The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-21

the owner. Uphoistering is also left
to the choice of the owner and with
the range of colors that is allowed Il
Is the assertion OF the company that a
sufficient variation Is possible to Al
low every Pierce-Arrow car turned
out in the course of year to be diff
ferent. Catalogues describing the
new Pierce-Arrow models in more de-
| tail have been forwarded to all
| Pierce-Arrow dealers and will be dis
| tributed by them.
| Mr.. Bisnnsr Returns
| B. A Blenner who was In Cleveland
last week visiting the Stearns and
| White auto plans. states that the F..
! B. Stearns company, manufacturers Of
| tho Stearns-knight cars held one Of
the most enthusiastic conventions OF
| Stearns' branch managers, travelling
| representatives and dealers In the his
| tory OF the company Incidentally the
| meeting marked the first anniversary
of the birth of the Stearns- Knight
car, for Ii was just a year ago that
the pioneer Cleveland firm adopted the
| sleeve valve engine to the total eN-
clusion OF the poppet valve.
| President Frank T. Stearns showed
| by the sales records that the bust
ness for the past year was prac-
| tically double what 1t was before TAX
| ing up the sleeve valve motor Judg-
ing by the large orders placed by
dealers at the convention the business
during the coming season Will be far
in advance of the year just closed.
Stearns distributors from the At
lantic to the Pacific, and from the
Canadian line to the Gulf States, were
present during the week OF the con-
vention. The Pacific coast was strong
ly represented. while Texas ard cther
Southern States sent more men than
ever before.
The new Stearns- Knight models
created great stir. for. as one prom
inent Eastern distributor declared,
They are the ciassiest models ever
turned out In this country" An
nouncement was made that all models
would be finished In nickel plate and
black enamel thus further strengthen
.ng the growing tendency toward this
finish among purchasers of high
grade cars.
Mr.. Bienner said that the greatest
feature OF the convention was the
banquet rendered the distributors by
President Frank b. Stearns, at the
Cleveland Automobile Country club.
When Mr.. Stearns arose to Introduce
the first speaker of the evening, re
was given a tremendous ovation ard
because of his wonderfully successful
Introduction OF the knight motor In
this country against tremendous OPP
position. he wa hailed as THE great
est automobile manufacturer in Amer
lea"
The prediction was freely made dur
ing the convention that the wonderful
record Of the Stearns-Knight car dur
ing The past year meant that the pop
pet valve was doomed to an early
death. and when one OF the largest
distributors declared that sooner than
go back selling cars with the old style
engines, he preferred to go out of the
business altogether, he was greeted
with hearty cheers.
Before the convention adjourned, or
ders were placed by the dealers eor
more cars than ever before in one week
in the history of the Stearns COM
pany despite the fact that the price
Of the car has been raised. The past
six months have seen a strong drift
toward the sleeve ~afve motor, and
before the year Is over. It appears
certain that the unparalleled success
Of the Stearns-knight car last sea-
ron will be moro than doubled In the
coming twelve months.
Hudson More Pretentious.
The Hudson Motor Car company OF
Detroit introduces for the market OF
1913 far more pretentious rne than
II has eve attempted in Its career. The
new Hudson "37."v which IL to sue