The Washington herald., 1914-01-11
About People You Know
Along Automobile Row
~ L. Q. CHEW.


( w. VI Hummer. local agent for the
Premier. reports the following sales dur
ing the past week: Premier. SO. five-
passenger. to w. r. Brueinger; Premier.
6-64. to Z. II. Dun. and seven-passenger
touring car to George G. Bradley.
washington's auto row. with few ex-
ceptions. was deserted last week. Most
OF the dealers were in New York max
ing arrangements for the removal Of
part of the exhibits there to the WASH
ington show.
Final arrangements for the local auto
mobile show next week will be made at
a meeting OF the Washington Auto Deal
ers Association, TO be held at the sales
rooms OF Emmerson & Orme.
The repeater who buys the same car
year after year Is the best friend an
automobile manufacturer and dealer can
have" said r. C. Smith. president OF
the Overland Washington Motor Com
pany. who has returned from visit
to the New York automobile show.
'.When a customer will come back every
year or two and buy a new model OF
the car he has been driving before IL Is
a pretty good indication that he Is get
ting his moneys worth. and that. when
All IL edld ana 0Ones u tuc VffS tafssso
that keeps your customer your friend.
Equipped with a fender like street
car. Little Giant four-cylinder truck
which made its appearance in Washins-
ton this week, has attracted much atten-
ton. The car is the latest production OF
the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company.
which has opened q factory branch AT
"a Fourteenth street nofthwest, under
the management of @. c. Stevens. A
dsy-and-night service for Little Giant
owners will be maintained AT the
branch.
The truck is known as model II and
Is the first Of the four-cylinder machines
to be made by the Chicago concern The
cylinders are cast en- bloc. and the motor
is located under the seat. the side panels
OF which are removable. The transmits
sion is of the selective type. with three
forward speeds and reverse. Many
Washington business men are using Lit
tie Giant trucks. and Manager Stevens
is looking forward to many sales with the
new model.
Twelve minutes after the opening OF
the New York Auto Show. the hrst sale
Of the exhibit was closed when Percy
Rockefeller placed his order for the
handsome gray-finished Cadillac inside
drive limousine. which is on exhibition
The car will be delivered TO Mr.. Rookie
fcller at the close Of the show.
Seldom has any one motor car ere
ated more of a sensation at the New
York show than the masterpiece OF Elmer
Apperson-the new 4-45.' II simply took
the Eastern trade by Storm" said Bruce
Emmerson yesterday on his return from
the big show.
"The show opened at O'Clock SATURDAY.
afternoon, January 3 with three JACK
Rabbits on exhibition In space A "a
AS touring car. light 4-'s roaoster'
and a s-I5-5S touring car.
..At 10 o'clock the same night the 80
touring and the roadster were sold for
immediate delivery at the end OF the
show, and on Monday the six touring
fell into line. BY Wednesday noon three
more orders for immediate delivery were
taken. and every day added still more
"As one keen observer of automobile
conditions Chimself the owner OF fve
Jack RabbitsD said: The immense popii-
lsrity of this new Apperson is due pri-
uarily I believe, to the fact that aside
from its graceful design, aristocratic nm
ish, and comfort. every purchaser knows
that the interior workings OF the car
are in keeping with its exterior appear
ance.
The Apperson motor. patented clutch.
transmission. and axles-ail made in Ap-
person factories-have always been uni
yersally recognized as standards OF eff
cheney for the work they have to do.
".Ar in all, experience counts heavily
in motor-car building. The twenty-one
years that Elmer and Edgar Apperson
have given exclusively TO motor-car con-
struction mean much to me and to every
prospective purchaser.
"'Then, too, in these somewhat trou-
blous times their acknowledged financial
independence creates, somehow, feel-