New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-14
STANDARD OIL MEN
TO BUILD NEW MOTOR
Take Over CODY Engine as First
Step in Invasion of
Auto Field.
MAY ALSO PRODUCE CARS
Ranorted That They Will Form
corporation for Taking Over
Several Large Plants
Next Year.

Tho. tho Standard oil interests will in
,be automobile field was reported
d,spatch printed i'm The Tribune a
sau davs aeo. Since that time there has
- considerable speculation as to the
tent and direction Of their activities,
I'D This ,s partly cleared away by later
Incarnation from Columbus. Ohio, where
,t. incorporation papers for the Rookie
sau.~ Motor Company We're issued. The
,,,,.ornorators were Sterling Newell, (. 5.
Lybi,conb. H. /. DenIson and Ellis X.
Diebm. attorneys who represent the
standard on interests. and John D
poctefercr and Thomas J. Fay. an Of
acial Of Che CODY Engine Company.
l., dispatch 70 The Rider and
priver." OF this city. during the week il
vas, made known that the new corpola a
ton will take over the rVhts and prop
.rr. Of the CODY Engine Company and
will manufacture motors in the latter
nIant in Cleveland. The CODY, or Rookie
feler engine. as it will be known. is
single sleeve motor. with water-cooled
jackets. I'm which. il is claime6T the prob
Ian, NJ lubrication has been solved salts
factorilv. II is also understood that the
IN. motor can be run on kerosene.
I, has been known for some time that
the CODY engine Is very light. Now II =
ss,d that the weight has been so reduced
end efficiency brought 80 high that IN
.,,ou cars the new motor will do nifty
,,rles 70 a gallon OF gasolene. or about
,uo and a half times better than the
ordinary engine can do with small car
!, will be made. however, In large sizes
ne we'll the horsepower ranging from lo'S
70 4S6 on A. l.. a. NJ. formula, and snow
ing from 90 TO 100 horsepower on brake
test
In addition 10 manufacturing radical
automobile engine II IS reported with
much detail that Standard OH capitai
has concluded arrangements 10 FORM
CORPORATION with the idea Of taking over
number OF large automobile factories.
lust which concerns are 10 be inciuoed
in the new company. OF have been pur-
chased by the new company is a matte
that is agitating motordom.
The announcements made so lar are
that three companies are under consul
ration or have been purchased ana ina
they will turn out one hundred thousa'o
cars IN the season of 1915, when coi"
,,,ences about a year hence. TheSe CAT >
ars 90 sell at from $3.50 TO $1,000
In view of the inability of the oil men
n supplv a sufficient amount OF hie'
s,ads Rasolene and also their inaoh'0y
N get nd OF the mounting supply OF keio-
sane and other low grade products OF re- re-,
An,ng. the interest of the standaro vi
men in manufacturing an automobile en-
zinc that will not require so much gaso-
Isne 10 operate the car mile and one
that can use kerosene with pracucai!
equal facility is not difficult 70 under
stand.
when there were 800 900 motor carriages
in the United States gasolene sold for an
average OF nine cents gallon. Now tilat
there are more than 100000 cars IN use
the price is 10 cents, or Whereabouts. But
II the 10000 cars promised for the 1914
season all use gasolene in addition 10 the
existing motor equipment Of the Cnited
States and II the supply of fuel does not
increase I'm similar ratio TO meet the de-
mand. there is nothing quite so sure as
that the price Of gasolene will jump SKY
ward