The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-11-27
FOREIGN, WEST VA. AND
WHEELING AUTO BRIEFS

John Becker. a mining engineer OF
~IortuEu,>r. East Africa. was a visitor
a. the studebaksr plant last week. lie
ordered "a Stuutuah,T SA roadster. the
NTH StudybsA'r Co De owned b. him.
shipped Co south Africa. and also pur-
chased a Stuutoaker Tor use at his bid
nome ln Grass Valley. Cal. Mr.. becker
says that win the uiuus OF the embar-
40 placed ou a., African gold held hy
tine War. over IS tons OF gold went out.
by the urst boat
Two new buildings are being erect
80 at the Dodge Brothers plant and
CONSTRUCTION work IS being pushed TO.
the limit. When completed. Dodge
Brothers Will have more than e. acres
OF floor space.
v. c. Cramer. president OF the Amcri-
can Distributing Company. OF Detroit.
has resigned. TO become district mana
ger. with headquarters IN Detroit. OF
utucturcrs VI .Nvserleek' top material.
william Cairns. formerly general.
manager Of the Parish n Bingham Com
pauy. Of Cleveland. has resigned. to.
become associated with the Detroit
Pressed steel Company. manufacturers
OF pressed steel parts for motor cars.
l. X Cooper. supervisor Of Zone 4
Of the MaNwe Motor Company. whose
home has been in Chicago. Is removing
his family TO Detroit. and Will make his
home permanently IN that city.
r. y. souIe. former service manager
FOR the Chalmers Motor Company. has
Joined the forces OF the Mitchcll-Lewis
and Is In charg' OF the service depart,
mcut OF the mpa
\. T. Schasfor. formerly OF the speci-
ncatiou department OF the Packard Mo-
tor Car Company. has Joined the forces
OF the Goodyear Tire q Rubbcr Com
H.H# ord a.H|H huaHa LhwHaa AF Hh. motor
truck pneumatic tire department FOR
the company at the Akron factory.
George l.. whitman. assistant sales
managsr OF the StudeDaker corporation
iu charge Of IN" west, had a novel eN-
u.riyncy ON "a recent trip into South
dakota when he called at "a city where
the dealer had become dissatisfied owing
Co inahllty 20 secure enough cars 70
Whitman at the train 10 drive him up
Co the store. and what was the surprise
De- driven u the store an au old-tlme OK
cart behind a team ot slow moving oxen
The dealer protested that n was the
best hD could do as To was impossible
10 keep "a StudebaSer car in hat town
FOR his own use.
g. Il. Martin. pateutee Of tho Martin
tractor. now manufacture by the Knox
Motors company. or Springfield. Mass.
under On" Knox name. is b]rinEinE out
a new tractor which viii combine many
-tartllus features. The work l- neius
done al tho plant Of the Republic Motor
Truck company At Alma, Mich. and u
IL probable that that cDmpaUy will Spou-
sor the new tractor ana place 80 upon
the market.
Edward r. BirdsaIL. consulting en-
giueer of Detroit. IS now at work on
The car OF Elmer + Gregg. which is 20
Motors Company OF pittsburgh. Mir.
GrvEg. when In DaSrplt. was connected
with the defunct Lincoln Motor Car
company.
p. C Loether. sales manager OF the
Hyatt Roller Bearing company Of Har-
been advised That the Hyatt company
VIII increase It's capital stock from
1000. This increase has been made u,css-
rlry boy the extensions Co the factory
' Ht. o. Hr" hnl1lnt7
ings are under way and these will
double the capacity OF the Hyatt fac
Frank Rriscoe. brother Of Benjamin
hrisrut. and FORMER head OF the BriscU-
Manufactures company IN Detroit. has
FfI-t"" Motor company al Jackson. ac-
''fIlnE f' Nce-presilent Horace DeLIs-
ser, who was general manager and vice
president. and retains the latter title.
George A Breeze. the Detroit engineer
Iti,nt'e 81 the Zephyr carburCtur. has
just been granted hts foreign patents
ana mas closed a contract with Zsrhgr
tarbur.f1r. Ltd. OF Nsw Castle. Eng
rotor outside the United States The
Federal Brass Company ~ Detroit. has
itk,n a license To- manufacture the
backed babhittei bearings
W l. Rodmen. representing s smith
& sons. and Peters & Sons. Ltd. OF
London. EuEl7du. large purchasers or
American cars and arssurlts. and also
parts. has Just returned 90 EngIsud with
au extensive line az American agencies
including Disco. starters. Detroit hat.