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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
DOWN IN A COAL NINE.
How an OverIan nd Car L. Doing
UndergrOund Work.

There Is apparently ro limit 20 the
ways and means OF utilizing the auto
mobile for business purposes" says John
y. Willys. president Of the whatsoever
land Company, Toledo. In the ours"
OF a year hundreds OF letters are re-
ceIvcd by this company from Overland
car owners explaining some novel way
Of using pleasure cars In their business,
zone OF the most interesting OF these
letters was called to my attention re-
Gently. II contained r photograph show.
ing an overland touring car that after
i've years of service as a pleasure car
was converted by Its owner into a mine
motor for hauling oars In a coal mine
az Br,sbin. Pa.
THE owners found that this over
land car took the place of a S2.00 mine
motor and Il certainly has given the
most efficient service nj Its unique task.
cit Is In constant use hauling cars
from the mine to the coal breakers. with
an average hauling capacity OF fifteen
filed cars per trip. Before tho over
lands installation the company used
mules tor this work and II was found
that the car could accomplish an equal
amount OF work In much less time and
al considerably less cost. Tonnage has
increased 500 per cent and the Overland
takes care OF II.
The car to-day Is vastly different in
appearance from when II left the fac
tory five years ago. The body, hood
over the motor and steering wheel still
remain un hanged. but the wheels have
been replaced by heavy Hanged iron
wheels OF railroad type, The chassis
has been fastened to a heavy fra
Of wood and iron. raising II several fee
OF the ground. The mechanical, units
such as Transmission and differentia
gears still remain the same n the cos,
OF making the change was very small.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
REQ GROWING FAST.
So Much So That Local New store
Already 10 CramPed.

There are few cases on record where
a concern has outgrown its quarters
more quickly than ours" says X. Il.
Inger.oil. manager OF Fla stern branches
OF the REQ Motor Car Company within
less than thirty days from the time We
removed from our old location at 10
West Sixty second street to our new
home at Broadway and Fifty-fourth
street we found 1t necessary TO provide
an additional 5000 square feet of hoor
space.
we had calculated that $4,000 square
feet Of hoor space In our new building
would he SUN lent to take care OF our
showroom. used car department. stock
room and service station, as this space
was much larger than the space wo
had al our old location The stimulus,
however. OF our removal to Broadway
brought about a new order OF things
and we have now decided TO use our
Broadway and Fifty-fourth street quar-
tiers solely for showroom purposes and
have an extremely desirable service sta
tion and sto X room OIL West Fifty
second street. where We win he able 10
take care Of our customers to far better
advantage than heretofore"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
NOT A STOCK PACKARD.
Vincent Announces DetaiIs Of
Twtn.sil speed Car.

The performance Of IA Packard Twin
SIX In clrciing the Sheepshead Bay
Speedway Tuesday at the rate OF l0oI
miles an hour was made TO seem even
more astonishing by the general rumor
that the car was a stock touring model.
To correct this impression J. C. Vincent
OF the Packard company has issued tho
following description OF the car In which
he drove the exhibition lap:
The motor In the chassis used. IN
general. 4. OF stock design and ste. but
Is equipped with a special cam shaft TO
give racing valve timing. and the PTS
tons are slightly crowned TO give hlgher
compression. Thc stock motors have
~seventy-nvc pounds compression, white
this motor has eighty-iive pounds com
preston. The carburc'er and intake
header were OF larger size than standard
10 give more power at higher speed
Special spark plugs were used TO re-
sist the extreme heat due 10 high COM
preston and racing speed.
THE remainder Of the chassis Is Of
stock 'Twin-Six' les model design, with
tho exception that 1t Is stripped OF
tenders. &c. and Is provided with a
thirty -four mile gear. That Is, n gear
giving a speed OF thirty-four miles an
hour at 600 revolutions CT the motor
instead OF t~wenty-four miles at 800. as
IL the case with the stock car. Wire
wheels and Silvertown racing tires were
used The car was. OF course. equipped
with a racing body, and complete and
with tanks full weighed $3.50 pounds
II WAS built purely for engineering pur-
poses. as wanted TO determine the speed
possibilities OF our "Twin-Six' motor OF
42i cuolc inches piston displacement
without departing from It's principles Of
design.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07

This 10 q picture OF the latest conner to
automobile row In the way OF an eight
cylinder car. 1t Is the Standard Eight"
made by the standard Steel Car Com
pany Of Pittsburg. which has just ap-
pointed the DUFFY Motors Corporation OF
New York as metropolitan representa-
tives. The Duffy company has leased a
store at Broadway n Sisty-third
street. 1926 Broadway. for showrooms
and has taken a service station In tho
Immediate neighboi o The show.
rooms open tomorrow to exhibit the
Standard Eight"
The Duffy Motors Corporation Is
headed by sydney @. Duffy and l. J
Goldman. president and vice-president
respectively. Dufy has been hitherto
with the Perklns-Goodwin Company. pa
per manufacturers. and has been a mo-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
TO FINANCE BUYING
OF MOTOR TRUCKS
Acceptance Corporation Will
Take on This Side Of Auto
Business.

Tho motor truck industry will he In
Acceptance Corporate Of 80 Liberty
street has opened a new department for
the purchase OF notes taken In part pay
ment for motor trucks. The Acceptance
Corporation. which started business IN
1909, is on lines similar to the Assets
Realization Company. which buys up the
SLOW assets OF corporations and enables
contractors to nance projects which
they would Otherwise be unable to
handle.
The Acceptance Corporation includes
4, its board OF directors many well
known bankers and men OF prominence
In the automobile Industry, including r.
NJ. owen. Roy A Ralney. Robert II.
MONTGOMERY. Henry Bennett Leary. John
Farson. Richard II. Swartout. l.. II. Bird
and David l.. Mills.
The opening of this new credit depart
ment by the Acceptance Corporation Will
give tAe automobile dealer who Is not
strong enough financially to swing a
deal an opportunity to make a sale OF
= truck which he might otherwise lose
through his !naNilty to finance tn. note
o. notes hts customer might glN HIM
n part payment for the vehicle.
The change W uauluN. from horse
Drawn 10 motor drawn vehicles while
rapid has been slow from he dealers
standpoint In comparison with the pleas
ure car end Of this business. The chief
reason for this Is hat me average large
firm or small dealer, except possibly in
the case Of large corpora ions, has been
slow to make the mango from horse
drawn 10 motor vehicles (desplte the
manifest advantages of the latter form
OF h~au.ag,) on account OF she large
initial Investment involved.
The banks also In the past were rather
shy OF the automobile a> ar investment
and the dealers naturally lost many a
tale Of a motor truck or a delivery
wagon through their inability IL finance
the transaction.
Under the new plan inausuratod by
tho Acceptance Corporation Il dealer can
row accept notes In part payment for a
truck which the corporation agree. to
purchase from him. This enables the
dealer to paw the motor truck manutsc-
tu-cr cash for his product and permits
the dealer 10 get the CONCESSIONS, dis
counts and freight allowances usually
made 10 cash cuSNrNrs, II VIII also
relieve him 81 the bother OF collecting
the note. from the customer or financing
any part OF the transaction.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
MOTORING BILL Is
BILLION OR MORE
All Expenditures Of the Sea-
son Come to 81, 900, It
Z. is Figured.
AVERAGE COST Is $500

IN. a., .,,.,,, ..,.,,S ,.o,, .s
,Ne nn,o,noh,,o ,na,s.rs = $3.50, ur Va
sst,ns sms ,her !, a.s m,sn,y 'n.e
ysrv NE e~,r.s r. $780,. 'a Io
80 T e vo,,.E ..ae. -. ZIG
T.,omn,n. r..sa ."s
,ha. ",,,h ....,a,.. 10. oo,o nnn a a'e
a. sc" \, .h's mno -o'V.oVV csrs
a noa oon en.o ovu",rs, y y ,rvIn
n,o.. rmJos.u 'ne
~" $3.50 su.onnoul'Ins' rms 10 On
go as' 'o"' P'''o'N W CAL anu
IT, .on :,
-. 80 on ,nen eonsIoer what is
IL. o.. e"sup vi, ~. ~ 80.
.nWs.. eeaso"S 'unh.ns. anu ovV
&C., uu, ,neIsIore 'ns pu.s tne years
10y =" 's~ve.as,ns 10 cen's 10 tne gar
W ~ az noou. sito woo'ooW; Lupr'cat.ng
a. ~ ee".a sa,ion' a!iowinE seven
uran 49, $io'''''oo"' ap-
PT,'may .I'.ooV:ooV'
"e"' ,ern OF importance Is that
y ,res' A''ow'ns TOUT Tres 70 eaci
,sIe' We nave o,sfV.ooV t'res Tor
~v,.uo y" an sVerake OF sio
.ao", U. s.'o.vtv.ooo' as an estimate OF
w 'oa.o W .e'irIne tne cars already III
use. inIs is CONSERVATIVE, as a large
.erce"'ase oil tne o,o ats WIZ use more
'nsn 'out TRES our'ns tne season
rue eN',as IN 'he way OF access 'r'eS.
t,oNes ana otner wearing apparel. Cog
t.ts. &C. can DC rouEnly nsured IN az
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07

torist since 1908. l. J. Goldman has
been interested In the automobile BUSH
ness since 1906. when he became a sales
man for the Buick In the Southwest
Clarence Il Schuyler Is manager OF tho
company and r. B.. Blister In charge OF
the service and mechanical department.
The Standard steel Company Is a very
large concern witt all facilities for the
manufacture OF the metals needed In au-
tomobiles. Mr.. Duffy says that the plant
In Butler Is the most stupendous thing
he has seen. The company will make all
the parts for t.e car from It's W steel.
which 1t produces In Its own open hearth
furnaces at the rate OF 1000 tons a day
II has its own rolling mill. representing
an investment of $4,000. 900. and will be
able to use its W special alloys for the
various parts manufactured.
The Standard Eight" motor 1. V
shaped with three inch bore and five inch
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
SPECIAL BODIES IN DEMAND.
New Development OF Late in Trade
Observed ny Retailer.

A notable increase In the demand for
special bodies. that Is bodies thai are
different from the standard factory
equipment, IL very apparent this sea-
sou. The desire for something that
IL distinctive in a body Is causing some
little worry to dealers and has created
quite . fourishing young industry In
New York city. Witness the number Of
special body makers that have sprung
up lately. a round OF these shows an
unparalleled state OF prosperity. Most
of them are running double shifts and
turning away business.
G.. 7. Silver. who acts rs distributor
for tho Willys-knighi. Overland and
Peerless cars says that no small part
of his great retail business IL trans
acted through special body jobs. The
demand Is a natural one. he says. and
It must be catered to In spite Of the
dislocation II causes In tho regular run
OF things.
As motorists become more expert
enced ana the novelty of ownership
wc'rs of u desire arises TO express
ones Individual taste. As a rule this
cannot be done in "A cha ssis, so the
bodies are selected for the dliticul, task.
Mr.. silver early saw this tendency
and each season sees him prepared in
more elaborate style. II may be said
that his special bodies have become
quite the vogue In New York. They
are easily recognized on the Drive. in
the park and on the b~oulevards.
For this winter season he has pre-
pared a line of closed Jobs which sur
pass anything he has yet attempted.
Ii includes sedans. b~roughams, liinou-
sin.s. l~andaulets, landau broughams
and various notifications All are dis
tinctive and spiendidly and completely
furnished. There are many color
schemes in the assortment.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
10000 R A DAY.
That IL the Total GoOdye ear II
Aiming At.

Our fiscal year closed October ST."
said T.. A. Soldering, president Of tho
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. In
a statement On the company's position
and plans. "Our volume Of business
was well IN excess of $40, 900. 900, and
we are looking for still greater things In
1916.
I'VE arc adding eight new buildings
will, floor space approximating ten
acres to our Akron factory, and a ninth
addition will be made in the spring. We
are thus increasing our tire capacity
more than so per cent. AZ It Is, We
have been making steadily from 10000
To 1900 tires a day for the past three
months. and made over 1000. 900 In the
nscal year, As our new floor space
bccome available. q production OF co..
600 tires = day will 10 attained"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07

Maurice Rothschi,d. pr side mt Of tn.
Lozier Motor Company has resigned and
has disposed OF all hts interests In the
COMPANY to Theodore Friedebtrg Of New
York aud to Samuel ard Harry Frank Of
Detroit RothFchild's connection with the
Harris Brothers company, which IL s'so
known as the chicsgo Housewreckins
Company, had created n belief that IN,
lozier company .wouii l'quidate It's hold
lngs and retire from busint s. and Roths-
child disposed Of his stock to help empha.
size the intention OF the present stock.
holders and board Of directors Of the
LoEier Motor Company TO continue tho
manufa -fire of Lozirr ours.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
FIREsT0NE EXPANDING.
Factory Growias Because Of Pub.
lie DemaaA,

When President II. g. Firestone Of the
Ffrestone Tire and Rubber Company
was asked concerning the new additions
TO the plant al Akron. Ohio. he replied (:
Our growth, no doubt. seems remark
able, but moro than any other force our
rigid insistencc on quality first In
everything connected with the manu-.
facture OF our tires Is responsible for
our vast volume OF business.
Naturally. the public is . factor In
our increase. for motorists use Fire.
stones. The result 10 more orders and
the factory grows that II may keep I'D
with this demand-a logical outcome
and n Of which We are Justly proud.
Quantity In production IL excellent. but
when quality goes hand In hand with
quality there Is your ideal combination.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07

Dodge Brothers announce ,ha' ,hey re-
gard theif winter rpAdst"r. and touring
cars as utility cars. pHrtlcular'v thu
iudist'C This closed mod, Is pui forward
as me idea! car tpi tho physician. tho
sa'csTan o. any Utr Nh" nus do wiIter
driving The 'rec!a''" hu.lt top fis ush'.
u II electrically lighted ard cloth IN
holstered In the spring It may he re
moved ana the regular mnhdir tip. which
comes as par 81 III @. .iplaea'. Substi.
tutcs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
A rord's Record Of a2a.7so Mile.

In ain years Henry r., Husbands OF
florence. 6 e, has driven his Ford ??3 $50
r-iIes husbands. who lie an insurance
solicitor, has got about nftsan years sc-
cumuiated mileage GU, Of his Ford In sis
busy years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07

The K!ssel Motor Car Company claims
the record sale - cars 10 one fanny. &.
u Heuschel of Sheboygan Wis. and his
immediate kin have owned eleven kissrl.
Kars. -Four OF these we're bought his
year.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-16
BUICK PURCHASERS
EAGER FOR MACHINES

The local Buick agent, J. w. Carna-
han, said today that he Is unable to get
any cars for delivery, although he has
made every effort to secure the cars
from the Indianapolis branch office.
Over 9 dozen prospective buyers are
on his list waiting for the first car
to appear, he said today.
John H. Thompson and Webb Pyle,
two owners Of six-cyliner Buick cara,
are more than pleased with them, said
the local agent. Prof. Thompson pur-
chased a light six roadster, and Mr..
Pyle was on the ground early enough
to get six-cylinder touring car
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-16
M'CONAHA COMPANY
TO START AGENCY

Negotiations are under way for the
appointment Of agents In the surround
ing towns to represent the McComaha
company Of this city in the sale Of
the 1900 pounds of gargoyle mobil
oil received last week by that firm
for distribution in wholesale and re-
tail lots In this section Of the state.
A representative Of the Vacuum Oil
company OF Rochester, N. T., which
sold the oil to the local firm, has come
from the Indianapolis branch office
and is accompanying a member of the
firm in the visits to the places and
assisting in the appointment Of the
agents.
So far not much retail business has
been done with the oil but quite an
amount Sof wholesale business into
which the firm has put all its efforts
Several cars were sold during the
last week by the McConaha company
including 1916 six-cylinder pilot to
William Wilson, q representative OF
the American Seeding Machine com.
pany.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-16
DRIVES WAvERlY
FROM CAPITAL TO
CITY IN 4 HOURS

Last Sunday Miss Betty Blythe and
Mrs. Harry D. Cram OF $3.50 Washing.
ton boulevard. Indianapolis, drove her
model No. 100, starting from her home
and driving to Richmond, covering the
distance In four and on-half hours run
ming time. At this point the car was
sent to the local agent Harry Wood,
and put on charge to make ready for
their run to Springfield, Ohio. the fol-
lowing day. The run from Richmond
to Springfield was made In four hours.
There was also an hour consumed
in running the car around the streets
of Springfield. Ohio. The car was
again put on charge and the run COM
pleted to Columbus. Ohio, the follow
ing day, in two and one-half hours.
The entire trip Of 174 miles on country
roads was made In less than twelve
hours and driven by lady. This car
is painted light gray and trimmed
In old rose. - = -. -. > =,
Z. : -
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-16
NO PLACE FOR BUGS
IN WES1COTT AUTOS

Talk about the ENFORCEMENT Of pure
food laws and the public's demand tor
sanitary bake shops, milk depots and
wooden factories, this demand for san.
itstion hs4 even penstateds the auto
mobile industry. declared F. Tracy
Ross, publicity manager OF The West
colt Motor Car company, today.
ut has been the opinion Of tho Of
ficials Of the Westcott Motor Car
company for some time that the use
OF buttons throughout the upholstery
In motor cars was unsanitary and
that these buttons accumulated dirt
and dust and even bred germs. They
therefore brought out a special de.
sign In the upholstery Of Westcott
cars which is tailored In the company's
own shop "This exclusive Wescot,
feature" he continued, contains nc
buttons whatsoever in the body OF the
upholstery which insures maximum
wear and makes the cleaning simple
matter. The upholstering Is being
accepted with much delight by the
motoring public for it means clean
or, healthier, longer-lived upholstery
and spells farewell to pesky, dirt
collecting, germ-breeding buttons
This design is not only absolutely sani
tary but with the genuine, brigh'
leather used for upholstery in these
new Westcott models, it is UNUSUAL,
attractive in appearance.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-16

race cars we're Of this type. Race driv-
err IRE not the only ones Who have
;rscogpi1ed the Superior poker and
.11eater dspendability 81 tie valye-in-
'heed. This type Of motor. ID now b.
.fnf used by practically III avtatqrs
since Glenn Curtis pronQnnced Il au-
psrior' to Ill others. Mr.. Curtis will
use no other motor In his aeroplanes,
ond when motoring on tho ground he
uses Buick touring car.
The Buick Motor company builds
more valvein-head motor cars than al
other factories In the world combined,
although the Indications are that it
will not hold this distinction much
longer as many Of the more impor-
tant factories are now adopting this
type Of motor, following its general &C.
ceptance In Europe, However. the Of.
ficials of the Buick company are OF
the opinion that they will always con-
tinue to hold their position al the
leading makers Of valve-in-head motor
cars, and they believe they will al
ways build more cars Of this type
than any other single competitor. The
Buick Motor company also claims the
distinction OF being the biggest manu-
facturers OF SKIES In the world.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-16
TWO BUY AUTOS

Charles Showalter. Of this city and
Stanley Bryant, Of Liberty, purchased
cars OF the Central Auto Agency this
week.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-16
NITs RICHMOND
ON TRIP West
IN PILOT AUTO

w. I'd Marsh Of Carry. Pa, Who
has long been Pilot booster and the
owner 81 Pilot go, paid the Ptlpt
Motor Car company visit recently,
after having Just finished . trip 20
Yellowstone park and return. MT.
March with his family travelled Ill the
way In his Pilot 80" and camped out
during the entire trip. His car was
loaded with over ton Of baggage
tents, cooking outfits. water bags and
general equipment-untili 1t looked liks
3 travelling country store. Exclusive
u passengers, the car and load weigh.
"a over 5000 pounds. With this weight
IN travelling across deserts, through
Aand ana mud and over mountains
Mr.. Marsh reported remarkably
small consumption Of gasoline and
oil and practically entire freedom from
trouble or delays. His experiences
are interesting. and are best told By
excerpts from his letters:
Saturday morning we left Spring
Held, O., and ran into Richmond, stop.
ping At the Arlington, but It was
stuffy night, and We vowed It was the
last night In a hotel unless circnm
stances made It imperative. The Pilot
people Tilted us with new lnIormAtlOu
and d map OF Illinois and Iowa, and bid
US bon vayage'. and we left Sunday
morning. although we desired to un
pack and attend church.
This Sunday we camped under
some oaks on school house lot, and
had fresh milk. onions and radishel
with out evening meal, and slept the
After leaving Terre Haute we FOL
lowed the old National road with It'll
bands OF red, white and blue painted
on the telegraph poles. Say, that red
white ana blue looked good to the
Babes In the Woods Well, we found
a fine camping ground, and sent m,
SON. Barrett. for quart and a half o.
milk. The woman on whose farm WI
were camping said 10 cents was to-
much, and sent us some fine. fresh
cucumbers, our first of the season"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-16

The waive II tie head motor is
coming 70 - ths only correct motor
design" sAids II w Garnahau, agent
for the Buick automobile. ''The de.
6iguer Of the first Buick car reco1.
snI1sd the correctness of the vaive II
tho head principle and the first Buick
sold was equipped with the valve4n.
the head motor That was nearly
fourteen years ago. and the succeal
|of these Bucks has proven tho cor
rectness Of the construction to thouS.
ands 81 people over millions Of miles
OF roads.
THE Buick engineers continued to
improve the Buick valve-in-h0ad idea,
and in 1909 the Buick factory put q
racing team in the field" continued
Mr.. Carnahan. During the time the
Buick had racing cars in tho field they
won over ninety per cent Of the races
entered"
Practically ever motor speed crea
ton before the public today IL Of the
valve-in.head type. Race drivers re
cosnize the fact that they have prac
tically little chance Of winning with
any other kind of motor. In the Indi
annapolis 6oO-mile race ana the follow
fng Chicago race every one Of the