The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-01
BRISCOE CAR TO Be
BUILT IN JACKSON
Lewis Spring and Axle Com
pany Gets Contract for $500
Of New Machines.
PRICE Is PUT AWAY DOWN
viii Sell at $75O-News Of
Trade as National Show
Approaches.

Benjamin Briscoe by contract the
terms Of which were made public yester-
day. has arranged with the Lewis Spring
and Axle Company of Jackson. Mich.
TO manufacture the new Briscoe auto
mobile in this country. The Lewis conf
pany. which becomes the American manu-
featuring end OF Briscoe Freres. has a
plant and machinery amounting to s1,400.-
600 and has built parts for many lead
ing makers OF motor cars in the United
States.
Work on the cars Is already under way.
The blueprints made abroad when the car
was designed will be turned over to the
Lewis people and construction work on
1900 cars, the output planned for 1914,
will be begun. Deliveries are to begin on
March 1.
The announcement yesterday contained
further news az to the machine, which
Is described as "a five passenger car. 1906
inch wheelbase, four cylinder motor, de-
veloping a good 80 horsepower. made on
the Frenchicst OF lines and fairly exuding
snap and ginger" The standard price Is
to he $3.50. Equipped with Westinghouse
starting and lighting system. the car is
Co sell at 5000.
The Briscoe car, which was conspicuous
seen in this country for the first time at
the Grand Central Palace automobile
show. which begins on Saturday.
Representatives OF the Mitchell Lewis
Motor Company OF Racine, which makes
the Mitchell car. who will attend the show
include II. L. McLaren, president and gen.
oral manager; J. w. Bate. general fac
tory superintendent; Otis Friend. general
sales manager. and NJ. J. Gillen. general
counsel
4 great variety OF new models Is on
the way TO New York for the exhibition
IN the Mitchell booth at the show, more
cars than can be displayed In the space
available Z. T.. skinner manager of the
local branch. says IL has been decided TO
display "A chassis and touring car of the
little six" and four cylinder five pas
senger touring car
The Moline-Knight motor. which started
December 10 on two weeks non stop
run had completed 20? hours OF Its task
when the new year began. No adjust
ments have been made. II Is reported, and
the engine will go through the rest OF the
test all right ii is more than likely.
The Importers Automobile Salon which
begins tomorrow in the Hotel Aston. com =
bucs for the first time two widely diff
ferent types of foreign cars. one is the
standard high grade, high priced machine,
the other the light car Of popular price
recently become popular abroad
The Locomobile forces are in their new
building on SiNty-frst street, Seventy
i've feet from Broadway" and a fine
building 1t Is All OF the first floor. which
Is salesroom and exhibition floor for
u" cars. il we'll lighted and commudious.
~ ,r ly ~,
elevator is built as .an extension of the
rear OF the building with an entrance on
SiXteth street makes for much lighter
ground floor The office Of John r.
RUNNER. the manager of the branch. a
waiting room and desks for the various
statesmen are on the ground floor.
Az present there are eight cars and
chassis on view. The show cars have
answered. one of them. "A particular
novelty called the Longchamps Berllne
with body and interior decorations by
John J. Petit. the architect who designed
the Locomobile Building, will be strik-
ing feature OF the show exhibit.
on the first floor up are the financial
md accounting departments and "A well
stocked room for parts, This is the head
quarters OF the service department There
~ "A noor devoted to the purposes of the
used car department and three floors for
shop and body work purposes II Is a
very complete building grouping the ser
vice facilities with the sales department
In the midst OF the city and saving the
customers having to go or the island tC
have their wants tended to.
Although not well known except or
the Pacific coast, Earl Cooper has beer
in the race game for long time. TIN.
first race he ever drove was some twelv,
years ago. He has been steadily work
ing himself into the limelight by his re,
markedly consistent driving for severa
years. but not until 1913 did he becOm,
race driver OF national fame and ha.
been adjudged the champion driver foi
the year Just passed and the Stutz has
been elected as the champion car.
Cooper first drove "A Stutz In 1911 ant
was then pronounced as conner. II,
wound up the 1918 season by breaking
the worlds record for 3Oi-45O class car.
~ Corona. Cal, on September 4, averag
ing I+.63 miles an hour for 30l.sl miles
Out OF six starts in 1913 Cooper in hi,
Stutz car won five iirsts and one second
finishing IN the money in every event h,
entered