New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-12
Orders for Most Foreign
Cars Cannot Be Filled
by Factories.
PLANTS ARE RUN
BY GOVERNMENTS
Vanderbilt and Iselin Among
Men Disappointed-De Dion
Gets Lucky Shipment

w.+nore. Mrs. Robert W de Fores'
"a Mrs 7 c. Hendricks. With thirty
others they had ordered Renault auto.
noh,,es and have been informed tha'
,hors no definite assurance that the'F
ordsrs can be filed for some time
Automobile factories in Manee ana
Germany are subsidized by Ae>g0Vern-
,,.r, and in case of war are takeaSver'
together with all the stock on nSlR1
mr.. ne Dion-Bouton selling branch here
- orougb cars on hand TO FIJI the or
49,. I'm ~ orders up 10 January -
IT, he Dion cars have bodies "hleh
- D,a5e in this country. Inc s'Ooh
80 peDault and Benz cars, Wnich az
;-.,o~.od complete, has vanlsheo unu
no orders are being filled ... .his
.The number of orders gwen Us 80
summer was phenomena, sslo D.
Y. Mason, sales manager OF '.S
nault selling branch. We oWs III
five cars right now, ana We 9'' NV
10 guarantee delivery. -..,o last
ave received cable message .ss
week saying that possibly rev az
could be shipped II boats could DC ~
tanned. Our factory, OF course, -
the hands Of the French goV tIll ~
but We stand very well over IheIe,
cause Of the quantities OF motors We
,r~n ont for government aeroplanes
snd motor cars, and if it is at all pos,
s;bIa ! am sure we shall be permitted
10 receive a shipment
EMPLOYEES on TO Europe.
so~r ara beinC tfken
st nresent. the Renault selling o'@nch
at 719 Fifth av. Will remain oP nS
,,;ll the repair department IN Long
Island CITY. All the foreign es' com
renies have a good supply o. spare
narts on hand and there is no lnne-
d;ate prospect Of inconvenience IA that
direction. - has
baen employed for the Long isIaha
Citv Renault shop, as prheuealIy al
old workmen returned 70 France WIZ
thew will be employed by the govern
ment in the factory. ~
Russell /. Engs, secre AIRY OF lhe
Rem Automobile Sales Corporation
has heard nothing from the factories
in Germany for ten days. The latest
message notified him that no more
sbipments would be made. DELIVERIES
are being cancelled and no more oFoers
are being taken. Only four Benz cars
&C in Stock in the sales department at
100 Broadway. ~,
Roth tbe general factory at Mann
helm AID the .actory at Gagganau'
where the big trucks are turned out,
have been taken over by the German
government with all the stock on mana;
No word from Germany has reached
NuRrngs since actual hostllues began
enMe does not know whether the gov
eminent is running the factories or
the men have joined the army. IN the
Latter case the entire business might
easilv become so demoralized that IL
would take months il not years TO re.
cunerate after the close OF the war. II
.tbe head of a department and his as
sis+an+ were both killed or dis
snneared. il would be impossible TO MI
their places offhand, as special skill
and training are necessary TO MI such
positions.
Saws France Needs Market.
In the De Dion-Bouton selling
branch. at 1919 Broadway, the out
look was regarded as far from hope
To- although it was admitted that
sbipments had been discontinued tenn
porarily and their factory, just outside
Paris. had been taken over by the gov
1--WE have a considerable stock on
hand" said Jan X. SIZZLING, sales man
ager. certainly enough under ordinary
conditions 10 supply all our orders Tor
the rest of the year. Our cars are not
unmarried complete; the bodies are
manufactured here, and | presume we
keep a larger supply on nand than
MANY importers. ! received q cable
message al the time the factory was
tsken over that further shipments
might be expected when commerce was
81 feel sure that France will do all
in her power 10 maintain commerce
with this country. She Will have 10 Tor
her own protection, for, when the war
Is over. the only market for French
luxuries may be in the United States.
IN is not likely that there will be any
market in France for such things as
automobiles"
The De Dion Companwis especially
fortunate, as q large shipment OF cars
was received here only month ago.
Its factory just outside Paris is being
run night and day by the government,
the men working in two shifts. They
are enrolled as soldiers and receive
nav ss such rather than as mechanics.
Turn Out Army Cars.
Powerful automobiles for army use
we're turned out by the De Dion Com
pany even in times of peace, and now
The factory is concentrating its ef-
forts on such machines and on motors
Ter seroplanes. One Of the company's
speeialties is a huge automobile, as
large as a motor FIRE engine. IL car
Yies a searchlight whose rays are
powerful enough az distance OF half
a mile 10 enable one TO read 3 news
paper at night.
Another big car which the De Dion
Company manufactures for the french
army has a rapid FIRE gun mounted on
IL for use against aeroplsnes ana
dirigibles.
The only customer Of the De Dion
Company likely to suffer delay be-
cause Of the war is the Fifth Avenue
Stage Company. The vehicles TO sup
ply an order for twenty-five motor
omnibuses had not been shipped when
war broke out, and II is doubtful If
they will be received by the time
stipulated. Mr.. SIZZLING, however, was
confident that shipments would soon
be resumed, possibly By way OF Italy
or Antwerp.
Local automobile manufacturers say
that sn immediate depression in their
business will be felt 'as the result Of
the war, though in the long run those
who weather the storm will profit.
"Our business will suffer because Of
the war;" laid a local manufactures
Yesterday. "Prices on staples are ris-
ing. and no one is at all certain Of
what the future may hold. Under