The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-04
FOREIGN, WEST VA. AND
WHEELING AUTO BRIEFS

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81. The creek mill Of the whitaker
Slessner company has closed "a large
contract. % is reported. Tor the making
OF automobile sheet iron for the Studs-
baker AutomobIl, company Samples
ssenL 70 te4 company some time ago were
TO be Is and 20 guage and very heavy.
Harry Goetz OF Detroit. former me
tompany's racing team. will build sew
erai racing ears during the coming win
ter and will offer these cars Tor next
years racing circuit
Frank. ". Ford. automobile enthusiast
ana ~. man of Dallas. Texas owns the
famous Packard Gray VOLTS. one OF th,
. record breaking ears OF 1904 and 1914
, ana Is putting the car In shape for an
0tner campalgn. The Packard Gray
. WOLF In 1904 broke worlds records and
established American records Tor cars
OF any weight and horsepower.
D
Fred weilman. ratentee OF the Well
way road ana dirt tracE racing witS se al
miles TO the lap. has sent "A representa-
ave 10 Kansas city 10 look over the sit
q quests from that city for Information
/ with regard to the raeeway.
J. W. Alfred. former cashier OF IN.
z Wilson Foundry a Machine company 81
fontiac. has become auditor Of disbursc-
ments of the Timekn-Detroit Axle com
pauy FOR two years Mr.. Alfred wa in
charge OF the credit and collection de-
partments Of the Oakland Motor Car
L company.
P J. J. Jones. OF the Jones Motor Car
company, with whom is connected ". a
King. "A Detroit engineer. announced me
purchase OF the Burton Car Works AT
Nichita. kans.. where the company Will
manufacture car with Detroit-made
parts.
/ r. y. Goode. OF the Paris branch OF
the Packard Motor car company has
held a translation made Of Henry ~
joys reply 90 Henry Ford's Pea, eat
. any price propasandn and Is having IL
circulated In the French press Al Pres
emit the press campaign ia France Is al
l b,,'. 'ii,l,,ly AZ ttsnry Ford There Is
. uth-er, however or Its spreading. TO the
whole American motor car Industry ana
IN order 70 destroy the impression that
heurN Ford Is the mouthpiece OF tho
American manufacturer Air. GOOde took
4 this action.
! Mrs. l.. G.. Boardman. editor Of the mo-
torinE and good roads departments OF
the General Federation of Women's
er OF the Lincoln Hlghway Woman7S
AuN!Aary. who. with Mrs. sarah Wright
Macdonald. completed a trip over the
lie the women OF the country with the
general plan OF heautifyiug the highway
was ia Detroit this week. At san Fran
cisco the nucleus Of the fund Co erect a
statue called the Bind Of the Trail" de-
signed boy L. j. Frazier. tch artist.
Fred w. Carter OF Detroit. driver OF A
motor truck for the bctroiter Motor Car
an troops. was not killed according 10
his father. George l.. Carter.
According to all reports obtainsble.
. mere Is no truth In the report that Bos-
ton capitalists are about TO arrange a
combination Of four truck companies Of
Detroit
J. II. Garth Is now district representa-
tive OF the Maxwell Motor company.
with headquarters az Philadelphia hav-
ing succeeded n. j. Nogler who has been
iapIoiut,t metropolitan district repre-
sentative with hesIguarters IN Sew
York City for the Maxwell company.
The Detroit Section Society OF Auto
mobile Engineers viii banquet at the
iOutchartrulu Hotel December g. This
will be- the biggest and best banquet ever
given by the Detroit section or any of h.
er section Of the 5. a. l..
Al a meeting Of the Plymouth I'm.
provcment Association. Of Plymouth
MlcGiean. held November 24th ~ was
s,eiqe3 90 rebuild the plant occupied by
recently destroyed by fire.
There were 31.0c7 automobiles owned
IN Wayne county OF total OF 1885 in
Michigan, November I. according 10 sta
tiStic- prepared by Secretary 81 sac
NalE nan Since the first Of November
nearly 5000 licenses have been fe.lIsI
and 10 u.s. estimated that al least IS per
yyn.. elterrd In November went 90
wayne county
a new day has dswned for Pete De-
laney. tramp telesrapher and reput,-i
bad MAJ. on the profession. who fty.
years ag1 shot 40 tlt Detroit Western
Union office. and 90 years ago was sr-
quilted or murder go brooklyn Pete.
now so years old. after travels that han.
taken him Into virfgaII.. even, ,...,, 10y ID
u H s.
100 and cuba, "Wednesday OF Last week
'hl'itd i4e employ ~ the Ford Motor
company as FELLOW lauorsr with his
Elol friend George kil. IaviEue. fore
"er lightweight camhpion plgi.i-t
p. 4. seiberiing president OF tho Good
year Tire d RlbI,r company. adIrs...i
"a conference " Goodyear mon Uu the
Pacific Coast last week Will. sitting at
This wa- the first connection Ig t.r.-
phone between the Goodyear factory ana
delivered a. OBJ. conclusion III fr. ...r-
terence IN san Francisco through are
ftnsemenIs with tas American TeIe-
phone O. Iel'srapu company
William j schultz, o. barr.stcr or Mol
Detroit u Joseph b. rark.. ,iHe.r-...
.ruf of fhr lIulp Motor CAR ,uu.rtr..
Dr. hts TIP around thc vorid. AR se1a,t
l-.r.r ingram. 20" Nte been lu the United
states sine. February. ana has Jus. rl-
boz % Ii.rrSbiIa. Sv.- -.t ~. ......
covered .n the motor car.
Three new plants ar a. combined .,..
~ 100000 are being erected ls tts Fond
'l... frI NII D.. ready Tor
..fsf a' N.Iva.E.a omaha tr# ,.l4...
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