The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-22
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The Richmond virSinaan ianaugu-
the automobile trade and hopes to
have the cooperation Of al the State
/. dealers In making this system . sue
ceas. Let's pull together. Send In
your automobile news. The breezy.
up-to-the-nainute. right-off -cylind-
Or kind.
Mr.. !. r. Crutchheld, district man.
Agsr Cas- Atseo company, 1647 West
broad utroek has received notice Of
shipment OF three carloads Of Case
carr 70 this tessitory. including a num-
Der OF the popular New Model Case
Mr.. w. H. jerks. cal East Main
street, recently purchased a Maxwell
"3S" through "Nye'' Beebe, local rep
resentAtivs OF the Maxwell Motor
company.
The Jones Motor Car company has
recently broken ground for their new
salesroom on West Broad street add
Joining the property that they now
occupy. Their new building will be
. modern structure IN every way par
ticularfy adapted for the display and
care OF Cadillac cars.
The new structure will be two
/
new cara. and service station for new
cars on tho ground floor, above this,
between the first and second floors.
will be 4 mezzanine floor for Offices
The second story will be occupied by
1 salesroom for used cars, and their
repair shop and storeroom for spare
parts.
The building win be equipped with
elevators and every modern conven-
fence for their patrons and their stock
OF spare paris will be one OF the larg-
est carried in the city. Their new
quarters will be ready for occupancy
about July list
Mr.. Lees, Of Jones Motor Car COM
pAny, reports sale of seven passenger
1914 Cadillac to Colonel John Il. Pur-
cell. $40 Park avenue.
To Mr.. p. l. Moore, 316 North
Twenty-third street. goes the distinc-
ton OF having purchased the first of
the type Of cycle cars to come to Vir-
ginia. Mr.. Moore purchased Grant
car through the Eastern Motor Sales
corporation. ego West Broad street.
w. c. Smith & Co, 3l3 N. Fourth
street, report sales of Ranch & Lang
EIectrics Model IA" to Mrs r. T..
OF Roseneath road, and Mrs. II. @.
Block. Jefferson hotel
Mr.. J. c. Given. local manager L. 8.
Tire company, says: The tire bust
ness in Richmond Is on the boom. We
have taken the entire building at f0s
West Broad street in order TO meet
the Increased demands Of our custom
ers. Our new ''Nobby Tread" guaran-
" is causing much Satisfaction among
the users Of the Z. 3. tires"
Howard N Smith, of Richmond
Electric garage. reports the sale or
l4alr seFt, tn
Mr.. c. i. Schwalm. asia Grove
avenue. city.
The Eastern Motor Sales corpora
tion, eco West Broad street, has been
busy during the pas. week establish
Ing agencies throughout Virginia for
the Grant car. Fifty cars have been
placed with Virginia dealers during
the past four days.
why not get up a good show for
the coming spring. Richmond is fast
becnming all automobile center and
nothing stimulates business more than
q we'll managed automobile show.
At the close Of the Rochester auto
mobile show. Peck Il Arnold. Stude
bake distributors. published in
signed advertisement the names and
addresses OF more than twenty per-
sons who had bought Studebaker cars
0uFln2 the Wcdh
IL II In profitable In Rochester. why
not In Richmon0?
II the show idea does not appeal
10 our Dealers why can't we have our
dealers get together and set aside two
or three nights to be known as
"Automohiie Nights" The show
rooms could be attractivcly decorated,
ut = small cost and the public could
he shown tho points OF the different
cars In . manner that would be BEN
eflcial both to them and the dealers.
This plan seems practical to us and
wo would be glad to have the views
Of our dealerA
Broad Street Garage Branches Out
We carry today announcement of
EeaHssitdaxtsa- Of Bread Street Garage
and Hlne Ribbon Garage, under the
manaeemant OF Mr.. A. Zachary. OF
Bread street garage. The storage
cApant4y OF he combined garage will
b0 about 800 cars. giving Richmond
cnA OF tho largoat garages south OF
New York. The Broad Street Garage
% tho oldest in the city. and careful
manARement and satisfied customers"
have enabled them to triple their ca
pacity. Tho Blue Ribbon Garage will
BE- operated In tho future under the
name-Bellevue Garage, l2l7-f223
West Broad street.