Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-30
Gossip
Along the
Automobile Row

W. T. Wilson. the local Davis 4 Grant
distributor, entertains his friends with
Wis violin when the weather interfcrps
With the selling OF cars.
The National Motor Vehicle company
u indianapolis has Just sent out advance
Information covering two new models
,ne n six-cYlinder car to sell at 81 $50
md the other a twelve-cylinder model TO
tell at 1880.
The Noyes Automobile company are
elso featuring Firestone tires. They in
Nugurated this plan about April and
heir business has been rapidly inCreas-
ing. Their tire repair plant in connec-
Ion IL one of the best equipped la the
Stste and is in charge Of competent re-
bair men. -,--.. --.
Mr.. Moves returned chock full of en-
WCsiasm over this proposition and states
hat additional service cars will be added
4st as fast as necessary to give patrons
instant service anywhere within a radius
Of fifteen miles Of Omaha. He was &C
iompanied to Kansas City by F. c. Rudl-
veil, local manager OF the Firestone Tire
and Rubber company.
Many of the local dealers are taking
Advantage of the bad weather Of the
ast week by attending the races at In
Annapolis. The Omaha delegation in
lludes w. l.. huffman, Fred c. Huff
: pan. Jack Traynor. George Movicker,
J. X. Jemison, and no doubt few 9TH
Ars who waited until the eleventh hour.
The last week has brought out several
startling announcements OF prominent
hanufacturers regarding radical changes
n their 1916 models over the 1915 product
poubtless others of similar nature will
Se announced in the near future, as a
hotor cars have thus far given no inkline
u what they have in store for the new
Neason.
Carl Changstrom of the Standard Mo-
lor Car company, local distributors for
lhe Allen car, believes that he could get
tlong Just as well without a salesroom
using the unloading platforms Of the
feived three carloads OF Allen cars,
which Were driven off by dealers and
owners without even a glimpse of their
Omaha headquarters.
One OF the famous National racing
Jars. known No. and owned by the
lraynor Bros, is now being put in con-
pition for the Sioux City and Omaha
PACE meets next month by Harry Parkey.
Fho will drive II. IL this car and driver
hlaintain their past record they will not
knly bring added fame to Omaha, but
>ome substantial prize money as well.
e. Nj. Reynolds, the local Sphinx dts
kributer, has taken the salesroom at 2l05
Farnam and is having It remodeled.
while he is not making any definite an
houncement as yet. he has gone so far
Is to say that for the 1916 season he will
handle six as we'll as an elght-cylinder
bar, and that the prices on both will be
Snder the 81 900 mark, f
The bad weather of the last week has
Ut least been very helpful to the tire
lepair business, according to Mr.. Ny
kaard of the Omaha Tire Repair COM
bany Since car owners cannot use their
bars for pleasure during the rainy
weather, they devote more time to put
fling their tires in condition for the good
Bays that are coming and the result is
that all of the tire repair men arc
1orking full capacity.
Guy Smith was probably the happiest
men along. automobile row last Thurs
Hay while he was busy unloading seven
leen carloads OF Hudson cara. There
Sere exactly thirty-four cars IN this one
bhipment and Mr.. Smith considers him.
BELT very fortunate in being able to Sc
pure this number of cars at a time when
lhe big distributors all over the country
IRE clamoring for cars. 1t only empha.
bzes the importance Of Omaha as .
distributing center.
Manager Bowie of the Murphy-O'Brien
kuto company is andouslv awaiting
favorable news from T. J. OBrien and
Bert Murphy, who have gone TO the
Paige and Dodge factories at Detroit in
guest OF more cars. The local salesroom
Z pas continued TO look vacant for the
I ssst month. in spite OF the fact that
thipments have been rather heavy. The
I 3ity sales together with the dealers de-
'3fands have been more than Mr.. Bowie
las been able to meet
(, III. B. Noyes of the Noyes Automobile