New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-19
AUTO NEWS Of THE DAY
Government Orders 100 Cars
for Parcel Post Use.
ALL OF LIGHT CAPACITY
Times Square Company Rapidly
Altering New Quarters, with
View to Early Move.

Contracts will go out from Washington
in few days. ii IL Understood. for one
hundred motor vehicles If light capacity
10 be used in the governments parcel
post service. marking nc introduction
Of practical investigation into the most
satisfactory type Of delivery wagon for
this service. Both gasol ne and electric
types are included ia the order and IN"
cars will 20 into service II various cities
whore the demands Of the Now system
have overwhelmed the facilities
The contracts have been awarded a.
follows: White Company. Ive cars
Stewart Motor Corporation. ten cars l<is-
sci Motor Car Company, ten cars; Durant-
bort Carriage Company. ten cars; Berg
doll Motor Company. ten cars. Atterbury
Motor Car Company ten cars. WHY'S
Overland Company. ten ears StIdebaker
Corporation. five cars, 9. T.. T.. Motor
Car Company ten cars. Wayerly Com
pany. live cars. ksntuckg Wagon Com.
pany five cars; Wa.d Motor Vehicle
Company. five ears. and Eaker Motor
Vehicle Company. I'VE cars.
The capacities of these ears run from
80 10 l6oo pounds. II j. part OF the con.
tracts that the wheels 81 all the vehicles
shall be provided with standard rims
adopted by the Society of Automobile
Engineers. The specifications also ind-
cate a desire on the part of the Postodlce
Department 10 standard.ze bodies on par
eel post cars. since all are to he ot one
type
All cars are 10 have panel bodies the
inside To be protected by strips OF hard
wood at least one and Oue-haIt inches
in width and two-ei-nths OF an nch
thick extending the Iens,n OF the bod,
and screwed 10 the up.tehts got less
than three inches apart the iuli height
Of the body. and on each S.de Of the body
there j. 10 Ds securely screw ed 10 tine
uprignts a hardwood o. metal strip. about
midway of the side. projecting rot less
than one inch lrom he ulrght-, on
when may be placed racks OF crates So
that two tiers Of hampers OF crates con
tanning parcels may pe loaded into ne
car. The rear Of the bodies OF all cars
are to b, equipped with doors which ca.
bee securely locked nav!I, circular Will
doWS The seat OF "acn cat D., 90 -
equipped with a double lay back, ="
that the carrier may pate ready access
10 the parcels Cars are - pc painted
vermilion red. with uniom trimming
and lettering.
Alterations are going ahead rapidly In
the WyckoM church y Partridge BG.1-
ing. recently acquired hy tine Times square
Auto Company. and iu short time Tine
huge stock OF the concern wl Do in-
stalled there This VII give the Time
square the distinction ot having tuc i'i--
st business Of it, kind boz tie world under
one roof The building j. ono oi the lars
est i'm the city devoted 10 automobile s'.-
ing purposes. but even as il stands it wi,
not afford euough.space Tor tho lnoom'n-
concern. Plans have already been map'
To add two additional storie. 20 the l'a'
building. and when these are completed
the available space viii he more tnsH
100000 square feet
According 10 Louis Mansbacn treas
urer Of the company. the NOV" vaS 'n-
peratiye owing 20 the increase Of the
company's business In the last year
There is At present. he says. an unpre.
dented demand for used and rebuilt cars.
look FOR the remainder Of the year IS OK
the brightest
For years efforts have been made h.
ignition experts 10 devise mechanism
which would relieve the motor car driver
Of the necessity OF constant attention Ia
the spark lever. ordinarily. = the driver
is To get the maximum results from ms
engine he must be constantly shi'tin- the
spark lever 10 meet varying conditions 'i
travel-speed hill climbine. heavy roadS'
etc.
The problem has been solved m the no"
Cadillac by very ingenious Application
Of the ring governor. Its action IS such
that a. the speed Of the engine increases
tho spark is automatically advanced ana
is automatically retarded as th" engine
speed decreases II automatically rf'-
vents the damage which may be cause'
hv either too much or insufficient spark
advance. The driver can set las spark
lever when he starts out and then 1917