New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-05
Trade News and Notes

l.. VI. Bradley has been elected gem
eral manager of the Motor and Ac-
cessory Manufacturers Association,
New York City, succeeding William NJ.
Sweet. who recently resigned to 90
with the United Motors Corporation as
assistant to the president.
Mr.. Bradley has had a wide and
varied motor car experience. Among
the concerns with which he was al
filiated was the old American Motor
Car Manufacturers Association, of New
York. Bradley was assistant general
manager Of the A. VI. {. VI. A. for over
three years. Following the dissolution
Of the A. VI. c. VI. A. he has been con-
nected with the United States Motor
Company, the Studebaker Corporation,
the Wiliys-Overland Company and the
Moline Automobile Company.
The Springfield Body Company has
opened a New York service station at
% West Sixty-frst Street. Charles
Baasch, formerly located at the factory
in Springfield. Mass, is manager OF the
service station.
a film made of the Hoosier Good Roads
Day celebration at Indianapolis on Oc-
tober ~. showing the exchange of
new 1917 Haynes light twelve" for A
Haynes horseless carriage, manufact-
ured in 1897. James +. Howard, of
Jacksonville, Ind, who owned the old
est car uncovered in the search for the
oldest Haynes car in running condi-
ton" got the car as prize. The
presentation was made by Governor
Ralston in the presence of President
and Mrs. Wilson.
The film shows the owner of the six
passenger horseless carriage cranking
the two-cylinder motor through the
left rear wheel preparatory to driving
il to the Coliseum, Governor Ralston's
formal presentation and race between
the old car and the light twelve" In
the race the queer looking horseless
carriage accounted for itself by attain
ing a speed of twenty miles an hour on
its ungainly highwheeled chassis.
"E. G. Baker has broken another
record on United States Royal Cord
4 tires says Ernest Hopkinson, vice
/ president of the United States Tire
+ Company. "a day or so ago Baker
covered the distance between Chicago
and indianapolis in 3 hours and 40
minutes. The best previous record was
something over five hours.
"The tires used on this remarkable
+ trip were the selfsame ones that Baker
used in breaking all records between
/ Detroit and Indianapolis. These Royal
/ Cord tires have been driven over 900
miles at racing speed and are still in
/ excellent condition"
At a dinner given by the American
Chain Company. of Bridgeport, 10 its
distributors of Weed tire chains it was
announced that the American Chain
Company had purchased the Standard
Chain Company, of Pittsburgh, and
that plans for combining the sales and
part of the Office force of the two com
panies were in preparation and prob
ably would be put into effect by Janu-
airy /, 1917
Kenneth W. Tompkins has resigned
from the Times Square Auto Supply
Company 20 become vice-president of
the Multiple Storage Battery Company.
Announcement is made by the Mercer
Automobile Company, of Trenton, y. j..
that A. c. Schulz has been appointed
chief engineer Schulz was formerly
with the Locomobile Company of Amer
lea, in the capacity OF assistant chief
engineer. He was with the Locomobile
company for a period of fourteen years.
Back from Akron. Ohio, where. with
his statesmen. he attended the annual
sales convention Of the Firestone Tire
and Rubber Company G. d. Studebak-
err, local branch manager, reports that
il was easily the greatest convention
ever held by his company.
THE convention lasted for three
days and was attended by over five
hundred Firestone men from all over
the world" says Mr.. Studebaker. I'VE
all have come back 10 the firing line
filled with valuable information on tire
problems and new business methods.
The daily conferences, with all our men
in attendance, were held in the club
house, just finished at a cost Of over
100000. This structure is for the use
OF all Frestone employees"
r. A. Palmer, organizer of the Car
tercar Company. has started the 0lym-
plan Motors Company. at Pontiac, Mich.
With him as executives are Glenn {.
, Bull, treasurer; c. Z. Calender, secre-
tary, and A. Manford Stryker. adver-
Using manager. The Olympian COM
pany will build car 10 list az less
than 81 900.
A government order for three Dodge
| Brothers touring cars for army use was
received last week by the Colt-Stratton