The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-11
LOCAL AUTOMOBILE NOTES.

| l.. E. Mckenzie, formerly of this city,
| has been appointed assistant in the sales
department of the Haynes Automobile
| Company. He is well known among the
automobile men of Washington and has
many friends among them who are glad
TO learn of his promotion. He left the
city about two years ago to accept a
! position with the Studebaker Corporation
at Detroit, and has since represented
them at Atlanta, Ga, and Chicago.
| Ease of riding the most eagerly sought
| for quality in the up-to-the- minute mo-
| tor car has dictated most of the notice.
| able changes in the series OF new models
of Stevens-Duryea which have beer an
nounced." says T. Lamar Jackson, local
agent Certain details of mechanical con-
struction in the former models have been
re-designed and the equipment Of the
cars has been made absolutely COM
plete."
| The new cars are all siX-cylinders.
There are three sizes Of sixes-'3S-Six,"
| "4s-Six," and ''6o-Sx." These are prac-
tically identical in construction. They
are priced at $780, 5000. and 5000 in
open types.
BY way of making a ride in a Peerless
car more comfortable for the passenger,
the springs have been made Of thinner
| leaves than formerly, though the num-
her is greater and the material the same
famous silico manganese steel. Shock
| absorbers have been attached to both the
front and rear springs Upholstery OF
| the rear seat has been increased to a
depth of 10 inches.
Tires which were formerly carried in
depression of the right running board
have been placed in a rack at the rear
of the car and. the gasoline tank for
| rried under he driyer's seat and
emptied by gravity feed, is hung under
the rear Of the body. These changes have
re-adjusted the weight distribution Of the
car and considerably lowered its center
of gravity, bringing about an increase
in its ability to stick to the road and
improving its riding quality.
The equipment now includes a top, rain
vision windshield combination mechanical
and bulb horn, speedometer and clock,
shock absorbers. six volt electric starting
and lighting system and power driven
tire pump.
Wherever mechanical improvements
have been possible, they have been ef-
fcted. In the motors the pistons have
been reduced in weight and the number
of rings reduced from four to three.
This improves the balance and smooth
ness of operation of the motors. The
pistons embody the proved Peerless de-
valves and piston heads In event Of ex
cessive fabrication.
THE spring business in high priced
motor cars has never opened quite so
well as this year says S. A. Luttrell.
local agent Of the Packard. 1T is a
fulfllment OF the promise held out earlier
in the season when all Indications pointed
to record breaking spring season. In
our own experience il was the largest
month we ever had and there is a large
increase in sales for the past month over
the corresponding period a year ago.
ut simply goes to show that the de-
mand for high priced cars is becoming
greater each season. Those who can af-
ford the best will always buy the best
regardless of price because they realize
it's the wisest purchase in the end
This is the day when the demand is
for the thing of superior quality and
workmanship whether il is an automo-
bile or Jewelry, furniture or silverware.
1t is an outward display Of that Unborn
desire for the best, just the same as the
willingness to pay more to travel COM
fortably by steamship or railroad"