New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-02
CITIES HERE AND
ABROAD DESIRE
AUTO SPEEDWAYS
Bablot, Star of Delage Team,
Plans Track To Be Built in
or Near Paris.
TACOMA ALSO GETS FEVER
indianapolis Concern Contracts
for Entire Output of Marathon
Company, of Nashville.

! France is the latest TO contract tht
speedway fever. Following the lead OF
the United states, England and Ger
many. she wants a mOtordrone Of the
! latest type. NJ Bablot the noted Delage
driver. Is instigator of the project. His
| idea is 10 place a fiat diamond-shaped
course inside banked oval like that at
| Brooklands or Indianapolis, thus making
! bath speedway ard road contests posi-
/ bic. The Grand PrX de France could
! be held there annually with unprece-
denied success, he argues. Paris Is the
choice OF his location.
In the United States Tacoma is the
latest place 10 be touched oy the speed
germ. Having promoted A number Of
successful road races i'm the past, the
city feels that it is ripe for the speedway
class. The indianapolis track MANAGE
ment mas been requested to send plans
and drawings. I'm accordance with the
| latter's usual policy of rendering assist
/ ance 20 any outside prof cts, these viii
/ be chccrfulIy forwarded.
Meanwhile, at Seattle, not many miles
away. a 10000 tWo-mile wood saucer IS
said 10 he under way. and Sioux city IS
/ planning a meet on her track for 5000
prize money. Chicago is dabbling her
fingers in the pie. while A number OF
| other towns seem to Do equally interested.
Carl Fisher. presi Int Of the Indianapolis
track says ne has received communica-
lions from no fewer than a dozen cities
pertaining 10 speedway construction. But
/ for an occasional failure, like that at Los
Angeles. the country would soon be fun
Of racing plants, he SAYS.
Distribution is one Of the things tha,
/ keep all autombile manufacturers
awake nights The best motor car in the
( world is Of no profit 10 its creator unu!
a successful means has been worked olt
/ 10 get il 10 the user. Officers Of me
Marathon Motor Works. Of Nashville
/ Tenn. have nothing TO worry about on
this score. for their entire distribution
has been contracted for b" the Hcrft-
Brooks Corporation. Of Indianapolis. In
this way attention at he factory is cen-
tered upon building the best car possible.
II. n. Brooks. who has long been con-
nected with the Marathon company 80
sales manager. Is now secretary and sales
manager Of the Horff- Brooks Corpora
ton He f. widely known by automobile
men i'm all parts Of the country. De Is
a strong believer in organization. and IN
the new corporation has gathered about
him a s:ar selling force. Its representa-
tives have been energetic. with the result
that sales are way ahead Of what they
have ever been before at this period %,
the year.
The price of the Marathon car repre-
sents the actual cost Of production Nh
Brooks says. "plus A legitimate profit
only The values are not inflated. but
are real. and the prices are as low as
is consistent with good workmanship and
material
Manufacturing facilities in Nashville
arc ideal Nashville is an educational
centre. city of hons. churches and
schools. the weather and health condi-
tons could not bs improved, and there -
summer time nine months In tn year.
our mechanics are we'll paid. most ~
them Own their own homes. and the cost
Of living is much less nan in other seq
tons OF the country. This means an ah-
soute absence OF labor troubles. While
factories in other sections are buying
labor at premium. We have more apr1-
cants Tor work than We can emplog This
means that the Marathon car is produced
at less labor cost than would be possible
were the factory located in some other
section.
The factory is located at tho very door
Of the great Southern iron, coal and ium-
Der markets. which means that matc..A
Is bought at lower price than is poss'Nfs
IN Northern markets. Every condition IS
ideal To produce the greatest value AZ 4
lower cost than is possible with other
factories. ! have unlimited confidence IN
the future Of the Marathon car or / would
not have signed an iron bound contract
ID disIrlhllf,. The machine -