The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
Election Held Before Annual
Dinner Of Association
Attended by Fifty.
RANNEY BUYERS RETURN
About Half Of Company's Sales
Recorders Of Previous
Customers.

their guests at the third annual dinner OF
the Automobile Dealers Association last
night at Louis Martins. Among those
invited were Mitchell May. the Secretary
OF State; Horace A. Bonncll Of the Auto
mobile Chamber of Commerce, Amos q.
Batchelder Of the American Automobile
Association and Herbert l.. Carpenter,
president Of the Brooklyn Motor Vehicle
Dealers Association.
Before the dinner the following direc-
tors were elected TO serve for ono year
NJ. J. Budlong. Packard. c. NJ Brown,
winton; Frank Evsland, Stevens Duryea
Il. II. Johnston, White: John +. Plummer.
Locomobile; Sidney u. Bowman Oak
land William Parkinson, Stutz: G. n.
Larson. Oldsmobile: II. l.. Strat,on. Cole.
and William 9. Poertner. National. They
will meet next month to elect officers.
The present officers OF the association are
Arthur NJ. Day, president; G. H. Larson.
vice-president; Frank Eveland. secretary
and treasurer. and Charles A. Stewart.
general manager.
Among those at the dinner were Sidney
y. Bowman, A. l.. Newton. I. NJ. Uppercu.
c. n. Larson, s. Marks. c. p. skinner,
John f. Plummer. II. L. Stratton, W. A.
Lesser. George McCutcheon, a. NJ Day,
S. S. Toback. f. Eveland, George Phelps,
T. IT. Johnston, q. NJ Brown, William
Parkinson, William Murphy. Thomas
Green. r. Lascaris. Joseph J. Kerrigan.
+. @. Carrie. q. w. Garland Jr.. II. W.
Goldberg. Harry NJ. Bronner, Charles A.
Stewart and Carl II. Page.
Norris n. Mason is back with the
| Renaul, having concluded new ar
| rangement with L. Ridel. who represents
| Louis Renault in this country. Mason IL
I -. rs@ "a
! nue.. which he left n few months ago with
tho apparent determination to stick 10
| selling American cars only His ASSOC
ciate with the Henderson car, Waly
| owen, will remain In charge of AFFAIRS OF
the kerosene carburetered car at 1862
| Broadway.
| The TwomDy Motor Car Corporation.
| which IL the maker OF cyclecar will
| open - store IN the Hotel Empire build
! ing on Broadway near Sixty-third street
| The Twombly's cars and also those of the
| Pa. by the Drisgs-S eabury Ordnance
| Corporation.
Joseph A. Anglada's Liberty cyclecar
is to be built at Hazleton, Pa
Some interesting figures Of the seasons
! business OF the A Elliott Ranney Com
( pany. local dealers III the Hudson car.
I Samuel :. Toback. the head OF the con-
! Germ. Among them WAS the showing that
! the annual business averaged so per cent
| OF recorders from old customers and only
IL comparatively small part OF the sea-
! sons business from persons who never be
| fore had been car owners.
The Ranney Compauy's volume OF bust
ness has been increasing at the rate o!
80 per cent. year over each twelve
months preceding and rapidly is approach
ing the largest total OF gross business
done in the city by AN automobile con
Germ. Profits have been going up every
year too and the present standing OF tn.
firm Il one on which IL has been con-
graduated by bankers and others, NJ!
Tobdck reports.
Business is going forward well ana
orders for the 80 horse power, six cyl
inder model gradually are passing those
FOR the %. IL il expected there will he
six OF the lighter cars sold 10 one OF the
bigger models
Reports from service branch managers
of the United States Tire Company aC-
companed by pictures showing care
equipped with these tires, show ambu-
lances, police patrols and fire apparatus
giving strong Endorsement OF the anti
skid casing in the public service "Nobby
Treads" are used on all the ears shown II
the series OF pictures.
No sort Of vehicle Is subject to create,
risk than one OF this type. At sigma
each must he on It's way ~ tremendou,
speed. II may be TO save n life, to pro
tect property or prevent i riot. Thu
necessity Of each particular case make!
IL imperative 10 reach the destination
surely and quickly. ''y way Of precau
ton AL chance Of accINent must lie elm
mated beforehand, and 50 the tires ar,
. of paramount Importance.
Security through caution is the motif
~ a - .tt. ~ w.
: are on no joy ride, though in duty 'boun'
, TO talS" the most dangerous chances
Moor driven fire apparatus has beei
adopted by Indianapolis, all four wheels o
the various machines fitted with "Nobb.
. Treads" Many chiefs OF fire department
are using these tires on fast runabouts
rs does the police patrol OF the metro
pOlitau police, District of Columbia, ant
the ,tmbulauces of the United States Ma
val Hospital and the L. s. Soldiers Hom
Hospital at Washington. y, c. In New
! York the Knicker booker Hospital insure