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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-01
BUSINESS Is INCREASING.
Mnnsbach Finds General situation
Il Very Good.

Louis Mansbach. treasurer OF the
Times Square Automobile Company. Is
back on Broadway after an extended
tour OF the country as far west as the
Pacific coast. Mansbach visited the ter
ritories where Mecca 30 agents are To-
Gated and also appointed many more
in new territory.
Mansbach says he found business con-
ditions all over the country excellent.
In every city and town he visited fac
tories were running full time and many
working two and three shifts. Through
out the Middle West the crops are thu
biggest In the country's history. This
alone will have a tendency to create a
demand for higher priced cars.
Prices on everything that goes into
the making of an automobile have adj
vancei on account of the enormous de-
mard me manufacturer has already
advanced the price Of his car 800. Sew.
eral others voiced their intention Of also
raising prices. In fact. indications foi
the future are that while the cost OF
upkeep and operation will be lowe
the initial cost of automobiles will bs
higher he says.
Dealers all over the country report
the most prosperous season they evei
had It looks as though next veal
| merchants as well as farmers will b'
plentifully supplied with money. Gu
company IL preparing to handle fv
times the amount OF business We hav
ever done, give better service to on
trade and sell AT the very lowest price
poSs!ble.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-01
HUPP CAR A CLIMBER.
Lee Anderson rests 1ts worth m
HIS own Private Toat.

Advices from Lee Anderson, sales and
advertising manager Of the Hupp Motor
Car Company, who has been touring the
East In one Of the new 1915 Hupmoblles,
indicated that the new model IN" Ia a
wonder AZ n hill climber. Anderson. nc
companied by his wife and Mr.. and
Mrs. J.. 4. n. Mitchell Of Chicago, left
Buffalo n week. ago Sunday. touring
through the Mohawk Valley to Albany
and up to Saratoga Springs. From Sara
toEa Springs the party took In the beau
tifui Berkshires. with its many and
difficult hills, through to Boston by way
Of plttsheid. The ocean was followed
out Of Boston, up to Maine, where they
entered the Maine woods, going to Po-
land Springs and from Poland Springs
into the White Mountains to Breton
Woods. from where they they came
down out Of the mountains into Concord
and back to Boston, where they arrived
last Sunday. Mr.. Anderson drove to
Cape Cod, Providence and New York
and returned by way OF Albany and
Syracuse to Buffalo.
"The Hupmobiie model N certainly
Ia q wonder as a hill climber" An.
| derson wired to President Drake. "The
| way II took even the worst hills was
wonderful. 1t has all the power neces-
sary for even the most difficult climb
II simply ran away from cars of much
greater price on the mountainous roads
Have not had the slightest trouble and
the N did everything our engineering
department has claimed. The company
Is to be congratulated on the production
OF this model"
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George NJ. Van Doom. sls Macon street,
Brooklyn, n. THE most direct way to
stamford. n. Y, which Is at tho same
time the best road. Is to take the east
side Of the Hudson River. through Yonk-
ers. Peekskill and ~Poughkeepsie to Rhine
beck. There take the ferry over to
Kingston and go by way OF Phdnlcis to
Lexington. Turn right to Lexington and
through Grand Gorge to Stanford,
william " Rioscr. Kingston, y Y
Tn. road to Fonda is 20 drive directly up
the river TO Albany and then run through
For the road Ia Hartford, cross the river
to RhinebaUk ana continue south through
~Poughkeepsie TO StOrmyINe, Then so by
WAY Of Carmel and wsler TO Dlnbury
The road goes then by Waterbury and
Hartford.
The last leg Of the Lincoln Highway.
stretching from Denver ana Cheyenne
west 10 the Pacific coast Is about to he
guide posted by the national touring bu-
reau 81 the u r, Goodrich Company. |,
Is estimated that some $1,000 cars, carry
three big transcontinentai routes to the
Pacific coast the next few months,
The Lincoln Highway passes through
salt Lake city. crosses the desert 10 car
son city and then strikes into eastern
California TO Sacramento and San Fran
Inmates. that II Will require more thar
1000 Of their !ndes,ruct!blc guide posts 70
cover this route. and that tho cost to them
will average full 3l5 for each post erected
A truck and crew will follow the route
end place ths blue and white sntns'
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PARDINGTON IS MOURNED.
Lincoln Highway Mnn Formerly
Prominent In Racing Affairs Here.

Arthur r. pardington, vice-president
Of the Lincoln Highway Association. who
died last Wednesday In Detroit. was n
man who was very prominently identified
with motor racing affairs IN this country
from the earliest days. He marced the
Vanderbilt cup races on Long Island
from the start and also acted as In off,
c!al az many other contests OF import
ance. pardington was a good organizer
and d-tail mar ard handled n great
mass of work in n competent way. He
had many friends in this vicinity, II
goes without saying. Tho building of
the Long Island Motor Parkway was
one of his works and by 1t he will be re-
membercd hereabout.
II was a couple or years ago that
he b-came associated with the Lincoln
Highway plan and AT II he worked as
s~iduousiy. He travelled all over the
country. addressing boards Of trade and
like organizations 10 tell them about the
highway. His health. never of the best
for some years back. did not permit him
10 survive the drains he put on his vital
~. lie will be greatly missed in the fur
ther development OF the highway plan.
Ii would certainly be fitting that at
some prominent point on the Lincoln
Highway there should Ice placed a mon
ument or marker Of appropriate design
calling attention TO ~Pardington's work
10 make the highway a realization.
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MOTOR PARADE
| TO THE SPEEDWAY
Opening Of Formal Practice az
Sheepshead Set for
September 10.
PRIZES FOR VARIOUS CARS

by way Of n curtain raiser to the
throwing open OF the Sheepshcad Bay
Speedway for formal practice for the
inaugural $50 mile race on October 3
there Will be n parade OF automobiles
from Central Park and through Brook
lyn to the two mile motor racecourse
by the sea.
This inaugural procession will he con-
Quoted by the Motor club. Inc, Of New
York, In whose membership Automobile
row Ia very generally represented. Ar
rangcments for the parade are already
under way by President s. 8. TOback.
w. G. Poertner. G.. II Larson and T.. c.
]. McShane and other dlrectors ana
members OF the club. The date set 10
Saturday. September is
Roughly the Motor Clubs plan is to
have the parade form at an uptown
point at | o'clock that afternoon, pro-
coed down tow and cross one Of the
East River bridges over n route and to
q rendezvous to be determined later.
where the procession will be Joined by
the Brooklyn contingent for the run 10
the speedway.
Arrived ut the course the motorists
will park their cars on the grounds
and view the events from the grand
stand without charge. The general
public not participating In HI parade
will he admitted to the grand stand ana
| grounds at an admission fee to be an
nounced later and to obtain throughout
the practice for the elimination trials
scheduled for September "a, % and 2S.
Practice that day will be confined to
| those who have actually entered for the
race. thus giving the public a first chance
at seeing the famous drivers and cars
that are To contend for the $4,000 purse
on October 2. Special speed exhibitions
nnd trials for new worlds records VIII
be arranged.
The procession Of the course will not
he merely a big automobile run. II will
have the added feature OF q great dec
GRATED parade, for which the Sheepshead
Ray Speedway Corporation and others
viii offer prizes to owners OF cars for
decorations based on beauty. gro-
tesaueness n humor. There will he
special divisions for decorated gasolene.
electric and adyertisirg cars.
Prizes will be offered to dealers for
the largest representation OF owners
cars OF various makes %parading In a
body. Entry blanks will bs issued
shortly. No charge for entry will he
made and drivers and passengers UP
to the full complement of the car will
be admitted free.
Last Friday Nancy Hanks visited the
site OF ~ once famous horse track
not Nancy 1Ianks, the great thorough
bred race mare-hut Mrs. Nancy
Hanks Mrs. Austin X. Hanks) OF
Forest Hills Gardens. L. l.. who IL an
ardent motorist. In n high powered
roadster. with two passengers, she drove
several complete laps at high speed, the
speedometer at times showing n speed
OF better than eighty miles an hour.
Owing to the fact that the outside edges
Of the turns arr not complete. and be-
cause OF the temporary runways acrost
the course she was forced to slow down
frequently. She enjoys the honor vi
being the first woman to drive n cal
on the new board track.
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guide posts Mt spots which have already
been selected
The Goodrich guide posts will he erected
on substantial! metal posts which cannot
be easi,> destroyed; and ne signs them.
selves viii be OF indestructibie material OF
such construction that II cannot be de-
s,royed by shotgun. rife or by the cattle
Of the plains. with more than G0, 900
posts on over 10000 miles OF the most
travelled Highways IN the country. the
Goodrich touring bureau has had some
trouble WITH vandalism. and In some cases
guide posts have been destroyed.
when tho route from Denver west has
heca posted tlIs entire Ink from ocean n
ocean VIII he completed by the Goodrich
bureau and motorists who once reach the
Lincoln Highway Will have no difficulty
whatever IN hndins their way to the Pa
this route TWO other Goodrich trucks will
be preparing other roads for travel this
summer. erecting posts At convenient
places whore there might be reasons bic
question about the right way,
After three weeks OF rainy weather dur
Ing which all state records for tho amount
OF precipitation 10 occur In any one month
have been broken. Maine Is beginning 10
normal condition. On every hand wash.
outs were reported and road condition.
were the worst ever known In the history
Of the Pine Tree state. This condition
also prevailed In New Hampshire and
Nerm4nt,, and In fact all over northern
New England.
Several days OF clear skies ars brins,ns
the roads back into condition once more
and automobile travel may be rsSumod
with safety over ell OF the principal Sruni
lines In Maine. For several days traeAs
] was completely >ssssrvpssA sNvs>s vrss'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-01
BUSINESS OF YOUNG MEN.
Silver Talks About the Chance In
the Automobile Industry.

No business in recent years has pre-
sented 70 many opportunities for the
enterprising young mar as the motor
car trade, yet as a matter OF act when
responsible positions are vacant 1t Is a
problem TO MI them.
c. r. Silver. president of the big COM
pany In New York which acts as dis
tributer for the Overland. Peerless and
for this statement, n he says that al
though there are signs OF Improvement
there Is a big suh between the standard
of perfection In other lines OF business
and that which obtains in the automobile
trade.
Silver's own business has grown by
leaps and bounds during the past FIVE
years and he was early beset with the
problem Of getting an efficient oreanlza-
ton. He had to proceed TO develop his
staff from raw material Of his own pick
ing.
This policy was his only salvation, and
Il Is now bearing fruit TO the advance
msent of his business n the betterment
Of the men who were fortunate enough
to realize the Importance Of the auto
mobile business as a profession. Silver
runs branches In Newark, Brooklyn,
Yonkers and The Bronx. and the man
ayers are all men trained in his home
ONCE in New York. The advancement
Of these men automatically makes. room
for others In his main establishment. and
30 Il goss on as the business develops.
The trouble with the automobile trade
silver says, seems to be that a lot OF
persons enter II as a sort OF a go-be-
tween something they haven't got and
sorn-thdns they expect TO turn up, and
the result OF their Indifferent work Is
dissatisfaction between customers and
the house they represent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-01
$500 BONUS OFFERS FOR
TWIN SIX DELIVERIES
Packard Co. Finds That the In
tending Customers Are
Getting Very Eager.

There will be an impressive infusion
Of new blood into the ranks Of Packard
motor car owners as a result OF the
development and introduction of the
Twin Six" models. according to A. c.
Harrington. sales manager Of the Pack
ard Motor Car Company of New York.
"The proportion OF intending pur-
chasers who have never owned Pack
ards In surprisingly large he said on
Friday. in seasons past a large part
OF our output has gone into the hands
OF persons who already were Packard
overs, but the advent of tho Twin
Six has tapped an entirely new reserve
OF prospective business
The demand from this source, In the
opinion OF Mr.. Harrington. Is In no
small degree responsible for the situa-
ton arisen In which the Packard com
pany OF New York Is at considerable
concern to obtain enough cars to I'LL
orders. one impatient buyer who prof
fered President NJ. J, Budiong a bonus
Of $500 for an early delivery immedi-
ately was followed by several others
who rendered checks to the same end.
Such substantial encouragement i'm
PEELED Mr.. Budlong to wire to Packard
branches in Philadelphia and Chicago,
TO representatives in Boston and st.
Louis and to other Packard distributing
depots extending the $500 bonus ofer
to any dealers willing to release cars
from their allotments for the New York
rad
But none Of the dealers pueried
evinced n desire to release deliver!
dates even at $500 each. and the ton
Of their replies indicates an inability
IN Gl nrInra in THAR nWn farritprlas
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-01
JACKSON MEN IN NORTH WOODS
Unique Scene for Convention of
Automobile Dealers.

Tanned and weatherbeaten from their
weeks sotourn in the northern penin-
sula OF Michigan, twenty-six distributors
and officials OF the Jackson Automobile
Company rolled into Jackson on Sum-
day. July IL. after a convention in the
north woods.
Since leaving the Jackson factory a
week before the dealers composing the
party had travelled close to 1000 miles
over every sort Of road from concrete
highway to corduroy tote trails had Wit
messed the performance Of the new eight
and four cylinder models Just announced
by the Jackson company under the most
trying conditions; fished the trout
streams and lakes of upper Michigan
and, in short, had made the most of an
excellently arranged programme In
which business and pleasure had equal
parts.
Sales Manager Howard Matthews and
his assistant. ex-senator Frank Newton.
share the credit for originating the plans
Tor his years convention. Both ara
members Of Camp Newton. u spacious
and we'll equipped hunting club located
In the heart of Michisan's north woods.
The amp is sixty-eight miles from the
lake city OF ManistiQue ard 10 reached
BY mere logging trails and tote roads.
When Howard Matthews at the wheel
o. Model 6s. the new Jackson eight
cylinder car, drove up to the front Q
trance Of the camp II was the irst time
a motor car had ever been seen In that
vicinity. Closely following Mr.. Matthews
came five Of the new high duty four
cylinder Jacksons. which have been
termed the Model 34s.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-01
Half Billion Business
In Detroit NEXT Year
More Than Seven Hundred Thousand Automobiles
Will Be Shipped for 1916, Is Estimate
of Motor Maker.
IT WAS 5000, 900, 900 FOR YEAR ENDED JUNE

DETROIT, Mich, July 3I.-Three hun
s-ed million dollars represents the au-
,omobIle business done In Detroit last
,aar. according to the Government in
dusirial census takers who have just
COMPLETED their work here. While ON
clal announcement will be made In
washington $500, 0O0. 900 Is a conserva-
live figure according to a United states
oHelal In touch with the work. This
amount Is for the year ended June 80
and is Just Ave times the industry's
total for the preceding twelve months.
In a public statement made this week.
p +. Tobln, president OF the Continent
,al Motor Manufacturing Company, de-
CARED that the automobile business In
Detroit for the yea just starting will
reach $500 900 900 n that more
than 100000 motor cars will be shipped
throughout the country and the world.
This includes the accessory business
which Is proving so important.
Tho Continental 10 spending $780, 900
IN additional buildings and equipment.
The Paige-Detroit Company is SPEND
.ng a like sum and the Hudson Motor
Car Company will have spent III, 1000. 900
when the improvements under wat are
completed. In addition to these Henry
Ford has just spent more than $4,000
600 for land alone for tire n equip
ment factories In addition TO the big
plant for his tractor engine building.
Eighty-fve per cent. Of the automo-
tiles to be produced In 1915 will be Of
the four cylinder type. OF this large
majority rs per cent. will be Of the L.
head type-that IL to say as opposed to
the so-called contrasting type. The four
cylinder motor. for many reasons. 10
stll the most efficient and simple for
all the practical purposes OF motor or
propulsion. Gear ratios play a very Inn
portant role in the perfect torque OBJ
tanned at slow speeds. A high speed
with low gear ratios IL a combination
that will cause the average motorist
many anxious moments.
OF the four cylinder types the T-head
or L-head motor is recognized by the
majority OF engineers to be the most
practical and economical. Contrasting
types are often employed for high speed
Or racing purposes. when the cost Of oper.
alton and loss of efficiency, due to Ions
wear. Is Incidental to winning IN event
But for long life and practical results
In the hands Of the average driver. the
T or L head motor stands first in the
estimation Of the worlds greatest de-
signers.
II !s the prediction of those who hav,
made a close study Of the subject that
the four cylinder engine will continu,
20 be the popular choice Of both manu-,
facturer n They base thell
predictions on the fact that the foul
cylinder engine has proved itself to b,
efficient and that from an economi,
standpoint It has no superiors.
j. J. Cole, president Of the Cole Motto
Car Company. has a new catechism 70
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August I, 1914 and to-day's date. That
Il TO say the touring car = lis at siiO
and the roadster at $500. There Is no
indication IN the announcement OF the
Ford compan that there will he another
rebate offer. but the statement is made
that for the coming three months there
will he ne rebate payment on any cars
delivered.
II IL generally understood that the
Ford company. which produced and sold
more than 400. 600 cars in the past fiscal
year, has in mind even n greater produc-
ton for the coming twelve months. IL
II said that the plans are for a produc-
ton OF as many as 400, 900 cars.
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The latest OF the 1916 models II. au-
tomobiles has just reached New York.
II is the Maxwell. The tendency to re-
duce price among automobile manufac-
turers generally tho coming season Is
emphasized by the new Maxwell. With
complete equipment, including electric
starter n electric lights, the five pas
senger touring model Is priced mt s55b.
There Ia no radical change mechani-
cally. Maxwell engineers say that the
success OF their product would not be so
marked II each new model represented a
new idea In construction. To the ofd!-
nary eye the new Maxwell is more hand
some and has an appearance equal TO
that of many higher priced automobiles.
From the new shaped radiator to the
back OF the rear seat 1t IL a true stream
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construction was made manifest by con-
tinuous everyday use Of the car.
Changes that have been made anect
principally the accessibility OF the en-
glny and the appearance OF the car The
erSins remains, of course, the 80 degree
eight cylinder v type that the Cadillac
made familiar last year. The electric
motor g%snsrator, ignition apparatus and
carbureter are 30 mounted with relation
to the cylinder blocks as to afford easy
accessibility to the valves by removal
only OF the plates which enclose them.
The body In . new design. with higher
side lines, a new cowl. rev hood and a
highsr radiator with rounded corners, all
Of which alterations add to the distinc-
ton OF the cars appearance. The
mounting OF the Cadillac coat Of arms,
In q neat enamel design. ON the front OF
the radiator. 10 . distinguishing marx
90 ~ sAy.
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oil tight. Both clutch and clutch mech
anism operate entirely in a bath OF lu-
brica;ing oil. The control mechanism Is
carried by the power plant instead OF on
the frame, thus doing away with the
danger of binding and distorting the op-
Grating mechanism over uneven roads
The electric starter md lighting sys-
tenn is OF Simms-Huf manufacture. The
starter is If the single unit type, coru
biniu both generator and motor In c"e
instrument. A noticeable feature ~ me
starter is that II contains only one-half
the wire previously found necessary IL
successfully operate a starting system.
The new instrument boatd carries all
instruments set flush and neatly framed.
All switches are 80 placed as TO lie
within easy reach OF the driver. High
tension magnetic ignition. one man mo-
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hair top and dcmountable rims are all
included for the price.
The price Is made possible only by the
enormous production Of the Maxwell fac
tories at Detroit. Dayton and Newcastle.
Improved factory equipment has been
installed In all three plants and II has
been estimated that 60, 900 new MaSwells
via be the output for the coming season.
BESIDES the touring car. four other
body designs are listed for the same
chassis. These Include u two passenger
roadster, selling Mt $685. a three passen-
ger cabriolet, selling at 1885 a six pas
senger town car. selling at 1918 ana a
FIVE passenger permanent top convertible
body, for all season use. selling at ss35.
IN each instance the price includes every
thing. No extras have to be ~purchased
to make the car complete.
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line design. There IL more room both In
the driving compartment; and In the ton
neau, three people being able TO sit In the
rear seat with comfort. There are many
minor features hat add to the comfort
In the equipment.
Easy riding Is one OF the things that
can be claimed for the Maxwell. Resil-
ient springs. we'll hung frame and even
distribution of weight on all whe4ls
make for easy riding over rough roads
II has power enough to climb the worst
grades encountered on the average road
and II a he driven at a speed as high
: fifty miles an hour.
There are "A number of mechanical re-
finements that should increase the eff
cheney of the car. Prominent amons
these Is a new clutch system entirely
lnclosed in a compact housing. which IS
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Splashers are fitted to the front OF the
radiator and along the inside of the
front end Of the frame.
New design head ard side lamps are
used. with a tonneau lamp on the right
side. In tne back of the front seat. to
illuminate the step when the tonneau
door Is opened. An inspection lamp and
a Waltham clock are added to the equip
ment.
Inside the body the driver finds the
clutch and brake pedals st two inches
further forward, with the dash set for
ward a corresponding distance and the
signal horn button in the centre of the
steering wheel. The auxiliary seats IN
tbs tonneau have been improved In de-
sign.
The power tire pump is now attached
to the transmission case. The ratio OF
| the second speed gear in the transmits
sion 10 reduced somewhsS