The Washington herald., 1914-03-15
About People You Know
Along Automobile Row
BY L. o. CHEW.

ny L. o. CHEW.
After the blizzards Of last month, EN-.
erson & Orme, local representatives oi
the Detroit Electric. addressed letters "a
owners OF Detroit Electrics In Washing
ton. sskiny about the service they had
received from their cars under polar
weather conditions.
A number Of owners. as II proved, were
out OF the city; but Of those who replied
more than two-thirds used their cars
without cessation on account Of snow.
Three-fourths Of these reported that
the..- went through erery drift they en-.
countered without stopping, and Of the
entire number less than 10 per cent, had
been delayed even temporarily by drifts
or icy streets.
The distance travelled on snowy days
varied from five to forty miles, the aver
age being fully up to the average OF or
dinary service.
expressed themselves as entirely salts
fed with the service rendered by their
cars, many even expressing enthusiasm.
at Is q pleasure" said one owner, "to
know how well our car stood the strain
and how well II served our convenience
at time when even street car traffic was
entirely discontinued" TT plowed .ght
along" said another. Through the snow
without any skipping or skidding, except
when the car was on highest speed. We
did not have single case where we were
stalled"
A third Detroit owner said: There
was enough snow and drifts on the days
I drove to test the car to the satisfs ction
of any driver. ! never noticed the am
perage draw in the heaviest drifts. ]
simply got through them-never was
stalled. though the rough driving al
times required very careful handling OF
the car"
More than 1000 completed automobiles a
day for twenty-four consecutive working
days was the new record hung up during
February by the Ford Motor Company,
according to n letter received by Miller
Brothers. local Ford agents. February
shattered all previous production records
of the company. During the single. short
month, 2Ls2i model rs were built and
shipped. This excelled the month of jan
usry, itself a record smasher. during
which 1856 model T's were built and
shipped to branches and agents through
out the world.
Prior to January. 1914, the company's
big month came in June, 1919, when q, oi3
model Ts passed out through the fac
tory's doors.
But not only did the company in Feb
ruary break ali records of previous
months. but II also set a new high-water
mark for a days production Of auto
mobiles. when on February q II turned
cut 1856 complete Fords. The previous
daily production record for automobiles
also a Ford record, was made one LAY
last spring when the big factory Mt High
land Park, Michigan, built more than
leo cars
Despite this big production and the big
oLtputs OF the Ford factories at Ford.
Ontario. anu Manchester. England. the
company probably will not be able 20
supply the worldwide demand for this
lUw-priced car.
At recent minstrel show given at
Tuska, Okla, by the local lodge of
I1ks. an Imr cycIecar was used in one
OF the acts TINS was without any ques-
tion the first time in the history of the
Industry that cyclecar was ever used
upon the stage as a part OF the para
phernaIia-
The time is undoubtedly coming when,
In the large cities. automobiles will be
sold to quite an extent by women" SAYS
Rudolph Jose, of the Cook & Stodard
Company, local Cadillac agents.
1T would certainly help a dealer to
have a woman selling for him, especially
IL she is able TO do her own demonstrat-
ing. The effect would be to inspire con-
fidence in the women purchasers of auto
mobiles. We have seen a good many
cases this past year OF women buying
cars, and most OF our dealers have taught
women how to drive car.
THE purchase OF automobiles by
women Is a natural thing-a tendency of
the times. Certainly-the gasoline car of
today can be made as easy to operate as
an electric. Left-hand drive, center cen
troll, automatic spark advance, starter of
simplicity. tire reliability. etc.
offer an excellent proposition to a woman
who wants to drive her own car"
Studebaker cars were delivered to G L.
Millard and Thomas Finnin last week by
the Commercial Auto and Supply Com
pany.
Announcement was made yesterday by
r. II. Martin, manager Of the local Buick
factory branch, of the largest single deal
ever made by a National Capital dealer.
He closed a deal with the Auto Outing
Company. of Baltimore. for the delivery
before March 81 Of seventy-one Buick