The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-24
FORD CARS GO PAST
HALF MILLION MARK
Factory, Building LOO a Day,
Teaches Desired
Total.
PILOTS FOR MAXWELL
Tetzlaff and Carlson Thus Far
Other Notes Of
Motoring.

The total production Of Ford cars since
the factory was organized for business
has Just passed 100000 machines.
Throughout April tho factory at Highland
Park. Mich. has been producing at the
rate of 400 cars a day. in order that this
month might see the half million mark
been sold in every country Of the globe
where an automobile could possibly be run
and the present record Is that in every
land there are about twice as many Fords
as any other single nuke.
Since 1908 the comp any has been hitting
up the speed. That year about 5000 cars
were sold. In 1909 the total jumped to
IL. 0O0-odd. The following year there
were more than 10. 900 marketed. The fig-
ures for 1871 exceeded $1,000. In 1912
the approach to six fig ures became closer.
There were more than $4,000 marketed
then. Last year the sales were in ex-
cess of 10000 cars The cars sold from
1903 to the present time make UP the
100000 plus.
The entry OF the Maxwell into racing
with a fleet OF three cars at the SOC mile
event next month at Indianapolis will see
the cars driven by pilots OF renown Teddy
Tetzlaff and Billy Carlson. both products
OF the Pacific coast, already have been
signed for the race. 1t is said that either
Victor Hemcry or Feice Nazzaro will be
got for the third car Unless Nazzaro 6
business in Italy is in bad shape. how
ever. IL doesn't seem likely that he will
tackle the racing sport again.
Ernie Moross entered two OF the Max
wells and w. 5. Bennett of Indianapolis
the third car. This was done to avoid
compliance with the rule of the speedway
that three car teams must be reduced to
two before the start OF the elimination
| tryouts
| The present list of entries for the speed.
way event stands at twenty-seven cars
Two Case cars. with Disbrow and Hearns
as drivers. may be added TO this field ano
the expectation is that there Viii be thirty
starters for the trials The Lineup
is: Burman cars, Burman and an
other Peugeot, Gioux, Boillot ant
Duray Delage Guyot and Thomas
sunbeam, Chassagne and Grant Mercedes
! De Palma and milford Excelsior. Chris
| taens Stutz. Oldfeld. Cooper and Ander
son Mercer. Bragg. Wishart and Pullen
Marmon. Dawson Maxwell, Tetzlaft. Carl
son and another. Gray Fox. Wilcox
! Beaver Bullet. keene King Klein Metro
pol. Koran. and Stafford. Callahan.
| A device worked out in the signal de
partment OF the Lehigh Valley Railroa'
has made possible the use of red light
! at grade crossings, n practice formerl.
avoided for fear of confusing engineer
on passing trains. The usual crossin
ca.. has . white light hung 10 the bar
which AZ night indicates only by its posi-
ton whether the track Is clear.
The new device has n piece OF re-
glis set In a ROUNDED, fastened 10 IN
bar so that when the white light on tn
gate swings down behind I II shows red
When the gate is up. as the ROUNDED /
stationary and the light swings. the ligh
comes out from behind the glass agal
and shows white. At no time Is the re-
light visible from the track, so that traf
nc on the railroad is not interfered with
A. c. Kaufman of the PeuGeot Aut
Import Company says he has $1,000
he would like to gamble In the 500 mil
race on the chances Of the Peueeot en-
tries He seems To- think that Boillot
car will come home first, with GouN in sec
ond place Hes gong to take his none
and his betting clothes to indianapolis
The Buick branch recorded among II
sales in the past three weeks cars To 60
Thaodorc Roosevelt (Mrs. RooseNc
! bought it,. Or. Richard Derby, the co
oners son-in-!aw Miss Anne Morr'n an
Percy r. pync. The seasons allotme'
| ia practically closed out Arthur Newto
! saws. and he thinks about IN" only thlh
. left IL to put IN board noor land ru
, dancing place until the 1915 models al