The Washington times., 1915-06-12
WONDERFU FUL STRIDES
IN MOTOR INDUSTRY
First Practicable Automobile
Built BY Duryea In Massa-
chusetts in 1891.

Duryea, In Springfield. Mass, built
gasolene buggy. motor driven by wa
ter-cooled engine attached to the rear
axle. in 1891. Duryea's car, or. rather,
his motor buggy, was perhaps the first
practicable motor-driven vehicle to be
made in this country.
Followed then a period OF experiment
In which little of note TO the outsioe
world occurred. Benjamin Briscoe Was
still making radiators: Studebakcr was
manufacturing the wagons that mace
his fame and fortune; hugh Cnailners
was selling cash registers. Otners were
ms Enufacturing bicycles or sewing ma
But 1899 parallels the day OF 40 In
the automobile industry. Then the
boom started todoT ana tSnle Is motor car
to every two miles OF road In the Onitea
Whether or not .Duryea or Haynes
wsI really 'n Practicable car may be open to
question, but never, in the history OF
Industry has any other enterprise maze
such rapid strides as the HEN making ana
What other industry can show sucn
rapid progress as that of manufacturins
motor cars? Each Ave years, beginn,ng
with 1S9s the output has been muftipnea
6ye by seSeh eSe f,ggres: 81 1899, s7sa cars; 1904,
81. ss2 cars; 1909, 1858 cars; 1914. 4oo.oU
cars (estimated). In 1sl6 the output
should exceed half miilion. ,,o,ue ot
motor cars far exceeds that or sucn
Indispensable products as asrlcu,tsuisA ,aaIs
implements, railroad cars. carriases,
and wagons; wa e b,il,an Mith collars. iH.ns '
.,,as in 1899 that the first Oidsmo-
bile. Elmore, White. and MaxWe,l ohtis
were built; when the nrst autoiiVSShi autl Shi'
shows were held IN Ne" Aorh a''o
It was John Maxwell who, earning snn
q Il, a day in a Detroit autonopiie ia o-
tory, went into business on nus ohtnined MAT
count. Through a friend ne op.at ~
s,,fficient backing to enable him 10 a., s.ats
Ntodav the Maxwell interests are "ofai
many millions of dollars. .,.f,o,,t to
Capital at that time ,s was New industry
Mas Concerned. It seemed tmpossioie " "
heiiaye that a few thousand not9i n5
a Year might be profitably MACS MACS hat @
sold, yet now it Is .,;s e smaa many cars cars alone.
ooes isnrW nv Ford found friend who lent
him a few thousand dollars. Inc TIE. Tha
was made with fear and tremaohae emu u wide,
nmhiic demand for stoves. He wesn
pup.'I ura about automobiles. Ford WORKED
hard to sell him the idea OF rishlnS s,,nnS
several thousand Mow ao.ars Ferds ID dream came
4r,a is world-wid knowledge. Tha
81 ODD. 900 melon, cut by Henry FSra onn EN- on
isi1 rebuked the s st0ye %,e,mnm mam W Wage ' sys-
tenn. recently instituted by Ford' SHOWS
A' Simultaneous with the Ford car ap-
peared the Franklin al ana "a tne near EnsX saW new
cars placed on the market. IN Isos cannS S
the Pierce Arrow and the Thomas AND
speakng of the ots pieres enaf Mhlis in 1910
Ruffaio ranked eighth in output. In
value of output 1t ranked fifth.
Then, in 1903. the Cadillae. the Ere re-
peared. 1t was in this year that Old
Held startled the world with record OF
ten miles in 9:H 45.
place in 1904. Came then the Marmon
photographs Of first cars are as inter,
this Industry, does fashion change that
the statistics and the pictures Of today
fade into the history OF tomorrow.
The ample Limousine, is lacking in
the huge springs. They suggest neither
comfort nor speed, yet, in their day, not
SO long ago. they were looked upon as
merry jest-when no comic supplement
was quite complete without picture
Of a man under car miles and miles
from home A horse, grinning widely
was frequently shown in the picture.
But today the automobile has the
laugh on the horse.
If these early models appear to lack
grace and comfort. that Is the history
OF all inventions. First comes utility
will 1t work? It doesn't pay to hold
back for luxuriousness and beauty OF
lines. While you are holding back the
other fellow may cut in under you
The idea is to get out in the OPEN
declare yourself, and that Is what these
early cars did
Year by year, with the best brain.
OF the best mechanicians in the countri
at work, the automobile improved Some
of these improvements have been made
70 the accompaniment. ut can't bt
drive was succeeded by the shaft drive
the 2-cylinder car by the 8. 4. 5. or 6
ure construction has been vastly i'm
proved; the electric car came into he
Ing. AS early as 1897 the old 3-cylinde,
Duryea was participating in hin
cilmblng contents-and winning them
UP TO that time climbing a hill Otter
meant with" a car instead of I'm. r.