The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-27
R|CHMOND-MAOE
AUTOS IN CHICAGO
Every Local Factory Has
Cars on Display At An
nual Exhibit.
BIG YEAR EXPECTED

The Westcott, Davis, Pilot and
Richmond automobiles are all lined
up for display with hundreds of other
either at the Coliseum or in the Ar
mory, an adjacent building at Chica-
60. The Quaker City contributions
to the Chicago show arrived in the
Windy City in time for the starting
of the big motor car pageant, yester-
day morning.
Motor car enthusiasts from Rich
mond and Wayne county who visit the
show this week will not have a hard
time finding the display of the four
factories for they occupy consplc-
uous position on the floors OF the
show.
The Pilot display of two cars a
six and seven passenger touring, both
Of 60 horsepower rating, is to be
found in the basement of the Coli
scum. Charles c. Hayes, general
sales agent, assisted by G. F. Smith,
has charge of the exhibit. Mr.. Hayes
Is prominent in the field of automo-
bile statesmen and in yesterdays issue
Of the Chicago Daily Journal wrote
an article predicting that the 1914
season will be one Of the most pros
porous in the annals Of motor car
manufacturing.
Richmondites Attend Show.
- The Davis car exhibit is located in
the northeast corner of the ArmOry
building Three of the latest models,
one of the Davis Six, Davis Four
and a Davis Small Four, similar to
the other model but of much lighter
weight, are a part of the display.
President G. w. Davis is in charge of
the cars and has as his assistants,
Scott Lewis, general sales agent and
c. C. Davis, of Bloomington, Ill.
From communications which have
been received at the office the Davis
car is one of the big sights of the
show.
The new model Westcott which was
just recently completed and is one of
the finest of the lighter, medium
priced car type is well installed in
the Wilson building, one Of the var
ious show buildings adjacent to the
Coliseum G. F. McCurdy, general
purchasing agent is at the head of the
exhibit. He is assisted by H. l.. Ash
ley, western agent. E. F. McConaha,
eastern representative and Roe
Young. of the Chicago agency. The
car is one of the few at the show
which is truely a 1914 model.
Two Richmond cars, manufactured
by the Wayne Works are spaced in
the Armory building. Harry Land
and Warren Clements are in charge
of the exhibit. The Wayne Works
manufacture a four cylinder, five pas
senger car and has never entered the
field Of the SKIES.
Anticipate Banner Year.
A tour of the Richmond motor cal
manufacturers resulted in the ex
that the 1914 season would be one Of
the banner years. Every manufac
turer in starting to increase the force
of mechanics preparatory to the us
ual rush of orders following the Chi
cago show. Scores of orders are
awaiting the action of the sales man
ayers when they return from the an
nual exhibit.
According to the plans Of the Rich
mond manufacturers there will be g
daily output of about thirty cars
throughout the season. This vii
necessitate employing many hundred
additional men. General Manager
Lee Ashley announces that the fac
tory will turn out fifteen finished cars
each twenty-four hours. 1t is prob
able that two shifts will be employed
The Pilot company is arranging To-
an aggregated output of about five
cars daily, the Davis's rate of com
pletion will be five cars and thu
Wayne Works are making arrange
ments to handle business which will
necessitate the finishing of five car
day.