The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-30
Torty-five Miles Of Private
Roadway Through Isl.
and's Centre.
no { PHEAVAL IN CHALMERS
Factory Making No Changes in
Personnel Of Page Com
pany's Employees.

r.. Long Island Motor Parkway has
,s formal opening for tho season next
saturday. The road runs from Queens
10 Lake Ronkonkoms. n distance OF forty
fve miles and at the eastern end is the
Ps,l, Trianon Inn. which opens also at
he same time. The parkway. which was
the original idea OF W. X. Vanderbilt. Jr..
vas begun tn 1907 and actually finished
last May.
TIE particular feature about IL is that
I, make. a roadway without speed traps
a. dust through the centre of Long
Island All grade crossings have been
eliminated for the first thirty miles. in
Guiding bridging OF three railroad branches
ard two trolley lines The curves have
been banked so that they can be taken at
ANY .peed, The roadbed Is twenty-six
feet wide and is fenced most OF the way.
More than $4,000 cars used the park
way in 1918. II is a testing ground for
many automobile concerns. Tho Petit
Tranon Is duplicate Of the chateau
OF this name near Paris, and Is famous Tor
its week end parties and private dinners
and dances. the cost OF identifying the
nineteen acres surrounding the inn and
me construction Of the building, garages
AM NoAN's'' N"S "'S'N s''-"
The taking over OF the business OF Carl
u Iag" Company by the Chalmers fac
tory will ircan i,j change In the personnel
al the Page organization As Was told to
Tie more than $50 employees of the for
n,er Chalmers distributors by Lee Counsel
man vice president and general manager
OF the company. at recent meeting Mr..
CON. s.lman expressed the idea that the
Chalmers company was doing its business
on tho lines of steady Increase and with
The idea oil making its position in New
York more permanent and stable II had
hen decided that a branch should be
established.
'W. recc gnized first that New York 10
now the largest city in the world" said
n. There are thousands ard thousands
OF u.oplr entering New York daily from
Al. ,atts of the country. They regard New
York ~ headquarters. They look to sec
all lines Of goods largely exhibited and
handled TO best advantage In New York.
They accent New York as criterion,
and consider that anything which Is re-
yard, "a AZ right in New York or that has
a good sale in New York or Is accepted
as the best style in New York Is good
Ter all parts Of the country and even for
all parts Of the world.
we recognized In addition that New
York d, lolically the main distributing
country. our business in New England,
New York New Jersey. Pennsylvania and
The more southern Atlantic coast States
nas gown 70 tremendously In the past
few years that We have felt the need OF
some central distributing point.
IL j. for these reasons that We decided
that "A Chalmers factory branch should be
located In New York. We want to handle
Goth the retail and the wholesale divisions
o' our business and the service end d.
r.ctly. We believe that the New York
Gstrouting house should be In the closest
touch with the factory. condition which
Is not possible except by direct factory
control. While the Chalmers has always
been one Of the largest selling medium
priced cars ~ New York. we have felt Tor
months that the opportunity was ripe 10
give the Chalmers car an even larger
tepresentat!on ON the streets or our
arg 81 city. II is with the idea OF build
ing W a Digger retail business, OF doing
more Intensive sales work. OF handline
distribution FOR the entire Eastern terri
,ory more directly. that We are establish
IN. . factory branch
Ca. H. Page also addressed the meet
lng expressing his feelings on retiring
from the business. George stowe Is to be
manager OF the Chalmers branch. He has
been for some time associated with MI
Page,
John Jordan. one of the veterans OF the
tire Industry In New York. Is now offic<
manager OF the Firestons branch here
He was for seven years with the Diamond
company and then for two years with tht
Century tire. For the past three month";
ne has been working with Dan c. Swan
der. who Is manager OF the Firestone New
York branch.
An enclosed car of new design has beei