The Washington times., 1912-07-27
P|ERCE-ARROW TO
HAVE AGENCY HERE
September FIRST
Foss-Hughes Company to
Have Salesroom on Con
necticut Avenue.

An event of considerable Importance
to mortorjsts throughout the country
will be the opening in Washington. Sep
tember /. Of an exclusive Pierce Arrow
agency by the Foss- Hughes .Company.
The quarters of the company will be
at 1870 Connecticut avenue and work ON
the building ia rapidly. nearing COM
pletion. The Foss-Hughes Company is
distributor of Pierce-Arrow pleasure
commercial cars in Philadelphia, New
port, Baltimore, Providence. and WILL
mington. and it's Washington branch
will be devoted exclusively to the sale
of both pleasure and commercial ve-
hfcles. with thoroughly :. established
service department for both. classes of
vehicles.
Pierce-Arrow owners in all parts of
the country WIN learn OF this Announce.
ment with the utmost interest, mas
much as Washington is the objective
p2int for constant inpourfng stream
Ri Ri touring parties to whom d eomPsste
pscuiisriy weicofne. In the autcmoblle
world I'm general the addition sof this
Important new branch Of the Foss-
Hnghes company VIII likewise stir I'm
one of. the largest retail motor car or
ganizations I'm the country.
..' To Be Important.
The Washington agency promises to
become one Of the most important In
Its series A large number of the lead
Ing figures in Washington's social and
official life are owners OF Pierce-Arro@
cars and prominent men and women
motoring to the National Capital from
all sections Of the country are In large
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Special attention will be paid by the
ss-Hughes Company to its service
department. In every city where this
company is already established, "Foss-
Hughes service for Pierce-Arrow own
most prompt and efficient motor car
care In Washington, both for resi-
dent owners and tourists, regardless Of
where their cars were purchased, this
service win be maintained on an equally
high basis. Washington tourists will
find In this Foss- Hughes branch the
same degree of capable service as Is at
forded Pferce-Arrow owners touring
Newport, where the company also has
an agency; All Pierce-Arrow parts will
be assembled in the new branch and in
the accessory and repair departments no
detail, making for the prompt response
to al wants, will be omitted.
The opening Of the Washington branch
VIII add another big slice OF territory
to the Foss- Hughes domains" In the
fan OF 1906. w. ]. Foss and e. A. Hughes
started In Philadelphia to deal exclusive
~ IN Pterce- Arrow cars and in the brief
interval which has elapsed they have
developed ons of the largest retail or
ganizations In the United States, en-
bracing In the wide reach Of Its teri
tory" eastern Pennsylvania, southern
New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware. the
part of West Virginia, ali of Rhode
Island, part Of Massachusetts and Con-
necticut.
Two Hundred Employees.
Besides Mr.. Fess and Mr.. Hughes,
the company started with three employ
es at the corner OF Broad and Race
streets, Philadelphia. Now the COM
pany employs nearly 300 men with
branches in half a dozen cities. The
two men who organized and developed
this big selling enterprise, Winifred j.
Foss, treasurer, and A. f.. Hughes, vice
president, have been business associates
TOT nearly twenty years. Their activi-
ties have been In the motor car busi-
ness from Its inception in this country.
Previous to that they were branch
| managers and special representatives
ior the Pope Manufacturing Company
OF Hartford. Conn, distributing Column
Sia picycies throughout the United
The Foss- Hughes Company deals ex-
clusively In the products from the
Pierce-Arrow factory at Buffalo, N. Y.
Almost equal in Importance to the
pleasure-car department at each Foss-
Hughes branch is that Of the Pierce
| Arrow motor truck, FIVE ton. worm
driven. To the truck sales and service
the company has devoted the same
vigor and efficiency as to the pleasure
car. with the result that the volume OF
lis truck business bids fair to rival that
or the motor car. At each Foss- Hughes
branch the truck department Is handled
| entirely separate from the pleasure cai
department, with different manager
! and different force OF specialists en-
| gagged exclusively in truck sales and
truck service and maintenance