The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-13
Notes of Live Interest to the
Motor Trade, Local and FOREIGN

"A sasoiens mileage test In a new Cole
eight cylinder touring car with the top up.
run on the streets of indianapolis and the
roads near the city last week. showed an
average of 1914 miles to each gallon" says
W. l.. Colt Of the Colt-stratton Company,
Eastern distributors OF the Cole. Every
drop OF g~asolene In the car was drained
out before the test was made. Including
the gas In the carbureter. and then two
measured gallons placed In the big tank At
the rear OF the car.
when the run was finished and the car
stopped II had travelled ga miles. This
Is one Of the best averages made. although
many OF the Fights are averaging fifteen
and more miles to the gallon"
The New York branch OF the Maxwell
Motor Sales Corporation has Just an
nouneed ne openins 9i . Maswei. branch
ner % ~. Marks avenue. Fred Colyer.
who has been prominent In automobile
Brooklyn end NJ the business. Colver was
formerly manager Of the Buick branch In
brooklyn and then became sales manager
Of Studebaker's New York city branch.
In 1912 he became affiliated with the Loco
mobile Company Of America.
Harry J De Bear. manager Of the New
YORK branch OF the Maxwell Motor Sales
Corporation. saws; we were fortunate in
kt'llnk MI AhlNfT 10 lOok hlitF hlrkt
county for us, as we fee. that he is one
OF the best equipped and mos, capable
men that BROOKLYN can boast Of"
tolNer brings with him to assist In the
sales work Waiter Lotkhart. formerly
with the Hudson Company OF Brooklyn.
The Marmon comptny's used car depart.
ment now Is at 20 West sixty.thlrd street.
Charles \. Alderman. who is in charge
has had a particularly successful season
thus far.
Adams 4 Mon,snt, Inc, Of -: Yves,
Fifty.n!nth street. exclusive agents in the
United states for LanCia cars. announce
that they can make immediate dcliverie.
Of Ianc!a 81 horsepower chassis by special
arrangement with The Italian Government
regardless Of war conditions In Europe.
p'ny has moved It's saiesroom from 1853
Broadway to the factory At lIG West
Fly second street.
Lee dwell vice. president Of the Chal.
mers Motor company. has returned from
an extended tour through the Southwest,
conducting DEALER. conventions. lie re.
ports ihai particularly through the agri-
s]giigrai @nl g%raains sections Conditions
the summer months.
Frank u. Stoarns, president ~ the
F. n. stearns Company. announces the
appointment 81 r \. Boyle to he adj
vcrtising manager and manager Of the SER
special sales representative.
Boyle. VIVA vas assistant advertising
manager. has been with the Stearns or
SANITATION eight years Vaughan, for the
past two years chief Of the experimental
department. Is widely known as n race
driver. lie has been Intimately associated
with Stcarns cars and motors for nine
years.
The Michigan state Automobile school.
Inc. Of Detroit, Of which \ a Ieller IL
manager, purchased n Lozlor six cylinder
car over a year Hgn. During the year the
spnedometcr shows that this Iozler car
covered over 1900 miles with green
drivers at the wheel Ioller says that no
other car ever driven by Students covered
10000 miles without considerable trouble,
and he considers the results obtained With
tho Lo2Ier most remarkable. The car
used hy the school was ntted at the outset
with "Nohhy Tread tires and during the
entire -. 600 miles gave no tire trouble
whatsoever, excepting one blowout.
starting June ! the Anderson Electric
Car Cnmpany Is making a series % twenty
interurbtu runs from Detroit - points ~
interest about the city. Each run IL made
by the same Detroit electric car and on
one charge ~ the batteries. The objective
point IN each cas-" Is far enough distant
10 assure a total round trip mileage OF at
least sixty to seventy i've miles.
The Anderson Electric Car Company
Detroit intercs'cd In the Performance Of
the modern electric car 10 go along
on any Of these trips so that they
may actually observe the performa nee Of
Detroit electric cars on country roads. In