The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-27
ANOTHER 5 CYLINDER
FOLLOWS THE CADILLAC
King Company Announces Car
to Cost Less Than 81. 800
"Details Later.

II was OF course pretty generally bA-
lieved that the example Of the Cadillac
eight cylinder car would have an iu'ma-
dlate effect on the building Of now mod.
els. Persons who are in touch with me
motor car industry reported oult 'ust
week that there were half n dozen ar
more makers who had i'm preparation
lights" to spring when the time seemed
ripe one maker. however hasn't waited
TO see what Is the outcome ms reg irls
the Cadillac. That is the King Motor
car Company. which Is already out N.'h
the announccmnt OF a car Of this motor
description rated between 40 and IS
horsepower and 10 cost less than 81 -00
complete This car IS to be shown at tho
automobile shows and the fun mochau cal
details are not to be announced until
December | o. This keeping tho public IN
suspense is taking leaf from Dodge
Brothers book.
However. the public is admitted into
the secret 20 the extent Of being told
that the wheelbase IS 113 inches and that
the body will he sure streamlinc. Fur
thermore. there will he an electric start.
ing and generating system and an engine
tire pump. Tho King guarantees drllv-
cries after December 30. Its four cy,in-
der model will be continued.
The indscrimlnatc spashing % oil and
water ON roads Is one Of the nuisturos
that motorists are plagued with. only
the other day there was "A story
Of fatal skddinG accident due N
the press nee OF too much oil on the high
way. Motorists who make use Of the
Belleville turnpike over the New jersey
meadows where ii branches off from the
Newark turnpike. were subject last week
to very annoying experiences.
on Thursday for instance. the road
way was lust slobbcrcd with oil and not
only cars were caked with Il, hut passpN-
gers got their clothing all stained. oven
when the car was running comparativov
slowly over the surface. To show how great
an excess OF oil there was, a motorlst going
again over the same road on Surdar
found spots where the surface was stu
wet with standing oil that had NOT been
absorbed by the road.
There is another sort OF spriul'lng that
gets on the nerves of the motorist. and
that is the way that the side streets IN
Manhattan arc doused with water for
flushing purposes. 1t takes a long time
these cool days for the streets to rot
dried. The iron tired trucks rolling over
the water grind it up into Shiny paste,
which makes VERY tickllsh going. when
the surface has been squeezed Il is even
worse for n time
The motorist on n nic- day never thinks
TO put his chains on when leaving ~"
garage but the way some OF the streets
are left Il Is absolutely necessary 20 uss
/ this precautlon. And OF course the slip
periest streets are those where there II
the most traffic and where II IL likely any
moment to be necessary 10 jam on the
brakes. What the outcome OF that can
be no one can guess until the skid stops.
! l.. H. ISittredge president OF the Peer
| less Motor Car Company, has been IN
town recently. in part because OF the In
| terest in tho new Peerless "al purpose"
| types which tho local agents, the c.
| silver Company. are showing and N
part also because of participating in some
/ OF the large motor truck orders that are
coming from abroad.