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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
DWELLING A SALES MANAGER
Rucschaw Ii Being Charged with
F~avoPitism.

Things have come TO n pretty pass
when dealers begin u accuse the sales
manager OF favoritism and set sleuths
on HIS track to prove IT," Jays Sales
Manager Rueychaw Of the REQ Motor
Cal Company. Just look ut that batch
OF telegrams--every one OF them hol-
lerlns for cars. some of them using
mild cuss words TO emphasize their de-
and
Here's one from Omaha: Just
learned that Council Bluffs has received
demonstrators Since hen was Omaha
second to Council Bluffs Another one.
this time from Kansas City, the mid.
die Western metropolis: Just Informed
on reliable authority that Wichita has
received demonstration. Where do we
get of at
Here's one from Chicago complain
Ing that we have favored Cleveland, and
reminding us that Cleveland is only the
sixth city In the country.
Just to show you how eager REQ
dealers are TO get cars and how closeIy
they watch things. here's a telegram
nat was occasioned 10y the peculiar In
cidence OF the purchaser driving his car
nome from Northampton. Mass. He
passed through Syracuse. Here's the
wire we received a few minutes later:
New REQ Six just passed through syra-
cuse going West. Must be plenty OF
tnem. Why don't we get ours
We are shipping more than our
usual number for this season of year"
says Mr.. Rueschaw, but seems as N
there was no satisfying the demand.
Sometimes I despair OF ever suppIyinr
a. but at that II indicates a wonderful
condition In the country, when people
are crying for cars"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
PAIGE DEALERS JOIN
IN NEW SIX JUBILEE
Throughout the Whole Coun-
try Distributors Talk Of
Their Cars.

The Page Jubilee. celebrating the sue
cess of the Paige six. won in a year. .
the completion OF factory additions n
improvements that have doubled the out
put and made immediate deliveries pos
sible, IS now under way In the sales
rooms of nearly 1000 dealers through
out the country. Early reports indi-
ate hat actual sales OF cars will ex-
coed anything hitherto achieved in the
history of the Paige company.
In addition to telling the happy story
of PaiCe success by a liberal use OF
newspaper space. Paige dealers have At
tracted a great deal OF attention by tho
unique and attractive character of their
window and salesrooWs displays n
decorations made especially for this tubf-
lee occasion. Dealers ave shown their
resourcefulness by going beyond tho con-
ventional use OF bunting. banne n
similar decorative paraphernalia.
The autumn note j. one OF the favOf1te
schemes for the effects. and some of tho
windows show very stunning fail scenes
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
Boys In Auto Esaay Contest.

The S,udebaker Corporation recently in
stituted a prize essay contest among boys
not over II years Of age for the best
article not exceeding 500 words on the
construction Of the full floating rear axle
and the advantages II possesses over other
types Of aNles. The contest brought several
thousand articles from almost every part
OF the country.
The essays showed a great deal Of
familiarity on the part OF Young America
with a~utoinobil construction. and de-
veloped the fact that the young writer's
possess n credltable mechanical knowledge.
Tho Judges have announced the awards as
follows:
Forest r. Downey. aged Is. 5?32 North
Front street. Philadelphia. $50: Ralph :.
saunders, 10. OF 90 High street. Springfield.
Mass. So; Paul T.. Grifnth, 1S. Milliken,
Col, 30. Fifteen boys receiving 81 each
were Ivan Miller. Versailles. Ohio. clyde
walker, ord. Neb Edward Biiou. Carney.
Neb. Charles Barlow. Dillon. $. G: SIAN
ley A. Sprinkle. Kalamazoo. Mich John
HurfOrd. SNanee, Okla: Lloyd J.. HUT,
Grand Rapid, Mich; Amos II stevens.
Arlington Heights. Mass; Alfred r
Frazier. Seattle. wash: Delmar Hasen-
ritter. Hermann. Mo Godfrey Speir. South
pasadona cal. Floyd :. Pro;hero. Ludlow.
Ky. William Williamson. West New
Brighton. y. V: Ice y Thompson.
Nowa'a Okla Arthur b. Guest, Whining
ton. Dol
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
CLOSED CAR SEASON
PROMISES THE UNUSUAL
Will Be Greater Demand Than
Ever Before for Winter
Driving Machines.

1t would appear from present ,ndica-
lions that the closed car as a vehicle
of comfort for the motorist bids fair to
come into its own. Manufacturers. deal
ers and trade publications are agreed
that this IL to be the greatest season
ever for the closed car. \ consensus OF
opinion accrcdlts his Increased business
In wha, may be called a luxury TO the
retur or prosperity.
says W. $. Jewell. retail sales man
ager for the ~Studebaker Corporation at
the lat,ers branch house. Frfty-sixth
street and broadway: Take my word
for Il, this is going 20 be the greatest
closed car season New York has ever
seen. How do I account for II" That's
easy. Times are better n II Is n
pretty we'll known fact that az times i'm
prove people demand greater comfort
and luxury--and the closed car gives
both Of these In winter riding.
And another thing has "A bearing on
this closed car situation continued Mr..
Jewell. and that's the way people have
come to use automobiles during the win
ter. 1t wasn't so very long ago, you
know. that every fall motorists put up
their cars for the season. and went all
winter on foot or in street cars. And
then. as autos improved. they used their
cars all winter. save during the more
severe weather. but they suffered all
sorts Of discomfort doing 10. Now comes
the third step in the e~volution-thc
powerful closed car that fears no
weather. and the car that permits the
same kind of riding comfort hat exists
In summer
Judging from the number Of closed
cars sold and inquiries constantly pour
Ing in concerning them Mr.. JEWELS op.n-
ioi had actual proof to back II up an
t~olpating tse closed car demand. Stude-
baker has produced a most complete line
OF cars OF this variety. on both four
and six cylinder GLASSES there are road
ster. landaulet. sedan and brougham
bodies. on the six cylinder chassis ex-
c'us!vely there are limousine, Berlin and
Coupe bodies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
OVERLAND AGAIN
AT POST OF HONOR
Draws First Choice of Space at
the National AutOmO-
bile Show.
BASED ON PRODUCTION

For the third successive year the
Niliys-Dverland Company will occupy
the position of honor at the New York
automobile show to be held at the Grand
Central Palace from December 81 to
January 8. This was definitely decided
at the meeting Just held in New York
by the National Automobile Chamber Of
Commerce. The space allotments are
based entirely upon the volume OF busi-
ness done by the companies affiliated
with the National Automobile Chamber
Of Commerce. This organization includes
all but one of the prominent pleasure car
manufacturers In the United states.
The official report OF the chamber
showed that the Toledo concern a
duplicated its success of the past W
years In that In sales and production 1t
had cutstripped all other members of the
organization.
Every member of the organization IL
required To submit a sworn statement
showing the actual amount OF business
lone during the year. The fact that the
Willys-Overland Company has won the
honor three times running leaves no
room for doubt as to which is
doing the largest volume Of business.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
BRISCOE PLANT EXPANDS.
New Building Now Under Way for
This Coming Firm.

Word comes from Jackson. Mich. tina,
all arrangements for the building of the
new 100000 local plant OF the Briscoe
Motor Company nave been made and
that actual building operations will be-
gin Immediately.
Although the Br.scoe Motor Company
has already leased every available plant
In Jackson and is In addition conduct
Ing negotiations for the establishment
Of n Canadian factory. the growth OF
the company's business has been NC
rapid as to make the new Jackson fac
tory AN immediate necessity.
The new factory site Is located di-
rectly on the main line of the Michi-
a Central Railroad. whereby ideal
shipping conditions are afforded for the
company's growing production of Bris-
coe cars.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
RACING BRINGS OUT
WEAKNESSES OF CARS
And Teaches Lessons That Are
for the Benefit of the
Ultimate Consumer.
ny WILLIAM PARKINSON,
Stutx Motor Car Company of New
York.

\ question that frequently has been
asked Is: or what value is automobile
racing? What II n car can travel 100
miles an hour no one cares 10 ride that
fast. To those in whose mind such
queries arise the truth which they should
grasp Is that ultimately the general
public will be the chief beneficiary. The
big speed contests constitute the school
in which manufacturer learn their
greatest lessons from experience. They
learn the shortcomings OF their product
and better tho construction. These les
sons are responsible in a large measure
for the modern perfected motor car.
The extreme strain OF competition Is
the short cut TO information. Horse
racing has developed the breed Of horses,
and likewise has competition in other
lines benefited those lines, To the auto
mobile builder the lessons learned
through failures and successes In com
petition are OF immensely greater value
than In the case OF athletes and horses,
A race like the Aston Cup race. In
which the S,utz cars finished first and
second. will bring out imperfections that
might not be discovered In two years or
ordinary use. However. the same I'M
perfection might at any time cause trou-
bic to any user through his encountering
some peculiar conditions. Racing has
greatly benefited the Stutz company.
otherwise We would not have our cars In
competition. Some idea OF how II bene-
hts the dealer can be had from the fact
tina since We won the Aston Cup our
salesrooms have been crowded ana no
l"sg than twelve cars were sold In four
days.
Many Stutz owners have remarked
about the consistency OF the Stutz cars
In tine big motor racing events in 1913.
The Stu'z won both first and second po-
..t!oEI In tho 500 mile race on tho
Minneapolis Speedway, 30l Elgin road
race, sol Chicago Automobile Club
trophy. and tho Aston cup race, In which
all records were broken, tho leading
! Stutz averaging 1895 miles an hour for
the $50 miles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
HOUPT REPORTS NEW
HUDSON SALES RECORD
Most Of the Customers Are
Those Who Have Owned Mo-
tor Cars Previously.

Harry s. lioupt, president ~ the Hud-
son Motor Car Company of New York.
has broker all records in the number OF
Hudson cars sold In this territory and
Of sales.
"Curiously enough" said Mr.. IIoupt.
while of course "A number Of sales are
made TO people who have never owned a
motor car the majority Of sales now
adays tperhaps 90 per cent? are made
TO people who Owl cars. In other words
they go In the hands Of men who know
n who have had experience in buying
Cars. Most of these men have owned
and driven cars for years. They are
experts In selecting and handling a car
and no advertising or the Glib talk of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17

beyond Quant.co creek. an effort vas
made 10 negotiate a steep grade in the
direction OF Joplin. beyond which a
slight Improvement In the road was no
rced. From Joplin the route led TO
Mount Post Office, about n mile beyond
Which a fine gravel highway appealed
strongly to those in the party. This
road continued to Stafford Court House.
which was reached at I O'Clock. II was
about two miles from this town that the
worst roads were encountered on the en-
tire trip. The first steep hill to be ne
Eotiated was about a 80 per cent. grade,
the mud being about two feet deep.
Mr.. Luttrell attempted to take the hill
or high gear. but the car san Down
IN the mlre to a depth OF nearly eighteen
inches The mud apron IN the front OF
tne m'Cblne levelled off the road. scoop
ms 4 'p as the car assembled the grade.
IL Ma '"'essary to back down the road
about -",o,'y-hve feet, go into second
a aud .%a'eavor to attempt to storm
the hill ior g. sccond time. Slight prog
fess was Wa'ir ny following the same
tracks and s'Jopiug more OF the mud off
We top OF TIE r1id. A third attempt
was fnaHy ne. fsrrY, this time the car
bong backed o. C.stance of about 100
feet and the iu'N GEAR used. The third
Time the car conquered the sea OF mud.
ana as 1t shot over the top OF the grade
literally took the crown Of the hill along
with It.
Following this experience "A stream
was forded about two miles further Oh,
u" water being about three feet deep.
which rolled over tho top of the radiator,
putting the first two ~ Ir'l plugs out OF
commission for ~ few erouds. About n
mi'" beyond anotlcr eff grade was EN-
countered similar I" the a few miles
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
RECORD MADE ON
RUN TO RICHMOND
Packard Twin Six Makes Fast
Time From Washington
to Other Capital.
BAD ROADS on THE WAY

Driving a 1915 Packard Twin six"
i.?5 touring car Samuel \. LMt,rell. nc
rompanied by Charles e. Milburn and
Howard :. Fisk. automobile editor Of
the Washington star, broke the WASH
,ngton-Richmond automobile record
ls, Sunday by | hour 45 minutes. The
time for the run was 4 hours and 55
minutes. The former record was held
BY II. a. jerks. in n "Locomobile Six"
Who negotiated the trip In 8 hours 40
minutes on sunday. June -, 1915. The
first record was established on June cS.
1910. by John r. Thomas in a Maxwell
d. touring car in I hour and IL minutes.
The new record Is the fastest time ever
made By an automobile between the two
capitals with official observers. The
distance is 1873 miles.
II was the initial trip OF n Packard
"rwin Six" or twelve cylinder car In
the state OF Virginia. At the conclusion
Of the run the machine was placed on
exhibition at the State Fair at Rich
mond for the week OF the fair.
The route from the national capital
was west on Pepns ylvanla avenue TO
Fourteenth street and thence south.
crossing the Highway Bridge over the
Potomac River and following the rail
road tracks in a southerly direction to
Alexandria, n. Turning to the right
1T King street. the old Telegraph Dad
vas picked up at the western terminus
Of the city. For the first half mile the
road was being reconstructed, with the
result that the road. which had been
plougned up, resembled more n farm
than highway. The machine plunged up
aud down TO the hub caps in the heavy
turf. narrowly escaping being m:red
while passing n horse drawn vehicle
which was being extracted from the
mud.
Picking up the completed portion Of
the Old Telegraph road, no~time was
lost in reaching eohick and heading for
occoquan. Al occoanan the macadam
road from Lorton station terminated.
and on the outskirts of the town the
frst real Virginia roads were en-
countered. About Ave miles distant the
FIRST corduroy road was encountered.
and in many places this was found to be
q boulevard ~ compared with some OF
the muddy stretches. At ono point In
TIRE run. before arriving nj pumfries. the
car suddenly dropred into n large hole
IN the road. almost tipping over. the
road itself being completely inundated
a distance Of nearly fifty feet. Later OH
q good gravel road appeared. and this
vas followed into the town OF Dumfrles,
which ~ reached at $40 O'Clock.
Ploughfng through a sea OF red mud
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
Car Weight Is ImpOrta mt.

THE weight Of an automobile IL a very
important fs>or and one which must he
carefully considered" says L. W. Head
ington. branch manager Of the Haynes
Automobile Company, distributor for the
Haynes Light six. No matter how thick
the upholsterinv may he or how well the
springs are built tho car which II too light
VIII never have tho Injuries, easy, riding
qualities OF tes medium weight cat. The
constant Earring and jerking put. the light
ear under a very hard strain. This results
In loose connections at all parts. with con-
sequent noise and repair bile.
THE heavy car, of course. does not have
these disadvantages but the excessive con-
sumption OF Easolenc, oil and tires makes
a car OF this type undesirable.
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tal. At Q o'clock. when about sixteen
mics from Richmond, II was necessary
70 hght the headlights on the machine,
the darkness interfering with the prog
ress OF the record breakers. Had the en-
tire run been made in daylight several
minutes could have been saved at the
fnish into Richmond.
Considering the heavy road In places
the performance Is considered remark
abe. The car got a big reception in
Richmond. 1t was 50 covered With mud
that II took. five hours to wash II or
in the garage.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
Not an Axle. for Tests.

Some little time ago tentative arranRe-
mcuts were made for "a very comprehensive
test Of several types Of internal gear
drive aNl~s. The tests were % have
been made In an Eastern laboratory
especially iit'"d for work ~ TIA kind,
hut a few weeks ago when -" word caul"
the apparatus vas ready "A cas- ass of the
manufacturer Of Internal gear HNltA
showed tina not one OF 'hem could
spare a single axle At this lime. Every
his plant amt ne tests hlHu accordingly
been postponed until a more favorable
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17

"For tho Hrs, time this year advices
from Lansing are that relief from the
shortage OF materials caused by the Euro
pean war has finally arrived says G. IL,
Larson. president of the oldsmobile com
pany OF New York. "For months the fac
tory has been 20 wampe with acCumu-
lated orders that owing 20 inability tn
secure materials contracted for It was "A
task to turn out enough finished product
to take care Of contract sales "a month or
two overdue despite the TROLLING or the pro-
duction capacity. For the past month,
however, such heavy shipments Of needed
materials have been received that the fac.
tory from now on Will rush out large daily
shipments.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
New Type Of Dinereuua,.

Now comes a radical change IN Tho Az.
fer-ntial scar. All OF us that have had
ausht to do with automob!les-and that
NUDES most OF us--have at one time or
other been stuck In the mud. MOTORS, ,
Know what that means on a long tour.
especially when they are far away from
a friendly garage They have condemned
the motor when the engine was doing It's
level best to help them out.
But the fault was really In the dlneren-
tial. While one wheel was at a dead stop.
the other was spinning to no purpose. n
car didn't move.
Now comes an improvement-known as
the NJ. a $. dlferentiaI-that acts on both
rear wheels to the end hat when the
wheels get trapped in mud or sand the
new dinerential makes 1t easy for the
engine to pull the car out OF the hole.
Besides being used on the Jeffrey war
cars In Europe. a special type Of VI. A. s
has been designed for use on Ford cars.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
Alley Changed No Tires.

Tho scorers and timers IN checking over
'heig records of the Aston cup race found
they had mad" q mistake" In placing Tom
Alley in NJ. pgren car in nfth place In
stead ~ fourth place. which he was en-
titled a.. His average" speed for the $50
miles was ninety-two miles an hour
Alley stopped once for twenty seconds TO
take on oil and gasolene. lie was the onlv
driver In the race to use Nassau tires and
he used the same four tires without a
change through the entire race.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17

III" stamina and touring ability OF VI"
Dodge froS car vAS well tested IN r
rip which is Jus; being completed BY j. a.
Marshall OF Oakland, cal Ear.y IN t..e
summer Mr.. Marshall, accompanied by MIS-.
Marshall and three friends, left Oakland In
their car with only standard equipment.
The party crossed Death Valley ana pro-
,ccd"A across the continent to Detroit.
which was reached on August 2 After
visiting the Dodge plant they crossed over
INFO Canada and toured to Toronto and
from there 10 the owen Sound region.
The WITTY Is now ON The MAy bNA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
FrochIich Find. Thing. Busy.

Having returned last week from an cN-
tcried tour 81, the automobile factories IN
middle West, e-Presidcnt Jesse Frooh-
in Of the Times square Automobile com
ptnY Of New York and chicago repurts
that never on many previous trips has he
found the automobile business In general,
more actively busy ard trade nourlshinG
than they were on tn twp
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17

-Four cylinder cars are by far the most
popular IN the West and Southwoe',
writes Lee Anderson, sales and adN"rfls-
ing manager OF the Hupp Motor Car Com
p0uy. Vho Is Just completing n NupU'hs
business trip throughout the Weston tor
ritory. THE whole West as well 80 tho
Southwest IL suffering this year f~om a
shortage OF cars. ON account OF the sen
eral prosperity tho demand II Ear ahead
~ NEGOTIATIONS and this coupled with the
production shortage Is distressing tho
dealr's In standard lines
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17

+ W. Warner. vice-prcsilcnt 81 the Oak
land Motor car Compuny. gives & as hh
opinion that there Mood %" no apprehension
among manufacturers OF motor cars as to
the rising prices of g1splone affecting the
present demand for car
con thing | ha," ways commended
and ihe officials OF tho Oakland Motor Car
Company agree with me In thi--ls that
economy In giSulruo consumption would
eventually he 4 problem that engineers OF
motor car compute would have to solve.
company started experimentation along
ihIs llne snNcrMl lnhrs hgO.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
Fir~stone Makes More Additions

Tho Firestone Tire and Rubber Conn
pauy. Akron ohio, last week placed con-
tracts for additional floor space. amount
ing 10 lln. 600 ~Iulre feet NEARLY three
acres. Thi4 amount Is in addition to the
uye wings hcguu last spring and which
are now nearing completion \ total Of
ten acres OF npnr space has been added
this year. When the additions above
mentioned NJ. completed the total floor
spsc" OF tho entire plant viii lie over
thirty-une atr0s.
Those new additions Will allow an ex-
pansIon In tho tire output from 1900 tires
daily to 1900 II day, an increase of 60
per cent.
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or body fittings are finished In nickel and
the upholstery Is In pigskln.
On the rear portion of the circular
radiator Is a silver eagle with out
stretched wings, while forward of this Is
a regular ships bell also finished In sill
! yer.
ON the rear deck II a hatchway Of
birdseye maple where luggage can be
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17

placed. and the nautical idea is further
carried out by n silver cleat which orna-
ments the cap OF the gasolene tank
which is under this luggage compart-
ment. The bumper irons In front are
finished to represent silver anchors.
while there is also a rear bumper at the
back representing oars. which supports
the top IRONS which are carried in a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
Anita King Here Tomorrow.

Anita King. who II driving a KissslKar
alone from san francisco 20 New YORK
New York city. turned back at Albany
making, In the ori< named Bing
haInton, y. Y; scranton, Wilkeshurre
Reading. Lancaster, Pottstown. Norris
town and Philadelphia, Pa; Camden
Trenton. Princeton, Newark and Jersey
city, y. ]. She reaches this city to-mor-
row
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leather case underneath the bumper
Back OF this again is a spare wheel
fitted with n white leather cover which
Is held in place by n three bladed pro-
p%eller. while the stern of this land Graf,
on each side OF the counter bears the in
scription "Silver Bird" in silver letters,
\ special windshield with an osclllating
searchlight also carries out the boat idea
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
Lott Chalmers Secretary.

Charles = Lott. for the past nftecn
years private secretary TO Hugh Chalmers.
has been elected secretary nf the Chal-
mers Motor Company.