Evening star., 1914-08-02

war. or they could carry at one trip nearly
half of all the men that fought in the
civil war.
Light Six Featured by Most.
The light six car is being featured
by a majority of the manufacturers for
1915. Those who have made such a car
for this season sold out without any
trouble and could have disposed Of many
more if they had counted on such a de-
mand. AS the result. the production VIII
be greatly increased for dd iyas yo, share in the
division of this years dividend from the
financial standpoint are putting OUT nsns
"sixes' for 1915. There will be plenty OF
"fours also TINS aoes nSt n,ed hit ~ lit #
There is still a demand for four ana
as long as that demand continues just SO
long will the manufacturers commune 10
produce such a car.
There will be more fours made oy
about three companies alone than All
the other automobiles produced IN the
world. The four will continue and to
this day there are many VINO refuse ~
results obtained thus far. They argue
that If the improvements in the tours
of the coming year are as pronounGet 81.
as in the last season they Will sticn
to their old ideal. The light sixes are
lowering around the fifteen-hundrea
dollar mark in selling price; Seneraiiy
exceeding it a trife and sometimes
shading it far enough to allow tne
buyer the privilege of investing In a
few accessories not on the list. without
touching his bank roll. This year
production of light skies will be won
derful cars for the prices quoted. Wnile
nearly every manufacturer is proouc-
ing a light six for 1915. some Of the
makers are going to build what they
cali a light four; this to be in line OF
a lower operating cost for the own
ers. The light cars VIII not oe as
to cover more ground on the same
amount of fuel.
Howard E. Coffin. a prominent De-
troit engineer and designer of the Huo-
and its future says that progress Is
the dominant note in motor car con-
struction today. Our wagons ana car
riages are pretty much the same IN
ago. A standard has been reached for
every kind, the best form evoiVed 10 90
the work, and the building or sucn
vehicles has taken on permanent ana
settled phase.
with the motor car. l think that we
are approaching the settled and PROP
ably more or less permanent form ol
the motor car. But of this no man can
really be positive we a.S can enly hyoi SAY
edge goes we have reached at least
reasonably efficient and satisfactory
stage of construction"
Not having to do any more expert
menting, the engineers have been hg-
uring on pairing the cost of keeping a
motor car. They have figured in many
ways, SO that the 1915 model promises
to be much more economical than nave
cars of it's type and power in the past
Naturally, this is pleasing to the mo
torist s-ho is past the stage OF tossing
money out of the tonneau. These new
skies will show more mileage per gal
Ion than did many of the fours of less
power and carrying capacity not so
long ago.
Better Motors, Engineers Say.
The motors are going to be better. SO
the engineers say, and to the average
person who is not student of such
things this is an interesting announce
ment, for he has rated the 1914 car as
the perfect one. Nor was he wrong in
this, as it was SO much better than
other models that comparisons result
ed in the conclusion that the limit had
been reached. The cars will have more
refinements this year. backed up by
experience, and, Of course. the stream
line body will be all the rage: There
is hardly manufacturer who Is stick
ing to the old straight line body. The
stream line body is the thing and all
of the new cars will be of that type.