El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-28
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~ been secured for the Ell Paso-
L a Phoenix race next fail. The en-
trv. comes from Beaver Fals, Pa, and
the car that viii make the race will
also race in the Indianapolis speedway
event on Decoration day. The name OF
the owner is not known but president 1tlAe-
hart Of the I'll Paso Automobile clupf mas
received a letter from Beaver Fails say
ing that the car is to be entered me
Automobile club viii soon take up lne Ll-t
Ter Of raising money for the prizes lot Inns
race.
The first automobile came to FL Paso
"a years agO-and il weighed SOU
pounds and carried two passengers
Another man was threatening TO nry
an automobile on that date ACCORDING
to the files OF The Herald IA Yeas
aco. Now there are 1000 licensed ears
in I'll Paso and an 500 pound car WouIu
t,e considered q bicycle these DAYS
Although the first car was b:opShI
here ID years ago, it did not stay lOlg.
The date from Wnlcn II 80 ii19 80
continuously the home OF the aulomo-
bile runs from two years later. Billy
Davis bought one and put At INTO the
rental service along IN the ran OF 1Sv--
In short time man named Law enc
brought a couple of cars mere, SelllB
one of the first ones TO j. A smith
Then other people began to get cars
and as the paved streets came IN, the
cars came with rush tor tlLne,
however, even after 1903, automobiles
were scarce.
Automobile row in FL PasO has the
spring fever, but it is a fever Of &C
tivity. With the advent of the warm
weather, the whole automobile bust
ness is booming and sales this week
were the best I'm long time Not only
have q large number Of cars Deen solo,
but the various supply houses. report
a much improved business. In The sup
ply end OF the business the chief ac-
tivity is reported in tires which are
now selling at an average Of 10 percent
lower than few months 2So. rms
decrease includes both the high priced
and cheaper tires and inner tubes rs
well as castings, and Ell PasO autoists
are availing themselves Of the reduc-
ton.
Auto traffic, both from nearby and
distant points, IS reported as lncreas-
ing. Among the notable trips Of the
week was that of Billy AdOlpb. who
returned to the city the middle of the
week after a 10000 mile. trip in a Metz
through Arizona and New Mexico,
where he visited the various Metz
agencies He reports the roads in good
condition except in Dark canyon, north
of 1Iescalerof which is almost 1mpaS-
sable He viii leave on another Urlp
next week. r Fleming, Of the Concha
Power company. left Thursday for
pany has its plant He VIII go BY way
of Ojinaga, and is making the trip IN
Hudson 20.
During the week three Ford run
abouts and II touring cars were sold
and delivered by the local agency The
agency moved into its new quarters at
Kansas and Texas streets during the
week.
"A good business is reported by the
Metz Paterson agency Amongst the
sales Of the week were Metz car,
bought by Arthur Rowland of Shafter,
A riz.- a Paterson purchased by Arthur
Pound: George p. Bent Of Benton, N
NJ Metz. and @. ii. Wilson, Of w hlte
Tail. n Metz. The agency has shipped
a carload Of Metz cars TO Ronstaot q
Co of Tucson. and early next week
will receive n carload of Patersons. A
carload Of Metz cars was received dur
ing the week.
Roy Peak, manager Of the Excelsior
VuIcanizing works. has obtained the
agency for the Velie car and VIII re-
ceive his first demonstration car about
the middle Of next month. j. H. Nc
Adow, of Los Angeles, has a model Of
the MacOmbcr rotary engine at the
Excelsior shop that is attracting much
attention. The new engine VIII fit any
car 1t is claimed that nearly double
the mileage of an ordinary engine is
secured by its use and that its weight
is not more than a third Of that Of the
engines now in use
Mitchell car was sold last week
by the Observation-Disclosures agency TO the
rebels and has been delivered. A ship
ment Of Chalmers. including a "A and
26 model, viii arrive during the
week.
The Neff-Stiles company has re-
ceiVed a carload Of the new stream
lined REQ cars. Three Of the stream
lined model cars have already been
sold.
During the last part of the week. the
LOngweu company was entirely out OF
cars, so heavy were the sales. w. w.
purchaser Of q Cole four passenger, so /
horse power; Frank Jones, also Of Sill
Yer City, bought an Overland: NJ r.
Buchanan bought an Overland. and
Boxley Cantrill. Of Barstow Texas
placed an order for six Of the Over
lands. An order for three Of the cars
was received from O. Mitchell. of Pecos,
ms order making a total Of u that he
mas bought so Far this spring. james /
whey, q Santa Rita, was also the
purchaser of an Overland. A Cole 1915
Berlin model and a Cole six. passenger. /
90 horse power car will be received |
TINS week, together with a double deck !
carload Of six OVerlands.
D. @. Booth has recently returned from
Arizona where he made several automobile l
tours, one Of them over the roads between |
g iilton, moreno, MetcaM and other points !
in that country Of precipitous canyons, ire /
mendous hills and unfavorable roads.
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A new carburetor attachment is out II
is called a damp air mixer and the agents /
describe it as follows: Through a small i
tube the piston's action sucks the saturated 1
air from the radiator and discharges it d. ]