El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-25

-OpE- sDriugs eternal i'm the hearts
~ Of automobile statesmen and the
4 L FL Paso dealers have not yet Civ.
en- I'D hope of landing some fat orders
for the Emitted states army in its Mex
lean campaign. SO lar, only a Few
touring cars have been ordered here.
The biz truck orders have been placed
in New York and the I'll Paso distribu-
TORS are still trying to puzzle out the
why of that action. They had looked
for the orders to be placed either i'm III
Paso or i'm Washington. IF they had
TO 20 elsewhere, why not to Detroit. the
center of the auto industry queried
one distributor
The accessory men seem 20 have been
the greatest benefactoTs on the local
gasoline row Perhaps this is because
the army engineers haven't been able TO
figure out. far enough in advance. just
what the requirements I'm the way OF
accessories viii be-. Whatever the rea-
son there has been steady demand on
the local accessory houses both from
the army and from the other dealers
distributed along the border. the infer
ence being that these dealers are stock
ing up to meet sudden demands Of the
army transport department,
Dealers Up in the All"
Tt has been difficult to get any par
ticulars regarding the efficiency shown
by. the different cars already In the
army service across the border, but IT
is stiIl hardeF to find out asythins as
to the prospects of other cars being or
dered here Agents for four well
known makes Of light cars have been
asked 10 submit to the government
lists Of the number Of cars they have
available for delivery on IS hours no
tice. Just what this may mean is
problem.
There were some busy scenes around
the local quartermaster department on
Friday morning when two tra1nloads OF
F.- n-fafHn
y Jeffrey "quads" Of the two ton size J
These trucks ere all tOur-Wneel urlNe
and the speed required i'm the shipping
is evidenced by the fact that the trucks
lack the usual 'steen coats Of paint and
enamel, but they are very servlceable
looking, with their solid wheels. heavy
tires and general strong construction
The cars, were inspected by practically
all the local dealers and much faVora-
BILE comment was heard.
Another shipment consisted OF y
rear-wheel drive trucks Of the ton and [
q half size. These trucks are Of the !
type commonly used i'm commercial |
business.
Chauffeurs Come, Too.
Both shipments were accompanied by /
chauffeurs and from the comments let {
drop by these men on their arrival IT IS (
evident that many u them have never I
handled trucks except on the paved /
streets of eastern cities and with service /
shops within call of the telephone. They /
viii have a chance to demopEtrate their /
skill when the trucks get I
real hard service along the line OF /
communication in Mexico.
There was considerable surprise when
it was found that none of the trucks
was equipped with bodies. There was
a hurry call for the standard Stude-
baker wagon body for army use and
the trucks We're fitted with these bodies
temporarily. Tt was some job to fit
the wa gou body TO the big trucks and
this work required real skin. II was
finally turned over to the williamson
shops and the proprietor let out a hurry
yell for help. Carpenters appear 10 be
rather scarce. and ii was not until W.
C. Shaw sent - carpenters out that
full staff was available.
Real Size Order.
MI Williamson runs busy shop. but
il isn't every day that an Fl Paso body !