The Washington herald., 1912-10-06

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est. painstaking investigation il given.
Their testimony IL all on one side-the
horse must give way to the more power
full, more reliable. and more economical
motor truck"
I'm answering the question. IL the sea-
son model right? my unqualified answer
Is no." said Arthur Foracker. the mana
ger of the Potomac Motor Company, who
handle the Marmon. in discussing the
question the other day.
1T Is neither logical nor sensible. the
yearly model has its place. but II snouio
be restricted to such articles as last out
one season The idea as applied TO auto
mobiles is now nearly as antiquated as
the first cars that. were made. In the
| first years Of the industry a car was not
considered good for more than about
5000 miles, and radical improvements
came In such quick succession that yearly
models were right and proper. But Win
present conditions We no longer need
new model every year, for the automo-
bile has reached such degree of perfec-
| ton that to hunt for changes great
enough to require a new model would m
evitably result in weakening the product
THE public should be given the benefit
of any material improvement in motor
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lot, regardless of whether the lot ended
in the middle or at the end Of the season.
Let changes come at the end Of period
| of healthy development rather than force
| them at the end of a started season. Con-
| tinuing the season model has out one
logical result-a wild scramble between
the makers to be the first TO announce
next seasons car. and a ridiculous state
of affairs is bound to arise. 1t is not fair
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| represented to last a number Of years,
and then In few weeks announce
changes tending to make his article out
| of-date. We should all strive for perma-
nency rather than changes in motor cars,
and haste in changes should not enter In
| 1t Is no more sensible TO have yearly
models in the motor car trade than 1t
| would be to have them in the carriage,
cab, wagon or traction engine trade.
One of the largest and most success
full meetings in the motor car trade, the
Sales Managers Convention OF the man
lufacturers OF the Automobile Board OF
Trade finished its work Wednesday and
adjourned with the recommendation that
similar gathering be held within three
months.
The papers discussed were Of kind
that will make for a better knowledge
OF trade conditions and particularly for
a broader understanding Of the needs
q the public which is now buying 2I5,-
! 900 to 100000 cars every year.
The papers read to-day were. Terri
tory and Selling Rights" by Alfred
Reeves, CMaxwell-Briscoe Motor Com
pany); Annual Models" by Charles w.
Mears, Cwinton Motor Carriage Com
pany), and S d. Walden, packard Mo-
tor Car Company; Enclosed and Semi
inclosed Bodies" by II. o. Smith. pre-
mier Motor Manufacturing Company.
When a motorist driving at high speed
turns sharply to avoid a collision and
escapes without injury to either himself
or his car, he's got a right to doubly
rejoice. 5. p. Breeder. OF Yorktown,
Tex. had that experience when a horse
| attached to a buggy, going in the same
direction as Mr. Breeder, started sud
denly to cross the road. Mr.. Breeder,
who was speeding in his Kissel-kar
| Fifty at the rate of about forty-three
miles an hour, was obliged to turn so
quickly that the rear wheels skidded vio-
lcntly and both tires blew out. But the
car stood securely with not part
wrenched or in any way injured. Mr.
| Breeder has driven his Kissel-Kar 50,c0
rriles and says he don't believe 1t could
turn over.
The third annual reliability contest of
the Automobile Club OF Buffalo. which
In importance ranks second only to the
| Glidden tour, was won by a Maxwell
car. entered by Charles F. Monroe. The
contest was conducted over a route OF
$50 miles and lasted four days.
Owners of populsr-priced cars, and
others interested in races in which cars
of this type take part, are marveling
over the formal returns Of the Cleveland
meeting where, in Il handicap event,
Fighting Bob" Evans, of the Studebaker
staff of speed merchants. drove five
miles in 4:59 from a standing start, win
ming from a big field. which included
two Case racers. a Cino, Hupmobile, a
Benton, and Louis Disbrow's champion
| Simplex Zip" This is by more than
twenty seconds the fastest five miles
ever Travelled publicly on a dirt mile
track by a car of less than go cubic
inches piston displacement.
After its first lap, covered in 1:l0, the
Studebaker pilot averaged better than
81 seconds to the mile, despite the dusty
! surface of the track and the necessity
| for passing a number of cars which had
started ahead OF him.
A four-ton Kissci-Kar truck in the
service OF the Albany Trucking and
Storage Company, OF Albany, n. u.
started from home one day last week
! with an s600-pound load. Its destina-
| ton was Great harrington. Mass, a dis
! lance OF more than fifty miles, across
the most difficult hills of the Berkshire
range. The truck made the round trip
| in a little less than twelve hours, which
is considered an astonishing record.
The City Council Of East Liverpool,
Ohio. is considering ttS question Of COM
pletely motorizing the fire department.
| Mr. Norman H. Collins, who has for
years been associated with the firm Of
]. B. Buckley & Co, as vice president
and general manager. has announced the
| fact that he has severed his connections
with them. While Mr.. Collins has not
definitely decided upon what business he
will go into, he will no doubt stay in
his chosen line, that of the automobile.
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