The Washington times., 1913-10-25
CAR OWNERS NOW
ARE SPEED SATED
Manufacturers Find Early Ten
dency Has Changed to
Durability Exaction.
By HARRY WARD.

That there is an abundance of speed
in the modern motor car for the aver
sge owner is the opinion of some of
the best posted men in the automobile
industry. Most owners. they assert do
not want to burn up the road. so TO
speak, but prefer car that will run
al a moderately high speed and keep 1t
up. This is the way one of the big
men in the industry sizes up the situa-
ton:
When the first cars came out all We
heard was more speed. more speed, Gnd
one was led to believe that owners
would never be satisfied, no matter
what rate their cars would travel But
how the owners are satisfied. and, IN
fact not one car in ten Is ever let out
TO the highest speed that it IS capable
of attaining. One very seldom sees All
owner on ordinary roads let his car out
as fast as II will 80. He feels that
about IS or 40 miles an hour is as fast
as he cares to so and feel safe.
To-day when the prospective buyer
goes into a salesroom and looks at
car he does not seem particular about
speed, but confines his attention TO
reliability and efficiency; he wants to
knew whether the car will travel the
hills and sand and mud. and whether
his wife and daughters can drive IT,
and what his upkeep expense will be.
Seldom do agents have any inquiries
whatever in regard to the speed which
the car will travel. The speed craze
has left the motor car owners, and
on tracks, they do not care TO travel
at such speed themselves"
With the automobile editors of the
Washington newspapers as witnesses,
and Griffin Halstead as technical expert.
the Overland touring car that was re-
built in the window Of the Overland
Washington Motor Company from the
ruins of a burned Overland car and
parts supplied from the Overland service
around Washington by r. c. Smith,
president Of the Overland Washington
Motor Company The great mass OF
twisted metal, wood and rubber that ives
formerly an Overland car and which
was burned a week or so ago. was
placed in the company's show window
on Monday, together with all the parts
necessary to rebuild it. Two mechan-
les from the company's service depart
ment were put to work rebuilding the
car and the work was finished late yes
terday afternoon. The car ran perfect
ly and anyone not familiar with its his
tory could not have told the difference
between this car and one fresh from
the factory.
The demonstration furnished in our
window this week is characteristic OF
Overland service the world over" said
President Smith. What has been done
IN our WlnOO" l1lS week CdH DS NOit III
the window of any Overland dealer in
any part Of the world at any time. By
that j mean that one of the conditions
under which an Overland agency is es-
tablished. and one which must be strict
ly observed, is that service to the Over
land owner shall be paramount"
Smith and his associates at the Over
land agency are being showered with
congratulations on the success of the
performance in rebuilding a burned car
ad ip OF oil
Robert H. Martin. manager of the
Buick Motor Company, returned today
from business trip TO Roanoke and
Bristol. Va
I. c. Henderson, formerly with the
Woods Motor Vehicle Company, has
Joined the sales staff of the Potomac
charge of the Woods electric depart
ment of the company. Mr.. Henderson.
who has a. wide acquaintance in this
city. has just returned from a three
months trip to Europe. While abroad
ne made a close study of the automo-
bile industry.
Just returned from the annual sales
convention of the Firestone Tire and
Rubber Company. in Akron, Ohio. VII
liam Fait. jr., manager of the Meeley
Rubber Company, Firestone agents here,
is bubbling over with convention news.
Over two hundred statesmen from all
parts Of the country attended. The most
notable thing which presented itself 10
the visitors, according to Manager Fait.
Uas the grow tn Of the Firestone factory
since last year. One large addition TO
the plant was recently made. and two
news wings are in course of COnstruC-
ton Growth of the FirestOne business
vas one of the things brought out DUR
ing the convention.
Miller Brothers report the sale OF Ford
cards this week 10 Jackson II. Ralston,
Maurice Eiseman, J. &. Clark & Sons.
Edwin S. Barton. Orange Automobile
Company.
The Cook e. Stoddard Company this
week delivered a Cadillac landa aulet to
Mrs. Lloyd Bowers and fiv-pa assenger
Cadillac touring cars to Levi Wood
bury and O. A. Mechlin.
n. B. Leary. jr., agent for the Max
well, Mitchell, and Rambler. is spending
few days in New York.
Arthur Foraker, of the Potomac Motor
Car Company, returned this week from
q visit to the Marmon factory in Indian
spolis.
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