The Washington herald., 1913-10-26
About People You Know
On Automobile Row.
BY L. c. CHEW.

IL B. Leary. jr.. is in New York City
conferTing with officials OF the Maxwell
factory relative to securing larger ship
ments of Maxwell '25's."
Charles Z. Talbert. formerly with the
Mount Pleasant Garage, has formed a
partnership with George L. McCurdy and
opened a repair shop in the rear of 1s2o
L Street Northwest.
Announcement was made during the
past week of the promotion of John
Dickson, who has been connected with
the local branch of the White Company.
since it was opened here last spring. Mr..
Dickson has been made floor manager of
the Philadelphia branch of the White
Company.
C. II. Warrington, local agent for the
Palmer-Singer, is in New York City visit
ing the factory and making arrangements
for shipments Of 1914 cars.
Robert Randolph is the latest addition
to the sales staff of the Standard Auto
Top Company.
Already local motor bugs" are be-
ginning to display interest in the New
York automobile show, to be held in
the Grand Central Palace during the
week of January $40 Every year hun
dreds of Washingtohians visit the show.
Press notices o: the show state that
already more requests for space have
been received than ever before.
The carburetor," said Rudolph Jose.
the popular manager of the Cook &
Stoddard Company, local agents for the
Cadillac car, is the lungs of tho auto
mobile. Certainly there is no more vital
mechanism in a motor car than the
small device which breathes in the air
and vaporized gasoline and feeds it to
the engine in properly mixed proper
tions. Consequently, a cars efficiency
depends very largely upon the efficiency
of the carburetOr.
THE Cadillac company has paid espe-
cial attention to the subject OF scientific
carbtretion and the carburetors used
on their motor cars are made by the
company according to their own stand
ards. On the 1914 Cadillac will be found
a new feature that adds materially to
the efficiency OF the carburetor. This
is an electrical heating device which
vaporizes the gasoline before the engine
is started. This makes it possible to
start on lower grades of fuel than here
WIN pAONS BACeAN OOOh
particularly in cold weather"
Capt. ]. NJ. Miller has just returned
from Akron, Ohio, where he has been
for the past two weeks, superintending
the construction Of molds for the pro-
duetton- Of the various sizes of the Miller
inner tire cores, and has brought back
a number of the cores. While away
he arranged for their manufacture under
contract by the Falls Rubber Company.
This inner tire core is creating a great
deal of interest among the automobile
tire people as well as among the tire
users. Several of them were put on
cars in Akron and in every instance
they have demonstrated their worth.
Miller Brothers, local agents for the
Ford car, report the following sales for
the last week: Orange Automobile Com
pany. Nokesville Automobile Company,
Edwin S. Barton, Maurice Elseman, Jack
son H. Ralston, and ]. c. Clark & Sons.
The Commercial Auto and Supply Com
pany, local agents for the Studebaker,
made the following deliveries during the
last week: ]. W. Brown, Studebaker 80 -
touring; S. H. Briant, Studebaker. ''25 .
touring, and E. r. Perry, Studebaker
Six, touring.
]. c. Henderson, formerly with the
Woods Motor Vehicle Company, has
Joined the sales staff of the Potomac
Motor Company and will have charge of
the Woods electric department Mr..
Henderson is well known in the automo-
bile trade, and enjoys a wide acquaint-
ance in the city.
The Cook & Stoddard Company, local
agents for the Cadillac car, delivered a
landaulet to Mrs. Lloyd Bowers, and
five-passenger touring cars to Levi Wood
bury and D. A. Nechlin. Z
William Fait, jr.. manager OF the Nee
ley Rubber Company, local agents for
the Firestone tires, returned yesterday
from Akron, Ohio. where he attended
the annual sales convention of the Tire
stone Tire and Rubber Company. Mr..
Fait reported that more than 200 sales
men from all parts OF the country were
in attendance. The most notable thing
brought to the attention Of the conven-
ton was the wonderful growth of the
business Of the company during the last
year