The Washington times., 1914-12-19
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
AGENTS TOBE HOSTS
Dealers viii Hold Christmas
Entertainments for Members
and Friends.
BY HARRY WARD.

The Washington section Of the Elec-
t1ic Vehicle Association Of America will
have a Christmas entertainment Tues
day afternoon at a Ninth street restau-
rant. Chairman Z. s. NARROW and Sec
rotary c NJ Marsh have arranged an
attractive program AND numer of sur
orises are in sore for the members and
their guests. Il Is expected every Ine1l-
her OF the Washington section will at
tend the entertainment ana there viii
also be a number Of guests.
The Washington section was organized
this year and has been an important
factor in advancing interest in the cleo
rric automobile. The membership IS
COMPOSED of men who are interested IN
the sale of electric vehicles and sup
plies of various kinds. Plans are now
being made TO bring the 1915 meeting OF
the parent organization to washington
sales competition between all the
agents of the Franklin Automobile
Company is the latest contest to be
staged by the Franklin makers. Eleven
thousand seven hundred dollars will be
distributed among the Franklin dealers
IN prizes, ranging from S,eO TO Slc0.
The dealers have been divided into
three classeS-dealers with statesmen,
dealers without statesmen, and statesmen
only. The S.000 prizes, OF which there
are three, will go to the man IN each
division who makes the largest number
Of gaIes before January ]. 1915 David
s. Hendrick, the local Franklin dealer,
IL making a strong bid for the first prize
N his division, ana made a good start
this week by securing several orders
Combs-Howard Company is the name
Of the latest addition to Washington
automobile concerns. The company con-
sists Of Jefferson s. Combs and George
T Howard. both of whom are widely
known IN this city. Howard was for
= number of years manager Of the
Washington branch of the Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company. The COM
Dany will handle a complete line or
Jeffery pleasure cars and trucks and
will have a salesroom at 1873 H STREET
The service station Will be located at
Ills Vermont court
Miller Brothers report the sale of
Ford cars during the past week to the
following: Touring cars-Z. .. Black
istone. Dr.. G. W. Warren. Edmund ;.
Wolfe. Northumberland Improve
Tnent Co, A P; Gray. ]. K; Webster,
J. L. Price. J. NJ. Henning. Runabouts
v. B. Jackson. Palmer and Moore.
Delivery waGcns-Edward Cooper,
Emergency Hospital
Arrangements were completed this
week with the Burger Motor Company
10 handle the Hupmobile. ". S. Burg
or is the head of the new concern and
r. I. Flynn has been appointed man
zger. The salesroom will be located at
11I9 Fourteenth street formerly oc-
eupied by the Cole Motor Sales Conn
pany The first shipment of cars viii
be received Thursday.
George Eustis has placed an order
with the Cook e Stoddard Co. for
. eeven-passengcr, eight-cylinder Cadll-
lao touring car.
Congressman Tom Stout, of Montana.
IS the latest purchaser of $50 Frank
touring car. Other purchasers Of
Franklin '6-3e'' touring cars as re-
ported by David S. Hendrick, incor-
porated, include c. e. Murray and ".
q. Hill. ]. r. Patten purchased 4
roadster of the same type.
The Commercial Automobile & Sup
Dly Co. reports the sale of a Stude-
baked "6' TO John r Wright.