The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-25
AUTO BUSINESS TO
HAVE BUSY APRIL
Indications Are for More Than
a 10000 Car Month,
Says Reeves.
SPEAKS ON CONDITIONS
Late News Of Racing Matters
and Other Notes Of
Motor World.

Alfred Reeves. general manager OF the
National Automobile Chamber Of Com
merce. Is back from a trip In the course
of which he visited forty-one automobile
plants in Ohio. Michigan. Indiana and
New York. His reports Of business done,
as Indicated by actual shipments, are sc-
curate and fair. lie says that more than
$4,000 automobiles were shipped in March.
requiring 1850 freight cars. The indi-
cations for this month are more automo-
biles than that, requiring $4,000 freight
cars Every one Of the cars for March
was checked and shipments recorded by
the Western freight and traffic office of
the N. A. e. c.
MIR. Reeves reports the industry as a
whole In excellent condition because the
companies have been manufacturing on a
conservative basis. The concerns that
have been in financial difficulties have
come through we'll, as a rule. "All the
makers. while approaching the continued
demand for cars. are not unaware OF the
slowing down OF general business and Of
the Mexican complication. and for that
reason have made progress in most con-
sentative fashion" says MIR. Reeves.
The Maxwell Company reports that its
three cars for the 500 mile race at In
dianapolis on May 80 will all be entered
in its own name. 1t was reported first
that one would be nominated by an in
dividual in order to avoid having to cut
down the team to two cars In the event
OF there being more than thirty entrants
to the race. As the rules for tho contest
read that the cars showing the best speed
will be allowed to start. the company has
confidence that Its three cars will be able
to qualify, the more so that Ray Harroun,
the designer, has agreed that his cars
a show "a sparI for Ian of I
minute 81 seconds, faster than any car
has covered the distance officially.
a further bit of racing news Is that
the Braender Rubber and Tire Company
will have u car In the race to he known
as the Braender Bulldog. II will have q
special motor Of 90 horsepower. The
car will be equipped OF course with
Braender tires and will be the twentieth
car OF those nominated for the race to
have this make Of tires. Their popularity
Is due TO the work Of Ralph De Palma
In winning the Vanderbilt Cup race on
these castings without making change.
sources that Barney Oldhed has made a
new dirt track record for driving Ave
miles. Elmer r. Hollander of the Fiat
Motor Sales Company here has received
this wire from Oldield:
To-day In Fiat Cyclone broke fve mile
WoTlu TttoTu, UlahlHk MINUTES ~
seconds Record formerly held by Dis
brow Is lowered by ten seconds. Also
won fifty mile free for all Look out for
more records AZ season advances. You
know me. Barney bldheld"
The Firestone company calls attention
to the fact that Barney used Firestone
tires as usual with him.
Up to Friday OF last week forty-one
Saxon cars had been delivered In the New
York territory, according to l.. A. Van
Patten. metropolitan distributor. Sixty
three more Saxons are on the way and
inside of thirty days Van Patten expects
to have 100 more Saxous running In the
streets OF New York. Factory production
has reached "A point close to nifty a day
and shipments, all country. have reached
a point OF 200.
In order to get larger allotment OF
cars r. 4. Partridge OF Partridge, Clark
& Kerrigan IL in the West He is max
ing his first stop at Indianapolis. where
the Premier Weidely car IL made to
see what can be done IN the way OF
doubling the shipments originally accorded
to his firm.
From there Partridge goes to Jackson
Mich. TO see what progress IL being made
with the Brlscoe. Demonstrating cars OF
this line are expected here about May
and early deliveries are scheduled soon
after.
The Automobile Blue Books for 1914
have made their appearance two months
earlier than usual with the idea of better
providing for the wants OF those who dc
April and May touring. There are five
volumes, bound In the usual style, Each
volume has about tifty new routes and
many new maps. both city and detail.
The ever extending new network OF stat,
and county roads neccsstates the con
slant surveying OF highways and this II
turn compels not only the addition of new
routes. but also the revision of old estab
lshed lines TO agree with changed con
ditions of pavement. grades, curves land
marks. sc.
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