Of the training re-
ceived in the Marmon factory, will be
able to give to Marmon owners the best
possible mechanical service.
Mr.. Uri B. Grainus reports his arrival
in Milwaukee after a successful trip
from Chicago in a Borland Electric The
run was made in a little oyer eight
hours. Mr.. Grainus was accompanied by
Inspector Costello.
The Washington branch of the Buick
Motor Company reports the following
sales for the week: Model ':3" roadster
and Model 81 touring car to the Auto
Outing Company. Model 81 touring car
10 -. c. Shea, Model '.225'' touring car to
DR.. Fealey, Model ''25' touring car to
]. n. CARRIER, Model a. touring car to
E. NJ. Wallace.
c. r. Hough, the well-known motor
truck man. who has recently assumed
his new duties as manager of the Lut-
trsll Company's Packard truck depart
ment, Is now in Detroit attending the
Packard truck salesmens convention.
The convention is really a short-term
school for truck statesmen, and during
this short term the Packard people take
their truck statesmen through all depart
ments Of their factory. giving them a
thorough and complete understanding of
just how each and every part of the
truck is made. In this way the sales
man naturally acquires a great deal of
valuable knowledge concerning the car
that he sells, and is able to handle his
duties as a truck salesman in a much
more intelligent manner. Mr.. Hough has
been in the great automobile center for
the last ten days and will return to
the early part Of the week.
Emerson & Orme report the sale Of
Detroit Colonial brougham to Mr.. NJ. ]. |
Of 1875 Wyoming Avenue.
George Meeley. the tire man, of Phila- |
delphia and Washington. will come to the
city tomorrow to spend a day or two |
with Fred Harveycutter, thi Firestone |
man. |
George W. Sample, the road representa-
tive Of the Gilbert Manufacturing Com
pany, of New Haven. Conn, makers of
tire covers and leather and fabric acces- |
sories for the automobile industry, has |
been in Washington for the last three |
or four days calling on the many dealers |
who handle the Gilbert company's prod
uct. He left last night for his fall trip |
Of the South.
c. NJ. Storm, manager of the Storm
Motor Car Company, agents for the Hud-
son car. left yesterday for New York
in a 1913 Hudson. While in the Metrop-
olis Mr. Storm will visit with the New
York agents of the Hudson.
The largest shipment of tires ever re-
,eived by any individual dealer In the
,ity of Washington will arrive Monday.
The entire consignment is the initial Or
Ter for the Akron Tire Company of Phila-
lelphia's Washington branch which re-
emily onened its door in Fourteenth
Street with n. A. Brandrir as resident
manager. The Akron tire people are
the largest dealers in the coun-
ry in factory-blemished tires, which are
known as seconds" They
iold a contract with practically every
Of standard tires to be al
owed their choice Of all blemished tires
urned out by each factory. A factory
,lemished tire or second" does not mean
tire that is defective in any way. The
erm, bIemished. means in this case a
ire which may have the slightest surface
nperfection. For instance. In the case
# a Firestone nonskid tire, should the
actory turn out a tire without the words,
nonskid." appearing the required num-
'er of times on the surface of the tire
probably about 100 Impressions of the
yord will be found on each tire) or with
ut each part of those words being in .:
erfect alignment with the balance of
he tire surface, then that tire is i'm
relegated to the class Of tires
nown as seconds"
The Akron Tire Company, however, has
uch implicit faith in the good they offer
hat they will guarantee each tire they
ell for a certain amount of mileage, and
sill guarantee the price Of the repair
fork that they may do on any tire at the
ate of l cent mile. For example a
70, would guarantee the tire an addition
l life of at least 1000 miles. They
lake to the motorist q unique and extra
rdinary offer in that they will ship a
re a distance Of 100 miles from the city.
repaying the freight.
N. A. Brandriff. the resident manager
( the local branch, comes to Washing
On from the Philadelphia home Of the
.kron Tire Company, after years of :
raining in the tire business, both in the