The Washington times., 1915-08-08
MOTOR PLANTS ALL
TAXED TO UTMOST:
Operated Day and Night to Keep
Up With Flood Of Fall
Orders.

NEW YORK, Aug. s.-Although au.
tomobile sales and export orders dur
ing July dropped below the record
breaking mark established In June.
which was the most prosperous month
ever experienced in the automobile
industry. manufacturers assert that
sales during the month showed an
increase Of about 900 per cent over
July. 1914.
In many OF the large automobile
plants in the Middle West the en-
ployes are working day and night to
NIL contract orders for war machines.
1t is said that the local demand for
automobiles this year Is far greater
Practically every concern in the
United States has been included in
the wave OF prosperity that has
taken hold Of the automobile in
gain Of from 100 to rs per cent in
the number Of automobiles distrib-
| uted in this country since the first
Of the year. as compared with a year
ago.
c. T. Silver, president of the c. T.
Silver Company. of New York. and
agent for the Overland car. attributes
| the sudden boom in the local demand
for automobiles not SO much to in.
creased prosperity as to the fact that
the automobile of today is within the
reach of the average person.
Cars q Necessity.
'Once considered luxury, now con-
sidered a necessity in all lines of pusl-
ness, the automobile has opened for
the American people a brand-new in
dustry in a comparatively few number
Of years." Silver said. The car OF
| today has become democratized. and
| that accounts for the wonderful year
| being experienced by automobile manu-
facturers."
Reports received from the automo-
bile belt in the middle West indicate
that a majority Of the plants are max
ing extensive additions to their rae
tories in an effort to meet the demands
filing in every day from all sections OF
| the world.
Large additions more than edualing
the size Of the average automobile plant
before the boom are being started at
the Overland factory in Toledo. Ac-
cording to officials of the company. the
additions to the factory alone. outside
of the new office buildings. will oe
equivalent to almost twenty-three acres
| of floor space.
In Kokomo. Ind. the home OF the APP
person Brothers Automobile Company
and the Haynes Company, work Is pe-
ing rushed on additions to both plants.
Apperson Company's Record.
The Apperson company completed in
July, 1t is stated, the greatest business
for a single month ever experienced.
All previous records for the number OF
actual orders booked in a month were
broken. The factory has been for weeks
several hundreds of orders behind on
production.
Circus texts large enough to hold ten
rings instead of the customary three
are being used by the Haynes companies
for some OF their departments until the
new additions are ready for occupancy.
EMitchel SIX" has brought the com
pany face to face, it is said. with the
=. business has taxed the facilities of the
big plant to the limit, and even with q
: straight ssven-day twenty-fSus Sus,ns hour ~
:, orders
p It is also noticeable in the automobile
industry that manufacturers are taking
e advantage of the fact that Europe rs
and a new field for American made
cars after the war is open.
After European Trade.
Il Many of the concerns are making
s preparations for extensive representa-
e ton In the European countries follow
a ing the close Of the war.
ri E. 9. Wilems. foreign district repre-
a sentative for the Dodge Brothers Motor
n Company, will sail shortly to the Fal
y East to open branches in countries
g formerly supplied with automobiles b!
ENGLAND, France. and Italy.
= Foreign orders for automobiles 10
l. immediate delivery continue to pou
. - irto this country: r. II, Spear, genera
manager Of the Scripp- Booth Compan!
a reports that the contract with Peters
N sons, nf London. for 5000 Scripps-B Bootl
'se cars Is being filled at the rate Of tel
~ cars a day. The first shipment starte
y last week.
e The locomotive company announce
=. that the Ave high-priced cars ordere
~ for the Russian headquarters staff ar
~ new ready for delivery. A special ca
IL for the use of the Grand Duke Nikola
.. Nikolaievitch. uncle of the Car, an
,e comma nder-in-c chief and generallssin i'm
:, of the Russian forces engaged In IN
.: war, has been manufactured.
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