The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-23
TRUCK CLUB PLANS
CHECK ON DRIVERS
VIII Have Cards Intended to
Show Misuse Of Cars
or Tires.
MANSBACH LIKES OUTLOOK
Thinks That Market for New
and Used Makes Is
Excellent.

The Motor Truck Club OF America ha.
Drought out plan designed to benefit
the truck owner and driver, which viii
be worked out here and later applied I'm
other cities where the NJ T. c. has arlliu.
tons. Believing that the truck owner 1,
often Ignorant OF the way his vehicles are
operated on the road members OF the club
viii be supplied with addressed post card.
having form on the reverse side to be
hiled In when particular truck is being
observed.
III a member notices truck greatly
overloaded or overspeeded or running
without tires properly attended TO or
otherwise operated by careless or igno.
rant driver SO as to cause injury to the
vehicle the postal is filled out with the
truck owners name and full account of
the incident Upon receipt of the postaj
the club will write to tho owner ana
also TO the agent OF the truck in question
or 10 the tire company whose equipment is
on the truck. II Is believed that the plan
will be popular with all concerned except
perhaps the driver.
There was no definite action taken YES.
terday at the hearing before the general
weltare committee OF the Board of Alder-
men on the question of oil separators for
garages The Fire Department obtained
postponement or the hearing until June
IL because Its chemist could not DO there
yesterday to report on tests made
IL was commented by some of the auto.
mobile dealers and goragemen present
tnat IL was curious the department
should need so much time for tests when
the ordinance requiring separators had
been In effect NO long. They thought IL
was odd that data should DO needed TO
nrOyp the NJ ,,,t,
II has any. after four years Pending
the coming hearing all processes against
garages and all attempts to enforce the
ordinance will be suspended.
After making his usual extended
spring trip around the western wheel
OF the automobile factories, with a view
TO buying up any surplus stocks of auto
mobiles and accessories necessary to meet
the needs of more than 10000 customers
Louis Mansbach, treasurer of the Times
Square Auto Company. has Just returned
an optlmist oh general conditions in the
trade and the outlook for PROSPEROUS re.
turns In all branches OF the business
Never In ten years have I seen tb,
outlook az bright as Il IL now" said
Mr.. Mansbach. Good crops ar. pointed
to- and this makes the farmer "A large
potential buyer especially of tho lighter
cars. i have found that many of the
leading manufacturers anticipating an uc-
| tive. widespread demand from this source
alone for five passenger four cylinder ours
/ In the $1,000 class and under have con-
centrated their facilities with the idea
OF being able to meet this demand. Curs
! OF this type are hard TO md In thu Second
hand market This also helps the builder
of new cars.
Another use for second hand cars Is
at summer places. where these convey
anees are employed TO put them On q
| basis OF competition with resorts nearer
| to the railroads
"The call for high grade light cars
| for export continues more than strong
Judging from the rapid growth Of our
export department, all our records for
/ foreign shipments will be broken. our
catalogue. which has all annual circula-
ton of about 1000 900, apparently has
reached the most distant points In tho
civilized world. Our inquiries are for
cars and even trucks from all sections
| of the world.
/ After a survey of the situation as a
result OF my recent trip, the largest pur-
chase of used cars ever made by this
company was made. We bought out the
entire 1914 stock OF the Marathon COM
pany. These are Ave passenger. -four
cylinder. 36-horsepower cars with electric
self-starting and lighting. The first ship
ment was received this week and we
consider II the greatest surplus stock
purchase we have made"
Dan Swancer will lead tho Ftreetone
cohorts for u days outing At College
Point to-day. The workers from the
Brooklyn. Newark and New York stores
win cease taxing tire orders and play
nightly for the day.
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