The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04
ROST SELECTS WEST
AS Big MOTOR FIELD
Much Travelled Manager Says
Five Are Sold There to
One in the East.
HOST OF PLEASURE BOATS
Latest Type Marine Engines to
He Seen at Motor
Boat Show.

n. q. Rost. manager Of the L.oew- v ictor
Engine Company. who is known from
Maine to California, and incide ntally fall
around Puget Sound. has been visiting
acre for the Christmas holidays and left
for Chicago yesterday He has been on
tho Pacific coast looking after business
and lie found lots Of II at Seattle, Van
couver and other Northwestern cities.
Manager Rost is very enthusiastic about
the Northwest and declares that more
motors are purchased there in one year
than are purchased In the East in five
yeafs. He said Nearly all the motors
sold for the Northwest are for CONNER
cia uses. They are used in the fishing
industries. in good big tugboats and all
sorts OF vessels and have done we'll. The
men In that part Of the country have been
WORKING hard for some time and have
naGe lots OF money. Now they are be-
ginning 20 spend this money FOR pleasure.
Already they have fine fleet Of yachts
and many more will be added TO this fleet
before next season. think the outlook
for business this winter il fine and expect
to do big trade for my company. We
shall show at the New York exhibition
which opens AT the end OF this month. and
later shall go to the Chicago show. The
New York show viii lie a fine one. SO
much progress has been made in marine
motors in the past year that IL is really
WONDERFUL. The engines are all getting
larger and large motors fit for large cr,Iis
ing Yachts or for vessels used in trade will
i've big feature of both shows We are
to show large six cylinder, -, BY ST.,
motor. OF what was known as the Harbeck
model. and 1t will be an eye opener for
some ! am going TO let this motor talk
for itself.
"Out on Puget Sound. and in fact every.
where in the West. they are very much
alive to the uses OF the gasolene motor.
On the sound fast runabouts are very
popular. one man know is IN the real
estate business and he has two very fast
boats. lie takes his customers about the
sound to look over the real estate they
are Interested in. and the boats move so
fast that the distance seems no length
at all, while II he went by ferry II would
seem hours from anywhere"
Since the last show the Victor
ana the liarbeck companies have been
consolidated. and y. u. Rost is the man
ager of the new big concern. The Har-
beck was new motor a year ago. and
1t attracted much attention at the show
anu i'N'lNto very ldNo'dDl' comment
from marine engineers.
The Winton S.cylinder motor il now
becoming very popular with designers
and builders OF Yachts. i.awley. who has
considerable work ON hand building new
boats, is installing the Win,on IN nearly
every boat. Recently Henry J. Gieiow
and l.. T. Petersen of Youngstown. who
are having a l5i-fout cruiser bull, 10y
Lawley. visited tn" Winton shops at
Cleveland TO have a look at the motors
Alexander Winton received the visitors,
showed them through the works and
finally took them to II 6-cylinder motor
that was standing at the back OF the
shops, This big motor was not fastened
to any floor beams. hut it was wired and
ready Tor Use. While examining tn.
motor Mr.. Winton suddenly attracted
his guests attention to another motor ~
that they had to turn their backs 10 the
big Elk lie then called to one OF his
workmsn to start the big motor and went
ON chatting about other things
After waiting several minutes Mr..
Petersen asked What is the matter with
the big motor? Won't it start
why. its been running several min
utcs." replied Winton. II thought you
knew It,"
Gielow and Petersen turned and. sure
enough. the big motor was running 81
smoothly and quietly that one had "a
listen closely to hear the click OF the