Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06

The automobile show was closed Tues
day. after being open one day. but the
people Of Indianapolis saw a better show
In the utility of the automobile. The
show was opened Sunday afternoon and
evening, March 3d.. and. every dollar
that was given at the gate was turned
free-will offering without any definite
charge being made for admission.
Owing to the Gripping of transporta-
ton facilities 1t was up to the automobile
factories and dealers to take food to the
flood sufferers. Some of the unfOrtunates
had been in their homes for forty-eight
hours without food or drink when they
were finally rescued. Such men as Il. +.
Henderson OF the Henderson Motor Car
Company, w. c. Teasdale OF the Path
finder. J. I. Handley and w. NICK. White
OF the Marion, James L. Gavin. president.
and w. S. Gilbreath. secretary, OF the
Hoosier Motor Club, all used their own
cars and helped to feed the famished
that were brought to the administration
building of the Marion company. the Sec
ond floor Of which was high and dry. The
boats brought them to the Marion plant.
and they were then sent across the Oliver
Avenue bridge to the waiting motor cars.
The automobile factories that suffered
began work as soon as the water had
subsidized Friday. and are now running
full forces day. and night. One thing
that has impressed the people of Indian
apolis during the flood has been the fact
that the Indianapolis automobile factories
have demonstrated again their policies Of
cooperation. and have shown that they
are ready and willing to help every one
and not confined to members of the auto
mobile trade.
Harvey r. Buckner, director Of produc-
ton of the Empire No. 2 plant Of Con-
nersville. Ind, motored to the ofiice OF
the Empire Automobile Company at In
dianapolis. having driven from Corners
Vile in an Empire test car. He reports
the plant safe. Because Of high water
and washed-out bridges outside Of Con-
nersvflle he had to make a. ffteen-mile
detour, but he covered the seventy-five
roundabout miles between Indianapolis
and Connersville in two hours and thirty
five minutes.
Mr.. Buckner reports not only the En-
pire plant safe, but also the other Con-
nersville automobile plants. and parts
factories uninjured by the flood or high
water There is a big coal shortage and
and reserve the town coal supply for
the use of the homes and residences.
Novel Power Generators.
The foods in Indiana did not seriously
affect the Remy Electric Company at
Anderson. This company buys electrical
power from the municipal electrical
power plant, which was totally disabled
by the high waters.
Immediately after failure Of the city
power the Remy works presented scene
Of unusual activity. An automobile en-
CINE was quickly connected to a big gen.
orator In the dynamometer room Of the
big laboratory and within few minutes
development work was going on without
interruption. The capacity OF this inn
provised power plant was not sufficient
to operate the experimental laboratories
and the more important shops as well.
SO another plan was hastily sketched out
by the engineering staff.
At one end Of the big works In the boil
er house q force of men bolted a bank
Of American locomotive headlight oener-
ators to the floor, another force was
making steam connections to high
pressure boiler, another force was string
ing temporary circuits to the shop.
another force was transplanting and To-
eating direct current motors and still
another force loading batteries on trucks
and connecting on to the temporary cir
cults as voltage regulators. Within a
very few hours the belts in the more i'm
portant shops were swapping and snarl-
Ing and the big machines were working
as usual.