Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-14
.ENSMINCER SHOWS
CARS At SALESR00M
Attractive Display Of Ohio, Apper-
son and Mitchell Pleasure
Cars and Dart Trucks


isnfnger Motor Company during the
| past week in preparing for its annual
| show at its salesrooms. Third and
Cumberland streets certainly indicates
that the company is looking forward
to a very brisk Spring trade in pleas
slre cars and trucks. The automobile
show of the Ensminger Motor Com
pany, which is an annual affair, con-
Quoted separately from the local city
show, will as usual be held at the
spacious salesrooms of the company at
Third and Cumberland streets from
the 14th to the 21st.
The rooms, which consist of the
twin stores on the northeast corner,
have been turned over to decorator.
who has converted them into Veri-
table flower garden. in which are
olaced 1914 models of Ohio, Apper-
Son and Mitchell pleasure cars, as we'll
as three different models of the Dart
trucks. In addition to the display OF
automobiles and trucks part or the
salesroom has been devoted to the
display of accessories of all kinds, an
innovation which is bound to please
the car owners who will attend the
show.
It has always been the aim of the
Ensminger Motor Company to handle
high-grade cars only, and that 1t has
not deviated from that policy this year
IS evidenced by the fact that Ohio,
.-Apperson and Mitchell cars will be ex-
'hibited along with Dart trucks. Judg.
ing from the number of the Dart
trucks to be seen on the streets of
( Harrisburg it requires no stretch of
the imagination to believe that these
trucks are easily among the leaders
in their class.
The Ohio line consists of -four"
which sells for $1,275, and a six"
selling for $1.9Sb, both of which are
of course electrically equipped with
lights and starter. and are outfitted
with the new Lancia bodies. The Lam
'cia body first appeared at the Paris
show in 1912 and Immediately be-
came so popular in Europe that all of
the manufacturers of high priced cars
were forced to adopt it. The new
design was adopted this year in Amer
lea by only the manufacturers of high
grade cars, and the Ohio -four enjoys
the distinction of being the lowest
priced car in America with the Lancia
body, a body that has been pronounced
by many to be the most beautiful au-
tomobile body that has ever been de-
signed.
Appearance and power" said Mr..
.Ensminger, lis what the people are
demanding this year. and certainly the
Ohio has all the power that anyone
could want and as for appearance,
st is one of the most beautiful cars
that has appeared this year. Both
the Ohio and the Royal, which is what
we call the siX-cylinder car, have
Northway T-head motors with unit
power plant supported from three
points, and anyone who has had any
experience with motor cars knows
what an advantage it is to have a
T-head motor in his car 1t means
more power on less consumption of
gas, and that means a greater number
of miles on a less number Of dollars
Than can be obtained with a car
equipped with any other type Of mo-
tor. So firmly convinced of that fact
have I become during the past year
that ] recently decided that would
handle nothing but cars with T-head
type motors. and so all the cars we
handle, the Ohio, the Mitchell and
the Apperson, have T-head motors
The majority of high-grade cars use
this form of motor construction, and
80 we determined that this year our
medium as well as our high priced
cars would have motors that would
appreciably lessen the cost of main
tenance for our customers"
All of the cars that will be on exhi-
bition at the show have Just been re-
ceived from the several factories and
are tho very latest models aud up-to-
date in every particular. Each line
contains skies" as we'll as "fours,"
and all are equipped with electric
lights and starters as well as all of
The lesser improvements which have
gone so far to lessen the drivers an
noyance while out on the road. While
all the different lines are perfected
right up to date, yet each line has dis
tinctive features which appeal to diff
ferent people. "All kinds of cars for
all kinds Of people" is the motto OF
the Ensminger Motor Company.
The truck feature OF the show is
bound to be of interest to the business
man who Is looking for a quicker and
cheaper means of delivering his goods,
The Dart is built In three models, the
,000-pound delivery wagon and one
and two ton trucks. All are four
CYLINDER water-cooled cars, construct
cd so substantially that they can be
overloaded so per cent. without strain
ing the motor. The delivery wagon is
equipped with pneumatic tires, while
the larger cars have hard tires and
are chain driven.
The elaborate preparations that
have been made at the Ensminger
s2lesroom for the coming show indi-
cato an expectation on the part of the
company officials OF record -breaki
crowds during the week. AS the com
pany acts as a wholesale distributor
,Jor all the cars and trucks II handles.
special arrangements have been made
Tor demonstrating the different lines
70 out-of-town dealers.
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