The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-06
GLIDDEN TOUR FROM
CHICAGO TO BOSTON
Nonstop Motor Run Scheduled
to Start From West
on July 1.
MOVIES IN A SALESROOM
Will Show Trip Across Country
Of Premier Owners
Caravan.


given away as q prize for rolling up the
most mileage coming TO the A A A. meet
ing In the White Mountains this year. be-
| cause It has been awarded as the main
| trophy for a nonstop automobile run
from Chicago to Boston. which Is to start
on July /. This contest was proposed
FIRST last year. but fell through because
certain trouble over the rules for the con-
! test could not be settled.
The run. as now arranged. will be in
the hands Of the very capable and live
Chicago contingent that has done more to
stimulate contests of various sorts than
any other group OF men connected with the
industry. Indeed 1t has seemed often as
II nearly all tho pep" in the way Of
conducting automobile contests was In
Chicago.
This run will involve some interesting
elements 1t Is to be a nonstop affair
and also day and night run. The motors
are to be kept going oil tho time and
the cars are to be kept on the hustle from
start to finish. 1t will be necessary to
have relief drivers In order to keep UP
with this programme. Tho test will CTR
tainly be gruelllns and the car that comes
| through 1t scathless will DO entitled 70
credit
Beginning tomorrow tho new Arm OF
Partridge. Clark q kerrigan will run
movie" show for a week each evening
In Its store on West Fffty-sixth
street. The story Of tho coast to
coast trip taken BY ten owners OF Premier
cars will be told In the pictures for the
benefit Of all those who like touring. II
is thought that this will help stimulate
interest In the projected Lincoln Highway
and in good roads generally.
The pictures show the pleasures and in
cidents Of the trip and give an idea OF the
scenery through which the tourists passed.
Many OF the pictures were taken in the
mountains from car In motion The
entertainment will begin at S 80 o'clock
and admissions will be by ticket.
In addition to the new series OF the Pre-
mier-Weidely six. Lewis six and Briscoe
cars which are In the saltsroom the
prairie schooner" or comm!ssary car OF
the tour will be on view
IL has often been said that ingenuity
is lacking in the window layouts OF auto
mobile tire concerns. but the criticism can
hardly be made with Justice OF the latest
effort OF the Firestone In the line OF win
dow display Three cutout figures, almost
the country and Set Is to be seen in the
windows Of the New York branch over
which Dan Swander presides.
In each case the fgur--whether owner
dealer or chauffeur-is accompanied by a
nor-skid casing. With index finger cx-
tended he Is reading brief lecture on
some pont OF the tires he thinks worth
diating on. Special stationery imprinted
! with the cutouts has been made w and
, miniature cutouts for the children have
been widely distributed
Caleb s. Bragg Is TO be the driver OF
the third Mercer car in the 500 mile race
at ino'anapoiIa lie was engaged by
cable. The others are Eddie Pulien. the
Grand Prize winner. and Spencer Wishart.
The metaiiurgical laboratories Of the
feerless company are regarded AS the
most completely equipped In the Industry"
says c, T. Silver. the local Peerless dealer
These laboratories were founded some
years ago Tor research work In motor car
metiuIurgy and original invcstir-l lions
carried on there have resulted In the ac-
cumulafion OF knowledge concerning motor
car steeis which In not TO be had IN any
university or technical school This
knowledge 10 Of the highest practical value
trucks.
THE Peerless front axle can be .vis.c,
complete turn when cold without break
ing The live axle will bend double be-
lore II viii show q crack The Peerless
truck sprockets are produced by "a snecial
process OF heat treating. and some O.,
these have been used for 10000 miles
without replacement
"A bar OF steel twenty-nire inches
square such as 10 used for the production
OF the Peerless live axles would support
the weight Of the Metropolitan Building
and Its tower A bar OF the same steel
t~enty-one inches square would SUPPORT
the weight OF the great Imperator with
full cargo and complement OF passeI..
gers aboard.
Nowadays says John @. Dale OF tho
simplex Automobile Company, ",he ma
prity or prospective owners Of cars do not
care for road demonstrations and do no,
ask Tor them before buying car. OF
course practically every dealer Ia Will
lnH to demonstrate a car 20 q prospective
purchaser but In the majority OF sales
that we have made the last few wears
the car has been delivered to the customer
without tho buyer receiving II test ride.
This merely goes to show that people
nowadays buy q car because they per-
sonally know OF its good points or be.
cause II has been well reconnnnded by
friends who have owned a car of the same
make"